The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-24

From, the Uttos ~, W RsPahliean, May %
KN0W-NOTHINGIsM
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy
brother Aud be said KNOW
Genesis Aih eAap, Oh rrsS
And with Absalon went two handred out Of Jeru-
salem that called and they went in their simplicity
for they kRcU net angthlag
And the conspiracy strong for the people increased
continually with Absalom.
Ia SinSsI, I5A e1sp, I'M and l2& verses
Then said Jesus Father forgive them for they knog ao
what they dos--Lshe 2ad oAap, s4n rase
In these days Of know-nothing buser il may be wen,
perhaps refer % 81 the prominent and inn
portant acts OF the knownoings from the time when the
astrous founder Of the order aonrshed the present
day and ascertain far can what classes Of
have sustained and pepeiuated l. in different ages Of the
world BY way OF directing the attention Of readers
10 few circumstances connected with facts which We
doubt not are familiar to them We have extracted from the
only record into which could have erept the
passages above quoted.
No one possessed Of an ordinary degree 81 eandor win
dispute for that Cain the first know-noth-
ing That such Is the fact is evident from his
the Lord kao not II is the very language employed
BY the Hndoes this day whenever ANY inquiry is made
Of them in regard to their proceedings As in the passage
to which we refer the inquirer Is Invariably met with the
answer, ~ kaow not
Mr. Cain was doubtless better than many Of the
kuow-noihngs OF our time but he a model to
II not denied that he stopped his brothers breath hai
when accused be acted the know-nohing well that
be was only into the country with mark upon him
such as the whole tribe sooner later receive
From the DAYS Of Cain 70 the time of NOAH 1t seems the
knownothngs increased continually they did ALTER
wards when narshaed under Absalom, and they -four
ished until they had nearly swallowed up all parties
they have the abolition party and infe At this time
Noah was dcrdcd BY them; but that gentleman pursued
his legitimate business and regarded them Bat
the party had become strong and they began quarrel
for Offices and position and had corrupted themsely
they went bathing in body and the occurrences Of that
day broke up the party.
So efectually they extingnished that have
further account of kuow-nohingsm until about the time
Of the conspiracy Of Absaom agains, his father King Da
vd. Then they again organized, and out in full
force in aid Of Absalom For while the people in
creased continually with AbsaoM the Jew as they did
in this StNe for season with uliman the Hinaoo But
the death Of their leader Absao in the attempt to take
the life Of his father proved disastrous any OF the
cent occurrences not excepting the late Syracuse proceed
ings
The next formidable know nothing demonstration, after
the death of Absalom during tie earthly career Of
Jesus OF Nazareth Never before had they been thor
oughy organized, had they exhibited such magnIty
then distinguished them At Jerusalem they denounced
the Saviour foreigner who had all the way from
Gaee The fact that he Galilean seemed the great
of their hostility. Misaking his mission, and
supposng that he intended establish an earthly king
dom Jerusalem, they formed conspiracy against
him. and by perjury befSe Plate they procured the order
for the crucihxon And that OCCASION that their
character might not be mistaken Jesus distinguished
them in His prayer to His Father leave for
cavil by the emphatic appeal Father forgive them for
they o moi what they do Here is the authority Of the
Saviour that those who cruchea him hnotc-not1ings
We have neither the space the inclination TO dwell
Old World. We have given enough at least to show the
character Of the leaders In justice their memory how
ever, we must state that among them all could be
found who depraved the founder OF the order in
Amercaa wretch by The Of Judson but more gem
orally known as taNed Buntnen
And yet notwithstanding the terrible history of know
nothngism in past ages represented by ts advo
Gates system better calculated than any other to adj
the true interests Of Americana 1t gravey claimed
that its tenes when fairly understood and fully car
red out will usher in period appoximang quite close
y to the millennium in the happiness OF the people It's
doctrines represented purely American and unoI
jectionable in any respect BY such statements we'll
meaning men, democrats in principle and recognised az
such in party distinctions induced to unite with the
order and do not become aware Of their degradation until
they have taken oaths which they DO not like to violate
but the observance of which il far worse
II is recorded in history that one Of the kings of Sparta
notorious for his tyranny and avace had in his presence
chamber statue of beautiful woman covered with the
most costly robes and sparkling with jewels Whenever
subject excited the fear Of the monarch be was invited 10
the palace and there, in magnificent chamber scented
with burning spices and lit with mellow light induced tn
embrace the beautiful female As the untbinkinQ man an
preached, entranced by her angelic beauty her arms
opened and received him, first with gentle pressure
but alas the shreks of the deuded victim gave
dence that he pierced by the steel spikes that projected
from her body, and that the beautiful woman was but AN
instrument Of torture moved by the hands monster for
his own selfish and unholy ends Know thugism 10
use pretty strong figure is that mock beauty; and the
way the spikes that project from i,s body are already
piercing the flesh Of deuded democrats who come to the
presence chamber brdegrooms their brides il eau
ton now, and win be more particularly so hereafter
KANSAS rEMs.--Leayenworth now contains a popnla-
ion OF eight hundred, and is still growing
Much Inconvenience felt in many the towns in the
Territory for the want Of lumber for building purposes
The Kansas Herald published at Leavenwortb) has
the following paragraph In relation TO cholera reports
During last week thousand and one exaggerated re-
ports nusriousy circulated through the country OF
the prevalence Of cholera in city, which are sorry
to say were received by persons with the most i'm
plict credit We surprised that sensible persons VIII
give cedence reports Of such character without conr-