Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-09-14

ale isative Of shutting Ais mouth ieape-
ing. We have seen no papers that
encourage the shooting of Americans
and mobbiEg preachers by Catholics
and stockholders" We have denoun-
ced the Kansas mobs, as well as the
rutlian mobs here and elsewhere, but
they were Of the same kidney with the
American Gin Eng.
We publish the above from the In
quirer, word for word, that our rea-
ders may Judge for themselves. who
encourage mobs. We published, a.
few weeks ago. an extract from the
Sentinel ofprecisely the same purport.
Look at il. The Enqwirsr calls us a
miserable fanatic" or an "unprinci-
pied demagogue" for "insinnatng'-
1--WE don't mean to insinuate, We charge
il directly and unequivoeally) that IL
countenances mob violence. Read
the part we have italicized. II that
does not encourage mob violence we
arc no Judge Of what language means
II avows the belief that the people OF
any ncighborhood have right 20 erpei
peaceJredkers and fanatics.. They are
not to stand up like men and meet the
arguments Of men. by arguments. but
all that is necessary is to pronounce
the doctrines cat war with their tenn
poral interest" and drive the offender
away. II this doctrine prevails, then
farewell to freedom OF thought and
freedom Of speech. Know Nothings
may consider the existensc Of foreign
ers Eat war with their temporal inter
est and forthwith "expel them from
the neighborhood.,' Foreigners may
consider Americans eat war with their
temporal interest,"" as they did in
Louisville. and forthwith "expel them
from their neighborhood." Americans
when shot at, from Dutch breweries
or Irish novels, rs in Louisville, may
think such Institutions cat war with
their temporal interest" and "expel
them from the neighborhood" as they
tried u do on election day. Protes-
tants may consider Catholics cat war
with their temporal interest and give
them the alternative of shutting their
mouths or leaving" and in every case
the mob finds aid and comfort in the
Enquirer and !Sentinet's doctrines. We
have yet to hear Of mob that dtd
not Justify itself by pleading that the
persons assaulted were Eat war with the
temporal interests Of the mob. In
short. we consider the above doctrine
equivalent to saying that the Enquirer
edited by ii. ii. Robinson, United
States Marshal for the Southern Dis
trict Of Ohio. justifes mob violence.
The lSenfiaers doctrine. which We
published a few weeks ago is identical
with the above. Here il is:
"Wben a man attempts an unlawful
act, injurious and offensive to our per-
son. property aud feelings, we have a
right To make him desist, and 10 use rs
much violence as is necessary for that
purpose. This we hold TO be sound
law and good morals. but we have No
hesitation in saying that il we found q
man proving around om premises in
the night time. aud peeping into oul
windows, as men have done in this
city, we would FIRST order him 10 leave
giving him fair warning that he was a
irespasser on the privacy of our iami-
Ily; and il he disregarded our warning
| we would make him leave and shoot
him il necessary for that purpose
This leaves my man or set o
men, to pronounce any given act
mlawful. and forthwith fuse such VIC.
lence as is necessary to make him de
sist." In neither ease is an appeal t.
to law re recommended. These leading
old line papers thus encourage moi
violence. else we can not understand
language.
We again ask. is it any wonder thai
mobocracy prevails, where n govern
ment official. ike Mr.. Robinson OF III,
Enquirer. thus recommends il, and
when n central. though quite uninha,
entail journal endorses the same, and ac
one acknowledged organ Of the party in
po.oer-the party that has obtained
and is using the foreign vote, dares tc
object to such language