The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-29
From the GfeenTille Is. e. Patriot.
The Knoyy-NOthings.

.er remarks and sitting check by low with wilson
and the other aboiiiionists OF the Nosth strange
things will happen in The revolutions OF Poil'.cs'
and the South Carolina secesslonis's nave ol'eh
had the misfortune 10 have strange bed'teilows'
The first toast given at the grand banquet OF 'he
! Know. Nothings was (" THE UNION We sup
| pose Southern disunonists drank this IN silence.
| The Know Nohngs are sagaclous' snFe"u
! set of fellows. Their sole object Is power ana
| hence they have shaped their principles Tor sue
cess Nine-tenths Of the people of the Unlted
States are in favor OF the Union, and hence that
| is one of their watchwords. Nineteen twen'lethS
of them are native born Americans, and hence
their war against foreigners. The Protestants
out number the Catholics thirty to one, and hence
the Know Nothing religious persecution oil Roman
| Catholics, gotten up by this new party organza'
| ton. 1t would seem that the object OF the Know
| Nothings was to make against minores, and
expouse every political, moral and religious creed
which has majority of the people Of the United
| States. This is pretty smart In the old wing
party which has been broken down and trampIed
| on for the last eight or ten years. We once knew
most dexterous litigant in Court to whisper IN
The OF HE counsel, who was examining wit
ness dead against him as to certain facts " Christ
Jasus, change your ground" So with the old
coon skim cider barrel and log cabin party they
have discovered That the people Of the United
States are dead against them the tariff, internal
all the old federal Wing doctrines. Hence the
order has gone forth, "preso, veto," "change your
ground" abandon your log cabins, and coon
| skins, and cider barrels, and huzzas for the A
mercan Union, the Protestant religion, and native
| born Americans In order to preserve the Union.
defend our religion and govern our own country,
! n our own way, must form secret societies,
and have hidden associations, they did in
France, when the Jacobin Clubs governed that
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testant religion against handful of Roman Cath
| olics scattered over the country, we must make
well known infdels ard scoffers at all religion,
| our standard bearers and the leaders OF our Pro-
testan: hosts In order to protect the native born
| Americans, numbering some twenty-five millions,
| from being governed by few Irish and German
foreigners, we must raise funds and purchase up
| the Irish and foreign vote at our elections! This
has been done in Southern cities In order to
/ preserve the Union. Northern abolltionsts and
Southern secessionsts made to sit down at the
same table, in Philadelphia, and drink to the per-
petuiy Of this glorious Union Well done for
that toast it was good one, and we hope
| Southern dsunionIst smacked their lpse and for
! got the company they were in whilst drinking SO
good sentiment.
| We have said that the Know Nothing party
the most odious and despicabe that ever attempted
to raise its head in the United States We do
the party are odious and despicabIe. Far be it
from US TO say any such thing. We know hon
orabIe and worthy men of that party. But We
do say, ard repeat, that the principles of the
Know Nothing party the most odious and des.
plcable that we have ever known in the United
States. 1t is revolving to sense of Justice to
see ma ority Of twenty to one making poIitica
war against the minority 1t is odious to the
feelings Of our heart, and in violation Of all prnci-
DF oh
guarantees of the Constitution, to see a class of
protesting christians uniting to prosecute. and
trample on, and exclude, from all political rights,
another class of christians who are in minority
1t s at with the spirit of our republican nsti.
tutions, and controversies the history Of the settle
men Of these United States, which asylum
for :he oppressed and prosecuted of all counties,
to disfrapchIse the wise and virtuous of foreign
lands whn have come here to seek home and
enjoy freedom and political equality. We detest
| everything secret in a republic which has any
| reference to Government and political rights. 1t
is demoraliZing to deny the truth in politics. Il is
dishonorable to stand by and hear ones party and
principles abused and not defend them. This the
Know Nothings have to do, as they are secret in
| everything.
The hypocrisy Of the Know No,hings consists
IN PROCESSING to feel an apprehension Of danger,
10 the Protestant religion, in these United States
! ltouh tne hOtndn OdlnOlICS. INC man or sense can
| entertain any such apprehenso Men Of sense
may hate the Catholics, and bad men, protesting
to be Christians, may feel willing to persecute
| them. There is, too, the same hypocrisy in pre-.
tending 10 fear the influence of foreigners in Amer.
lea. No man Of sense can honestly believe that
| there is any danger to be apprehended from any
such source. This country has been settled en-
tirely by foreigners. We are all the descendants
of foreign ancestors, who came to America as he
lovers OF freedom and free republican Govern.
ment. Many, very many, of the most disngu-
Ished patriots and heroes Of the American Revo-
| luton were foreigners. Some Of the brightest
ntelects and pures hearts of the last half century,
IN the United States, were from Europe. No one
yet has seen the occurrence of danger or evil
I from this foreign emigration. They come here
and ema gamate with us, and are as strongly at
tached TO our institutions as we are ourselves In
| all that crusade against African slavery, which
has been going on at the North for years past, our
| foreign citizens have had nothing to do. On the
contrary they take sides with u.s. and have assist.
ed IN putting down the abolition mobs and riots in
Northern States. Not one Roman Catholic
priests name was to be found on that list of thous.
ands OF clergymen who petitioned Congress for
the repeal OF the Nebraska bill And vet slave.
holders and Southern men are uniting with these
abolition, Protestant, native American preachers
OF the gospel, TO put down the foreign Catholic
influence which sides with the South and opposes
the North, in their infamous Interference with on-