New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-31
TIE K,ow-yoTHryc NoyE,fEST

4 CORRESPONDENT claims space i0r some structures
On late paragraph in III, Spectator or Commercsl Id
rertiscr Of our City on tie knowNotAing Increment
in politics which space accord in another column,
but claim the liberty Herewith TO express our own
views OF the matter debated. ThOse views accord far
more nearly with those # Tae Spectator than vita OR
correspondents.
"S.M. H." affrns that Know nottingham has
It. spring II The dcrpest sentiments OF Patriotism
..ana Re. igion." We viii not dispute TINS; though
We see inyeterate o.ce-seckers swarlning and buzz
ing around it Ike i'es about open sugar hogs
head ard though many are conspicuous and in
hueutia herein whose Religion has never before been
so prominent. But admit the truth OF our corres-
pondents averment and it remains 70 be shown that
the strcsm is pure as its fountain We need to be
assured lot only that the end contemplated is laud
able but that The means empoyed are likewise
unezceplioLable And On this point we not sat
isGed. We regard all secret associations and comb-
nations to influence OF operate upon elections as rad
c2ily uirIoas All dangerous. Ihe!m'y mean We'll at
the outset but The, prefer facilities and temptations
to evil which can rarely be lon- resisted The Tam
nauy Society IL this City affords striking example
OF this Originally benevolent in its spirit aud repnb-
lican in it, character it has long since degeneraed
into dangerous engine Of selfish intrigue and pract-
cal arstOcracy through the influence Vi the vices 10
heren in I'll secret organizations operating on public
affairs. We see nothing in the new moycluer; calcu-
lated TO shield it from like peryerson but very much
tending 10 insure it.
But hat are the objects of this political COM
bins..on Suppose IL ends 20 be ever 20 patriotic
aud pious by what mesns does it propose to attain
them Every indication points to this IS one of the
most immediate and paplbe among them-a.e el-
c!usion of Roman Catholics, especially Iri'h-born
Cq'lolcs from cFe, and pallic employment And our
correspondents structures prove that lie regards this
effort with decided competency We do not and
cannot.
We have already said enough in demonstration of
the incompatiblity oi such systematic prescription
with the genius Of republican, institutions. which de-
msrds cqu. opportunities and privileges for all.
We propose now to consider il in the light Of this
propcstion-fhe ncdfaftd prescription Of iisa Caho-
lcs tends 70 perpeiea'e and eeea agg1arae the esry
trils '-hich II proposes to r'"oee.
What are those evils Why are the Irish 70 be
prescribed Ash any Know Nothing. and his ready
answer vii be, Because they ignorant, bigOted
.7indictiye, clannish AID prestriddc Well: there
is not single one of these defect. faults which VIII.
be correoted-therc is none which will naturally
be acerav-:,lby TIE prosecution and necessary con-
sequence. OF Ibis - know-Nothinc" crusade against
Iris1 Catholicism.
J4st consider tbs point. The irish you say. are
ignorant Are they likely to be enlightened by th.:
Wholesale prescription Is it calculated TO withdraw
their attention from their own peculiar attitude anl
interests and impel them to study earney and can
ddly the great questions Of Political Economy and
National Policy which really divide the American PeO-
pie Who does not that il IAu.t have IN eiiec;
precisely opposite to tits
BIT they are bgoted and pries,-rldeu. Admit
IT, and do you not see that this movement calculated
TO keep them so For Why is the influence OF tie
Roman priesthood upon the Irish tremendous
Plainly because the priests in ireland are abOu, the
only educated snd intellectual class who evince any
sympathy with the peasants needs anil suferngs The
landlords agents officers, State parsons, &c &c. viii
whom they are brought into contact are al eg4lized
bloOdsuckers; they only come into tie poor man
cabin for ther rents, their taxes costs OF tithes
they are cold and harsh while they stay and are of
as soon as their demand lie sstisiei: the priest alone
enters with kindness in his eye anl blessing OF biz
lips and remains 10 advise 10 encourage, instruct OF
console Irish devotion to the Catholic priesthood !,
Il child OF e1tortion, oppression and persecution
must not the Protestant be veritable cd.f-shioned
intensified Knew Nothing, who fails 10 draw thence
wholesome deduction
so with regard TO the alleged cannshness and
addiction to violence OF the Irish Ii perfectly Oh
yious that the Know Nothing crusade will sggrayste
these faults where they exist and tend to produce
them where they do not We, for example are
models of meekness and good temper at Elections
rever thought Of knocking anybody down there. and
we-e aways ready 10 help up those " Boo cot dcwr-
..d get Z we should n re- .t tie noAi Election q