Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-08-02
KNOW NOTHINGs IN ALABAMA.
Letter from Ex-senator Clemens.

Letter from Ex-senator Clemens.
The American Party are running full
ticket in Alabama, and there is hot con-
test. Old Party lines are broken dcwn,
and we find the romnent men Q! the cid
organizations fighting for and against the
the American Party. Hon. JEnE CLEMENS,
Ex-Uni,ed States Senator, and a leading
Democrat heretofore, i, with the American
Party. We make few extracts from
a letter Of lis, on the subject
PnIXcIrLEs or wAsuuNoroy AND JEFFERSON.
It is proper for me to say that Inever was
i'll q Knew Nothing Lodge but once--that !
| do not know single sign or nass word, ,
and could not to-day obtain admission oany
Council in he State, unless it was through
the. intervention OF Il friend. Tut | endorse
their platform and propose TO defend their
principles. They are the principles of
Washington and Jefferson, and wha. is oi
even m"re Importance, they are the princi-
pies OF the Constitution.
TIE CONSTITUTION AND the LAWS TO NE
cBEYED.
when one Ct the seven wise men Of
Greece visited the Court OF Perlau,.y. Ui %
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,.tbst IN ,,,L;,3 .r,o Ia,,, bos 90 -
THIS answer v.bi,L conto;,,s ,.LaI, 81
rnc of truth and heorty in n sipo,Io Ira :.
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member i ;mnero,iyeJ, reorir.d naal.r,.,
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ton to he s,nrerce OL.,iiarce 10 H. ,a,,,
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disobei Sace Is certain to he tolIo,yed T.. o,.
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lie remaining pc'iions OF ire platform
may be disposed OF as satisfactorily, think
Il mol as briefly as The first. Americans
Sig rule Anerica-in other words for I
moan TO deal in no eiuivocal!oH-n no evasion
10 cover up nothli't-dodge nothing de-
ny nothing. In other words then that ma
tive Americans shall I'LL all offices OF poi'i-
Cal Importance under the government lido
not mean mere moncj oii.1cs such as PreSi-
dent oI a i'ahi--i'a!l Road, or other Cor
Pora'ioh' n'i every Office which gives TO lis
holder m influence Oh 1hG legislation Of the
country. lArNe are the Offices from which
we are pledged 10 exclude Foreigners, and
t.'ls Is the position l an prepared 10 MUM
Tam. II IS No. denied that we haze enough
ami maie'NaH enough competent Americans
TO III every 1i6ee we have to besIow, Int it
Is uF5eb mat SI2A distinction IS odious and
UNJUST TO our Foreign population. How Is
It unjust! lie has h2endep'!yed OF nothing
Gy ms emigration here. In his own land he
dld not have the right OF suilrage. His
property was never Tor an hour secure
lis personal liberty was constantly i'll dam
ger. lie could not write or speaI; his SELL
innents win lmpuniIy. lie was ground
down WIN taxes. "A press gang might al
any moment tear HIM IRON the bosom OF his
family or an oppressive Landlord turn that
fanny houSciess upon the world. All this