Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-18
TaE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
--,,;5cToN. n. c., MONDAY, MAY II. 1855.
= Thora ora some things so ridiculous as to ap'

." -. ,h1;nitv-so absurd as to display I
P'0"NA .-;o for absurdity, far beyond the reach
al c.o1;sb as to transcend all the efforts OF
u a. r. initiate or come up with them. We
III, auo,a few examples. In the Herald OF FIJI
wa find the following: The resolution recently
odon,ad nv the Democratic District Convention at
CLINTON. AGAINST the Know.Nothings embodies as
yrvcb Of arrogance it does of impudence and lg-
norance" Now is not that a pretty specimen
Gentlemen of the Democratic Observation-Disclosures
from all parts of the district we call upon you to
read that and feel ashamed of yourselves. The Her.
aid with Its characteristic modesty and respect for
others, has pronounced you guilty OF Ignorance, I'M
pudence and arrogance Oh you old men. you young
men, you mddle-aged men, you sixty.seven delegates
from ten counties, read and tremble. Again, " out
siders as they are ignorant, presumably, of the OBJ
jecs which this political association has in view'
how dare they, with any show of reason, set them
selves up judges and declare that the ends sought
TO be attained antagonisc to the principles OF the
Constitution of the United States" Aye, that Is the
way to talk to them, miserable sinners as they are
mere " Loco Focos' they are, how dare they La
pretty word that, to to feemen OF North Carroll
nal how dare they express their views openly and
plainly You men of New Hanover, Sampson, Duplln,
Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Robson
and Richmond, the Herald demands to know how you
dare say what you think Is the secret order or the
inside or outside organs of the In talk To ynn in
this wav! The first Thursday in August will show
what you dare do.
"Antagonstlc to the principles of the Constitution
of the United States" Now, principle OF the
Constitution of the United States is embodied IN the
following prohibition: Congress shall make no
laws respecting an establishment OF religion or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof" linus lar tne
Constitution of the United States. The Constitution
of the Grand Council of Know-Nothng, adopted June
18th 1884 lays it down that the obects OF the order
shall be carried out by placing none but natve-born
Protestant citizens of the United States in any office
by gift or appointment. The obligation of the second
degree of the order contains the following: " You
will when elected to any Office all foreigners,
aliens snd Roman Catholics from Office; and that
you will in no case appoint such to Office"
AS Mr. Rayner very truly said in the Convention
of 1895, this exclusion from holding offices of trust
or profit on account of religious belief, is about the
very almost extent to which persecution can now be
carried in any civilized country, and in endeavoring
TO effect by oath. bound confederation the order
certainly does what the constitution of the United
present State Constitution decided against in 1885.
We don't know anything about the order don't
we? We never heard of the Massachusetts smell
ing committeeman of the abolition message of Gov.
Miner of Connecticut, one of Sans pets-nor of the
abolition resolutions of their State councils at the
North nor of their anti Nebraska trumphs over the
Administration, nor of their Northern emissaries in
Virginia, electioneerng against Henry A. Wise
These things all may know, for they are facts.
The order may have Southern face, but it compares
with its Northern face,'as three cent piece would
with Spanish dollar, at best but an alloy, and of no
value or weight in the general calculation. - Sew
ard ~ why the New York Herald itself admits that
the Know Nothings controlled the Legislature that
elected Seward, and that without them he could not
have been elected.
Here is the pith of Northern Know Nothingism. 1t
is the solid dollar.
The Massachusetts platform is embraced in the
following resolutions passed by know.nothing con-
Venton there:
Resolved, That we hail with hope and Joy the
recent brilliant of the republican party in the
States of Maine, Iowa. Indiana, Pennsylvania and
Ohio and we trust these victories are foreshadow
of others soon to come, by which the FREE STATES
shall present one SOLID PHALANX OF OPPOSl
TON TO THE AGGRESSIONS OF SLAVERY.
Resolved, That in the present chaotic condition
of parties in Massachusetts, the only star above the
horison is the love of human liberty and the ABHOR
RENEE OF SLAVERY and that 1T is THE DU
TY OF ALL ANTI.SLAVERY MEN to rally rount
the republican party, as an organization which in
vites the united action Of the people the transcend
ing question Of SLAVE dominion which now divides tn
Union.n
And here is the Southern face The bogus thre
cent piece for Southern circulation.
The know nothing State council of Georgia adopt
ed, at it's last session in Macon the following resou
ton, and directed to be published. 1t is thus off
cally printed in the Savannah Republican
Resolved, That slavery and slave institutions or
protected by the constitution of the United States
and the obligation to maintain them is not sections
but national that the right to establish them in tn
organization of State governments belongs to the ns
tive and naturalized citizens; and that Congress ha
no constitutional power to intervene, by excluding
new State applying for admission into the Union, vi
on the ground that the constitution of such State r
cogniZes slavery"
% Our attention has been called TO an article
the Herald" of Wednesday headed g. The Clinic
Convention" 1t is not our purpose to notice tn
article further than to correct some mistatemen
of the special reporter" whether intentional
otherwise we do not pretend to say
In the first instance there was no debate angry
otherwise, between Mr. Holmes of New Hanover al
Mr.. Spears of Harnett concerning the appointment
the committeeman nor did Mr.. Spears motion pr
vail, for the simplest in the world-N1r Spea
made no motion the subject. There qUas some
bate on motion of Mr.. Spears made at the openi
of the evening session. That motion, and the acti