The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-04

| and antirepubliean teuets that have ever been
preached in this country, and they must not object
| to being dealt with as they deserve. How any
Christian-how any man with his heart in the right
| place-how any citizen who entertains any venera.
| ton for the constitution and its guarantes-how
any republican-how any person OF moderate intel
hgence can ally himself with such an infamous as.
| ISOLATION, is to rs q source OF wonder. Knowing
its ends and aims to be such as we have mentioned,
we assert that Of these classes OF persons
| be Know Nothings.
| Upon the democratic party in this city must de-
voIve the duty Of keeping down these traitors in
their native slough. We 10th to believe that its
organization is in danger from this association.
1t has fought the secret foes Of the Constitution in
| the past and conquered-we do not despair Of its
ability to cope with them In the future. True de-
mocraoy sets face of flint against all such orga-
nizatons 1t has its principles, which its disciples
are not ashamed to ayow-principles that ufderlie
The tenets of this new society strike at the very
root of these principles, and impose upon the demo-
cratic party the duty and responsibility OF crushing
out the monster. Whiggery may afford to toy with
and caress these people, but democracy cannot do
it. Its mission and sacred trust toferret ont and
hound down all such traitorous heresies. Its life,
since the days Of Jefferson, has been dedicated to
the preservation of the constitution. Its future
must be directed to the same end.
from the Mobile Register, June 2sl
MORE ABOUT KNOW N0THINGIsM.
We have 80 frequently and emphatically express.
ed our dsapprobation Of this recent political organi-
views, were 1t not for the continued attempts of
some Of its insidious instruments to give it promi
nence and responsibility by indirect and equivocal
means. One Of these consists In representing per.
soDs of known and decided democratic principles as
being among its members. The object Of this is to
induce other democrats to unite In an organization
whose real purpose to defeat their political party
but without whose aid the new tangled scheme can
never hope to be successful. Such hypocrtical and
deceptive attempts though widely made, have, we
believe, been nowhere successful. This. at least
seems to be the case with the regular democratic
press of the country. General public opinion also
appears to be perfectly sound upon the subject.
The great mass Of the honest and intelligent
members Of both the great political parties look
with no favor upon Know Nothingism It appears
strong suspicion, it seems to be such confused
tumble of i'll assorted and variant materials, It.
comes cloaked and masked in 80 suspicious man
ginning to excite dstrust dislike and even horror
among-as the Washington Sentinel forcibly re-
marks-thoughtful people everywhere. To give up
one OF the known, respectable and established par
and say the least of it, Of doubtful character is
"like terminating existence in this world and rein.
gushing all it's pleasures and all its certainties to
tempt the unknown and untried realities Of the
How any intelligent, thoughtful, and cautious
man can join any secret political organization,
cannot comprehend. If any new political truth has
been discovered, why should it be hid under .
~
If replete with virtue, power, and happiness, its
blessings instead Of being confined, should be diff
fused If it has any new lights, it should hang them
out If it purposes the accomplishment of great
political object, it should make that object known.
Why should it surround itself with darkness and
veil itself In mystery?
Be its objects what they may, it comes in such
questionable shape that the people who have fixed
and honest political creed demand to see it, to speak
to u, to know it, before they trust it. secret
political society with good principles and good OBJ
jects, if such thing can be conceived would be
extension would be unworthy means
1t sav0rs too much of treasons, stratagems and
spois. 1t looks too much like dark and traitorous
conspiracy. 1t is the first time that secret politi
cal society has attempted in this country to seize
upon the reins of government. The founders,
sages, and patriots of the republic were hostile
irreconcilably hostile-to such organizations, and
the statesmen Of the present day are alike hostile to
them.
When man is invested by the laws of the coun-
try with the honorable rights of American citizen
ship he should go up to the polls and cast his vote
He has no political rights in virtue Of his member
SHIP OF suoh an order. We lament that, in this
happy country, so large a number OF men should
agree to build up secret society and make 1t supe
rior to the well defined creeds of known parties aud
superior to the laws of the land If such society
should be founded by the greatest man in the ma
tion--if Washington himself were its founder--we
would regard it as dangerous and worthy of con-
when it is said to be the conception of a man of
little merit distinction, and i'll fame-for so it Is
said--it deserves, no matter who may have been
entrapped into it, the unqualified condemnation Of
the country.
[From the St. Louis Democrat June 29.]
THE KNOW NOTHINGs.
We learn from the dnzeiger DIES Westens that the
secret society Of the Know Nothings met on Sunday
last, and attempted to organize in their hall, on the
corAer Of Chestnut and Second streets. There were
about one hundred and fifty persons present, Of
whom, however, only four were democrats-the bo-
dy being composed altogether of wings and old ma
tives, and antics. The two principles upon which
the organization was based, were, LIST. A bitter and
unrelenting hostility to all foreign born citizens
especially Germans and Irsh-a determination to
exclude them from all Office and all employment in
our city. ID. concerted and systematic effort to
exterminate the Catholic religion from the country
and to prevent its liberation. As the society is
posed principally If not exclusively of whigs-as
the wing press have become the advocates OF their
cause and the preachers of their doctrines-as the
wing candidates are looking to the Know Nothings
for support and as whig politicians are calculating
largely upon the addition that will be made to Mr.
kennett's vote by their uniting upon him, because
OF bis former attachment to the native party, it be-
comes the democracy to FURNISH up their armor and
60 zealously to work in the canvass. We do not
feel any apprehension on the score Of the new ma
tive movement. We know that the democratic
party contains no such elements-that the "secret
organization" will have to recruit exclusively from
the wing party-that we have tower of strength
in our great leader and that the attempt to array
against him such forces will only consolidate the
/ democracy and bring them to the polls in united
phalanx, with their 1900 majority. II this is the
last card of Mr. Kennett he may well give up the
game, for the democracy have won it already. They
polled at their primary election Saturday last,
larger vote than the wings have in the county, and
in August they can bring two thousand more votes
to the polls.
From the Louisville (Ky.) Democrat, June sol
KNOW NOTHlNGS.
Almost every paper we take up has some specula-
iioDs about this secret society 1t is announced that
Mayor of Norfolk, Va, the other day. We begin to
fear the wings will come to some bad end. They
appear TO have lost their latitude very much lately.
They may perhaps know nothing now, but they
nsed to know great deal more than was true. 1t
is great climbing down on their part to know mo-
thing. The transformation of their editors and
politicians, however, is not SO great as might be
imaoined They have a]Hava been in the habit of