Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-09-13
Know Nothing SlaDders.

i Were we SO devoid Of common
sense and Our Judgment go warpe'
by prajadice, as to give credence t
1.-THE inflaunnltorys declarations 9
Know Nothing orators, and presses
I've Should say, that The days sef Tia
/ iRepublic were numbered. The,
tell Us that all pubic. virtue, a. roiisi
Ical hoaessy, all love Of country, have
fled or been banished from our midst
patriotism, say these ssianderers o
their countrymen, has become ex
Itinct, the foreigner takes precedence
/ Of the native, we are compelled te
meet secret conclayes at the midnight
thour, to sigh after those 'purer days
! Of the Rspt'blie,' and to redeem our
country from her degeneraey- They
boidiyacharge the great Democratic
party with sacrificing the, country to
foreign influence and the Catholic
lChurch, and it is the theme On
which These nendacicus oracles love
to dwell, that eagued with tha5 ubiq-
Euitcrs and protestant devouring ar
thr9pephagus, the Pope of Rene,
backad by all the royat fools Of Ed
rope, it is hhoring to sabTert CIR
! government, and to sweep from of
The earth the last ves.ige Of civil hb-
lerty. Saeiy the people ean place no
! faith in the ,ravings of these bedlam-
It's. Bat how comes it that the IA
fthers of the Republic, the. men Of
large experience and of almost pro
Ephetic vision, the sages and patriots
who reared this temple Of our liijer-
ties, the fairest fabric of hnmangOy-
ernmelft that it has ever been the
privilege Of a free, people to enjoy,
end which, Under heaven shall resist
the rayages of time and all such in
sidious attacks as these, never appre-
hended danger from the Catholic
Church or foreign emigration? Whence
is it, that they escaped the vision of
these great Statesmen, who read not
only the book Of the Past but that Of
the Future, and sprophesied in no
stinted measure, certain and probably
national woes, yet unseen and anim-
agined by common men? What
vel blinded the eyes of such seers as
Webster, a Clay; or Calhoun; of
whom the two first possessed fore
sight enough to have, described an
evil Of such mag nitude-had it real
or possible existcnee-the last honesty
enough to warn bis people at any ha1-
ar slds ls rssy.e-.s , ygi5sss t3s. ezo
Yet these giants Of towering intel
lect, continues the same writer, went
down to tie grave IN siiianoe; igno-
raat themselves Of the danger, they
left US unwar.asd, anadviseda 1t was
reserved for a few miserable pigmies,
VINO creptt' in the vacant places If the
great departed, to discern the dsnger;;
they lift a voice Of warning. God
help the nation which is given over
to such pretehed eouasellers! This
enrontery.in claiming q depth Of pru-
sdence, a prophetic vision, hitherto un-
known, woald be amusing, were Hnot
simply but mere sdeiusion and a
lie.''' II is the malicious voice of
crafty, self-eonstituted wateh-dogs,
who in time of quiet, announce the
coming wolf, that they may rouse the
unsuspecting members of the fold and
prey on zthsra, While they are in a
state OF helpless terror. Meanwhile
other sentineis, like :dumb dogs" are
silent either through an ungenerous.
sentiment of fear, or yet more igno-
Die desire Of sharing the prey.
sz The charge Of corruption, proshtu-
ton Of the national character, and
bending Of the knee to foreign infla-
ence, made against the National Dem
oScrdtic Party, is equally false and
absurd. When did the great Demo-
crattit Party ialter in its devotion to
the interests of the whole country?
When did it hesitate to repel aggress-
ions, come whence they may, wheth-
er made oa us as nation, or offered
to the person of the humblest indi-
yiduaI. Oar national character, our
honor, our standing among civilized
nations, have never sniff red in The
slightest during Democratic AA.
ministration.; The man who woald
deny this lis, either ignorant Of histo-
ry, or wildly flsifes it. ;" But We
know that there is no, necessity for
refating the SANDER ef these noisy
brawIers. This cry Of foreign inaa-
ence, and this professedpdread Of the
Ithunders of the Vatican, is a shallow