The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-31

WHY SHOULD THE KNOW NOTHING oRGASIzA
TION BE MAINTAINED?

WHY SHOULD THE kNOW-NOTHlNG ORGAAlZA-
TI0N BE AAINTAlNEDf
When the know-nothngs introduced that bung-
ling and ineongruous Of barequinsdes upon the stage
Of public affairs the question that spontaneously rose 70
every sensible mans lips was What is the use Of begin
ming such a farce" But there charm of novelty
about it, and the hidden mummeries Of the low dema-
gogues who invented il assumed 10 many almost awful
aspect and hence its sudden success sur
prsng than the rise and progress of any Of the thousand
decisions that often misead poor human nature
Now however that curiosity has been graifed, aud the
imposture fairly confessed by many of its orgnaiors the
question may with much more proprey and force be
asked "Why keep up this miserable preencethis thou
sand-tmes exposed imposition and wrong" The thing
has been reduced skeletons the flesh and blood Of its
doctrines have eyaporated and wthered in the ho blasts
of abolition in the North and the fiery trial Of proscrp
ton in the South and there is not who adheres
to the miserable efgy that does object one
feature the faith of which it is the Specification. An
evidence of the useessnes of the whole scheme may
be found the following extract from the New Orleans
Bulletin of date. The Bulletin is of the nu-
respectable wing papers that have allowed them
selves to be caughp by this latest deuson Of the times.
Speaking Of the expectations of the people Of the South it
says;
q At time they had to believe that the
know -nothings conservative and nationals THAI in
with the abotonists and eesoers they would in
terpnse solid and mpregnabe haanx and thus arrest and
drive back the surgpg angry Of and rebellion
But have these expectations hopes been realized Have
northern know nohng proved true and loyal TO tr prin-
cples professions Have they been found to be faithful
friends and allies false and treacherous foes We have
only the last Massachusetts, legislature all of
whom save know nothngs drove the just
and conscientious Lorng from the bench they passed the
liberty BILL which nul6ed the fngitive-slave law
and cap the climax of teachy and nfamy they elected
Wilson, the bitter and malignant enemy OF the South to the
United States Senate
The whg partythat glorious band of patrotsis
defunct The Eyeretis, the Wnthrops, the Eotts the
Choates the Washburns, there stiirue and loys
they have been and will be but what they among
the renegsdes and traitors Their and ad-
vice would be UNDECIDED rather derded and laughed
anaticsm and bigotry have overwhelmed and
signed them to obscurity."
This is spoken of Massachusetts alone but it
every other northern State with highly
able exceptions The things Of which the Bulletin
plains pahecay the fruits of the secret conspiracy
called knownothingism and similar harvest is being
gathered from similar seed in other States Why then,
keep up this mockery of pary--this impious cheat
this caanitous coalition? Why NOT like honest men, pa
triocally and promptly rampe it under foot? That is
the question:
There branch of this imitation of the old Bank oil
garchy with its northern head and counselcrs
every southern State and vigorous in Louisi-
ana What is the of it? The Bulletin Would tell us
If it dared to speak out that the northern wing of the
movement is almost utterly additionally that in Alabama
and South Carolina the element be abandoned
and that in all the South sectional organization has been
forced upon the know-nohings So that the only object
in Louisiana of the party If it has any lett after what
has been Abandoned is 10 protect the Catholics from each
oheri Thus the whole contest of the know-noihngs in
Louisiana is reduced to effort convince the Catholics
that they to be prescribed in Catholic State and
by their iellowCatholcs Or in other words
hubh hnow-ohiag devoon to the Catholics Ia very sim
gular sequel party that started with the loud proc
amaton that the Pope dcspotic ruler of all the Cath
olcs and that Catholics be trusted aud ought
TO be DISTINGUISHED The Bulletin has frankly pointed
of the evil consequences Of the order
viii it explain what good results its continuance is
to secure to the American people?