The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-10
rHE NATIONALITY OF KNow.NorHINGlsM.

ern party have been compelled admit that
the Of her party the free States has been Of
consistent cooperation with aboonsm the States OF
New York and Massachusetts, decide in favor OF the know
nothing party. There two States in the Union in
which abolition doctrines have made Roadway for
the last two years In the former extreme utrasm
this subject began much earlier period Moderation
and conservatism Massachusetts, buried together in
the grave of Daniel Webster but after the enactment of
the Kansas Nebraska BILL the opposition seemed to
wild with all of revolutionary and anarchcal
movements Not only the lava OF Congress rampled
under foot by armed mobs but distinguished citizens
DISTINGUISHED for daring be faithful to the constitution
Of the United States In New York. the headquarters of
Mr. Seward, owing the unhappy dissensons which for
three years past have separated political friends tn
prevailing sentiment be in almost exact accord
ance with that of Massachusetts.
Simultaneous with abolition violence in both these States
nothngsm came into existence and to the treason
which dsgraced the creed Mr. Seward and his followers
were added the scandaous degradaons imposed, with
despoc authority upon al the members Of the order and
the dsquacatons heaped upon native and ioregn-born
citizens who did not belong to it. We are now called
upon witness the triumph Of the latter fanaticism over
the former,o record the ascendeney of abolition know
nohingsm over abolitionism!
/ An appeal will doubt be made to the people of the
South the part of the laeydesparng leaders OF know
nohingsm that because the black republican party has
been 10 Massachusetts and New York. therefore
has decision in favor of national doctrines -ow
far this s true let the history Of nohingism in Mas
sachusetts bear witness Henry Gardner who has just
been reelected governor Of that State retired from the
Philadelphia know-nothng convention when the national
platform announced and adopted. He and his sate-
l,es returned Massachusetts, and there renewed their
pledges aboltonism and with these pledges, aided by
the machinery Of the knownohng party he has been
abled to extor reelection at the ballobox. Through
out all the South the of Gardner has been synony-
with to the federal constitution Even his
attempt operate upon the Virginia election in the case
Of Judge Loring has been followed by repeated manifesto
tons of sympathy with the worst enemies of the union
of the States This fact the most ultra know nothing viii
not attempt to deny
And how is it in New York; who there are the know
nothing vicors in the recent contest true Seward
has been defeated but who have riumphed Not national
wings like Washington Hunt, like Daniel D. Barnard
like James W. Garrard, but like Brooks, of the Ex
press whose paper has teemed with denunciaons of thu
democratic party account of the Nebraska bill and
Who as member of the New York senate, to which he
has just been reelected reported series of resolutions
which intended 10 outDid seward himself or apo
ton influences Bat instead of looking to the opinions
of individual knowno.hings to ascertain the position
their party but examine their latest platform
principles Amongst these we point to the following
conclusive:
Resore That the national administration, by Its gen
eal of official conduct together with an attempt
destroy the repose harmony and raterna relations of tn
country repeal of the Missouri Compromise and tn
of aggressions the sovereignty of ths
territorial inhabitants of Kansas deserves, and should
united condemnation OF the American people, ant
that the of slavery should derive extension
! from such repeal"
| Both in Massachusetts, and in New York it will, there
fore be observed that ACKNOWLEDGMENT has been epuda
ted by nearly every leading intellect Of the old wing
ty Choa,e who denounced know -nothingsm in the
orable speech which contains the passage, now almost
proverb every patriotic mans mouth We JOIN orsetpes
10 no party does carry The ag and keep step to he
ofthe Union" with Winthrop and billiard following hi
noble lead responsive echoes against the secret
der in every State in the Union. In New York the
class Of men spoke the language and in both State
pure whig tickets placed in nomination, against
ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the hand, and abolitionism
| the other.
We have had experience enough 10 know that there
in tho South many who always ready to seize upon
any pretext the purpose Of keeping alive opposition
to the only national party in exstencehe democratic
party and shall be surprised these results in
Massachusetts and New York should be made the basis of
new invocaons popular sentiment in the slave States
in of opposition to that organization. Let not
the people of the South, however, lay the atterng
ton to their that because nownothngism has
porary triumphed aboltonism in these two States
and this only as we think have shown, by initiating
the expedients OF the aboltioniss hemseveswhen the
time comes the leaders of this divided organization
will not bring their cohorts together and act in cordial
/ conjunction to a common end. This has been done,
let it be remembered, in every northern State, with
two exceptions, and in every instance abolitionism
has been the gamer. The phoe anti-slapeyy record
made in the free States for The last tro years has
been made 6y hao,p-notag roies acting under The adj
and organized By the discipline Of William ~ Scacard
But for that fell mystery should not the eyes
Of patriots turned the national legislature with solci-
udc we should not be tainted with the of
abolition leaders we shoud not be called de-
nd the constitution from ASSAULT should not now be
reminded that the first time in our history northern
natcal majority coaros the popular branch of Congress
Until know-nothngism sprung up, William H. Seward,
and those who follow his example, might have rallied in
ngains, the peace and the tranquility Of beloved
Union 1t ia natural enough that having served APP
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