The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-03-01

knows him Will take Moses EameSS simple
word before the oaths of the whole batch oil
Hindoos, from Chauncy Shaffer down to Daniel
Ullmann':
Reception Of Member Of the Legislature in
the Hindoo Council at Syracuse.
ALBANY, Feb. IA, 1885.
DEAR SIR: Yours of the Sth inst, containing
certificate of my election as a delegate to the
State Grand Council of the so-called Know
Nothing Order. from my Council, No. pa, held
in Rutland, Jefferson county, was received
In my reply you will see how your delegate was
received by the Grand Council of the State
now in session in the city of Syracuse.
l presented my credentials at the place OF
meetings and was introduced to a number OF
the Order by the District Deputy, Mr.
was then escorted to the desk of the Grand
Secretary paid the quarterly dues of my Coun.
Gil you intrusted me with, namely, two cents for
each member of our Council. After this cere-
mony, was conducted to the main hail. where
all the delegates soon assembled, being about
200 in number. The presiding officer, Mr.
Barker, of New York, said Before proceed
ing TO business, would ask if there was any
opportunity of there being any listeners y
Being assured on that point, the first business
was 70 examine each person in the hall, for the
the tEita degree. Those who had not received
it were taken into an ante-room, questioned
and instructed further in the mysteries of the
Order, as the business to be transacted could
not, with safety, be done i'll the presence of any
one who had not taken the necessary oaths OF
third degree member.
Before proceeding further, they inquired Of
each member for whom they voted at the last
State election. All those who had not voted
the Ullmann ticket land there were about eight
who had not done sol according to the instruc-
tons of the Grand Council, last fall, we're re-
quired to acknowledge they had committed all
offence against the Order, and ask to be for
given, and promise in ali things in future to
obey their superiors. Upon so doing, vote
was taken, and the reporting members were
reinstated.
|, being member Of the Legislature, was in.
vited upon the platform with the officers of tho
meeting, and introduced by Mr. Barker, who
informed the Grand Council that / would make
explanations in relation to my vote cast at Che
last election. While l was proceeding to do 80
one of the members asked me for whom | voted
for United States Senator? When | replied
civilian Fl. Seward" it created great excite
ment in all parts of the hall. Some twenty or
thirty, more vehement than the rest, rushed
forward to the platform, kissing, stamping their
feet, gnashing their teeth, extending their arms
with clenched fists, crying out, with counte-
nances flushed with excitement, "Traitor,
"Perjurer," "Liar," "Villain," and other
epithets, accompanied with the EXPLANATIONS
Hustle him out, "Down stairs with him, y
Throw him out of the window" &c, &c.
BY this time, the meeting was in complete
uproar. The presiding officer could not con.
troll those present, and declared the meeting
adjourned for one hour. There was then a
general rush for the platform where | was
standing. Some of the foremost seized my col.
lar, but, by the exertion of few personal
friends, / was saved from further violence, by
being, with great haste, escorted down private
stairway, while others closed the doors and
kept back the mob. When / reached the street,
Mr.. Barker advised me to 60 to my hotel, and
not to show myself about the place, but leave
the city in the first conveyance. Having no
other business to attend to- / took his advice,
and left Syracuse in the first train.
l know not what you and the Council may
think of this, but if you ever desire to send n
delegate to such Pandemonium, you must
select some other person besides your sincere
friend and fellow townsman,
MOSES EANEs.
To the W. p. of Council 274