Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-10-05

| - o olnce writing The above, and on th,
morning Of the 9TH, [yesterdayl Mr.. Laird
whose name is attached, in person. dropped th,
following note upon our table; and left befor,
we had time to peruse it
CARRoLLroS. Oct. 5, 1854.
GEo. F. KENEDY, JOHs II. TRIPP and JOHN W
YouNe.
Gentlemen
have been shown a paper purporting to be
communication addressed by you to the Edi.
tor OF the Companion, and myself in which
you demand authority for The statement that
you are the nominees Of the Know Nothing
party Of this county. Is the paper THE Com
panion has been entirely under nv control for
several weeks pasr, will take it upon myself
to reply to you.
did not state that you were the nominees
OF the party "Styling themselves Know Moth.
ings" ! merely said in general terms that the
Know Nothings had nominated you to the sew
eral offices for which you are candidates on
the "Anti.Nebraska or Fusion ticket. made
the statement as l said at the time, on gooo au.
thoIity, ard you, gentlemen, as we'll as all 9th.
ers who know about the order, know that |
cannot give names of informants, without. a
breach of confidence. am willing to accord
to you shrewdness enough to anticipate that
fact however shallow and futile your denial of
being aware Of your nomination by the order,
or OF its existence. may be.
have long been aware that the party in
question is not known, TO its own members in
The Ritual Of the order by the name "Know
Nothing" but by some other name and here
is the whole secret of your denial IL is an
evasion admitted by disguise of name You
may not be the candidates of party "stylng
themselves Know NOthings," but say upon
the strength OF information altogether satisfac.
tory to myself that You are the candidates of
party known in general sense, and to other
than It's own members by that name, whether
you are aware Of the fact or not. | do not
feel under any obligations to give the names of
my lntormants, and you are perfectly welcome
to oil the capital you can make out of my re.
fusal
Yours Respectfully,
T.R. LAIRD.
Read 1t, one and all, and see on its face that
this poor contemplate puppy has been thrust
into the Editorial tripod for the purpose of scat.
terng' broadcast the raving and distorted i'm.
aginations Of his half.crazed and by times en-
tirely demented mindl How can Mr.. Mexican
expect to be held guiltless. by placing a half
cra1ed soul on the tripod ? And that too after
the condition Of this poor souls mind, requi.
red that ne should withdraw from the Editorial
chair
He says, however. that he'DrD NOT state that
you we're the nominees of the party styling,
&C., bat "merely said in general terms, thai
the Know NOthings, had nominated you, DC"
Let us see, be says there are Know Nothings,
and that they do not style themselves Know
No!hings, but are known by themselves thro'
some other name. Yet he neither gives thai
other name, nor the authority upon which he
made has statement. He says HE is willing tc
accord to US shrewdness to anticipate that fact
however shallow and futile" our denial of III,
knowledge of the existence OF the order o,
ofour nomination may be ! Let any mal scar
that letter closely, and every line shows wilt
and fanatical system of reasoning, but at tn,
same time is to be traced the most malignant
vindictve aud fendish strain Of inuendo, tha
wild aud illogical mind, could veil be tn,
master Of. 't'et
Again We say, that we are not the nominee
Of such an order, to our knowledge. And |
we are. how can we help il, il we do not know
1t, nor find out BY any means that we ateg Mr.
Laird says that he has the authority to ''satisf
himself that We are, but DARE not give, eyei
THAT authority. that satisfies crazy mind :
And feels ''under no obligations 10 give III
names of bis ;informants that we .ar
PERyEcTLY wEreoAs to all the capital we cal
make out oftRat factl What can DO more pro
voking J Aher having stated 10 the Compan
ion that he made that statement upon author
ity' "that DARE not be disputed tIan there b
any other conclusion than thai all these vii,
and distorted reasons. ideas. and fsucies' ar
ali the offspring Of the hallucinatOu ooFthis poo
weak souls mind. We rather look down !,
pity, than cou.cmps. And il It haI not bee,