Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-06-01
X. Nism in Montpelier.

scrupulous, lesuIucal, lntoiefant anu Ht"ua
cious enough to bear any amount of lying
necessary 10 its vocation as a X. N. organ.
We also believe that it will be perfectly true
10 the run branch Of the order-and that is
saying good deal, since it is pretty well
understood that the rummies entered the
council TO control it, and hare controlled il
70 this time The temperance X. Ms. and
anti.K Ms. may safely count the Patriot and
its clique against them. BY forcing a rum
nomination upon members who are mol for
rum, but whose votes are counted upon by
virtue of their oath. and by the aid Of the
Patriot as an organ, the rummics are calcu-
lating upon a rum and locofoco X. n. Veto
~ in September. That il our conclusion
from long article in the last Patriot.
Blu, to the Patriot as X " organ. II
publishes Transactions in the Montpelier
council which are true. OF course it has
been furnished with the facts BY members o.
The order lit is thus made an official organ
To little truth, it adds heop Of lies; 80
tits very jealous and ft organ. Lying is
one of the natural sins OF secret organiza
ton.
The Patriot charges that the editor Of the
Waterman was exceedingly anxious to be
lie
Itcharges that she was proposed and was
rejected" 7hd Is true.
1t charges that he was proposed, too in
consequence of his own begging conyefsl-
lion with leading Know No,hiugs." That
is a lie,
It charges that we protested to consider
the organization beneficial, and proposed to
give it the support Of the Waterman. That
is lie. The organization was always
bad in our estimation. Some of its objects
We did and do consider good--and these the
Waterman always was, and is now, ready to
support
II charges that the aforesaid happoned 10
a conversation, (such conversation never
happened at ALL and that a day or two after,
and two weeks before the election, having
been proposed and rejected, VIC were in
formed of the fact. That is a lie.
1t viii be observed that here is one little
bit of truth, and great deal Of lying. We
will proceed to give the Patriot little more
truth. Previous TO the last election, three or
four different persons had Conversations with
us on X. Nism, but not one Of them as X D..
Ms, nor did we know that they were X. Ms,
or even that there was q council in Nontpcl-
Ter. That fact we never learned until the
morning OF the election. To all these per
sons we expressed unqualified appreciation Of
the great protested principle of the order,
in preventing the frauds and corruption
practiced upon the ballot box by priest, and
unscrupulous politicians, through fresh emf
grants from Europe. From the adoption of
the constitution of Michigan, admitting for
cIgners TO vote without naturalization, the
appointment of Catholic consuls by Jackson
and Van Buren, 10 manufacture sham demo-
Gratis in Ireland and import them to order for
use by the democratic party,-the open in
reference Of priest O'Calligan of Burling-
ton in elections, - and the open violation OF
oil law and decency by the Tammany boys
OF New York,-tho Waterman had always
condemned this A; it condemns it now. We
did say that this evil ought to be stopped,
and stopped by denounclng the American
do.nagogues who occasioned it-not the for
eigners who are their dupes. We did say
that the X. ~ organization, properly direct
ed, might be made instrumental Of doing
good in this matter; we did say that so far
ms X. Nism was good, we should rejoice in
Its success but 10 epery person icho gaze MS
occasion, zee declared expressly that tre nersr
had joined, aud nerer iooidd join, any secret
political association iohattper. At the outset
we did not know that the X. Ms. had oaths
Of any sort, nor that il was intended as a dis
tinct political party, but rather that it was
moi distinct party, but aimed simply, thro
the regular and proper action of its mem
bers in their several parties, to dlscounte-
nance demagoguism in all. That was good.
Tie monent the contrary appeared, we de-
nounced ii every new bad development, OF
corruption, intolerance and pro-slaysm since
has been denounced aud every new one
still will be. Every good thing we are e.
qually ready to approve. That has been,
and will be, the position Of the editor Of the
Waichman, just SO long as the order exists.
This has been, and will be, our position, beth
publicly and privately.
Now as to our being proposed and reject
od.' We have heard Of that before, FIRST
from a rum ,ocofooo Know Nothing we
hear II last from the Vermont Patriot
When we saw that the Patriot had become
the organ Of the rum branch Of the order
that, evidently, some member of that branch
had revealed the action of the Council 10
The Patriot for publication, we thought that
the temperance branch was absolyed from
an oath which the rummies had violated
We therefore asked the truth from compc-
tent source -and have got ii. Now the
public shall have titus:
~ F" NeiNoih hiStAi- lacl lhll, sfH. JottgN
Bradish proceeded, contrary to rule, to pro.
pose lot Of material for admission suitable
TO sustain the rum interest in the order, aud
was aided by other members of like senti-
ments on the liquor law. Upon the spur of
that occasion, and as an offset, friend of
the law thought it best to propose number,
,siiiesa heir knOteiedgs or consent. Among
others, he gave the name Of the editor Of the
Waterman, and it was rejected. At the
same meeting rHmHy proposed C. G. EAST
MAN, editor Of The Patriot, and he foo leas re
Jeeied! d. p. Thompson editor of the Free
man, was at the same time proposed an,
rejected. The same fate awaited the edito
Of the Repository, and in company with tn
four Montpelier editors, two Of the clergy
men Of The Mace warn also nronoaad aud "a