Washington telegraph., 1855-09-12

piaoe Oain men In very ludIcrOus
light before an appreciative world Such
scenes as transpired here on Monday are
usually characterized by more or less of
bravery or gallantry, but we cannot hear of
even one isolated act of gallantry on the
part of the aggreSsors, calculated to excite
the admiration of christian or pirate
There is no relief from the general per-
fdy, villainy and cowardice which marked
the footsteps of the rioters from the hour at
which they commenced their diabolical plot
of crowding out legal foreign voters at the
polls early in the morning on through their
arsons. larcenies and murders during the
day, to the consumatiOn of what seemed to
be their grand design, the eliminating point
of all their hopes-the burning of the Times
Office sign, Such mob as the one in ques-
tion can command no respect Self respect
even-one of the cheapest seftiments-is
altogether lost, and the cowardly knaves
who participated actively in the outrages on
Monday and Monday night, stand out alone
in ;heir perfdy, stript of everything which
renders life tolerable, save, perhaps. rem
nant of the few hundred dollars, and certain
groceries and valuables of which they plum
dered their poor, defenceless victims, under
the refreshing motto of Ruling Anseyi-
ca
What reliance can be placed in the state
ments OF journal that so utterly ignores
everything. except it tends to the advance
ment of the party with which it temporari-
ly cohabits All the testimony which has
been taken incontrOvertibly establishes the
fact, that the FIRST blood was shed by the for
eigners-that the design to take possession
OF the polls by the foreign-born population,
was deliberate, precOnceived act. None
VIII go farther than we viii to protect all and
every class of citizens or residents in the
exercise of their legal rights; but we have
yet to learn that it is legal right of any
class of population to shoot down peaceable
citizens when walking the streets in the
pursuit of pleasure or business The testi-
mony clearly shows thst this was done. Is
it at all wondered that it was resented ? Is
it to be supposed that OH an election day,
VIXEN patriotism runs rampant that such an
act would be coolly and dispassionately con-
sidered, aud that the ordinary modes of re-
dress would be resorted to?
The Journal of the 18th aud 14th inst.
contains six columns of the afidavits of re-
spectacle citizens, all of which tend TO show
that the initiative was taken by the anti
Americans. We conclude this article with
the following extract from an editorial in
the Journal of the 18th inst. We regret
that our limits will not permit us to give
the article entire
Eve blame those who with the rod hand
with blood-shed and house burning, sought
to avenge their fallen comrades, as well, if
not so much as the miserable and misguided
perpetrators of the murdcrous outrages
which were the commencement of these ri
OTIS; but the greatest culpability. the most
awful responsibility, must and will attach
itself to those real authors of this intestine
strife, this internecine riots and murders,
and house burnings. who wilfully and malig-
nantly, with scared callous conciences, aud
black, envenOmed hearts. prostituted their
abilities and degraded their manhood by
arousing and infaming the inert passions of
foreign born citizens. and needlessly inciting
them to the dreadful deeds of violence which
originated and produced the deplorable riots
and disorders which have forever stained the
name of Louisville No language can. ex-
press, no pen can delineate the utter abhor-
renee and detestation with which such infa-
nous conduct should ever be denounced by
every good, honest, and honorable citizen"