Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-12

krooHeus awake egnu2t the 0or1pi'
ne6 Fee, Democracy and Know
| No<hingism
Either q these enemies to human
freedom and religious liberty. would
be powerIess alone, but combined. and
presenting an unbroken front. they are
formidable, and call upon every lover
Of his race, to forego all minor differ
ences Of opinion. and meet them In an
equally u,,broken manner. We pub
lish elsewhere the rejoicings OF the
Enquirer. over the triumph resulting
from their union on the bill to appro-
pirate noney to enable the President
10 enforce the bloody code Of Nilsson
Vi upon the citizens Of Kansas. They
ars one. Know Nothingism. As isnow
exists. Is the qaintessence Of cppress-
ion and bisotry. The lovers Of liber-
lty who may have been inveigled into
| Il on the plea that. II merely sought
wholesome notifications of the natu-
ralixation laws. finding that nothing
win satisfy il but the most arbitrary
despotism. have left It, and j! new en-
lists nowhere but in the South. and in
Kansas. and along the borders Of
Slave States. In all the free North.
its lodges have been disbanded. and its
former members have arranged them
selves with other parties. according
to their afIinilies for freedom or slave
ry- We regret to say that very many
Of them are now leading members Of
the Old Line party. TnEY were Know
Nothings from the love Of it--because
they could not endure freedom OF
speech or freedom of action, and they
now asa ociate with those whose views
most acccrd with their own.
We hass, for year or more, heard
that the Border Ruffians in Kansas
were Know Nohings. We believed
they were leagued together by Sc
cret. oath-bound association. but we
had no idea that it was branch Of
the Know Nothing order until recent
lly. The testimony to this point is
now indisputable, and that the South
ern Democracy is combined with them
isa'so unquestionable. We suspected
this when the two united on Aiken. a
Southern X. ~. for speaker. against
Banks. Republican: and every act Of
the parties shows that they are one in
interest. and one in sentiment. partic-
ularly on the question Of liberty Of
speech and Of the press. They united
in opposing the investigation of the
Kansas eutrages. and when Herbert
who was a member Of the Cincinnati
Convention. and who, by their own
admission. is a K. N. killed an Irish
waiter, the Democracy and the K. N,
we're again one in refusing to invesli.
gate The murder in the House, ant
when his mock trial came of. accord
ing to their own papers, the Demo
. cratic Judge allowed a jury to be EN-
pannelled, Of whom eleven were Know
Nothings. who. under the charge o
the Democratic Judge. brought in I
verdict OF acquittal. because Herber
was ahaid, though he struck the frs
blow. that the Irishman might kill him
therefore by the Democratic Judg,
and X. N. jury. he was justifable il
killing the Irishmanl
A recent letter from our friend Gras
, muck. not intended for publication
: further confirms us in this view. Fl,
, does not take back single charg,
against the Democratic party. no
modify his accounts Of the suffering
Of the settlers. He says: 9Th,
Border Rutiians and Southern popula
, ton go for Fillmore. The Know Moth
/ ing party South will 60 for Fillmore
Enough Of their men. however, ar
!. for Buch anan. (such as Stringfellow
I who was at the Cincinnati Conven
tion TO induce EVERY BUCHANAN Ma
IN TIE SENATE AND IN THE HOUSE,. +
vote money out Of the U. s. ireasur,
TO enable the President to assist lhes
Border RufIian Know Nothings TO en-
. force their laws on Grasmuck and 9th
( or freemen.
= Weagain call upon freemen Of eve
9 ~ party to unite against this eombins
Z ton to put down freedom. We re
peat II, the Democrats and Kno'
Nothiugs are unit on this question
The position Of Fillmore and Buchar
an on the slave question is IDENTICAL
: Il is by each stated that the South wi
!, not. ought not 10 submit to be govern
a ed by the Republicans, even il the
d are a large majority. 's
a II parties that are professedly I
% antagouislic. forget all their difisren'
Il Is and fuse into one on this question
. ought not The lovers Of freedom forg'
q their minor Offences. and resist the
!; revolutionary purposess
= A Clean Record.