The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-04
CITY OF EVANSVILLE.
TUESDAY Observation-Disclosures 4
Maintaining the Rights Of Amarioan CITIZENS.

maintaining the alSnLs Oh American O1sIzSAS.
A city paper publishes high faluting'
column of twaddle about resolution of the
Louisville American Convention, which de-
clared for the Americans Of Louisville, that
'they are not to be drawn into further contro-
yersy upon this subject than to express gene
rally, that whenever ike occasion snail ex-
hibit similar recklessness and wickedness
upon the part of their adversaries, the Ameri- |
cans Of Louisville will firmly maintain their
rights at every hazard" Is there anything
wrong in that? Is it expected that americans
will stand quietly by, while inoflenslve citi-
gems are shot down in the streets, by horde
Of foreigners who had been coolly preparing for
weeks to murder Americans? Verify it seems
that some of these Old Line editors, in their
love for foreigners, would calmly see tnelr
brothers and their dearest kindred stricken
down by foreign bullets, without word of
condemnation, without the raising of an arm
to resist and retaliate. They would have
Americans basely submit to the most horrid
outrages foreign brutality and ignorance might
infict, and even admire or defend the blows
which Frustrated Americans to the dust. The
resolution above quoted simply but emphatic
ally declares the Americans of Louisville will
maintain their rights at every hazard" If
this be objected to, then it must be insisted
that Americans should not maintain their rights.
This doctrine will do for those hrelings Of the
press, who can see no good in Americans and
no evil in foreigners-who in every case Of
difficulty between Americans and foreigners
sustain the latter right or wrong-and who no
later than few weeks ago had not a word Of
rebuked for a horde of Irishmen who seized
upon the American flag in Baltimore, and
trampled it in the dust with those who en-
deavored to defend it. But no such doctrine
will do for american citizens, who are such in
heart and soul as by name. Americans q0il
sustain their rights, not only at Louisville, but
in every spot in the Union where there are
American rights to be protected against scoun
drelly outrage. But in doing this, Americans
seek to trample upon the rights of no other
class of citizens, If they do, we hope those
rights will be just as firmly maintained.
The miserable stuff about burning womer
and children at Louisville, corresponds will
the source Of its republication, and therefore is
known to be as contemplate as it is basely
obnoxious to all truth. The mob at Louisville
committed many wrongs on the 9th of August
ifanything could be considered wrong which
had for it's origin the most horrible outrage
upon American citizens ever attempted in thi
country. The poor miserable wretches VIII
suffered by mobocrocy there, had but them
selves to blame and those raseally demagogue
who had stirred them up to the commits
of the awful crimes, which were followed b
dreadful retaliation. They were the aggres
sors and upon their own heads fell the punish
ment.
The Louisville resolution was right, and tn
only way in which it can be made to eve
appear wrong, is by such disgusting and shame
less Misrepresentation of its meaning an
purport, as were made in city paper yestel
day.