Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-12
The RIOTS IN NEW ORLEANS.

The RIOTS IN NEW ORLEANS.
As we write, we are unapprised Of the
result of the revolutionary movements in
the Crescent City. The telegraph brings
the sad news that blood has been shed and
we fear that, before our paper goes to press,
intelligence Of increased turmoil, and pro-
baby of the spiiling Of more human blood,
may flash along the wires. While we
deeply regret the necessity for the employ
,nent of revolutionary powers in place of
the mild and equable flow of legal Justice
while we deplore the conversion OF organ
lied society into camp with its cannon and
muskets and stern martial law-we cannot
be surprised at the terrible outbreak if
there be atiy truth in the dark picture Of
outrages, which we republish below from
the New Orleans True Delta Of June I'd.
We have here another bitter fruit of the
infamous fanaticism through which the
Know Nothing party at one time gained a
disgraceful ascenaancy in several parts of
the United States. Bigotry, fraud and
corruption were the levers by which theJA
carried out their miserable Vaccinations for
power. The good SENSE and stern patriot
ism of the people of Virginia gave the first
stunning blow to the worst party that ever
disgraced American history-but froE, pc
culiar circumstances the acrid virus was
permitted to poison the social fountains of
some of our cities, such as Baltimore,
Washington and New Orleans. All the
evils predicted, as the inevitable consequent
ces of so corrupt and raofistsUus ar ctgani-
zation, have been reapcd' by ar outraged
people; but the mischief las reached it's crl-
minating point in the city Of New Orleans,
where blood red crime has boldly stalked
through the streets. Painful as the lesson
may be, it will serve to settle the public
mind into still deeper cxecration Of any
party that, for the sake Of power or reward,
would rutblcsly seek to invade Tire sacred
ultar ami destroy the highcs, privilc ges of
large class of the community. Hy deccre
ton and cunning such party clcut into
povstl-ti 5t 'maiistain which it has to rely up
on close utilization with the most degraded
men in the co,1e,hraity--the fiji tools Of les
unhallowcd arssition. Is it, then, strange,
however muehAtc' be regretted, that in New
Orleans, cursed as it has tccr by. Tie faseat-
zeal dynasty, these siiesld hare been ter
slble uprising; iis'deffanse Of lava ard or.-
der ?-Enquirey~
From the New Orleans fr1ue jess; J54re ~
WHAT Is THE MO WEMENT?
Many persons affect to believe that only
q full consciousness ofapproachifsg pccuni-
ary disaster could have ro,ssed the thinking
md substantial nfe1f of this co,s,-tssfitFto az
mature sense Of tie pecessitv Ct crushi ng
out the evil ele.irents which,, for several
years past, have SO rttflously preiomfrated
here. Than any s,fch sup1ostion notI,i,mss
can be more erroneous, for M4blfe opinion
in the last two years has been gradually
forming and maturing to make the issue
which is now presented namely; whether
the cut-thoats- ard vagabonds wh3 con:grc-
gate here, like a" second San Francisco,
from every State in the Union and every
ration abroad, sl.alT rule and ruin it; or,
whether Industry, its integrity, and its in-
ttlligence. shall assume the control and /
compel s,sch wretches to abdfsa*A as,sl de
part. If the question ever' was o. poIitisa' |
one it has long s:hee ceased to be SOY ia BIG
estimation Of the public az isrge, w.etHev
the kind of people who have been iording III
over this city shaiF' be permitted to rob, |
plumber, aud assassnate at discretion, ufi-
touched by tie laws, unchecked by popular I
power; until at length silent protests and |
universal disgust have given way Is de-
term'ncd rganizatio AMI a" resoldt in
ien:'ion to maintain lay antl right by the
strong arm Of legitf iii, tt rIpular authority
The decentralization corsecdcrt UPON what !
Is called the success of EShowN Nothineism. !
exceeds belief; hundreds Of youths i Il this
city, many of them the sons of pHrents Of the |
highest social standing, and exalted moral !
worth, have been ruined in mind n.erals !
and character, being led into tie Indulgence
of the lowest ard Lasest vices and cntrapped !
into the commission of punishab'e crimes in
order to obtain the means Of vicious indus !
gcnce. The number Of estimable families |
who have thus been brought to sorrow; ex-
cecds. as We have stated, credibility, and |
how could it be otherwise, when the mcrcst
boys associated with the viest thieves and
,1urdcrers, Furnishing their knives and pis-
tolls, dirkng, for the fun of the thing, any
poor perscr-that cane along, and
chanting in haiaGrthkcn' insanity; '.Esip |
SAM as they>ycllcd and rcclcI to the low
est haunts to sleep off the effects of their
first debaucherics' 1t is sights like these;
and not idle or real alarm fo, the safety. of :
property; which have az length stirred and
tuickened Ills pill cosnan.h;ty is,se. health-
I'LL activity, aud VIC ssaE he e2;5sap Pointed in
the composition of the meti' who have 5aken
control of the movement. iFthcJ,a hastae-t'it !
before our city is purgcd of The villains who
have made it'a ty-word, a scoif, reproach
and hell
The man of property has of course very
great interest i'll it's pfeservatidn; and he t
must be blind ard at,,tid WHO docs not OBJ !
serve how rapidly itd vaide is dcprcciating
under the operation of the causes TO which |