The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-05
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KNow-NoTHINGISM IN TEE FIELD
In opposition to our own opinion, many
of our democratic friends, from time to time,
have advised US that the Known othings
would endeayor to steal a march on the
Democrats, by presenting candidates, on
the very eve of the election. Their predic-
tons have turned out to be true. Sure enough,
at the eleventh hour, SAM is in the field,
with part of q county ticket-Gen. John A
Young for the Senate, and DIR. Isaac Will
son for the Commons. 1t is now apparent
that Know-Nothingism has been secretly at
work all the time, in planning and laying
trains to take their opponents by surprise,
and blow them up on the day of election
And it remains with the Democrats of Meek
lenburg to say whether such efforts to de-
feat them shall be successful.
Why have the Know n othings presented
but one candidate for the House of Com
mons? The reason is plain. For the pur-
pose of trading, bartering and traficking
in votes! Democrats, this move is a re-
Election on your integrity and honesty. 1t
is obvious that the KnowNothings regard
you as wanting in principle and common
sense. They fancy they see something
green in your eyes, and that they can
hatter. hoodwink and honey -fuggle you
out of your votes. Yield to their applian-
ces and deceitful persuasives, and let them
get your vote for one or both of their can
didates, and they will Immediately turn
round and boast of their smartness in tri-
umphing over you, and laugh in their sleeve
and ridicule you for your weakness.-They
will invent and privately whisper in your
ears all manner of tales and falsehoods to
prejudice you against our candidates, while
they will present in false colors the beauties
of Sans candidates, and ask you to vote
for Know Nothing-Mr. Young, of course
for they ave no hope of electing Mr.
Wilson. He was brought out tits plain.merely
to draw the chestnuts out of the fire for Mr..
Young. The modus operandi to be as fol-
lows: Democrats will be approached and
asked to vote for Mr.. Young, on the ground
that the Know-NOthing promises to vote for
some one of the Democratic candidates.
There will be no effort made-mark what
what we say-to trade votes for the purpose
of electing DR.. Wilson. The heavy Demo
cratic majority of Mecklenburg, on the vote
for the House of Commons, leaves no hope
cor Known othingism in that quarter
The whole scheme has been laid to elect,
if possible, Xnow-NOthing Senator. Is
there Democrat in the county of Mecklen-
burg who will lend himself to carry out such
u scheme! We do not believe it. The
Democrats of Mecklenburg always cast
their votes upon principle, discarding as
wholly unworthy great cause all minor |
differences of opinion. After the last char
in fit of disappointment at the result COM
plimented their honesty and irmness by |
declaring that "that you might as we'll at
tempt to pick a hole through the rock of
Gibraltar, as to attempt to pick hole in
the ranks of the Democratic party of Meek |
enburg." 1t appears, however, that ano-
ther effort is to be made against your in
egrity-that another trial to get you into
The support of know-No thingiSm, is to be
made on Thursday. This is evident, from
he fact that Know n Othingisn can have
40 hope of success without Democratic aid.
But where are the Democrats in whose eyes
Know \ othingism has discovered some
hing green? Let the vote of Thursday
next answer.