Washington telegraph., 1855-09-12
From the ". o. Crescent.
The Louisville Riots,


been published regarding the origin and
progress of the lats riots in Louisville. We
have done so as public journalists, deter
mined to place the blame where it properly
belongs, regardless on whom it rests. We
are aware that. from some inexplicable rea-
sou, our Kentucky friends can get up a riot
without much difficulty The elements
there are easily worked up. The natives of
"ihe dark and bloody ground are natural
ly infammable, easily exasperated, and
prone to resent injury. come from what
quarter it may When their blood is I'D.
reason is apt to lose its sway. and exces-
ses are committed. Of which they never
dreamed
Our readers will remember the Ward ri
Q. in that city. when distinguished citizens
we're burnt In efiigy, and the dwelling of
noble-hearted and chivalrous native of the
State was fired. many valuableS DESTROYED,
snd bis family driven into the streets. Our
readers viii also remember the tone Of the
Louisville Courier as well as the Democrat
before and after that terrible scene-how
these papers urged on the rioters, and appa-
rently glOated over the destruction thew
wrought Their incendiary appeals to hired
bands of ruffians and vagabonds were the
legitimate cause of that riot. They ''sowed
the seed and reaped the whirlwind," and to
their full auspices. at that period, may be
traced all Of the bloody scenes which have
followed each other in rapid succession since,
and done so much to tarnish the fair reputa-
ton of that beautiful city The riots at the
May election, as well as those at the Au-
gust election, are the natural sequences of
the first, which they initiated and set to
work,
Like he'll broth TO boil and bubber'
In looking over our files of the Courier,
we find in It's issue of the seventh of May
last, an article on the riots of the pre-
vious day, from which We quote the follow
ing -
Early in the day, in the Second Ward,
1t was impossible for an American voter to
reach the poles, SO completely had the anti
Americans taken possession of them \
highly respectable merchant, who transacts
business in the center of tie city, but
votes in that Ward, informs US that be
was several times repulsed from the polls BY
Germans, and that not until the police off
GERS came and regulated the matter, could
he or aay other American vote"
1t then goes on to say that the same scenes
occurred in other portions of the city Early
IN the morning a strong effort was made by
the Sag Nicht'' party to take possession OF
the polls in the First Ward, but they were
repulSed by tue Americans The Courier
says -
The foreign population preponderated
IN numbers but the Americans had the ad-
vantage in Will and muscle Accordingly,
the latter attempted to both vote and fight,
concedTng at the same time to foreigners
the Ike right as far as they could exercise
1t. But this became wearisome, and the
whole programme changed, fighting became
substituted for voting. In this the Ameri-
cans Oe course obtained the upper hand.''
The Courier was then the organ par en-
oeltence of the American party. and while
1t regretted the Outrages of that day, it en-
urely exOnerates that party Then the
American party was great and Iespecta-
bic party"-then the spirit and genius of
the party was at war with such acts We
quote further from the Courier Of the 7th
May:
10 hold. however, great and respecta-
bic party responsible for the acts of a few
OF Its members, is both foolish and unjust.
The parties to these outrages acted without
authorlty-were not melted by any organi-
ZatIon, and Of course their conduct is alone
ehargable to them in their individual capac-
ity- Nothing could be more absurd than
an attempt to fasten upon the American par
ty the crlminality that certainly attaches to
much that was done in the First Ward polls.
The spirit and genius of the party is at war
with such acts-the purity of the ballot-box,
the exercise of the right of suffrage by those
whose right 1t is, and the establishment of
deceney and order in the place of riotous
proceedings at elections being some of its
great cardinal features"
The tone of the Courier has changed since
May a change has come over the spirit
OF Its dream" The American party short
time since committed a grievous fault-an
objectionable sin in selecting the Journa.
instead of the Courier as the organ of the
party IN the State of Kentucky, and the
Courier forthwith opened upon the party its
walls of wrath and its bottles of spleen
IL now ranks among its bitterest opponents.
ana abounds in denunciation of the most
vindlcatIve character In It's issue of the
fourteenth of august. speaking of the Am
erlcan party, which on the seventh of May
called great and respectable party it
says:
If We could for moment forget the sor-
70" and gloom which overcomes us when
sne mind reverts to the crime, and bereto-
lore almost unheard-of villainies which at
taeh to the mob of Monday, the 9Th of Au-
gust various little incidents are developed
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