The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-08
THE RELATION BETWEEN KNOW -NoTHIYGIsM AMI
ABOJITIONISN

For the purpose of imposing southern men and ex-
erng an influence the elections pending in that section
OF the Union the INSCRIPTIONS leaders know-nothng
ism persist in denying the close sympathy OF their order in
the free States with abolitionism. Mr.. VIM. W. Walk.
know-nothing member Congress in New York. comes 10
the rescue of the order in North Carolina by pub
fishing letter in which he rcpeIs the charge that the
now-nothing party at the North is tainted with abolition
ISM The New York Tribune the great champion of Sew
ardm takes issue with Mr. Walk From its reply we ex
tract the following which will be of service to southern
men in arriving at conclusions
Now, will admit, for the sake argument that the
opinion Of Mr. Walk is perfectly the
nothngs Of New York. though pretend that
the order command majority the electors of the
State Here it is that the order the hands Of
slavery politicians and oiceseeker who, never having got
Office otherwise have embraced the party desperately
the sole chance Of satng their greedy ambition public
crib In New ork national know was conceived
and brought FORTH its last great effort having the mi
tation OF Mr. Fillmore amid ears and other socrnes into
the third degree Of the mysterious brotherhood But when
turn to the other States Of the North there one
except may be New Jersey, where the inter
est muster enough make respectable regiment
Certainly il has footbod in Massachusetts where even
Governor Gardner chershcs the solemn conviction that the
great duty Of Congress Is only prohibit slavery in
every Territory under Its control but otherwise
thing which tend TO make freedom national and slavery
sectional Nor has any strength in Maine where the State
council Of the order has just passed such resolutions the
following;
Resolted That the Declaration Of Independence the
tone and tenor of the constitution ordinance of ls the
words and deeds of the founders OF this republic indicate
that our foreishes intended that slavery should be
not natonal--temporary, not permanent
Rsrsa That We solemny protest against the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, the passage the Nebraska
Kansas bill and the fogitveslave law violations OF the
rights OF the free States and tending the OF
the free institutions of country.
" Resoirsa, That We pledge ourselves utmost
exeron to free national Territories from the curse OF
slavery, and that will consent under any circun-
stances to the admission of another this Union
Resotred, That any attempt 70 commit order in the
free States to the OF the slavery
ignore IL As political question, TO stamp sue
or TO enJoin silence upon respect To its en-
croachmen deserves and receives
ton and dissent
"Thesc propositions rather too strong to be cited bv
Mr. Walk but we apprehend that they do more than es
the feelings Of the Of who have seen III to
join the order IN all the free States with the single exception
OF New York. and perhaps New Jersey Throughout, New
England, Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa the
great body OF the know nothngs animated by the same
spirit the slavery question those Of Maine and M.a
ehusetts"