New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-30
OHIO POLITICS.
Conespcrtesee Of The N. Y. Tre.re.

TRIBUsE, making known The existence OF the Order
Of " Know Some;hings, Lad the eTec, on IN
"Csyeunes' Of masked bs--ery suiden!y opener
on en- aisauliing column. They were no, prepared
for ths flank fire and are in much trbulsOn how 10
silence it before II becomes strong enough 10 conquer
them In the previous con'e-ts Of the kno s-NJin
ipgs they have had tie al a1tsge ~ dln- o 6, -r
foe from an unseen ambush, but now they hlye "a
orpone1, to deal wih who adopts their owa tactics,
and who enters ih-ir camp and snl.ts their bravest
and purest soldiers 10 fight, ut uaiivstc bat lee
dom- batile9. The Csyennes may have -sen san
but they have tot seen the De unlag Oi t4- end oI
the rev Ofjer o.. League Of Free lon.
Tie Grs1c resident of the Know Nothing Order
for Ohio, Thomas SpOoner. OF CinclLns 4, made
visit 70 C-vc ana recently, for ihe purpose o. east-
ing oil or The troubled waters. H assured tn me Ne
bers who met CT nigr 70 hear his Fpeech, "a II the
Order would lie Ant Slavery Institution aud, ~
fac, tr0, one a. uresen.l He c1nTaiict5d hm-ef
several tmes however before De got through. IL
slipped out of bun tia The Polcy OF tle Orlsr vas
20 suf press AIti-Slavery agitation Al er Aiming
TIA. fact Ia had the har5I50od % affirm inst more
could be done for Freedom in that way tnin oy
openly confer ding for the supremacy OF Anii->ii'-ry
principles He concluded bis hirsnsue by slalderng
The character of the Know Something ORDER, M
tie dreaming that there were aso1t hundred OF rs
members present. few f00is swallowed hls soPhl--
teal trash but the more intelligent we're heartily dis
gus;ed with il and him.
SpooIer said, IN conversaticn III next Day 10 sew
e-a that the leaders feared Ony the Reserve
thar if The could be kept quiet, the Abolition as8-
ton could be kept under Ia other parts OF toe Saei
but that if the Reserve broke loose Tue Wloe ploer
in Ohio ia peril of blowing u fragments ou' ne
e1uressed gre 81 confidence that she was too strongly
oaih.b ind TO the Order, to stir besd or foot his
mission TO Northern Ohio was TO pau the WOOL over
the eyes Of the Free S0iers, 81 moment renee
ton Will show. Contrary TO general expectsion' ne
refused to oivuge the proceedings OF The National
Camel held last fall. AZ Cincinnati. WHAT sosu be
thought Of an Order whose members are not permit,
ted 10 know what their representatives nave dOhe
The conduct Of the Order toward the Repubei1
party OF Ohio is that Of the viper IN the fable which
supg the brea.t that warmed it into activity. Last
MAY there was not CARLOAD of Know Nothings IN
this State those who imported II assured the people
II at tie Order VS. bssed Oh Anti slavery principles
and prescribed oD- Catholics. Tens OF th)lsacds
sought admission al were initiated; but finding
nothing but sterile NativisIn. they inquired what se
the matter Whers we're the Auti-Neoraska plaEks
Why we're adopted Protestant citizens prJscr0edl
They were told keep quiet aud make No noise inst
would scare new corners, or those seeking a1mus0n;
that the reason the platform Wal 80 contemplate aud
An,i-Republican was, that the order was new
coDtIivance that the leading men IN II hsd aad
no opportunity 10 remodel ~ but mat
when he State Council met after the o tJber elec
ton its platform would be enlarged and .zed,
ard made similar 10 the Republican PLATFORM adopted
at the State Convention at Columbus 90 the l5in OF
July; or the NewiorA Saratoga Convention plat
form The people we're assured everywhere that
Naffrism would be stricken out Of the creei, aud
Anti. Slavery put 10, 10 f its place. Well, the Grand
State Council met at Cincinna att last Noyember Ii
numbered several hundred members, and was 10 SEES
sion the same length of time that Jonah wss IN the
whales bely-thTee day and nights. The mileage,
per diem, and tavern bills cost the Order SI3,OOO.
