Washington sentinel., 1855-02-20


nothing convention recently held in Norfolk,
Connecticut:
Resolced That in the present chaotic con-
dition of parties in Connecticut, the only star
above the horizon is the love of human liberty
and the adherence of slavery, and that il is the
duty of antislavery men to rally around the re-
publican party, as an organization which invites
the united action Of the people on the one
,transcending question Of Slave dominion which
now divides the Union.
Whereas Roman Catholicism and slavery
being alike founded and supported on the basis
OF ignorance and tyranny, and being, therefore,
natural allies in every warfare against liberty
and enlightenment; therefore be it
Resotced, That there can exist no real hos
tity to Roman Catholicism which does not EN-
brace slavery, its natural co-worker in oprosi
ton to freedom and republican institutions"
The State council Of Know.nothings held at
Schenectady adopted the following resolutions:
"Resolced, That slavery, like Papacy, is a
moral, social and political evil-at variance
with the spirit of our republican institutions,
and repugnant to the principles of freelnen;
that it is our duty to resist its extension, and
that we cannot, as Americans, consent to the
admission TO the Union of any new State whose
constitution recognizes human bondage
On the 18th ultimo the members of the SO.
called American party met in caucus, ".for the
purpose Of consulting upon the question of
United States Senator" The folldGng ex-
tracts from the proceedings are taken from the
Boston Telegraph:
Mr.. Prince, Of Essex, "spoke strongly in fa-
vor of General Wilson's election, and depre-
Gated any yielding to the South upon the ques.
tion"
Mr.. Williams, born in Virginia, nursed by
slave, and had slayeholding relatives, was
formerly pro-slavery man, but the fugitive
slave bill and the Nebraska bill had wrought
an alteration in him. What we want in the
South is to raise up the poor white man there,
and not to play in the hands of the slave
holders"
Mr.. Warren, of Suffolk, "agreed with General
Wilson on slavery; if we put up an anti-Nebras.
ka man General Wilson will withdraw; if not,
he will remain in the field and get all the votes
he can"
Jonathan Pierce, the head of the order of
Knownothings, spoke next. "It had been said
that this free soil movement would eat us up, /
doubt it, for zoe are all free soilers."
j. O. A. Griffin, of Charlestown. "There was
as much need of the American party before last
year as during that year. If it had not been
for the passage of that infamous Nebraska bill,
and the utter meanness of Pierce's national
administration, the revolution would not have
speedily take place, though it might have come
in time. He wanted a man right on this ques-
tion-the one now prominent slavery worthy
to stand by the side of Charles Sumner"
Senator Pillsbury, of Hampden, said: "No
man from his section could have come here il
be had been only an American 1t was because
y1eaa e1 III
that it has got the majority"
The Abolition Know-nothing Lecturer Con.
gresham Burlingame, 1--WE copy the report of
the Boston Telegaph,) was received with
hearty applause:
He commenced by saying that in speaking
for freedom he should not be choice in the
selection of terms by which to characterize
slavery. Slavery had betrayed us, and the
time had come for an outraged people to ex'
press their sentiments in language not to be
misunderstood.
Mr.. b. ascribed the origin of slavery to
Pope Martin V, who issued bull sanctioning
African slavery. ltwas also sanctioned By sew.
eral of his successors. 1t was brought to this
country under the cross and in the garb Of
humanity; but it was never sanctioned here
by positive law"
BE further said
he ioas encouraged by the recent elections
in the North, AND HE DEFENDED THE NEW
MOVEMENT WHICH HE SAID WAS BORN OF PURI-
TAN BLOOD AND WAS AGAINST DEsPoTIsM OF
ALL KINDS. THIS NEW PARTY SHOULD BE
JUDGED, LIKE OTHERS, BY ITS FRUITS. II had
elected a champion Of freedom, to the United
States Senate for four years, to fill the place
Of man Who ,oas false TO freedom, and not
true to slauery. For himself he could say that
so long aSlife dwelt in his bosom, so long would
ne fight for liberty, and against slavery. In con-
clnsion, he expressed the hope that soon the
time might come when the sun should not rise
on master nor set on a slave"
!" This is the party and these are the men We
fight against. Are we right? 2"
We commend the above to the attention Of
the Southern Wings. They quit the Northern
Wings on account Of their abolition senti-
ments. For the same reasons they ought now
to abandon their Knownothing allies Of the
North.
We read, with much attention, both the Rich
mond Whig and the Petersburg Intelligencsr.
We cannot doubt that they read with the same
care the newspapers from the North. If they
do, they cannot have failed to learn what is 90.
ing on at the North. They cannot be igno.
rant that the Know-nothings are abolitionized.
If 50, why do they cling to them, after, for the
same reason, abandoning the Northern Wings?
We have seen much in the Richmond Whig
written to prove that the Know-nothngs Of New
York did not elect Senator Seward But wa
have seen in it nothing in condemnation Of the
Massachusetts Know-nothings for electing Gen.
eral Wilson, who endorsed "every wou" of
Mr.. Burlingamc's abolition lecture. We have
much respect for the ability and sincerity Of
both the Whig and the Lptelligencer, and we
feel solicitous to know what they think Of North.
ern Know-nothingism as illustrated by the elec,
tion of an Abolitionist because he pas an AJo.
htionist. We feel solicitous to know what they
think of tho rnco1n,;ono oc No.4l