Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-20
Inc BaItimore Riots.

Mafit than any old fogy among their judges.
The Baltimore Riots.
This affair is unfortunate enough, and needs
not theready voice of exaggeration to help It
along The Locofoco papers Of this vicinage
are teeming with statements which, as viii be
shown below, are wilful perversions Of fact
and seized upon for party purposes. The card
Of High Constable Herring, calm, clear, and
convincing, and made upon his responsibility,
both as a gentleman and officer Is worth to all
candid minds, thousand of the vague, ven
omous, and empty trades to which we have
alluded. We give, also, q portion Of the lead
ing editorial of the american Democrat which
gives certain facts, which should be well-con-
sidered in forming an opinion Of the merits Of
the case, and which characterises, in justly Sc
we're terms, the pretensions Of a foreign horde,
to decency and order, as well as that hypocritr
ical proclivity, to raise the cry Of persecution
wherever capital may thereby be manufac-
tured.
| A CARD TO THE PuBLIc.--In the local columns
| of the Republican Of yesterday, find statement
| with regard to the proceedings at the 10th ward
election, on Thursday, which, SO far as those pro-
ceedings came under my observation, pronounce
| to be q tissue of unaloyed and unqualified false
hoods, from beginning to end.
| lst II is said that at ten o'clock men from other
wards, belonging to certain fire companies therein
named, took possession Of the polls, tore down
the fence, drove away the Democratic challengers,
assaulted the Democratic voters, &c., and that
among the men behaving thus riotously was num-
Der of city watchmen. This statement is false in
all its details. was on the ground at a quarter
past ten, and every thing was going on quietly.
I learned that before got on the ground the
Naf party, Dho did not belong to the scard, had
been up and attempted to take possession Of the
| polls. Theyhad been driven off BY men who belong
| to the sodrd not by the fire companies from other
wards. The city watchmen had nothing to do
| with the matter. Everybody went up and voted
without molestation. The driving of these men
| off did not stop the voting three minutes. From
all the information can gather, there fence
| up, and of course none torn down.
i 3D. 1t is said that after these ruffians of the
midnight order had gotten possession Of the polls,
every naturalized citizen who came up to vote
insuited, struck, or driven off-that numbers left
without being able to vote--that all this was wit
messed by Mayor Kinks police, and that had ! and
| my men done our duty the riot at this Ward might
have been prevented" &c.
| This whole statement, like that which precedes
| it, is utterly false. Nobody was driven from the
polls, which neevr psrs in possession OF the Amer
| lean party. There was scarcely any disturbance
| at the polls when the voting was going on. One
party was on one side Of the window, and the
other on the other. The row was some distance
| off, As none of the things described took place.
Mayor Kinks police" could not have prevented
them. With regard to the statement that did
not do my duty, / will say that but for my exer-
| tons, and those Of the police under my orders,
the house at the corner Of Saratoga and Fremont
i - Il n,xA tkara
| and which Is occupied by Mr.. Harkcr, would have
been torn down by the crowd who were exaspe-
rated with them because some of them had fred
on the Americans.
3D. It is stated that after the fence (which never
was up) was torn down, the rowdies who had the
| polls, formed lines on each side Of the window,
and kept off the Democratic voters by locking
arms This believe to be an unqualified false
| hood 1t could not have happened without my
seeing 1t, for was there nearly all the time, and
did net see It.
| The statement with regard 10 the riot In the
| evening, published In the Democrat of yesterday,
was correct in all essential particulars. shall only
| notice one other falsehood Of the Republican. II
| is this
at the time Of this ffacas, we are assured that
KONG was sober and unanned, having come simply
| from the Same curiosity that drew others on the
ground. Although KONG is bad man. when he
acts peaceably he should be protected; and the
murderer who would shoot him down for no offence
should be hung as high as Haman. The assertion
In morning print about KONG firing two Shots
Is false. He bad no arms"
saw KONG at the corner Of Saratoga and FIRE.
mont streets He was far from being sober. The
/ row had not then commenced. He fredtwo shots
| at officer Sutton, as he is ready to swear, before
| he fred himself at all, and after he was taken TO
the station house. dirk knife at least fourteen
/ inches long, was taken from him. II Is now In my
possession, and can be seen by anybody who is
| curious 10 see IL.
make these statements In justification Of my
self and the officers under my command. So far
4 az / know anything personally Of the matters pre-
| tended 30 be detailed In the Republican, every
single statement Is positive falsebood.
BEsJ. w. HKRRIso, II. G.
The DISTURBANCES IN THE NSErEKSrH WARD
The Foreign party, having failed 70 carry out their
| object on Thursday by means Of their hired bull
lee have rcsorted to every trick which desperation
could suggest or a system entirely Independent of
truth encourage, to conceal the atrocity Of their
conduct They have dohe even more. Their great
men have met In solemn conclave, and resolved
that they are no longer able 10 protect themselves
and that the Mayor must protect them. Yes the
Locofoco party, who have been familiar with club
/ law from their foundaton-whose habit il was for
twenty years 10 knock down and drag out all who
attempted TO vote against them at the polls--this
immaculate, innocent, prosecuted party now calls
upon the Mayor to appoint forty policemen, to pro
| tect the voters at the coming eectioni They
should have worded their petition TO his honor
thus:
DesriMr. Mayor, We were strong once, but we are
weak now. When we were strong, we took pos
session Of the polls, and suffered nobody to vote
but our own men. We tried TO do the same thing
last Thursday but, alas ! we had not the power
10 carry out our wishes.
The imputstions upon the police are gratuitous,
uncaed for, and, az far as we learn, destitute Of
the slightest foundation in truth. Had they allow
ed the foreign bully who made his way to the polls
with soap knife in his hand, brandishing IL aloft
and threatening all who came in his way, to clear
the field Of American voters, and 10 let in their