The true Democrat., 1855-09-18
The Nationality of the Know
 Nothings.

 ings of the south, that theirs is national par ty Each day we are more fully convinced than before, that such $ not the case and necer ,0iN Je, as long as southerners remain true to the south and to the union.
 It is a well known and undisputed fact, that the know nothngs of the north are all aboli- tionists and their leading papers in that section of the Union are proud to acknowledge that way for this party to become uationai, is for southern members to wheel over and go hand in hand with their abolition brethren of the north. Is the south yet ready to take this step? If not, then the order in the north and south are opposed to each other and the party at once assumes mere sectional character-a northern party and a southern party.
 h their published platform, they declare that the preservation of the Union is one of their chief and leading objects. Knowing then that the know nothings of the north and of the south can never unite, stand upon the same platform and battle for the same principles, is it not
 
 ing affairs to a crisis between the north and the south; and from the position which this party has assumed, is it not equally pIan that it is hastening the dissolution of these States?- Although the know nothn2s teU Us, that they wish for the preservation of the Union, their acts plainly show that they are hastening the its dissolution. This is too plain to be denied.
 The following article, from the Boston Know Nothing and American Crusader, leading pa per of that order, will show the sentiment of know nothings in the north:
 "The American party at the north is strongly anti-slavery. Whether some people may fan cy this or not, will make no sort of difference Fact is fact. It can't be rubbed out It has taken possession of the best minds of the par ty, and there it will remain. But for all that the American party is not the anti-slavery par | tv Let this distinction be made It is, how ever, sufficiently anti->lavery for all practical purposcs- so far as is reasonable, just, good and prudent. To the extent that the anti -sa- very element of the north is a part of he l.oth- crn mind and heart, its life and conviction, to | that extent Is the American arty anti slavery It will be true to freedom ill a great and noble sense. It will demand that slavery shall not Je ertended to the new Territories and States; that government shall have nothing at all whatever to do with it. ln other words, that at SJluU re- aaain sChere I's. This the American party be- leves. It is their faith. It will not be given up It will he carried out. It cannot be put down if we would, and would not if we could. It will be true to the people; true to its intel- gence, its justice, its manhness, and its rights, true to God and our country Does the south take issue on this? It will not alter things one iota if it does. These are the facts-thc sen- timcnts--the convictions. They are tixed.-- They cannot be changed. It is point reach ed coolly, reasonably, fairly. So it will be abid- ed by. Nor docs this conflict with the so- call ed American platform. Not at all. 4 platform that ignored this sentiment would be no plat form at all for the north-only an insult and all injury. It would be spit upon and execrat, ed.
 The American party will be true to itself- It will carry out its own great, good and lead ing issues. It will also give play to this anti slavery element t must do so. It can't live the gigantic life it was born for if it does not. There is no evading this. The American par ty will not evade it. It has no disposition to. It will be anti slavery just so far and so long as the hearts and heads of the people are so. Whose believes otherwise will see in time, if he has eyes, that he is mistaken.
 The American party of the north has an an- ti-slavery element. This is fixed fact
 "These are the facts-the sentiments-the convictions. They are fixed" Thus, were even the south willing, there could be no coa- lition between the northern know nothings and themselves. Therefore, the know nothing par ty is not and cannot be national. The only na- tional party then, is the democratic party. In the ranks of this party there stands the strength of the Union loving portion of both sections of the Union. On the success of the demo- cratic party, depends the preservation of the ! TTninn