The true Democrat., 1855-07-03
~,,;ous Fact in Know Nottingham.

r,,y;ous Fact in Know Nottingham
 our friend of the Evansville Enquirer is a ,J3 Iimner. He draws the following portrait .fnS,Mn We are perhaps not sufficiently t,n,iliar with his features to be proper judge of the fidelity of the portrait We leave the decision to those who are. We think, how' ovar he is not likely to be charged with Hat tering the original:
 ono of the most noteworthy facts connected -..;tb the mushroom growth of know nothing ;,r, is the character of the class of men whom < has brought into power. In a general up beeving of a mud puddle the sediment comes +o the top, an inverted glass brings the dregs on +be surface. So in our late political revolution
 -tbe revolution of the wng party from decen- cv to rowdvism, rowdjes rule the rooSt Am- Mtious scoundres, with DO talent except for 1r;nr are at home in d secret order which i.n[bs nublic onnion to scorn. Unscrupulous and low flung asp;rants for popular honors, en- broce with oy a secrecy which mantles their ,yorthlessness. Thus we see that the bar room h,,IIv is canonized. and the street corner loafer and tatler has arisen to the dignity of party Iooder Men. whose characters as men are low. or that that of Buntline and for whom their f.IIow citizens would never have designeI even +baofice of fscayenoer have become from the din- r,;ost of mu1 worms most gorgeous butterflies. Evervwhere the blackleg. the rowdy and the half witted boobv have taken refuge Tn thls now order. Nearly every felon that the she riffs take to the penitentiares has certificate of membership, and every fast man abouttown has risen to the second degree.
 IL; oh lately in Philadelphia, and left the sign manual Of the glorious order on the door as signal to any know nothing official that it was purely unne- cessary to make any effort to take them!- Doubtless the hint sufficed. In Massachusetts the know nothings elevated to power ambitious loafers hvporrtical preachers and bIacKlegS, and the result has sickened all respectable men with know nottingham. The big Indian " of the order, in the person Of a fellow named Hiss, was the chairman of smelling committee which went to investigate into the notorious crimes () of female school, kept by four Sis ters of Charity, near Boston. This Hiss took nvmph of the pave with him to aid his n- vestigations, and the old humbug, Massachu- sets, had to pay Mrs. Patterson's bill. The Legislature then waxed virtuous, and Hiss was expelled. The upshot is, that Hiss comes out with statement that nearly every member, including no doubt, the sixty-one preachers, has been guilty of the same offence, and that if he be expelled the whole Legislature should be cashiered.
 Can't our most udicrous, most ridiculous, and most vlrtuouS know nothing council get up something of the kind to signalize their devo- ton to their beloved Protestant church? Try lt, ye glorious six most reverend cheats, who gained power by trick, who love your church so much that any humbug or hypocrisy is not too Vile for you to practice in order to benefit it. Proceed with your wise and aldermanic practi- ces, most excellent know nothings; open now your hands Tor the last time in the pockets of the people; make the best of it. You are an ad- mlrabe illustration of the first point made in this article, and we now come to the second
 Respectable men have either very little infn- cnce or very little sympathy with the oath bound order. They take very little if any part Tn their proceedings. The groaning, the shout ing, the gasslng and the shoulder hitting are done by very small attorneys, or braiuless iron mongers, or bar-rOom loafers, or some of the Keepers oi low houses of entertainment, dog genes or groceries. There are men in this town who never did and never will vote democrat lc ticket, who, Ii they are know nothings are ALOoC iICSiitl4S dSDduleO Cl Unelr QegraQa- ton. These men are ancient aboltionists or federal, whigs, and may attempt to use the Ordor, but they loathe and contemn it. They never defend It on the stump; they never apos- trophlSe stupid crowds on street corners; they creep very steathily into the midnight conven- ucle. and Slouch home again very much asham- ed that at their age, and with their position in society, they should be compelled to turn hy- pocrtes and practice lying, treachery and de- ceit It is only the boobies and rowdies who defend this secret oath bound orler
 Imagine Henry Clay bending his stalwart form at the door of a know nothing den, shroudng his majestic head under the night cloud of know nothing garret! Fancy Daniel Webster creeping like midnight robber into a meeting, covering his "god like" forehead with felt hat, and obscuring his manly dignity with an old cloak, and slouching like an amorous tom cat up some dingy alley! Imagine Ever cit and Cnttenden, aye, even the portly person of the mild drawn Fillmore, lodging in sha- dowS beneath the caves of some dilapidated cow-houSe, or lurking at two o'clock in the morning n the dog-fennel beds of some old held! The idea is ludicrous and ridiculous enough, but partisan hate may work such won- drous transformation in the last mentioned worthes None but the most aspiring and reckless of elevated demagogues, however, will so brutalize their independence. The class that has ruled and will rule the secret oath. bound order must be the lowest in the lowest perlieus of our cities Its leaders must always be such men as its founder, Ned Buntline, it's in structor general; Hiss, its "dcfender of faith" Bll Poole, and the editorial horde of low En- gshmen who control its peculiarly American" columns
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