The daily union., 1854-12-28
From the New Hampshire Patriot.
mum CpIrNEII. OF TEN.


tribunal bearing this was established in the republic
:, ya,;o II gradually acquired despotic control over
h Government and the people It's deliberations and It's
actions were alike enyeop in the profoundest secrecy It's
meetings were held in secret II received denunciatohs
against the ruous and patriotic citizens IN secret
ana in secret il conducted its victims IN silence ana IN
.,oom 10 a sudden and mysterious death IL inquired
sentenced and punished according to what 1t called
rqasous of State" The public eye never penetrated It's
mysteries the accused rarely heard he was never
confronted with witnesses the condemnation was secret as
the inquiry and the punishment undivuiged ike ooth
This tribunal gradually acquired control OF every branch
s the and exercised despoc power over every
question 1t aunued pleasure all DEGREES degraded
members from their offices and even deposed and put to
death the Chief Magistrate IT object alike of terror
and detesaton to those whom oppressed under the pre-
text of protecting their rights And yet its daboical cum
ming prolonged its existence until the genius OF Napoleon
frustrated it in the dust with many other relics OF cruel
ty and intolerance
People of New Hampshire there exists this moment
among YOU Council Of Ten fearful and as pregnant
with danger your liberties was that Of Venice 20 her
oppressed citizens You have been accustomed in the
bounty of your hearts to look upon this republic as be
yond danger In company with your iellow-citzens OF
other States you have successfully resisted foreign inter
yenon and repealed with triumph the conquerng egons
of the most arrogant nation the earth You have ad-
vanced your triumphant banners to that proud city which
scattered seeds Of civilization throughout realms before
untrodden by any human footsteps but those of the In
dian You have your population advancing your
wealth increasing and your country teeming with the
fruits Of physical and intellectual labor And you ondy
think that you safe that each of you and your chill
dren are for long years. have share in government
the very breath of whose nosrs freedom of opinion
enc Of whose cerdipal doctrines is open and fearless
ynwa Of principles and you proud that ynn live un-
er constitution which permits you TO reward intelli-
ence and uprghnes by selecting for your public trusts
nose among you who marked by such qualities.
But be not deceived The sccptre is even now passing
ON your grasp and will be rrecoveraby lost unless you
ample in the dust the traitors who clutching at ii
ith all the despair of disappointed ambition An unhoy
ba Of fh-rate pettifoggng lawyers, moudy political
hacks and Manmon- parsons, is seeking to wind
the coils of the serpent around you and to strangle you in
its embrace The grand council Of know-nothngs have
sworn by the only god they worshpthat is themselves
undyng hatred political freedom and popular suprema
c These decaye arisocrat these shameless bgo these
ayening political landit ,hsse utterly desperate traitors
to tie country thai gave them birth, ars organizing
scheme whose details would strike terror into your hearts
If fully disclosed They have combined TO destroy every
Institution that stands in their way and to PROSTATE every
who will not do their bidding. Every town has its
branch Of the conspiracy Secret signs and passwords and
mummeres used to impress the imagination, and
lawful oaths administered binding the unhappy
ber to subject themselves like slaves and vassas to the die
ation of this terrible oligarchy Meanwhile the Council Of
Ten the controlling power Of this infamous conspiracy
aaua ita nosoe retreat Ikea toad sweering in its
venom bloated spider spinning its Nep ne State
sends forth its DEGREES its ndsayes ProstrateH
it says 'his man. for he has too much education! De-
stroy that one he is too intelligent Ruin your best
friend for he has too much independence And with the
spectacle before it of triumphant tyranny and bgoiry in
lhssachusG II confidently expects like victory the
treemei OF New Hampshire! But you had better write
your characters of blood upon your thresholds
and escape with your wives aud children 10 some far
country by light or yvur buriss houses than crouch
to this insoent oligarchy! Why would you. live here
when life has lost all that is worth living for when you
may be stabbed by assassin in the back or slain by
from him you supposed your dearest
hieud? Are you content to crawl out at twilight like
bis Of evil pmep, to creep into blind alleys to hover
around the back esums7 of your cities and villages
TO start at every passing tread lest honest
man should see you, to move with muffied face and
eaby step and double upon your tracks if you
thief with TIE officers of justice in pursuit of you and
with this sckeung consciousness Of shame grope your
way 10 the den where such animals herd and with rem
bling hand gge the nyLtio signal which admits you into
hs community Of SIM And when you are admitted
and the door OF pandemonum s closed you content
oeave all hope behind you and before God the
cath you have taken to do the bidding your dsrcputa-
Die Vrants2 1t is incredible that any worthy the
name and rights of freeman do this You will not
cast tins disgrace unon the mothers who bore and
whose hlledwith the blood of 76 You win not
thus bastardize your descent from tine OF the revo
non! No, leave thai to tho aboionsss who with phi
antropy upon their tongues have and murder
their hears Leave ii to the traitors who prayed that the
Aexcans would welcome your felow-czens "wth bloody
hands to hospitable graves"
lsit supposed that this language Is strong, and that
these are unwaGrantabie charges? Depend upon it, the
pair not yet told No faction in the history of
Try has ever struggled through its vicious life that has
been oneha dangerous this secret organization II
unes in itself all the worst qualities of the various fac
tons thai have aimed to wound their country through the
Democratic party. Its only aeooed bond of union is
shame and disgrace 1t is standing libel upon all that
has made America the refuge of the oppressed By every
man is prescribed who is either a Catholic himself or
whose wife is Catholic Ts ncpiss tie patriotic Gas
Dn, OF NQrtA Carolina the venerable Charles Carroll of
taroon, and other s9ncrs of the immortal Declaration
Of independence, well the present admirable and
earned Chief Justice of the United States and many others
as pure and patriotic be found in the coun-
n.y. And every man is TO be prescribed. no matter
how honest and intelligent WHO to this country
What sh4 Ye say then of the devoted Lafayette ihe gall
aat Sterling the chjyalrous Montgomeryo Pulaski the
brave and generousof the statesman Gaatin 2-of the
thousands of noble souls who shed their blood for u.s. and
"unseed with fathers in the stormy days of the re-
Puoiic But mol America for the Americans" and "tbe
americans Tor the know-nothingsW This is the secret
fhls IS the exceeding great reward that they sha,
~ we roo on Tie backs lf The people aad he people shall
.@ ~ and smile ANA beg them, if it snot too mnch trou
We 10 lay 1t on little harderl This they anticipate, and
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