The true Democrat., 1856-06-03

compromise was an infraction of the pliehted faith of the nation, and that it should be restor. ed; and, if efforts to that end should fail, Con- gress should refuse to admit into the Union any State tolerating slavery which shall be formed out of any portion of the territory from which that institution was excluded by the compro- mise.
 And here Is a sickening dose from New Ter sey. How do southern Know Nothings greet their friends here?
 We cannot, with fidelity to our principles and former professions, act with any national or ganlzatlon whose action on the question of slavery will result in endorsing the Kansas Ne. oraSKa. .act and which refuses its sanction to the principles of the Missouri compromise of 1920. We give two more and acknowledge our selves surfelted. We feel like calling for wa- ter, that we may aoash, after the dirty task of preparing these resolutions. In February. 1855. the following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Know Nothings of the State of Maine: '0'''0 VI
 l. Resotved, That the new party to which we owe aileglance Is not based on one idea alone but comprehends, and should always act in reference to, every principle that will promote the moral and political welfare of a free people, I z. Resolved, That the Declaration of Inde- pendence, the tone and tenor of the Constitu- ton the ordinance of 1787 the words and deeds of the founders of this republic, all indi- cate that slavery should be sectional not nation. al-temporary, not permanent.
 | 5. Resolved, That native- Amercanisn, anti slavery and temperance are the foundation stones Of our order, equally deserving our considera- tion and that before giving our political SUD- port to any man, for any office, we will mpera- lively demand his entire commttal in favor of those great and cardinal principles
 4 Resotued, That we solennly protest against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, the passage of the Kansas N ebraska bill, and the fugitive slave law, as violations of the rights O: the free States, and tending to the destruction oi the free institutions of our country
 O. Resolved That we pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to free our national terri torres from the curse of slavery, and that we VIII never consent, under any circumstances, to the admission of another slave State into the Union.
 6. ResOlvet, That any attempt to commit our order in the free States to the advancement of the interests of slavery, to ignor it as a politi. cal question, to stamp 1t as a side issue or to enjoln silence upon us in respect to it's evils and encroachments, deserves and receives our sternest dlsapprobation and dissent
 The next one is from Michigan passed bv the legislature of the State
 Resotued, That our Senators in Congress be. and they are fereby instructed, and our Rep resentatlves requested, to vote for, and use thelr best eXertons to procure the passage of an act of Congress that shall prohibit the intro- ductlon or exercise of slavery in any of the territories of the United States especially in Kansas and Nebraska, and to introduce, with out delay, bill for the latter purpose.
 Resotvsd That our Senators in Congress be, and they are hereby instructed, and our Repre- sentatlves requested, to use their best exertions to procure the immediate repeal of the act of 1o3O, known as the fugitive slave law.
 Now, let us ask, where is the nationality of thls American party? Will southern people allow themselves to be hoodwinked into the belief that the Know Nothing party is nation al one? This is but a sample of the resolu tions daily adopted by the Know Nothing par ty Of the north, and still it is pronounced na- tlonal by southern papers. We ask every can- did southern Know Nothing to read these rcso iutlons, and present their parallel in the history ot the democratic party. Our country is right ly called humbugged nation, when party has an existence among Us protesting national ty, and Its northern extreme propogating sentiments directly antagonistic to those pro. tessed by the southern wing.