Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-07-09
The Morals OF Know-notIinglsm.


ism inherently immoral and vicious. :
Wherever this creed or party has tri
umphed, fraud, deceit, and violence have
accompanied its advent to power. The
history of Know-nothingism, or bastarc
1mericdatsm, is but record of folly
fraud, and violence wherever it has OBJ
tained power. Louisville, Baltimore
Washington, New Orleans, each and al
bear ample testimony to the truth of this
statement. 1t might afford a subject fol
investigation to the curious to ascertain
the reasons for this normal state of the
new, but decayod party 1t may be
that there is something demoralizing il
the nature of the secret oaths and obli-
cations which bind the members togeth-
or The fact that an oath is taken, and
an obligation entered into, to deny tC
others that equality of rights ard priv.
ilegcs which is guaranteed to them BY
the constitution, must deaden the con.
science, and leave the party taking such
oath less scrupulous with regard to the
other rights pertaining to his fellew man
The conscience thus blunted and scared
becomes after while callous, and con.
siders it all right to adopt any measure
or do any act which may seem necessary
to advance the interest or secure the per.
petuity of powerin the hands of the party
The recent developments in New Or.
leans show the Know-nothing Mayor Of
that city to be as careless in the redemp.
ton of his promises as any of his cotem-
poraries. In fact, the published testi-
mony Of his o,r1t friends conyicts him OF
fraud and falschood of so glazing a char
acter as to cause several to whom he
had rendered office to refuse to &C.
eopt any position from his hands On
the very threshold of his official career
he stands convicted under his own sigma
ture, witnessed by number of his per-
sonal friends and adherents, Of pledgne
a most important Office to an individual
if elected, and also that he should hold
the said Office as long as be, the Mayor,
held his place. This shameless bargain,
this solemn wriHen pledge, signed before
witnesses, the Know-nothing Mayor sci
aside as soon as he was elected, showing
that he at least did not act upon the old
adago that there is honesty among
thieves. Now, if the very first act Of
this Know-nothing Mayor is a fraud up.
on his friends, and violation OF bis
written pledge to them, what hope is
there that he will keep faith with or dc
his duty to his political opponents or the
community at large?
Who can wonder that under such cir.
cumstances, honest men should call foi
vigilance committees, or adopt Other
plausible means to rid themselves of &c
corrupt and unreliable a government. -
The facts which we have briefly pre-.
sented with regard to the newly installed
hnow-nothing Mayor of New Orleans
are known to the Know-nothing presse.
Of this State, not one Of which has ut.
tered word of condemnation or ever
disapprobation of his infamous conduct
Is this because, as we have suggested
there is something inherently immora
and vicious in the principles Of the par
ty. and all who come within the circl.
of its influence lose their sense of fruit
and right? We will not assert this t
be positively so--but content ourselve,
with stating the facts and leave intelli
gent men to draw their own conclusions
--Battimore Republican.
rt-ntfc.rroN or r,,,
several weeks past We have received
from various parts of the State, com
plants that the Laws of the last Session
OF the Legislature have not yet been dc.
liyered to those entitled to receive copies
and those complaints are coupled viii
blame Of the Publisher Of the Laws fol
this apparent dereliction of duty.
The Act of 1853, chapter SO, make.
it the duty of the State Printer to deliv.
or to the State Librarian the unfoldeo
printed sheets of all documents, journals
&c, ordered to be printed. 1t is The
State Librarians duty to have those
sheets folded and bound, and to have
the bound volumes delivered to those
/ persons who arc entitled to receive them
1t will be seen from this that the printer
has no duty to perform in the premises
beyond the delivery of the sheets to tho
Librarian, and cannot be in anywise
ehargeable with dereliction of duty or
account Of the failure of the Librarian
to do his duty, as prescribed by Act OIL
1858, chapter 3G.
The laws were delivered, in sheets, tc
the Librarian in the latter part of April
the journals and documents we're deliver.
ed to him within a few days after the ad-
journment Of the Legislature-nfuch ear
ier than the public printing has even
before been done. Why the volumes
have not been delivered We are unable
to say: but we learned from the Binder,
several weeks ago, that the laws were
finished and awaiting the orders of the
Librarian. With this, however, we have
nothing to do. We merely object to re-
ceiving blame for the official negligence
OF others ; and we have made this notice
simply to indicate, to those interested,
the quarter wherothe blame should attach
Our brethren of the Press in Mary
land will obiige us greatly by publishing
this explanation. -AnnaPoiis GAZETTE.
BALTIMORE MONEY" IN KANSAS
The Leaverworth (Kansas) Ledger, in
announcing that the American Bank, in
this city, had suddenly exploded, says /: