Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-04-27
Fof the Waterman and Journal.
Know Nothingism Il Slavery,
AND
How a. will work in Vermont.


ers farther, at present, with my poor lucu-
brations. yet as the crude article of the 9Th
inst, so kindly published by you, has called
up at least one spirit of rs from the Vastly
deep and thus far stirred up the too long
sleeping waters Of Vermont politics, ! am
induced to say few words more, touching
that deectable order Of men who publicly
proclaim themselves as possessed of most of
the virtue, and dli the patriotism extant m
the and--and who secretly conspirc 10 over
ride all " outside barbarians." and lend their
aid in staying that flood tide of popular in
dignotlou that Is Tor was about 10 be brought
TO bear upon slavery propogandism and
southern insoloncc.
One of the true noblcncn Of the country,
ard one of the best of American poets has
said that:
Oar country has gospel Of her own
To pfrac", aud practice hriote oil the world
Tue frseisp aad iirugitg If maH,
The glorious aims Of ks'aan brothsrh0odF'
But the teachings of this gospel, it would
seem, has no pow or over our new born Know
Nothing patriots The "hand book used
in their lodges and secret conclavcs contains
no such ennobling sentiment as such a doc
,rne as this exp esses and when they get
musical and in their political devo,ions pro-
fame llali Columbia" and the " Star Spnn-
gled BANNER" they, should hope. have the
decency to omit such portions as might give
hope to the cnslayed of our own land, or
which might in any degree kndlc the spark
of liberty IN the breasts of the oppressed
and down trodden OF other nations.
that the tree and liberty loving voters
Of Vermont will, on the sober second
thought" give 10 the iniolerant and pro-
scipise creed Vt thus order thor sancti"n.
or laat they will be drawn from their ale
glance Ia liberty by the senseless and hypo-
critical cry Of danger ID nov ringing IN
their ears, | will not believe will not be-
licve that a people who boast that the + ct
print OF a slave has never polluted their
sol, will now, ut this time Of day open q
free school, wherein the teachers shall be
made bigots, aud the pupils serfs and bond
men. For - Disguise tnis matter ms the
Thugs mpy--ihe Acknowledgement Of any
particular class among Us is their lcbasc
mrnt. and is wide departure from he orig
ina plan of our conicdcracv, aud 10 make
a mans religious belief a requisite to his cl.
igblllfy 10 Office, Is at strange ,araucc with
that system Of political ethics tnu.h, Us by
cur fathers, and By which We could honor
the noble heroism and the exalted patriotism
of an Allen or CaWol,-ihnuah ;he one
was free thinker and the other a Catholic.
Again then, | say that will not believe that
a STATE "hich allows the same Pn meal
rlghis To rec black or an escaped slave
tnat II gives 10 us own born sons or that
a people who meyer fail, when called upon
10 express theH dctrsl1iion OF That legisla-
ion IN olhcr hominaly ice States where
these rights are denied them.--l say tmt F.
such State and such people viii not en-
NOT, h1oN me creed emanallng from the .
dark hole OF Know NoihingiSm, WITHOUT alb .
rogatng nll they have heretofore sand ln IA
'or OF political liberty, and forever siu'tiy-
ing themselves before The world State
t'al gives political rights TO Congo negro,
porn nowhere ana WIN wOr,mps al the
"dcvli's bush and yet refuses them Ia
lrhife lnnn because he was not born m the
uhleu states ana is alhoic, would be
uilhg 20 look ~ ana HE legsl'ture ct
sncn a SAFE mixing such discrimination,
womb De bought up by the Btrnums OF
the World and put IN glass cases for the eN-
s'n'"I'lon o' tne curious III after ages. Ana
neIt 1 Icacn me tNict point "iSh 10 make
III giving ui., ny humble protest. to this
"n''o Nh'" N"'hiilg n"'cinent
Is Pr'csey because mold That the I
pas' aI''"h Oh vermont -on what has here ,
to'"ro pee" i'cri'ou''y termed the "nlggcr ,
q'rsuon' nus u'eh ilSht' ana mat all hrr
nl''p'len's III INC question nave oeen made .
III ule i's"t urec'ioh'- haoeas corpus act :
roy ~ lint prompts me 10 opp'se t
rr'i' ali N.Y.. Tn'en '" nu'9cAe' l. 10
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80 N' W. 49,
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d,',.,n',a. ~ -" III rs y"
po''unee 70 US po,l'ca'Iy.Ln9d as a social .
ana mora question. one Wlieh eqlal'y over .
the introduction OF any new ism" 70 DIS
uacl uie puoHo nina ana overt Yer. Il rom Inc
N VIZ f"Vs''on ~ '!su,' nN "a. hn9"
stoned. Ia do ib,s reeds neither ,rgnr,on,
nor rhetoric, other than that which the phin-
EST common sense suggests; and II reQ1lres
wv .'"c u'.oc' N''sA' 10 acc ihAt lhli u 'de