New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-06


cren cre-~hie The oshss qse-sicu- Americsnisa--
IVES o. rstsmour: importance. He wsated a ne
Mo ". Md staud Up Far Americans and AnseSe0
p,,sc;pes &C ainst The influence OF foreigners. Re-
Nth strosleice Of Nr. SIS coarse on the CashsSe
ou.,.,op. re would BE- obis ed TO select msa wAs
xuais q -ss nj more nearly the views Of his coassa
| utpcy snc bis osu ihM Mr.. Se yard He had esese
| to ihis eoaclusion with more Pain than pleasure
| Mr.. LITTLEJOHN ithe speaker had saplesse
! tAss VIXEN he last addressed the House Il woat ~
the last be would have 70 say on this q.ssiioa. Sac
; siree aen rcthipg bat charges upon chsrgss nsH
been made sg.insG bis character IS man. hs v1
no man OF change. He would. in what ke bad 70 say
! ipoeavot 70 treat every msn 10 TIRE proper ssr1.
! The eertem an from New-iork Mr.. Petty hsd saA
| be Mr. l. had coma down the door 20 sPesk.
Mr. L. said Il when he took the Ch.ir ~ soesksr II
this House his constituency was TO be deprived Of sis
voice forever eegone the honors OF the Chair. wtA
regae to bis feeling tina, the needed assis,xs
Mr.. l.. said il wa not VIM IL seward he loved, est
MS principles. He disclsmed that he asked ssassa
vote TO place him in the Chair Of the Hssse>
No one had scrap OF paper from him
eentspiDg any pledge Thus ws he denied a..
70 on the subject, he bad a. Ways replied th,;
,srdea to leave the matter 10 the Whies Of the H1
Pc ne-er b,lopeed 10 = housekeeping lodge IA
cegna,. aid newer made any promise 70 vote ssaSs
wu. II. Seward. lie hsd never been inside OF Q
Know Nothing lodge. He hsd rot wanted TO De re
turned 30 the House, but his party friends lps'sea
1psl ~ receiving the nomination, and no took u.
Il ~ .Ae Temperance nominstion, thodgh he re-
ceived such nomination, il without his innasace
or CIV Se. As to his ccnuexiOn with the Know
N5thIgs, he would tell all he kneE Of It. !.as<
Marcb, While member Of this House. some oi hts
friends sskec him 10 attend lecture. Tie went 9th
then Z sroom, where be was assured by the ohcsu
OF that Society that he TO do nothing thA sas
contrary TO ANYTHING against which his conscisnoe
would revolt. lie was asked TO make promise. He
did make tie promise and II his recent cour~S &c
tressco make tbs rscst of it. II he bad psq@cd
bin relf make the moe o. ihaa lie now
himself opposed 10 the principles Of this A.rccsasioa
A. Al NifQ H..
ssWssG rooted nigh: be bis t'psue in ~. -ssrkk
x he ever made such pledge. He would .
as briefly he could sconplete exposition OF ksee
Neibi' Sc; bot be would ssy, from TIE moment ne -
that room in this City, to this. he never entsrod
il again. Il wss enough for him to cay
that be sew in that room Whist vould prevent IN
honest man from ever entering again a. TO who hs
saw there, their names would never be dvuged by
him He admitted that the foreign vote he'd Asd 40
undue nfuerce in our elections. And BIO sag this IN
the last Presidential election. hsd Mr. Seward To
influence foreigners asctioec TO MN, 90 you sap
pose that Mr. Scott would have been defestedf IL
was this feeling against the Influence Of foreign vot-
ere which led him to go to tho meeting he had a.
