Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-04-24
Political Dialogue.

! city Know nothing and country Demo-
crat, and Is just as opmvpoS here as
where it occurred;
T. N-How are you, friend A? |
am pleased to sec you look so we'll. |
suppose you have come to town to attend
Court?
DEM am very we'll, I thank you.
You have guessed my business; my
presence has been required at Court.
4. NJ suppose the people in the
country talk some about the election?
Dem. Very little, lately 1t is re-
mOrkable. how soon the excitement sub
sided after it was known that ''Buck and
Brock" were triumphant Almost every
body seemed to be satisfied-believin
the country to be safe, Notwithstanding
the foreign party" as it was called,
| had succeeded.
H. N-You have misunderstood me.
referred to the next Fall election.
Dem. We'll, there is but little said,
about that in the country; l have heard
some talk since | have been in town.
K. MI is to be hoped that the
people will be less governed by political
considerations, and more by the qualifi-
cations of candidates, this Fall, than
heretofore
Dem.-That probably ought to be the
case, but it hardly will be. The Know
nothings are so stringent in their rules
that they will not allow their members to
vote for any but their own men, selected
secretly; and this will, as matter of
course, compel the Democrats to rally in
support of their own candidates.
X. N-Why, don't you know that
the Americans, or Know-nothings, as
you call them, have abandoned their
secret organization, and given up their
oaths and ceremonies They are now an
topen party, conducting their proceedings
and leaving their members free like
other parties. The "Allcgany Council
has been disbanded, its room given up,
and its furniture sold to benevolent
association.
Dem.-Eow is this? 1 saw in the
" Baltimore Clipper" the other day,
that the State Council had held meet
ing in that city, at which delegates were
in attendance from all the counties.
never heard that there was any public
meeting in this county to appoint dele
gates, and | presumed they were selected
at secret meeting.
K. NJ believe some of the leading
Americans did meet in Baltimore, two
weeks ago, merely to consult about the
proper time to hold conventions to nom
mate candidate for Governor and other
State officers. ! ''don't know when, or
how they were selected
Dem.-If | recolect Alright, that tri-
bunal sat with closed doors; there GER
tainly was no necessity for secrcsy il
their only business was to designate 9
day for State Convention | imagine
that the grips, and signs, and oaths, and
secret operations Of the order are still
maintained; except that the secrets are
now contided only to the leaders, to pre-.
vent the exposures which followed wher
all the members of the Councils were ad.
mitted to the deliberations. And III
, warrant that nobody will be named by
them for any of the Offices, unless he is
a sworn Know nothing.
K. N-Oh, you are too suspicious. -
But my judgment is that the county Of
fcers, particularly, ought to be selected
without reference to their political opin.
ions.
Denim ibis county, especially,
SUPPOSED
F K N.-lf other counties do wrong
that is no reason why we should not dc
right. But, now don't you think that
- ought to be elected
Den-He Is 4 clever gentleman, Blu;
then think he has had too much to dc
with know-nothingism.
H. N.-There is where you are mis-.
taken. lie told a gentleman the other
day, and swore to it, that he had never
been member of the order
Denl-I believe that one of the first
instructions given, on the initiatiou.of a
{ member into the order, was to say that
he knew nothing about it. Mr.. -
may have been merely practicing his first
lesson. If he didn't 90 through the
book-taking the oaths to prescribe for
eigners and Catholics, and to vote foi
none but oath bound candidates of the
order-thcn he has been slandered -
But it is time enough yet, to decide who
III vote for; therefore | shall make nc
, promises.