Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-02-17

than he could" The vicar Of Bray was an ALSO /
mte know-nothing TO this political weather cotf. |
A prOfessed Democrat on the eve Of Polk efectien
fancy ng that Clay chances were best, he ]onf
Clay club, and as reward OF bis eltventh,h onr
apostecv, vas deputed to go 10 the wing heau-
quarters to get tbe result Of the voting In New
which it was anticipated would 90 for the great
embodiment of Wing principles. But, on the way
oar new Aedged proselyte encouniered@ trrilenu
Gus Democratic orch- light procession, renai,g 'he
velkin with cheers for Po'k, who had carfleu we"
York by tremendous majority ana linus a,iie 'su
the victory whereupon, abandoning MS ne" i'ienusi
he n,1rcbased a torch, rushed into the Democratic
ranks, and bawled himself hoarse Win cheering
"Polk and Dallas" He held Office under Polk, vo-
ted slvlv for TAYLOR, held over under Fillmore
nromised to vote for Scott and did vote for Pierce
Being disappointed of the Russian mission or the
Havana consnate-We forget to which he asplred
he finally withdrew the light of bis spectacles
from the Pierce administration, and denounced II,
and has been chosen to highly honorable office
let US call it senatorship-by the Know Nothing
or pure American party. Hurrah for new men
Down with the old party hacks! Nor is this SIN
gle instance The elect of the secret party display
many characters Of much the same stamp
| The New York Herald of the 8th inst. contains
long article on the subject of the recent election
of Senator SEWARD, from which we make the ioi-
loving short extract:
'In the Senate five know -nothngs voted for Sc
| ward, and his majority was hve-a clear kho"
| nothing majority. In the Assembly his majority
was twelve: but had the seven know-nothings vo-
ting for him opposed him, there would have been
| majority against him of two Thus the vote Of
| each house and the election Of Seward were dec-
ded by know nothing votes.
Mr. Speaker LITTLEJoHN OF the New York House
of Representatives, is KnowNothng-b he Is
also higher law man. Mr.. LITTLEJoHN had sworn
an oath, which oath stood in the way Of his voting
for WIN. II. SEWARD for o. s. Senator. What was
Mr.. LIrrLFJoHE to do2 Why, Mr.. LITTLEJoHN be-
ING higher w-eonscience man, resolved TO dds
pense with" the oath, and promote the public
welfare and the ',nterests of the State, by voting
for Mr.. SEWARD. The following is an extract from
his speech, explaining his vote;
'Speaking of oaths, let NE asian oath taken to
murder another is that oath TO be regarded2 An
oath to violate mans conscience, Is that oath to be
kent? Pile up oath upon oath, aye until they
reach high heaven--when they interfere with the
dictates of my conscience, / violate the oath. Nc
oath can stand between me and my Maker. Nc
oath can bind me to outrage my sense of right and
duty. here or eIewhere. / hope l AMI have in.
tended to be-a man of principle. If in an evil
hour by intrigue or management may have been
betrayed into taking oath to take my neghbor's
hfe-when reason returns, that oath is laid aside
| If haze taken an oath ia sIlgadrded moment
,ohc is to dictate to for all time to come, apolica
course that violates ny coascieaceredsOa tests and
scouts its binding obligation hope those aOho har'
taken these oaths iCM rise ike above them, ana
! Get Ike npen--like american citizens
- We hastily string together these pearls from
our exchanges We beg our southern readers tc
think of these things-to think how much more
dangerous abotonism becomes when it takes TIE
form of secret and oath-bound society.