Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-06-03
From tie Cherokee Adoocdte


The following is from the oath published in most
of the papers of Georgia, friendly to the Know
Nothing order:
You do hereby solemnly declare your devotion
to the Union OF these States that in the discharge
Of your duties as American citizens you will uphold
maintain and defend it, that you will discourage
and discountenance any and every attempt coming
from any and every qua-ter, which you believe to
be designed OF calculated to destroy or subvert it.
or to weaken its bonds; and that you will use your
influence, as far as in your power, in endeavoring
to procure an amicable and equitable adjustment of
all POLITICAL dscontents or differences, which may
threaten its injury or overthrow. You do further
promise and swear Tor affirm that you will not
vote for any one to Fill any office of honor or profit
or trust of political character whom you know
or believe to be in favor Of dissolution of the
Union Of these States, or who is endeavoring to
produce that result"
They say that it is the obligation administered to
those taking the third degree. 1t is extoled by
them as proof that the Northern KnowNnothings
are sound and conservative the subject of slavery.
But, are they not in great strait for arguments
with which to defend their Northern allies whom
they are to meet by their delegates at Philadelphia
next month in National Council. Delegates have
probably already been appointed by the State Coun-
Gil that met few days ago in Macon, and will
soon be on their northern journey. So have dele
gates been appointed from OlneT OldteS, anu dlnOuR
them is Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts. What
he and other northern know-nothings think about
the Union may be learned from the extract below
from an address before an ant-Slavery meeting in
New y oIk city, delivered by this same Know
Nothing Senator. We can Judge from it what the
order mean by swearing to oppose all attempts to
destroy the Union. Let the Georgia Know
ines take the two extracts and compare them, and
then let them rejoice if they can, in the belief
Al
nothing abolitionists and abolition Know nothings,
will stand by the Constitution and the Union
But here is what this United States Senator from
Massachusetts, says
THAT we intend to stand By the Constitution and
the Union, because by so doing we can secure
emancipation, and 5y keeping together work out
the destiny which Providence intended we should
work out. Our Southern friends may threaten to
dissolve the Union, a voice mo danger, no dan
ger. no sir, there is no danger; none. Mr. Mason,
of Va at the close of the session, told the Senate
that if the next house Of Representatives should
place on the civil and diplomatic bill provision
repeating the fugitive slave act or restoring free
dom 10 Kansas and Nebraska, he should turn his
back upon the Senate and march out at the door.
4 voice let him. | venture to say the Union
would stand and the States would move in their
orbits round the great central sun of the Union
even if the great uminary of Virginia should be
NltNuIh"u DuG ilIeTe Is no Danger OF virginia
leaving the Union. She has got two or three
hundred pledges to the Union in the persons of
some of /" the first families of Virginia, " feeding
at the public crib in Washington city, and while
they remain Virginia will belong to the Union.
Laughter Gentlemen, the shareholders cannot
be driven out of the Union if this Mon was bro.
ken to-day into $4,000 fragments, and one of the
347 900 shareholders on each fragment. Laughter
SHAREHOLDERS know that the great doctrines Of anti
slavery would reach them. For this reason they
wish to remain in the Union, and by the Union to
govern and direct the policy of the country. Let
us take the government of the country as we have
the power TO do it, control and direct its policy,
and establish the policy of freedom, and the slave
holders of the South will quietly submit to be ruled
by majority of the country. At any rate let an
ti-ssvery of all parts see to IT. that whenever
and however we may be alled upon to act we shall
give our voice and vote to freedom and free instl-
tutions for all, and chains and letters for none.
Loud applause"