Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-17

NJ account of the Louisville riots as we nnd IL HI
the Louisville Journal, the K. n organ, together
with the account given by the Courier, anti Know
Nothing Wing. No one can accuse US of suppress
inc or coloring facts their statement In cases ike
this.
Now let us look at the concurrent circumstances
little Since the time of the Mat. Ward murder case
up 10 the present lime, Louisville has enjoyed the re-
putation of lawessness and total disregard OF hu
man life The last city elections gave additional evil
dence of that fact and it required not foreigners to
give it this reputation The full vote OF the city ls
some 6 500. At the election last week the number
of votes polled was only 4,50O Was this decrease
in the vote owing to any want Of excitement or IN
erest in the result Evidently not, for seldom IT ev-
er, was the population so deeply stirred. Where
was the main falling off At those wards where the
Democratic vote would have been polled, had
the voters been permitted 10 exercise the elective
franchise undisturbed. The loss of votes by these
disturbances there, falls manlyf not whollyupon the
Democrats. Is ii natural or reasonable to suppose
that they would have been instrumental in creating
disturbances calculated to njure themselves? 1t is
admitted that certain persons belonging to the oppo-
site party took possession Of the polls in the s and
9Th wards-the Democratic strongholds at ~ o'clock
should not have right TO vote, what is about the
same thing, chance 10 vote, for right is not of
much Importance unless you permitted to exer-
else it. If an lrishman German attempted to ap-
proach the polls, he driven back. Native born
American citizens, unable to give the signs and sig
mails, shared the same fate. To entite a citizen to
the privilege of voter, he must to use the Know
Nothing slang, OF the slang of the rowdies who I'M
derook TO appear tor that party, in control of the
| polls, be '',igh on the goose question:
AT early hour the city virtually under the
control of mob law. The DULLES around the polls,
and not their legal qualifications decided upon the
rights of voters. So plainly this the that
Col. Preston, anti Acknowledging candidate for Con-
gress, appeared at the First, which is Large Demo
cratic ward, composed chiefly of German naturazed
citizens and requested his friends not 10 vote. He
stated to them that the polls in the hands OF
Know Nothing bullies-that his friends could not ap
proach the polls in safety, and advised them peace
ably TO return to their homes and submit 10 disfran
chscment rather than endanger their lives The
vote of The city diminished by nearly one hall, shows
concusively the extent to which this forcibe dis
reimbursement was carried.
With such commencement of the day, what
reasonable man have anticipated. Liquor was nc
doubt freely used and tended to infame passions al
ready 100 infammabIe. Ungoverned youths, hall
crazy With whiskey and excitement, became BY
night little better than sayages, for it is remarka
bic fact that the apparent leaders in all rioous pro
ceedngs of this kind are mainly bows or youths I'M
der age Unfortunately the Naturalized citizens have
not vet ceased to be men, with their full share of thu
faults of humanity. They gave way to the passions
aroused by insult and indigny This they ough
not to have done 1t might have been better far bet
ter for themselves and others that they had not
No doubt they did very>many many things deserving
punishment and for which we trust they will b.
punishet.. Let the cupabIe individuals be punished
But what shall we say of such men chat hoary
scoundre Prentice of the louisville Journal, and 9th
ers whose infammatory appeals for months past lie
the bottom of the whole matter. We cannot suppose
that the DULLES at the polls or the rioters in the
streets who burned houses and attacked women
and children fair representatives Of every mar
in Louisville who belongs to the Know Nothing
organization, that some of the Irish and Ger
mans who became lawbreakers and criminals, will
be looked upon representatives of the whole body
of naturaIized citizens. But we do say that the X
n city government of Louisville has been criminally
Negligent and that there are leading in the K
N organization, such as Prentice, at whose door the
guilt of murder must lie and does lie in connection
with these melancholy affairs.
The telegraph hailed as vehicle of news--a
means OF spreading intelligence. But as it is now
managed, or rather the business of reporting fol-
II is managed, ii universally spreads the version O.
every affair most directly unfavorable to the Demo
cratic party. So far as the tone of dispatches fol
the Associated Press is concerned, the operators
might all be K N. Secretaries. Every election goes
first for the K. Ms, anybody else than the Demo
Gratis until presently the mail brings along the true
account
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