The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-21
From tie Honcsaale Democrat.

FHr '0An"s"n'lr"' rs' Supposed Present
THE Know SorHIxGs. ment of Grand Jury.
IEaoic Cou,.ty, SS.--In the Court of
Session Of the Peace for the
County of Wayne, held at IIonesdale, be-
fore the Hon. President and Associate
Judges of said Court.
The Grand Inquest Of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania now sitting and
for the body Of the County Of
Wayne, upon their oaths and afhrmations
do present: That the good people of
the said county OF u long time past have
been, and up to the time of committing
the offences hereinafter mentioned, con-
tinued to be good, orderly, peaceable,
and regular members of the democratic
party and as such preserved their well
established and well secured rights OF
putting in nomination. and electing whom
they would a. of right they still ought
to do.
And the Inquest aforesaid upon their
oaths aforesaid, do further present, That
the said democratic party have also held
full and entire control and supremacy
over the whole of this Commonwealth,
and have had and still ought to have and
exercise the just control of the same, and
of said control ought not to be deprived
And the Inquest aforesaid, upon their
oaths aforesaid, do further present, That
on the second Tuesday of October last
past, the said democratic party had pat
in nomination for Governor of this Com.
monwealth, VIM Bisler, our present Gov
ernor, a good, true and faithful democrat
and by the usages of the party, all true
democrats were bound to vote for him
and the democratic party Of the county
of Wayne had put in nomination GOOD
and true democrats for Representative
for Prothonotary, and for various other
offices, and of right they ought to have
/ been elected.
And the Inquest aforesaid, upon theiI
oaths aforesaid, do further present, That
| by the Constitution of the United States
and by the Constitution of this Common
wealth, DO man ought to be prescribed
for conscience sake, but every man ought
to have a fair chance to get an Office il
he can, and if nominated by the Demo
cratic party, is rightfully entitled thereto
And the Inquest aforesaid, DO further
present, That there hath been recently
organized in the county of Wayne anC
in the Commonwealth a body of mel
called know Nothings,' who are to th'
Jurors aforesaid unknown, who have
combined, conspired, confederated, ant
agreed together to oYcrturn, overthrow
and destroy the democratic party and tt
deprive the said nominees of their sait
offices, contrary to the usages of thi
commonwealth, and to the great detrl
ment of the said nominees
And the Inquest aforesaid, do furthe
present, That the said Know Nothings
combining, conspiring, and confederatins
as aforesaid, in the year 1853, commenc
ed thier attack upon the venerable usage
of the said democratic party, and by vir
tue of said conspiracy and By all thei
dark insidious wiles, did delude the peo
pie and caused the defeat Of most worth
democrat who had been regularly nom
mated as President Judge. And in 1854
in pursuance Of said conspiracy did de
feat the said William Bigler of his Office
of g overnor, and did defeat all the worth
Y nominees of the democratic party in tht
county of Wayne. And it is current
reported and believed that they intenc
in the name and under the guise of \
mericanism to turn out of Office all for
eigners, and put in their places American
citizens, and to oyerturn Popery and suci
like superstitions and establish Protestant
ism and civilization in their stead, and t.
cause that the laws for naturalization b
amended and the time for becoming citi
zens be extended. All of which sait
actinga, doings, plottings and conspiring
are most manifestly to the contemp
of the Constitution, the great and sore af
Fiction of the democratic party, and St
to be denounced, presented, and mos
condignly punished.
And the Inquest aforesaid, DO furthe
present that said Know Nothings, hold
ing the abominable sentiments aforesaid
are justly exposed to cOndigu punishment
and if there were not SO many Of them
ought to be bauished by the Honorable
Court to Botany Bay, or the State o
New York, or TO any place where the,
could not endanger the peace and harno
ny of the democratic party of Wayn
county, or defeat regular nominations.
And SO the Inquest do present thes
said Know NOthings in conformity wit
the rules of Law and Politics as pest
a plague, political nuisance, to be abat
ed at the ballot box-if not, then W
must leave them to the disposal of tn
Honorable Court.
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