The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-30
PENNSYLVANIA AND MASSACHUSETTS.

About two years since knownothingism spreading
It's baleful influence great part of the country and
in the old Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, it ragged with
its greatest intensity II swept down all opposition and
its swift Of dshonor Ii forced into the legis-
ature Of the State the most extraordinary compound Of
ignorance and meanness that disgraced deoeatVe
body The bindes bgotry made them deadly enemies to
Catholicism and they hunted it with the terocity OF blood
hounds committee of the assembly started out thor
oughy commissioned invade the sancty of every con-
vent sisterhood, and school within their baiwick and
they executed their high office most UNANIMOUSLY No de-
cency that due to the privacy of ladies restrained
them and pleading decacy subdued them. They out
ragged every sanctuary by their intrusion and nsulted IN
protected innocence with their groSSness Joseph Hiss was
the bright particular of that debased committee and
bore of the honors of the assembly
Know-nothingsm for season blinded and disgraced
the old Sae and she walked up from her but to
see the extent OF her degradation. Feyerished and dis
eased she threw off her allegiance TO this sovereign
and before she had recovered her health the cloud Of black
rspuboanism began to dpken her horizon, and she
under total eclipse 1t has spread its shades to other
regions and there is land of darkness limited by
latitude where political intolerance religious fanatcisn
and blind bgoy have eagued to spread the most deadly
herey that disturbed the repoSe and happiness of any
country.
The emssares of this league are commissioned by Mas
sachusetts to go out to other States propagandss
persecute Catholic converts and Catholic religion Will
son and Banks and Burngame the master spirits from
that land of political transmutation have gone into the
old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the serpent entered
Eden to tempt her and her with forbidden fruit
hat hotn bann
will say Them "Ge thee behind me- Satan" Never has
there been political congeniay between Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania The puritan feeling Of Massachusetts,
Is fanatica and has homogeney with the descendants
of Penn and those from the "faderand whose empera-
ments calm and deberatve, and whose philosophy
not into the regions myth Neither is there congo
niay in their political faith The even OF old federalism
has been extermnated from the old Bay State and
never will be- 1t is element of her nature Democracy
is the broad foundation of Pennsylvania faith She has
prospered and is cminenty happy under its influence.
She has conceivable object to warrant change of faith
practice and if she had Massachusetts, would be the
last place she would go to for political Improvement
1t is indicate and insulting for these newborn zealos
and adventures to go into Pennsylvania to aduce and
defame the character Of who dear to the honor
and pride of the State-who is her son. rich in national
fame and endorsed by the choice of the thirone States
the Union their candidate for the presidency 1t is
grossly indicate and insulting to invade the home of this
great statesman to influence Pennsylvanans to dshonor
him 1t is bald faulty for them ask Pennsy wanna to
cast Mr. Buchanan aside unworthy and to take young
man, unaedged for that maturity ndspensably necessary
Tor the safe administration OF this government 1t pre-
suming upon the creduity ignorance of the old Com
nonweah to ask her to give up her nationality and de-
Voton to the Union TO become to sectionasm
and treason 1t would be the last act of missionary des
peaton TO ask the old Keystone State to give the hand of
welcome to Mr. Wilson, who has insulted every feeling of
patriotism by laying his sacregious hands the sanctity
'f the constitution listen the Of Mr. Bapks
who is willing to the Union sde' or to heed the
acrege of Mr. Burlngame, who declared that we must
have an antsavery constitution anti-savery Bible
md an anti-slavery God We that Pennsylvania
will teach this graceless trio that they have mistaken the
heatre for their treason.