The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-22

SympatnleS Win the cause OF the AlleS, Jnat
would not promptly resist any, the slightest at
tempt to abridge American rights or trespass
on American interests.
Bay Will our Know Nothing, or American
friends, as some call them, calmly weigh the
views we are about to present? Now, when
we are renewing our list, it is natural that we
should avoid giving unnecessary offence to our
subscribers; but, the times require plain speak
ing, and We will speak plainly. The Anti-Sla-
very adherents of the Order in the free States
must be prevailed on to give up their connec-
ton with it, and unite with the Republican
Party, or the election of 1856 will result in an
other four years rule Of the Slave Power.
THE UNION OF THE MASSES DIFFICULTIES
IN THE WAY.
The Richmond (Va.) Wing, one of the most
ultra Pro-Slavery papers of the South is exult-
ant over the Know Nothing successes in Mas
sachusetts and New York. "The American
Party" it says, has exhibited extraordinary
strength and determination, and presents a bold,
compact front in opposition to sectionalism
and Sewardism." The Wing suggests single
dogma in relation to Slavery on which the
Know Nothing Party can now be reorganized,
North and South
"The one question, We repeat, whether Con-
gress shall assume the right to exclude State.
because it is slaveholding State, is the only
practical question now at issue between the
South and the North. And the American par
ty being sound on this question, there is 70
difficulty in the way to thorough re-organiza-
ton OF the party, North and South, upon this
just and simple basis. We therefore confident
ly anticipate that the National PHILADELPHIA
Convention can and will adopt a platform
which will be acceptable to the party in every
State in the Union. And why should it not
Where's the difficulty? No one, North or
South, now proposes to disturb any existing
Legislation upon the subject of Slavery. Not
even the Black Republication their purpose.
If successful in the late elections, was to nulify
1t practically, so far as it applies to the Ter
ritories, by resisting the admission Of any more
slave States. The idea of repeating the Nebras-
ka-kansas act was abandoned by them entire.
ly; and instead of that, they had determined
to whip the devil round the stump, by saving,
by their votes, that none but free States should
hereafter be allowed to enter the Union. But
the Black fanatics are fortunately stripped of all
power to carry out their views; and now the
American party, which Is ontire,y fiivudIy to
the admission of slave States. is happily in the
ascendant, and has become the controlling ele-
ment In those States where the Fusionists cal
culated to sweep everything before them"
Our readers will remember that the Anti
Catholic clause in the National Platform has
been explained away in the South. In Louisi-
ana, Catholics themselves are members of the
Lodges, and have been run lately as Know
Nothing candidates for office In Virginia and
some other Southern States, the rule of secrecy
and the oaths and ceremonies of initiation have
been abolished. In a word, the Order has sim.
ply resolved itself into Native American
Wing Party, under the name, "AMERrcAx."
No wonder it praises the Straight-out Wings of
the North, and exults in the triumphs of the
Know Nothings of Massachusetts and New
York. On its brethren in those States it relies
for etfectually Matchmaking" the body of
Northern Know Nothngs, and bringing it to
vote at last in support of national" candi-
date-and lis reliance is not misplaced. The
process has begun.
The Boston Bee, the organ Of the Gardner CT
Know Nothing Party, copies with appreciation
an article from the Philadelphia Times, reioic.
ing at the triumph of the American Party. of
over the "black flag of Aboli-
tionism and disunionism, under the fair-seem-
ing guise of Republicanism |" Another con.
sequence" says the Times, I" of these elections
is, tie mailing to the counter, as base coin, the
once current assertion that the American PARTY
had any affinity or sympathy with the Aboli,
tionists and the disunionists Of Massachusetts
and New York. Seward and his friends have
doubtless attempted to fix this stigma upon the !
American Party, and to fasten to it portion of |
the odium which attaches to themselves. But |
how futile the effort and how contemplate the |
position of those who made it / Brother Ameri
cans of Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississip-
pi and Tennessee, look at the vote in Massa-
chusetts and New York on Tuesday, and then
zee if you will ever again distrust or suspect
he Americans of the North And now for the
great struggle for the Presidency. Under wba.
oett,r or more encouraging auspices could y.e
enter upon it?"
The Albany IN. " Register, another Pro.
Slavery journal, has proper appreciation IF
he nature Of Gardnerism. GLORIOUS Masoa-
husetts," it exclaims-
"The Americans have swept the State. ond
hus another patriot-Geu. Wilson-goes 10 the
vail. Senator Seward bears him comnarv
The gallant Americans of the Old Bay State
lave thus covered themselves with plorv and
contributed their powerful influence to stsv the
lde OF Sectionalism, and rebuke the traitorous
lemagogues who would sport with the vital in
erests of the Republic. The reeIect;on of
Governor Gardner is triumph of real National
Americanism, and is an important event "a the
'ohtical history of the country. The ,;de of
,ectlonalism has been successfully turned. and
he demagogues who sought to float into places
Il distinction upon its current have been over
Even the Washington Union, notwishstand-
ng the utter overthrow of its own Party. is de-
ghted with the defeat of the Republicans in
'ew York and Massachusetts, by the Know
'othings. "What is the Interpretation ?" it
SKIS:
Simply this: The People have ssid, we
ave had enough of sectionalism, and peed no
nore of it. True, we became incens d at the
epeal of the Missouri Compromise, i,ut those
rho supposed we were ready to become Adolf
ionists, or would be induced to io:r a party
'holly sectional, and thus imperil ,e Union,
1ere egregiously mistaken, and gre ly under
ated our patriotism and nationals
While the shareholders and thef outh.pie.
es are thus clarifying Hindoois, md Gard.
erism, there are some professedly ati-Slavery
eople infatuated enough also IN ra;o;co ovar
he same results, because they involve the de-