Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-16

The Louisville papers ore still filed with
conflicting statements in relation to the re-.
cent riots in tho. city. Their gree, objec,
is to show who committed the first offence.
This, however. is matter Of no gres, mo-
men. now. II 10 lsmen,sbly true that there
was a mos. disersceful outbreak sssins, the
laws, in which both sides were equally cri
minsl, because neither hss RICH. to reror,
10 violence. or take the law in ito own
hand that the authorities were more than
remiss in their duties, ,ha. lbey were shame
fully negligent Of the public pesce, for they
had received suflicien. warning ,hs. riot
wss expected that the riots were due to
malignsns passions excited by religious Sec
tartan feude, and by bitterness Of feeling ex.
listing between the "Know. N o,hing" party
and the ns,uralIzed ci,izens, the latter Of
whom look upon the former % endesvorinR
10 deprive them Of their rights under the
laws.
The above paragraph is copied from the
Baltimore Sun Of Tuesday last, in which
paper we also End The following 'eleeraphie
despatch
Cincinnati, August 13.-Tbe Louisville
Journal this morning, contains many sffihs.
Wits touching the cause and origin Of the
riots in thu. city last week. Some Of them
are from Irish Catholics residing in the Vi
cini,y OF the scene Of the riot, and show
the, the Irish were srmed seversl days pre-.
vious.
The National Intelligencer remarks, end
every sentiment we approve:
The evidently no, imp.r,isl and we .rus.
greatly exaggerated Telegraphic dispatches
from Louisville record scenes Of riot, vic.
lence, and bloodsbed, during the election
held in thu, city on Monday, which oil true
lovers Of law end order will denounce in
the most solemn and emphatic language.
]. meters MOTTO sdop, the language Of
the Baltimore Patriot Of las. evening",
matters mol .hs. The occasion was one Of
great political feTmen., it matters not who
were The sggressors, the ssssilsnts and the
asssiled ere slike deserving Of indignsn, re-
probation, sincs they were both guilty Of
violating The Law, BY u.urping the su,hori.
~ Of The judiciary end sveoging with their
own hands their resl or fsneied injuries
l, 10 from such shameful riots - these tina.
our Institutions ere b'ough. into disgrace.
Il is not ono city alone which suffers from
the effects Of ssnguinsry lawlessness-,he
whole country shares in the opprob,ium.-
II such ousrsges ere continued; il the ma
jes,y Of The law 10 not rendered paramount.
10 The ac's Of individuals; II in broad dsy,
and in the mids. Of . crowded city, We are
TO settle our quarrels with the Bowie knife,
the revolver, aud the frebrsnd, We had BET
ter close our tribunals, ignore ell govern
ment except that Of force, end be prepared
10 try conclusions with the 6rs, person We
encounter in the sireet.
| II 10 strange that The people Of the United
S,s,es-s people 50 sensitive Of the opinion
in which they ere held sbrosd who pride
themselves on the freedom they enjoy, OF
The tolerance they svow, end especially o,
their capacity for self-govesnmeo'- shoul'
suffer themselves 10 become guilty If Gel,
which ere semi.bsrbsrous in their ebsrse'e'
and 90 utterly destructive Of oil those soH
ssrvs,ivs elements upon The peFmsnsnes O
which depends the existence of'hs Republic