Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-09
THE KNOW NOTHtNGS.
OF rHE GRAND Council Oh
rHr STATE OF Nav loRK.

Aft sa a.
Nav Yorx Nov. a. ls5i
prafHsr; in ac-ofi with ih- instfartons offh
Grand Council, we transmit q" you CO. @ Z" 'H" P'"
s-,,rs o. ID. l4ie s--.iun Not. ~ 80 aud TO- i-9i
g,.-irsL 1hat NO ds agate DO admitted nom any
Couucii ihi ~tats Sffui ounct who ha' ap1ah'rd
,b. act. 81 the anl Counsel u1d thft each d.irgaic
,,, ,tli rot susi 800 fie -tfte Ticket lu n1elrd
Mo- ion tn fecaislder lost
Inrr.t-ls snef thr passage iha above re- olution
il was drci-d thit each uiptAcr rho4i announce hs
name anf Nunh.r Of tausca, aua ,i-io TOT whom Zee
voted al thc late election hfeihef hiunhE o. 'o"n0'i
No. all Hrothsf ANrnpS Of 3d. aea ttnihof JtNstNHs
of3fl refusing answer, we're f'quested tofetfs unii
ttrir cases sHoaA be- iaY's'iefied.
E...isa Vast ant drluguc Who shall rrfase 10
h'e't' 20 -'f g.. a.. Ia. t, ,.t...
NJ. eseat 90 no voted usud hi. ih1rncc for soy
.ihcr ihan the American ticket, headed "ANitL 1 -l
AAS, br ssleled.
Here. SIT. we see, first, that no delegate
was 10 be admitted unless he would swear
that he had voted, at the then late election,
the ticket OF the orler. Yes, SIR before a
man should be permitted TO take his seat IN
thus council Of consplrators, even though he
we're the son Of revolutionary sire, he must
swear TIN, he had voted the ticket headed by
the name of DtMEL ULLuANN .-;nnst
swear that he had slavishly surrendered the
dearest birthright of an American citizen,
and marched to the ballot box WITH the
sAackles Of The order around bun. Shame,
shame upon such dcsecraton OF the name
.lmericdn
And, secondly. sir, any delegate who
could not purge himself, by oath, OF the
crime of having exercised the right OF an
American clizen, should be EXPELLrp'
( from the council Sir, since this Uniou
was formed, has there been known an organ
ization so desp TIC Nay, SIR, Is there
among all the monaTchies Of Europe one 50
despotic ? Descendants of men who fought
in the revolution were cast out from tins
council because they dared TO exercise
according to their best judgment, the right
of an American freeman WAS ever before
ANYTHING heard Of equal to this in nitmy, t
require free man to take an oath beiorI
JAMES W. BARKEK and his serylle creatures
that he has mol done what the constitution
, SAYS he may do-deposited ballot freely
aud fear.essy--or be east out as evil fron
the fellowship Of these consplraiors an'
traitors
, Sir, man after nan has been expelled from
, this " American" order because he voted 70
the present chief magistrate OF this state. =
, Why should this be: Who is Gov. CLARK
, that such an indication Of preference for hlu
/ should subject an American TO such al
o indicnny Is there anything base OF Grim
o inal 10 casting vote for such man :
: Does the having cast such vote debase
4 man in the eyes of the people! Is Coy
I Clark not an honest man-a hrm uniiinchn
=. and consistent representative ofthe principle
r of the Wing party, and msn whose sympa
thies are on The side Of freedom and human
!. ity ? What crime was there IN voting Il
h such man; Yet, for having done so, me
/. have been expelled from this American
:. order. American! Such an organization
a thus corrupt and desp0iic, has nothin, eith'
4. in It's character or its present oblects-de
~ serving of the name of American. No, su
,e and stop here to make prediction, that
"a twenty five months there wall not be on
m hundred, of the one hundred and thirty tho'
a sand who are now said to be enrolled on !
ID books, who will even confess that |
re belonged to such an organization
OF yillainous, corrupt and infamous IN
a. schemes. believe so, sir, because belize
1? that, of these l30.000,very few comparative
be are now cognizant Of its corrupt and lnfamo
nd purposes, or of the vlainous designs OF Z
II, men who control il. 1t is managed
H. schemers and demagogues. Who are the
nv Who are at its headi Who are its exec
= tive committed Not man will not
e. SO Tar as that-scarcely a man who is i
L. equally destitute Of reputation and charactt
ct aye, sir, men whose names are enrolled up
IN the calendars Of crime in tie city Of NJ
n York-men stepped in crimes Of the deep'
in and blacklist dyej and l state this