The true Democrat., 1856-04-29
Gathering the Fruit.

It is assuredly impossible for the wisdom and patriotism of the south to be longer blinded by the delusions of clark -lanternism." The fact is established beyond controversy that, at the north, there is thorough understanding and union between the Know Nothings and aboli- tionlsts. The fact is established by irrefragible proof. The Know Nothings and the aboli- tionists, at the north, make their warfare upon the democracy a common cause. They made it so in the election in Maine-in New Hamp- shire-n Connectcut-in Rhode Island-and they have united their forces and nominated fusion ticket in Pennsylvania.
 Against this fusion of the Anaericaas' and "Wack republicans" the democratic party are contending single handed and alone. Standing upon the principle enunciated in the Nebraska Kansas bill, the democracy are true to the Union and the constitution. In their struggles at the north, they discard all other issues and all isms, and fight the battle against the fused forces of Know Nottingham and abolitionism upon the broad principle of justice and equality to all sections of the Union. With the democratic
 
 no circumocuton-no preterntting-no ignor- ing-they meet the issue of justice to the south firmly and openly.
 That Know Nottingham is abolitonsm in disguise, witness the state of parties in the pre- sent Congress. Two years ago. before the secret order was felt in the elections, there were but two or three abolition Senators, and but con- temptible squad of abolition members of the lower house. Now mark the difference nearly third of the Senators are open -mouthed aboitionists, while in the House there is po- stive working abolition majority. Until Know Nottingham was sprung upon the country, such state of things at Washington was not dream 1 ed of
 ! In the elections of members of Congress and of the State Legislatures, the secret order swept the entire north. Here in Arkansas the fact was admitted and gloried over. The President of the Know Nothing State Council of Arkan- sas announced the fact with great flourish of trumpets that the whole north had declared for the American party" 1t was the announce ment of the truth. The secret order, operating silently and at the dead hour of night, conceal ing its real designs, overpowered the democratic party and carried the elections. The result was for the first time in the history of the govern ment, the abolitonists had the control of the national House of Representatives.
 One of the purposes for which Know Noth- ism was started was thus accomplished. The of totiv obo Indeed, Know Nottingham had its origin in abolitonism. The very fact is proved by the adoption of the religious test excluding Catho- lies. The Catholics were excluded because the Catholic clergy at the north refused to sign protest against the Kansas Nebraska bill--re- fused to war upon the southern people and their institutions.
 We are now gathering the first fruits of Know Nottingham. A large number of U. S. Senators and majority of the House of Re- presentatives are abolitionists and enemies of the south Unless the national democracy at the approaching elections triumph over the yfusiOn, and sweep it from power, dissolution of the Union must follow inevitably. The south, unable to live under abolition insult and tyranny, will be driven to seek protection in a separate southern confederacy Upon the con- tinued ascendency of the democratic party de- bends the perpetuity of the Union Let de- mocrats then, all over the Union, gird up their ons for the approaching stugglc. Let south erners especially buckle OH their armor. The issue is democracy or aboltionism-union or disunion. Then "To your tents, o Isreal !- See to thine own house."