Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-21
AYOTHER EFFORT AT VIOLENCE.

With all the sad experience of Louisville Know
Nothing Plug Uglyism still prevails there. From
the Courier we extract the following particulars Of
their efforts to outrage the ballO-bOI inthe election
which took place few days since in that city for
Judge of the Court Of Appeals:
The voting in both precincts of the First Ward
commenced quiently, and progressed quietly until
about o'clock. The Democrats were then ahead in
both precncts-a thing unknown since the riots Of
1856. About that time, Germani named John
smith, who has been voter in this city more than
twenty years. was, without the slightest prOveatiOn
attacked by a Plug Ugly bully named Hiram Ray.
No further disturbance was then attempted, and the
voting progressed quently until about IL o'clock,
the Democrats maintaining their majority. The
Plug Uges now found 1t necessary to bring their Or
binary ights and vOlences into reqUsitiOn, to
prevent any more Democratic votes from being taken
They ierked and pulled and used other violence to-
wards Mr.. Weinmann, and others attempting to vote,
and severely beat Mr. Jesse TabOtt, man more than
fifty wears of age who mildly demonstrated with
them about their conduct. Mr.. JnO. Srassburg, as
inofensive mild and peaceable man lives, and
who has been known 10 all citizens for ten or
fifteen years. as porter and clerk in the Post Office,
while attempting enter the door to vote seized
by several of these Plug Ugly rufhans and roughly
handled but succeeded in escaping with the loss Of
his hat and his handkerchief Of course these pro-
ceedings had the desired effect, and but few more
Germans ventured to 60 to the polls during the day.
The Plug Uges soon got ahead, and carried the pre-
cinct by 20 majority. Such was the effect Of the
ordinary fights and viOlenees Of the Plug Ugly ruff
| fans.
During the afternoon some five or six gentlemen,
our very best citizens, who known to be just and
| true and who would under circumstances, or on
any occasion interfere with the rights Of the hum
best individual, determined that such an intoera-
BILE tyranny must at once cease, if it in their
Tbavr oh norta Col
VIM Preston, Joshua F. Speed, Henry Dent, John
O. Bullock and others, who felt outraged, as every
GOOD citizen should feel when Plug Ugly DULLES
we're preventing the friends Of Mr.. Built from vot-
ing for him, and when they had gone so far as to
offer violence to Mr. Bullitt himself They went to
the First Ward resolved to interfere with the rights
Of no voter but at the same time to protect every
voter in his right to vote.
Strassburg was entitled to a vote, and they were
determined to protect him in the exercise Of that
| privilege He Uoted! but as he was leaving the
! house, a Plug Ugly made a snaeh at the papers he
! held in his hand, demanding to see them. Col.
Preston interferred for his protection, when pistols
! and knives were drawn upon him. He drew and
attempted to use his weapon in defense Of himself
but it wa wrsstel ir m him by police officer Pts
| tolls were also drawn upon Mr.. Bullitt, and the
weapon he had drawn in defense Of himself, also
wrested from him in like manner This disturbance,
which for a moment was 80 threatening, was queled
| by the manly bearing and fixed resolve of men who
were not to be frightened by Plug Ugly bules and,
the voting the remainder Of the evening progressed
! without the slightest disturbance.
The Plug Ugly rufians quailed before the resOlute
stand of half dozen determined and brave men,
who were ready to die rather than yield. their
right. These Plug Ugly devils knock down
foreigners and drive them from the polls but they
have been taught that they can't treat every body
thus. They have now learned lesson which they
will not soon forget.
The police during all the disturbances in the
morning made the slightest attempt to suppress
them. They rather looked on and laughed, if
they enjoyed the sport. As long the Democrats
were the victims, they did not interfere But when
the carcases of the Plug Uglies were in danger, they
lost no time in coming to their rescue. We are told
that some of the Plug Ugly DULLES we're actually
brought on the ground by watchmen.
We hope the leasOn taught the Plug Uglies on
Monday will not be lost. Democrats now see that
they have nothing to expect hope for the
ofjustice from our courts and police. They have
large majority in the city, and if they cannot secure
the protection of the city authorities in giving
preston TO their voice. let them give the necessary
protection themselves If the Plug Ugies come to
the polls armed and in numbers let the Democrats
do the same Let it once be understood that they
are determined to assert their rights even to the
DEATH and our word for it there will be further
trouble. Plug Uglyism is cOwardee in its worst
FORM and it only needs to be tested to establish this
fact beyond all controversy.