The North-Carolinian., 1855-09-08
s VOLUME XvI-N0. s62.

THE KNOW NorH1NGs NOT PARTY BUT
GovERNMENr.-The Know Nothngs are not Il
mere political party--their Constitution gives
them ntfthe powers of a civil Government
They have salaried oi1icersc the members 10
their Convention assemblies are pald Ill the
same order our members TO congress; each
delegate receives from their treasury thIee
dollars per daN and five cents per niue, iof
coinr to and returning from their deliberations.
And these assemblies have the most arbitrary
powers; they to decide upon all questions
of national politics, have the authority to pun
ish Offenders against their rules. levy taxes,
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| dependent government. And further, they are
held together by solemn .soaths. signs, grips,
passwords and such other secret work as may
seem to them necessary" There is something
in their laudation of the Philadelphia platform,
when they pronounce it second Declaration
of Independence OF what whom do they
seek to be independently the Constitution
and Government as it now stands! That's the
natural and only inference. And although
they dare not make pnbc their intentions, and
even deny that they seek to alter the Constitu
ton, it is no longer i'll their power to deceive
the people. This powerful and dangerous
ganization has awakened the old and the true
men of the country, and this would he civil
Government will be crushed by the voluntary ac-
ton Of a patriotic people CassrUe STANDARD.
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PHILADELPHIA WH1GG ERY-The Wing City
Convention assembled in Philadelphia, on Tues
day last and adopted platform, of which the
following is II plank:
''Resofred, That we heartily subscribe to the
declaratio that '.Amcrcans shall rule Amcri-
ca" and express our belief, that since the go-
rous 4th Of July, 1lt6, Americans always have,
and they do now, and always Will, govern
America. We hold no communication with
that spurious Amcrcanism that skulks in
hiding places, organizes its disci pies upon the
footing of mutual distr,,st, and with the aid of
immoral and unlawful oaths, inculcates habitu-
al evasion and deceit, and establishes its
guiding star, indiscriminate prescription of
citizens by classes and general descriptions,
such utterly at variance with the Consi-
tuition of the United States, and the whole
scope Of American republcanism.''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~~~~~>~
Proofs THAT THE MooS Is NOT INHABIrEr.--
DR.. ScorcSby, in All account that he has
given of Roses lcviatIlan telescope, says:
with respect to the Moon, every object
its surface Of 100 feet was now distinctly to be
seen: and he had no doubt that under very
IA 'vorabIc circumstances, it would be SO with
objects 60 feet i'll height On its surface
craters of extinct volcanoes rocks and masses
of tone almost innumcribc. II had doubt
whatever that if such building as he then
III were upon the surface of the moon, it would
be rendered distinctly visible by these instru-
ments. But there were signs of habitations
such as ours-no yestiges of architectural re-
mains to slow that the moon is ever was
inhabited by race of mortals similar to our
selves. 1t presented no appearances which
could lead to the suppositon that it contained
anything like the green fields and lovely YER
dure of this beautiful world of ours There
was no water viSible-not sea, ora river, or
even the measures of reservoir for supplying
town or factory; all seemed desolate"
t'Halloo, steward!" exclaimed fellow in
one of the steamboats,, after having retired to
his bed, "IIalloo, steward"
"1Iere, massa."
Bring me the way bill"
''W hat for nassau
II want to see if these bed bugs put down
their names for this berth before did. If not
1 want ,em turned OUT
4 FuSxY CASE OF HIv1SG BEEs-A chap in
Louisiana recently took notion for bath in
an inviting stream which flowed through field
he engaged in blowing, and divestng him
self of his clothes for the purpose, hung his I'M
mentionables upon the limb Of locus tree
hard by He had luxurated for some half an
hour, and swan back to his starting point, when
he perceived bcvy of young damsels approach
ing with their flower baskets. He scampercd
up the bank and into his breeches, but alas!
unhappy fellow, not soon enough. They were
occupied \ small colony of bees were in pos
session He reports that he got home but how
he knows not. Thinks he ran"-knows he
haIloed--and is the girls laughed. His
friends found in his pantaloons number ofdead
bees-some angry ones-and the biggest half
Of a very sore YOUTH
SELECTIONS FOR Observation-Disclosures peoplc
think the selection of suitable matter for a
newspaper the easiest part of the business
How great an error 1t is by all means the
most difficult TO look over hundreds of ex-
change papers every week, from which to select
enough for one, especially when the question is
not what SHALL but what shall not be selected
is easy task. If every person who reads
paper could have edited it, we should hear less
complaint. Not unfrequcnty is it that an
editor looks over all lis exchange papers for
something interesting, can absolutely find moth
ing. Every paper is drer than contribution
box, and yet something must be had his paper
must out with something in it, and he
does the best he can. TO an editor who has
the least about what he selects, the wr-
ting that he has to do is the easiest part Of the
labor.
Every subscriber thinks paper is printed
for his own benefit; and if there is nothing in
it that suits him. it must be stopped, it is good
for nothing. just as many subscribers as an
editor may have, SO many tastes lie has 10 con-
suit One wants something sound One likes
anecdotes, fan and frole; and the next door
neighbor wonders that man of good sense
will put such stuff III paper Something
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