Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-07

this CITY, he is entitled to- distinguished CONSUMES
! ton at our hands. Why we compelled thus &C.
| distinguish him from his obscure colleagues VIII
presently appear -
We have said that the Know Nothing triumph Of
last fall in Pennsylvania was complete. Inc cry
government, in every branch, the State executive,
! and the popular house of the Legislature, were
| wholly theirs. This not their only victory BY
q most illustrative coincidence the government, leg
islature, and executive of neighborng Sta;e, be,
came theirs ALSO In Massachusetts,, the triumph oil
the Secret Order was thorough in Pennsylvania:
| Kindred results, sorry to say, have followed
this success. What occurred here will presently De
| shown. In New England scenes have been ehaeeeo
which are enough to make the Pilgrim Fathers-inen'
in their generation, of decency at least-snuooer In
their graves. The nunnery investigation, Dy wncn
poor sick women and their nurses were disturbed
Hiss indecency the revolving details OF Whcn nave
been laid before the public were the fruits OF Know"
Nothing ascendancy in Massachusetts.
In Pennsylvania its results, though Oh Ihore oe-
cent were of a graver character. No sooner was
the political complexion of the legislature
ed and the possible election of United States Sen
ator foreshadowed, than scene OF intrigue anu
shameless bargain followed wholly unparalleled even
in the annals of Harrisburg Its details are matter OF
cord and history. The experiment to elect ana us
dangers show how illusory are the pretensions Oh
this new party; that their end and aim. recognizing
only what they call the American prhclpleS Is 10
throw aside mere party hacks, and to seek In ne"
and interrupted men their congenlal representa-
tives. Who the new men were, soon aPPealeu' nv
sooner was it understood that there was to be no
adherence to ancient party lines, and that, win
majority, there was to be no wing nomlnation Vhan
such men as George Darsie and Ele 4. Price ana
Others were denied communion with former frlends.
No sooner was this ascertained than new activity
was iustilled and recruits secured to the hnow
Nothing lodges and councils; on the conVerglng
roads to the seat of government, by long anu
short Journeys, were to be seen fresh ana mex
pert politicians seeking admission or craving the
honors of the lodge.
GeneralSimon Cameron, who, veteran dem
ocrat in September last denounced Americanism as
the worst of heresies recanted. Two distinguished
whgs one the Son of living and naturalized clti-
Gen. and another with still stronger hereditary atin-
ities Papal Ireland it is believed renounced
their ancient associations and were sworn as neophy
of the lodge 1t stern and humblng necessity
which forced them in, but in they went The chief
magistrate of Phladelphia-he who in 1871 had
pronounced "lovely Ireland the luminary whose
efflux of light has lighted the world, the mother
country of America" and had said that no Anerl-
can speak in derogaton of Ireland or her sons
without shamng the blood that flows in his own
veins, and sandering the dust of his own family
vault"-hurried to Harrisburg to try to keep the
door shut to more aspirations and promote his own
ambition. There too, were to be found struggling
for the great prize of the Know Nothing lottery, not
less distnguisbed-an senator and president OF
dilapidated railroad company; Mr.. Lewis G. Levin,
member of Congress and dealer in guano; DIR.
David Jayne, dealer of the first class, under the
laws of the Commonwealth, in patent medicines;
and to complete the homogeneous group, the chair
man OF American executive COmiIlLlee,
w. Ashmead, who has candidly and boastfully said
and sworn before 4 committee of the legislature,
that he was willing to contribute one thousand dol
lars to promote the election of his candidate, Lewis
Z. Levin, and that he determined that I" the
American party should no longer be bob-taIl TO the
wing kite" The result OF this is known to all. With
two exceptions, none of those who thus demeaned
themselves secured vote worth speaking Of
mighter power than Know Nothing sympa ny
operative against them, and all; and nothing
but happy chance, and the invincible and honora-
BILE aversion of few high minded members of the
American party to whom gladly do justice
saved the Commonwealth from the discredit of
choice which was at one time painfully imminent.
Nor was this all. In the midst of the turmoil,
whilst the whole body ofthe secret organization
termentng, from the corrupt elements within it, the
heart OF Pennsylvania, not yet entirely dead to its
instincts and impulses was startled by the offer of
the Wing presidential nomination by Know Moth
ing committee of the Legislature to New York
commercial adventurer, without an earthly claim to
consideration except that which money and person.
al insigncance give The great leaders of the Ame-
rlcan movement were ignored. Such names as
Samuel Houston, Willard Fillmore, John NJ Clayton,
John Mclean, Kenneth Rayner, and Meredith P.
Gentry were cast aside, and Pennsylvania Know
Nothngs nominated George Law!
But the worst yet remains behind-and let it be
remembered we are speaking Of well-attestcd facts
and II wrong, we invite contradiction. The great
agency at Harrisburg during this was
MoNEY-so known and believed at the tme-:nfu.
encIng and sustaining the American cause in the
hrst instance and believed at least by the credulous
dupes, who We're willing to contribute it to be oper-
alive aflerWard. 81 was a member" saws one of
the witnesses, of the American caucus and left it.
because believed there influences operating
on that caucus which were not right-corrupt in
their character, and calculated to secure the nomi-
nation OF man who, believe, essentially unfit for
the position L gathered this belief from innumera-
Die circumstances, perceivable but easily express
sed-at the same time, | could detail a number of
circumstances which influenced my mind"
And foremost in this plan of subsidzing the legisia-
ture or at least raising money for some secret and
not avowed purpose, was known an active MEM
Der OF the order, since nominated by the lodge as
its candidate for the common council in the Fifth
Ward, DIR. David Jayne; an equally lustrious adj
herent OF the craft, Mr.. Lewis c. Levin; and last,
though not least, the chairman of the executive
committee, who now speaks in the name of Anne
RIGA to the Americans of the United States" If
SUCH Americans are to rule America" we may be
permitted to find comfort in the renewed assurance
that the dynasty is not yet inaugurated. What
these men, the accredited leaders of the know moth
Ing movement, did Or were willing to do is matter
OF proof and legislative record And if more was
not discovered, We may find a solution of it in Mr.
Levlns boast, as narrated under oath by a respec-
table member of the house of representatives in
these words. Mr.. Levin said he was id sight
too smart if he had done such a thing for the in
vestigating committee, and the governor and sthe
legislature to boot, to catch himl He would have
covered up his tracks,"
Yet it was this very candidate who could thus of
tensVely and profanely talk, for whom the chair
man OF the American executive committee has said
he was willing from personal affection and esteem
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