Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-13
Backing Out.

The experiment OF Know Nothingis IN
having signally failed'in creating power.
ful united and successful! party which could
command Office and lis spells. ,hese leaders ol
the movemeh, are beginning to relinqnisll
in most essential prop nstties--io aba on
the principles or which it could have Dev-
rr reached the point it has come to. Sc
crecv was first abolished f; then The reii
g,ous ties, was repudiated By portion OF
the body. now we have Wilson, ch'ei
leader of Massachusetts,, proclaiming with
extraordinary consistency, that Natircisa'
IL Killing the par.v-.hat II any reform Is
70 be accomplished, they must in accor-
dance with The Bible mandate, the strau-
ger that dweleth with you shall be unto
you as one born among you, and thou shalt
love him as thyseIf. Ia doctrine as utter
ly at variance with the spirit Of the 80 :
der" as light with darkness lfthe par
" accept the d,ctum Of Senator Wilson
the very semblance of Know Nothinsi,m
vanisi.e.. II orce the spirit of christian
charity and brotherly love is to'' rated
what becomes Of the Order T. The SUD
tlest poison Infused into the human system
will not work death more surely than any
contact " ilh charity will destroy IL" foul
and joathsome ~ stem OF Know Nothins
Ism.
Here are the words Of MIR, Wilson, at
the State Council ot Massachusetts,
Il warn gentleman, who desire the coz
,re,ion of the evils growing out OF the abu
s.s Of the naturalization laws, against the
adoption Of extreme opinions. tell you,
IS ~. E'D.,,tI that fi1S n t,syl SO
Nativism kiiis-ye>, sir, it kill, and :
killing us and, unless il is speedily ahan-
donpd, will drttat all the needed reforms
OF the movement was inangufdted to Sc
cnrr. aud ovprwhelm us all in dishohor.--
Every attempt, by whomso"ver made, To
interpolate with the Amtti az movement
aaything incoa,ist int with the Il eofy sf
ot,r democratic ns,itulions--anvthing Il =
consistent with the idea tina. ii men a'e
.featcd equal anything contrary to ti'r
command ol Gods Holy Word, that Che
stranger that dwelleth with You shall be
uaio YOU MS one born among you, aud thou
shalt love BIN as thystlf--is doing thai
whIch will battle the wise policy whish
strives 10 reform existing evils TO qua d
agust future abuses"
III tllS IS not d IuIi dDAhuoHHitHt VI tbs
posl vital principle OF the party, wt know
hot what is
la an opposite quarter, also, we perceive
disposition to shr,k from another grand
pt,neiple. South Carolina, following the
,sunpe OF Louisiana. repudiates the rei'-
mrs test, and declares that the word
.Cathciic" shall BIZ stricken from all tie
iecoids and obligations oil the Order, sad
,nat all natives snail be eligible to election
" 40 r.nouuce foreign temporal aad ecie-
sia.lical jurisdiction and Influence. The
introduction Oh the word ecciesiasiical
leaves the Catholic jasi where he was. be.
ioie. tur he cennot be Catholic and re
s.ounce the ecclesiastical jutisdicuop Of the
Pope ri. is the only jurisdiction IN the
had OF his church he ever Acknowledged. :,
Viewing all these signs of the times,
i, is quite evident to US, that Know Moth
,agisln is fastening TO utter e1tiDclioD
Will! even greater rapidsiy than 1t sprung
inio DDw.r-C Citizen