The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-08-23


is highly indignant at thisact Of donation.
The Practical Political working Of the
Know Nothing Order.
As our readers may desire to know some-
thing Of the practical political working of the
Know Nothing Order, we give below some
items from the Pennsylvanian, which may
assist them to form an idea on the subject
Whether the Order was originally designed
as a means Of successfully attacking the dem
ocratic party, we do not know, but certainly
it has been prostituted to that purpose. The
Leading and influential sspirits Of these lodges
are generally, il. not universally, composed Of
men whose ruling political idea, if not indeed
the only one they possess, is blind spirit of
hostility to the democratic party. However
much they may profess to hate foreigners, or
foreign influence, they hate democrats and
democratic influence thousand time worse.
II initiating candidates, onesof the oaths re-
Qstires them to cote such ticket as Is .Jfaed
upon by the Order. With this fact the whole
secret Of the operation is simply to preserve
a preponderdace Of Wigs and NatiOes N the
Lodges. This can easily be done. Up to a
certain point, an earnest effort is made TO en-
tiee democrats within its leprous embrace, but
after that proportion has been secured, allmen
inclined to act with our party ai0idty black
5aEled and exclseded This whole game is
thus rendered very easy one. The demo-
Gratis who are enticed into the order have their
hands.very nicely tied and are completely in
the power Of their foes. On all questions of
Importance the Wings and Native American
members Of course out-vote them. 1t is the
old story of the very polite invitation, Wont
you walk into my parlor, says the spider to.
the fly9n 1t is true that occasionally COM
paratively trifing and Insignificant stations are
given tosoriginal democrats, to still better dis.
guise the real purpose of the order, but 1t is
ike the turkey and turkey -buzzard business
between the white man and the Indian-the
turkey -buzzard is'always proffered to the dem
ocrats. In the recent election in Philadelphia,
the resuls of the movements IN the Know
Nothing lodges exemplified the truth of the
above statement, and few democrats who
were too wise to be killed off by such barefa-
ced bamboozling and buffoonery were bitter
" denounced as traitors and threatened with
all the terrors of a Know Nothing inquisition.
An active attempts is now being made TO es-
tablish throughout that State lodges on the
same system as those we have here.
Agents have been dispatched for that pur-
pose into every quarter, but have generally
met with Indifferent success The men who
are usually selected to assist IN setting the
ball in motion in the different towns are the
same politicians who, in 1852, only two years
ago, were afflicted with terrible agony by the
fact that the Constitution of New Hampshire
seeking to establish one here in defiance of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania. There is
no occasion for any man to join this order
merely to crafty his curiosity in reference to
it, for in short time all its secrets will bepa-
tent to the world, and any quantities of anna
teur bodies may be established where all the
motions" and ridiculous performances of the
Society, may be gone through with without
any of the guilt of participating in its illegal
obligations, or without any necessity for
Democrats to throw themselves into the pow
j Of their political foes even by an oath
which is extra judicial and not binding, for
s.Though he commits sin who unto sin,
It is a greater sin to keep sinful OATH"
But It mast be borne in mind that In thus
attempting to strike down the Democratic
party by this system some of the most illus
trious members Of the opposition party must
necessarily be sacrifice, and the same machi-
merry which enables unprincipled tricksters to
strike blow at the Democratic party, affords
them equal facilities for crushing out" the
honest portion Of their own party, who are
their political rivals. While Known Nothing
ism strikes at all citizens of foreign birth, no
matter what their merits or deserts, it strikes
not only,at Democratic ascendancy, but at
some of the best men in the Whig ranks as
we shall probably take occasion toshow here
after.
The EAsTERN WAR.-'The war progresses.
slowly on the part -ofthe Allies. Sir Charles
Napier cruises to and froin the Baltic, cursingl
the strength ofCronstadt, and Admiral Ham
lin takes and d'occasional peep through his
spy-glass at seyastopol. Lord Raglan is res,