The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29
] he riots at Louisville.

Tie whole affair IS charged upon the |
American party. Some rampan, demo.
cratic sheets, without shadow of relia.
bic information, accuse the Know Moth
'ngs of taking possession of the polls
early in the day, and with force and
arms, OF permitting none bu, their own
followers to vote. Such, for instance,
are tho charges Of the Davenport Ban.
ner and Mu scatine Enquirer while the
more rational and tru,h-Iovng portion OF
the party only say, that the riots occur
red in consequ. nee Of the impassionate
foreigners becoming enraged at the at
,empts made by the X. Ms to deprive
them Of their rights.
The reckless assertions of those pa.
pers who have no regard for truth OF We
raclty, are not worth passing notice, as
they show upon the face of them their
falsily, as well as the motives which call
forth such recklessnoss. And such as
the following, taken from Iowa Capital
Reporter, upon an examination Nth due
reflection, shows degree Of falIacy no,
very com,nendable to the editor, as we'll
as the desperate eAor. required to shield
their party from culpabili,y IN the pre-
misses:
mo one can fail to see, and but few
will fail to admit, that the sources of the
Louisville outrages are seated in the We
~ life and being Of Know Nothing isln.'
Thus, without any exception whatever,
al.ributing the whole rio, to the eristenc.
oil Know l'o,hingism.
And again, to have himself fully un-
derstood that he means the simple erist.
ence OF the order As the true cause, with
out any overt acts OF It's members, he
says:
Disguise the facts as you may, GEN.
sure the foreigners as you may; it is i'm
possible to close the honest perception to
The great and terrible truth, tina, an un-
Just, secret, uncelled for, anti. republican,
and unpatro.ic combination of men, I'M
der,he deseerated name Of Native Amer
icans, are the legitimate mo-creators of
all that misery and turbulence, rebellion
and hloodshed, which have SO painfully
emphasized the pre- ent political year of
Louisville
Thus he would have his readers be-
hese that The uery life and being" as he
expresses it, without wrongful act OF
member. IS the cause Of all this blood
shed; and to show how it was brough,
about, or, that the foreigners becoming
enrtgsd at the supposed oppression, were
justified 'niteir resentment" he says:
bat who will say that il indulgence
tie granted to neither party; if the wrongs
and expressions sought 10 be inflicted up
Oh Lie loreign citizen IN no wise justified
bis resentment; who will say hat his is
not The deeper condemnation who opened
me channel VIDE 10 the furious passions
oil the heart, and let loose the wors, of
It's demonlac nature, To- run riot in day
light, IN free and enlightened citya-
who Is SO ignorant that he does not know
that the files which the Know Nothing
persecution has kIndled in hearts hi,heT.
TO doelle and tractabls; obedien, and faith
iull"
mus ne says that the foreigners be-
cause OF the er,stence of an order which
seeks TO prevent their holding office, be-
cane enraged, and hence this riot en-.
sued, aud the foreign citizen was "jas
t.tied an his resentment"
What Is It that Know Nothinrism
seeks; or what is the object OF the order
winch Jusflfes such resentment this ter
rlbie bloodshed. Tae Obligations OF the
order have been published, time and
again. and what are they7 Simply that
members will not vote for, nor give their
influence for any office IN the git Of the
people, to any foreigner or catholic; and
because the American people will not
Vote Tor the foreigners or catholics, they
IN return are justified in such resentment
as occurred at Louisville VIVA, a strange
doctrine
Again, the Rep would have his read
ers believe that the X Ms, or Hindoos
as he terms them, are race of heathens
from The banks of the Ganges; tina, they
are the genuine Thugs Of India race
OF blood.tbirsty vampires, craving for
their blood a horde Of vandals, seeking
the destruction Of all foreigners and the
peace and harmony Of the country, disre.
gardng all law aud gospel ever ready
10 STAIN their hands with the crmsonet
gore Of foreigners hearts blood thai
they are Ilbertnes, land pirates, sangu.-
nary H4IIlercrs, and cannabas
Now II Is currently reported In Iowa
tIty, and generally believed and mo-
with good reason that the editor Of tue
Cap Reporter was, a short time ago, q
member OF this same dreadful band OF as.
sassins, and only withdrew about The
time oi his nomination ior mayor, by th,