, 1855-08-24

: der bushel, but set it out so that all can
! see. This is the way TO gain proselytes to
, Your faith. But IT, on the other hand, you
feel that you are persuing wrong course, a
and are ashamed of what you have done,
then come out and persue it no longer.
Get out of it, and endeavef to get all 9th
ers out that you can. By doing this, you
are not only doing justice to yourself, but
you are befricndiDg Others, in eausing them q
to see their error and abandon it. II you b,
are wrong then am right--if you are
right, then am wrong, and you have moth
1 ing 10 fear from my error ia tbs matter
The people are the judges; il they decide
in your favor, then / must take the conse-
Qucnces. ] have weighed this matter, i
think, carefully, and believe they will
eventually decide against you. Icyou have
not, you should Immediately consider the
matter well, and then act iB accordance,
with your conclusions. / would fein be- +,
ievc that every man acts from conscienti-
ous motives; so if we err, the error is in
the Judgment, and not from any vicious
ness OF the heart. Pm .aF. - II. iio7, rf
have endeaYored to treat of this mat
ter as mildly as possible. 1t is not my de-
sire to enter into vile yituperations against
any individual, nor will /, unless am at
tackled in such manner. My plan is most :
generally to give man. as good as be
sends--f can. If man will come at
me with reason, viii listen with all pa
ticncc, and endeavor to prove my theory
by reason. But if bully-raging is the plan, &
always endeavor to be :" on handp h I Ii
have been attacked quite roughly by sever
al members Of the concern, and all manner
of falsehoods have been resorted to by
them. have been accused Of being the
traitor that diVulged the secrets Of the or.i1
der long ago, and that joined the associ-
alton for reasonable purposes. That !
was hired TO go in and expose the ORDER,
and Heaven only knows what oil. But
this expected The peculiar situation In
which | was placed, knew would CALI
down the censure OF many indiyiduals;---
but, gentlemen, felt that l wss right, and /.
that feeling prompted me to brave the
storm, and now feel'that can live down
all the scandal that may be heaped on me, 4
in consequence Of the position that have
taken in this affair. So far as my being
the traitor, that revealed the secrets long,
4 ago, have only TO say that the secrets Of
the wigwam at this place, was revealed
long Jefore 1cas member. AL that Il
have done or said, has been done and said
openly, The members were as fully aware
1 Of my action as any one out side. have
never went behind the bush ID this matter.
scorn the map that will do it. appriss
ed the members of what they might expect
before l said anything out Of 90essss-
felt that i had done wrong secretly, and
my plan was to make amends openly. I
have published my error 10 the world, andH
by it / must stand or fall have endeav.o
ored, in as brief manner as possible, to-
set myself aright before the people Of this
county. If have done so, my end Is &C.
complished. If have not, II is my mis-.
fortune, and can assure oil that cau re-
tire to private life, with q clear conseieneesr
believing that will not be entirely .With7
out friends, even among the know nothings,
In conclusion, would soy to all my
!, friends, keep clear Of dN secret Political ds9
scciati0ns Of every character, letit fcomsl
!, from what source it will. They are daH-
gerous, and should be viewed with ajeal-f
! Gus eye. There is no secret political COM
bination that win ever prove OF benefit to
our free Institutions. If you entertain Ger
tain principles, that you believe to be the
best, speak them out boldly. There Is one
thing certain, if others don't fall 10 with
your belief they will certainly give yon
credit for your sincerity and manliness, aud
respect your sentiments. l'i Vi+lA'2 ~ j
The know nothings sing pretty song
and hold out glittering allnremeuts. with
such expressions as, that sAmericans
, should rule America" preserving the
: rights of free born citizens" alInsions 10
the heroes Of '76," quotations. from
Washington aud Washington's Sword, and
} oil such things They sound very pretty
J 10 the unsnspecting, and are quite apt TO
! lead men astray, and make them fairly "a
} natics before they are aware Of IT,. Many
join them eo6scientiously, without duly con-
) sidering the doctrine; some are, afterwards
! enabled to sec their error, and leave them,
: while others never do, but codtinue to be
, fascinated by the smooth tonkues OF the
, designing demagogues, that Are always
: found.in such places Although many juia-
from pure motives, yet it is a nucleus around
which the disaiiected Of all parties gather,
and consequently will not last long.
Now, gentlemen, l have said what
think is enoughfor the present. You have
my confession and repentance. expressed in
as brief a manner as possible. If l live,
, you may expect to hear from me again at
the next election, If necessity should de-
. mand, and give fair warning to all
} know noihings, to keep their own side Of
y Of the house after this, for none shall i'm
I pose themselves on the democracy again
/ without meeting with my opposition.
: Now you have it-so "hiteh up your
I cart and drive" lad
Il Yours, respectfully t,t
9 t URBAN Il. Hicks.