New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-15
emilio .h.n zee and remember that such i. the

public shall zee and REMEMBER tait -ucu - '-e
fact
", gen,l.uep. e no lOlgerbe Ia doabt ifyou
were. ssio the vindictve and pro,crP.ivec
,,,,- hi. Know Nothing movement. You have
,h..rved IN. attempts happily ioled) - exc uie
Catholic c'errvren from tie privilege "f of-rios
PRAYER. in tie pre.ett Assembly. You haze
rs-l ed the Bill. introduce TO eomp'i e'ch reug
ion. soe'4t, IL cor STATE 20 hold aod manage ~
ece...is.i cal property. according 10 Pro-e-'An'
nd in to,tllii, o Roman Catholic prime PIES.
You have seen the proposition no" before our
I,e.s,ufe 70 disfraDchise al our present adopted
ci,fzer. Who have no. been twenty one years n
the eouffry. and keep them dlsfrancnised until
such twenty ne years probation shall have been
con pleied-iu defiance 81 Shatever Natv'sm hi'
hitherto beid to oe the rsiienioe rights Of those
already sdn tired 70 citizenship. You have seen
the proposition Of senator Adam. 10 Congress Tor
a twenty zone yesr- probation as prerequisite to
crize1slip. You have seen the Homestead bill
the mot important snd benefcent measure oftne
present Se..ion-.triken down in the House by
the f,ll -prit Of Nat.Vlsm. And you can no
lor GER doubt If YOU ever DID doubt that, though
great nan, conflicting Influences have contrib
uted Ia swell inofdinately the apparent sireng'h
Of the secret politica Order, there Is stll an
alarming basis Of honest bigotry aud Old World
intolerance for the selfish int0g1es add venat
msclinaiions Of the demagogues "ho control the
Know N,thing Orcabiz,ton. And you kuow'
100 that every triumph Of the Older =. the po.,s
at o1ce ewells its ranks generally ana increases
IL pro.cripIve Tsbcor.
CtItlt men, do you man 10 accord II such a tn
srJh Al he approaching Special EteetioR' ibis
r. b Plain que,tlou, TO be answered not BY words
but ~ acts. You MAJ shut your eyes aad pre-
tend pot to see, but The public vii sos be blinded
EsptciallJ viii that large body Of Adopted CHI
zeL- VINO for twenty i've years have given you
sftedy generous, 50 almost unan'lao4s sur )ort,
rec YOU hand IN this resu't, however aftnHy il
nav seem 10 be covered. If such toN az
Phelps Sparta. and South Dinsyille ei' M.
iori,ies for the KLow Nothing candidate, tae
y hole People shall know uhy they DO. And IT,
from any sucb patTy impulse AS b deslreto annoy
Gov. CisIk or attack ex-Goy. Seward, the " Dem
"ocratjc" vote Of that District is mainly cast in
aid of the Know. NothiDgs it will be some time
before the fsct il forgotten
Gentlemen, If the Democratic party of Western
New-Yofk is dissolved aud merged in the Know
Nothing secret society, that truth VIII nov sp.
pear-Ss il should. We know that the Silver
Gray wing of ;te Wig party ba. very generally
followed the lead of Ned Bun,lIne. aud has tn re-
BY recruited it's numbers without material dlm
age TO its reputation Wigs have some eI,use
for cottouii to " Sam "A poor excuse, Indeed.
but far better than nOne-iu the uniform and i'm
plscsble hostility which they hsve encountered
from II great body Of the Adopted Citizens for
the last twenty-five yeHs. But for your Demo
cratic brethren who have gone riyng after
strange gods, what pallia'iOn can be alleged ?
Are the niscaled Foreigners ignorant, big
ottd prejudiced as has been alleged against
them Every one Of these qualities, so f,r as
the charge has Any colorado pse.ext in trGth,
la. Injured TO the advantage Of your party, wtich
has often triumpaed by aus OF the " Forei IN
vote. when it must have been badly beaten
WtbOutit For shame sske, then If not for graft
tudts, strive 20 ehiiguten these poor Foreign
"efs, and d. not aid in prescribing them. 1t
ell events let them where you stand in the re-
suit of this Special Election-or, if you do not,
others ir,R