luded to- Tbis organic alton, in its original idea, W
simple-to meet the banding Of men on one aide, %
meet the banding Of men the other. Bat no po,si
cal nomiDatiSn was to be mace. And thus TAR Il w0
right. But what was it now' Was an In
:ttuiOn to which on az ha honorable r. . %
il was not. He believed men here belonging
to it were honest, but that they were de-
ceived by political trck'ter, La July lsst GrA1d
Lodge was organized, called Grand Council ao
10 New.York and you find the Grand Presdcnt-J.
W. Barker occupying power in the state equal -
A monarch. And this Grand President aooe ap-
= man will this deputy be! Why, second sefi
Ard what does this deputy do lie is armed with
the power TO create as many iocges IN tue owhs "
the State as he pesses He selects nine men a. tho
This second self Of j. w. Barker selects
these nine men, aud these nine men select three
delegates to the GRAND Council, to make nomns'ons
and oabs to bind body and soul OF the iDn,cem mem-
be OF tho Order The officers are thus the creatures
of one msn--James W. Barker, in New York: Do
ever a man conceive anything so humble In kepao-
lcan Government these osiegaes elg 49,.
main as such three years. Two hundred lodges
end thus 600 men to this Councit-su OF whom
sre the creatures OF Barker. Inc duty OF tneso
men-this Grand Council Is 10 make oasns w
bind men who invited to hear lectures and to make
no rouiu atons. Original Know NOTTINGHAM was TO
use influence against foreign influence THIS, as 2
Wing, he, Mr. L., could 20 with Mr. u, had rese
here proceedings OF the Grand Council, the purport
/ Of which was that delegate was 10 be received
who did not sustain their State ticket, and members
not yoiiDg for UllmaDn, were expelled Mr. u. COM
| meI'ed on these proceedings, pointing OUT tnon
| ,yrsppy He inquired IL IN Europe there was any
| row.r so despoiic. Had anything in this broad
! and ever been heard OF equal to this VS. ever .
n.sn called upon and required 10 cay, unuot oss,'
whether be did that which the Constitution says ne
| NAV dof Whether he voted against certaia man
| And what was the crime OF vofiog Tor Gov. CiarAI
And yet this Society, called American, expelled men
| for Gov CLARK. Was such Society worthy OF Inc
| name American And he would predict that N
! twenty four months man viii DO found VINO wiz
Acknowledge his connection With such poiiticai en-
CINE. Who were the men on mus Executive ION
niteef He would not say il Of all, but some OF them
were men of broken reputati0n-whose names were
on the criminal calendar of New York--men corrupt
| There wss another power conferred with these n'ne
| men. WHICH was that any i've Of these Councils
NAV reject or black ball any applicant. WAS this
Denocrsticl But why was this 2 Why, james W
Barker night loee the power and control no nsa.
This tct perfect. and could not be altered 70
! three yems. Tbere WA IN Pc yer 10 alter IT, IL ne
been said the Councils may ine'fr these thsee dae
gater, to overcome the designs % ). W. Barrier:
Bot this Is not true The by Laws gave the rigat o.
appeal 10 J. w. Barker from the Councils 70 the
Grand Council. These schemes are p~sset-
they are not known to the masses-hs1 aot
been 10 hin. but he had learned them since his az
rval in Albany. Mr.. l.. had read resolutions direct
ing esssres TO be sent to Albany 10 defeat the re-
| election Of Wm A. Seward rs also other proceed
ipes exhibiting the powers Of the Order. These pro
ceeaiDgs were read from Newspaper. The hrst
resolution, seid Mr. L., required the collection OF
soue Thousand men here TO Instruct N hnoers
| here how 10 vote on the Senatorial question mh
the people sent idiots here 70 represent them yha
reat was directing measures 10 be taken in regard to
ofendirg Councils. And what the oifeosa
They had dsred 20 act independently. The Grsod
| Council had made nominations, ami Decsuss soma
dared to exercise their rights freemeD, togo against
the nominstiops~n knowing perhaps they aad been
usde-they were 10 be expelled. IL tbs Grand Councn
could do this much what was there they mig al mol 90
II He rene NIB. red the Inquisiti0ntne acts OF tue 90
suts--but their powers would be A. nOught, compafeh
| Nth thi. organization. Who knows but the thumb
II screv-fhe fortunes OF tie InquisitiOn-mgE Jef
be ordained by this New-YOrk Council Bar = losf-
| can power ard American ireemen VIII never, nc
| hsTsyed submit 10 the estabshmeLt VI ths ofyani
zaiio, W. l.. had read proceedings OF Cornch
10 BROOKLYN. which took place lat soyembef,
oenoaneirg the action Of the Grand Council; hs