Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-05-18

they remain silent on the question Of slavery.
they INFORM their southern friends that they
ask Tor no such alliance
Tho Grand State Council Of the Know.
Nothings of New Jersey, was recently held
at Trenton. After the preliminary business,
a new ritual and now constitution we're
adopted 1t is stated that the order in New
Jersey, within the past ycnr, has adopted
eight ar nine new rituals and constitutions,
each costing some four or five hundred dol
lars for the matter Of printing. Seven dele
gates were chosen to the Grand National
Council which meets in Philadelphia in June
next OF the principles and platform, the
Correspondent of the New York Hcrdd says
The Jersey X. Ms were found to be sound
and conservative on tho negro question. The
delegates to Philadelphia, will go to that
Council fully prepared to eject the Massichu-
sets herctics from the party, and to 90 in
for the Union--a Union platform, Union
candidate, and general clearing out of the
official loalcrs at Washington. big and little. u"
\ RECONSTRUCTION of the Know Nothing
order will take place soon after the Virginia
election. The pressure from the inside will
I
able to accomplish, the complete abandon
ment of secrecy an element of faith and or
ganizatiun. Oaths will be abolished, and a
declaration Of principles will be made by
competent authority. The wonderful efiicicn-
cy of the new order has doubtless been in
part attained chiefly through the privacy of
its councils, and the absence of disputation
among themselves on minor points Of poll IT,
cal contention, such as temperance, tariff, in
/ ternal improvements. aud slavcry-content-
ing themselves with the great issues of Amer
ic1nism against foreigners and Professionalism
against the Roman Catholics, on which they
are all agreed they have gone on for a year
and half in triumphal progress uncIouded
/ by single defeat But local lodges and
/ State Councils have begun to split upon the
/ Presidential nomination, which must be made
| in u few months, and some other questions
ON which positions must be taken. An open
/ National Convention has been demanded by
the Know Nothing State Councils Of New
/ York and Pennsylvania, Ga minority in each,
favorable to secresy having seceded), and it
is believed that this will he conceded by the
Grand Council, and that the Convcntioncrs
will be summoned to meet at Philadelphia in
November next. - Wash. Cor. " Y. Courier.
Know NorHt>Gs OR Do No1nrNGs If the
/ Washington Organ is to be believed. the
Know Nothngs enjoy sort Of ot'un cun'
"icnifGtc, AMI are quite free from all anxiety
,..rt matters which usually distract Io'j
. Calls lie Organ says
" 1t j. we'll known, that We do not, Ms a
party, mix ourselves up with the different
questions Of public policy-with banks
tariffs. temperance, OF slavery
This makes US think of the gentleman Of
latltudinarian religious views, who was sale
by an Orthodox neighhor. to believe in
nothing and live up to it, Boston Atlas.
SENATOR WILSON has defined his position or
the slavery question in Il manner which leave
no doubt Of it, so long as it lasts. At TAIN
ton he said that if the Know Nothing part,
ignored the question, " in that day it woulC
surely begin to die, and by the blessing o
God he would DO what lie could to make i
die :"
In Now York, he said
biottinc out at once and fore,.r iron, N
legislation Of the republic er,ry act that reeog
ni>es sidrery, or gires IT'S sanction 10 sidrery.
This is very different from the letter tina
he addressed to the Know Nothing paper il
Washington, and which was accepted a
fully satisfactory to the friends of slavery
In the speech at New York he also said
" The time has come for us of the frc'
States to see to it that the race Of Northern
politicians who have served the South cal
never more serve the North (Applause
We believe in the doctrine-the old Calvin
istc doctrine of immediate repentance
daughter -of sudden conversion. mean tn
doctrine of election. (Renewed laughter. y
There can be no doubt that the Senate
believes in "su1den conversions Their
have been few so sudden as that which trans
formed the advocate of foreign equality il
the Massachusetts, constitutional convention
into the leader Of the Know Nothings PROF.
J0urn0l.