The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-17
THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. c. JANUARY II 1856.

loves God and Liberty, and hates Slavery and
whisky, too. and can read the Constitution and
laws, and all the newspapers Of the land What
a most excellent virtue there is in being born
in America Know Nothingism is hardly good
Christianity. Christian prays for all the
world for kings, and all that are in authority"
for the heathen-withal, the Dutch and Irish.
But Know Nothing prays the Lord, bless
me and my wife, my son Sam and his wife, US
four, and no more" for we were all born in
America; seven so, Father, for so it seemeth
good in thy sight" You have sufficiently argued
the principles of this new and dangerous organ
ization; and think your arguments have had
much to do with the present prostration of that
party. Though it is not dead, as proclaimed
by Anti-Slavery Know Nothings, yet it lives
only to cripple the cause of Freedom. i must
be allowed to express the fear, which have all
along had that it was instituted, or revived,
with view to stop the Anti-Slavery agitation,
consequent upon the repeal of the Missouri
restriction" When the friends of Freedom and
Slavery were rallying to look each other in the
face, like the arch warbling and futtering bird,
decoying the hunter away from her young, q
few incorigibly Pro-Slavery Wings and intol-
Grant religionists, who could not win off the
Dutch and Irish from their political and reli-
gious decisions, ran from place to place, crying,
the foreign influence" ," Americans should rule
America" and got enough to follow them, to
throw the friends of Freedom in the minority
in many of the States. But it is said they are
Anti. Slavery. True, many of them seem to be,
but their Anti-Slavery is a second thought Did
not the State Council of Indiana censure the
National Council at Philadelphia for introdu-
cling the subject of Slavery "subiect more
properly belonging to the National Congress {"
plainly teaching that if they had ignored the
subject, there would have been no trouble in
the party. They may put forth three Anti
Slavery resolutions and one Know Nothing !;
and yet the three are subordinate to the one.
AS Know Nothing organizations, they should
not pass Anti-Slavery resolutions, because they
were not organized to carry out Anti-Slavery
principles. Every man to his trade. There is
a party organized to do Anti Slavery work, as
business. They love the cause of Freedom
enough to organize on that principle, and they
work in this cause in good faith. And they
cannot and will not consent to come down to
fight under captains, commissioned to destroy
another enemy than the one actually engaged
in carrying war and ruin through the country
AT their late meeting in Cincinnati, they de-
clared they will not cooperate with any other
party, but to carry out their principles. Let
not the Anti-Slavery party cooperate with them,
but on condition of unconditional submission to
Republican principles. Let the friends of Free.
dom form the line against Slavery, and if the
American party do not fall in, but choose to
play off, or into the hands of the enemy, like
'Dann and Fuller & Co., let their blood be upon
their own heads, and let them enjoy the full
measure of their glory.
The Old Line Democracy in this State are
looking forward to the coming election with
almost absolute certainty of success. Though
they have been fighting Know Nothingism for
months past with desperate bitterness, yet there
is no doubt that in their hearts they thank God
for its existence. In its obstinacy and perpe-
tuity is now their main hope. Let them re-
joice, if they CAM but let the people do their
duty, whether they succeed or not. Let us
eight on" and fight ever, till spurious De-
mocracy and all Pro Slavery parties are put un.
der. SAMUEL W. RIrCHEY.