, 1855-08-03

induced his introduction and Withdrawal
from pine Wigwam, No. l." cannot fail
but prove satisfactory to the public as far as
it goes. We have the assurance of further
and more conclusive developments with re-
gard to the workings of the Know Nothing
organization in our midst, in a direct follow
ing correspondence from Mr.. II.
For the Pioneer and Democrat
To the Democratic Voters Of ThurStOn County.
FELLow-CITTzENs-Now as the election
is owe. and its results known, and in ac-
cordance with previous notice, l will claim
your attention for short time, in a peru
sual Of full, frank, aud truthful history of
my connection with the political order
known as Know Nothings. The reason\e
my Withholding this from you. until after
the election is, from the fact that | shall
not only erpose myself as once having been
u member of this order, but no doubt you
will be convinced that other democrats, or
at least those who claim TO be democrats,
have been, and are now members of this
iniquitous conceru-thercfor did not de-
sire to expose them just on the eve Of the
election, as knew if did, that they would
raise great hue and cry about persecution,
and it defeated, they would at once lay
their defeat tome However, was unex-
pectedly called on at the democratic meet
ing held in Olympia just before the cleo
tion, and consequently was forced to make
few statements relative to this affair
ii mill hap IN info tnl hot
/ knew nothing of the call for that meet
ing until / see it in type in the printing
Office, nor did not know its object fully un-
til l heard the Presidents guess" and
see it adopted. had apprsed Mr. Wiley
q short time before, or will say that
had acknowledged to him, that had once
been member of the order in Olympia,
and when he was called on by the meeting
for his proof, he referred the people to me
to prore the eristencc Of such an order in hat
pldoe-and not as some have supposed, and
others would like to believe, for the pur
pose of pyOriRg who were its members. ]
have no desire to expose another single in
diyidual belonging to the order, nor do
intend to, unless they give me just cause or
provocation, from the fact that there are
several members Of the concern for whom
! feel warm friendship, and who have
proved themselves to be friends to me. If
the members do not expose themselves,
they need never fear that will-but if
man can't keep bis own secrets, he cannot
expect others to keep them for him Now
so much for that. as
have heard it said that "an open, hon
est confession was good for the soul
Now am going TO try it. I trds initiated
a member Of The secret pOliiieal order k'lOlcn
as "KnOlo NothiHgS," in Lhc tOtOn Of OiyDl-
Pia, about four months ago.
Now the next question that comes up is
how did get there What was it that
induced me to join such society and by
what means did get "hold Of the neces-
sary ropes ?" Well, / will tell you. On a
certain occasion entered into conversa-
tion, mean q private conversation, with
& certain particular friend Of mine relative
TO Know Nothingism, and soon found
that he was pretty well posted" ask
ed him, finally, if he actually knew any
thing about them. He gave me to under
stand that he did-and moreover, told me
that he was not-altogether satisfied with
E the organization, and said that be wished
/ would go in and see what it was, and
that he would abide my decision that il
we discovered anything wrong about it,
that We would Immediately withdraw aud
expose il II necessary. l was afterwards
informed Of quite number Of its members.
l was told that Col. Such-a-ohe, Capt
Snch-another-one, Major OVer-there, and
Esq Cross-the-way, and host of Judges,
together with thirteen members Of the Leg
isla1ure all belonged. A good many OF
these persons believed to be good sound
democrats, and men Of firm political, moral
and social integrity. Notwithstanding oil
this, thought Of the matter some time be-
fore / gave my consent to become mem
Der, and then it was with much reluctance,
as the gentleman who first spoke to me
about it will bear me evidence. On my
entering the door, l informed them that
would not take any obligation or subscribe
to any kind of pledges that would in the
least infringe on my former political rights
or prejudices, aud it was as distinctly told
to me that 1 would not be required TO dc
so-that all that was required was not "a
cote for foreigner or Roman Catholic fov
office. Now, as / had found who were
members, and as 1 said before, believing
them to be men Of sound political integrity
could not help believing that what was
told me To be true. went in and found
those individuals of whom ! had been told
were there, and, as matter Of course,
felt for time that l had not been deceiv'
ed. / watched, as l thought, closely the
wording Of the obligations, and for the life
of me could not then see any great politi
cal wrong in them-and i will here state
that upon their face all seems to be in per
feet keeping with the sentiments that per
wade the breast Of nearly every American
citizen-but it needs to be in there awhile
to understand their true intent You are
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