The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-08-21
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The Mrnnes<ion, in q bslieolumn article,
yesterday. performs wonders. OnrHwEis, the
purshasahle, bccom. distinguished native
Of Geru pyy evsy foreig . born citizen who
votes ~ Daseerstic ticket is dfnssncsd -
the .lavsrof ~ priests Of Rome; the Dem
ocrscy n this Territory are sick unto death,
and the vital spark Is only to be preserved
through the instrumentslity Of Mr., Ricxls
name and popularity :" the "PIosEgH clique"
won't allow Councillor FLAsDsAr To sccept the
oiios Of Indian Agent, because q Republican
ID bound" u be elsetsd in Mr.. HAxsos's place;
snd lastly, the siitor Of this joarssl Is held up
10 The psbEc - being engaged ia certain tter-
ribs eGsacs, sRaascisi operations ',-~ -'
This is = very brici synopsis OF the pot
pouri Of nonsense and ialsehoOd, which the
editor Of the Mnm1t,an served up TO his
readers yesterday, 10 reply to an article which
appeared in this paper the day before, charging
that the Republican and Know Nothing par
tics had fused, that Know nottingham was the
preiominating c,ement in the black Republican
organization No attempt ~ made to coutro-
vert tie statements made by us, but. on the
contrary, they are sustained by the following
gem, extracted from the M'nnssof,an, which
would reflect credit upon Mn BrsuIsx or the
Angel GABHin-' Speaking Of the oreigu
vote, the editor says
All, foreign bors citisens) save those who
are CONTROLLED nv TIE HEBsrs % rrfs rKIxsrs
~ RonE-sn organization which was on the
side Of Despotism at Runnymede, eight hun
drel Year, ago, and Is there still--will vote for
Fremont and Free Kansas.
Let every foreign born citizen who intends
voting the Democratic ticket this fall remem-
her one thing The very respectable editor Of
the M,nn,,otmn says he is controlled by the
behests Of the priests Of Rome" How con-
plimentary to their intelligence is this remark
,rs,w es,.rirg 20 .As e.e-yy' Vet he -pan
who prcums 10 utter this lie-this SANDER
upon clergy and laity-is on his very knees,
begging and buying, to induce foreign horn cit
liens TO enlist ia his unholy warfare against
the rights Of = portion Of the citizens Of the
Union. The paragraph we have quoted en-
bo,ies the very essence Of Know nottingham.
When NsD BuSrLISE, Senator WnsoS,
GuosoE Law, Speaker BANKS, and other prom
incnt supporters Of Fsxxosr, peranbulsted
the country, organizing Know Nothing Lodges,
the argument principally used to gain members
TO the order. was the identical one which we
have quoted from the M,nwsa,an. TO arouse
the jealousy Of the ignorant and bigoted. these
worthless charged that tho Democratic party
was the foreign party. Aye, worr than that,
the foreign Catholic party Using such clap trap
~ this. tho Know Nothing Lodges speedily
became crowded with inmates. and the recent
distinguished ftequenters Of coalholes and de-
serted shantics. became the leaders Of formi
dsbe organization. This party became success
ial in oil OF the New Englsnd States. and
among its first official acts. were important
changes in the naturalization laws, the passage
OF the odious and tyrAnnical Maine Liquor
law. attempts IN permit the right Of suffrage
to .~ exercised by negroes and open resistance,
by legislative enactu'ents, to the laws Of Con
gress. In the measures adopted BY Know
Nothugs while in power. we recognize de-
lishtfal mingiing Of Black Republicsnism asd
Know nottingham.
In Maine, for instance, the Know Nothings
In 1884 elected thsir Governor, five Congress
men, majority Of the Legislature. and in TACT,
every important public oticer--sll Of whom,
then and now, were and are swsrn members Of
the X. N. order. The Legislature passed
laws abridging the rights Of foreigners, tyrasi.
cal liquor laws, and publication ensctments. 49,
The authors Of these measures, the Legislature
which moulded them and the Govcrnsr whose
approving signature gave them vitality and
liz, accept Fremont as a suitable candidate to
rcprcscn, their ultra and disreputable princi-
pies, and his nomination Is hailed with pleasure
at their midnight gatherings 10 1888, alter
year Of misrule. the Democrats rkained the
asccniancy. and their first act was to repeal
the Objectionable laws which the supporters Of
Fsxsoxr had passi.
In Connecticut. these FRExoSrKRs made two
attempts TO change the laws in regard to vo-
ting They first soagh. to deprive white citi-
scns Of foreign birth, Of the right Of suit~ge'
and then 10 coaasr the same inesiimat'e priv
lcge upon lot Of ignorant darkies.
In New Hampshirc. Vermont Massachu.
~tts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, the Re
publican party, 80 called Is mere faction, and
in number, ranks FIR below The Know Nothing
organization. The latter, In all Of thcss States.
have adopted FREMONT - their candidate. and
10 their midnight tens, electoral tickets are
nominated favorable to the great explorer. -
1hese same supporters Of FxxsoSr stand re
sponsible ior thu odicus aud arbitrary laws In
srce In thc@ states.depriving foreigners in some
instances. Of their Icgal and just rights. and a.
% for the ratification d United States laws
Massachusetts, seuds eleven members 10 the
House, each ons Of whom Is sworn men,
Der u the midnight order, and a supporter Of
Fasxoxr. So aho are the X. N. members
fteu the e,her New EngiAnd States.
Gov. GAspiSxa Of Mas. who Is the arst
Governor Of STATE that ever sigsed law In