Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-11-19
FROM The Louisville Journal.

1AE DALIlAUhE l0lOlSs-4HC sA]aS3 -A'fNhb
organsthroughout the country have copied
into their columns the comments of the
Baltimore Republican, paper notorious
for its reckless disregard of all propriety,
all justice and even of all truth and decen-
cy. We do not intend to fill our columns
with arguments on the recent riots at Bal
timore. The plain and uncontradicted and
'incontrovertible facts, which have already
been published, are a sufficient vlndIcatlon
Of the Americans of that city, and, without
comment, show beyond caVil that the riots
were inaugurated and premeditated by the
insolent bullies and fighting men of the for
eign party there. Our readers understand
the alacrity with which the Sag-Nicht lead
ers and organs have endeavored, in every
instance where riots have happened within
the last two years, to throw the blame up
on the Americans, even when the facts pos
itively and directly proved that foreigners
were the aggressors.
The following calm and dignffed state
ment, from the Baltimore Clipper, is com
plete refutation of the scurrilous falsehoodS
published by the Republican:
TIE Late RiotS.-A stranger, not ac-
quainted with the character of an evening
paper published in this city, on reading its
columns, might be induced to believe that
the members of the American party of this
city are a set of lawless rufians, who delight
in bloodshed and murder; and that the for
eign portion of the city is composed of mild
and innocent beings, who had been wanton-
ly set upon and slaughtered by the Ameri-
can rowdies But such an opinion would
be wide of the mark In all the riots tchlch
occurred on Tuesday last, the AmerioGas acted
IN self defense TIE foreigners had prepared
themselves for battle haUing provided nlHskets,
reroIrers, and egen sa0irels, to m0l0 dOoon their
opponents. But they committed o great
mistake in supposing that the Americans
could submit to be butchered without re-
sistance They found, to their cost, that
American courage was fully equal to the
crisis, and they were consequently driven
back, and made to yield-nOt, however,
until they had killed and wounded numbers
of Americans. And we here take the lib
erty to assure the foreign faction, that in
all cases hereafter, when they may under
take to shed American blood for exercising
the right of voting, they will be made to
render a dear account. The Infamous pa
per to which we have referred would have
it believed, that nearly all ofthe killed and
wounded are of the foreign party-but such
is not the fact From the circumstance Of
the Americans being attacked with mus
ketS and swivels, they had great number
of killed and wounded. We should like to
see list published Of the political designa-
ton of all who were killed or injured du-
ring Tuesday, as it would show whether
the foreign faction were the innocent per
sons they are represented to be 10y the pa
per aforesaid
No one can regret more than we do the
loss Of life and serious injury done to per-
sons at the recent election; but these scenes
will recur us often as foreigners undertake
to drive Americans from the polls at the
point of the bayonet. We urged a peace
able course prior to the election, for we
dreaded the consequences Of a riot. But
the most infammatory and exciting appeals
were made before the election to the for
eign population by Sag-Nicht orators and
their press. 1t is not, therefore, wonderful
that, with their passions thus inflamed and
backed by degenerate sons of the soil, the
Irish and Germans should have resolved on
taking possession Of the polls and cOntr0ll-
ing the election of the city. They tried
the experiment, but, we suspect, are not
well pleased with the result.