The true Democrat., 1855-11-20

declaration of war by Congress in 1912, trea- sonably did all in their power to prevent its successful prosecution and termination.
 The object declared in the 9th article of the Know Nothing platform, is: |" The reformation of the character of our national legislature, by elevatlng to that dignifed and responsible position, men of higher qualifications, purer morals and more unselfsh patriotism" And who are they who would thus insult the me- morles of such patriots as Clay, Calhoun, Web ster, Wright and others, their equals in honesty and purity of purpose, if not in talents? Who would thus requite the services of Cass Doug
 las, ToombS, Stephens, Hunter, and their CO., workers in the cause of their country Judg- ing the whole from some whom we know they were dssolute libertines, prot1igate pot-house debauchees, public peculatorS and defaulters, broken-d down party hacks--an assembly of men, among whom there were not enough ho- nest ones eff honesty had been as efficacious as righteousness,) to have saved the country from the fate of Sodom. A country was never bles sed by the counSes of purer and better men than those whose moral and political integrity
 IS called in question by iunto not one little ofwhose chicanery and corruption" by the evil dence ot one of its own members, has yet been given to the world "Let Americans rule America" say the Know Nothings Pray, gentlemen, are we not now?--and have we not since the declaration of independence been ruled by Americans? Were not Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Polk, and all the
 Presidents of the United States, and their ca binets-Americans? From the formation of our government to the present time, only two
 foreigners have occupied places in the cabinet:
 Hamilton, appointed by Washington, and Gal- lati by nf were placed at the head of the treasury de- partment, and both fully justified the conf- dence their chiefs reposed in them. If we
 have not been ruled by Americans, let foreign
 CTS rule on--rule forever! We owe them debt of gratitude which, though fever paying,"
 We can "never pay"
 Such, my friends, are lny views with regard
 to the prescription of Catholics and foreigners
 And as a corollary' to these, in my official capacity as your representative shall be sworn
 to support the constitution of the United States, and however humble my career may be, how
 ever obscure my name may continue, shall r return to you with a soul unstained by perjury. !, If, as is hardly possible, I should have to [ choose in voting for President of the United , States, between Mr. Fancy, our present chief 7 justice, Catholic who reflects lustre upon a r seat which was occupied by Marshall, rather than derives honor and dignity from it, and , George Law, Sam Houston Fred Douglas, or any other Know Nothing, 1 should not hesitate to cast my vote for the Catholic
 1 believe that the humblest legislator or judi cial officer, who Is sworn to support the consti- tuition of the United States, and who permits, m his official capacity, a question of religion to control his decisions and actions, is guilty of moral perjury.
 If you desire any material change in the ex- t lstlng naturalization laws, you must employ
 some other instrument than myself. I will be true to the past history and proud traditions of 3 my country--true to the teachings, and not ir- l reverent to the memories of Washington, lief } ferson, Madison, and those illustrious men to
 whom we owe the blessings of free government, 7 which we now enjoy. So far as my vote and
 humble influence can avail humanity may 5 still point the children of misfortune in the old world, to a home and an asylum in the new. : acknowledge your right to instruct me, but } before my name should be associated with such detestable political iniquity as a repeal of the naturalization laws, 1 would resign a position
 ten thousand times more august and honorable
 than seat in the Congress of the United States. Ii European jalls are disgorging their tel0ns up- on our shores, would gladly co operate in the , passage of law to arrest the evil But hold
 
 l account, deny tQ man participation in the l blessings of our free government. In allowing
 this, to him, invaluable privilege we neither impair or abridge any of our own. Our "true : American" paupers and felons arc those who f affect most injuriously the character and inte- $ rests of society. We have them in almost T every community. Often men .ot high birth, respectable connections, expensive tastes and habits, and arstocratic pretensons, a single one ot them has often cost the State, or the commit } nlty ln which he lives, more than all the fo- , reign paupers and felons that ever landed on : our shores.
 , Now, my friends, will call your attention to the ritual of this party It is too long to , read, and will commend it to your careful examination, and lam sure you will be as much } dlsgusted with its mummery, its immortality and l blaSphemy, as any of its members have ever : yet been, with the wild hunt after ofice." 9 In preparing their ritual, conscience seems ? to have been dethroned, and all the establish ed rulers for the moral control of men, to have } been abrogated and set at taught. It las been 9 charged, and never denied that know of that $ at one time 1t was the sworn duty of every
 member of the order to lie-to deceive his friends, neighbors, and family, by falsehood-
 What humiliating spectacle to beht Id party,
 
 can people and to be the political reformers O! f the age, intoxicating deceit. dsSimuation,
 treachery, and falsehood, as legitimate means
 of political warfare What more demoraliz- 5 ing than the daily habitual practice of that , worst ofail meannesses-lying? How dcstruc- 3 tive ot confidence and respect, and how fruit ; fu of jealousy, distrust and suspicion, in all
 communities in which 1t is practiced and tole- l rated! There is not nah who hears me, who has not seen and felt in his own little circle,
 the banetul influence of these detestable moral and political hereses. To me it has been a
 painful conviction, to find men whom 1 had 3 hitherto esteemed the very soul of honor, no 3 longer cherishng a religious reverence for that l truth, which is honor's essence. Some have l acknowledged and justified it; have quoted the Word of God in support of this baSs. a1n1 s grading practice; have called Solop
 rescue. Wel gentlemen, as ri
 know, l am not addicted to reading 'thl } but 1 have studied what is written 6y and 9 of Solomon, carefully. It is true that I found that the old man had his weaknesses. Accord : ing to our modern ideas of morality, I disco 3 vered some things in his history, which subject s ed him to criticism Brigham Young and his Latter Day Saints, may find in his life, example for their social system-but no where in his
 life or writings, his sayings or doings, can Ned : Buntline and his Know Nothing saints, find : any justification for the contempt with which l they treat that universal moral and religious a maxim, which says: "Thou shalt not lie"
 vindicae him here to-day from such an unjust } imputation. Mo- gentlemen, if that Bible is !; not a cheat and fable, no christian can be a : Know Nothing. If the principles of the Know : Nothings were compatible with the ncucations of that sacred volume, (which is not the case, } lying and swearng extra judicial oaths are glar- f ingly in opposition to "the law and the pro, 9 phets."
 !, My friends, have gi ven you but an unfnsh- ed picture of party which presents so much f to excite our aversion and disgust Allow me