M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-07-13

stones were frequently thrown, and one
youngster got in quite a rage because
they would pay no attention to him.
We are assured also BY many ere wit.
nesses that instead Of only boy of l5
throwing a single stone, that there were
numerous stones thrown and Pistoles
fired, but as the matter will undergo q
rigid trial, we shall welt for the testi.
mony taken under oath. and hot by one
who had posted himself beforehand tC
see tie boys actions.
The af'ray once put in motion, oI
course after that, all was danger, con
fusion, uncertainty and rush for safety
ALotber paragraph from the Journal
it may be we'll to put upon record:
"The FiIemen and Military company
halted, after the Turner's ran back, bur
did not leave their ranks, or in any way
parlake in the affair. When the firms
ceased, they passed on down the street
but we think the Turner'S did not again
form in procession. The whole affai
did not occupy probably !hree minutes
The companies proceeded TO the soutf
end Of the city and dispersed"
"The Turner'S did not again form in
procession" A single stone from boy
Of 10 dispersed them did it1 Not only
very likely story, but wholly different
from the facts given to US, and Gifferen
TOO from facts that vill shortly be dev
eloped.
But now comes the leaky vessel, ant
the Secret Of these horrible disturbances
and murders throughout the land. Hea
the Journal:
at may be we'll imagined that thii
act of shooting down American citizens
in our streets, by an association Of for
eigners, created great excitement.
Here the horrid spirit Of nativeisn
sticks out Why not say and say in trutl
and do justice, that the act Of shooting
down citizens in our streets creates grea
sxcitement9 Is a foreigners life of 81
little value that he eau be shot down b!
an American without excitement3 Ii
one not an equal crime with the other
Then why this distinction but for thu
very purpose of exciting boys of 10, t'
riots and murder Is the moral ant
statute law only for the foreign born
Crime is crime of equal dye no matteI
by whom committed. Birth gives nj
Immunity to crime where government
is just. 1t is this hellish spirit foment
ed for political purposes that is destroy
ing every just, virtuous and patioti'
sentiment.
The hourly threats making by The
Know Nothings OF what they intend tC
do. not only shows this spirit to be rife
among them, and that they are ready
for any desperate game that they thinl
will thrive.
We will put a question right home tt
these Know Nothings, aud they cur
think of it in their own case. Suppos-
ing they were marching peaceably il
procession through our streets, no mat
ter whether they had beei celebrating
the 4th Of July or not, and 10 years ole
boys or men.-or boys hissed on by men
would follow in their rear, use insult
ing epithets, get up quarrels, and finall!
assault them with stones, what is !
likely they would do' Yes, what woulC
they do2 Very likely they would re
sent it in way that it would not b'
peated-and the men that would no
do it are yet to be born. The foreign
born citizen has flesh and blood like tn,
rest Of US, and feels-keenly feels the
gross wrongs and outrages done him
and no more should be expected Of hin
than of one of us native born.
Yet they have to bear great deal
daily insults from the Know NothinI
papers-insults and assaults in othe
quarters-hustled off 10 prison, Whil
these native. born, and who commence
the affray. were not even sought aite
or interfered with. These things mus
cease, or our goodly city and our gor
ious nation have not seen their worst
but their best dsys.-StatsSman.