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

preached in this country and they must not object
to being dealt with as they deserve. How any
Christian-how any man with his hesrt in the right
place-how any citizen who entertans any venera.
ton for the constitution and its guarAnties-how
any republican-how any person OF moderate intel
ligence can ally himself with such an infamous as
ISOLATION, is to rs q source Of wonder. Knowing
its ends and aims to he such we have mentioned,
we assert that Of these classes Of persons can
be Know Nothings.
Upon the democratic party in this city must de-
volve 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-
nizations. 1t has its principles which its disciples
are not ashamed to avow-prnciples that ufdere
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 cares these people. but democracy cannot do
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 ISL
MORE ABOUT KNOW NOrHINGIsM.
We have 50 frequently and emphatically express
ed our disspprobaton Of this recent political organi
zation, that It would be superfuous to repeat our
some Of its insidious instruments to give 1t promi
nence and respectability by indirect and equivocA
means. One Of these consists In representing per-
sons Of known and decided democratic principles as
induce other democrats to unite In an organization
whose real purpose is to defeat their political party,
but without whose aid the new tangled scheme can
never hope to be successful Such hypocritical and
deceptive attempts, though widely made, have, we
believe, been nowhere successful This. at least,
seems to be the Gaze with the regular democratic
press Of the country. General public opinion also
The great mass Of the honest and intelligent
members Of both the great political parties look
with no favor upon Know nottingham. It appears
before the country under circumstances Of such
strong suspicion, it seems to be such confused
tumble Of i'll assorted and variant materials, Il
comes cloaked and masked in 30 suspicious man
ner, and assumes 30 wretched name that II Is be-
ginning to excite distrus 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
ties, for thing that is new, uncertain mysterious,
and to say the least Of IT, Of doubtful character IS
"like terminating existence in this world and relin
gushing all its pleasures and all Its certanties to
tempt the unknown and untried realities Of the
next life."
man can join any secret political organization, we
cannot comprehend. II any new political truth has
been discovered, why should it be hid under .
bushel? Like the sun, it should shine all alike.
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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
Be its objects what they may, it comes in such
questionable shape, that the people who have fixed
and honest political creed demand to it, to speak
political society with good principles and good OBJ
jects, If such thing can be conceived, would be
worthy Of respect for the resorted to for its
extension would be unworthy means.
1t savors too much Of treasons, stratagems, and
spois. 1t looks too much like dark and tratorous
conspiracy. 1t is the first time that secret polit
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 alike hostile to
them.
When a 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
as citizen, and not as member of a secret order
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 it supe
ror 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 1t as dangerous and worthy Of con-
dempation. But when it is born in obscurity-
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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 2sl
THE KNOW NorHNGs.
We learn from the 1inSeiger des Westens that the
secret society Of the Know Nothings met on Sunday
last, and attempted to organize in their hall, the
c0raer 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, lst A bitter and
unrelenting hostility to all foreign born citizens
especially Germans and Irish-a determination to
exclude them from all Office and all employment in
our city. I'd. A concerted and systematic effort to
exterminate the Catholic religion from the country
and to prevent its liberation. As the society is COM
posed principally if not exclusively of whigs-as
the wing press have become the advocates Of their
cause and the preachers Of their doctrnes-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..
kennetts vote by their uniting upon him, because
Of bis former attachment to the native party it be-
comes the democracy to burnish 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 whig 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 500 majority. If this is the
last card Of Mr. Kennett he may as well give up the
game, for the democracy have won 1t already. They
polled at their primary election on 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 80
KNOW N0THlNGs.
Almost every paper we take up has some specula-
tons about this secret society. is announced that
wing and Know Nothing candidate was elected
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
used TO know great deal more than was true IL
is great climbing down on their part to know no
thing. The transformation Of their editors and
politicians, however, Is not 30 great as might be
imagined. They have always been In the habit Of