Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-28
NEW KNOW NOTHING PLAT

This new declaration Of principles, the third
in order since the birth of the Order, is before
the public. It consists of 10 articles Of faith,
come Of them substantially as in the old, and
some new ones. The ttceIft6 section has been
pulled down, and in its stead is found bill of
indictment agains. the Administration, one Of
the counts OF which is the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, /" and theprescnt 18th section
provides: 1.-THE maintenance and enforcement
Of all laws until said laws shall be repealed, or
declared null andyoid by competent judicial au-
thority." Apart from the hueisns contained in
most Of the other sections We observe nothing
worthy of note Native born citizens must be
selected to office inprysrsaee to foreign born, y
&c. This is quite fall from the old platform,
and the original basis Of the order. Then it was
an ezelusion Of all foreign born citizens, now
tits preference for native born. Instead Of
opposition to Catholics, as was their old motive,
We now have (Sec. 6th) the non-selection of any
person who recognizes any allegiance or obliga-
ton, &C., to any foreign prince, potentate or
power, and who does not take. our State and
Federal Constitutions as paramount unless of pc
litieal action,
We believe that this test has been in force
since the adoption of the first constitution in
the Union, as every Office holder has taken, and
does take this oath to support his State and
Federal Constitution Nothing new in this we
epine.
The whiting process has been adopted to
such an extent that hardly the tail of the first
"a
ion (Old style) and the third degree are gone,
gone Where now stand the Southern party 2
Not only has their panacea been taken from
them, and not one word in its stead, other than
theimplied denial of the principles of the Ne
braska bill, as will be seen by reference to 18th
section.
The 12thsection of thepresent platform is as
Aae1iGzeliaa piece of plausibility as was ever
invented. 1t means that any law may and will
berepealed sosoon as the North can doit--yery
little different from the Black Republican Plat
form. Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law,
'Repeal of the Kansas Law is their cry and all
they need is strength to carry it out. The 18th
section means little more, and yet VIC find serer
TijtTgtnians voting for this section, aud at the
head of them Mr.. Boiling, nominated by Mr..
Botts to represent Virginia in this Abolition
Assembly.
Wsare glad that Mr.. Imboden's name is not
found in the list of the captured. But what of
the last clause of this section? 'Until declared
null and void by competent Judicial authority"
Who is competent judicial authority Any
judge that decides, or who9 Perhaps the Sa-
P6sms Court Of Wiseonsin would be deemed
the highest judicial authority with these gentle
men.
Where isour friend of the Richmond Wing
We should like to hear from him, and know
whether he does not knock under now to ''Botts
and the little organ" What says our neighbor
Of the Times9 Can he go this platfonnf fhe
can, how long since he made up his mind to take
the pill, however bitterH Where now the safe,
conservative, and national platform which
the party boosted of last spring Where
now the guaranty of rights and property to
the South' We want to hear from our friend of
the Times, We would like to hear him on the
Platform, apart from the nominees. Mr. Fill
norcis respected By all 1t is not known that
he will accept. II he does, We shall speak of it.
As for the second, no one expected his nomina-
ton, and few viii sanctionit. But Of this here
after