Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-14
The LouisyiIIe Riot.

The Louisville Riot.
! We continue our extracts from the Louisville
Journal in regard to the late riots
We need no better evidence Of the conscious
euiltness of the anti American Foreign party in
/ having instigated and produced the fearful riots
and terrible tragedies enacted in this city on Mon
day last than their desperate efforts TO conceal the
truth and nisrepresent the facts in relation TO all
the events Of that day. Not only have the organs
Of the foreign party here resorted TO gross mlsrep
resentation and absolutely refused to lay before
their readers the truth and whole truth as to the
commencement of the riots but the Louisville cor
respondents of anti-American newspapers else
where have procured the publication of statements
which, by their unblushing falsehood, must chal-
lenge the admiration of the Prince of Darkness
| himself
Day after day new facts are brought to light
fresh evidences accumulated, TO prove that the
| aggressions on Monday were, in every instance
made by foreigners upon native citizens and, that
these aggressons were premeditated, were planned
and concocted, days and perhaps weeks before
hand, and that the aggressors were instigated
thereto by the leaders and demagogues OF the for
eign party Ii was evident to both parties, several
days before the election, that the American party
would be victorious. The anti-Amercans had
Dragged and clustered, and bullied, and denounced
but all to no purpose they saw plainly that they
would be defeated, and badly defeated They
could find not one single plausible excuse for the
defeat by which to hide the glaring fact of the sig
nal triumph of the American cause over msera-
BILE fusion of Aboltionism, foreignism, and Catho-
lcism. They were obliged to manufacture for
themselves some excuse. Their only chance was
to procure disturbances to be made In the city on
the day of the election in order that they might
have some pretence for saying that these foreign
voters were kept away from the polls and not al
| lowed to vote.
We announced this two weeks before the cleo
ton. The Americans saw the game, and deter
mined that order and peace should be preserved
at the polls, and that the voting should not be
interrupted. At some Of the polls disturbafices
were attempted by foreigners, but they were firm
ly and promptly put down and quoted. There
were no actual disturbances at the polls. The
Americans were quietly proceeding with the cleo
ton and, in order that the Sag Nights should not
be completely foiled in their plans, it became ne
cessary for them to create disturbances elsewhere.
In this they were unsuccessful beyond all expec-
tations, but the miserable Germans and Irish who
executed this part of the plan went too far; not
content with creating disturbance, they coin-
menced an indiscriminate attack upon the native
citizens who passed along the streets, shot them
down from behind windows and doorways, and,
instead Of merely affording, as was doubtless in
tended an excuse for the assertion that the dis
from voting, their cold-blooded butchery of Ameri-
can citizens provoked terrible retaliation and
produced the most fearful riots ever witnessed,
and such as we hope will never again be witness
ed In our Country
1t has now become necessary for this foreign
party by some means to escape the responsibility
and odum of these acts. They are endeavorng
to do this with real Jesutical impudence and in
genuity not only by suppression of truth, but
hy yarfin nd uniar fact fhatc
not be concealed, and by manufacturing incidents
that really never happened. In this manner an
effort has been made to produce wrong and false
impression upon the public mind, and to forestall
public opinion both at home and abroad.
1t was stated in our paper, a day or two ago,
that three hundred foreigners took their departure
from Louisville on the steamer Telegraph on Tues
day. We presumed, when we heard the statement,
that they had been residents of Louisville, who in
tended to absent themselves temporarily or perma
nently from our city on account Of the riots Of
Monday But we learn and are authorized to say,
that very large portion of the foreigners who
thus took their departure up the river, were men
who had come down the river less than week be-
fore, and colonized themselves in order to vote
fight or both for the anti-Amercan party on Mon
day If quiet men leave our city on account OF
any absurd apprehension of DANGER it is to be re-
GREETED but if rioters and murderers fee, the only
regret will be that they escape the punishment OF
their crimes-and we are sure no decent citizen
will complain that the foreign rufians who were
coonized here for the election have not chosen TO
make our city their lasting abode.
There is no spot in the Union where quiet and Or
derby foreisn-born citizens are more secure in the
exercise of all legal rights and just privileges than
| in Louisville; and any Louisville editor who says
otherwise is an INSCRIPTIONS foe of the city in
which he lives.
LOOK AT This THE following statement is
from gentleman of very high respectability,
whose name is at the service of all concerned
What must this community think of such reveal.
mentss
TO the Editors of the Louisville Journal
In reading the article in the Courier Of Thurs.
iay-an article pretending TO give the facts in re.
gard to Mondays disturbances-I was much sur,
prised to see, even among so many Measurements,
the assumption contained in the following sen.
tence
"In the presence Of heaven and before this com.
munity we deny utterly deny, that the aggressions
in the lower part Of the city on Monday afternoon
came from the foreigners"
ought not to have been surprised, perhaps, al
this additional evidence of the recklessness Of the
Courier, but this statement is given forth as i
founded upon the facts gathered by the reporter
for that paper Now witness those facts: met
one of our most respectable citizens, on Tuesday
evening, who had spent the entire day with the
reporter Of the Courier In gathering evidence in
regard to the riots, and asked him what conclu.
sion they had come toS He replied: We found
that IN sevea cases ont Of eight the foreigners nero
Tie aagressors"
then asked him If he thought Mr.. Haldeman
would state those facts they we're givenY He
replied that he did not think he would, and said
that he had urged the reporter to come out with Q
true statement of the whole matter. The twisted
and garbled statement of the Courier has shown
how those facts we're used, and how that sheet is
Jealous Of the fair fame Of the city" II is to be
regretted that Mr.. Hademan has not better opn
ion Of high Heaven and this community" that
he might thereby be induced to publish the truth
ONE or THIS COMMUNITY.
SAVE THE MAN WITH THE RED HAIR.-1t requires