Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-04-25
NoRTHeARoIINA, WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 95, 1885
THUNDER FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

THUNDER FROM THE MOUNTAINS. !
We published recently from the Asheville
News) Card from Mr. Russell Tate, Of Haywood
County, in which he announced his withdrawal
from the Know Nothing organization and warned
all good citizens against it. The Asheville Spec
tator replies to- this by publishing the following
Card from Gen. R. M. Henry:
BASKERVILLE, April 9Th, 1856.
MEssRs. EDITORS Il Russell Tate after he
signed the certificate published in the last News"
to the effect that he had been faudulently initiated
into the Order, commonly called " Know Nothings,"
and he told me that he wished to withdraw the cer-
ti6cae, and that the certificate did not contain his
sentiments and he further said that DR.. Samuel L.
Love persuaded him to sign it; and afterwards saw
DR.. Samuel L. Love and he told that he had writ
ten to have that certificate withdrawn. l do not
know to whom he wrote, but think that he wrote
to Mr.. Clingman, as heard him say that Mr. Cling
man had persuaded him to get Mr. Tate to sign the
certificate l afterwards conversed with DR.. Samuel
L. Love, and he told me that of the secrets of
the order were revealed in the certificate.
R. NJ. HENRY"
To this the last Asheve News replies as fol-
lows:
That slight clap of thunder from Haywood, last
week, unstrung the nerves of the K. N. leaders,
most shockingly; if we may judge from the desper-
ate efforts made to ward off the effects Of the blow.
They will need more certificates than they will be
able to muster, to impeach the candor the
ity of any one concerned in the matter. In due
time Mr.. Tate and Dr. Love will speak for them
selves; and we shall not be surprised if the next
thunder from Haywood is ten times more crushing
than the last"
The News then adds the following, which is
conclusive:
Since the above was put in type, Col. R G. A.
Love, of Haywood, who openly avows himself Know
Nothing, has informed us, in presence Of several
gentlemen that Mr.. Tate told him that he would not
recall his Pronunciation of Know Nothingism for five
hundred dolars-that it was prompted by sense
of duty, and that no letter was written coun.
termandinS ito PsLl;e~.ien-" --------
I'm the meantime" continues the News, "we
co onmend the thunder from Henderson to the at
tention of the brethren. Let the organ try its
hand upon Messrs Cantrell and Thompson, and
see what it can make out of them. They are
known to be highly and respectable influential
citizens. The organ will find it prudent, no doubt,
to deal very tenderly with them.'
TO THE PUBLIC.
HENDERsoNvILLE, April 6, 1856
We, whose names undersigned, have never
been in the habit of bringing ourselves before the
public eve; nor shoad We do now, were not
impeeG thereto, by very grave considerations of
what believe to be duty, to ourselves and our
fellow-citizens.
We have been induced, by what at the time, SEEM
ed to us plausible reasons, to become members of
an organization commonly known in the country as
"Know. Nothngs" 1t was represented to US by
men in whom we had confidence, that this organiza-
tion gotten up for the purpose of promoting
certain great principles, which recommended them
selves to Americans and professionals.
Our short experience and observation of this new
order, have been sufficient to convince us that we
have been led into error that the association has
been gotten up and is pushed forward to promote
reckless and unscrupulous politicians; and that it is,
in its origin objects and working essentially corrupt
On this subject, regret that cannot enter
into details, that we might more fully explain our
reasons for this conclusion. Without discussing the
question how far an obligation, induced by crcum-
stances Of delusion and Misrepresentation of facts,
is binding, it is enough that We do not think proper
wiIfuly to do any thing that would seem to conflict
with such an obligation.
We content ourselves at this time therefore, with
proclaming that henceforth renounce all allegi-
ance to this secret ORDER and shake from the et-
ters ithas attempted to impose on US and with
earnestly warning our faow-citizens as they value
their rights citizens, and the nalcnable birthrgh
of every free American to cote as his conscience d
rects against all connection with this insidious
| ganization.
E. CANTRELL,
R. THOMPSON.
We trust that independent men, in all parts O
the State who have been tricked and deceived into
joining this midnight organization, will follow the
example so nobly set by Messrs. Tate, Cantrell
and Thompson.
At the recent festival in New York in honor o
Henry Clay's birth day, the Rev. Samuel Osgoot
said:
"But in saying that we 60 for American citizen
ship, we do not mean to denounce any man. Al
American is who believes in American ideas
no matter what his birth place may have been, and
am one who welcomes TO our shores every persol
who is lover of our liberty and of our laws Cheers.
can never consent to try to piece out the wings
our noble old eagle by any black feathers from tn
night raven of Jesuitism. Tremendous cheering
American citizenship, fair play, no kind Of secrecy
no fighting Jesuitsm by Jesuitism, but open iel
and fair play, and our star spangled banner for ou
standard. [Renewed cheering.] Our great orato
believed in making America power Of our own.
If Henry Clay were alive, it would be just a
easy to cram giant into quart pot, as to induc
him to dwarf and degrade himself by skulkiu
into a Know Nothing lodge. He would neve
have given