The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-10-06
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THELOUIsvILLE ATROCITIES.


One Of the evils. says the Union, which
necessarily follow all public Outrages is, that
the punishment. direct, or indirect, which is
certain to cume, must be shared by the inno-
cent as well as the guilty. The Know
Nothings Of Louisville hive achieved a
bloody, nlurderous, triumph out the triumph
has iJsen purchased at the expense ol the
innocent ropetty-hOlders as well as the
property.holdet who encouraged or partlcl-
pated in the sanguinary Outrages OF mad
ened mob. The Know Nothing organs In
and out Of the disgfaced city, insist that no
serious injury has been, or Is likely to be-
sustained by LouisVille-in other words' tnat
a citv where the members 0f the order are
allowed to main and and kill their opponents
and to burn down their houses, is just as de-
sirable place Of residence ds city where
the persops and property of its citizens are
protected without reference to their religion
politics, or nativity. This may be good Know
Nothing logic, but experience and common
sense tells US that capital, whether in the
form Of labor or money, is timid, sensitive,
and distrustfnl, and seeks investments only
in such places where life is sacred, proper.
ty secure. and just laws are faithfully exc.
cuted.
The city Of Louisville has suffered, and
will continue to suffer, from the late Know
Nothing outrages. The loss sustained ii.
not simply loss of reputation, but loss of
transferred capital; a loss from deprecated
propty; loss from a curtailed trade; q loss OF
those stout hearts and brawny arms whose
ponderous blows have brought SO much
wealth, and property, and happiness to cit.
yonce widely known for its justice, humani-
ty, and hospitality. All this we know is de-
MED by the Louisville Journal and other apol-
igists for robbery, arson, aud murder; but the
real condition o! things III Louisville is far
worse than we have attempted to describe,
or is admitted even by those who bitterly de-
plore the wrongs which has made them inno-
csent suffers.
A day or two since, we were visited by
gentleman who has resided in Louisville, or
its immediate neighborhood, for tine last
tweity.seven years. He now owns larg e
and productive farm some two or three miles
from the city. He is widely known from
the purity of his principles and the upright
ness of his conduct, and enjoys the conf
dence of his friends and neighbors in an un.
limited degree. He has held high andre
sponsible official trusts, and apparently is
surrounded with SO many worldly comfort:
and advantages, and is generally SO esteemed
and loved, that the natural supposition woult
be that he was to use the homely phrase
anchored for life." But Louisville mur
ders and confagations have proved too mucf
for his powers of endurance. He can see
no safety in the present or security in the fu.
ture, and he has accordingly left home fol
the purpose of purchasing farm in Eastern
Virginia, where religious freedom is allowed
civil rights protected, and person and proper
ty safe from the insolence and destruction o
rutfian mobs.
= II value my farm near Louisville" sail
the old gentleman to us, sat twenty-five
thousand dollars; but am determined to set
tie elsewhere If l have to sell it for
half that sum. No man is safe, no property
10 safe, where Know Nothings have CON-
plete sway. / cannot go back to Louisville
to live. cannot reside in or near a city
where such frightfuI atrocities have been
committed. Many, ifnot most of my friends
are of my way of thinking. They knew
that was leaving home for the purpose OF
hunting up location in Eastern Virginia.
They authorized me to purchase farms
for them. ! personally know of more
than fifty families that will shortly remove
from Louisville and its vicinity to Virginia,
in consequence of the late riots
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