The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-04-18
The Recent Riots in this City
Facts for persons at a distance.

sock Of knowledge seeus totbe ecanty, are
desperately indignant concerning the re-
seut riots in this city, and are epeeially red
hot to think that ia an Ameasan town.
Germans should presume TO guard the.
streets against Americans Some Of these
papers have proceeded so far in their fierce
exhortations to Americans, as to p t IN
bordering capitals such words as these;-
"AwAKE. AROUSE @ AMERIoASsi sRD oE.
YOUR ARMS AND PREPARE FOR BArTLE-R
roU, RE o AWAKE yoU OUGHT TO BE-u
THIS. B1F'F WAKE roc. wHAT cAxl" We
propose to give certain facts showing that
such language asthis Is extremely absurd
and misehieyious. Persons abroad should
understand hata portion, and a large por,
lion of this city, is occupied almost excIu
exclusively BY Germaps. There are many
squares on which there is hardly a house
that does, not swarm with them, aad some
streets are entirely devoted to their resi-
dences and business. The German portion,
of this city is separated from the American
BY a canal, which is here humorously styled
the "Rhine," and the German quarter Of
the town is usually designated as "oyer the
Rhine" The Germans are not rigidly d.
vided from the American section of the
town By the "Rhine'' however, as there
are several thick and extensive settlements
of them, without the m~eanderings Of thas
classic stream, and within those naeander-
ings live many persons of English decent.
The baalot boxes destroyed during The re-
cent Disturbances. were of thoss wards
where the great majority of the people are
Germans, and where heavy Democratic
majorities have al ways been giTea, except
at the last October election, when the Know
Nothing ticket received a large German.
vote.
The difficulties which enied in, barbados
bloodshed and the general alarm Of the OF
ty, commenced in the Eleventh Ward,
where it is alleged that the Germans pre-
vented the Know Nothings from voting I'M
I'll reinforcements were received from the
lower portion Of the city. The reports Of
the outrages by the Germans in this Ward
which preceded the destruction of the bal.
Iot-box, have been very much exaggerated
and misrepresented 1t does not appear,
from any testimony that we can gather. that
any person was prevented from voting in
that Ward, who had a right to do SO, and
that no attention was paid, as is charged,
BIZ the Judges, who were Democrats, to the
challe nges by the opposite party. We are
credibly informe | that some OF the Ger.
mans did talk in a every i~nsolent manner
to the Know Nothinging caallcngers, but
cannot learn that any Know Nothing was
prevented by violence from depositing his
ballot. If any p rsor who wished to vote
the american ticket in that ward, and
had a right to vote there, was prevented
from exercising that right we would like
to know il; and would with, pleasure give
publicity to his statement; and we hereby
inform anss person possessing such informa
ton, that the best possible chance for using
it to advantage in the furtherance of JUS
tice, is to 60 to the Commercial Hospital at
nine O'Clock this morning. and give evil
dence as to the cause Of the riot in the in
quest which is to gather, If practicable, the
facts relative to the death of Patrick Drury
And even # the G,rmanj did, as has
been alleged, obstruct voting in the eleventh
Ward, and bratally treat those who wished
TO vote in opposition to them, it should be
remembered that they had an example Of
that kind before them in the Fourth Ward
where it is undeniable that a crowd OF bul-
lies many Of them from Kentucky, head
ell by a constable, took possessi m OF the
the pools in the morning, and that these
men miscalling themselves 'sAmericans, Z,
several times attacked the Irish and drove
them from the ground, when there was no
%proyocation save that the Democratic ticket
was getting a~head--the same provoeation
shat nextsday existing for destroying the
tickets. tally sheets and poll books in sihe
Twelfth Ward. The Know Nothing vio.,
lence in the Fourth Ward then. placed Ia
one Of the scales Of Justice. and the German
violence in the Eleventh Ward in the other,
and the beam would have been evenly.
poised.
We have not been quite able to under
stand the dispute about the cannon, Tt
does not appear to be about the mere gun
that the difficulty took place, fof when !
van ~receivedby the crowd that expressed
such a huagering for redress, the wheel.
were demanded likewise; aud we presume.
that il the wheels had been seat down alone
an equally great clamor would have been
made about the gun. Indeed. IT was often
remarked this side Of the canal, slat eff IL
was a corncob instead Of a cannon, We
would have it, il it cost blood--it il tie
principle we are afteF.n Well. principle
il a good thing. but not a one-sided thine
and vi could not quite understand why our
brilliant millitasy authorities, if they acted
exclusively on principle, were not as hastv