The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-02-29
From the rovideDce (R. l.) Post.
is THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY In
AMERICAN PARTY!

We answer, confidently and emphatically. NJ -
We say that, in all its and all lis purposes
1t Is the very opposite Of what it claims 10 be. Let
US see if We speak more or less than tie simple
truth.
Ia the first place. look at its sececy Tsthere any
thing American in that! Is it American TO belong
to a society the very and the very existence
81 which You are bound by an oath to keep pro-
ie und secret? Is II American 10 nominate men for
high Offices. and keep their nomination secret until
it is revealed through the baliut-box Is il Aneri-
ean to shrink from an open discussion of the claims
and qualifications OF candidates :or high offices? Is
it American to sneak TO the Council chamber for the
Transaction OF political business through trap-donrs
and backentries, with one eye over your shoulder,
Ike dog with stolen breakfast, to guard against
detection! Can there be suytkIng peculiarly amer
icau ~ an assoc alton y hose main features
Spubled by uothiR. that has existed In America
Shat we numbered Twenty-Five millieas OF souls Is
AiRfe auy thing uery American in society oi esuts
Is there anything American in chamber court?
Is there anything American n Italian Spanish
mGuis ton! II not, then IS there nothing American
IA know-nothi inglsui, thus far considered.
look al IL 0aats. From the moment OF taking
them the victim ceases TO be d freeman. He Is
sworn 10 look upon his brother Is ho was born upon
another soil or whose religions faith differs from
his own, a. aH outca>t. lie becompS blgo-bitter
inioerant, uHrelentiug. lie is sworn also to vote
fnr his party candidates, be they who and what
they may. no matter i the greatest kLave, the
most bale-iaced villain, or The meonest scoundre
that ever walked The earth, Is placed in nomination.
ne maSt.vQte ior nm There ~ no escape. lie has
sie0r4 that he win to it. lie cannot listen 10 argu-
ulent, Tor be is longer free to according the
Dictates oi reason aud coHscience. gis only answer
70 the PATRIOTS appeal tnnst bc. ssNe have lalv
and by that law i5mnst vote or my pagty's eandi-
date. no matIer Who he is what he IS "a iui or
devit, il IS all the same. Is there ANYTHING Amer
can % this! And yet this is oi the features Of
know -nol hingisui.
Loo; az It's pArposeS. II proposes to aEnihiate po-
litirat equahty-to rob labor of its dignity and lis
means q defence, by robbin it o its strength the
polls. II would make chatries or mere trachiups OF
thousands ot Whlte aboTers, and open the door 10
still greater encToachmens upon the poor mans
rights IS there ngihing American in this?
Lcok again X would erect c0HrmuHities Of far
npi,rv upon our own soil, by driving every man OF
loFes birth beyond The boundaries Of American So
ciety, Whether social or political 1t would teach
large class OF men, with families growing up d
rouud them IN very midst, 10 hate with bitter
and everlasting hatred, the Institutions OF our coun
try, and The men vino sustain theul. Il would shut
out the chidren OF toreign-born parents from all
AmcTcauizing Influences, and leave them 10 grow up
amongst Us with those preiudices common to the
land Of their iathefs. Is This al object worthy Of
Americans
Lpos once more. 1t would offer premium for
religious bypocr.cy, by excluding from Office and from
the bailot-b0X every who openly embraces the
Catholic faith. The American doctrine has been,
tuat fNEI person SOaiu De dilOWeA 10 worship STOu
according 10 the dictates 0i his conscience. 1t would
tranpe this doctrine in the dust, by providing pen
aiieS, in the iorm OF proscriptive disabilaties, for
all who worship God in any other than the Protestant
form.
But enough. There can be but one answer to the
question have asked. The know-noihing party
is nti-Amercan IN its organization and aterual tea
Decentralization in lis pnrposes-anti-Ameri
ia its soul and in It's substance. With its mask
off, it IS a bald traitor-a beartless, reckless enemy
OF American, institutions. Let true Americans ies
tfom i as they would flee from the pestilence that
wasteh az noonday-avoid il they would the poi
sonous viper-and crush il as true patriotism would
crash undisguised treason.
Ma. BUcRANAN AND LORD CLARENDON
| tt" report that angry words had recently been
exchanged between these two gentlemen is not
credited. The journal upon whose authority
| It is reported is the London Morning Advert
ser, paper which is said to be the receiver Of
all the filthy whispers and absurd fctions float
ing abont The ppFlivns of the British mrlropo-
lis.