Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-15
nJuNIoR SONS oF AMERICA."

The Young men Of Tennessee who are imbued with true
American principles, are Organizing throughout the STATE
branches OF this patriotic association. The charter granting
body is located at Columbia, Tenn and a applications
for charters be addressed John NJ Dillon, at that
place branch 1.-THE order has already bern established
at Nashville and several applications for charters nave
already be5n made from other parts OF the Slate We
grasd to see this evidence Of the spread Of true Amer
principles among the youth Of State Upon them
devOves the propagation in future time, Of the sound
principles Of the National American party, and We trust
they will grow with their growth and strengthen with their
strength.
leading abolition editor, chagrned at the repealed
rebukes which his psry received at the ballot box
declared I'VE shall be able to successfully resist the
Entertainments Ofhe slave olgarchy till we have raised
generation to hate the South The editor of The Memphis
EIge and EEquire, from whose columns we clip the
above virtually coHssss that before the American people
can be brought embrace the barot of know nothing
bedEz nd with the gtsring tinseI of hypocrisy and
clothed with smiling exterior while her hearts, ranking
with the bitterness of national prejudice aud religious
intolerance the stream of public must be poisoned
at the founainthe tender and susceptible mindR Of the
youth Of the land must be amiiErzd with the jacObn
cal tendencies and disgusting deOrmtes OF dark lantern
ism BY freq lent contact with unde all the attractions Of
midnight meetings, oaths grips, passwords, and the like
mysterious juggery.
secret Ic,al society, based upon the narrow prnc
pie Of prescribing account Of their place OF birth
religious tenes ard appealing for its support 10 the
worst passions of the human heart cannot stand the sCru
tiny Of an enlightened and liberal public sentiment To
the great body OF the people, ia whom the love of political
equality and Jealousy of hs rights cf conscience in matters
Of religion inherent the peculiar dogmas Of know
nothiDgism always rsPusve Its egn therefore
Of short duration 1t ua-gurated with mObs and v;o
enee and closed with tie burning OF houses and the cold
booled butchery of the defencslsss inmates they d
from the cObaagrauOn OF their dwellings While the pic
us Of the scenes through which the country has recently
passed yet fresh in the public mind know nothngsm
never hope to regain lis foothod upon the peoples conf
dence lime must elaass, and generation be trained
up to hate foreigners aud Catholics Hence the idea Of
establishing this new juvenile Orderthe Junior Sons of
America" or as We would suggest they be called, "The
order of indented apprentices to know nottingham"
The Injurious and dangerous tendency Of such
OF training upon the young If country, cannot fail to
strike the observation sud invoke u on its authors, the
stern dsapprobatiOn of all rghtthnkng The mind
early mbb:ug principles false they iliberal,
and habituaed to preudices atwar with the genus and
S. it Of institutions will receive bias in the wrong
dTectOn which the mature judgment and ripper
reason of after years may not be able correct Begin
by nstling youth the idea that tits proper to restrict
the right Of suffrage and inhbit portion of their fellow
citiz from any participation in the honors aai en)u
ments Of Css on the ground OF their religious sentiments
and you thereby destroy their for the sacred
guarantees of the constitution, and for those broad
prehensivs principles Of political equality and religious
tosaon which were tn pride and boast Of the founders
Of sur great republic. You seduce them from their just
allegiance the principles Of democratic government
and open wide the aoodgtes of evil for the Ix Of every
form Of corruption.
We have iears but that the attempt to revive know
nothngsm under this or any other form will meet as it
deserves, rebuke at the hands Of the American
people. They have too unequivorally discarded the
parent, to look with favor upon the offspring Having
declared their belief the inter roenness of the a0
they will not be willing to trust the gaads0as q the srss
It. therefore, becomes the duty of the Democratic press
in its capacity guardian and conservator Of the
public morals and general welfare Of the country than as
The exponent partisan views to utter its voice Of
ing and enter its stsrn protest against the attempt to
rrsuscate know nottingham By nstung his new order
Of I1dented Apprentices.