Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-05-10

and hERR have deliberately cOncOcted and
published 'talsehoods and misrepresentation" /"
or else the editor of the New Albany Tribune
has been guilty of doing so. We leave the
question with them to settle.-Seatinel
We respectfully refer the Sentinel to the
counter statement of Messrs. COLLINS, VERY
and TURNER, as to the peaceable character of
the April election. They were the inspec
tor and Judges of the election referred to, and
ought to know the truth whereof they certi-
fy. Moreover, they are gentlemen whose
character for veracity will not be damaged in
the least by being brought into competition
with the three retiring candidates so fully en-
dorsed by the Se1tinel.-Nei0 ALbany In
bttne.
After having read the Counter statement Of
Messrs. COLLINS, VERY and TURNER" relating
to s" the peaceable character of the April elec-
tion," we must be allowed to say that we have
not discovered in that document anything to
change our opinion as to the riotous charac-
ter of the October election, which alone was
spoken of in our article commenting upon
the declinature of the Democratic candi-
dates. But had We intimated that the April
election was not conducted in conformity
with good order, and that properregard was
1'nos-pxsdc5rnesngh q poftlon or the-citiss'
zens of New Albany by their Know Moth
ing opponents, the Statement" of Mr..
GREea's trio of witnesses would not induce
us to admit that we had made wrong or
unjustifable charge and publication in the
premises For it is notorious fact, the "state-
ment'' of Messrs. COLLINS, VERY and TUR-
NER to the contrary notwithstanding, that old
and honorable citizens of New Albany were,
at the Apya election, publicly hissea and hoOted
when thy Offered their votes 70 these same
testifyir ridges and the Inspector, for the
single Ieason that they were bolters from
Know Nothingism. The editor of the Tn
6Hne, knowing these facts, will permit us to
setaside" the testimony Of his counter -
stating witnesses, and rule out their evidence
as unworthy of credence.
There is a singular fact connected. with one
of the TI6lme's certifiers Mr. yERY,) which
is here worthy of notice. He has asserted
publicly upon the streets of New Albany, that
the kissing of Messrs. WEIR, PIERCE and
Others, was perfectly justifable, inasmuch as
they had not votel with the Know Nothing
party. lie thereby admitted that there were
scenes enacted at the April election, at vari-
ance with good order and calculated to create
disturbances at the polls. In his published
Oar r1 ha "a hat her - IL
best order prevailing throughout the whole
day. Mr.. V. has prevaricated,- in his card, or
made false statements upon the streets. His
evidence, therefore, would not be taken as
very good. The other gentlemen, whose
names are attached to the 7ilJ,ne's Counter
statement" ard who were so seated in the
Court House, (where the vote was polled) that
they could not reasonably be expected to see or
hear what was transpiring outside, and espe-
cially in front of the building, we are charita-
BILE enough to believe, thought the statement"
they have made correct. But as Messrs. BRAD
LEY, WEIR and KERR are all gentlemen of the
strctost veracity, and testify to what they
saw while outside the house minglng with
the crowd we think their evidence entitled to
the fullest credence and far more worthy of
belief than the 1IfJunes authoity.
The Tribune may try to apologize for the
course pursued by the Know Nothings of its
city, but its efforts in this behalf will prove
vain. Riot is rife in that place. The facts
and the evidence justify the statement The
rights of citizens are disregarded-trampled
under foot-Christian men, because of their
Irish parentage, are prescribed in their busi-
ness-peaeeable law-abiding and order-lov-
ing citizens, because of German origin, are
knocked down upon the streets and cruelty
beaten-American-bo citizens for speaking
boldly of the outrages of a secret band Of
political fanatics and inquisitors, are publicly
threatened with violence-and the right to
worship God according to the dictates of rpn-
science, by one religious denomination, is only
to be enjoyed at the hazard of insult and
political prescription, involving even the for
feiture of the elective franchise How a
man of Mr. GREee's intelligence can justify
such course, seek for subterfuges behind
which to screen the perpetrators of such acts,
is to us matter of great sstonishment.-
We cannot believe but that he will yet
sicken at the nauseous dose he has pre-
scribed for Others. Know Nothingism has
now full sway in New Albany. Twelve
months will suffice to work out for it roll of
infamy which will, infuture, be looked back
upon as the black spot upon the fair page OF
the city's history.