The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-16
For The Democrat.

Mr.. EDITOR: AZ communication which ap-
peared in your paper some two weeks since,
charging the Know. Nothings with being in close
| of the Aboitionsts Of the North, seems TO have
| drawn from one of the fraternity signing himself
| ssAmicus,'' an elTusion which presume he intend
ed as an answer to '.Meckenburg, and defence
Of the C dark lantern " party against the said
charge. How far s'Amicus'' clears up this charge
against his brethren may be better ascerained by
reference TO his communication itseIf-see ii, read
IT, aualYse ii, line by line lnd sentence by SEN
! tence and in no part OF it will you find denial
Of the charge. For this manifestation CT his hon.
esty, ''Amicus" is entitled TO much credit; aud it
proves that some OF the Know Nothings, al least,
have consciences that are not composed entirely
Of india rubber.
We therefore, re, iterae the charge that the
Know Nothngs fighting shoulder TO shoulder
ir the ranks with The AboIitionis,s And we again
ask where has the Know othing Society stood
up for Southern Rights Where has it united
with the friends of the South in the election OF
sound national men to the Congress Of the United
States?'
The South needs no further identity Of this new
order than TO know that it was formed by the Alb.
oIitionists of the North. Can anything good and
wholesome for the South come out of Massachu-
| setts the hot.bed Of aboltonism Can secret
political association having at its head Henry
! Wilson, who ''wshes slavery in the District OF
| Columbia abolished-who wishes the w lmot
Proviso estabIished-who wishes all new Slave
States excludcd-who wishes all connection be-
! tween the General Government and slavery sbo-
ished-who wishes the agitation of the slavery
question continued until all these objects ac-
compish-d," have anything in it that would re-
commend it to Southern favor? Yet this is the
party that is attempting to nsinua!e itself into the
affections OF the Southern people -pretendlg to
| be the great buwark between the aboItonists and
the South eve see the South besieged by the
Abolitionists of the free States, besieged not as
heretofore, enemies but under the guiSe and
gloss Of false friends. Messrs Seward, Fe.sen.
den, Wilson, Washburn, and the rest, are just
now anxious for their Southern friends as i the
latter were their sworn and accepted associates.
The prejudices of the Southern people against the
| adopted citizens artlully aroused and kept up
by old Wing leaders, Prentice, Bolts and Rayner,
on the ground that the foreign. born citizen is
| generally hostile 10 Southern institutions, and
with this plausible appeal they hope gradually to
conduct the whole South into the arms Of Ibis
new Order already created at the North, thus ma.
tionalizing Know Nothingism, and making Adolf.
| tionism irresistible at the same moment. Will
the South be fascinated by the serpents wiIes and
forge. that it is invited 20 its own destruction or
will it take counsel from facts? Will it be mis-
led by the miserable humbug Of Know-Notbing-
ism, Liberal prejudices, and secret mummeries :?
Never before was AboIitionism at once so domi.
nant and so defiant Never before was it so bold
and so confident. Never before were its helsh
schemes publicly proclaimed and so warmly
and so ably advocated. Never before hos 1t dared
to ask The South to ANTE aOiM 1t, profering peace
acith one hand and death q0ith the Otter.' And
this is the party that is even struggling for a
foot-hod in the old County of Mecklenburg, the
Hornets Nest Of the Revolution, for the purpose
of controlling elections. Look to it Demo-
Gratis Of Mecklcnburg. The Wings have never
been able to beat you single handed, what they
will be able TO do since their amalgamaon with
the Know.Nothings and Abotionists, remains to
be seen at the next August election. But wha,
necessity can there be for secret political asso.
citation in country, is any mans liberty in
danger for expressing his sentiments freely and
openly, providrd those sentiments are not treason
able? Aaron Burr once formed secret political
association which ended in his destruction, by
leaving mark upon him that he could never wipe
out. And this will be the result of the present
Know Nothing Society, its members will receive
a mark like the members of. the famous Hartford
Convention, that will descend with them to their
graves. Come out then ye dark lantcrned -
gentlemen and let your light shine before men,
stop your deeds Of darkness, be independent, act
like men, who are not ashamed OF their associ.
ates, come out and let US see who you are
MECKLENBURG.
For the Democrat.