The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-16
From the Ulster IN. Y Republican. May le.
Know. n hinciS,n


know.NOthingisin.
And the Lord said unto Cain. Wher. is Abel.
thy brother And he SAID. KNOW sor.-lGsae.
s,s. :tt chap.. 9iL rsrse
And with Ab.siom went two hundred men on,
OF jrru-airm. that were called aud they went IN
th.T simplicity. Tor they kaeD not aaythigg.
Ana the conspiracy Vas strong; tor tn. poo.
pie increased ,ontIiusiiy with Absnloln I'D
Samaei. l5M ehap, llh and iIth rerses
Then said Jesus. Father, forgive them for
they knotr not what they ,O.--Lnke. 23l eAap.
3li. pSrse
In these days Of know nothing bluste- It
may be well, perhaps, to refer to some of
the most prominent aud important acts Of
the know.nothings, from the time when the
| illustriouS founder OF the order hourished
to the present day, and ascertain, as far as
We can, what classes Of men have sustained
and perpetuated it in different ages of the
world. BY way Of directing the attention Of
our readers TO a few circumstances connected
with facts which we doubt not are familiar
to them, we have extracted from the only
record into which errors could not have
crept, the passages above quoted.
No one possessed Of an ordinary degree Of
candor will dispute for n moment that Cain
was the first know nothing. That such il
the fact is evident from his answer 70 the
| Lord-"I knOw not" II is the very Ian
guage employed by the HindOos at this day
whenever any inquiry is made of them in
regard TO their proceedings. As in the pas
sage to which we refer, the inquirer is inya-
riably met with the answer. 81 kH0e not"
Mr.. Cain was doubtless better man than
many Of the know -nothings Of our time, but
. kn pnt , ,pnI.l ~, l.,Il T.. ,,.i,
/ in aught save his know nolhingism. 1t is
not denied that he stopped his brother ;
breath, but when accused of il he acted the
. know nothing so well that ac wa. only sent
{ into the country, with a mark upon him
/ such AS the whole tribe must sooner or later
receive.
! From the days Of CAIN to the time Of No
/ sh, it seems. the Hnow.no'hings Increased
! continually" as they did afterwards when
narshalled under AUsaom, and they -four
( ished until they had nearly swallowed up all
paitics, as they have the whig party and
inliicl isHs at this time. Noah was dcridcd
by them but that gentleman pursued his
legitimate business, aud regarded them not
Butwhe the party had become strong, and
they began TO quarrel for offices and posi-
ton, and had corrupted themselves" they
went bathing in body, and the occurrence,
OF that day broke up the party.
So eiiectuay were they cxtlngushed tha,
wc have no further accOun; Of know moth
ingism until about the time of the conspra.
cy Of Absalo @ against his father, King Da.
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o,.s,r,,;,r .r.r the d,,tL oC AL.al,r, va.
drri,., tn, ,,rtllv career nf ,J..u, OF Naza
,.-u, V.v.r L,C,r, had ,L., h,c-, .o ,bn,
,,,.,I,,,, nr,,ar;1cd mar had Inv .vLiLi,c,
snrb ;o,I;erity a. then d,stinou-.hed thrm
A,.I.....lon, ,i.v d,nonnc,d ,h. sav,o,,
y HFf fSSvt9mer, who -bsasEs0ussS sat-rne>wxl
from Gauiee. The fact that he was Cali
Jean seemed the greatest cause OF their hos
uluy. Mstaklng his mission, aud suppo
-in- that he intended TO establish an earth.
, kingdom at Jerusalem, they formed u score
conspiracy against him, and, by perjury be
fore Plate, they procured the order Tor tn
, cruclliAion. And on that occasion, iha
their true character nigh, not he mistaken
Jesus so distinguished them IN His prayer 1
. llts Father Il, TO leave no room Tor cavil, b.
the emphatic appeal, "FatHer forgive thcu
lor they too" nat what they do Here
ciur,licd him were knor.loihiaas
We have neither the space nor the inclinF
r lion to dwell at greater length upon the ac,