Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-27
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Yours
WAsHIEoros CRY, Dec. 26, g.

To The Editor of the american Organ:
find In your valuable and independent paper Of
Saturday evening, letter from some unknown ex-
member of Congress, from the old Rip Van Wrinkle
State, in answer to the letter of Hon Henry A.
Wise against the Know Nothings. 1t lis impossible
todescribe the emotion Of pleasure Of qualification
and of PRIDE as American citizen, that felt on
its perusaL 1t should and trust win be, read by
every freeman, every patriot, every lover Of his
country. 1t Is enough to say, that Mr.. Wise had
built, GsAs supposed, magnificent temple, surpas-
sing Solomons in its solid foundations its splendid
architecture Its beautiful proportions, It's grand
and imposing appearance; but, unfortunately for
him, 1t was supported by sundry fancy pillars-one
of moonshine distractions, another Of specious So
phistry, another Of bold assumptions of another,
fallacious positions, adorned with the cobwebs Of
his brain, and painted with the brilliant colors Of
his imagination-but behold, the North Carolina
magician touches them with his wand, they crum-
ble and Mr.. Wise is buried in the ruins Of his own
temple.
Such is, and always win be, the fate Of unhal-
lowed ambition; and now, although our North
Carolina friend has annihiatcd him yet my feel
ings prompt me TO recover his mangled remains
from the ruins, and give him decent Christian
burial %
Mr.. Wise draws comparison between the ma
tive and foreign population, and the native and
foreign vote. What does this signify? Win not
every enemy of Know Nothingisn,, and win not
Mr.. Wise himself admit the fact, that the Roman
Catholic vote in this country is unit 2 This no
man can deny then what is that unit? II is the
balance of po,oer- and give me the balance Of
posOer while the two great parties Of the country
are nearly equally divided, and win control every
eection-all the Offices, all the spoils tell the
American people this balance of po,oer was bought
up in the last presidential election and hence the
hordes Of foreign oficeholders in oil our custom
houses, in our government Offices in this city, in
our embassies to foreign courts
Was itnot nighttime then, that this great conser-
vative national American party Of KNOWN othings
should be formed. One of our most illustrious
statesmen has said, that 'sThe price Of liberty is
eternal vigilance" and this new party will follow
his advice. Now, while Mr.. Wise is denouncing
American citizens for belonging to this secret as
socation, and denying them their rights under the
constitution he does not dare to attack the Jesus
who are holding their clannish secret meetings in
all the lGge cities in the United States, and plot
ting their schemes for Papal supremacy, which Mr.
Wise knows as well as any other man in the coun-
try, but which his ambition to be Governor Of yir-
ginia, win not allow him to admit
Its his policy to keep mum as to the party, and
he is therefore by his silence sanctioning encour.
aging, aiding and abetting the secret meetings Of
foreigners, the hired vassals of foreign hierarchy
and denying the same rights to American citizens.
will ask Mr.. Wise, when did secret societies be-
ging He is no doubt well versed in history, but
presume it has escaped his memory that they be-
gan in the days of the revolution. In 1878, Rich
ard Henry Lee planned and effected secret asso-
citation, the object of which to prevent the op-
Grafton Of the celebrated stamp act of the English
Parliament. Afthe heroes and patriots Of the
revolution belonged to this secret association.
What viii Mr.. Wise say to that? Does he de-
nounce that association? LIBERTY