The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-29
The "I,Eow S0.i,ia-. -

The purposes OF tbs Society have nj last
been developed. lodgt hashcCn establish
ed in Chicago, and the object turns out TO be
nothing more than improvement upon IA
tive Amoricanism. The purposes are two
fold part religious, part political; the dis
exclusion from Office, and perpetual war up
on the Catholic religion. With these cardi-
nal principles, the qualifications for member
ship and brotherhood are easily determined.
lst. The applicant for admission to a wig
wan, must be Il native born citizen, of na-
tive born parents, and not Of the Catholic
religion.
I'd. TO rcnounce all previously entertain
ed political lcaniugs, and cooperate cAclu-
siycly with the new order.
sd TO hold neither political, civil nor re-
ligious Intercourse with any person who Is a
Catholic; but, on the contrary, to use all ma
tonal means to abolish the political and reii.
gious privileges he may at present ENJOY
18th. That he will not vote for any man Tor
Office who is not native citizen Of the Y. ;.
or who may be disposed, if elected, to place
any foreigner or Catholic i'll any Office oil
cmoumcnt or trust, the latter not being, III
the opinion of know NothingS," "A "cr,diia-
ble witness" in any case save where the oath
is administered by his priest.
We presume that it would be perfectly
useless to inform our readers that this recent
ly developed monStrosiiy was produced, IN
New England. lis color shows its country.
Il reminds one of thcAlien and SediIion laws
enacted under John Adams administration.
There is vet rank federalism enough in Mas
sachusctis to blow the Union to atoms, if it
should be left to act unrlstraincd for i've
wears. Under the administration OF its great
daddy and founder, old tJohn Adams, the
Fedclalists attempted, and partly succeeded
in carrying out their hostility to foreigners.
They enacted the alien and scdition laws
The first ofthese laws gave the President
the power to compel foreigners that he did
not Ike personally, and politically, TO leave
the country. The scdtion law gave the Pres
idcut the hight to put in prison, or Danish
from the country, the printers and publish
crs of newspapers, who dare say they did
not agree with all that the president said or
done. The Hartford convention wa another
of, shoot Of the same old tyrauical doctrine.
1t is highly necessary to 90 back into the
history orthc country once in awhile, and call
up these things, and especially whena young
brood Of yipcrs, hatchcd in the same old nest
come upon the country, like hmpica upon
rich feast, in the nature Of this secret CON
clave Of cowardiy "Know Nothing"
/ This organization has already increased t(
/ considerable power In somc cities in Mas
sachuse,,s they have elected the city officer
out Of thcir own number, and they have Is
tablished newspaper at Washington. They
have laid their plans and gone to work II
regular 'csuitical style, and spirit. As y,
they have no, attracted much attention, an'
have received no opposition, perhaps IRON
the belief, tia, such 4 cause Woa.d d" OF !.
self Bu, there i, no telling what 1t ma!
come to in ,hi- flu 'l'ul aso Of humbugs ans
visionary reforms.
10 disflauchsc tie foreigners Of our coun
try and deny the right aud privilege Of DC
coming citizens, would he turning half tn
people Of the United states out doors. W Il"
an idea