Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1855-08-18

ton, to vindicate the principle Of self
government, and to uphold the Consti-
tuition and laws, you modestly come in
to reap the fruits of their labors by am
nouncing their measures as a final set
Element Of the matter, and yet proclaim
ing their humiliation, because their eff
forts have brought oar institutions into
peril. How generous, how consistent!
Yes and this from our Southern breth-
ren-friends, allies, to whom we had a
right to look in the hour of need and
danger to do battle against common
foe--that foe being your Northern fanat-
ical friends who refused your nrofered
embraces. So much for your resolutions
ON slavery. except to add that in the
very breath in which you deprecatc the
agitation of the question Of slavery by
others, you are yourselves driven BY ne
cessity to introduce it into your own
creed.
Let us for moment look at the
boosted Nationality of the Know Moth
ings. They have proclaimed themselves
a National party, and have assumed the
exclusive title Of Americaa.' How is
it? Wrapping themselves in the mantle
Of mystery, wearing on their faces the
visor of deceit, and carrying in their
consciences the secret oaths of their
Order, with the declarations on their lips
Of prescription Of an innocent association
of Christian men, and of humiliation of
poor, defenceless immigrants, for their
objects, they succeed, at period of ex-
traordinary subsistence Of party strife, in
imposing on the credulity of honest men,
not belonging to their Order, and carry,
here and there, mixed and fusion tickets
at the polls; and behold, their adroit
leaders Immediately magnifying them
selves into consequence, and swelling up
with the supposed success Of their
frauds, proclaim themselves NA~soNAL
REroRMERs, and forthwith call GRAND
CouNcIL at Philadelphia.
The trumpet sounded from the CEN
tire to the circumference, and before the
distant valleys Of the land have scarcely
given back the dying echoes ofthe sound
the REFORMERS have assembled and
DISSOLVED. How? Why? What
subjects were discussed. The regulation
of immigration and naturalization, and
the rights of Immigrants. Important +;
we admit it. Exclusive association of
Catholics for political purposes--wrong,
if true; we grant is. The education Of
the youth Of the country, with the Holy
Bible for textbook we yield assent to
the proposition. They deliberated on
these mattersNorth and South, East
and West -and agreed to unite upon
outlines, mere theoretical outlines. I'M
,oTttafit matters We ;sciiiii; admit them to be
but under the circumstances subordinate
ones. They approach another subject,
involving not only guaranteed rights of
property, not only the prosperity and
domestic peace Of millions, not only life
itself, but involving Immediately and Vi
tally the very existence of the ARK Of
our LIBERTY-of this mighty and glo-
rious CONFEDERACY &! Where arc
We, self-styled American Reformcrsl
Where are ye? Resolved into your
original elements; diddled and dished !!
The South returning to their fresides
with hanging heads and forlorn hopes,
and bruised hearts, and forgone senti-
ments on their lips. The freesoilers Of
the middle States carrying back their
half-unfolded banner with inscriptions of
protests and denunciations. The North,
East and West, the secessionists, fast
sinking back to their dens with triumph
ant howlings of menace to cast under
foot the Authorities and Laws, and in the
end to blight and destroy. the fairest
frame of Government that man under
the Divine Win, ever moulded. Such
Is Is II TIE condition 81 ;;ss; Nethin9isn at
the present time. How could it be 9TH
erwisc, led on as IL has been and is, by
demagogues, and Abolitionists, Free
sellers and Disunionists.
Now, we arc informed, there are
three Know Nothing Platforms in the
field. The South has one, under pro-
test from Pennsylvania and New Jersey
the North and East have another, the
offspring Of naked abolitionism. Ohio
and the West have the third. Suppose
they could succeed, by trick and chican-
cry and unnatural unity, in securing the
powers Of the Government; suppose them
to have carried repeal Or modification Of
the Naturalization laws, and to have
driven unofending Roman Catholics
from all participation in the ADMINISTERS
ton Of affairs. How then Where
would the South bc2 We answer,
DrrED and CosFouxDED. y0u unite
with the NORTH, East and West to carry
.siicsc measures, which, compared with
yominteresis, are Of infnitismal conse-
quenco. Would they mite aeitA you 10
defendgour consecrate9 homes, goprrights,
yom 1rope4yi Why, yon already have
the answer in their Platforms. Would
they be strong enough to succecd in spite
Vf you jf course they would be. ntl-
merically and politically; and scorning
your protcslations, they would make you
bite the bitter dust. In Gods name,
let the South pause, You arc forwarned
-aye--by your discomfort confedefatcs
themselves; then be you also forearmcd,
and refuse at once to countenance a
specious but most nnhaIlowed association.
&" We have another serious ifnot par
amount objection I'd the Platform We are
more Immediately (weknow impcrfectly,
for we write in great haste) considering,
If it could even be plausibly shown that
the Roman Catholics in this fre@ounlry