The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23
Secret Societies : The Know Ais.

This seems TO be the era of secret Organisations
since the ''Knov Nothings" have into existence
other societies have sprung into lie Of like nature and
where the mania viii and one guess. The Know
Ais is the Of body, which has just entered
ths list They having advertised that . meeting would
bs held LAST night at No OF Jams sree reporter ~.
paired to the spot to know all that intended for the
public by those belonging to the order Upon enter
Ing drinking saloon In this front story of the building
gentleman was found with wsom carried the FOL.
loving conversation:-
Do you knew, air. meeting OF any kind ia held La
this buiidirg to pghtS
A. Ye. Fir; there Is meeting Of some kind or other.
O. Can you show mo to the ouser doorkecper; should
like 10 AJAX him one or two questioRsP
A. Ny elections are to show NO the door. whose
mama Ia not entered upon this list (Pointiug to list Of
names lying upon the countsr)
sslieys those s. composing the meeting call them.
A. That is the they have given themselves. be.
lisve.
@ Thy are An opposing party to the "Knew Nothinss''
A. Yes, SIR they have started in opposition to the
Know Notbngs, and will soon exceed them in numbers,
O. The inference u.s. then, they take in all scots, M.
tors and creeds for 1t would require all to excssd the
to- e 1
A. No, Sir; the Know Alls are exclusively American;
com posed OF Americans and American In feeling and de-
q. Bow, then, can they EXCEED the Know Nothings,
who Of tie fane Glass; With he same ends in viewf
Nothings they admit al who are born upon this soil,
regardless OF their ancest, the Know Nohngs exclude
ali for three generatiopsa pinsps unsustained by
ctssty. duty TO country, or Justice.
O. Than understand the only difference TO be between
The two societies. that back generation the
other three geDerati0nss
A. This IL the main difference.
Q. The two socie les with the Same American sent-
mont sra differing only TO the time quaf
Der nust eventually resolve into ne body.
A. How 80?
@. Being both American, ths Know Nothngs Will join
the Kpow Ais and rcc r'sc and finally the oiaaa
will con pore both societies.
A. You are very much mistaken The Know Nothings,
b, eir poll ichl their existence have
dered tbs very obnoxious to the enlightened and
Erew Nothing has cks.s:e Of entering the opposite
order rery strict inves and initiation Will keep
out every Know Nothing in THE city or out of 1t.
Are the facs you give me intended for puoiicadonf
there any objection o. coarse this conversation will
be considered confidential
A. There IL objection TO h wing these faets pub
Eshed. The "Ksow Als' ain for, nothing thsy
ashamed Of Al that have told you viii he contained
in the By Laws Of the order whca will be zysa TO tho
public pubshet Thore Is nothing sscrst but
the system OF organization.
Tee conversation here closed Tar as the new osdsr
concerned
We understand that the next secret society ia the list
Will who to elect for their presStnt the gen.
teman 20 thoroughly American, that whsn invited to
preside At the celebration Of the landing Of TIA Pilgrims,
lie REPLIED sthat lie would not ein In celebrating the
rival Of the cust foeigners." What the Of this
socety il to be has not yet bsen made known. WnsS
vail grow out of all these secret organizations 1t Is din
cult to conjecture.