Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-01-19
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AID. TIE kNoW



THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AID TIE KNOW
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"The grand crunch OF the know -rotliings have
rworn by the only god they worship-iha +, thea
seves-unGyiDg haired TO political freedom and
porular supremacy These 6ecayed a:istccrsts,
these shameless hgctg these rayenng politie 81 ban
dItt these utterly desperate traitors TO the country
that gave them BIRTH ere organizing q feaeins
whose details would strike terror into yoar hearts
if fully disclosed. They have combined to destroy
every institution that stands in their way, and te
prosirate every man who vii! not do their bidding
Every town has its branch die conspiracy. Be
cret signs and passwords and r1ummeries are used
10 impress the imagination, aud unlawful oaths are
administered binding the unhappy members to sub
iect themselves like slaves and vassais TO the dlcta-
ton of this terrible oligarciiy. Meanwhile the
Cou1,cl of Ten, the controlling power Of this infa-
nous conspiracy, squats in its noisome retreat like
a toad swetering in its own venom, OF bloated
spider spinning its web over the State. It sends
forth its DEGREES to its bondsaves. "Prostrate, it
says, this man. for he has too much education
Destroy that one; be is too intelligent Ruin your
best friend for he has too much independence
And with this spectacle before it of triumphant ty-
ranny and bigotry in Massachusetts, it confidently
expects like victory over the freemen oil New
Hampshirel But you had better write your names
in characters Of blood upon your thresholds, and
escape with your wives and children to some tar
country by the light of your burning houses, than
crouch to this insolent ogarchyl Why would you
live here when life has lost all that is worth living
for; when you may be stabbed by an assassin in
the back, or slain by an unseen arrow from him
you supposed your dearest friend2 Are you con-
tent to crawl out at twilight like birds of evil omen,
to creep into blind alleys, to hover around the back
"slums of your cities and villages, to start at eve
~ passing tread lest some honest man should see
YOU TO move with mullled face and stealthy step,
and double upon your tracks as ifyou were thief
with the officers of justice in pursuit OF you, and
with this sickening consciousness Of shame to grope
your way to the den where succ animals herd, and
with trembling hand give the mystic signal which
admits you into this community ofsin? And when
you are admitted, and the door of pandemonum is
closed, are you content to leave all hope behind
you, and renew before Ged the oath you have TAX
en- to do the bidding of your disreputable tyrants?
1t is incredible that any one worthy of the name
and rights of freeman can do this You will not
cast this disgrace upon the mothers who bore you,
and whose veins are filled with the blood of '76
You will not thus bastardze your descent from the
men of the revolutioni No, leave that to the abo.
itionists, who, with philanthropy upon their
tongues, have treason and murder in their hearts
Leave it to the traitors who prayed that the Mexi-
cans would welcome your fellow-citizens with
bloody hands to hospitable graves. "-Neav Hamp-
shire Patriot