M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-04
The Reaction against Know N 9TH
ingism in Ohio--DecIenIi0n of
the Order--A Voice from the Mar
ietta InteIligenccT, n *. N. Pa

insIsm In OhiO--DecIenliUn Ol
the OTdeT--A Voice from the Mar.
ietta InteIligencer, n x. N. Pa
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The Marietta hislligsnesr has Ions
been known as one of the oblest and
most respectable Whig papen in ohio
Up to the present time it has given the
Know Nothing movement siaunch
and faithful support; but in its issue OF
April IA, it holds the following Language
which we reproduce with pleasure, as
showing the great change few weeks
have produced in mems minds in regard
to the course pursued by the partisans oil
the bigoted aud proscripIiye .order.--
Morning Adpsrtissr. "a .sg ss,s 40.
"American Reform" patty came be
fore the people with "high pretentions
and fattering promises" to reform the
politics Of the country, and to elect the
best men for Offices and that it had
Sympathized with the early published
views of the order. gues on to say;L
Gin. Eng. .. -s3It 2Gaf1
"To most Of its early triumphs, aud
to few Of its later ones, its friends
and the friends Of the country m Gy point
with pride, 1t may, and in some loca-
tiOns doubtless will; accomplish good
for little while to come. But, unless
there is an early and radical change in
its plan Of operations; unless there is
material modification Of some Of the
more recently avOwed purposes of many
OF its leaders. and unless there Is an en-
tire change in the men, and the charact-
er AID policy Of the men who now con.
troll the order in most of our cities, and
some OF the States,no obssrUing man eau
fail to sec, and no honest man hesitate
TO declare, that the Whols mousment WilL
soon become reproach to the country. a
Kissing and bylOOrd among the people,
aud an utter stencil in the nostrils Of
all decent men. ..., .r..t
"ln many places, instead Of nomina.
ting the best men as candidates. they
have prescribed such men, and have
made membership the only qualification
for office. The effect Of this has been to
induce corrupt and Office seeking politi
clans OF all parties to rush into the or.
der, and they are the men who are noW,
TO u great crtent, controlling its actions;
these are the men who put in nominLtioa
the Pap TayIors of Cincinnati, and The
Barksr'8 Of NeD York, and the Gamer.
on's Of Pennsylvania, the utterly cor.
rupt party hacks If the country and tht
oerieSt dcmagogucs of the land. II is
under the lead of such men that the dis
graceful outrOges in Cincinnati haze re
Gently been perpetrafed. t.t. 53s7
"The united testimony OF men of all
parties is that there has for years been
no election in Cincinnati more honestl,
conducted than the late one for city Of
fcerS. But some Of the nominees of the
Reform party were so obnoxious to me n
who regard capacity and moral worth al
qualifications for Office, that thousand:
who joined it from pure motives refused
to vote its ticket, and the consequence
was defeat, where victory was supposed
TO be certain. Then, under the pretenst
that fraud had been perpetrated, the
ballot-box of one ward was destroyed
and when it appeared that even tha
Outrage was not sufficient to defeat the
will of the people, the ballots and tall,
list in another ward were burned The
only excuse offered for this act was that
according to report, there were fifty o.
more ballots in the box than names on
the tally-list. The report was not true
and there is no doubt that it was known
10 be untrue, and that it was pu: In cir.
culation for the very purpose of provo
king just such an outrage as was com.
mitted. We heard one of the men whc
was engaged in that affray justify the de
struction Of the ballots on the ground
Whenever we think the ballot-box ism
pure, go in for destroying itn MAJ
the balot-boxes Of the land long be pre-
served from the purity of such men a,
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