Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-06-23
Know scmething order and offieers


second Wednesday in June. 1856. a cor
respondent of the Tribune says: "Thc
ritual as adObied is simple and unobjee-
tionable. no Oaths being required. a simple
pledge Of honor being the test Of initiation.
The following are the main points OF the
platform to bc read first: A pledge Of
the honor Of the candidate required aper-
son to be twenty-one years Of age and a
citizen of the United States, and not Ro-
man Catholic. They prescribe NJ man,
you will perceive. on account of his birth
place"
or the officers elect for the ensuing year,
the same correspondent says:
The following officers were elected for
ensuing year Hiram Griswold of Cleve-
land, National President; Ex-Governor
Boutwell, of Groton, Mass, Vice President
William Richardson of Albany. New
York National Secretary Joshua Robin
son of Pittsburgh, Pa. National Treasurer; !;
Mr.. Gliswold was born in Ohio and is
about 80 years of age. He was the can
dilate of the Wing party of Governor in
1915, but was defeated he also received
their votes of the United States Senator
in 1913. Ex-Governor Boutwell, is well
known as prominent Democrat, aged
about, 81 years. He has been Hunker
candidate for the Gubernatorial chair Of
his native State. and was elected l believe
on two occasions-to wit, in 1851 and
1852. Mr.. Richardson is an Englishman
by birth. He comes to this country when
twelve years of age. He has always been
a Wing in State and Free Soil in national
politics. Mr.. Robinson is also an Eng
lishman by birth, and is forty years of age,
lie came to this country when he was II
years ofage. He has always been Wing
the Anti-Slavery school. He was Secre-
tary of the first Slavery Society ev-
er started in his section of the State ofPenn-
sylvania. The officers are all men of un-
doubtedly integrity and possess the conf
dencc of their respective States.
The following is the National Platform
of the Know Something's, adopted at
Cleveland, June II, 1855.
AS servility to the Slave Power charac-
terizes the national organization of the cx-
isting political parties, and as this servii
ty is perilous both to the MANHOOD of the
North and LIBERTY Of the Republic.
We Declare -
FTrSt-That the issue before the Amer
lean People, is mhether Freedom shall be
limited to tic Free States or whether Slave
ry shall be limited to the Slave States.
Second-That this issue has been forced
upon the country by the Slave power thro
repeated aggressions, and by acts which
have violated national faith, solemn COM
pacts, and sacred covenants.
Ihird-That these aggressions, especial
ly the Nebraska outrage, with the brutal
assault..upon the elective franchise in Kan
sas, have aroused freemen of the Republic
to just sense Of their duty and their dam
ger; and tho they will invade no right of
any State, they viii maintain every right
of Freedom and resist the admission cf
another Stare State or the addition OF
another foot Of ,Slave Soil.
Fomth-That we shall meet this issue,
thus forced upon us, in the spirit our faith
ers met the issue of their day; and belicv-
ing, as they believed that, rightfully, man
can hold no property in man, we will main
tain the NATIONALITY of Freedom.
FyM-That freedom being one in aim
and end, the world over, the friends OF
Freedom in this Republic should make
Principles and Character, not Birth-p place,
the test of admission to citizenship; and
it's constitutional rights.
And ace further declare -
tSirth-That the right to worship God ac-
cording to the dictates of Individual con-
science being inviolable, we will labor to
strengthen this great immunity through
wise State laws but we will repel every
politico ecclesiastical interference, in po-
litical affairs, by potentate, pontiff or
priest, or their abettors, as destructive alike
of this Right and our common Liberty.
SevenM-That intemperance being an
evil, we recommend to the several States
such action for the promotion of Temper
ance as will extend and established that
virtue.
EightA-That Free Schools, Free La
Dor, the Improvement of Rivers and Har-
bors, an honest Republican o69cicl Repre-
Isentation Abroad, all measures that tend
to elevate man, etablish the material pros
Ipcrity of the country, and give stability
to the Uniou, shall receive onr hearty sup
port.
Ninth-That to insure practical success,
we will strive to fill all officers with men
of undoubted integrity and sobriety, Of
ability, and of nerve to resist aggression
upon Right, come when, where, OF in what
shape, it may.
Zeath--That for these objects, vital
alike to Humanity and the Republic, we
are ready to unite with all men, under
whatever name or organization, who will
aid us in carrying into successful operation
these great principles.
A Jew must have had nice time of il
in Hamburger. 1t is against the law tc
give him work, and yet if he becomes 9
burden to the city'h is cast into prison.