After all the big promises. big speeches, big gather
ing, and big cost, what was done U Gb,f1t-e tue
creed, as promised Let the truth he told-aothiqg
But, the other hand il was deliberately resolved
that Anti Nebraska, Anti Fugitive Slave Ltw, or
Anti Slavery should not be permitted IN disturb ne
nationality or impair lie harmony, y aud that naked
Nativism must continue to be is Alphi and Omega
A resolution, offered 10 ADM, liberal Germans -
members, was promptly rejected. proposition 20
except adoI ted Protestant citizens from the proscrp-
ton imposed on Catholics, weut likewise under the
table.
A National Council onvened in the same city few
days after the Ohio State Council adjourned. Ihe
result of is seton YET mere libers narrow, and
Pro Savery. The eyes of Au;-Slavery men, after
that, began 10 open. They found they we're S1tf 10
the Plilistines. A. active and general corre'pond-
ence was a. once opened among them throughout tho
State, and il resolved 10 abandon the Know
Nothing esmire and fall back on solid Republican
ground And for the purpose OF gaming the homes,
men who had been invelgled into the hno~ NOt4ln1
frsp. the Order OF Know sonotei'eS r."
es described IN Plo'iVus communication, Aue ~
iect Of the Order is 10 save the great hepubAcan
parfv from being undermined and destroyer.
Tie platfol III Of the Know Something's was no.
given correctly il the former article but believe the
following IS an outline of the creed IS agreed upon
By the State Council;
Opposition to all forms Of tyranny the mind or tcdy
Neither nature nor the Constitution OF country
Principles and character rot birth place are the true
standards OF qualification for citizenship ,,.,-,
No more States should be Omitted into toe union'
and there should be neither slavery nor seI'de
EXCEPT the punishment OF crime IN an, leTnoy oil me
C.nddsie for Office must be # undoub,si in'esy,
hnown TO be opposed 10 the Ssse's9- 81 FoPey ana
no .dbereut of any foreign power ether political or 20
All Federal Offices 90 far as practicable SHOULD oe tiled y
direct vote II the people
The last plank s "a important as any OF the others
The patronage OF the Executive has become 30 over
| sbsdowipg snd enormous that the Federal Govern
ment has become little better toan centralized des-
po'ism.
1t is sad to behold the efforts of some of our Anti
Nebraska pspers to convDes their resdefs that there
| is no practical difference betSeen the platforms OF
the Know -Nothngs and that OF the Republicans
adopted at Columbus. II the n. ~ arr rig9t on
the Anti-Slavery Esus, why ana no, theT ae ooih-
ell svow Surely i, would not have been deroga-
tory 10 their dignes 70 have engraited the center
"idea' Of the Republican platform upon Their creed
even il they had refused TO strike ou prescription OF
adopted Protestant citizens. How can sincere he-
pubeans put their trust IN an Order mat Tetus . 70
adop, single article of their platform, aud whose
one idea NstivisIn, is narrow, miserable and I'M
American. But these Editors viii lind, ere long, that
it is impossible 10 serve two masters ana please Oo'h.
They will be compelled 10 supportne Republicans, or
| the Know .Nothipgs-Freedom or Nativsn
There is only one heretofore Ant. Nebraska paper
on the Reserve that evinces disposition 70 90 lndon
the Auti-S avery cause, and folioE after the
"Cayennes' and that il The Portage Dsm0-r9t
edited by d man called Halls vacina,ing, impul-
sive unce!sn eresture, who, for the last three
months has entirely devoted his sheet to loens aud
blsckg ufrdiDg The TRIBUNE, Era, and Clers!Gsd
Ledder. But his concern hes little or no influence
with Anti. Slavery the honest, intelligent voters
OF his Comfy are Disguised With he spostLey, albeit
thew never had much confidence in his political IN
tegfity | do 1T think dozen Abti.Nebraska pa