The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-09-01
TIE Conspiracy Contsssed!-THe Know Moth

TIE Conspiracy Contessed!-1he KnoU Moth
iags b haze the Oiio Legislature!-The
Foreigners to be Disfranchised and the Ne
gro EteUated-Freemen, Be,6dre!
At the State Couticil Of Know Nothings
held at Columbus on the 9th of August the
following resolutions were adopted. We
find them in the official proceedings, as pub
lished in the State journal.
lst. ResolUed, That under existing cir
cumstances we deem it inexpedient to nom
ineate State ticket for the approaching
elction, but leave the matter for each mem.
ber of the Order to vote as his conscience
and judgment may dictate.
I'd. Resolued, That we recommend to the
members ofthe Order, throughout the State,
to keep up and perfect their organizations,
and to press forward in the great work of
Americanizing America, by securing the nom
ination and election, in their respective coun-
ties, to the State Legislature, of men who
will stand upon and endorse the platform of
the American party in Ohio.
They resolvdd not to nominate candi-
date for Governor, but privately determined
to support Mr.. Chase-and we are informed
that Dr.. Morton, of this city, has stated that
he advised the Councils to acquiesce in the
support of the Fusion nominee! An open
nomination Of Mr.. Chase by the secret cabal,
would have injured his prospects among
a large number Of voters, therefore their de-
termination to support him is to be kept pro-
found secret until after the election.
Rt1t fho e . h. La.
grand proscr.iptive scheme-the coup de main
is develo&1 in the second resolution
They recommend the members of the order
to keep up and perfect the organization
and to secure the nomination of candidates
to the LEGISLATURE. who will stand upon
and endorse the platform of the American
party! What that platform is, can be seen
by reference to the Cleveland Convention,
which declared that foreigner must remain
in this country TWENTY ONE YEARS
before he could be admitted to enjoy the
rights and privileges ofa citizen! This is
what the Legislature of Mas ssachusetts, (the
only Know Nothing Legislature that has yet
had an opportunity to show its hand)--did,
only does not 60 that far. In Massachu-
setts, they agreed that no foreigner should
hold an Office in that State and that none
should even vote, until they had lived 81
years in this country! And more, and worse
than all this, they passed law admitting ne
groes to the right Of citizenship! The OBJ
ject then of the resolution above quoted, is
to secure Legislature which will DIs-fran-
chise the foreigner, and EN-franchise the ne
gro!
The people of Ohio should not look light
y upon these things. A more formidable
and dangerous combination against the equal
rights Of the people, and SO trample upon
the spirit and letter of the great charter OF
American liberty, was never before entered
into. Its real designs and operation are COW
cred by the veil ol secrecy, and protected by
path of the most horrid nature. But enough
has been disclosed to develope its danger
ous tendedcies, and tyrannical designs-and
! the PEOPLE, without distinction of party
should rise up and put II down! We shall
reeW 70 this subject again. -Sandssky MIR.
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