The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-27

ton 4 not upon the members OF the conn
munty and which p~rsecutes the Judges who administer
its provisions with unreenng malevoence IL Is In this
way il displays its reverenal obedience TO the laws
whether national State or municipal, until they
peaed or declared unconstitutional by the proper author
ity:r
az tender and sacred regard for those acts Of states
anshp which TO be eoptrAdsnguished from acts u Or
dnxry legislation by the fact of their being OF the nature OF
eompActs agreements and 20 be considered liked
and settled national policy.
Here according custom the partridge hides It's head
and shows tail Surely anybody in his senses except
southern federais Accommodating, III they are not
win understand that this vague declaration
points to the restoration OF the Missouri Compromise and
not the integrity Of the Compromise of 1850 IL Is eap
m dodge both TO those who do and those who do not
derstand IL The southern members Of the convention
and their constituents if they have any swallow II as
pledge Of loyalty to the latter while the northern lights
OF the party viii smack their lips at what they perfectly
comprehend means nothing and nothing less than
pledge behalf of abolition, which, like all those made
by the fusion party may interpreted not only both ways
but all Of ways suit the latitude and longitude
Ii was our intention TO go through the know-nohing
creed as announced by Philadelphia convention a
tim probe il item by item But have heretoore
frequently gone this ground that it has become pretty
well beaten II is truth tedious task to be perpeuay
called upon to expose deceit hypocrisy and fraud most
especially when the perpetrators equally beyond the
reach of law aud Invested all OF shame Where
there no chance Of punishment and hope of amend
ment there is little encourage the attempt to expose
reform except the consolation of exposing the delnquent
to the scorn and contempt OF honest men, We shall
therefore content ourselves with citing few choice
barp
cooperation of the principles and practice of the great
tional American party
The know-nohing convention proceeds to declare its
hostility to the corrupt by which the leaders of
party have hitherto forced rulers and pot
cal creeds implacable enmity against the present de-
norazng system of rewards for political subserviency
and Of punishment for political independence disgust for
the wild hunt after office which charactezes the
| age
This is the text now for the glossary. The know
ings denounce the imposition of rulers and of polit
cal creeds and in order to exemp sincerity have
formed secret organization by which deprived of
all freedom of action or opinion bound by the obligation
oaths obey their leaders bndy in all things and
submit to the imposition of political creed well as to
choose their rulers their dctaon without the slightest
regard their opinions preferences 1t in this
way tney tue OF speech,
action and accommodate their practice their profess
sions.
Again The know nothing convention is jealous to
bring about limitation of the practice of the purer days
the republic and declares its admiration Of the maxim
that "ofce should seek the man, and not the the
Office and of the rule that the just mode Of ascertaning
fitness for Office is the capacity the hfulness and the
honesty of the incumbent candidate
The convention illustrating this salutary principle
which, indeed is highly praiseworthy- should have
ferred to the uniform practice Of the know-nothings
who have invariably selected their candidates from their
own order where presume alone to be found the
capacity faithfuness and honesty essential the fuln
Of their duties seems that but native
Americans and their possess these qualifications and
therefore all foreign emgrants all naturaized citizens and
their immediate descendants being by birth and inherit
Invested Of the requisite capacity, fahfuness and
| honesty up to the high standard Of
| know-nothing perfectibility.
The convention pledges to resistance to the aggressive
policy and corrupng tendencies of the Roman Catholic
Church in this country by the advancement all political
stations executive Legislative judicial diplomatic or
course, the Catholics whether native foreign all
without exception totally destitute of the requisite quali
cations for magistrates Judges legislators and foreign min
listers They are it seems the subjects of foreign power
citizens of the United States either by birth or adop
ton and though only the head Of their church and
its prominent authorities have recently discamed
temporal jurisdiction anywhere except in the dominion
Of the Sovereign Ponh all this signifies nothing when
opposed to the blind bgoy and presumptuous ignorance
of the know-nohings II is this attempt enlist secta
rian snpahies in political struggles that should
every sincere and oleent Christian condemn and resist
this dangerous midnight organization every disclosure of
whose objects and principles only to indicate its per-
nicous designs and expose its hypocrisy.
One of the professed objects Of this association
nounced their late declaration Of principles is he
reformation Of the character of national Legislature by
elevatng that digned and responsible position men
Of higher qualifications purer morals and unselfsh
patriotism Az practical illustration Of this principle
refer readers for the general result the character
and proceedings OF the abolition know-nohing legislatures
Of Massachusetts New York. Pennsylvania &C. &c and
for individual examples Messrs Hiss, Wilson, Burn-
game and the forty fifty reverend incendariea select
ed by the know-nohings in conjunction with the wings
and aboitionss for their superior qualifications purer
MORALS and unselfish patriotism
Passing by the second attempt of the to
summate this ncesuous connexon between religion and
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