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Enov-Nothing scenes at Regimentai Muster
in Wilkes County.


in Wilkes County.
MEssRs EDITORS :---As know-NotnhSFm see c
. 20 he the all-absorbing subject L thouShI d IL"
sketches of its progress would DE interesting -
roodars 1t is now generally known that L. g. Gar
m;cbael has accepted the Know Nothing nomnatloh
in the mountain District against Hon. i. l" Olhe
man have been told that the general nnpressio i
bs hecn that Mr. Carmichaes high lntellectuai quar-
;fications and gentlemanly bearing would nave 81:
cnred his election if he had run independently Vi LIZ
prevailing humbug. As it is the election VIII ioSu'
in the return of Clingman. or.o,, c,ol,o
The honorable gentleman, l. l.. ChhSMan' SPIN
sona time since at battalion muster ground IN
Wilkes and was answered by DIR. Lafayette Oooh
and the Rev Sam Smith. The whole scene was III,
dcrous in the extreme as MI. Cinsln.'n o''t
himself by quizzing his selfconstltuteu opponents
Tba arguments of the medical and reverend gen
,1omen did not materially differ from those Wmcn
have been constantly used since the amP0ft@t'oH w
may speak, of this WONDERFUL
Cook made we think many unnecessary ADMISSIONS:
AFTER his weIl-trained opponent had held up
the so-caled American party In its most rlocuious
light, he replied that Clingman must either nave
ioined the order himself obtained his information
from some renegade ''Know-Nothng by the name
of Bull Tate" about whom he told a very pure
and decent anecdote, which concluslVey proved lhaC
his medical majesty always looks at the ooc" SsuI ~
every subject. 1t is hardly necessary to ada thaC
this senseless blunder was a taclt Acknowledgements
that Clingman's remarks were well-timed.
The learned Doctor represents Romanlsm as aiIa,
stic to sLyeyu as well Teeat07 0 CONSCIENCE ana
sction hut like his brother Know-Nothings he eau
tiously absains from giving the puohc any suostail
tial proof of these positions. am no komanist'
vet beg leave to remind your readers OF the inelo
rial SIGNED by 5000 New England preachers during
the deliberations on the Nebraska bill. This memo
rial was the result of the most fanatlcal
and vet strange to say, every christian denomltoh
had representatives among It's s'gnerso NJ
Roman Catholics and Episcopaans VI course, L
would not insult my Know Nothing 1rlends py liIi-
mating that any Mormons signed 1t, because the
religion of Joe Smith (according to GOV. JohnSoh)
is their peculiar favorite being born ana reared oii
native hills
Imust confess that some of my Democratic friends
are wrong in defending Romanlsm against the charSe
of claiming temporal paWer can point 10 passage
after passage in Hume's and Lengards histories; as
well as in their own Divines Fleury Deus, Deliar-
mine Brownson and others, which claim 1t IN une-
uuivocal language But RomanIsts dscalm Sucn
pretensions in this country and obey our laws W nat
more can they do? But as soon as they rue illlo
mower. saws the Know Nothing" Advocate, they
will change their melodious song OF non-mterVeh-
ton in temporal matters. But why, answer, per-
secute them while they continue to respect our laws
and institutions? Our ancestors anticipated oppres-
sion before the stamp act but did they declare War
prior to the positive aggressio1s of Britain Inc
civil magistrate suspects man OF steahhg ooes nc
therefore disregard the hG6eds corpus and commit
him to prison without proof OF positive acts: IL IS
useless to show the application ofthese principles TO
the policy of the Know Nothing organization. fre-
ventiyc justice may sound well III theory, but human
laws must lessen crime by punlshlng posture 9Ve
nv intelligent reader knows that Chas Carroll, OF Car
rolton one of the signers of the Declaration OF In
dependence was Romanist. The names OF Dos
suet Massilon, and Bourdalon and others are PROOF
that Romanism always has been the prevailing re-
ligion of France. Yet, her banner waved over the
head of the gallant La Fayete in defence OF Amerl
can rights The voice of history is indeed loud IN
opposition to Know Nothing assertions. Rayner
and Miller Register and STAR may eVade its facts,
but they cannot deny them unless their magma
tions have become Eighty since the Virginia cleo
ton. The next point in Cooks speech was " ior-
egn influence To hear him speak one would think
that every foreigner who lands on our shores IS an
escaped convict exile from the hand OF justice.
Some have, nay many still come here, who are I'M
worthy citizens But is this a reason for excluding
all from office? Should we ever forget that Sutton
Gwinnett, and Robert Morris, of England, Francis
Lewis of Wales, James Wilson and John Wither-
spoon Of Scotland James Smith and George Taylor
of Ireland and Mat Thornton of foreign blrth sign
ed our Declaration of Independence 10 carry out
this Know Nothing principle, must despse the
memories of the parents of nearly every s.gner OF
the glorious charter of our liberty George Wythe re-
ceived his first instructions and patriotic impressions
from intelligent and noble English mother Hop
kinson assisted by affluent uncle OF foreign
extract and Hancock's vast estate descended to him
from foreign ancestry. mention these facts to snow
that many heroes of the revolution were indebted to
foreign born relations for their OF usefulness
to their country. In connection with these facts
cannot omit the names of those great heroes, who
fought for our liberties, Baron DeKalb, Count Pu-
ldSkl, anu hOShluShO OF FOIanu, IoIeuDeh VI
Prussia, j. Paul Jones of Scotland, Rochambeau and
La Fayette of France. All noble heroes, doubt,
but guilty (alas y of the atrocious crime of being
born in foreign land! With such men as these
around him, Washingtons voice (say the Know
Nothings) was strenuous in cautioning Americans
against foreign influence! They quote the we'll
known passage in Washingtons farewell address
which bids Americans beware of the " insidlous
wiles of foreign influence" But every one knows
that Washington then advocating the doctrine
of non-intervention He cautioning them against
meddlng in the business of other nations and unless
my memory deceives me very much, not one a0Ord
Orsylla6e can be found in that memorable document
which at ali supports Know Nothing viewsi put
none but Americans guard tonight" These
words are attributed to Washington by the new fac
ton; but Jared Sparks the learned editor of WASH
ington's writings, denies the existence of any such
words among the writings or papers of our immor.
tai PRESIDENT Could it be supposed that ne could
utter language, so insulting to many of his illusri-
GUS compeers; put none but Americans on guard
tonight while the gallant La Layette and Gwinnet
born Hamilton throbbed in unison with his own
when the blood of Poland's exiled son still crimson
ed the green sward of the sunny South? 1t is too
absurd for further comment. Let me- however, adj
wise some Know Nothings to commit the whole OF
the farewell address" to memory and declaim it,
that the people may know whether Washington was
really Know Nothing or not!
The sublime part of DIR. Cooks speech remains
to be quoted. 1.-The old parties corrupt: thank
my God that have washed my hands of the ole
Wing party" These, believe, were the Dr.'s very
words One year ago ia political speech i'll Wilkes
ia ofadt Of ho had rtoA for nnon