The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-09

Prom the Daily News Hard Shell Democrat
Our readers will of course place no reliance whatever
upon the Know Nothing reports Of the Louisville riots
cent to the associated press and which pay for
them, We publish in common with other newspaper.
we shall have true version by mail In few days In the
Louisville DrmOvut
(From the Express would be Know Nothing organ.l
FrsIt is in evidence that the we're inter
rupted by the foreigners previous TO the election No
matter how rabid' may have been the appeals Of
the Know Nothing orators the Irish had no more right 10
interfere there in the streets Louisville than they
had here, in the city of New York when the q rabbi
appeals' Of the Angel Gabriel = and his fellow street
preachers were made the pretext for knocking down
American citizens in the streets in broad daylight IL
isnnd We trust IL win ever bean American right, AMI
nm American principle 10 maintain this right AMI this
principle any and every hazard They have done 80
nreadythcy viii do again. II IL late in the day
for the foreign legion in the United states enter upon
The experiment OF endeavorng "a subver the right OF
the people to assemble" If the myrmidons Of George
the Third faile in that enterprise while yet the republic
was in its swaddng clothes, let foregners-esp specia
the minions Of his Holiness n Rome-try accomplish
the thing, when the infant has grown up young
giant. Shame then upon American journal, that of
whatever sect, party clique, faction il ready to pal
late public murder, or public murder attempted,
s%pon any such miserable IS. plea The Irish catho-
this country, notorously in the hnbit Of
stcmatzing :" rabd," Protestant clcrgyIncn
Catholics who will not bow the knee TO the Roman
alyet according so the reasoning and logic OF the
(a these rabbies 20 be shot down like dogs by
firearms in the hands Of foreigners the be
sought ioinot in the wicked passions Of the essa.sns
the cruel hearts Of those who prompt thcrnba,
" in the intense personal hatred given to political ontro
yersy by the rabid appeals Of Know Nothing orators ~
We have had many exciting political controversies in this
country during the past halt int
which personalities have entered probab with ~ much
rancor and acerhiy that which has just had in
kentucky-but We never heard Of lazing in the
stlects dwelling houses given TO the flames terror and
anarchy installed American citizens slain in cold
blood, until the foreign element sought to become what II
is sil desperately struggling TO become power in the
state These inconrovertihc and undeniab BILE truths
which We dare say even the sophisry Of the Post viii
hardly dare TO challenge
II may, therefore, be safely asserted as n general
principle, that American elections always free
from such until the "Irish y and q Ger.
mans y came TO the polls such professcdy to op-
the ballot box but by the cartridge box. Remember
that Mt Louisville 1t foreigner that fred the
gun ~ Who that particular foreigner who his
councillors and aviscrs-rcnain to be Remember
too, that 1--WE quote the telcgraphic statement
"whie the election quietly going on, American
insulted stabbed and beaten until supposed
he dead by party Of Irishmen" Again :- In the
afternoon, three Americans were fired upon, while
quietly passing German brewery" One Of these was
"A gentleman accompanied by his wife, Shot and
bullets came from the windows Of the German houses in
Showers The foreigners in the whole vicinity
armed and attempted the indscrminatc slaughter
Of the AmericansW ~ Yet, told that for all these
murdcrOus assaults only Americans are TO blame In
Kentucky. well In this State and throughout the
whole Union for that matter there have not been want
ing dcmagogues-Amercan born demagogues We mean
to stimulate the Irish TO outrages o this character for
purposes purely selfish and merccnary but the most g
norant u this class Of foreigners by this time should be
sufficiently intelligent 10 discern the dangerous o
which these unprncpled tricksters willing put
them, simply that they may ride into public oce
their backs.
The Courier and Enquirer, and Sun have held over
day TO cogtate upon the subject