Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-25
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ticket and makes use of the following threats:
mar elecio, syes the anti Slavery anti Nebraska
sentiment: and 10 party can hope to succeed in
Ohio hich either ignores or sets this sentiment at
de6suce. The democratic party tried it, and it
vrss washed oat. Because OF the Nebraska oues-
ton last fall thousands of men threw their yot es
for the American candidates. a great msuy Of Cur
German citizens voted for the American candidates
because they were anti Nebraska men, and oppos-
ed TO the extension of slavery. Although these
questions did not enter in say particular degree in
TO city election, yet these questions will enter
largely into our State election in the fall. A large
majority of the voters of Ohio in favor Of elect
ing American Reform State officers and an Arneri-
can Reform Legislature; but they are likewise de-
terminei to elect men who are opposed to the ex-
tension OF slavery, and who repudiste that gross
outrage upon the Free States, the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise. In our nominations laat
fall for State officers and for Congressman, were
fortunate in combining those two powerful ele-
rnents-tae American and anti-Nebraska- the
result was that we carried our State ticket by
eighty thousand majority, and left the democratic
party Ike stranded Whale, high and dry upon
sand bar. The same combination must be made
this fall it must be, in order to insure success"
GETTING ALARNED.-The St Louis Republican
publishes article from the Gin. Gazette wherein
az abolition plank is proposed for the know
nothing platform, and then says
Can it be that the know noihings Of Virginia,
or Kentucky, or Missouri, will suffer this plank to
be incorporated into and made part Of the platform
ca With they stand p
Oh yesl it can be; II has been, and viii be-
How cen in the Republican to ask the question!
1t should not talk of the abolition plank" but
JPN its southern know nothing contemporaries in
trying 10 hide it. Il should drown the squesking
voice oftbolitionsm in the senseless cry of"Amer-
leans shall rule America. II should endeavor to
conceal the revolving features of northern fsnati-
csm in the fustian folds Of BuntIiuism.
ABOLITION EXCITEMENT IN NEW YoRK-A
New York letter says:-0n Tuesday evening,
May s, Henry Wilson, the Anti Slavery Know
Nothing Senator from Massachusetts. will open
the slavery question in lecture before the New
York Society, in the Metropolitan Theatre This
will be followed By the Anniversary of the Ameri-
can (Gariso ian) Society, in the same place on
Wednesday morning.
THE DEsIes OF Know Noru1xeIsM-Read the
following from the Young american, a know-noth
ing paper that was published in Pittsburg, and
mark the designs of "the American party, the ma
tiona party, the party that is pure and free from
,ectional prCj1dces" the party in which the South
is called upon to place confidence and trust:
ANTI SLAVERY AND THE KNOW NorHIYes.-The
contest in Virginia is looked upon asa decided mat
ter, and the election of the know-nothing candi-
date for Governor as a fixed fact This may be
regarded by some matter of surprise, mas
much as the know. nothing organization, having
its rise in the North, s as much in opposition to
the slavery Of the South as to the domination of
the Catholic church and other foreign influence in
our government generally. But the truth is, there
is no calse for surprise in the matter. Virginia
has population, dscidedly favorable to the ab-
clifton Of slavery as any people in PENNSYLVANIA or
Ohio. Virginia, instead Of being unanimous is
therefore greatly divided the subject Of slavery.
The pro slavery portion are the rich whose wealth
is in land and negroes. The poorer and laboring
classes oppressed by the institution and favor
its Abolition. This feeling prevails widely in the
east but predominstes largely in the west and
there are many who would hesitate to come cut
openly 10 advocating abolition, Join cheerfuy and
at once in the know-nothing move, seeing that it
tends to that end Others, indifferent to the sub
iect, fall into the current as the popular one, vet
knowing that the success of the party is the slrest
blow that can be ven TO the pro slavery interest
of the Sla'e. The pro-savery of Virginia is there
fore TO be broken as the old parties 10 the other
States we're broken, by the quiet but onward pro-
gress of the know-nothing organization They do
not, of course, as we of the North have done come
ont in oIen opposition to slavery"
SpEAKxG OUT IN MEETrxG.-Tke corruption and
profigacy of the'present Know-Nothing Legislature
of Pennsylvania is becoming apparent to every
man in the State; but still We did rot think the
editors Of that pure new party were so willing to
acknowledge it. Yet such is the fact, as is evinced
by the following, clipped from the Harrisburg Nen
one Of SANS" organs
'The fact il, legislation has fallen into bad hands
A set ofpOhtical scounGreis took advantage Of the
late revolution in poltos, sentiment. and, where
they cid not honestly succeed, fraud was resoried
TO ia order &c accomplish the object The legislation
of this sexton its elsrng atsurdities and vlapv to
make Of the mildest terms will be eyecrated by
every honest man in the Commonwealth. Honor
of the State is bsrtered aud sold by secret con-
clsve, as i they had no masters, nor were in any
way responsible 10 public opinion. Bar Ks are
chartered ENID boisteTous merriment, and foreign
rail road cspi aisis are the lions who are worship
ed at the shrine Of Msmmon. When will Moses
descend from the mount and cast down the golden
cali?
- The know-uothing papers say that one OF
the leading oil jscts of know-noihing;sm is the
preservation OF the ballot box Verify it re-
quires no common degree of assurance to utter
such sentiment in the face Of facts Transporting
all over the country, wherever this intoersnt Or
ganzlion exists. Read the following character
itc achiey ement iu the exercise Of this patriotic
attribute:
A KSow-EoTHING TRIcK-A know-nothing
judge OF tie late election in Vermilhon has been
arrested IN charge OF taking tickets from the
tiers, and Changing them on their way TO the bal
lot oox. re was suspected, witch set. and the
rascal cansht in tie very sct. He is to be tried
before tse Justices, and some thirty or forty wit
nesses have been SUBJ @ el This trick NAV &C.
count Tor other kro~ nothing victories in other
places Cleveland Ploiadeale~.
ey In the Massachusetts Iecislatpra m tbo
19th the House voted to reconsider the vote beroo
by il acceg ted the report on the Nupnerv Irre,,:
eating Gaze, and then laid the report on the to[ia
The Massachusetts Legislators are making ,Is-e'
selves more and more ridiculous daily From H.;
various reuograde and zig-zag movements, they An.
near TO lie under the direction OF certain outside
law giverA IL will be remembered that this BODY
is composed almost exc uSively Of know-notti nes
and that The Councils are by the people held re-
sponsible for its acts. This mixes the matter, and
renders It embarrassing. The Legislators are, too,
the most innocent persons in the world-of legis-