Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-02


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We choei'uny e"" pew =" s"' -'e""e
structures WIFI 'he s'i'sie fe"'a'A '"A' VIC "e'''
intended to pun the new party except wheh
they favored the principles OF Freedom. Ed.
For the Green Mountain Freeman
THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY.
Mr.. EprroR Il see Won have now and then
a sort of puff for the Know Nothings, and pre-
su,ainp your paper to be free for discussion on
both sides Of all questions mooted in lis columns
I with a occunv n short space IN your valuable
naner for the nurposo Of stating some few Of the
maay difficulties labor under in srnierence 10
tho now Marty ,sh;sb liza .Jonah I ooord. bas.
crown nm a,nons ~ IS ! s;pole n;abt. 3as IL
were wbetbev Il i a wider ~ soon remain.
10 he ssn Wav;,.t e., stha nrosent { H. fact
.h., ;.;s .e..., ,,ol;,;o,, ,r,, vb;eb 4 ,r;,.o
c,c;o ov;5arcos ,.rcnv lot no ,ooL ,t h Il ,be
lisbt Of = nol;t;cal marty s;mnlx Bv n poht;col
no,,,, nndsreto,5 !, hedr of mon h,ndad n.
rsthor cor tho rurroro Of cor,v;n, ont ea,,,,;n
nol;,;col measures-measures which. then deem
70 ho of tho frat ;mnoortanoe eor oav,o;n,v MGR,
honest men--wouId never thus band themselves
together for the purpose Of carving forward
meas uresl they deemed of nssess:seqn eneeIs
fis afszb. s6sSF that Know Nothings are bound
to carry out their principles. The very fask
that they have voluntarily become members, pre-
supposes them under obligations 10 do so. Be-
sides, believe it very ge1erally, IT not univer
sally, admitted that they are Under special obi-
cation to carry them out. TO ask them to make
the interests and principles of their. party sub
servicnt to the interests and principles of any
other party il to ask them to he traitors q
Now, sir, am frank to confess, for one, that
there seems to be a difficulty here in voting for
hon. extensive this feeling is. know, however.
, that in this section it is somerhat extensive. !
would wish to be candid on this subject, but,
really, there is difficulty here not easily got
over.
Now, to illustrate: am Free Soiler =
yea, more than that; | am, or profess to be, an
Abolitionist. make the Slavery question the
one great article of nv political creed Here ;s
man set up for Office in the Free Soil partv.-
He il also n, Know Notb;nc sov to him
:. Sir. do Won make tho Slavery Question nara.
mount 70 eye ; otfbcr," .tJaw ear ,bo onsuou
in the affirmative when. ne isn't the same TINA
a member of another nartv not nnti slavery mot
even bv nrofession Anti. Slavery occordnr 10
Con Wilson's oun odr,;s.;on not ho;,. ,,,'1,,,,.
the objects for which the society was got nm
IIow then can n man be - cons;ster, n,omho-
of both these societies Mt tho same fine unless
it can be shown that the interests Of the two
never clash, Rim how WINS It in Now York IN
tho Election If Senator and how !, # now !,
Ohio in regard, to tbe election Of Cbosr, Sir
,.o ,,,r, ;,,on far ofoo - .boso so,;,o,s .;,oa
with o,a,n hande~mon ,.hn .ra .hoal,aa t
,m,Ano) nr .Sasa s;do ;s.aos .oIon,..od - .ha;,
,o.r n..rra If m. ;ndoad 81 ,ho;, do.rn, .,
4 -. III. -,
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i, H. r.,h.,; aas,;,,. - 81. o,ho. a,,o.-
fio, s;,,Ls into ,.a.,,ad. !. ia ar. not wo,tbv
10 be mentioned a fbe.e,me generation.
Sir. it is to be reorettod that. inst Mt this
critical moment, when there seemed to be one
GENERAL unrisno of tho masses At the North-
onc.uniyersal rush Of the truc friends Of Free
DOM one solid and mighty nbalanx aya;nst
vera to mske ono ce6erol s,voon and dr,ya +ba
Demon hack to the dark shores If ponds,no.
tn;.,f from whonoo y o,n r o.. :, :, -
he recrettcd that th,. s;do ;ssro ston,d e aro
been raised -tb;s Soc;otv ,ormod- drow;nom on
into secret concl,vo md oxo;t;na ,ho;, c,,r.
about the snrcad Of Catholicism in tb;s country
when focts and ticurcs show that Il has saant H.
crc,sod in nro,ort;ou 49,,
ulatioD since the formation Of our Covornmont
Know ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. (some Of them y,
least) don't pretend it. The author Of the
work entitlfd " The Satanic Plat ), afro, o;v;ur
the statistics Of u Catholic Priest showing that
the Catholics have not M MANY members bv
about o,s. half or roo,,v o ooo ooo 10 49,.
1!'s y'9-'' u "'9 -''v0'oVo as 'nes
shoaia have, reckoning the number OF emlgrants
s41id .h&r descendants, says: /" But our impress
sion 10 mat THIS jesuit mas not STAYED the worst
Vi Tue case YET MOI only Is there inns eemen-
ooos loss 10 home' Out 'hose VINO remain IN tne
-,
, anu nov 81 en'''o'y o'eo''eu' 10 '''o 'e o"s'o
| lies OF Europe, and the leaders lind it hard to
use great number OF them. Light Is working
INTO the damp cold cell OF this false SYSTEM and
under the influence oil our institutions there Is
! change' not indeed In the Church. but In some
o yea many OF it's members"
t Catholicism grow in this country! Catholi'