Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-05-23
sTAUNTON VIRGINA WEDNESDAY, MAY % I = I'd

power Of the order, and the end is ii
overthrow of the Democratic party. Wh
Democrat can support such an order 3
What EEhig true and honest, can surrel
der his manly independence and his opel
4 frankness for the underhanded and III
princlpled mode of warfare adopted by III
Know Nothinss. Deceit, duplicity, insta
billy, dishonesty, rule the order. 5.
4 We are aware Of the fact, that Knos
Nothing speakers impndently deny tia
there has oeei a dispeusation granted i
Louisiana and California, to Catholics
But we produce to-day incontestible facts
The facts below we have before publish
ed; we have here, however, arranged
them all together, and we ask the eaadif
reader to consider them well aud fairly
and SEE. whether, in connection Wit! The
figures we give, case is not made Out
clearly against them. They deny every
thing TLey are sworn to deny. Deny
dsny-deny-is their great shield Of de-
!
fence and weapon of argument. They
! denied their ritual, until it was proven
upon them. They denied their existence.
until forced 10 acknowledge it. They
have denied everything, and admitted
| nothing, except the s"Thild Degree
@licl. was gotten up especially for the
Virginia election, and is as base forgery
as ever was published But to the ev.
dence:5s - - - $780,
Know, Nothings in Louisiana.
We have.receiyed the following letter
from the editor of one Of the most ihllurn-
tial. able aud respectable journals OF the
sonhern country, which shows how the
ube-fac.d party has pro.itted, in the
State OF Louisiana, by this convenisii. ar
ticIs in ,hvif, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
New ORLEANS, April 10th. 1876.
Dear sir:-Your letter Of the 7tlslnst.,
addressed 10 Mr.. --. was handed by
him to me with request that would en-
deayor to procure such reliable information
as would enable me to answer il for hlm.
There is not the slightest doubt that, in
the.lower portion Of tue State OF Louisi-
ana, including this city and the Parishes
which are mostly peopled by the so-caDled
Creoles, there is no clause in the obliga-
ton Of the members Of the Know Nothing
Order prescribing the Catholic religion OF
It's followers oil. account Of. their religious
belief. | knew this for months. past.
having received positive assurances from
Eacaqaintances who ayewed their connee.
ton with the Order. sssas Aiss. @ %
/ But, in order to make assurances 9oubly
sure" resolved that | would appeal to
some of the recognized leaders OF the Or
der amoung us, aud obtain from them such
contirmatoIy Information as they Nigh, be
willing tn afford me.
One gentleman, who is widely known
throughout the State tor his former zeal III
Native Americanism and his present ac-
tivity in the Know Nothing cause, and
whose name has been brought forward
prominently as the candidate for Governor
Of the State, on their ticket, told nv in
answer to my question as TO the .lisious
test, tina. here the members did not take
any such obligation that order to obtain
! the. support OF the Wing Creoles, who
were generally Catholics, 1t had been from
the first excluded, except in so tar thata
"conlessingsCatholic' was not admitted to
the Order; but that for some months
hrast, even that question had not been put
~ the applicant; all that was required be.
Ting that he should be in favor OF the Nat
turaliza,ion laws. When stated to him
that some of the presses in the northern
portion of--the- State advocated the Order,
had permitted attacks on the Catholic re-
lligion and. the rights Of It's professors, he
replied that some OF the country lodges
had gone to work and organized themselves
without being properly informed Of the
true objects Of the moverneatin regard 10
religion but that at present means were
being taken to procure uniformity and
Harmony in The work and aims oil The
hodges ihroughoutth State, and that il
mould be required OF the county lodges
nj give up all pretensions u introduce any
frfligious test into the obligations Of their
teiembers. - .sf
fssl Anoiher gentleman. who had reason
Ia6 know was one Of the first to Introduce
1.-The Order into this State, and who inlesEl-
/ ~ me that the lodge over which he presi-
lded contained over fifteen hundred MEM
khers, confirmed fully what the other had
hid as to the absence Of any religious
ftesi, especially against the Catholics, aud
1 said that on one occasion he had compelled
aiudse, in this city, who, in addressing
his lodge, had attacked the Catholic reli.
gion, to resume his seat as he would moi
permit any such violation of tue real OBJ
Ijects Of their association sassan attack q,
any man S religion. ss u feea Ms II
( Both the .gentleman to whom have re-
1,ferred emphaticaIl s:atedthat if the Order
lin the North and West did not yield t.
4 the demand Of the louisiana members
to give up the obligation prescribing the
followers OF the Catholic or any other re-
fligion, the latter would be compelled t
break off from them, and act independents
1ly. And both stated that this demanf
would be4made at the first National Coul,
Gil Of the Order. - +N s'zs..1
lhaye not thoughtit necessary 70 exttns
my inquiries farther.as the highly respec.
table character of,the gentleman who toll
me what have above related, and tn
feeling Of absolute certainty which felt Al
Ito the entire truth Of what they stated
disposed me 20 think that could gam NJ
additional information, on the points yol
izsaa mad crov~ "a Lorc