The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-02

Of the people ought not be allowed vote The
ing OF his leader may stop that point but be carries
on for himself "I@ says he, the religion the birth Of
these people makes them unfit vote they be
live II am TO set aside the protection which the law
gives them in particular may well make thorough
work oft and finish them at once This merely follow
ing out the know-nohing principle 10 its ultimate
quence-a consequences obvious, too that pain-tnl-
ing and g-feelng cannot help but it, lie
sezes the knife and the torch After using them little
while the low Irish" and the black Dutchn he is
easily enough convinced that il is sito murder
tive who nerfeos TO stop him. since who would pro-
tcct foreigner is better than the foreigner himself
The history of the whole world proves this to be
In all ages religious bgoy when fairly reused has sought
the Lives Of It's victims II is satisfied with merely
sianderng those whom il hates War to the knife and
the knife to the hil its always Death is its fa-
vorie punishment In Europe millions Of lives have
been sacrificed this fell spirit The history of the Old
World has made us all familiar with the scenes of terror
conaagraon blood, and which produced there
Here, smaller scale il has done the Eleven
years ago. when the first party based that principle
organized the blood began 10 flow and the churches to
blaze almost Immediately Within the little space of egh-
months which have elapsed since the know-no;hng
twenty times as many murders and ten times as much
ruanism Of every kind, produced be-
fore by oil other of political strife put together The
burning of churches in New Hampshire and
the bloody riots at St Louis Louisville and Cincinnati,
fresh in your recollection We will repeat the
counts Of know nothing cruelty in the cities of the West
which you have all seenthe brutal murders of in
open daylight for no offence but that of attempting
ercse their legal rghtshe burning of houses and the
roasting of women and children in the flames. We do
not say that all know-nothngs, majority of
Them approve these bloody doing But it is fair and just
say that they the Legitimate and natural outwork-
ngs Of the know-nothng principle the baser Of
Of their members 1t is idle to think that you
hiss the wardogs Of religious bgotry and then expect
them be satisfied with barking it is their
and manglc, and lap the life-blood
The party which has all these things to for in
suits this great nation by claiming the exclusive name of
Americans 1t is only un-Amercan, but anti Ameri-
in every feature Its whole principles borrowed from
the rotten monarches of Europe 1t attempt TO in
troduce among system which has dsgraced the Brit
sh to such degree that they themselves
ashamed of it. Here it is wholly new, and foreign and
hostile to the genius of our institutions.
Yes Americans shall rule America, and none others have
ruled it yet But he is American who goes into
council to plot against the American constitution
and the equal rights OF his eow-citizens Such
the allies and the friends of the European monarchs and
engaged in doing their work The now-nohings
fairly entitled the praises which they have received in
such abundant from The British newspaper press
for spreading the doctrines of that government in this
country but they equally deserve the condemnation Of
every true American who loves the liberal, hgh-mnded
and free principles which characterize political
system If YOU fllow-czens willing to exchange the
principles of Washington and Jefferson for those Of George
the Third you have the power, and may do it. The know
nothngs offer you the latter But the democracy will forever
stand by the former We viii resolutey oppose all the
enemies that America has at home and abroad We stand
deadly anagonism to every who hates our eonstitu
ton and the laws Of our free country