The daily union., 1856-01-23
From the Providence (R. ~ Post
is THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY AN AMERICAN
N

From the Providence (k ~ Post.
is THE Ksow-NOTHING PARTY AN AMERICAN
PARTYf
We answer, confidently and emphaticaly, No! We say
that in all and in all its purposes it is the very
opposite of what il claims to be- Let if we speak
more or less than the simple truth.
In the first place. look at its secrecy Is there anything
American in that2 Is it American to belong to society
the very and the very existence of which you
bound by oath keep profound secret? Is it Amer
lean nominate for high Offices and keep their
inaon until it is revealed through the ballot-box
Is it American shrink from open discussion Of the
claims and qualifications Of candidates for high oces7 Is
il American sneak the council chamber for the
action of political business through trapdoors aud back
entries with eye your shoulder like dog with
stolen breakfast, to guard against deoctiop7 Can there
be anything peculiarly American in association whose
main resembed by nothing that has existed
in America from the landing of the Pilgrims down to the
day that we numbered twenty-five millions of souls? Is
there any thing UeTy American in society of Jesus Is
there anything American in star-chamber court3 Is
there sny thing American in Italian Spanish inqut
sion? If not then Is there nothing American in know
nothingsm, thus far considered
Look at its odths From the moment of taking them
the victim TO be a freeman lie is look
upon his brother who born upon another SOIL or
whose religious faith differs from hs own, outcas
He becomes bgot-bter, intolerant unrelentng. He
is sworn also vote for his parys candidates be they
"a
the most barefaced villain, the scoundre that
walked the earth is placed in nomination he
vote for him. There Is escape lie has that he
will do IT. He cannot listen TO argument for he Is no
longer free TO act according the dictates Of reason and
conscience His only to the patriots appeal
be, We have law, and by that law for my
partys candidate matter who be is saint
devil Il all the same Is there any thing American
this2 And yet this Is Of the features of
ingism.
Look at It's purpo, II proposes annihate political
equayto rob labor Of It's dignity and its OF de-
fence by robbing IL of Its strength at the pos ID would
make chattels machines Of thousands Of white la
borers and open the door to s greater encroachmcnts
upon the poor rghis Is there anything American
in this1
Look again. II would erect copiopaaie. Of foreigner,
upon SOIL by driving every Of foreign birth
beyond the boundaree n American society," whether social
political II would teach large class OF men with
families growing up around them In our very midst to
hate with bitter and everlasting hatred, the institutions
Of country, and the no sustain them II would
shut the children OF foregn-born parents from all
Americanizing Influences, and leave them TO grow mp
amongst with those prjudices Z, the land OF
their fathers Is this object worthy OF Americans
Look more IL would offer premium for religious
Hypocrisy by excluding from Office aud from the ballot
box every who openly embracessthe Catholic faith
The American doctrine has BEEN every person should
be allowed to worship God according dictates Of his
conscience would ample this doctrine in the dust by
providing PeHaes, In the form Of proscrptvel disabilities
for all who worship God 10 any other than the Protestant
form.
And finally examine, II you ploase the MATERIAL OF
which this know-nothng party Is composed Its leaders
have been known TO us amongst the bitter and
ultra Of the old whg party. They are not and never
were at heart Americans Ia quarres and conba,s
with other nations they have invariably been qgona not
for their country While these dangerous foreigners and
Catholics fighting battles and pouring ont their
blood az Il water in defence or the American asg
these same knornoihng leaders giving aid and com
fort to our enemies-eucouraging them 10 welcome our
brave soldiers "wrH TO HosrrrlmLx eRays
But enough There lie bat answer TO the aues-
uon we have asked The know-nothnp party Is anti
American in It's organization aud internal feaiuresan
American in lie mecan In s soul and In
iu substance. With its mask of II s bald traitor-a
hearless, reckless enemy Of American institutions Let
true Americans fee from IA they would flee from the
pesiiene that wasteh noondsy II they would
the poisonous yporsnd crush II true patriotism would
crush undisguised treason.
GREAT TYPOGRAPHICAL rgAr IN PaLApKLPHIA--We 6nd
the following extraordinary in the Philadelphia
North American;
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