Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-09
20 Know NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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AsundTy articles on what be terms Know
giNOthi1gisul, in most Of which be charges
: Us with being ia the employ Of the concern
and under their control. He also charges us
with being amembtr Of the mysterious or.
der, and endorsing all their principles He
alleges That it is a slavery movement, and
that We are Inconsistent in supporting them
vosAs usual, our neighbOr is drawing upon
-Vsfertile Imagination, and perverted one
7as'lhas. for what be says Of Us; and so far
US slavery is concerned. every allegation
y made, is unsupported by a single fact; on
ethe contrary the proof so far as we can
Judge By circumstances, the elections and
the organs Of the party. is on the other side.
- We stated in our paper Of the 10Th ult,
aahatsO Ear as We we're able to judge, the
'rueW party was in favor Of eleeIing none but
snatiye. born citizens to any Office, and for
this expression, we are straightway charg
led with Being Know Nothing, and being
IN their ''employ" Now for the bens6i
and knowledge of all, and our neighbor in
particular, we say emphatieally ;ha, we DC
onot belong TO the order of the Know Moth.
ings and the charge that We are secretly
10 their employ and interest" is wholly uu-
true. directly or indirectly, near or remote
and your object in so charging US. We be-
heEe is. that you think it will render us obi
Gus and unpopular in the county, and in
this way, bold together your party, and
secure to yourself the rich patronage con.
sstanily flowing from the county treasury
We believe, if you thought that the new or
der would be ;be ruling element in the
county, sOu would hasten with all speed to
make your acquaintance with if. and enter
. into the "sheep fold,p by crawling in at any
hOle that you could get your body through.
y Our neigbbor charges US with endorsing
an iniquitous plank, said to be in the Know
Nothing platform in the following words.
osAmericans shall rule America" Now.
We do hold that this is a yery good plank,
and 50 long as we stick to this, we and our
country are safe. lsil not just and proper ,
lWhy not extend this principle to all officers,
as well as to the President Of the United
States? None but native can be elected
to that Office. and We hold that We are not
safe unless we extend that principle to all
Offices Of honor. trust or profit. Why
sho=fi We elect foreigners under the con-
trol Of q monarchial church to govern US
and make our laws? Is there any reason
or sense ia it? Our neighbor assumes that
we should elect them over the heads of
the native born citizens, but he assumes
this only for the same reasons that the
demagogue assumes it-presumcd popu-
larity-spOis and profit. 1: is cOurting the
foreign influence at the expense Of our own
worthy citizens, because it is supposed it
viii bring pap, ptEOnage and Office.
busThis society has been brought into ex.
sistence to eradicate an evil, and that it is
necessary. that il should be eradicated to
save our institutions, !he whole history Of
the world proves; for wherever foreigners
have got the power existing governments
have been destroyed. and the same viii be
the result here, if foreign influence and the
power Of an anti-ehristian church, is not
stayed or destroyed. That this is true the
the evidences are innumerabie, aud every
dsy Increasing And here it viii be prop
er.to call our nsighbor's attention TO re-
cent letter from one of his democratic"
friends. as fully sustaining our view. And
this is only one Of numbers Of the same ten-
ortof acts, No doubt this man would be
considered BY our neigbbor. as very prop
ler candidate for some very important Office.
-Heis We think, anti Know Nothing enough
TO suit even our neighbor
aaiItis from the pen Of John Mitchell, an
Irish patriot who suddenly left Botany
Bay aywithout- leave, and emigrated to the
Uaited States few years ago, to instruct
us ignorant Americans bow to govern our
country. and get nomination from Il Q
hands Of the party 20 whom our neighbor
processes TO behrng.
q The letter was addressed 10 the Irish vol
tunteer companies recently disbanded BY the
State government Of Massachusetts We
make several extracts and if they are not
enough 10 make Americans think. We do
not know what il will take to bring them
20 their senses. He says TO his Irish coun-
atrraen JaE. en- .t77mr
sd .Fof every musket given into tile State
aArmory, let three De purchased torttwith;.
let independent companies be formed three
times as numerous rs the disbanded corps
--=snd let every foreigner be drilled and
trdised, aud have lis arms ALWAYS
READY" et ri s
qsReady. what for! Can our neighbOr
tell Why his foreign friends are urging the
-srming Of foreigners. and AIre those arms
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