Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-10-07

Indiana, 6
Illinois, Q
Michigan,
Iowa,
When Congress assembled and the election Of a
Speaker came on, eighty -four olt Of these ninety
Know Nothings proved to be abotonists, and voted
for Banks, of Massachusetts,, the recently nominated
Know Nothing black Republican candidate for Gov
ted to be an atolitonist he also declared himself
sworn member of the order. In the course of the
House proceedings we find that Mr.. Letcher said:
Now let me try the gentleman from Massachu.
sets: does he belong to the organization called
Know Nothings?"
Mr. Banks, in reply, said:
81 belong to an organization-not that know it
is called by the name of Know Nothing but that
answers the description that is generally understood
by the name in my own town. Nobody has asked
me the question. l have never 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 amalgama-
ton of the black and white races.
During the election of 1854, the Know
Nothings defeated the Democrats for Governor in
ten of the free States, viz: Morrill, Of Maine, over
Paris, national Democrat; Metcalf of New Hamp
shire, Baker, national Democrat; Gardner, of
Massachusetts,; Hoppn, Of Rhode Island; Minor, of
Connecticut; Grimes Of Iowa; Chase, of Ohio, over
Medill, national Democrat; Bingham, of Michigan,
over Barry, national Democrat; and Pollock, of
Pennsylvania, over Bigler, national Democrat
The whole ten Governors thus elected voted for
Fremont are abotionists and hostile to the South.
This same party, then in the free States, elected,
and aided in electing, eleven senators of the United
States, viz:
Fessenden, Abolitionist and Know Nothing, from
Maine; John P. Hale and James Bell Aboli,ion.sts
and Know Nothings from New Hampshire, over
Wells and Williams, national Democrats; Henry
Wilson, Abolitionist and Know Nothing from Mas.
sachusettS, to succeed Edward Everett, national
Wing; Foster for the long term, and Gillet for the
short term from Connecticut the former to succeed the
latter, both Abotonists Charles Durkee, Know
Nothing and Abolitionist, from Wisconsin. They
also aided in electng Seward, from New York, Abo-
litioniSt IIarand, of Iowa. Aboltonist over Dodge
national Democrat; Trumbcl, from Illinois, over
Shields, national Democrat.
Thus it for the first time in the history Of
those States that all the Governors Senators, and
eighty four on: OF their ninety members of Con-
gress turned to be AbolitionstS Of the deepest
dye and were elected as Know NOhngs Such
Of the fruits Of the last years work fthe
Know Nothing order in the free States. We cannot
take time to go into their local legslaton such Is
the appointment of their famous " Hiss smelling
committee" gotten up by the legislature of MaSsa.
chusetts to visit all the Catholic schools and under
the frctence of hunting up evidence of the inqui-
sition, insult the nuns in chargc-such their act
of notification, in refusing the federal althOri
ties the Of their jaiS for the safe keeping of lugi
tive slaves-such their act authorizing the admis-
sion of negro children into the public schools upon
equality with the whites-their act to permit all
the negroes to vote who could read and dsfranchi.
sing all white persons who could not read-cr their
act eXpeiling, as paupers, all poor foreigners from
their territory. But to continue.
During the last Presidential election, almost the
entire party in the free States that had short time
before belonged to the Know Nothing order, the
party that elected the ninety members of Con-
gress the ten Governors and eleven Senator's threw
off the mask and voted for Fremont for President.
Mr.. Fillmore received for the Presidency in no one
of the free States even respectable vote. lie re-
cevcd in the whole United States the electoral vote
O, but one State. From the time the Know Moth
ing party in the free States made its appearance up
to this time, it has, upon every occasion when as
sembled in State convention, adopted resolutions
hostile to the South and against the introduction of
any more slave States.
In addition to this, the Know Nothing order at
this time has separate organization from that Of
the Republican party. Black Republicans and
Know Nothings are one and the same thing. From
all the northern States. the Know Nothing order has
not elected a single member to the next Congress.
1t has been absorbed by black Republicanism. 1t
established aboitonism as positive element of pow
in the North and then dissolved its organization
except in a few States Wherever it yet has an ex-
istence, it is secondary to Repubcanism and is al
lied with it. In Pennsylvania, at this time, the flu
gitive members of this disbanded party support
ing Wmot the notorious abolitionist for Governor.
The president of this powerless faction has put forth
his proclamation, urging all " true Americans to
vote for Wilmot. In Massachusetts, they met to-
gether short time since, in State convention, and
nominated for Governor of that State, N P. Banks,
the abolition ex-Speaker. In every public meeting
they have held in the North, they have adopted
strong anti-savery resolutions denouncing the Su-
preme Court for its decision in the bred Scott case.
Thus it will be seen that though brief and nglori-
ous the Know Nothing order has not been without
its results. Volumes would not thoroughly portray
the enormities it has committed.
ROBBERY AND SU1cIDE.-The St. Paul Minnesotian
of the 18th inst, says the Quarter Master at Fort
Smelling was robbed few days previous, of about
$4,000 in gold. Suspicion fell on two men who had
deserted the Fort the day the money was missing.
It was ascerained that they had taken the stage to
Henderson. sheriff was notified to meet and ar.
rest them there. When the coach drove up to the
office, one of the robbers perceiving the crowd as
sembled and divning its meaning, stepped from the
coach with his carpet bag, and before the sheriff
could execute his warrant drew a knife and stabbed
| himself to the heart! He had only time to utter
| pointing to his carpet bag, there is the money,
and fell dead. The other gave himself up.
! VOLUNTARY ENsLAvEMENr.- Buckley, a
free girl of color, aged about % years. voluntarily
went into slavery at the present term of the Abing
don Circuit Court. She was bought by Capt. Sam
ue Skinner, Sheriff Of that county.
This is the first instance of the kind we have