Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-10-02
The fnow.nothlnr oalhs.

thing candidate for Senator, in his speech
at Unity, on saturday last, denied that
his party was oath-bound. To meet that
denial we publish the suhjoined comments
of the Hagerstown Mail upon a joint
discussion at Boonsboro' some time ago
between Col. SPENCER, and Mr.. JOHN NJ.
KILaoUR, of our county.
GA somewhat remarkable feature of
the joint discussion at Boonsboro, between
Col. Spencer, and Mr., J. NJ Kilgour, we
omitted to notice last week. 1t is this:
" Col s., in the course, adduced album
dant evidence to prove that the members
Of the order were sWorn never to vote
for, or appoint to office, any foreign born
citizen or Catholic.
Mr. Kilgour, in reply. avowed that
he had taken the oaths, lie exclaimed,
'Two-tbirds of this audience took these
oathS: / am not ashamed of it; you are
not ashamed it ?
The Know-nothing portion of his au-
dience responded with three cheers! and
cries of % No !'' Said Mr.. j. NJ. Kilgour,
With these ooths, the Bible, and the
Cross, / am not afraid to go before tie
country
" The Know -nothings again responded
with cheers!
Now, what can We say, what can the
people think, of party that has been
strenuously denying, through its orators
and presses, that it was an oath bound
party, and which could find no language
sufficiently severe in which to dcnounct
us when we charged that it was oath.
bound P Here is "a distinct and emphatic
avowal of the truth of the charge, by ono
of the recognized oxpounders of theil
principles, by man who was chosen b,
that party to meet a Democratic speaker
IN Joint discussion.
Will they deny it now? If they do
no sane man will believe them. vii
they still apply scurrilous epithets to the
Mail for calling them ooth-boand P
If they do, they call Mr.. Kilgour ant
the crowd that cheered him, liars"
Gs~ Col. JOHN G. GRooME, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, addressed
his fellow citizens at Snow Hill, Wor
cester County, on Thursday last. W.
copy from the Worcester Shield the fol
lowing notice of Col, Groome's speed
upon that occasion:
Our citizens had the pleasure Of hear
ing Col John G. Groome, the Democratic
Candidate for Governor, on Thursda,
last, at the Court House, in this town
We regret that our lengthy report of tn,
meeting at Sandy Hill, on Saturday last
prevents US from laying before our read
ersto-day, a synopsis of the able speech o
this distinguished gentleman. 1t was tn,
first political speech he ever made, ant
yet it showed that the Colonel had beer
no idle spectator of the great struggles o
parties for the last quarter of a century
| His review of parties since the overthrow
of the Wing party was clear, and hi
thorough examination OF Know-Nothing
ism, satisfied all present thatin the NortI
it was the directally of Abolitionism, anC
must of necessity be indirectly so in tn,
South The Colonel spoke about al
hour. His delivery is rapid, yet hi
enunciation is clear and ineligible, ant
his language so entirely stripped of al
useless words, as to be easily understood
and comprehended by the meanest intel
lect In brief-it was great speech
a convincing speech-such an one tina
the most practised stump orator might b.
proud to own.