Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-22


ago, and succeeded in humbugging the
people by making it prominent plank
in their platform. On the stump, every
where, they advocated it-profeSsed to
be its only friends. They promised to in
augurate strictly honest and economi'
cal system of government, and by placing
confidence in their professions many well
meaning men were induced to trust them
How many of their promises, freely and
voluntarily given, have they redeemed?
Have they benefited the State?-decrca-
scd her Indebtedness? conducted the
State government economically? faith
fully guarded the Treasury from the grasp
of speculators? preserved the credit Of
the State =? paid the interest on her debt?
raised the price Of her bonds? They
HAVE DONE NoTHfSG OF THEKIN "They
placed on guard, especially to watch the
Treasury. q prominent member Of their
Order, and had him watched by ''none
but Americans" How did he perform
his duty? His impeachment and remov-
al from. Office answer the question:! The
loss to the State of one hundred and
trcnty;t0ur thousand dOlldrs, at one grab,
answers the question! His trial before
the High CouA of Impeachment, (which
cost the State another round sum, an
swCrs the question!
How did the other Know Nothing re-
form officers conduct the public business! !
Did they practice economy or cxtrava-
gOncc ? Were they scrupulously honest?
With the exception of the Secretary Of
State, Gen. Douglass, weflaye undsputed
Know Nothing authority, (thc Nevada
Journal for stating that "near forty
housdnd dollars Of debt was contracted
by different State officers during the last
year, 'ctthout the authority Of lao" -
This is reform with vengeance For
the luxury Of keeping in position lot Of
Know Nothing droncs, the people are an
nually taxed ".torty thousand dollars" in
addition to their salaries. If this is the
way Americans govern America" the
sooner we get rid Of such honest and pru-
dent servants the better. Y t, with such
record before them, which they can
neither explain nor deny, these same men
and this same party are again seeking the
sufftagcs Of the people on the ground Of
reform =! Save us from such reform!
II solcmnlv promise and swear, before Al
mighty God and these witnesses. that / will
advance the interest Of every nut ttve-J0rh timer
icdn, to the entire and absolute exclusion. Of all
noturaliEed citizens and foreigners"
The above anti-rcpublican and proscrip-
tive obligation every one of the Know
Nothing nominees voluntarily took when
he joined the Secret Order AL Of them,
while they adhere to their party, are
bound to support "native-born Americans
to the entire and absolute exclusion Of
naturalized citizens" They have sworn
to do so, and they will keep their oath.
They made no exceptions, but blinded
by faRaticism. they sworc they would
perSccute their ncighbors and friends, men
with whom they were probably on the
most intimate terms, who had never in.
jured them, who, it may be, had assisted
them. They sworc, not publicly, openly,
as co.nports with the fearless and indc-
pendent character of true American, but
secretly, sneakingly, in dark chamber,
guarded by sentincls, that they would
"degr0de," to use the insulting language
Of tho Louisville Journal, "Irish papists
and German infdels"! Tho '"Trsh pa.
pists and German iufidcls," on the day
Of election, will quietly, cfectualIy re-
buke their traducers and prosecutors, by
voting for their friends, the nominees Of
the Democratic party--a party that has
ever zealously defended and sustained
them.
FUsIoN.-Wo are credibly informed
that fusion has been proposed, is con.
tcmplatcd and will be perfected between
certain Know Nothing and Black Repub.
lican candidates, before the day of cleo.
ton. The X. N. candidates arc to sup
port the Black Republican candidate for
Governor, the man who, like all traitors,
speaks dcrisively Of the land of his birth.
scotfingly of the citizens of fthc South, his
relatives and friends; and the negrOitcs,
in return, are to clectioncer and vote for
the X. n. nominees for some of the coun-
ty offices. 1t is a very pretty arrange
ment, fair and honorable, and so long as
kept secret may work advantagconsly for
the contracting parties" but when once
exposed it will meet with the hearty con-
demnation Of the masses of the two fac
tions. Not word is to be hinted with
regard to the bargain to the subordinates
Of the two factions until the morning Of
the election, when it will be too late to
object to or change the programme. On
the ncgro-worshiping tickets the names
Of several prominent X. N. candidates
will he found in lieu of those nominated
by the Republicans. Tho leaders, the
men engaged in this "bargain and sale,''
arrOgate to themselves the right to control