The true Democrat., 1855-11-20


 MAJ. FLoURNoYs LErTEE-The letter of this gentleman, published in our last, was a hot shot Into the enemy's camp. Borland attempts defense of the Americans against it. To that part of the Majors letter which says, the American party" has "gotten up an unholv crusade against the freedom of conscience" Borland replies, that there is not any war'' in the Know Nothing platform, "upon the rcli- zion of any one, be he Catholic, Jew or what not"
 Maj. Flournoy is right, and the apostate Know Nothing Doctor is as usual, in the wrong. Bor- land need not throw up his platform to us.- That hypocritical platform which atlirms "Me protection of all citizens in Me legal and proper exercise of ueir cv1 and religious rights anu pri- Uileges" may do well to talk of, but the practice of the members ot the order is entirely diffe- rent, and this Maj. Flournoy knew. Does not the ritual exclude all Catholics? Does it not require every member to swear, {" under the De- nahy cf being denounced as wiJm traitor to hi, God and his country' not only not to vote for any Catholic for otfice but, when he has the power to remove all Catholics from office?- And is 1t not the practice of the members of the Know Nothing order to abuse and denounce the Catholic church and clergy? Is it not their pratttce, notwithstanding the Catholic clergy and members soemuly deny that they owe or acknowledge any civil allegiance to the Pope is it not the Know Nothings practice, we say, to insist that they do owe and acknowledge such civil allegiance, and proceed accordingly to denounce them? In evidence of this prac- tice, the columns of the Gazette itself furnish us every week the positive proof
 Talk to us not of your platform, Doctor!- While your ritual is observed and your oaths are taken, they are testimony of the rotten ness and hypocrisy of your patform
 These things Maj Flournoy knew and allud- ed to, and hence the crushing force of his let ter. We are not at all surprised that Dr. Bor- land is now ashamed of his persecution of the Catholics, and is willing, at the sacrifice of truth, to relieve himself and his party of the odium of It. It has been appreciated by the country, and the result has been the total over- throw oi Know Nottingham every where.- Persecution, in whatever shape is something hateful to true Americans, and hence their scornful rejection of the Know Nothing party. --s~>->>
 Bradley COunty-A Democratic Victory.
 A friend writing us from Bradley county says, "we had an election in this county on the 5th November, for county treasurer, in which the Know Nothing candidate was beaten by the True Democratic party.
 There are just now some of the sickest Know Nothngs down this way you ever saw. They look like they were sent for and could not come. There are one ortwo in this place, I think, who could not survive another defeat"
 Bradley county has been heretofore a wbio county. She Is now strongly democratic against the Know Nothings We hardly tb;nl the Know Nothings will carry Jfve counties in the State at the next election. Their party is not so strong as the old whig party. Hun dreds of patriotic whigs have determined at this crisis to sustain the democratic party. while but very few democrats have joined the midnight order
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