The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13
THE BALTIMORE RIOTS.

THE BALTIMORE RIOTS.
We have heretofore, says the Maysvile
Eagle, refrained from saying anything in re-
gard to the recent disgracefu Election riots
in which certain portions OF the two oppos-
ing parties were engaged in the city of Bal
timote, neither have We copied from the pa
pers of that city, any part Of the voluminous
accounts given by them Of that unfortunate
and disgraceful affair. We have thought best
to pursue this course, because we have felt
pretty certain that any account that We might
copy from the partisan papers, would only
give occasion for dispute about the matter
here, among those whose prejudice would
influence them in favor Of, or against the two
bellgerent Sides
We feel pretty confident that whatever we
might give from American papefs, would not
satisfy those Democrats here who have been
accustomed to look upon foreigner as in
capable of doing wrong, and who have al
ways been ready to exculpale him from
blame in any of the disgraceful scenes that
have been enacted at the polls of several
American cities during the past three or four
years.
II would be useless, therefore, 10 attempt
to convince such that the recent riots in Bal
timore were the result Of the insolent and
overbearing conduct of men born outside of
this country, which they believe to he theirs
the moment they land on our shores-be.
sause prejudice has taken too deep hold in
their bosoms to allow them to look at their
own native-born American brethren 10 any
other light than that of rioters and mdrdefets
even when necessity drives them to the alter.
native of protecting their own lives and prop
er,y by the budgeon and the knife.
This is humiliating fact TO acknowledge,
We know, but that it is fact is too well
known in this community to be denied, and
the ever ready protection that is extended
by men of responsibility and high standing
to the creatures who produce these disiur-
Dances, has resulted, and will always result,
in encouragement to them to go on in the
Preparation of their bloody outrages, when.
ever opportunity will allow them do so with
the least shadow of excuse. We have ev.
cry feason 10 believe from what we have
seen of the accounts of the recent Baltimore
riots, that they were commenced by foreign
DULLES and despetadues, acting in the SER
vice of the Democratic party, and when we
INFORM our readers that a greater part OF the
rioting occurred in ward of the city whete
the Democrats polled vote almost four
times as great as that of the Americans; we
think they will pretty well understand how,
in that portion of the city at least, the foreign
Democracy had every thing their own way,
and that If the right of either side were in
terfered with at the balot-box-there, at
least it was not members of the Democratic
party who were prevented from casting their
votes.
II Is a misfortune to the country that
scenes Of this kind are of so frequent occnr.
renee in OUT midst, but so long as the jail
birds and felons that tltong our cities from
the prisons of Europe are permitted to usdrp
to themselves the privileges of free-born
American citizens by exertng an equal in
fluence with them at our elections, we may
expect such scenes to continue to disgrace
us, and lower US in the estimation of civil.
lied men.