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1900 BAD.--Lsyds,s Lewis Co., Nsw York,
Dec. o, l8b4.--Your course with regard 10 tho
Nothing movement has my entire Approba-
ton. have no patience with them, they came
very near upsetting the friends Of freedom and
temperance In our State. And what makes the
matter still worse many Of the friends Of freedom
have gone after them. IL seems TO me that the
great adversary could not have suggested more
efectua plan to divert the attention Of the North
from the encroachments of the slave power. Let
us not be discouraged, but hope on 70 the end
r.. KIMBALL.n
"a STRANGE SPEcrAcLr--H Hampton, NJ. r., De
cesLer 4, lsb4.-I heartily rejoice at your position
on the know-Nothing question. How strange that
any anti-slavery man can countenance this war on
caste. The foundation principle of our organiza-
ton Is that men have certain rights--natural
rightswithout regard to caste color, or condition.
and we have asserted that the right to vote is
among those rights.
Yours, truly, R. RlcHARDs."
We could easily fill every page Of our paper
with Similar proofs, that the American party"
is regarded as their doadliest foe by the anti
slavery advocates, but, surely, tho extracts we
have submitted are enough, to convince any
reasonable man Of this fact The anti-slavery
men are not all fools, and they see and know,
that to ignore the question Of slavery, and to
denounce the agitation Of it, must put an end
to them as party. They know, too, that as
general thing, foreign immigrants are opposed
to slavery, and that every measure having a
tendency to check immigration, and to keep
foreigners from the polls, retards their fayorite
scheme
But there are thousands upon thousands at
the North, who entertain views hostile to sla-
very, and who would gladly see the country
rid Of IT, yet, who nevertheless look upon
the evils Of Foreignism and Romanism as far
greater, more imminent, and more dangerous
evils, than African slavery. Such men, who
are honest in their convictions, and who appre-
ciate the value Of constitutional guarantees are
fast leaving the anti-slayery associations, and
adopting the principles Of the American party.
Should such men be excluded from our coun-
cilse Certainly not. The South should re-
joice to witness this change Of position, for no
man who adopts the sohole creed Of the Amer
iran party Uill do any act, sohich may sndan-
ger the perpetuity Of our glorious Union
That thousands, ay, many Thousands, of the
former patrons of the National Era are of the
class we describe, is proved by the admissions
Of the Era. That press has admitted, within
few weeks past, the loss Of thousands Of sub
scribers On the 21st of December last it
said
"As to nottingham, We have felt ii our
duty to oppose it, and must take the consequences
Many of It's ADVOCATES haos oithdrGpn their patron
age. Let us hope that the second sober thought
Of those whom we have lost on this ground may
induce them to retrace their steps"
The "second sober thought" will confirm
them in the propriety Of the course they have
chosen, and they win not retrace their steps"
The warnings Of Washington have bcen re-
vived, and they will hereafter from indy
naatly upon any attempt to ALLEVIATE ono por-
tion Of tho Union from tho other. The en-
phatic declaration Of Andrew jackson, too, is
still sounding in their ears,
The Union must be preserved I"