M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
Row aAI0ng .he Rnow NolhIngs


Row among Inc iknow NOthlngs
1.-The sPIil--TIIc New Organis
zatiOul sh -
The Black and White Know No,
things h I'd a general ROW in this city,
ION Thursday, which resulted in a di-
vision of.the order. TheBlack Know,
Not hings had the majority, and held
possession of the field (hal) while
the White members of the order with
|drew, and repaired to the City HAIL.
and entered into reorganization.
We have not seen the majority re-
port but it sustained the withdrawal
of Lieut.. Gov. Ford and his party
from the Philadelphia Convention and
sustained the Pittsburgh arrangement,
and which are properly named the
tBIaob, or COiored Know Nothihgs,
while the others pride themselves Oh
the cognomen of White Know No
things. Under these two names they
enter the field for the Presidential
race, with much more bitterness of
feeling against each other, than against
the democraticparty. . a. g'JiG,1
The'following is the report of tlIe
minority : ~ .0tic s't oa'
"The undersigned, members of the
committee on the State of the Order,
appointed by the President of the
State Council, beg leave to submit the
following minoritylreport: l't'a1
on" We recognize the National Coun-
oil as paramount authority Of the A
merican order, and deem a refusal to
support candidates nominated by a
Convention assembled in accordance
with its rules, a virtual abandonment
of our organization ce." ..'ns
70" The solemn obligations which the
majority of our. Order took upon them
selves attho height of the anti-slavery
excitement resulting from the passage
of the Nebraska bill, to maintain as
pre.eminent in importance, the princi-
pies of the American Order, have not,
in our opinion, lost any Of their force
tby the present juncture Of affairs
The question Of slavery extension is
each day losing the character of an
impending danger, from the fact that
the operation Of the laws Of popula-
ton and Of nature, render it improb-
able that any of tho territory Of the
United States will be subjected to the
evilslof that institution. We, there
fore, can never consent to become alb
sorbed by a party which processes to
have only that one object, and which
repudiates, in one locality, and ig-
nOres inianother, the principles of the
: American party.a hlf anft .-a'
o "We continue to maintain the o.
pinion that the restoration of the Mis-
souri Compromise would be a proper
yindication of National faith, and not
inconsistent with the rights of either
section, North or South, and if that
, issue is now impracticable, has been
made so by treacherous desertion oi
the pretended devotees Of freedom.
ri "We cannot sanction the course oi
that portion of our delegates who se-
ceded from the American National
Convention, nor can we become par
ties to the constructing Of a merely
sectional organization, and therefore
recommend to the members Of the
5 American Order, that they preserve,
4 in its full integrity and its entire ma
8 tionality, and support the nomination
! of Millard Fillmore for President and
: Andrew Jackson Donelson for VicC
President of the United States. ~
: s.a E. P. NORTON.
} t. a. DAN. MCFARLAND"
9 The minority withdrew to the City
n Hall about half past ten o'clock a
If night, and proceeded along the streets
It with tremendous cheering, showing
If that although they were only about one
E third of the delegates, they were ful
of fire and determination. 1t is prob
f able that when they muster strength
n enough to defeat their colored friend
IS in the State, they will receive over
+ lures for a new amalgamation. Th'
d coIored ones do not profess to diffe
J, upon anything except slavery, ant
e that not being skin deep with them
g they can soon "bout face" as usual