Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-02-10
Know Nothinsism in MARYLAND.

Know Nothinsism in Maryland.
The Know Nothings Of Maryland have elected
person of the name OF Hicks Governor of that
cient and honorable State-a man who was CON-
paratively unknown, until he was taken up by the |
Plug Uses as their chief Plug. Gov. Hicks, in his
inaugural speech, gives the most unmistakable proof
of his qualifications a statesman of the first grit.
His knowledge of his native English tongue, as will
be seen by the following, is equalled only by the |
versatility of his genius the depth of his Plug Ug-
lyism, and The breadth and sweep of his statesman
ship. Hear Hicks, as follows:
"O Our natire population is Industrious enterpris
ang and prosperous: get their industry IS burthened
and their accumuzations eaten up By the support of
foreign paupers annually cast on oar shores"
"Our rative population is"-and "yet their in
dustry," DC. This extraordinary and unjust con-
sumption of vctuas-ttis eating up of the " accu-
mutations" of " industrious, enterprising and
prosperous" native population, is no doubt of
the causes Of the high price of pork. Only think
of it!-these foreign paupers not only thus consume
Accommodations but they "dnnuaUy cast on
our Shores" They do not come now and then, but
"annuaAy" Just as the whale least " up Jonah
are they least" on our shores; and they come
hungry, prepared to eat, sharp set, bent the de-
struction of vctuas.
We commend Hicks for his provident attention to
| the interests Of his constituents. We trust that
| Hicks will continue to stand by our " native popu-
ation," and that each one of them gets his due
| share of bread and bacon, even if these "foreign
paupcrs" should sarve the result. Maryland did
well when she told Hicks to 60 up higher. He is
ornament to that old State, which settled by
Catholics. and rendered ustrious by Charles Car
roll, who, not having the fear of the future Hicks
before his eyes, also Catholic. But Gov.
Hicks does not affect the Catholics He abomnates
them. He considers them worse than paupers, and
did not allude to them in his inaugural because he
felt he could not do them justice. lie is too good
| Know Nothing not to bate Catholics and foreign
ers." He believes Maryland was created expressly
for Hicks and the Plug Ugles; and keeping alive
as he does the fires of persecution and ntole ance
in that quarter, he looks hopefully to his brethren
of the South for an answering gleam. That CLEAN
he gets and them The dark lantern, it is true,
burns low in North Carolina bat it burns neverthe-
less; and if Hicks could only know, We know,
how the cement of common hatred 80 Democracy,
well to " Catholics and foreigners" still holds
his brethren together in North Carolina, he would
be as happy Plug Ugly is when he is permitted
to eat his victuas--a performance so
; shanefuy prevented by "foreign paupers."
Only one thing this patriotic Governor lacketh
He is not for distribution if he is, "Sam has
not thus far permitted him to say The foreign
paupers" have not only "eaten up" the "accumu
latons" of "our native population but they arc
trying their teeth the public lands. They arc
actually settling upon them. reclaiming them from
savages and wild beasts erecting houses upon them
and culticating them. They preparing to swal
low them together with all the "accumulations" o
our native populaton' Hicks ought to know
J, that We over here in North Carolina-aee know it
A couple of our stumpers are now on the stump
i stumping to prevent it.
But Gov. Hicks knows we'll what he is about
e The "children of the Evil One wiser in thei
generation than the children of light" Distribution
is not so popular in Maryland as the opposition t
: Catholics and foreigners and the latter hobby
. still in use. Here distribution is supposed to b
y more popular than the other issue; and hence W
Re have in this State the distribution hobby The pee
IS pie of North Carolina, it is thought, be brbe
= with the promise of their own money to abando
l. their States rights principles-can be induced
e. the rattling of few land warrants, to desert tn
Democracy and thus throw the State into the hand
of "Sam!" Vain hope! The people of Nortf
e. Carolina will not go with either Hicks of Maryland
or Know Nothings and dsorganizers here at home
a. but they will adhere to their organization AMI the
to time -honored principles, and present. and her
after, serred front to their combined assailants.
OF By the way, how is it that Gov Hicks is a swor
an oath abound Know Nothing while his brethre
be in this State claim to have been released from the
to oath? If released, who released them? How
be we know but that they in secret correspondent
and communion with the Know Nothngs of Mar
te- land? Can the Register inform us.
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. Fire Company No. 1. ,.... .
This Company organized on Wednesday event
'n' last pursuant to law, when the following office
ne we're duly elected
Captain, John Spelman, ~
int LIST Lieutenant, B. B. Guion,
W, I'd I" H. L. Winton,
ole Sd '' Chas. Stees, rT
4th 81 H. Heselback,
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