The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-18

Hon. HENRy CLAY, Washington, ID. O.
PUBLIC OPINION AND THE LOUISVILLE TRAGEDY
fit needed atrocity to establish the know-noth
ing party as the most infamous and abandoned coalition
that has cursed free country the attempt to
the responsibility of the Louisville tragedy from Prentice
and his followers and to asten it upon the Democrat
would complete the work But however this scandalous
attempt may be assisted by the knownothng press else
where deceive unprecedented and Tranquil observ
As evidence Of the sentiment of disgust and hor
ror which the Louisville murders have excited throughout
the country the following extracts from wing and nde
pendent" papers, conclusive:
From the New Bedford (siass.) Mercury.
FEATURE cAsE.-One Of the Of the
Louisville riots unquesonaby tho fact that the polls
kept open but thirteen hours that it difficult
for all the voters to get in their ballots under this arrange
ment Whereupon it ia gravey said by the nothing
papers that The oregnborn citizens ought 10 sdnd back and
let The Americans hare he first chance absurd doc
rine uttered. The ballot purely democratic
institution. 1t is founded the absolute equality among all
the partcpators No matter how much how little the
right of admission its privileges may be restricted it to
all once admitted thereto precisely the The vote
of John Smith, aborer and Of John Jacob Astor million
ARE of the weight and the value. The bal
lettings OF senator's their hail and citizens prairie
founded precisely the principle. Not of the
cidens of OF his moral qualities attaches to the
piece of paper he puts the box No cay that
vote another has brought ABOUT an
there be privilege of priority have known
the vote to be conceded age and WORTH simple
token of Involuntary respect but yielded right
The aged revolutionary ottes through the crowd
of his adnrng and reveripg fellow citizens who make way
for him with that instructive regard for his long gray hairs
long usefulness which pray Heaven may always be
given by American voters but he claim prescription
for it, any than for the feeling which prompts it,
In Louisville it seems the foreign born voter told to
stand back from the polls the risk of losing his vote till
his opponents got through No wonder there riotng
wonder that in city where the police cupably de-
cient their duty took the law into their hands, and
sought their violated rights by armed violence
will whenever and wherever attempt
at a similar wrong is attempted.
The natyeAmerican party is growing over-bod 1t may
endeavor control the Of State That open MI
parties and is but the necessary result of political
but when attempts to to itself all power to
make the ballot box its exclusive property and to plant
armed guards around the polls tyranny than
any inquisiton Jesuit order that existed.
The of Bishop Spauding with regard to his
and that of his clergy clear manly and Chris
one, and in beautiful and honorable contrast with
the bitter and dngenuous of his adversaros Toll
erution the free light of and the holy influence OF The
Bible the weapons with which alone Romanism be
successfully fought. Persecution and bgotry win only
strengthen the hands of the enemy.
From the BnnaIo Republic, tindepcndent)
THE LOUISVILLE nIors.-THE cAusE.-We have endeav.
ascertain which party the aggressor in the cleo
ton OTIS at Louisville few days nce and satisfied
from in the public journals of that
city, nongs originated the deplorabe TRACE
dy there The nothing paper boldly that in eve
Of disturbance there the Irish and Germans
the aggresors firing from their houses peaceabe
and unoendng citizens, and maniiesng disposition to
prov oke an outbreak and riot while wing and two
democratic papers charge the whole blame the know
nothing party The newspaper evidence therefore, dec
against the nohings TO nothing OF the fact
that the and Germans form but small portion OF the
population Louisville and that they would not be likely
knowing their numerical nfarority to provoke bloody
riot
organized bue stand the polls and to prevent the
ting of adopted citizens This in itself aggressive
act, well calculated to provoke violence The vote was
small large numbers of people staying away from the
polls fear of trouble Is it likely that II the foreigners
and Catholics much alarmed to try to exercise
their right of suffrage in exciting election, they would
at the same time seek and provoke bloody aftray in
which they were be oyerbcrne by overwhelming
numbers appears, too, that most of the fighting
red at distance the polls, and that most q the foreign
es persisted slain in their houses and OF
them burnt death amid tho wreck Of their homes.
Again appears that Catholic church with diff
Guilty saved by the mob though the mayor
and two councen examined the church. and then declared
10 the that there neither nor
powder in that look like aggression the part Of the
foreigners and Catholics Where the provocaon for
that intended destruction of property IL appears too from
oil the accounts that the foreigners nowhere found as
sembled in numbers Had they medtated ARRAY and de
signed provoke it, would they not have been found to-
gether, and with in their bands2 Their foes were
gathered in crowds and armed while they separate
and flying their homes for refuge Aninfant brains were
blown in its mothers while she was fleeing from her
burning house. Had that infant offended Did the foreign
ers in their feeble and despang defence, kill any children
II Is stated Did they provoke disturbance BY de
handing their rights at the polls? appears that they did
not go to the polls at all.