The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-11-16
K.ow No,klnE. ana dc WIG Par,r.

Know Ndskings and the Whis Party.
Eatruet from Judge Agmev's address 70 ths
Wigs Of Beapsr County
II is righ,--il is iss,-is Il honorable, IN
the candidates Of enc party secretly 10 join
another, which requires Of him new oath /
bound allsgiehcel Can he be trustworthy
or cafe man who extends The right hand Of
to his brethren on the ticket, ciai-
mirg their support, and with The left hand
Is secretly staptiug them with his vote r.
What soh of honor or honesty is thai which
cries 10 the Wings for their votes, while II
steal,hfully robs them of lis owG, aud trans
fers to another party the eclai and The beue.
hts q ;;iiS:oory, SiSS::oory The .-rs-. Kne.-ss.-air.:
draped oui in the false garo OF the Wing
cand idaie, must prove untrue TO the whigs
by voting for Mott Robinson and Thomp-
son, or violate tie oath by voting agains,
them. Let hiu lake either horn, he is
irai,sr 10 either one or the oiheS. No man
can serve two masters. He canaei wsssh,p
God and the Devil.
Without assaillng the order Oh Know
Noth,ngs, or its principles, ~s hold, there
fore, that proper regard foi ourselves as
individuals, and ddy to the Wing party, re.
quired Of us when informed Of this corap-
,ioa in our ticket to take means 10 avoid its
consequences, and prevent the betrayal Of
our cause. ...t- tI
But we further hold ,ha, the principle and
the organization OF such party 70 which
our candidates had bound themselves, can
not be defined. In land of perfect free
dom Of opinion, of unreslrained liberty Of
speech and Of tine press, what can justify
the existence Of secret oath bound party,
whose aims are against portion Of the cit
,xens, whether they be Catholics, or all per-
sons of foreign birth?
Justice and fair dealing require that no
man nor class OF men shall be sssailef in
the dark, nor robbed of their constitutional
rights. Secret combinations for this purpose
approach so nearly TO the crime Of conspi-
racy, that they want but single ingredient
| 10 make them amendable to law. II the
Catholic religion be proslituted to political
purposes, let it be mel openly and nianfully,
BY Pro,estants, and The grounds ofcomplain,
directly made. ts.-
| In Protestant country, umbering nine
10 every Catholic, truth needs no, 10 be q.
iraid Of the light If foreigners have Too
large share Of our affairs, truth cannot be
~nl x~ka Al A.. c.s
en- TO one of foreign birth. Who, in a free
and enlightened country; has ever heard of
party of honest aims and upright urposes
being obliged to skulk from the light, meet.
ing in the dead dark hours oil night, in
waste houses, the woods, and deserted pla-
ces, filter for deeds of evil than Of good 3
Granting to 1t honesty of purpose; and We
have no disposition to impute aught elee 10
many of The persons who have bsen inveig-
led into il, or have foolishly given way to
their curiosity, or been impelled by their
unconquerable desire of office TO enter il,
how can such party pIsvent being duped
bJ i,s leaders, when all its proceedings must
be made knowE aud all it's communications
given from hand TO hand, instead Of being
laid open thro' The press, by public meet
ings, and free and unrestricted speech. Ineve-
ry county there are demagogues. ever on the
alert 10 ride upon The ,opmost wave to Office
and 10 power,--designing men, who find
their way into every society, even toe church
of God. II enables such mea more efIeciu-
ally 10 impose upon our unweary, and im-
plicale :hem in measure or in means OF
which their Judgement or conscience cannot
approve. Iiproduces the slavery Of dogma,
without the freedom of rishiful judgement.
II 70 degrading and demoralizing. II
teaches the gouihiul and nncorupled, as
we'll as the old, the church member and the
mau OF God, the moral and the truthful, TO
hide membership, purposes and actions un-
der ihe cover OF darkness and secrecy. II
produces feaTfulness, shamefacednsss and
concsalment, where manly boldness, inge-
ruous openness and conscious seclitude a.
lone should prevail. II compels men of
character, pisly and truth to dissembIe and
deny, TO act falsshood, If not directly TO
sssert il. Fearful that their membership
should be known, they scarcely dare discuss
The principles that they have espoused, and
almost avery moment IN heir intercourse
with msn are compelled to d,ssimula,e, and
profess want of knowledge of that they ac-
tually know; and sometimes 10 escape con.
vlc,ion by open falsehood. So far has this
incinceri,y and EVASION filed the entire
mass, tha, populsr sen,imen, has from this
characteristic named them Know -nohings'
LIE. the Objects of thIs party be right, il can.
not lesalize the me ans il uses by The hoI-
ness Of lis purposes; il cannot do what no
code Of morals ever sanctioned. "A means
which leads to discrimination, prsvaIicAlion
and falsehood, cannot under any circum-
stances be justified.
Moreover, the conscience must often be
tolerated OF members placed in The mos,
painful dilemma between duly and party
allegiance. Those men like the subjects of
despo, and kind, are oath hbound. No,
content with the honor and honesty Of men,
as cl,Izens having ,heir own, their native