The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-17
.HEAD ANDRE CONVINCED.

READ AND BE CONVINCED.
Yesterday we published number of afi-
davits refative to the riotsi at Louisville. =
Thesesestablished thssfact, Dnd BY evidence
too of foreigners and Catholics. that Inc
foreign bprn were the egaFessors7 in these
riots. We had intended continting the re.
publication of affdavfts, but we have already
given enough answer our purpose on the
subject of the sth ward riot. We cinse that
matter, however with the following abstract of
the evidence Of these afidayits, ,fromsan edi-
torfal ofsthe louisville journal Introducing
them. We ask every american and Old
Liner, and German aadITtlshman inlthe CITY,
to read it-andi if after peruseirg 1t, and the
tsworp testimony. we have, already pub shed,
the reader is not convinced in his heart of
| the truth of our statements in reference to
the. cause of this sth ward riot, he is hey ond
the reach of reason: .
These funproyoked acts of vic lence and
Fbloodshed Committed by foreigners were the
commencement Of the riots. We have prom.
ised our readers.lo present to them tfie proof
that these outrages were first committed by
foreigners, that guns were first fred by for
1 eignets, tia t the first bloodshed was the work
OF foreigners, and that the Americans. had
given no provocation whatever Tor the com
mission OF such dreadful crimes. 20
= Certificates end affidayits to this effect
have poured in Upon u.s. We find il mpos-
S bic for US to publish at one time one-half
of those W have, aud are obliged TO select
/ from ahibtg them what we deem sufficient
for our pur pose. We publish to day such
only as relate to the riuts in the Eighth ward
and reserve those referring to the First ward
| riots Tor tomorrow. asts 5-r IVA.
| We have not room II give complete au-
alysis of these affidaylts, but il wilisbe seen
that theysBre sior the most part tile SDDrn
statements ofrespectable and reliable men,
lwho were witnesses otthe matters to which
they dispose. Some ofaihem are statements
npoft oath offo,efgRfrS and catholics, who lived
IN the immediate neig hoorhood of the scene
of the riot, and some actually were great
sufferers thereby. 49, s.
From the ties ,mony Of Mrs. Caroline VI all
(whose husband. gu irishman and Roman
Catholic, was in all probability amongst
those killed in Quihn's nod6es } H. pears
that for some weeks previous to theselection
the Irish in the neighborhood where the
preparing for a fight, andthat on the 'Satur-
day night o: the American toreh4ight apro-
cession she had heard these tclshinen saw
l"that they re led to believe that the
procession would BE- small by those ioho op-
posed The Kflop Noiltings, that sh, saw
many OF them with arms. and heard them say
that they intend d 10 attack the Irocessi0n''
Joseph nucker, d German aud Calh4lic,
/ who live in one oil Qainn's houses (Which
i we're burned0 says there were seventy five
or one hundced irishmen living nlhat row,
and they had many visitors OF their country
men, that during twoUr three weeks rrece-
ding the election he saw many ofthem oaen
with pistols aud guns, and heard one of them,
4 who had several pistols, say; on the Saturday
before The election, that he was ready, tbat
he had seen Quinn carrying arms ihtot his
\ house, and that Quinn had insisted upon his
i SHucker's) voting, although Quinn knew
that he (Hucker) was not entitled to vote.
l.. james F. Bickham saw the Irish, eight of
len in number, on the morning of the cleo;
ton, moulding large quantity OF bullets in
the cellar of one OF these houses, and on the
same morning, from 10 to 8 O'Clock, Thos.
w. Flarell saw numbers of these Irishmen
armed with pistols and bowie knives, passing
in and out OF the houses OF this row. These
men had begged Mrs. Wallis husband to re-
ceive arms III his house. The women had
Islept in their clothes the previous night, so
as to be ready 10 leave upon the shortest mo-
Itice, aud Mrs. Ruby Dudd, and Elizabeth
Dodd and Margaret Dodd, her daughters.
| Confederate all these statements as to the
/ preparations that had been made by the Ir SD
in the neighbortiood of Main and Eleventh
streets.
/ II is plain to every one that s'those who
were opposed to the Know-Nothings,' who
! led these lrssl to believe that the American
/ procession would be small and instigated
them to make an attack upon t,must allude
to the demagogues of the Sag NIGHT party,
who have thus inffamed and ar used the pas.
I sions OF these poor aretches and Ihisled them
to tie commission of the horrid crimes which
began the riots in that neighborhood. This
is The kew TO the whole of the subsequent
| proceedings. The poor miserable Irish were
led to believe that the American party Was
small, that the Americans were their eni.
mics, and they should treat them as enmies.
II is unnecessary for US to characterize sden
1 and the mscreants who could be guilty oi il
I as they, deserve to be characterized. A dis
criminating public will. without any sogges-
tons from us, place the fat Of condemnation
upon all who are guilty of such consummate
vileness. ..s zs.s- 80. zsssegF9s 5sss UEsflf
! Mr.. r. H. Lee states that thefe was but little
or no fighting at the eighth ward polls during
the day aud til at the foreigners were not at
any time driven from the polls.
| All the other deponents concur in their
/ history OF the commencement of the riot
A few unarmed, unsuspecting, and unoffe o.
ling Anne lean citizens were quietly seated at