The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-07-19
A yolco from Ashaand.


We wore very fofcibly struck with the irut!
OF Col. Wfishl's remark al Harrisburg, tha
IL HenIy Clay and Daniel Webster were now
alive, they would De opposed to The narrov
biGoiry Of Know Notbingism To verify it
a son Of Henry Clay has been taxing III,
stump against the new american" organi
z%atiog. The Kentueky Statesman says tina
a great interest was manifested to hear The
frs, political speech Of the son of so renown
ed an orator as Henry Clay and & very large
eohcobrse of citizens attended the meeting
The speech is given as iollowss
The next gentleman who look the stand
was MIR. james b. Clay, who as we have al
ready remarked, is tho son Of the great states.
man, and has succeeded 10 the paternal es-
tate of Ashland.
Mr.. Clay said that this was his first efforI
al a public speech, and nothing less than the
profound interest which he felt in the grea
questions at issue, could induce him 10 ap.
pear on this occasion. Never before had
such extraordinary, such alarming, such nov
ell questions been presented for the political
consideration Of the American people. His
apprehensions were aroused in view of them,
and he sometimes lfembled for the fate oil
tho counlrytr The idea that this government
was 10 DO taken INTO the keeping Of a secret,
political, ath-bound organization, which Sc,
up unconstitutional testoaihs, and the men,
bers of which were bound 10 each other by
the most terrible obligations, was 10 him
most alarming, and should, in his judgment,
arouse tho approximations Of every patriotic
man in The whole country.
Mr.. Clay denied that The platform put forth
by the late Know Nothing Convention at
Philadelphia, was the real platform Of the
parly-parly did | call them, said he no,
they are not u party in any proper accepta,ion
Of tho Term. Parties have heretofore been
open, public ard above boafd but This is a
secreb Inbound, political organization,
which is seeking after The political power oil
tho country, BY ways aud means unknown
10 the law, and in p~ulpablc DISREGARD OF the
ong.established usages Of The people and
tho history Of The Government. II sought
political power, not by open and fair means,
but by secret plottipgs, BY cabalislio pass
wolds, by signs and grips, unknown 10 The
people at large, and IN palpablc violation Of
the whole spirit and genius oil the Govern
men'.
No, said be, the rue platform of this ex-
lraordinary organization is 10 be found in
their oaIhs and ritual. There wero to be
found the things which they were sworn to
do and 10 carry out and looking into these
oalhs and The ritual, he found that their OBJ
jects were TO strike al the citizen OF foreign
birth, at The immigrants from other countries,
10 disfranchise, degrade and disgrace Them,
by deprivlng them not only Of the right to
Ameficauize themselves, but by cutting them
of from the rights Of hospitality and human
ity. They also sought 10 disfrauchise and
degrade another class of our citizens, wheth.
er native born OF foreign, on account of1heir
religions opinions, in PLAN violation OF the
Constitution of The county, and regardless Of
The ~plainest dictates OF justice and human,
ity. .
Mr.. Clay said that, rather Than submit sny
excluded remarks OF his own on these sub.
iects, he had chosen 10 collate Tho expressed
and authentic opinions Of The old fathers OF
the republic and he read extensively from
the writings Of Washington, of Jefferson, of
Madison, oil Jackson, Of Quincy and others.
He concluded his happy effort by saying
that, though the old wing party, with which
no had always acted, was broken and dis
persed, yet no appeared there as one of the
cid rear guard of tina, once powerful and
great party and in that capacity he protest.
ed against this new organization, as fraught
with danger 10 his country and lis liberties +;
and he called upon all tho old liners of The
whig party 10 join him in the protest.