The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
A Foolish Attempt Mt Deception.

ne luulVluutl WHO uo-S UP tue oou duu
liberty" articles for the Times, gets along
pretty well, when he confines himself to
high sounding general,ies, but when be fool.
isbly enters the domain Of facts, for argu.
ment or illustration, he sgnally falls. For
instance, the Times Of Sunday last, asserts
that Nothingism, "the very essence
of slavery and oppression" is in utilization
with the Democratic party to which our
foreign born citizens attach themselves"
Now the facts are that the Democratic
party has invariably opposed Know.Noth.
ingism, wherever and whenever presented,
north or south, while the Republican party,
so called, has SO anxiously coquetted with
the proscriptive order, that in many States
it las dropped its distinctive appellation,
and formally united with the party the
Times now affects to despise, in county,
congressional, and State conventions, and
for no other purpose than to secure the
spoils Of Office.
10 the New England States, there is no
such distinctive organization as the Repub.
ican party The opposition to the Democ-
racy in those States is known as American.
Republican. The leading Abolition loli-
ticians Of New England-BASxs, HALE,
WILSON, FEssEsDEN, BUELiSGAME, and
their co-workers-are indebted to their
connection with Know N othngism, the zeal
with which they entered that Order and
tie earnestness with which they subscribed
to its wicked oaths, for their present polti.
cal position. BANKS and WILSON, both
leading Massachusetts, Republicans, are
dyedin- the-wool Know. Notbisgs. The leg
islation OF the New England States, since
the neutrality-suspicious. obtained
power, has baen used in every instance to
degrade the foreigners, and deprive them Of
the lnestimable rights ard privileges conceded
to them by the Wings aud Democrats. In
New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
at the recent Congressional elections, many
Democratic candidates were defeated, and
Know Nothings or Republicans elected, by
the union of those parties, on candidates
representing congenial sentiments. In Bal.
timorc, which il cited by the Times as an
instance Of the utilization of the Know Moth.
ings with the Democracy, the contrary is
the truth. For four years past, the Democ.
racy Of that city have contested the ground
inch by inch with the Nothings, and
were only prevented from securing and
maintaining the political ascendancy due to
their numbers, by the determination of the
Americans Trip Raps, Plug Uglies, &cl.
to rule America" with the budgeop, tbS
s'ung shot, and the bowie knife. Whe. an
attempt was made at the last session of
Congress, TO rcbuke these assassins by ex.
polling their fraudulently elected Represen-
tativcs in Congress the Black Republicans
stood TO man, 10 defence Of their right
to seats in the house.
The Times is also in error in its assertion
that IN the South, Know No,Lugism has
met with its greatest Successes When the
New England States, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, were ruled by
edicts issued from Know Nothing lodges,
the Democracy Of Virginia, under the gal.
liant lead Of HENRY A. WISE, destroyed the
prestige of success which everywhere attend
ed the mysterious Order in the North and
crushed =" Sam" at the commencement of
his Southern tour, after contest before
the people which alone finds its parallel 10
the intense excitement Of the late struggle
in Illinois. In Virginia, Missouri, Louisi.
ana, Tennessee, Mississippi, aud 10 all the
Southern States, the Know No,hings have
never been able TO gain political ascendancy,
because they everywhere met with the de-
termined opposition Of the Democracy.
While this was the course OF the Democracy
ia the South, Black Republicauism and
Know NO'hingism we're synonimous terms
in hall the Nor,heru States.
The Democracy can well afford To point
with pride TO THAR consistent record upon
all iaes,ions affecting the rights aud interests
Of foreign born eiiizeus. Whether powerful
or powerless, 10 a majority or minority,
the record Of The party demonstrates that it
las never sought to propitia;e the support
OF Native Americans or Know Nothiuys.
by an abandonment Of those liberal princi.
pies promulgated by JsyTxssos, and adyo-
Gated aud maintained by every s,cesss;va