Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-13
TERms OF ADVERTISING.
Rash Swearing,

One of the numerous evils that attend Know No
thingsm is the saddling of its advocates with rasb
oa,hs, conveying obligations which no prudent man
Ito say nothing of patriotism should subject himself
to. The consequences of this have too often been
made manifest in The courts of our land to- render
necessary any explanation of the manner in which
these obligations found to conflict with the para.
mount authority of judicial oath 1t has been
proved at the tribunals of land that thew conc,
with mans duties as citizen, thwart the ends of
justice and indeed, it has been in effect decided that
they unfit man for the conscientious discharge of
of the highest functions of an American citizen
We clip from the Washington Sentinel, the follow
ing eloquent paragraphs from the address recently
delivered in Richmond by Judge Douglas and com.
mend them 10 the thoughtful attention of any Demo-
crat who may have joined the order:
-" In conclusion my friends, il any of you, under
false aurements, have, at an unlucky hour entered
the Know Nothing Council and assumed its obiga-
tlons let me conjure you. you revere the Consti.
tuition and love the Union, instantly 10 withdraw
your allegiance from Council whose forms of pro-
ceedng and principles of political action are incon-
slstent with your paramount duty to your country
Let no false scrupes in regard to the binding obli-
resenmens OF idle, ilberal and unworthy associates
impel you forward in line of conduct which vour
consclences cannot approve.
''Take warning from the fatal example of Herod. as
recorded IN the holy Scriptures. That monarch, we
are told, in the pentitude of his power and his
pride, at feast in honor of his birthday, became
enamored with the charms and dancing of the daueh
ter of his wife by her first husband In the fulness
OF his heart, and the delirium of his passions, he
said to the damsel {" Ask of me whatsoever Won NAV
choose, and it shall be given unto you eve1 to the
extent of half of my kingdom" And as evidence
OF his sincerity and DEVOTION he affirmed his promise
by IN ath as solemn and terrible as was ever ad
ministered in Know-Nothing Council
1.-The damsel, after consulting her mother said IN
Herod, {" will that you give me, by and bv, the
head of John the Baptist in a charger" Herod was
exceedingly sorry, for he feared and loved John and
knew him TO De a good and holy man.
60 My oath my oath = he exclaimed and in ODE.
dience TO that unlawful oath he directed the execu
toner to bring the head of Jchn The Baptist in a
charger, and give it to the damscl who Immediately
presented TO her mother in atonement of the mortal
offence OF having said that her marriage 10 the bro
ther of her husband was unlaw full Let the examnIe
of Herod be a warning to all n en- how thew violate
their consc!ences in obedience to unlawful oatbs
care you prepared, my friends, at the bidding of n
Know Nothing Council. to become the execn1ioners
of that great party within whose organization YOU
were porn ana whose principles you vindcate q
Are you prepared to become the instruments of a
secret caba to bring in the heads of the Democratic
party in charger, and to present them 10 this dan
cling Know Nothing mistress, that she in turn NAV
present them to her oher federalism in atonement
for the unavenged injuries which in former davs the
Jefersonian Democracy have inflicted upon her pride
and honor Better had it been for Herod yea a
thousand times better for his fame in this world and
for his salvation in the other had he acted in obed.
ence to his own conscience by recalling his unlawful
oath, and preserving the life Of the holy man whom
he feareaaaaI aISEed Better for you. yea a thousand
told better .}dur swn reputation and honor. for
your children and your county, that you should act
in obedience 10 yonr own conscientious sense of ius-
lice and right-that you should instantly withdraw
your al egiance from these Know-Nuhing councils,
and prove your fidelity to those pri ciples for which
you cherish a hereditary reverence fidelity to that
political orsanzati whose trumphs constitute the
chief rrnown of this glorious old Dominion that gave
you birth -