The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-09

the Know Nothings. These are among tn,
Brilliant ~ -schsiEemsnts Of LYMAN w
HITS party, aud he ought not to be sC
modest as to say nothing abOut them.
n We will give a few among the many
iteAs Of evidence which induce us tc
believe the Kansas outrage was perPetrat.
ed by Know Nothings. In the first place
ATcHIsoK the leader of the Missouri horees
is himself, according to the best inforna.
1 ton we can get, Know Nothing; every
paper advocating his interests is favorable
to Know Nothingism. This, the Demo.
Graf will not deny. The leading Know
Nothing journal in the Union published al
Washington, has taken strong ground in
favor of the Missourians and against Gov
REEDER. We quote the following, and
commend it to the perasal of the Demo
crdt(O
! "Now, the President and Col. Forney
both know full well, that Gov. Reeder's
temperance in Kansas will be the signal
for civil war. We do not believe that there
will be one moments peace in Kansas if
he returns. Right or wrong, (and we say
not whch) a provisional government will
spring up as suddenly into existence in
Kansas as it did in Paris; the people of
Kansas will not allow General Pierce to
FORCE AETI-sLAvERYISM, or ANY ANTI-sLAv-
ERY GOVERNOR UPON THEN, AND HE OUGHT TO
KNOW it, and DOUBTLESS DOES KNOW it. =
The country will bear us witness that
we have over again made this declaration,
that the Forney and the Pierce men were
not worthy of Southern confidence, but we
did not expect so soon a formal acknowl-
edgement of the truth"
What stronger evidence do we want up
on this point! There is no mistaking these
declarations. Know Nothingism does favor
the Missourians.
But further than this, we have unimpeach-
able testimony going to show that there is
a secret organization on the borders Of
Kansas, composed of men, who are deter
mined to carry slavery into that territory.
We give below description of this party.
1t corresponds in every respect to the
Know Nothing order. The description is
given by the editor of the Parksville Lumi-
nary:
D. R. Atchison, B. F. Stringfel!ow, ]. T.
| V. Thompson and others, then organized a
secret association. am informed its men,
bers are sworn to secrecy--to turn out and
fight when called on from headquarters
to contribute money TO carry out the objects
of this association-to share equally the
damages that may accrue from the overt acts
of any Of its members and to carry these
points even at the price of disunion. They
are bound not to divulge the names of men,
hefs. Thus their clan can act in concert
everywhere at once, and lead the uninitiat-
led to suppose that it is the spontaneous up
rising of the whole people, when they num-
Der only corporal's guard. When man
is prescribed they act in concert to destroy
his business and character; Rnd the poor
man is ruined without knowing the cause.
kNnscrupulous-they use any means to accom-
| plish their purposes. Thus this secret ell
gfne of hell is at work undermining the
foundations of all social order, of confidence
and public honor"
The above is the most perfect likeness Of
Know Nothingism we have ever seen: Il
is the same in Kansas, Washington, Ohio
Massachusetts, 8uery 0here where its malig-
nant breath is felt. 1t poisons society, ane
dsregards the obligations of business ant
friendship. But its race is nearly over. I
is becoming unpopular, and now the edto
OF the Democrat who has been an active mem
of the order, fearing lest the current o
tics may change, and he be found on tn
unpopular side, is exceedingly at loss wher
to go or what to do. The Free Sellers will
hardly take him back; the Democrats des
pise him and the Wings distrust him. w
advise him to come out boldly and defen
the :niquities of his party, or acknowledg
: his errors like man, and forever renounc'
them.