Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-25

Know NoTHINGIsM IN New JERsEY.-Ine 1olloW- |
ing extracts from the two leading X. N. organs In
New Jersey sneak for themselves The Gazette is
the State organ of the order-the Newark Mercury
is the paper through which John Miner Bolts, VIr
ginian thought proper to give to the world his Know
Nothing manifesto:
From the New Jersey State Gazette
The great American movement OF the oaY' as IL
steadily advanced in power from sympathy lnsepa-
rabe from all that is patriotic and vIrtuous encoun
tered in it's career the black stain of domestic slavery
with the dogma that slavery is national and freedom
sectional But it will be found no stumbling block
in its way. The american party, like the Whags OF
DID, eCH maintain the principle Of t'6efty al HaSt'
TAey cannot shut their eyes to the existence Of the
rnonsrous enormity of throwing open to saUe1y new
territories long since consecrated to freedom 0y com,
pact so solemn that is Reputation must Stagger oil
faith IN all future compromises They cannot refuse
to protest. to act and to cote against the further an
crease Of Slave States. The american party OF New
JERSEY are clear and decided on this point. While
they plant themselves upon the Constitution, conce
ding to slavery the ground itInow occupies, and re-
fusing 10 interfere with it local Institution, they
lift up their hands an protesatlons OF ats beng car
1ied ano nep territories TO be hereafter od"ed INTO
the cOnfederdcy as SLAVE States.
The complexion of the next Congress points to this
conclusion beyond doubt. The friends Of Amera-
canism and freedom haze an hund1ed and sixteen
members an the House already, marked by dlstanc-
the characteriSic-an adherence Of the Nebraska M
fanny. There is not man Of them to achom thas pc
culiar uirtue acas not indispensable TOR has election
No matter how loosely their other principles sat up
on Them upon this question the people were unanl-
nous 1t everV,chere the test and almost every
tUhere the triumph. That u'ctory behalf of free
dom rs q UictorY of the american party; and when
that party shall elect to abandon the fruits of the
quest-and bow down like the Democracy, 10 the
black idol of an extension of the dominion of slavery,
the party will die and disappear, with an odium on
the name for which all atonement will be futile.
From the Newark Mercury.l
This is the language of our New Jersey press in
reference to the connection of the American move
men with the slavery question, and it faithfully rep
resents the public sentiment of the State. Were the
American party to attempt the task of quoting or
destroying the Anti Nebraska sentiment of the North
it would be broken into fragments by the power of
public opinion which nothing could Withstand. Fol-
ourselves, convinced that its action in New
Jersey tended IN pro-saUery direction, or to1Udrd
dny further compromise aUah this eUiL, we should no
hesitate for moment in abandoning all connection
with the organization. Bas~ But we know that this
is not the We know that there no true
opponents of the slave olgarchy than those who
march forward to certain victory under the banne
of the American party in New Jersey We know
that other public men than those known for thei
devotion 10 human freedom could be elected as on
representatives to Congress, and we feel confden
that when the Senators to be chosen this consid
Grafton will also be regarded as of primary import
ance. There is no sckly conservatism in New Jer
sey now.-Ass The people understand that slavery
is aggressive and they are prepared to meet It,