Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-22
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ASoW -NorHIx0 CoUSciL.-A dispatch from
Il sclunatl ON the 18th says: at is reported here
"a. National Know Nothing Council is to meet
y iais city stnDou on Wednesday the 9th INST Tor
rs parpose of making arrangements tor The Pres
" atial election II ia expected that candidate
" i be eeleciVd from three prumlnent individuals
'A,se names will he presented 20 .lhe council
- u Houston, of Texas Jacob Broom. Of Ppan-
pyisas:s aud Willard FILLMORE. OF New York, are
,:e ,h.se. John NJ. Clayton, it is said, is cut of
20 question. Twenty eight Sta:es-even Cali
ssAnis will be represented. ! send Yum these
t<ls-rs as they were communicated ~ me. know
N.iang further"
A stsr dispatch confirms the report about the
4ss.mhling Of The Convention. IL states that Inc
sheet Of The meeting was 10 elect chief Ut the
S.ier for the whole Union, who would be con
Aered the knw Nothing candidate ior the Pres
Iisssy. The dispatch PrYceeds:-
The chances of Houston are deemed the hes
Es in considered an available man; IS now OPP
;.sssd To Irish whskey and lager beer has, during
'ar past year. organized upwards OF four hundred
sd fiy local Judges or councils; has plenty oil
eailiiary glory and romance 10 Western man
!ging al the South. with Northern and Eastern
reputation lately acquired and has been PTes'ueh'
II the Republic Of Texas
.'All know Gen. Scott and his antecedents; but
ne salient point in the brave old Generals hie
Nth the Know Nothngs. is his famous letter IN
saver of change in the naturalization laws from
9rc &, twenty uns-th the time it takes native born
American to acquire the right to vote himself
2re.den, or farm. This celebrated letter lost
aim 4 great many foreign VpIes IN 1852. which is
;hulyht 10 be in his favor as candidate on the
An9w- Nothing ticket.
Jacob Broome is not 50 we'll known, although
Ia was candidate for the Presidency IN 1907,
psd received votes in Pennsylvania, New jersey,
and Massachusetts, But Mr.. Bruome is known
% the Know-Nothiags lie has been for years
,siiinr in tho native American cause; Is the Ia
her. we may say, of the order; has just been @
lse.sd ! member Of the next Congress. aud will
BE treated with fr2,eraal Kindness at the conYGn-
raa.
..Now We come TO Willard Fillmore. lie is
member Of the order john NJ. Clayton says So
I, ia known, too. that all the Fillmore Wings
iincA tho Know Nothings, heart, purse and hand.
IT the last election in your State. II is also sta
Esd that when Mr. Fillmore was on his late tour
at the South. with the Hon. John p. Kennedy,
,hs author of native American novels. with scenes
laid in native American forests. he aided more or
lsss in the organic, alton Of about two hundred and
sixty councils or lodges. So am told. am al
~ told that he is on intimate terms with Sam,
Wis, was in New York on the 7th inst, and was
U have visited Massachusetts on the 18Th INST.
"John VI. Clayton comes last because he says
10 is not 4 member of the order-is not candi-
date for tho Presidency, and don't care button
for ANYBODY But in these times 1t is difficult to
rell what may turn up. Clayton, by the retul-
s,aes of his genius. as shown forth in his late let
Ter to somebody in Philadelphia, has been the
means of organizing quite number OF lodges. and
thereby aiding in tho spread Of the wings OF the
American e2gla all over tia country"
The sbove specula,iors are interesting, but it
Is ros probable that any party would nominate a
candidate twJ years in advance Of the election.
Tus AMERICAS DIPLOMATIC CoNoREss AT
D.DEs.-Tho New York Times says that the re-
c-n, Congress Of American Ambassadors at Baden
MAS called together for the purpose OF preparing
rspor, upon the condition of popular sentiment In
Eurppe, and it presents the following as embracing
an accurate summary Of the report on hat SUBJECT
which was 10 have been forwarded to Washington
hT the last steamer:
1.-The Ambassadors agree in reporting the utter
absence of Democratic feeling in Europe. In
Spain there are no republicans. Mr.. SickIeS went
,uroo,ely TO Madrid. and reports this as the result
al OBSERVATION. IIt't - IVoI Ia
II its prudent and practical Government Bevo'
Ia,ion in Paris is utof the question. Austria has
succeeded in gaining the hearts of her subjects
Even Kossuth himself is Gnte forgotten by the
people. the Magyar aristocracy being his only adj
s,,snts. Poland has no chances. except in the
a,nt, of N1onarchc combinations, and Italy is com
nl.,ely tired Of the madness Of Mazzinism. 30 Of
She res,. Europe is satisfied. The people OF the
Old Continent are not ripe for freedom.
"Such, W. are told. will he the spirit that will
Hsrvade the intelligence sent or TO be sent home
Sr our Ministers in Europe. and these oplnlonsare
given as the explanation Of the belief that our
1;ovsrnment would meet no support tron any part
.f Europe. in the attempt to gain possession OF
Cuba. Spain will not sell the Island. and there
is no feeling of democratic sympathy with this
country which would support us IN seeking to ell
feet its conquest by any other means y
There is not an intelligent, responsible Journal
On this side of the Atlantic that has not over and
nvsr ,gain represented the condition of Europe to
hs ,rscisely what it is above stated TO DC. Where
was the necessity of holding solemn ambaSsado-
rial congress to ascertain that which every intel
Gqent. obseryant man has long ago perceived
r.ai,,ov, Of the Central Bank or Virginia on
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