The Feliciana Democrat., 1857-10-03
Know NOTHING MOVEMENTS COL. POND.

Know NOTHING MUN NfAlENTS COL. POND
The Know Nothing party Of East Eeliciona held q
meeting at Clinton on Saturday last, and made the
following nominations: For state Senate, Preston
Pond. lr House of Representative W. p.J, War
nrr aud Cl mpnt Gore.
Thr meeting ratified the Know Nothing state and
Congpe- ional ticket and vcnturcd the following as It
platforms
Raalti That as m integral portion Of the Nation
a American party, we stand now where our party ha,
alWAN, stood. the firm and unlnchipg advocates o
The doctrine Of non-intcrycnton and we cannot lind
language too strong TO express our unqualified con-
d'mnaton of the gross violation OF that doctrine by
Governor Walker in Kansas
Rcsolced, That we discard the wrctchcd and trans
parent sophisy which seeks TO censurc The agent and
ncquit The principal and while dsclaimng that spr-
II of faction which leads individuals and parties into
blind aud indscrninate opposition, we cannot cNone-
rate the Chief Magistrate. 50 long as he gives his
qiiasi-endor-cmcn To wrong by retaining the oleI-
ding agent in place and enters for himself no dis
caimer.
Resoired, That when Southern Rights are attacked
thc American purity Of this parish will ever br found
insisting upon The constitutional rights Of is section,
asking no more, and submitting TO no less
funny idea that National American party " and
what theme for the oratorieal Col Pond! Onr
Know Nothing friends, too seem 10 b. totally ignor-
ant of the fact that most Of their brethren in Loui.
ana have gone of in search of new version of Stale
Rights to engraft upon their creed 50 Us to give the
organization more of sectional hue.
To cap ihcclmnX there's tlmt lscll variable aud
eccentric politician and demagugnc. Col. Pond put
forward as Il champion ol Southern Rights against the
hlgl-toncd. consistent and able nominee of the Demo
cracy for thr State Senate, DR.. T. pclonry. Col. Pond
Is useful because he sif his opinions "a suit any
party emergency variable for the frequency with
which he changes am. eccentric for the obstinate de-
termination with which he iprgeis what wore his last
principles No donht he Wl lppr much 10 say about
the treason Of Walker tho betrayal of ilir South III
Kansas aud all that When he gcis'on His rund. n
some sturdy piney-woods Democrat will ask the Colo
mel 10 tell how The South can br NOW swinded ont Of
Kansas, when. according 10 his views last fall slavery
could never exist there aud therefore tlr repeal or
me Missouri Compromise was useless giving existence
to another Pandnms h0N etc. we luncv hi4 speech
would he badly spoiled ald tr Colonel himself laid
ont ,e + markrrtl.
The Colonel II MI W.rturi, lu.trr gr,ier floneh|
moi q "compntn" ono. aul Il, durau tha umerI
months. hn has hran mdngng irccly IN correspond
cncr on subjects political hn ought to butt I4 head
against post mtil cycry word and sentence thc.rni
returns io MIS- memory. tnt no more trnulit s1nr
customers like lS Nebraska letter of 1865 ytod rn-
counter him while irna on hi. pnious logia fam ha
stump linton RoWc Id,oear.
We understand lla Col pond has mad. M. appoint
mcnt- to address tle people or thc parish without rN
ending The courtesy of consulting thc convenience W
lis competitor, aaa hai i.y orc pa m u thc latcs
moment. / hc a'rad NJ yr the people time to w.
leet upon what M may a'y " thom? + ho oiaid
hat thr truth might como too suon aaa oycrwhrim
i'm: Or likely hc may be fearful DIN .9mr former
.host Of himself might r-c up before hm AMI ca,.-
ouud hi. language
We win present oar of II -parras now vcry
ncomely ouc indeed. Cn tlc Gll r October. 1856.
'ol. Pond wrote o tbr people Of III. Congra ioua