The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-02-21

II delfVereupy Nf. IfrT TLAiotlNl tne speaker ot
/ the HOS1e of Rsprsssi,aii1es, New YOsk.
He has ssen ''S6m" iOk one time only, Aad.
tells his experience in a very terse manner.
Hssg him3 he ssSs
As to the Temp france nominstien, though
he received such Nomination, twas without
his influence or advice. Asto his connec-
I ton with the Know Nothings, he would tell
all he knew Of il, Last March, while q
member Of ibis House, tome Of his friends
asked him to attend lecture. He went with
them 70 aroom, where be was assured BY the
of6cers,of thAt.SOeiety that he wee to'do no
thing that was contrary to anything against
which his conscience wouldFey0lt. He was
asked to make promise. He did make the
lpromise, and il his recent course was tFea-
son, make the most Of it. If he had perjur-
ed himself, make the most of that. He now
declared himself opposed to the principles Of
this association. As to his pledge, to vote
against Wm. H. Seward, rooted might be bis
Ntongue 70 bis month, If be ever made such &
pledge. He woaldgite, as brify a. he could,
q complete exposition OF Know4N othines;
but he, would cay, from The moment he left
that room to this day, he never entered it.
again. Il was enough for him to say that ne
saw in that room what would prevent an hon.
est man from ever entering again. He adj
mitted that the forsigR vote bad an undue
influence in our election. And he saw this
in the last Presidential election. 'i =
Hear him spesk upon the manner and
mode in which the Know Nothing Lodges
are organized and conducted The state
ment must contain facts, for he was one Of
them. In speaking of the order, he asks:
! Was it an institution to which an honor
able mana freeman-a Christian-could
belong :! lHethought 1t was not. He be-
lieyed men here belonging to it were honest,
but that they were deceived by political
tricksters. In July last a grand lodge was
organized, called Grand Council Go to
New York and you find the Grand President
~ w. Barker--occupying power in the
State equal to monarch, And this Grand
President alone appoints one deputy in each
county: and what sort of a man will this
deputy be ! Why d second self. And what
3doestthis deputy do :! He 10 armed with the
power to create as many lodges inthe towns
of the State as he plesses. He selects nine
men as the nucleus of these lodges, to es-
tablish them; this second self OF J. w. Bar
ker selects these nine men, and these nine
men select three delegates to the Grand
Council. to make nominations and oaihs to
bind the body and soul of the innocent MEM
bers of the Order. The officers are thus
the creatures of one man--James w. Bar
ker, in New York. rt ,..7ii g,al.fa 1.au
Mr.. L.. describes the duties of X. NJ,
Eand their tendency, and fnal destiny: 5.b
| The duty Of these men--this Grand Coun-
ellis 10 make oaths to bind mea who are
invited to hear lectures and to make no no.
limitations. Original Know. Nothingism was
to use influence against foreign influence
This, as Wing, Mr.. L. could 90 with. Mr..
L. had read here proceedings of the Grand
Council, the purport of which was, that 40
delegate was to be received who did not sus-
tain their ticket, and members not voting for
Ullman were expelled. Mr.. l.. comment
ed on these proceedings, pointing out their
tyrauny. He inquired if, in Europe, there was
anything SO despotic. Had anything in this
broad land ever been heard Of equal to this!
Was ever a man called upon and required to
say, under oath, whether he did that which
he voted against certain man And what
was the crime Of voting for Gov, Clark -
And yet this society, called American, ex-
PEELED men for voting for Gov. Clark. Was
such society worthy of the name of Amer
ican And he would perdicttha in twenty
four months no, man will be found who will
acknowledge his connection with such po-
litical engine. 'a p y 'f'+l ]>s e.
/ Mr.. L. describes the manner of conduct
ing business in the lodges, as he learned it
while member: Eri- a.a'fsr
There was another power centesed with
these nine men, which was, that any FIVE
men of these Councils may reject or black
ball any applicant. Was this Democratic
But why was this ! Why, James w. Bar
ker might loose the power and control he
had. This scheme was perfect, and could
not be altered, in three years. There was
no power to alter il. 1t has been said the
! Councils may instruct these three delegates
to overcome the designs of J. w. Barker
But this is not true. The bylaws give the
| right of appeal to J. w. Barker from the
Councils to the Grand Council. These
schemes are perlect-they are not known to
the masses--had not been to him, but he had
learned them since his arrival in Albany
Mr.. L. had read resolutions directing ennis
saries to be sent to Albany to defeat the re-
: election of VIM. H, Seward; as also other
proceedings; exhibiting the powers of the
Order.
4 Mr. l., follows up the Order as to its pow.
er Of expelling members, because they dc
not choose to vote. and act as the bigots Of
the Society direct them: -
The next was, directing measures to be
taken in regard to offending Councils. And
what was the offense They had dared to
t act Independently. The Grand Council had
made nominations, and because some dared
to exercise their rights as freemen to go a.
gainst the nominations-not knowing, per.
haps, they had been made-they were to be
expelled If this Grand Council could do
this much, what was there they might moi
do, He remembered the Inquisition-the
, acts of the Jespits-but their powers would
( be as nought, compared with this organiza-
ton. Who knows but tthe thumb -screw-ths
tortures Of the Inquisition--might yet be or
dained by this New York Council. But A
mercan power and american freemen will
. never, he believed, submit to the establish
ment of this Organization. y Mr.. u. had reat
: the proceedings of Counciia in Brooklyn
: which took place last November, denouncins
. the action OF the Grand Council. He only
had this scar to show that that had ALREADY
:. commenced, which would be csrried ou
fhrn,s m holAf flta State TIAfsmhA NJ si1 ~ fhs