The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-08-17

head OF PoLyPHEMcs strong TO execute, bnt
bind TO perceive.
We learn from Louisville, that The desperate and
lanalical mob Of Know No,hings, ttaring that
their majority IN that city would be swept away,
! II the naturalizrd citizens we're permitted 10
vote, determined TO prevent such an evidence
OF their weakness, even to the butchrry Of those
citizens and burning them out of their homes.
The Secret Order knew, from experience, that
when they should begin the work Of destruc
| ton and fapine, all the thieves and yagabonds
! in the city, would be on their side, TO swell
their numbers, in order to grasp foil share of
! plumber. This is always the case whenever a
mob gets into motion. The viIrst ,iregs Of soci-
/ ETY., for the time, become the leaders and urge
their followers to the iarthest extent. Violence
is resorted to, and dwellings assaiIed, that the
thieves cab the more securely ply their trade,
and tndssecurity from punishment in the force
/ Of numbers aud partizan protection. Such was
the case in the riots Of A. n Philadelphia
/ We know several Traders ofthe KHow-Nothng
/ party, who, in "A, were caught robbiBg private
houses into which they had forced themselves,
aud now hold high positions ln the Secret Or
der. Two Of the journals IN Louisville were
about to be- assaiird, bat as there was nothing
/ very valuable to a mob, led on by thieves, they
desstrd from the Improbable labor, and not
| from the lnterposion Of iwo know-N0thng
editors, who desire TO grow great By telegraph.
/ They had been too long fomrnting disorder, TO
be entitled 10 any credit for It's suppression
I Destroy the outspokrn honesty OF the Press )
/ Yrs--Despotisin begins with this-because ii
/ can no more exist in Nation, until The liberty
of the Press be- destroyed, than the night can
/ happen before the is set.
And yet so disgracttul Party as The Know
Nethings, has dared TO assume The name Of ga
mrrican.' They originally, in their fondnrss
and accustomed use of slang names, and 10 the
/ day ol their triumphs, called themselves s'Knom-
/ Aofhings," and 10 that, as characteristic ofth.ir
mental poverty, they shall be held in the day
OF their disgrace and dt-irat They insult the
name of an American. and belle our Institutions
( when they attempt 10 cioihr themselves with It's
noble panopIy. God forbid, that it siionld ever
be suspected that such men as control and inilu-
rncr the Secret Lodges reflect The sentiments Of
( the true American mind, or the impulses and
/ emotions of the genuine American hrart. The
I true American woulsnot perSecutp and tramplr
+ down his fellow man, brcause hr differs with
/ him in his religions belief or form Of worship
The true American would not torture into a
crime the mere accident ofbuth, and hunttown
4 f'.llow crraturr brcanSr he drew his first
breath in foreign land. and first looked upon
The blessed sun shining from other skies than
our own. 4 true American respects the con-
stltntion and the laws nndrr which he lives, and
has no fellowship with party which appeals
10 the worst and meanest prejudices of the
hour, and lluminrs its path with the glare oi
burning churches and dwellings, and marches
through pools of human gore, which. in It's blind
and insaliatt fury, ii has wantonly shed. 1t is
the interest Of alt good citizsns that the monster
should be clushed.- PennSyienniaa.