The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-28

denied bv know nothing mob composed rowdie collect
ed from different parts Of the CITY, the police OF the city was
attendance of whom, though requested to do 50,
would defend the citizen in the exercise Of his legal right
of suffrage and Of them aiding and abettng the out
rage
9th. That part of the city officers there assembled
were are persons this community among
its worst citizens having known heretofore ro@de
frequently imperng the lives Of the people by iacag and
partsking in riotous and bloody ARRAYS.
q It'll That throughout the whole day it manifest 70
every impartial observer there had been peooncertef pan
the of portion of the city officers and other know
nohngs take possession OF the polls and to exercise such
control would secure, by Intimidation Of and interruption
to- opposed them, the of their candidate
sth That the mayors police were there in attend
ance armed with revolvers and other deadly weapons
which they employed upon persons far away from the polls
and who could have been arrested they had violated the
laws in any particular without such a resort.
9th That the day Of the election there removed
into the house Of city eafcmaa in the immediate neigh
borhood Of the place of the polls quantity OF guns VI
this proof be adduced if shall become neees
sary have the written certificates OF respectable eye
witnesses to the fact, if it is desired"
SO much for Baltimore Let refer to the exist
ing condition of things in the city Of New Orea'i. New
Orleans it will be remembered is of the srongholds
of that portion of the knownotng party which processes
prescribe citizens belonging to the Catholic Church
and yet Notwithstanding that city was acquired by DEM
ocratc administration part of that Louisiana which
came into the Union under Mr. Jefferson and was there
FORE than fifty years ago part of foreign ter
rtory mainly inhabited by adopted citizens
their immediate descendants it is a fact that in New Or
leans nownothngism claims the majority The manner
in which it contrives to make itself strong exhibits
more recessness we have witnessed in other por
tons of the country where the party has obtained
the ascendancy Notwithstanding the democratic party
haar IN he
secure fair voting the coming election in New Orleans
Notwithstanding the party has appealed to peace
loving citizens on the other it has
invoked the judiciary to aid its exertons maintain law
and orders compelled witness hefact that the
know-nohing leaders go deliberately preparing for the
worst mperiousy refusing either accept the generous
and opportune proposals of the democrats to regard the
opinions of such ursts Senator Benjamin. Mr. Roselius
and other well-known superior legal minds 1t is true
the democratic party may be charged with selfish
tves in attempting to procure fair voting on tho day of
the elections but at what time before the present
organization, have heard Of combinations Of
extensive character to prevent adopted citizens from
enjoying their guaranteed rights nayeborn fell
owcitzens9 When before the Louisville murders, have
heard nauralzed voters commended by besoed
and brutal editor to stand back" that the native
might rst vote, that
the polls until the day had closed for the avowed purpose
excluding thousands of citizens who had voted for
years before and who entitled the right Of suffrage
according to the constitution and the aws And yet
the know-nothing preparations in the city of New
Orleans for the coming election contemplate precisely
such consequences.
We have deemed this article necessary at the present
tme that readers may perceive that know nothngism
is not yet crushed ont Wherever it retains oohod it
is resolved mark its progress with all the wrongs and
outrages which disgraced its beginning. II exists now
simply and alone in several of the great cities for the
pose Of exhibiting the with which il DEFY the
popular WILL In single instance has it conferred upon
the community advantage. In Philadelphia, in the
Of little than year. it has accumulated vast
debt and that city under its present rulers stands
bankrupt before the world unable pay the interest upon
its debt without money pay its jurors and its public Of
cerseven without funds pay the teachers in its public
schools What it has effected in the cities of Baltimore
and Louisville have shown The record that marks its
career in the different State legislatures under its influence
is within the memory of all men, and STILL although beaten
in of its stronghods and stripped Of its pretensions
to nationality or to consistency it is in
and disenchantedas il to fulfil the adage that whom
the gods wish destroy they first make mad prepares
to close its guilty by rampng the right Of suffrage
under its feet and by shedding human blood in those cleo
tons which are yet to be held.
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