Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-08-16
The Fusion going Forward.

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We have before alluded to the tendency of
genuine Know Nothingism and pro-slavery Dem
ocracy to affiliate. And we have given it as our
belief that in this State fusion of the simon
pure Know Nothings and the Democracy, was
expected Every day confirms our confidence in
these opinions.
In the late movements Of the Democracy in
this section, there has been equal parts of sKnow
Nothingis:1 infused James Ross, the distn-
guished opponent of the Know Nothings, was
sent in loving harmony with John E. Henry, one
of the prominent men of the lodge, as delegates
from this city to the county convention; to Mad
son, as delegates to the State Convention, was
sent the two extremes of Know Nothingism and
Anti-Know-No thingism, in this part of the eoun-
! try. And the fact of these men, we allude to,
being Know Nothings is a matter of public no.
toriety which makes it manifest that the DcInoe-
racy, have sought this alliance and entered into
this union from their natural affinity and with a
deliberate purpose.
And the evidence is growing that the fusion
here is not merely accidental, or to be merely To-
cal. In Milwaukee, an organ of Know Nothing
american" Its position with reference to the
political parties of the day, as well as the man
ner in which it means to bestow its abors is very
clearly in Heated by the followind extract.
Fellow Citizensl Fellow Americansl-Have
nothing to do with the monster Fusion. 1t drops
tears over the Southern negro, but they are
tears OF the crocodile, designed to play upon
your sympathies, TO your destruction. For the
ha,, 80 haE H..
falsely called. 1t is an i'll favored child of Flu
sion, and will be fatal to those who fondlc with
II, or nurse it, or rock it. Beware too of your
spurious suddenly concocted Cat Albany IRE
pubcans." Men and breihcren, they are not
Republicans. Give them their way, and you
will soon have neither Republic nor Republicans
IN North America. They are destructive dema-
gogues and conspirators who have ''stolen the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in" Come
out from among them, and be AMERICANS and
ONLY AMERICANS.
twill be observed, especial pains is here ta-
ken to warn the bretheren against every thing
savoring of freedom and free soil, but not a word
or syllable against the regular Democracy The
paper too, ncglccts no opportunity to abuse
the men as well as the measures of the Republ-
can party, and there cannot be a question Of
doubt, that its deliberate purpose is to fuse the
lodges in political action with the Democracy,
so far as it has power.
Indeed, as we have before intir.atcd, upon this
fusion, is predicted the success this fall of the
Democracy. 1t will be noticed that one of the
Know Nothings alluded it in this article, was
last year an active Republican, and the same is
the case with another, not mentioned; This is
evidence Of the power brought to bear and the
direction in which it is tending. OF course it
is calculated all this time, that the foreigners
themselves will be brought into the harness to
work side by side with these Know Nothings;
and when we sec, us is the case here, men who
have bawcd themselves hoarsc in opposition to
the Know Nothings-indced arc themselves for
cigncrs-!aying Lovingly side by side with these
their whilom bitter enemies, and faithfully pull
ing together in the same harness, we confess the
expectation does not seem to be entirely ground
less
We think however, there will be some, indeed
many foreigners, who will see through this pur-
pose to deceive them, and will array themselves
where their sympathies tend, under the banner
Of freedom, which means freedom for them, as
well as for others.