New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-24
. TIE IouIsv1nIH RroTsu-THE COURIER.

an elaborate article upon what it terms a
.snost painful and Notifying theme --alluding
to the louisville riots. We doubt not our CO.
temporary felt the full force of every word
quoted, in their deepest signi6cance-thst no
scas and is panied and mortified over the ext
repcies of his political condition which constraln
him to tienounce his own native born brethren
as murderers and assassins, when they never
struck 4 BLOW until their brethren, quietly and |
naaoaablv attending to their business, were |
shot down like mad dogs in the streets Of the |
oity Of their residence, by concealed and am |
pushed assassins deliberate murderers-who |
mad prepared themselves for the work Of |
slaughter beforehand. ALI Of the evidence we
have seen all the saoorss testimony that has
come under our observation -conelusively de-
monstrates these propositions!
Is it q fact, or does the Courier desire to take
the position that natives of the United States
are SO debased and cowardly, SO mean and
contemplate, SO low and degraded, so COM
pletely Invested Of every attribute of manhood.
or so much exalted above, SO much purer and
better, SO far superior to the inhabitants of all
nations Of christendom or heathendom, that
they can, with ehristianlike fortitude and for
| bearance, see their friends shot down like dam
gerous animals in their public thoroughfares,
without striking back without taking early
- -. N. ,sro,, ,,arre4rot.a2
~ thssa ;,tarrooa tories there i food for -
| Fiction There is much to be pondered upon.
n,,,r,,ars,s assa ss;rs bonse. bnrnars nd soonr,
.,.o,s W. ao,,t heliave n Rut 10 a. ha1;a,,o
~. .h;rawban tbav start son,ohaa,,.s
hornd - ~ b,,rt -,
Tba sav;o,r Of mankind mao cbed tbo doo,r;ra
that if an enemy smote an onnonant an ono
crea1, +bet he should tnrn tba otbar far tha
rnrnosa Of receiv;np another blow This vas
an5 il b;rb and bolv doctr;na Tbe,a,s NO de
nntine ii. But ii is a doctrine .87aey;cans
naver nractiee They evidently lean 10 .he
otber side. II they have a well. pronnded sps-
melon that their cheeks are in danger tbev ,y;11
knock somebody down first And nu;ta often
without any grounds for suspicion 1T all. aore.
body,s fist knocks somebody down! This NAV
he. and doubtless il. ali wrong. but what
| can be done with q crowd Of people determined
| "a have their rights. espeeiallv when tbay .re
| all-poWerful, and know their strength
The Courier calls the editor of the T,o,,;sv;1le
Journal, Geo. d. Prentice, sinfa1nous.., Wa
| imagine Mr.. P. can afford to stand the CHARGE
4 We don't believe his friends need nut themselves
/ to any extraordinary trouble to keen a COW Of
/ Yesterdays Courier out of his hands. He NAV
| be- STUPID enough to suppose that s. eharaete,
acquired BY twenty-five years ardaous. and
able, and honest labor, is not to be DESTROYED by
/ q blast from the tremendous trumpet of our ca.
| temporary
But, were Mr. Prentice all our cotemporarv
| alleges, the mere statement has no application
to the subject under discussion. We're he as
bad AS the father Of evil himself, the fact would
| not impair the truth Of the afidayits-reguIarIy
\ sworn ID and attested--wb;of have apneerad in
his paper since the occurrence Of the deplorable
riots to which we have referred. Those affida-
Wits clearly demonstrate that there was no seri.
| Gus trouble in LouisyilIe--that the voting was
going on as orderly as usual-and that the pros
poets for quiet day were fayorsble-until
Americans we're shot down like wild beasts nv
foreigners Unless large number Of men have
sworn to falsehoods--of which we have vet to
see the slightest scintilla Of proof-tbere can he
| no doubt in relation to the matter. The sinh.
stance of many of these afidayits has already
appeared in these columns. They fully warrant
| the positions we have assumed. and w,ieb NO
| shall maintain until rebutinp evidence. of am.
bic character, demonstrates to the contrary
The mere statements of violent embittered and
interested partisans-such as the Coprier auotas
have not one feathers weight with US AGAINST
afiidavits, sclemnly sworn to on the Holv Evan.
gelists Of Almighty God, BY respsctable and lis.
interested citizens! If the authorities cited hv
the Courier, are entitled to any credenca whv
do they not produce proof? Why relv mon
their own assertions? WHY ask the people to
take their soords and throw aside GOOD mems
| oathss
due weight with the Intelligent and retleoting
| We trust it will be duly considered Tbet ;s
4 ali we want or ask for.
| Towards the co,olns;on of a lo,,n an.;.,, tho
| N .- I'll. y s ca eAoie, 'Ao
Courier, I" IN the name Of the good and law
| abiding people of kentucky proceeds to defy
us to produce proofs in regard to paragraph
which appeared in the Crescent few days since.
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