The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-24
BALTIMORE.
SATURDAY, APRIL "a, 1858.

The following gratifying announcement, made
'by order of the President" and counterSigned
''F. Winter, Secretary" appears in the advertising
columns of the San of the Goth inst:
GS-ATTENTION, BLOOD-TUBS.-THE EAST
BALTIMORE WATSON AMERICAN ASS0CIA-
TlON, having dispensed with all the Acorns,
Knearls, Roots and Briars, are now fully organ
lied and ready to do their duty in the next Campaign
of the American party.
We have not the happiness of knowing any Of
the amiabe gentlemen who compose the east
Baltimore Watson American Association" but
take the liberty of congratulating them upon the
removal of the superfuous "Acorns, Knearls,
Roots and Briars" which have inerfered with
their valuable organization. The precise nature of
the ''duty," which they avow their readiness to
perform Gin the next campaign of the American
party" is not distinctly defined 1t may how
ever, easily be conjectured by those familiar with
the operations of the Club during the Elections
held last fall. The sanguinary appellation by
which the "Association'' is best known, and to
which their advertisement invites Attention" is,
we rroorrnro purely tanclful designation, and in
no wise indicates the existence of any blood thirsty
propensities on the part of the gentlemen who are
pleased to style themselves "Blood-Tubs." The
formation of this and other similar organizations
in our midst is one of the features of Baltimore
society which make our city most attractive to
strangers, and tend to give us character abroad,
and peace and security at home While, therefore,
we are unable to explain who or what the obnox-
ious "Acorns, Knearls, Roots and Briars'' may
have been, whose expulsion from the Club is thus
announced in the public prints as a matter of pub
lie interest, we presume we ought TO feel very
happy at the intelligence-and express our sasfac-
ton accordingly. The only light thrown upon
the mystery involved in this reference to "Acorns"
&C., is furnished by another notice which appeared
some weeks previous to the above, which read as
follows:
THE MEMBERS OF THE EAST BALTIMORE
WATSON AMERICAN CLUB, viz: Blood Tubs,
are requested to attend at the club-room, on
WEDNESDAY,, April Z, at ~ o'clock to assist in
removing all the ACORNS and KNEARI, TUBS
from the room, they having been declared nui-
sance by vote OF the Club.
Constituting the two notices together according to
the established principles of hermeneutics, we may
hazard the conjecture that the "Acorns, Knearls
Roots and Briars" described in the one advertise
ment may possibly be the same with the "Acorn
and Knearl Tubs mentioned in the other, and
worthy members of the club whose expulsion was
desired, and has at last been accomplished. Upon
the supposition that our Interpretation is correct
we may venture the further hope that the members
expelled may have been the individuals whose
deeds of lawess violence and brutal outrage last
fall, brought the honorable designation of ''Blood-
Tubs into evil repute and made it name of terror
In the city How the election of these unworthy
Tubs from the club-room was ACCOMPLISHED
whether through the door or by the window, has
not ranspired; it only appears that the nuisance
has been abated.
But let us speak seriously of what seems to us to
require word of serious animadversion Without
wishing to magnify the consequence of the 'sEast
Baltimore Watson American Association - or to in
vest political rufianism with an Importance which i,
ought never to have possessed, we cannot but re-
gard the existence of such organizations in this
community as great social and political evil
The regular announcement in the public prints of
their stated meetings. their elections and their con-
ventlons, which announcements as in the present
instance couched in slang-words and can't
phrases such as nowadays constitute the vocabu-
larry of politics, is in itselfa significant and alarm
ing fact. 1t shows the utter decentralization of the
public mind upon the subject, and the extent to
which we have become fimiliariSed with the exist
ence OF political organizations, whose very names
are an index TO their character. We are aware
that the evil did not take its origin from the
American party, and do not charge that party
therefore, with the entire responsibility of their
existence. We only hope that the american when
next it dscourses of the 'Reign of Riot will take
its text from Baltimore instead of Washington,
and include some other clubs besides the "Dead
Rabbits of New York and the empire Club
formerly so rampant here" in the censure which
1t pronounces upon political ruiianism.