The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24
MALICE.

and persevering attempt to defame the citizens Of
baltimore, and to spread abroad the idea that that
city is but den of rufianly rowdies thieves bur-
glars and assassins 1t is part Of the tactics OF
the Plunder Party to revile and defame all whom
not enslaye; and this game they are now playing
with Baltimore. This city was for great many
years under Democratic rule, and II was then dam
erous for eny Wing or we-dressed man TO APP
proach the polls to vote. Scenes Of rowdyism
and violence were the invarable Accomplishments
of elections in that city and it is notorious fact
that gangs of brutal foreigners perambulated the
city and voted just as often as they pleased, or
their leaders thought proper to have them, beat
ing and manning all who attempted TO oppose
them. Gtf @ *A
Did the Union, the Baltimore Sun, the Rich
mond Enquirer or any other Locofoco paper then
complain of the rowdysm and the rufianism OF
those gangss Not at all. It was "all hail to the
noble Democracy of Baltimore |" "A glorious
victory in Baltimore!" and such like commenda.
tory and exultant ordinations.
But the Baltimoreans became sickened and dis
gusted at the scenes enacted in their city by the
offscourings of Europe, and the scum, especially,
of Ireland, and determined that these foreigners
should no longer play such fantastic tricks among
them; and they accordingly acted upon the deter
mination that americans sl,all rule America, 7
and Baltimoreans, Baltimore But the foreign
rowdies and rufians were not disposed to submit
to any such nonsense as this, and sooner than 40
SO would fight; and fight they have ever since,
T., Ia Of ha
der Party. They have, however, been beaten, and
now, because they cannot whip and rule Amsri-
cans in that city, the organs Of the party, the
breath of whose nostrils would cease but for the
"spoils dealt out to them by corrupt govern
ment, turn round and raise theshue and cry OF
rufianism against those who are acting in selfde-
fence, and asserting the right to rule their own
country! ....s asH
portion Of those foreign ruffians, finding Bal
timore too hot for them, have transferred their
operations from that city to this; the conse-
quences are felt by all who are compelled to pass
and repass their haunts, and the reports of their
doings may be daily read in the columns of that
fearless little paper, The States. Does the Union
denouncs the outrages perpetrated in our streets
by these refugeesp BY no means. So far from
their being objects of detestaton with the govern
ment as they are with our orderly citizens, some
of them have Leen employed by the government,
in the place of the sober, steady americans, heads
of families, who have been turned out.
How dare the organs of party oderiferous Of
the Plaquemine frauds and rufianisms, pirate Of
violence and villany9
'.#. BE JUST. .rs.
JUSTICE is one of the noblest virtues of man, as
it is one of the rarest. Especially is it among
polite opponents Prejudice is one Of its great
| stumbling blocks and enemies, and obstinacy, OF
pride of consistency, another.
/ We do not pretend to be exempt from the fau
we impute to mankind in general; nevertheless
we may, without especial censure, exercise the
| privilege of jogging the elbows of some of oul
neighbors, and Of intimating to them wherein
| they come short of doing as they would be done
by; and we shall do SO in the hope that they
may "see themselves as others see them," but il
no spirit of unkindness
We allude to the fact that portion of the pres
here and elsewhere have copied into their columns
false and calumnious statements in regard to the
dsgraceful and riotous doings in Baltimore on the
day of the municipal election; some of these
statements coming from a paper professedty neu-
trail, but bitterly and vindictivey hostile to the
american party and to the Mayor of Baltimore,
because he was elected by that party. The gen
tleman who holds that Office is well known to
many of our oldest and most esteemed citizens
who can bear testimony to his high character,
unspotted integrity, nice sense of honor, superior
talents, and uncommon energy. If there is man
in the world who scorns to do anything incom.
patiblc with the character and dignity of gen
tleman and Christian, or who dares to do his
duty in defiance of threats, organized rufians and
embittered calumny, it is THOMAS SWAMI. And
| yet, although he has, over his own name, stated
the facts in rel ton to the doings in Baltimore or
the day of election, and shown the falsity of the
statements put forth by the Baltimore Sun and
other Locofoco prints, yet those papers in oul
midst which gave currency to those statements
have not, we are sorry to say, deemed it their
duty, as an act Of simple justice, to copy Mayor
Swann's plain, unvarnished, official statement.
We are not without hope they will yet do so.
We do not expect this act of justice from all
those papers which have, with so much apparent
satisfaction, copied the Suns misrcprescntation
because, upon the principle that we willingly
believe what we wish to be true, we suppose they
are not to be convinced of the alsity of what they
have given currency TO. But we hone there are
Others whose wishes do not hold false spectacles
up TO their eyes, and who can therefore, discern
truth when placed before them.
What we ask Is but simple act of Justice.
| Will il be deniedp
APPREHENDED DIsTURBANCEs AT
THE APPROACHING ELECTION
IN MARYLAND.
| I'VE learn, upon very reliable authority, that