The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-07-18
For Tie Cecil Hug.
The Foreign Riots in New York.

The Foreign RIOtS In new YORK.
The Democratic city of New York which
gave President Buchanan majority over Mr..
Fillmore of % 600 votes at the last election
has tor nearly a month past been the scene of
the most brutal exhibitions of human deprav-
itv which have ever diSgraccd this country
To say nothing of the murdcrous, Battle ie-
tween the rival bands Of poictlnen. the his
tory Of q Sunday in New York as given hy
the papers Of that city, shows that the i'm
mrnse foreign population are in open, armed
rebellion against the municipal regulations Of
The city and the laws of the land. On Sun
day the 18th of June, there was one general
uprising Of this discontinued and rlotous elc-
mcnt throughout the city. and the suburban
towns. IN the Eleventh Ward an attack was
made on the police with paving stones. and
some six or eight were cut and bruised and
famed in horrible manner. The papers
say: THE men describe the fury of the rot
crs as being frightful. They seemed TO swarm
the streets and the paving stones filled the
air." At Hudson Park where the German
Lodge had gone to celebrate their annual pic
nlcthiS on Sunday they were attacked by
Il band of armed lrishmtsl A general riot
ensurd and twelve men were badly wounded
and four fatally stabbed. In Williamsburgh
a serious riot occurred between the German
and Irish population in which four of the lat
ter were stabbed.
The Fourth of July was general Riot day:
the papers ubli>h lists of killed and wound.
| ed, and the city hospital was described as
'ovcrhowing with the victims of the fight. !"
The following Sunday the riots commenced
again and great numbers were injured.
Gangs of thieves known as "Dcad Rabbits. !"
Five Pointers" and other grntlcmanlv titles,
such as the pure minded and peaccable De-
mocracy Of that city delight TO rejoice in, fill
| cd the streets stopping the omn bus cars and
robhing the drivers and passengers
| On last Sunday the rioters again took up
their favorite pastime An arrest two Ger
mans who were fighting in the streets was
the signal for an immense outbrt ak ofthe Ger
man population, who rushed out from their
Theatres and Eager Beer Saloons. Many
persons were shot. On Monday the German
population were out in great numbers; and it
Is stated that no less than flee thousand Ger
mans fully armed paraded the streets, setting
the laws of the land at defiance.
Truly a beautiful state of affairs for an
American city. No! not an American city.
The immense foreign population. who have
brought with them their radicalism. their
fierce Democracy, their Red and Black Re-
puhlicanism, their Sunday theatres and their
Sunday riots, who refuse to assimulate them
selves with our people, to respect our reli.
gious observances. or to obey our laws-has
gone on increasing until almost the last ves-
tige ofeur temperate and plain rcpublicanism
is bIottcd out. We have not time to pursue
this subject further at present but will recur
to it again. Tn the mean time we commend
the text to some of our Democratic friends,
who have SO much experience in preaching
riot sermons. They have ransacked the vocab-
nlary of abuse, to find words, in which to
denounce American born citizens for daring
TO protect themselves when set upon by for
eigners: but when thousands of armed Irish
and Germans parade the streets of our cities,
shooting each other down by hundreds, set
ting all law at defiance inaugu rating reign
of terror in our pcaceable American cities. on
our great American Sabbath, not word do
we hear from these riot preachers. There
nreno Americans engaged therein to condemn.
and they are silent; Of riots in locofoco city
they have not a word TO saw.
But American men of Maryland! Foreign
born men of Maryland, who came to these
shores to live as Americans, and to rear your
children as Americans that hereafter they may
enjoy American Liberty and guard American
Liberty. have you nothing to say ? Aye! you
all have something to say, and something to
do, and you will say it and do it. 1t is for
YOU to arise and at the ballot box check this
Fore in Influence which nourished and truck
led to by the locofoco party. has grown to an
clement of danger which puts all law and Or
der at defiance.
American men born on this soil and For
eign men who have come here to live and die
Americans, and raise up to succeed you
american sons and daughters. we call on you
to lie active at your duty. Now, while you
still have the power, lay to your hand in de-
nee Of OH con,inen American liberty.