Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-10-14
THE KNOW NOTHINGS. .

H. u. REAL.
To Messrs. F. GRAVES, sR., and others
THE KNOW NoTHINGs.
The following article. from the Washington Globe,
is model If dispassionate and conclusive argumen-
tation:
"TnE Know MORNINGS. We publish in the Gione
of TODAY the proceedings Of the Know Notnlhg
mass meeting, held in front OF the NY liam .aos
evening, taking them from the National inteiilgen-
Ger. .4r
In the ten rather long, rambling and circunstan-
tial resolutions, which were adopted with Out rev
dissenting Soses, We find good deal rom Tn my.
we dissent both account of their spirit ana Sen
dency chiefly and somewhat on account OF tnSir
phraseoogy which might have been as forclole Wlcn
out being SO ditfuse. These resolutions we IeaVe 10
the calm and cool, and i'm partial consloeraI,on "a
those who NAV read them, confident that all who
are not under the influence of any "foregone con-
cluson will not approve either the language or the
spirit of them.
We come next to Mr.. Ellis's concluding resolutions,
which like a parliamentary ryder, explain and IN
terpret what has gone before These two IN num-
bcr remind of what is said about the postscript
to ladys letter. that in it is to be found the plth
and purpose of the whole epstle These resolutions
which 'were adopted with great unanimty, disclose
fully and fairly, which the ten formal ones do not,
the aim, object and intention of the Know Nothing
party, which IS prescribe politically, all natural
lied citizens and all Roman Catholics, and which
they NAV succeed in doing, but not with our coop
Grafton consent.
We are obliged to say, too that we find the names
of persons participating in the proceedings OF the
mass meeting, who we believed, until we saw tnem
in print could not have given any sanction by word
or action to such proscrptve and ntolerant princi-
pes But they have done it. The first OF Mr. ELLIS
resolutions is against the Catholics and is based up
on palpable error misrepresentation. The mean
ing of the resolution is, every one must see that
they-the Catholics-.'hold themselves under ale
glance to a foreign prince'-the Pope If they. did
this we would go for this resolution ourselves; but
they do not, and do nothing more than acknowledge
the Pope as their spiritual head-the head of the
universal Catholic Church--recognizing towards
him, in all temporal and political matters, no alieg
ance prominence whatever, any more than to
the Mufti of COnstantinople, or to the Grand Lama
of Thibet: In England there are half a million OF
Roman Catholics; and since the heavy, lntolerant,
and prosecuting hand of the Government has been
taken off Them the crown has no better, law-obser-
wing, reliable subjects and yet, with them
the sentiment Of spiritual allegiance towards the
Pope is believe stronger than is in the United
States.
Now word about Ireland. 1t may be supposed
by some-some of the Know Nothings-that the dis
affection of the Irish towards the British Govern
ment is to be found in the fact that their religion is
the Roman Catholic. We do not believe this, be-
cause it can be much more naturally accounted for.
1t is, because the English predomnance is founded
upon conquest and blood confscaton and oppres-
for six or seven centuries; and be-
cause nothing, until within few years, has ever
been done by the conqueror to mitigate his iron
rule, to meliorate the condition of that unhappy
country. Why are the English Catholics such "du-
tful subjects"-that is the phrase-and the Irish so
much disposed to be undutfu if there are no other
causes at the bottom of Irish diSafection but their
religion? Can any of the Know Nothing oracles or
orators inform us:
in Catholic Franco there are three four millions
of ProteStants and since their political and religious
rights have been recognized and placed upon just
and durable basis, there have been no more quiet,
industrious, and every way valuable citizens than
they. As long as they were prosecuted and hunted
down and hunted out ofthe country, by the DEGREES
and dragonnades of Louis the Fourteenth, and the
other opprcssors long they were FESTIVE and re-
calctrant, but when persecution ceased they ceased
to give any sort of trouble. The Irish. until recent
ly, have always been treated by the English Gov
eminent like aliens and outlaws; and, natu-
raj, they gave back hatred for oppression.
We obliged to believe that any one who pro-
poses, as Mr.. Ellis does, probation of twenty
years before foreigner can become citizen of the
L. States, must be, in fact, opposed to his becoming
a citizen at all. Twepty-one years! Why twenty
one years arc as Mr.. Ellis knows, more than one
half of an average human life. This beats Laban all
hollow and he has become the worlds proverb for I'M
and hard-hcartedness. lie drove a
heartcss bargain with Jacob, but even he was not
so constituencies to require twenty-one years of
scrvitude from his enamored nephew. We should
have liked this cnlax-capped resolution more, had
it said openly, what believed it covertly means
that foreigners shall not be naturalized at all.
This would be the effect of the very unreasonable
terms of twenty-one years of probation 1t would
prevent many thousands from coming to this coun
try, and but few of those who come would take any
ntatory steps towards naturalization, seeing that
they must live aliens and with hope deferred for
the long term of thrice seven years.
THE foregoing was not written by the proprietor
of the Globe but by one in whom he has full conf
dence, and comedies with him far ar he goes; but
thinks it due both to the community and himself to
add, that from his personal knowledge of many of
The men known to compose the Know Nothing par.
ty in this city, he is led to believe that but few if
any, of its members practice any thing about
any religion but that they make it pretext to get
4 sufficient number of deluded followers to obtain
office for themselves. More, and stronger, when
necessary.
The DAY OF TRIUMPH. The abolition hounds who
prevented Senator Douglas from being heard at
Chicago probably supposed they had extnguished
him. A greater mistake was never made He is
the State of Illinois, and if we can judge
by the accounts receive, is waking upa public 1
that will bury his enemies in oblivion.
His day of triumph has already come.
The champions of popular sovereignty have only
to remain firm-they have but to go gallantly and
proudly before the people-to achieve moral vic
tory second to ever achieved on this continent
We have no misgyings in this respect The right
y the people to seLfgorernaent proclaimed in the
Nebraska Kansas act, is and American doctrine as
fixed the everlasting hills. The people have mis-
led for awhile, but the morning is brightly breaking
Detroit Free Press.
Tue Sc sHAN-E%ERYffI1Ne+ PARTY'-which, in 90
supported General Scott, and made such desperate
effort win over to him the Catholics and natural
zed citizens-now are shdmmiag to be what they
call the true american party, and seeking the abo-
lion of all naturalization laws. Yet should foreign
war break out next year, shall see this sham
everything party" espousng the cause of the for
eisn nation against their own country. They took
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