Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-18

be called, Il that under his administration the ex-
ecutiye department shall not be diverted from It's
legitimate business to serve the propagandista OF
slavery more striking illustration OF the hoe-
rality Of the North, considering the aggressons
which they have suffered, could not be produced
than the fact TINT they content with an implied
assurance Of this kind"
The Washington sentinel.
The Sentinel Of yesterday contains the fol-
lowing article which is fair specimen Of its
"reasoning:" ,t
"BAp REASONING We find, In one Of our ex-
changes, the following extract from the Know
Nothing organ of this city:
GIVE make it point to pry no further into
other peoples business than IL necessary to carry
out our legitimate purposes but the following ex-
tract from the National Era authorizes US to state
what Is common rumor, viz that the circulation
Of that paper has fallen off many thousa,ads since
| the American party was formed, which proves most
conclusively that many who have hitherto favored
freesoil or antislavery doctrines, have abandoned
them, In favor of the doctrines Of our party, and
now stand on the platform of the Constitution and
the Union.'"-- Washington Organ.
| "Now, here Is a voluntary and plain confession
| Of what we have often asserted, and of what the
| Organ has as often denied-that the Abolition
party Il merged in and incorporatedw with the Know
Nothing party. In other words that the freesoll-
ers antislavery men, abolitionists OF the North
have united themselves with the new secret order.
| According to the Sentineps views, ifa man
leaves party and its principles, and adopts
another, it merely changes positions, and not
opinions. The Sentinel adopts the idea that
a man cannot change his opinions, but that he
must necessarily retain his former opinions,
even though change is marked moro ernphati-
cally upon political, than upon any other
matters.
Now, we believe that wise and honest men
do often change opinions as well as parties.
Dishonest men may change parties without a
change of opinion In the case before us, hon
est opponents of slavery have found that such
opposition is useless as we'll as productive Of
sectional discussions, and they have also found
that necessity exists for thorough reforma-
ton of our laws Of naturalization, and for the
| adoption of measures to prevent the importa-
ton Of foreign paupers and criminals, and
therefore they have abandoned their former
opinions andparty, and determined hereafter to
advocate the cause of Americanism. Were the
Sentinel as much alarmed, as it processes to
be. for the institutions of the South, it would
rejoice in the fact, that anti-slavery men are
rapidly abandoning their crusade upon the
South, and uniting with the only national, con-
servative, Union-loving, and Union-preserving
party in the country.
The Grecnville (south Carolua) Mountaineer, of
April l2th Democratic journal, contains the fol-
A Al - NJ. ~
"In Richmond, Virginia, Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and Augusta, Georgia, the mysterious Know.
/ Nothings have succeeded In electing city council
| men also In New Orleans. IL the power Of the
| press was ~ great Il used TO be supposed, the
Know Nothings would have been killed long ago In
| all those places
$50 far a. the Know Nothings oppose the old
Democratic party, we cannot approve them peith-
| er would We for ourselves take pledge never to
support any foreigners, or even Roman Catholic,
tor any Office In the gift ofthe country. But there
| is much good being done by the Know Nothings
Heretofore our city newspapers and politicians, all
over this country, have been famous for fattering
| and caressing Roman Catholics, aud slso foreigners
for the sake Of reward and they got In the shape
| Of votes and patronage. We believe In the doc
! trine Of punishment for civil misdemeanors, and
the tables are now turned. They are receiving
punishment at the banda Of the Know-Nothings
/
ton which has long cursed the world with tyran-
| ny and persecution, and degraded Roman Catholic
| Ireland more than all the tyranny of England
Another good effect Is In starting public inquiry
| to the connection of church organization with the
safety and permsnence Of our free institutions.
ITO call the free exposure Of ecclesiastical ty-
ranny Of Rome and the voluntary refusal of q so
ciety to vote for Roman Catholics, persecution, Ia
ridiculous nonsense. II Is not proposed to deprive
Catholic Of his liberty Of worship, or any other
liberty of a citizen. Would the Apostles and
Evangests have called IL persecution IL societies
| Of Jews or Gentiles had resolved not 10 aid in
making them rulers Of their temporal affairs
Would Protestants call Il persecution II Romanists
had In different countries of Europe, declined vo
ting for them merely, instesd Of using the sword
| and the rack and preventing their freedom Of
worship, as Roman Catholic governments have
done and now do in every landi Every man in
this country has right 10 say he will not vote for
any class or set Of men he chooses, and IL Is no
persecution But IL becomes oppression and per
secntion IL any State makes law prohibiting
Catholics or others from equal rights 10 public
worship, or 70 offices and distinction To withhold
support from, or TO publicly discuss and expose a
particular form Of religion Is not persecution it Is
every mans right in this country. If this were
not So our pious and enlightened ministers Of va
rious denominations have been the worst persecu-
tors Of Roman Catholics. They freely expose Po-
perry any time they choose In the pulpit and out
Of It.
at Is said Know-Nothingim is identified with
abolition. This Is a mistake There are thousands
Of Abolition Know-Nothings In the North, but so
there are Of every sect and party. In the South
there are no Aboitonists among them, and in the
Abolition city Of Cincinnati, the Know-Nothings
have recently been defeated in the city election.
IL this can be done by the true Democratic party,
standing on the Pierce platform, we would rejoice
TO see them defeated In every Northern State. But
how was It in the New York Senatorial election
The Know-Nothings were defeated by Seward, the
head and front of Free-soilers.
"In attacking the American party the press
making the attack Is constantly indulging in com
pliments 10 Romanists as just rs good republicans,
and all that as any other class. As long as the
conductors Of newspapers and politicians continue
to favor this delusion and mischievous mistake we
wish the Know-Nothings may continue to tesch
them better by precept example, and votes Spi-
ritual despotism and absolutism can never be favor
able 10 civil or religious liberty. Its nature and
history alike prove this assertion"
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