The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-11-04
THE WINGS AND THE KNOW -NOTHINGS.

We have more than referred to the extraordinary
ability with which the Philadelphia Pennsylvania is
ducted and particularly in Its fearless and perseverng
saughts upon the party of intolerance and proscrp
ton The Evening Argus of the city, has also been
effective and powerful in the The truth
had holder champion, conscious of the
right Late numbers of the Argus have contained series
of irresistible arguments showing which of the two parties
combine with the ;sms of the day. and which have united
with nativists and know-uotang The following extract
is fair specimen of these unansSerabie articles
SIN former article, reply the North American and
the Inquirer proved their assertion to be untrue that
Catholics had combined against Professionals that the dem
ocratc party had courted solicited the votes of natu
rallied citizens denomination and proceed to
show the aehOod of the charge that naturazed citizens
combined oppose natiye,born citizens Any such union
have taken place. ALL in this city where the foreign
population nearly third of the whole and has it aken
place among them would have been done openly and been
any election thing plain be beyond surmse
speculation That prior to the last election it took
place certain for these among other The Pro-
tesan portion such citizens have always been Wigs and
Catholic portion of them chiefly democrats and such
they have always been directly oppoed each other Thus
the voted for General Scott and the latter with their
party for General Pierce Notwithstanding the wings with
their party made direct appeal to them all to combine
and vote for the former II clear them that outside of the
parties to which they respectively belong, and naaze
their parties? Have they done in the democratic
party When notased citizen of that party placed
in nomination? When did one of their number ask for
nation Above ALL when did they combine to elect
to nominate of them We defy the North American
the Inquirer other paper person. to point out such
instance. We go yet further, and challenge either of
them to instance case in which they combined naurazed
citizens to nominate Certainly they did not before
the late election All the candidates for county officers
citizens and Proteants and each of them
the naturaze citizens differed from and opposed
as did those of native birth
80. As to the nauralzed wings, the are
true of them Whatever other faults they have they at
least have had the virtue of being their party Their
only combination has been c and native born citizens
Not of them has held Office above high constable
and before the late election the only of them who held that
discharged because he naturatzed citizen and
George Darsie whose counrymen certainly did not
solicit the nomination for him, combined against and
Overwhelmingly defeated before the election because he
happened to be naturazed ctzen Honorable men, such
the conductors of the North American and the Inquirer
ered and gave the nomination to Mr. Dare He remained
to them and they bound in honor to support him
indeed they kept his at the head of their papers, and
printed il in smell capitals their pacard but the day
of election they combined against him. and omitted his
from their tickets and that only because he natural
lied citizen But it is said the naturaized wings of the first
district combined and did defeat E. Joy Morris Lawyers
that the of the law is the life of the law, and in
politics it must Do equally true that the of mans rule
conduct be the standard by which he should be
bad had personal objection to Mr. Morris, on the
rary they had been rather partial to him. and had thereto
FORE and while be continued whig supported him in pref
to all others IN ls45 the whig party of this city
issued address, (believed to nave been written by Judge
Conrad, then candidate for oce which published in,
and then met the approval of the North American and the
Inquirer and IN which they said
Abovc ALL whig' Of philadelphia, solemnly entrcat
you to shun all political fellowship ruth that faction ohich
claiming be ercusirey Anercon makes constant ruth
Tess the sacred doymas Of Aerican liberty. The
right enjoy his religions opinions unmolescd belongs to
American citizen an 10 Interfere with this right to
aim deadly blow national constitution. IL
hoped by the and good who framed the undamen
persecution which the Old World had been the employ
men and Of mankind for centuries here extn
Vuhed forever but unhappy have lived 10 it revive
in all its fury and marked of old in its progress by the
desoating ravages of fire and bloodhed. We have
ec bold bad men, undsngished by any poer IF intellect
,hred and patches the regular political
ton nfue into the whole community the bitterness of strife
and by arul appeals the and preudces of
ecng sectarians in hostile conflict those who had be-
fore been united by the ties of Christian benevoence Some
Of these rery men candidates for office aud they boast
publicly that through your aid they erpecf 10 be elected.
SHALL THEW IA, WINGS PHLApELrHIA2 VIII you, who
have often stood side by side with WEBSTER and CLAY
and SERGEANT and other great champions who led
forcesyou whose blood has often tnged mt the sound of
the blast from the bugle horn great eaderwhose
hearts have leaped whose eyes have flashed and whose
whole frames have grown erect in the presence and
compaponhip OF HgNRv CLAywi YOU be content now to
stoop the dgnied and honorable platform you occupy
as wHes the low level of those who while they acknow
edge dependence your assistance reve and spurn
reproach Of such 1t is possible that by any