Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-27
4 Bad Time for Know-Notbingism.

4 more dreadful fate than that which
bofel the poor unfortunate Shepherd boy
vino SO often deceived his friends will
the cry Of "Wolf" @Wolf, awaits the
Know Nothings of this country. For
several years past they have frightened
timid men, sickly women aud cowardly
ohildrenwith the cry of Pope, n"Pope, .
but everybody has how become so much
accustomed to it that we doubt whether
reiteration Of that cry will startle the
good people of the United States out OF
their senses, or cause them to meet the
old fellow at the sea shore, as he lands,
with "sticks and slaves" and other in
straments of torture, to give him warm
reception, and ''relco1,e him ,cith Hoody
hands to'0 hospttaJic ggate.D The times
IN Europe are now sadly out of joint, !"
and the dark war cloud threatens almost
every monarch. In this unsettled con-
dition of affairs, the United States will
doubtless become the Getty Of Refuge"
for all those royal personagos who may
fall into disfavor at home, and who may
consider Uunclo Sans domain the safest
dwelling place Among tho many who
Y is said contemplate coming to the
United states is the yeritable and much
dreaded Pope Of Rome From this time
the -Nothings should double their
forces and place none but americans on
guard, lest in such an hour as they least
shink of it he may slip into our territory
assassinate the President, take command
of our Army and Navy in person, and
compel every Nothing in the coun-
try to show his affection for him by bow
ing to his great toe There will be aw-
full times with the Know othings if his
majesty, the Pope, should happen to slip
into this country; for they may rest as
sur5d that he has them all ''dotted" and
"spottod' and knows precisely where to
lind thcm, aud what each one of them
said about him 'ibehind his back when
nc was four thousand miles away He
knows of all the doings of the Know
Nothings, and when he arrives here they
must expect to make the omende honor
able to the old gentleman, or put up with
the consequences There is no Know
Nothing need fatter Himself with the
beliet that his-Hetions are not known to
The Pope, and that he may escape. His
'-Aydhcio has described your person and
your apparel, even down to the color Of
the buttons on your coats, with such ac-
curacy to. his majesty, that your ambro-
type likenesses arc constantly before him,
and all your maledictions have been tele-
graphed TO him over the submarine cable.
Know-Nothings yon are in dreadful
way, but you have brought on your own
troubles, and you arc not entitled to much
sympathy from the Democrats, but if you
will all promise to abandon your evil
ways and live rightcously hereafter and
become good Democrats, we, who are
well acquainted with the Pope, and are
his especial favorites, will speak a good
word to him for you, with view to
tighten your punishment. If you intend
to accept our proposition you must do so
at once and improve the time before you
in works. Of repentance.
Delays are dangerous, and it might be
fatal to postpone the matter too long,
therefore we would advise all sincere and
rcpentant Know-Nothings to enter the
ranks of the Democratic party at once !,
if they would find favor with the Pope
and ourselves. Frederick Union.