Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-02-28
What Knew Noih;asism has .iiauguratsd'


Know Nothingism, (says the Nasdsdte
! (Tean.) U'aion,) in its spasmodic efforts to
perpetuatc the little power it has by some
means, gained here and there, has inaueur-
ated an era of ruffan rule In New Or
leans, for instance, it has developed itself
in the worst species of ruiiianisn, taking
for its model, it would seem, secret clan
that preyed upon the people of British India
for considerable time previous to the year
| 1910 OF this clan, writer in Aachroods
Magazine says;
It was then that the startling fact fash
I'd upon the Government that there was a
regular class OF its subjects to whom MUIR
Ter was not only profession, but also Il re-
iigion and that u great brotherhood of
crime having taken al oath with all possible
solcinnty went about the country murder
ing in cold and hloodless style, by strang-
ling, in remote places. ulwary travellers,
whom they could seduce into their tolls
Nh this was done with the most consummate
art and profound seerosy; the members as
-ulncd DISCUSSES, and played parts with the
greatest address they had also a secret di-
,lect Of their own, and secret signs. by
which they communicated with each other.
members assembled for IA numbering cxpedi-
ton and dispersed, vanished as soon as it
was ever. They outwardly followed some
peaceful calling. The Hcundar or heutl
thug was paid tribute, and tts police oil
eialS were Likewise brbcd into silence.
But in the Fast India Company the
thugs encountered redoubtable foe. Cap
tured Thugs were got to turn approvers.-
The whole secrets Of the craft were divulr.
ID; the laws were relaxed to meet the diff
.ulties Of the case; the gangs were liuntcd
lovu in all directions our jails were fllet
with Thugs; and great ei.d horrid insti
'ution was broken up in few years II
occasional traveller may sti! at intervals BE-
Tangled by the wayside bit the system i.
.estrayed--the profession ruined the gull,
catered, never again to be associated ihtt
/ great corporate bode.o
The New Orleans Courier, in rep,iblsli
ng ihe foregoing extract, says;
"lAt this very moment, in this very city
nne or more bodies Of men exist pfecis y
.iHilar IN action 10 thosa fas; India artists
they do MT strange with Il ropc-but they
mock down with brass kanekles ard dung.
.hots, cut with knives, ana sometimes shuot
gith pistols They are organized in some
orm OF other. and bound together by somt
,ecret oath The commission of a murdol
Asses Thug who commits it to "a certain
'ana i'll the Order and entities HIM to certain
lights ani privileges beyond his fellows.
This set OF men. il men they can be call
3--aow controls oEr City Governments and
distributes the Offices in The Gifts of she city
. its principal assassins. The noll:ty Of III.
.etlg # mea IS the policy of cur city au-
fhorites. All crimes of ANY magnitude are
covered Up II possible, On slowly and unwil-
iingly punished i'll the highest possible man
1er, if concealment be out of the question.
All persons who attempt to bring criminals
to justice, are threatened un,il they arc 'Br-
rliied from their purpose. or are themselves
murdered of disabled. Whenever one of the
gang is put on his trial for one of the das-
tardly cFiiaes some OF them daily commit.
the court is throneed with the vile faces Of
MS iclipW lhu9s, VINO "3ied'Sn court, jury
AMI witnesses with being themselves thug
ged'' at some future time, if they dare to &c
their duty to their country and convict The
criminal. We fear that at the present mo-
mont some of our judges are actually afraid t,
pass sentence in the most fragrant and noto
rious eases, The head Of the City Govern
ment was originally elected to Office Contra
ry to the will of majority of the Thug
Of New Orleans in driving them from thc
polls These Thugs now hold him in til,
hollow of their baud, make him do whatey
er they please. lIe is merely their clerk fal
the purpose of recording their DEGREES. -
They openly parade the streets and threaten
the lives OF those who dare to raise then
voice against ih, nrasant r'ien Of terror"