The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-08-31
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THE k. u. yVATCNEyOEsD!
C." Initiate EVERY VOTER who NAV
/" apply for admission into the Order REJECT
{: NO VOTER Be not afraid Of exposure, as
& it will not burt orr party. there are some
g who do not wish TO go TO The Council, 'Put
g them through at their own homes, or at your
own house, OR ANY WHERE ELSE"
This is the raliving cry no0 adopted by the
Know Nothing prirc-uorkers in Bedford, at the
head of whom stands the man who gave the
ca5ting-vote in favor Of the ssIUG LAW, the
Hon F. r. Jordan. "Iaiiiafe erery roter,"
whether Catholic Priest, Irishmaa, Scotctman,
Dutchman, Frenclman, Engltslman, .Nerioaa,
Hessian, or any body else, so that h. has a rOtet
As infamous as is the proposition, it can't ''hurt
our *. y. Party" II The Constitution bad
not prevented them last winter from conierring
npon colorrd persons all the rights of citizenship,
they would also call for the initiation Of this
class of people into their Lodges, on the ground
that no species Of degradation ''can hurt their
party" No matter what the character Of the
whether Christian, Mormon, In6de, De-
banchpe-no matter whore he was born, or to
,chom he ores aliegiance-if he only enjoys the
right to rotc, ''put him through" regardless Of
Erposure-'sat their own homes," 'Eat your
own house," or, to carry out the figure, in
barn, cor stable, priry, sheep stye, doggery,
gambling room, ''or any where else y
Heretofore, the watchword has been, ''.None
bit .Gmericans on Guard % Now, put any bo-
DIV on Guard so that he takes an Oath to sup
port the leaders of this dark-lantern Order for
Office the plain meaning Of the above quota
ton,
Last August the motto was, s'Down 1rifh all
Catholics; aH Hishmen; al Germans; ali grades
of FOREIGNERSt Now this class of peo-
pie are invited into taH fellowship, provided
they have votes, and will s,cear eternal hostil-
ty TO the Democratic Party And this is the
company in which The CAristian .4drocote, the
Lufheran ObserUer, and certain ministers and
Official members in Churches find themselves,
who entered into defence Of the order with
the avowed charitable intention Of crushing, by
. an arm Of flesh, all who dared to worship at a
Catholic altar. Wdat Communion
We venture 10 assert, that in the political
history Of the world there cannot be found 50
mean, dirty, 50 Infamous an appeal to white
treemen as the above, and we think our honest
Farmers, Mechanics, and Working Men, will
recoil, as they would from a pestilcnce, from
either uniting with, or remaining in an organi-
zation which thus proclaus its own disgrace.
For free white man to be threatened to be
dogged to his house, his stable, his field, '.or a.
ny other place" to be ''put through by some
sneaking know nothing night ow, who has ta-
ken upon himself the right 10 administer oaths,
IS 50 degrading to common drcency, that no
man could believe ii, did he not see the record
with his own eyes.
It is now evident that the leaders of Know
Nothingism would invest the POPE of ROME
with Supreme Power in this country, were
he mean enough TO join them, and had the
offices and the patronage of the Government at
his disposal.
The time has arrived for independent FREE
MEN TO assert their rights in bold, open, and
fearless manner; and we trust we shall have
such meeting on next Monday evening as will
satisfy the public that the good citizens of Bed
ford county are determined 10 do their whole
duty on the I'd Tuesday Of October next.