Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-13
Know-Nothings Revolving.

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| Know-Nothings Revolving.
The Washington Union Of Sunday publishes
preamble and resolutions, said to have been
adopted by one of the Councils Of Know Moth
ings at Brooklyn, Now York, and gloats over
what that paper supposes to be undoubted
proof, that the Grand Council Of New York
had adopted resolutions requiring the mem
bers Of Subordinate Councils to confess, s,ade,
oath, how they had voted at the late guberna.
torial election in New York.
The proceedings are copied from the Unions
New York abolition ally, the Tribune, which
we regard as "prima .tacie evidence that they
are OF bogus stamp.
We have not the most distant idea that any
such measure - fhst referred to in the pream-
bic to the Brooklyn resolutions, was ever adopt
ed by the Stats CounciL
We think W. psslsctly understand this Sew
ard abolition movement The preamble to the
resolutions throws food Of light upon the
| whole subject, and proves the truth Of the
statements made to us in New York, at the
time the State Convention was in session, to
| make nominations for State officers The pre-
amble reads:
"Whereas the action of the Grand Council Of
the State of New York, at their late session in Oc-
tober last, in making an independent nomination
for State officers without Ems to that effect
from the Subordinate Coui State, and
without giving them opp0lsdn participate
in the selection of such candidate Ind when no
necessity existed for such a course, inasmuch as
haI hna taJ
by the great political parties of the State" &C.
Here is Subordinate Council condemning
the action Of the State Council, in making indie
pendent nominations" when "goed men and
true had already been nominated by the great
| political parties Of the STATED"
If our readers will refer to our paper of De-
cember 4th, they will find a lengthy extract
from the New York Tribune Of the I'd Decem-
Der, in which that paper condemned the Amer
lean party for making an independent nomina-
ton for Governor, when Myron II. Clark (and
two others were already before the people, and
when, in the language of the Tribune, Mr..
Clark had tried to become RnoW-N Nothing
and had failed, If at ALL through some techni-
cality," &C., and when, also, Mr.. Clark ,oas
consistent and earnest anti-slapery man"
&c.
Now, put these condemnatory remarks Of
the Tribune alongside Of the preamble to the
Brooklyn resolutions, and we have clue to
the meaning, purposes, and paternity Of this
ridiculous Brooklyn manifesto.
The whole thing can be brought within the
compass Of nutshell. The simple facts are
these Myron II. Clark, the Seward anti-slaye-
ry abolition candidate for Governor, had, I'M
der the instructions Of his master, VIM. H. Sew
ard, Zone OF the present allies Of the Pierce and
Forney party) contrived to become initiated
into a Know-N Nothing Council, established
through fraud, and for the sole purpose of
Clark's initiation therein. A large number Of
other abolitionists had protested repentance
for their sins, and procured admission into the
fraternity, with the solo object las the event
proved Of controlling the action Of the State
convention, and nominating Clark as the Know
Nothing candidatei
| Nearly one hundred delegates from the sub
ordinate Councils were in the State Convention,
who were Of this abolition stripe, and who
urged and insisted upon the nomination Of
Clark, as the Know-Nothing candidate for
governor
On the second day Of the convention, a reso-
luton passed, by vote Of about ten to one, de-
claring that the convention would make indie
pendent nominations;" and the very moment
this resolution was passed, the Seward abolition
Clark delegates withdrew from the convention,
and subsequently, nominated Clark as their
candidate at Utical The election transpircd,
and Clark was elected by the anti-slavery and
other combinations, whilst Ullman, a conserva-
tive slver-gey KnowNothing, received the
votes Of the pure, unadulterated American
party.
This is brief history Of the facts The
election being over, the American party resolved
to purge itself of the abolition elements, which
had been introduced clandestinely into the
Councils, under the influence or direction Of
Seward, for the purpose Of controlling the ac-
ton Of our party, and turning Il to his own
account. What action the Grand Council has
taken TO purify the party, and purge it Of such
dfoss anu scUW, We VI couire hhoW'H NV, Uut vi
this we feel assured, they mean to drive SeD-
ardism alias a5olitionism from the American
camp, and to create, for the future, an unadul-
terated and patriotic Union-prescrving Ameri-
can party.
We repeat that we know not what action the
SMte Council may have taken to ascertain the
frauds prsctiscd upon the American party, and
to purge aud purify this party, but Of this we
are we'll convinced, that most rigid scrutiny,