The Washington union., 1857-08-29


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Iowa. ---------------------- ---------------------
When Congress assembled and the election Of Speak
er came on eighty four out Of these ninety know moth
ings proved be abolitionss and voted for Banks Of
Massachusetts,, the recently nominated know nothing
black republican candidate for governor Ia that State
While Mr. Banks was admitted to be an aboltonst he
also declared himself member OF the order In
the course of the House proceedings we find that Mr.
Letcber said
"Now let me try the gentleman from Massachusetts
does he belong to the organization called know-noth
ings p
Mr. Banks in reply, said
81 belong to an organization that know il is
called by the name of know-nothng but that answers
the description that generally understood by the
in my own town Nobody has asked me the question.
have declined to answer It, and nobody has screwed
me up to it, !"
This is the same Banks who was willing ito let the
Union slide" and who believes in amalgamation Of
the black and white races.
During the same election Of 1854 the know-nothings
defeated the democrats for governor in ten of the free
States viz Morrill, of Maine, Parris national dem
ocrat Metcaf of New Hampshire over Baker, national
democrat Gardner, of Massachusetts Hoppn, OF Rhode
Island Minor, Of Connecticut Grimes, OF Iowa Chase
of Ohio, Medill, national democrat; Bingham, of
Michigan Barry national democrat and Pollock Of
Pennsylvania, Bigler, national democrat
The whole ten governors thus elected voted for Fre-
party, then in the free States elected and aided in
electing eleven senators of the United States, viz
Fessenden, abolitionist and know nothing. from Mane
John p Hale and James Bell, aboltionists and know
nothings from New Hampshire, Wells and Williams
national democrats Henry Wilson, abolitionist end
know-nothing from Massachusetts, to succeed Edward
Everett national whig Foster for the long term and
Get for the short term from Connecticut the former to
succeed the latter both abolionists Charles Durkee
nothing and abolitionist from Wisconsin. They
also aided in electng Seward from New York abolition,
st Harlan of Iowa, aboitonst, over Dodge, national
democrat Trmbull, from Illinois, over Shields nation
al democrat.
Thus it was for the first time in the history of those
States that a the governors, senators, and eighty
out of their ninety members Of Congress- turned out
be abotoniss of the deepest dye and were elected a
know -nothings Such some Of the fruits OF the
first year work Of the knownothing order in the FREQ
States We take time go into their local leg
ation such as the appointment of their famous Hiss
smelling committee gotten by the legislature of Massa
chusetts to visit all the Catholic Schools and under the
pretence of hunting up evidence of the nquson insult
the in chargesuch their act of nullifcaton, in
refusing to the federal authorities the use Of their as
for the safekeeping Of fugitive savessuch their act
authorizing the admission Of negro children into the pub
lie schools upon equality with the whites-thcr act to
permit all negroes to vote who could read and dsran
chse all white persons who could not reador their act
expeng, paupers all poor foreigners from their ter
ritory. But to continue
During the last presidential election almost the entire
party the free States that had short time before be
elected the ninety members of Congress- the ten COVER
and eleven senator's threw off the mask and voted
for Fremont for President.
Mr. Fillmore received for the presidency in one Of
the free States respectable vote He received In
the whole United States the electoral vote Of but
State. From the time the know nothing party In the
free States made its appearance up to this e it has
upon every occasion when assembled in State convention
adopted resolutions hostile the South and against the
introduction of any slave States
In addition to this the know-nothing order at this
time has separate organization in the North from that
of the republican party Black-republicansm and know
nothngism and the same thing From all the
northern States the nothing order has not elected
sorbed by black republicansm It established abolition
ism positive element of power in the North, and
then dissolved its organization, except in few States
Wherever it yet has existence it is secondary to
publcanism and is allied with it. In Pennsylvania at
this time the fugitive members of this dsbanded party
are supporting Wmot, the notorious abotionist, for
governor The president of this poweress faction has
put forth his proclamation, urging all true Americans
for Wlmot In Massachusetts, they met together
short time since in State convention and nominated for
governor Of that State N. p Banks, the abolition
Speaker. In every public meeting they have held in the
North they have adopted strong nsavery resolutions
denouncing the Supreme Court for its decision in the
Dred Scott case.
Thus it will be that though brief and ngloriou
the know nothing order has not been without its results
Volumes would not thoroughly portray the enomities II
has committed