Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-04-21
THUNDER FROM THE MOUNTAINS.


We published recently from the Ashevile
News) a Card from Mr.. Russell Tate, Of Haywood
County, in which ne announced isswithdrawal
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. NJ Henry:
8E - AsHRyILLE,s April 9th, 1855
MEssRs. EDIToRs:--I Russell Tate after he
sgnel the certificate published in the last News,
to the effect that he had been raudulentiy initiated
into the Order, commonly called I" Know Nsthings,
and he told that he wished to Withdraw the GER
tifica e, 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
DIR. Samuel l.. Love and he told that he had writ
ten to have that certificate withdrawn. / do not
know whom he wrote, but think that he wrote
to Mr.. Clng1nan, as heard him say that Mr.. Cling
man had persuaded him to get Mr.. Tate to sign the
certificate. | 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 Asherie News replies as fol-
lows:
THAT slight clap of thunder from Haywood, last
week, unstrung the of the K. N. leaders,
most shockngly if we may judge from the desper
ate efforts made to ward off the effects of the blow.
They will cd more certificates than they will be
able to muster, to impeach the candor the
L
time Mr.. Tate and DIR. Love will speak for them
selves; d 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 put in type, Col. r. G. A.
Love, of Haywood, who openly avows himself a Know
Nothing has informed US, in presence of several
gentlemen that Mr. Tate told him that he would not
recall his remuneration Of Know Nothingsm for five
hundred dolars-that it was prompted by sense
of duty, and that no letter ever written coun-
termanding its publication"
d" In the meantime" continues the News, g we
co amend the thunder from Henderson to the at
tenton Of the brethren. Let the organ try its
hand upon Messrs Cantre and Thompson, and
see what it can make out of them. They
known to be highly and respectable influential
citizens The organ will fluid it prudent, doubt
to deal very tenderly with them.
TO THE PUBLIC
HESDERsoNv1LLE, April 6, 1855.
We, whose names undcrsi gned, have never
been in the habit of bringing ourselves before the
public eve shodld we do now, not
what We believe to be duty, to ourselves and our
fellow citizens.
We have been induced, by what at the time, SEEM
Ell to plausible reasons, to become members OF
an organization hHOWn III inc
I" Know Nothings." 1t was represented TO us, by
i'll whom we had confidence, that this gailiza-
ton gotten up tor the purpose of promoting
certain great principles, which recommended them
selves Americans and protrStantS
Our short experience and observation of this new
order, have been sufficient to convince that We
have brcn led into error; that the association has
been gotten up and is pushed forward TO promote
the selfish and ambitious views of certain class OF
reckless and Inscriptions politicians; and that is
in its origin. objects and working essentially co,1apt
On this subject we regret that we cannot enter
into details, that might more fully explain our
reasons for this conclu>ion Without discussing the
question how far an obligation, induced by cireun,-
stances Of DEUS on and nsrepr, senIaton of facts
is Winding, it enough that 10 Hot think proper
wiifulty TO do any thing that would seem conflict
with such obligation.
We content ourselves at this time, therefore, with
proclaning that We hencciOrlh renounce all allegi
ance to this VI der and shake from the ttt-
tcrs it has attempted to impose us :; and with
earnestly warning citizens, they value
their rights citizens and the inacnabe brthrgkt
of every free American to rOte his conscience di
reefs against all connection with this insidious
ganiZation.
E. CANTRELL,