The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-28

Two nuhureo forty.uIpe IMPORTS
The conmlssioners aud clerks will be
able %, therefore, make Certificates for
the returning cheer on that poiat 4.
was done last spring at O~incinnafi. and
Mr.. Bell will not, We imagine. be de.
priyed Of the benefit of the vote cast
there in his favor.
The New orleans True Delta (inde-
pcndent) says
The result Of the election yesterday
cannot surprise Us. Long before It
came off, at the street corners, market.
and bar-roons of our city, it was openly
proclaimed to be the determination Of
the KNOWN othings to carry the cleo
tion at whatever cost of blood or yio-
lence, and the course of the journals in
their interest, at least the few which were
ready to justify illegal acts, or any 9TH
or proceedings that promised them sue
cess, lefrfus no ground to anticipate a
fair judgement in regard to the princi-
Piles and conduct of the most dangerous
party that ever sought, by illegal means
and violence, to obtain power in this
Republic.
" Although r%ufians were imported
FROM Memphis and intermediate river
towns, and a g1ng also came over from
Mobile to aid their brethren on this oc-
casiou to shed blood, destroy property,
violate laws and render republican gov
ernment a ~rcdiculous farce, all these aux
iliary supports were deemed insufficient
to secure a triumph here, and recourse
was had to the breaking Of the ballot
boxes Of two precincts where il was well
Known s strong Democratic vote was
polled, the law1ess men who perpesrated
the acts we'll knowing fr5m experience
that they had nothing to fear, past ex-
p~erience having satisfied them that the
laws are only intended to be executed
against respectable poverty or uufriend-
ed foreigners.
" Our readers at q distarce will nm
dc=staDd how desperate the affairs Of
the Known lettings must be when, nos
satisfied with appointing two out Of three
Of the inspectors Of election belonging
to their own order-thus securing the
rejection Of every vote upon any bFetext
they might set up-wfth having THAR
their own emissaries In charge Of every
thing, and crowds of buIlies to support
them at a given signal-they still had
to resort to the grossest violations Of Law
in rejecting, as Illegal, the certificates Of
naturalization issued by our courts, in
obstrueting voters BY violence. and, f.
nally, by a browning act of glory, de-
stroying the ballot boxes in precincts
we'll known to be strongly Democratic.
Away from New Orleans. people viii DO
apt to inquire whether there really ex-
lists a city government in New Orleans
whether there is a Mayor. Sheriff, or
Police, or a population separate and dis
tinct from the lawless aid turbulent ?
Of the blood that has been shed, or
violence committed, it is useless to speak.
There is NO ayenging power in this COM
munIty, as we have heretofore, with NOR
ti6cation, humiliation and disgust been
compelled to record, and, provided the
laBless, of whatever crecds or nation.
proclaim themselves native born, they
may use the pistol and stilletto At pleas
are.
The New Orleans Courier of the 18th
inst, gives the following sad state of az
fairs in thatcity. Is this .Anssricaeisasa
Shame on the guilty monsters, aud pi-
Gus kuaves:
MoBocRAcY.-The baneful effects re-
sulting from the aggressive and rerolu-
~tionary tendencies of Know Nothingism
are daily and nightly to be witnessed in
the midst of our insulted and outraged
community. Every day brings to our
notice the dcplerable fact that bands of
assassins are parading our streets in
quest of victims, firing upon our citizens
and slung-shotting our most respectable
men. We understand that last evening
. young gentleman from the Third Dis
trict whilst on his way homo, was fired
at four times with a revolver, and mar
rowly succeeded in ~efecting his escape.
| We have heard of many other similar
murderous assaults, the commission OF
| which is quite of recent date n VIC
ask, in the name of law, of public dozen
ey and humanity, when will our city au-
thorities employ efhcacious measures to
put a stop to this ~disgraceful state of
things? It is a notorious fact that our
Know Nothing police force, from the
| Chief down to the Waterman, have pro-
ven complete utilities, so far rs the
maintenance of peace and order was con-
cerned. we have no doubt that they
have been very elective IN the work OF
~electioneeriBg and b~row-Seating voters
at the polls that, We believe Is their
forte. But when it comes to put uoSn
mobs, aud the work Of coldblooded as
sassimtion, they from some u~naccounta-
Bile causes, either absent themselves, or
If present, are calm lockers on.
We believe there are honorabie ex-
ceptions, but, like angels visits, they
are few and far between lisa murder
committed /? No one knows who did It,
not even the Chief of poliee. Have bal
Iot-boxes been broken? Some of tbs
police we're present, butthcY knot0 noth-
ing of it. Were the contents of pros
test boxes scattered to the wind? a.
shrug of the shoulders is the answer of
the police. Have warrants been placed
in their hands 10 arrest murderers and
trausgressors of the law !? None have
been executed. What is the use, then,
of our having a police force, if our laws
cannot be enforced, bur lives protected,
and our personal safety securedf For
what are our property-owners so heavi-
ly taxed by this Pssudo reform Council
If an equivalent in the shape of protec-
ton and personal liberty be not acquired
thereby
Truly, indeed, we are living in
strange times. There was a time when
New Orleans could boast of a spotless
escutcheon and anuntarnished name
but thanks to Know Nothingisin, that