The true Democrat., 1856-04-15
Capt. Pike on the New Know
 Nothing Platform.

Noth1ng Platform.
 Capt. Pike has laid before his admirng fel- low Know Nothings of Arkansas some stubborn facts in relation to the Know Nothing doings at Philadelphia His language is plain and un- mistakable, and to the point. He says:
 The American party south caneot stand on the new platform. It n,aSt necessarily repudiatc it. On It, It would not carry single county anywhere"
 So say we-no southern man can defend the present platform of the Know Nothing party It is compromise with aboltionists, and noth- ing else It is a surrender of southern rights and southern interests.
 But southern Know Nolhings say that the men nominated cure the defects of the plat form. What pitable defense of an abolition document What pitiable defense for south ern men to offer But what says Capt. Pike of this plea. He laughs it to scorn. He says to his Know Nothing brothers:
 '' It is said that the men nominated platform enough. That ntgAt be so. if we had eo platform; if they were on no platform if we had never Aad platform.
 The men nominated nugM be platform enough, if there was no platform. But there is the platform staring southerners in the face, and Fillmore and Donelson are pledged to stand upon H That platform leaves the abolition wing of the order free to agitate against Me fuqitiue slave 7aeo:" free to agitate " for Me a5oH ton ef slauery n the District cf Colu"aJia;" free to agtate ' too' suRressing tie hale n sla0es De- tceen difereW States;:" and '' for Me restoration ofMe Missouri compromise" The Know Noth- ing platform specially denounces the repeal of the Missouri compromise by denouncing Presi- dent Pierce for abetting it.
 Such is the Know Nothing platform. How can Fillmore and Donelson's nomination cure its defects? No matter what may have been their past course-no matter what may be their past record, they are pledged by this platform to suffer the abolitionsts to agtate against the vital interests of the south. Hence the righ- teousness of Capt. Pike's denunciations against the whole concern--platform candidates and all.
 But hear Capt Pike again:
 It is said that the new platform is su}NtaatiaHy the same the old one. Then how came it to be of DN after 1t was adopted, that he would for the ad mission of no State permitting slavery If it suits him, 1t cannot suit me-
 Think of that, you Arkansas Know Noth- ings. It is the warning voice of brother one whom but a few weeks ago you recognized as your chieftain and leader. The platform upon which Fillmore and Donelson stand was introduced by "freesoiler from Illinois," who declared, after its adoption, that he loouM not vote tmr tte admission of slare State into Me Union. His declaration showed too plainly the latitude of interpretation of which the plat form was capable. It suited all atitudes-al sections it covered the whole ground-aboli, tionism-freesoilism and all. What protection can the south hope for from such platform what justice can she expect from candidates pledged to its decrecs?
 In the Know Nothing platform the word slureJy is not mcntioned-the existence of the institution of slavery IS Tot at all recognized. On this point listen, to Capt. Pike. He says, and truly says:
 The south demands, and has ri.oit to demand 1 .n &Pec!fc language on the subject of slavery. 1t does not want to be told that laws cD0ttitotiuo1, enacted gre to be "beycd until repealed or decided null by judicial authority. IL does not want to be told that State shall have the afiri2erfs of ad- mission. luis tired ot antiquities, and sick of gene raiiucs; and, d, the matter stands when a man reclimS his slave the risk of his life, aud at ten times the expense of the slave: when clergymcn preach seiton. and States pass personal ibery acts antiquities and generaLie> are |; mere Transparent cheat and fraud upon the >,lyjh.
 And such a trald k aDy platform that stuiously ontS the word Sla cry. and uscN ruundaO3u. phrases. cirrumIocu.ions, to agoid expressing plain ideas"
 In this, Capt, Pike even gives the oH Know Nothing platform slap. That is right too- The 12th section was bungling afTar-a mis- erable piece of patch work. And if the old platform-12th section and al--was unworthy, how much more unworthy and unsatisfactory is the new one. The new platform is d fraud. It is impossible t" disguise the fact-it is a gar- ing fraud upon the south. It is an insult to the understanding of southern men. The in- sttuton of slavery, even the word slavery, was so distastelul to the mass of Know \ Nothing delegates, that they excluded from their plat form all mention of it. Why all this fastdi- ousness? If slavery is morally wrong-f it will not bear mentioning at Phladel phi.-if it IS too degrading for southern men to demand it's acknowledgment in the platform upon which they are expected to stand, why not say so? Why not be plain and candid? We for one look upon the institution of slavery as sane toned by the constitution, and by law--human and divine If we did not think so, We should certainly not take the position assumed by SouthernerS.
 But the Know Nothing party seem to be ashamed of the institution of slavery. In the organization of national party they seem to consider 1t as of but secondary importance-- They know that the peace and happiness of the south depend upon the question of slavery but they seem to be indifferent about it, They pretermitted the rights of the south first and then ignored them afterwards. There is not a single guarantee to the south in the new Know Nothing platform.
 Fillmoreism.
 We clip the following rich moroccan from the Native Citizen, published at Chicago The Native Citizen has the names of Fillmore and