Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-13
From the Louisville Journal Of May ..
The Case Stated.

From the Louisville journal of May Q.
The Case stated. ....
With shameless effrontery, and in the face of
nadeniable facts, the anti-American newspapers
of this city are striving ndustrously to ward of
from their party the odious responsibility of hav.
ing caused the disgracefn riots and horrd butch
cries Of Monday. 4 deep, dark, and dainning
stain has furnished the hitherto bright escutcheon
OF Louisville. The heart of every good citizen
sickens at the contemplation Of the terrible cx.
oesses which have been committed. The blame
however should, and WILL attach to those who
drew the first blood, who committed the first
acts of lawless vioence--to those who gave the
first mortal proyocation, which brought upon the
offenders terrible, an excessive retaliation and
retribution. or these offences the American par
ty Ia entirely gutess. II can fearlessly stand up
before the community, whose peace has been thus
ruthlessly destroyed, and say, with conscientious
truth, Shake not thy CORY locks at me ! Thou
eanst not say did it,"
We do not for one moment attempt to excuse
or even palliate the enormty of the outrages COM
,nitted on the afternoon and night of Monday by
those who, incersed and Infatuated beyond the ex-
ercse Of reason the control Of the legal author
tiles. resorted to murder and arson to avenge the
unproyoked, cold-blooded slaughter and manning
Of their innocent and inohensve countrymen We
have always deprecated, and shall continue to OPP
pose, mob violence, but we not willing that
Americans, or the American party, should be
blamed, and denounced as the authors of these
deeds Of violence, whom we know and are prepar-
ing to prove beyond a shadow Of a doubt, that in
every instance foreigners were the aggressors;
that in every instance the first act Of lawlessness
and unproyoked bloodshed was perpetrated 10y
foreigners upon the persons of unoftcndng and
peaceable native-born citizens.
The anti.Amcrican party and its organs are
vainly attempting by baselcss and impudent asser-
lions, violent denuncations and palpabe misrep-
reservations and perversons of facts to shift the
stigma of the authorship Of these dsgracefal DC.
currences from their own party TO ours We will
not, at present, attempt TO point out and reflte
singly the many garng Inaccuracies and misstate.
inents contained In the notices Of these riots pub
lished in the Sag NIGHT papers. We will in due
time present the sworn statements Of respectable
men and women, who witnessed the whole affair
from the commencement to the end, both in the
First and Eighth Wards. We win then abundant
" show not only that no violence was perpetrated
by Americans except in retaliation for an unpro-
voked snd cold-blooded butchery Of their country
men by foreigners congregated in largo numbers,
armed with guns, pistols and bludgeons and by for
cigners, shooting from out Of doorways and gate
ways, and from windows and behind walls and fences
upon unsuspecting Americans passing upon the
public streets but that no sufficient provocaton or
excuse had been given by Americans in any por.
ton OF the city for any of the outrages which were
committed by the Irish and Germans, and which
really began and produced the riotous excuses
which we so much dcplore.
We know that the election was proceeding qui-
etly everywhere, that, in order TO avoid even the
imputaton Of any unfairness or improperly, which
they expected would be eagerly caught at by their
interruptions opponents to account for the glori-
Gus victory which our friends were confident Of
winning the Americans in their respective coun-
cils, had determined TO keep order and peace and
quiet at the polls. This they did II is true that
believing there would not be time to poll full
vote in some Of the wards, they made use Of every
fair means to get in American votes with all posi-
BILE despatch, but we deny that any unusual oh.
struction was offered attempted to be offered TO
any legal and orderly-behavcd voter. At the t,me
that the fact was proclaimed at the polls that their
countrymen had without provocaton been shot
down. murdered in cold blood, by ferocious for
eigners in distant and quiet streets OF the city, the
Americans in the neigllborhood Of the several vo-
ting places at first refused to believe that such out
RACES had been committed and considered Il a rusc
TO draw them away from the polls and 10 give an
opportunity 10 the Sag NIGHT forces to take posses
sion of the polls and prevent Americans from
voting
IL was only when the wounded aud the dead of
their fellow ouutrymen were brought before tlen
and they were convinced that cowardly and bloody
murders had been perpetrated, that, with cries Of
vengeance upon the murderers, they sought them
ont and hunted them into the houses that were
despoiled or destroyed. Until this shooting was
begun by the Foreigners the Americans were gem
orally unarned, WHILE in both the First and Eighth
Wards, the foreigners, both the Germans and the
Irish, acted In concert, and we're armed to the
teeth, with firearms prepared several days before
When the fiacas commenced, the Americans were
obliged to 20 10 their homes or to the courthouse
to procure arms, and to the shops to buy arms and
ammunition TO repel the attacks made upon them,
and 10 avengc the innocent American blood that
had been shed. Up to this time, they had been
victorious in the election, they were in good
hufnor with every one, and were rejoicing al hay-
ing realized their fondest hopes in gaining vic
tory without any disorder breaches Of the peace
That grave outrnges aud heinous wrongs were
perpetrated by Americans, when they took the
Law IN their own hands and sought 10 punish the
murderers Of their countrymen and avengc those
who had been killed aud wounded without provo
cation, no one viii deny but il is useless for or.
gans ofthe anti. American party to seek any longer
TO- conceal the ihct that those outrages were com
menced by the foreign population, that the FIRST
wrongs committed were committed by foreigners,
that the first bloodshed was the work Of Foreigners
that the first murders were pcrpetrated by foreign
ers. That these foreigners were maddened and
excited aud instigated TO these deeds Of violence
by the insidious, incendiary appeals Of the organs
Of the foreign party aud the demagogues and lead.
ers, who have for weeks pact been seeking TO
arouse the passions aud prejudices Of this class Of
citizens against Americans, scarcely for mo.
ment be doubted. That these attacks upon Amer
leans were premeditated and done by concert and
agreement among the perpetrators can be and viii
lie established. An intelligent public win not
when these facts are known, attribute these riots
70 the American party but in spite Of all protesta
lions OF lamb-like innocence and Ill attempts to
misrepreset facts, the responsibility and the blame
win be surely and justly brought home to its real
authors, the incendiary demsgogues Of the foreign,
nuIi- Amatioan na,fV