The true Democrat., 1854-10-11
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives the following

The Cincinnati Enquirer gives the following picture of the manner in which the Know Nothings of that city are falling to pieces:
 7he Conspirators Conspired against-De Delegote
 Resigned-C Chairman Repudiated-- The aohol
 order caving ir--Johnny Reeves making truck,
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 Never in the history of political factions has there been collected together such medley o plotters and counter plotters as that of the Bua- tlanites. This fact was boldly evidenced on Thursday evening at the corner of Court and Walnut. On that evening BuntAassm encoun- tered tornado. The conflicting elements of its composition collapsed, and "confusion worse confounded" took full sway. The result of all was, a terrible rebuke being administered to the trcksters and demagogues who, inside of that order, have been managing to control the rank and fle and direct their votes as they please. We will lift the veil slightly to the outer world
 After the minutes of the last meeting had been read one of the members rose to his feet and protested against the course pursued by the delegation which that council had sent to the nominating convention. Our young democratic friend, w. T. Forrest, Esq, who possesses the elements manliness and love of the fair thing, took the floor, near an open window, and ad- ministered scorching rebuke to the delegates, Messrs. Reeves, Winas and Hunt charging them with partisan trickery and dishonesty, which made them all, especially Johnny Reeves, tremble in their boots. After Forrest had taken the partisan whg hides off of these poor victims of their own wiles, he moved that they be requested to resign forthwith. This was like shooting six pounder, loaded with grapeshot, into a flock of canvass s-back ducks. Such squalling, quacking and futtering is on- ly seen when good shooting Is done.
 little chap in the crowd asked Forrest for whose benefit he was making his speech; whether for insiders or outsiders?
 "For the outsiders by G. responded For rest, and the outsiders prcked up their ears.- More 1uttcrng and squawking rose than be- fore; cries of |" Turn out the traitors!" Down with the whigs!'' "Out with the abolition ists.'' etc, were heard loud and deep confusion reisning for some time. In the height of the tumult Johnny Reeves a timid man, whose pious ileas did not harmonize very we'll with su:n ra5ble-rouSing, yelle out a. the top of h s voce that le ho 10 ger wou | act wih such d exec'ao!e crew, dnd se.Hlng his hat, broke for the lop: ili9a ra1 sun ,ering rom | cell IT fl ing wish water, lec.a,i $ th tt he would t-ls hi, ilf. no lopg1r among sue. m .l..
 So soon as the blue steak nal dispellsa, which Jol4ny Reeves left heh nd i1 ml lng his exi:, his colleagues of the iele3atiol to the nominating convention-Winas and Hunt harled in theirresignations. These being read. Forrest again got the lopr, and moved that I. c. Winas, the resigned delegate, be requested also to resign his pest as chairman of that coun- cil
 Winans-"And l move that you are Cd d-d foolh'
 Forrest.-"A And I move that you are d-d liar"
 (Great animation among the outsiders-and it is hard to tell which took the lead-she shouts and laughter and jokes outside, or the threats, curses and imprecations inside)
 Order being restored, resolution was offered and passed, some dozen votes only opposing, that the whole proceedings of the convention, we'll as the ticket selected by it, be repudia- ted. This was followed by another resolution. calling upon all the several councils, in city and county, to make like protest and thus brand as base coin the ticket made at the Mechanics Institute on the 2d inst We A7aos0 that seven of them responded and have it from good au thonty that oR had done so, condemnne the trckstering intriguing, which brought forth that miserable abortion, in unmeasured terms
 Gregory, Brashears and Robinson; Burgovne, Handy and Cemmer; Cox, Ruffner and Birnev. all must come down, " gin eout," fummux, and give way to those who have seen the elephant in time to escape the point of its tusks How much better off their successors will be- can be easily conjectured. The repuatated, however, should not cry vey loud over such pot of split mifk-their good stars were but protecting them; for, by the 10th of next month, when they see but grease-spot here and and tip of the tail there, of the weak headed fellows who take their places, they will thank their stars that they were not Mar! Never did tricksters get such a lambasting, they can see foreshad- owed now, as this foul gang of political de- bauchees will then receive from an incensed and disgusted people if any one taking coun- sel from his hopes, imag ines that modification and defeat will not overwhelm this clan of con- spirators, let him enter one of these council rooms and see the seats that have been vacated forever by scores of good citizens, who were in- duced to enter by one profession of character, and who soon discover that they are but whited sepulchres, filled with demagogue designs, and the dead bones of the dead and dying polti- cal hacks. While many refuse ever to return to the clan, others are formally leaving, de- nouncing it as vile and rotten, boarding the managers in their teeth, and branding them as hypocrites and knaves, intent only on office and Spoils, and intriguing to make honest men their