The North-Carolinian., 1856-09-13

NORTH CAROLINE
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Many nos,ths 80. when the 'onuldr huzza
was. soundss kthr hronghont the laiats tlse' msIa
can, mart i Had inauggrated a newsgolgs zeaElpr
beEaiEsnfs 4ssfffaH interests. naff-AkA ps9sle
ai,4sx 6 asSf hen ymany persons sHsfe silly
o4atiss7 that their yaunted peWer and
influence were baseat upon something more sur
stantaI than airy nothings,' this party oIt5sn-
ed control of the National Washington Meax-
ment A ssoeia tiolat the Federal Capitol, 1,
mode by which his accomplished is
fresh in the -rresl lleetion Of onr reader<= ts
now NotlsnEa their secret rsS.s-y OF
|lo1gsf k!51ssnized y Nothins'
3s &c Z q ID l|t: 8
sresnyosssss q rlsfx great
TO erect s a on hnneiis in hohor Of washington,
it was made "a apbject of party scramble
The disgraeefuI Ischeine sreeeeded-the contro'
of the Monument Association thus surrep-
tituonslv obtained, and Knew Nothingism was
substituted in place of a general n ational sent-
ment as the presiding influence over this grand
ovation to the Father of his Country.
The name and the memory of Washington
having been thus desecrated for party purposes
it might reasonably have been expected that
from very shame of failure, the Know Moth
ings would have been stimulated TO some ere
ditable excrtions to redeem their loud promises
to the public The mercst dictates of party
interest, any would have supposed, would
spur them on to do something toward the grand
result and stave of the ignominy and disgrace
which failure wonId entail Oh Know Nothing
ism.-But the party which could violate the
sacred sentiment of national gratitude to the
ilustrious dead, seemed incapable of realizing
the disgust which gross neglect to redeem
their promises would inspire,
The Washington Monument, it was vaunting-
y said by the Know NothIngs, would rise
rapidly to completion from the day that intcn-
sely American party took charge of the work
II was to lift its towering summit to the skies
10y meaus of the voluntary subscriptions OF the
Know Notffings alone. From every member
OF their lodges and Councils throughout the
land was to be contribution to the work
This, when completed was to be not solely, and
we suspect not chiefly, monument to Wash
ngton, but grand cIeetioneering sign-post to
which Know Nothings were topoint, and boast
of their superior patriotism.
Behold now the fruits Of their ridiculous
arrogance-their impertnent FOLLY. Silence
broods over the spot-the hum of industry is
hushed--the sound of the artzan's hammer is
no longer heard.
The blocks awaiting the disposal of the self
constituted guardians of the monument, selo-
Quent tokens OF Il peoples IOVe anu, IcScIeHCe
for their great champion and hero, stand there
untouched mute but scathng witness of Know
Nothing factiousness, presumption and impo-
| tency The melancholy Sphynx-the broken
columns and crumbIing arches of of ancient
Thebes as they rise from their sandy beds
in which they are half buried bespeak glory
once resplendcnt and complete, and the modern
traveller bows his head in honor to the mighty
deeds of the past l} ut " hat must the traveller
think of Know Nothingism he Iauses be-
fore the Washington Monument, and beholds
| that eloquent evidence Of the delinquency of
this crancliIoquent and loud vaunting party.
| That party which professed to have risen up
| firm, The ruins of the two great parties that
preceded it. and would not hold itself respon-
sbe for the obnorious acts r1ol0ted pledges Of
| either is itself now nniqIe, broken and scat
tered ruin It's dismembered fragments are
| seen in all parts of the Union, having some
| peculiar characteristics common to all, but in
| most respects dissmilar, dsjointed, discordant,
irreconcilable, repugnant. They never could
have formed a homogeneous and symmetrical
whole. They were from the beginning incapa
| bic of being moulded into shape that would
be either useful ornamental. The party has
turned ont miserable deformity-a hideous
| monument of fanaticism, demaSoguesm, pro
scription and intolerance.
Who is to be responsible for the obnoxious
acts and violated pledges of the Know Nothing
party?-( Ga.) Empire .Stotc.