Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-17
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Americans Ruling America.-The Louis

Vile Journal is engaged getting up bogus af'
hdavits, pretending to embrace reliable ac-
counts of the riots of the 9th instant, prepared,
ms that journal admits, in ITS Office The
point sought to be attained by the Know
Nothings engaged in perpetrating the frauds,
falsehoods, concealment of all material por.
| tons of the truth, and whitewashings of the
conduct of the rowdy rufians who, by order of
the lodges, brought on the work of Monday
night, the 9th instant, is to forestall the pub
LEGATION of q full and searching official exami.
nation into the causes of these riots, and the
part taken by the Know Nothings in them
which the county and city authorities of Louis
vile, members of Know Nothing lodges to a
man, are Sinking. 1t will, however, be i'm
possible for them to prevent such an investi-
cation much longer; as is evident from the
tone of the newspapers of that city generally,
and from the rapidity with which all who
value the right to live without being subject to
be murdered with impunity by rowdy rufians,
are taking occasion to effectively manifest their
disapprobatiop, in connection with the Louis
trying to throw the responsibility off the Know
Nothing organization, are taking due care that
no other affidavits shall see the light through
them, except those of persons who will or can
swear that they only saw the portions Of the
riots wherein the Know Nothings got the worst
of it. Thus, in the case of young Rhodes,
they parade more than one affidavit to prove
that he was shot by an Irishman, but have no
time to waste in taking the afidavits of any
of the large number Of respectable persons
killed, murder an unofending Irishman, and
who also saw an old man. named Barrett, kill
ed under the impression that he was the man
who killed this Rhodes; whereas it turns out
that he (Rhodes) met his death at the hands
Of some other unknown individual!
1t seems that the affidavit concoctors around
the Journal Office have frightened some igno-
rant Irish women into swearing to afhdavits
which they could not read, and which were
doubtless falsely read to them, containing, as
they do, statements with reference to the riot
at snd around Quinn's row, which tell of the
defiance the Irish made there of their lives
when assaulted by stones, firearms, and the
torch, as though the Know Nothings were hun
ted lambs, rather than the hunters to burn in
nocent and helpless women and children.
twill probably be long, very long indeed, be-
fore Prentice and his busy corps ofafidavit ma
kers will be bic to find one witness to thecrown-
ing act Of Know Nothing valor, gallantry, phi
lanthropy, mercy, and patriotism, which was
performed in presence of hundreds. We refer
particularly to the act of leader of the Know
Nothing mob in rushing out from the crowd of
his companions intercepting woman fleeing
from the flames of her homestead, in which
the body of her husband was being consumed,
snatching from her breast her infant, and
bravely blowing out its brains, with revolver,
in sight of his admiring and envious compan-
ions and others. But we will detain our rea-
ders no longer from cur extracts, for to-day.
from the Louisville Courier of the I4th, as
follows:
1.-The Louisville Journal, Of yesterday, con-
tains the threatened expose that was to be
made, proving that i'll every instance foreign
ers were the aggressors On bloody Monday. 1t
is entirely partial affair, and throws no light
on the doings of that accursed day. The wit
nesses state what they saw at 6 o clock in the
evening. Three lrishmen came along and
commenced firing, without the least provoca-
tion: One witness only saw some slight SHOW
ing Of one Irishman. Then, without further
prOvOcation, firing from the houses commenced;
and this the public are invited TO believe is
the beginning of the riot. The violence at the
Eighth Ward polls are ignored, where men
were peaeeable knocked down without resist
ance. Then the rushing of the mob on Mar
ket with clubs, saying they were going around
to Main to fight, none of these witnesses saw.
Ii Is very convenient TO begin in the middle of
the muss, and publish only what occurred on
particular occasion. Then there were arms
in the houses occupied by Irshmen, and men
moulded bullets, and one man said he was
ready. The reader will remember that these
houses were mobbed on the night of the May
election. The Outrages then committed met
with no resistance. Americans would have
prepared their houses for defence, and the
world would have justified them and al
though these witnesses didn't see the imme-
date provOcation, let the public Judge whether
men are likely to shoot wantonly withoutany.
Thousands know that these events on Ne q
street followed whole day of Outrages, and
the commencement of these afidavits at the
late hour of six o'clock only shows that those
who got them up could mt go further back.
We shall soon have a true history of this
whole business which agrees with the previous
preparations to carry the elections
''All was quiet ut the polls we are most men,
daciOusly informed. There was little disturb
ance, for Irish and Germans were quietly
knocked down, without offence and without
resistance. The first resistance led to atroci-
ties that were committed. 1t was a monstrOus
outrage for foreigners to vote, and intOlerabIe
for them not to submit to insult, and bullying,
and beating. Their resentment was not to be
tolerated. Who shot Rhodes or Graham is
not known, but in revenge for their death the
innocent and the guilty were consigned to a
general massacre
sit is well known that there was plenty Of
force on the Know Nothing side of the ques-
ton but what was the result? Events show
thatthe mob was already on the ground, Or
ganiZed for outrage. 1t needed no further
organization, and the murders and burnings
that followed showed a party ready for ag-
gressiOn and revenge. The armed DULLES from
all parts of the city were on hand to crafty
their fendish delight in blood and destruction.
The sudden assault upon the houses, and their
complete destruction in the reign of terror,