Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-06-01

We spoke last week Of the know nothmgs hav-
ing changed their platform. Onr neighbor OF the
T.leonapa saws he has not been able to perceive
wherein they have done So When charged
this concealed party with having abandoned, ap
parently at les g., portion of their original
we alluded to the difference between the piincepS
of the party as announced IN the coiuinI -
cnr;not;aT Amer;oan the Lebanon Herald ana
other know nothing organs some monui. -.
the nlatlorm that appeared in the Ehow-hotnns
,-;nto of Nashville after the State ConVehtion OF
he Clan which assembled in that city on the Ith
OF the present month; ,o,,.;,,x ~.
connecting man OF foreign pirtn 10 remain In thus
oo,,ptrv fwenty-one years before he can be-
oo.,e citizen 1t says nothing about excluding
Cstbolcs from cfire, nor about warning to the
Ln;fa handle ON Romanism. Now we appeal to
any man who has read the newspapers for the last
few months, and to every one who remembers
the position taken by Col. Gentry in his public
speeches, to say if there was not good and suff-
Gent ground for the charge we made.
Wenever believed, however, thatany real change
OF purpose had taken place among the know-noth-
ings, but only pretended one to deceive the peo-
pie The doctrines first set forth in the papers.
and advanced by Col Gentry, were afterwarts
discovered to be too monstrous to be embraced by
q republican people, and it was therefore necessary
to alter them.
In the revolving forms, the secret ceremonies and
horrible oaths adopted by these midnight conspira
tors, and published in the Blue Book We look with
confidence for principles, we cannot hope to ind
them in newspapers generally. The papers may
tell what is true, and again they may tell what IS
not true.
We will here remind the Telegraph that he is not
authorized to speak for the knownothings, and the
creed which has been put forth recently by some
of the papers of Nashville and elsewhere may be a
fabrication of falsehoods not sanctioned by the
know-nothings, and concealng Intentionally what
they do firmly believe, and what they have resolv-
ed 10 accomplish.
We will here present our proof, and the testi-
mony shall be authentic and indisputable
The Grand Council Of this State on the 10th
day of April 1856, addressed Circular to the
three hundred and forty-6ve Councils in the State
of Tennessee, which address bears the proper sig
natures of W. H. Horn, 6. P. Grand Pope Pat
riarch. Pontff or something else,) and of John s.
Dashieu, Corresponding Secretary, This docu-
ment contains the following language which we
give verbatum:
I'VE are in daily anticipation of the receipt Of
our new work, and shall take pains to forward you
the necessary documents as soon as possible. In
the meantime permit no outside influences or news
paper publications to interfere with the working OF
your Council. Be vigilant, discreet and untiring,
and the result cannot be problematicsl. You will,
therefore, understand that you, as an order, are
not responsible for the principles advocated, or the
premises assumed by any newspaper editor in this
city or elsewhere The Grand Council has, as yet,
recognized no official newspaper organ in the
State"
"Our new work" will doubtless come from the
North where this clandestine order originated and
win be from the pen of some sbolitionist The
documents" will come from the same source,
probably edited by E. .. c. Judson, but sent out
with srIne other name, or no name at all, and as
the circular also calls for money which we suppose
will be promptly forwarded, we may expect to see
them, in a short time as thick as locusts or army
worms, ard far moro ruinous to the country.
In the name Of Republicanism, Patriotism and
Morality, we warn the people against the dark
schemes of this unholy combination, the aim Of
which is to obtain, oy secret means, the manage
ment of the government, when the rights of the
humble citizen. natural and acquired, civil and
ligious, will be degraded.