Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-26
KNOW NoTHINGs.

language of the Louisville Courier) in
country that enjoys in full perfection
the blessing of free inquiry. The pri
mary assemblages of the people and thu
press are all sufficient for freedom Of in
CURRY into all political matters, and al
most everything may be trusted to thos'
two institutions. ''
A great alarm is evidently felt in re
gard to the Know Nothings. They per
wade all political space: now floating il
empyrean ether, now delving into sub
terranean recesses. now walking the
streets ut MONDAY and anon towering
over the midnight sleep ofcandida,es
They are raw head and bloody bones
which frighten the mere politician al
most as horribly as a turuip-lanterr
lighting up the gloomy vaults of the
graveyard. Unseen they move; they
are as ubiquitous as the familiars of the
old fashioned inquisilion. But, though
unseen, they are not unfelt. The Know
Nothings glue no warning cry to stand
from UNDER but smash politicians into
a cooked hat SO effectually, that though
thoroughly used up, the sores and brui-
SEES are SO universal, that the recipien
do not know what hurt them. Old To-
gyism is trembling everywhere. 1t
scarcely dare to move for fear Of dying,
and it is so affected with hypocondria, as
it were imagining itself a teapot on the
hearth; it orders the shovel, tongs and
poker to be moved far away, for fear
that some elfn Know Nothing, in fit
ting across the fireplace, may knock
over some loose thing that may finish
the teapot. Queen Nab, when riding
forth in her chariot made Of a hazel nut,
never troubled the brain Of any sleeper
more than the Know Nothiugs do the
political aspirants. They once knew
something about starting for office, but
nowadays their shibboleth is at dis.
count. Tho Know Nothings will have
nothing to do with it, and they hang
like gloomy, spectral pail over all the
highways and byways of political life
There is but one sign-board of,he Know
Nothings that seems to be altogether
legible. As we'll as we can decipher it,
it says that the candidate who forgets
that there is an American people and
luxuriates in counting the foreign vote
is doomed. He is at once placed OH the
Know Kothing wheel, and single turn
ofthat instrument brushes every bone in
his body. 1t is done so efficiently that
the victim is able to console himselfwith
the reflection that i. cannot be done a.
gain. He is beyond the reach alike of
surgery and Of the us mcdicatrir nature.
The curious part ofthe operation is that
a tasteess, inoderous chlorolorm is ad.
ministered, for we saw a number of
victims on Monday, who were on the
wheel and were regular Know No,hings
in one phase, for though the joints were
being drawn asunder and the bones pre-.
pairing to be mashed, the martyrs were
utterly unconscious that anything unu.
sual was going on until all was over.
There must have been rare amuse.
ment, if Know Notllings know any
thing Of that enjoyment, in their sly
lodges when they found themselves re-
pudia,ed by some of the candidates.
The Know No,hings reciprocated with
an awful reciprocity, and there was
scarcely grease spot left. Whether
there was any smell of sulphur during
the reciprocation we cannot tell. .r
These are a part of the public signs
of Know Nothingism. Another awful
feature of its work is its nnmistakeable
efficiency. The Know Nothings leave
no weak places i'll their work for peo-
pie to quarrel over. A ttip-hammer
does not make its impression with more
palpable signs. five we're candidate
for office we should thank the Know
Nothings to address US little note in
forming us of their intentions. If the
note smelt Of repudiation of our claims,
we should hasten to decline the canvass
under tho plea of other pressing engage
ments. M. H.
There cannot be the least amusement
in getting such cuff as the Know No
things administered, nor any special
consolation in the fact that the awful
paw which gave it as much hidden as
"the man who struck Billy Patterson
with brick" We should greatly pre-
fer taking Sancho Panza's fate at blan.
ket tossing. And we wish the fraterni-
ty of Know Nolhings distinctlyto un-
derstand that; il we have said any thing
in this faithful historical sketch to hurt
their feelings, or in betrayal of,heir se-
crc,s, we heartily beg their pardon and
will submit to any penance rather than
to feel one of their mysterious knocks.
We feel tito be our duty to expose
the Know Nothings, bet we do not wish
to hurt their feelings if they have any.
The public have right to all the light
that can be lie, into the secret, new sub
terranean caverns that are yawuing with
their dreadful mouths, seeking whom
they may devour no. r.s
We have taken great deal Of pains