The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-02-23
Know-Nothing Nxpouure.

touse OF Assembly, III New 1ork, VINO ls
recusant Know.Nothing, has madc the
s.ariling disclosure in speech
o the New York Legislature. How can
IN honest man unite himself to an organ
cation such as he describes?
AS to his connection with the Know
Nothings; he would tell them all he knew
Of it. Last March, while member Of this
House, some of his friends asked him TO at
tend lecture. He went with them to a
room, where he was assured by the officers
of that society that was to do nothing thai
was contrary to anything against which
his conscience would revolt. He was
asked 10 make promise. He did not
make the promise, and This recent course
was treason, make the most of it. Ii he
had perjured himself, maket the mostofthat,
He now declared himself opposed TO the
principles of his association. He would
give, as briefly as he could, q complete
exposition of the Know-Nothings; busshe
would say, from the moment he left that
room in this city, TO this, henever entered
it again. 1t was enough for him to say
that he saw in that room what would pre-
vent an honest man from ever entering it
again. As who he sawthere, theirnames
would never be divulged by hin Was it
an insti ution to which al honorable man :
4 freeman-a Christian-could belon~?--
He thought It was not. He believed men
here belonging to it were honest but they
were deceived by political tricksters, In
July last a Grand Council. Go TO New
York and you find the Grand President
J. W. Barker, occupying power in the
the state equal to monarch. Aud this
gran President alone appoints one deputy
in each county; and what sort of a man
will this deputy be? Why a second self.
And what does this deputy do? He is
armed with the power to create as many
lodges in the towns Of the State as he
peases. He selects nine men as the
nucleus Of these lodges to establish them
this second seliof j. W.. Barkc: selects
these nine men, and these nine men select
three delegates to the Grand Council, to
make nominaiionsand oa.hs to bind body
and soul Of the innocent member OF the
ord r. There officers are thus the erea-
lures of one man-James W. Barker, in
New York. Did ever q man conceive
anything so horrible in republican gov
ernmen,? These delegates are to remain
as such three years. Twohundred lodges
send thus six hundred mento this council,
all whom are the creatures Of Barker
The duty of these men, this Grand Coua
cll, is TO make oaths to bind men who ar(
invited to hear lectures and denominations
Original Konw-No.liingism was to use
Influence against foreign influence. This
as Wing, he Mr.. l.. could go with
Mr.. L. had read here proceedings of tht
Grand Council, the pulport Of it was tha
no delegate was to be received who dix
not sustain their State ticket and membar
not voting for Ullmann were expelled
Mr.. L. commented On these proceedings
pointing out their tyranny. lie inqulret
if in Europe there was any power 50 dea
potic. Had anything in this broad lant
ever been heard Of eqnal to this? Wa
ever man called npon and required to say
under oath, whether he did that which th'
Constitution says he may do?-wlicthe
he voted against certain man? Ant
what was the crime Of ofvoting for Governo
Clark? And yet this society called Ame
rcan, expelled men for Governor CLARK
Was such a society worthy of the nam
American? And we would predict tina
in twenty four months no man will b
found who will acknowledge his connection
with such political engine. Who wer
the men of this Executive Committee?-
He would not say it of all, but some 0
them were men OF broken repu alton
whose names were on the criminal calen
der of New Yosb-men corrupt
There was another power eucred wit
these nine men, which was that any iiv
men of these councils may rejec or black
ball any applicant. Was this democratic
But why is that? Why James W Barkc
might loose the power and control he hat
,, This scheme was perfect, ana could ne
!. be altered in three years. There was II
rower toalterit. Il has been said til
councils may insruc, thse three delegate
10 over come the designs OF J. W. Barkel
Bu. this is not true. The bylaws gay
he right OF appeal 10 j. W. Barker lrol
, the councils to The Grand Council. Tines
schemes are perIect-they are not know
: to the maSses-had not been to him, bu
he had learned them since his arrival i
Albany Mr., i. had read resolutions d
recting emissalies to be sent to Albany t
$ defeat the reelection Of William II. Sew
l ard, as also other proceedings exhibitin
: the powers of the order. These proceed
! ings were read from a newspaper. Th
: frs. resolution, said Mr. l.. required tn
collection of some thousand men here t
! inslruc. members here how 10 vote on tn
! Senatorial q NAtion.-Had the people sen
Iidio:s here torepresent them? the nex.w
directing measures to be taking in logar
! to offending Councils. And what wa
the oliense? They had dared to indie
pendently. The Grand Council had mad
nominations, and because some dared t
) exercise their rights as freemcn, to &
! agrinst the nominations-not knowing
} perhaps, they had been made-they wer
} to be expelled. II this Grand Counci
could do this much, what was there the,
might not do? Here remember tie IL
quisitol--the acts >of the Jesuits--