Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-09-24
VINO ave ,ho Know Nothlngs?


The Republican Journals of this city, by
the publication CT some buncombe resolu'
tions, the discussion of which our candidate
for Senator Voted to postpone, are endeavor-
ing to create wrong impression concerning
his political status. Under these circum-
stances it becomes our painful duty to in
quire into the antecedents of Mr.. r. p. Cup,
py, and see how he stands upon Know
Nottingham Upon investigation, we find
him in 1855, a rabid Know Nothing, and
fighting vigorously for the doctrine that for
eigners should have been in this country for
u years, before having the privilege of vo.
ting. He was at that time an officer in the
Know Nothing Lodges, and riding the hobby
of unqualified and unlimited persecution of
our German and Irish citizens In the
Spring of 1856, he was the Know Nothing
candidate for City Solicitor, against Eli ].
Forsyth, and was beaten by an whelm~
ing majority, by votes of the very citizens
whom he had reyiled and spit upon. After
the lapse Of almost four years, at the pres
ent time we find him, with unchanged prin.
cipies, asking the aid of that same ciass of
citizens to elevate him to the State Senate
He is more cautious in expressing his opinr
ions now than he was then, and few except
his confidential friends, would suspect that
he was in favor Of the Massachusetts, amend,
ment, requiring foreigners to have been in
this country seven years before they are en-
titled to the privilege of voting, These facts
are well known to our citizens, and any fors
eigner who supports him for position where
the law'making power will be partially, at
least, in his hands, is lending knife to cut
his own throat.
Mr.. Parrott, who is candidate for Rspfe-
sentative, ON the same ticket, has always
been violent Campbell man. and leading
Know Nothiug and notwithstanding his
protestations Of sympathy for our foreign
born citizens, and declaration Just at this
particular crisis, that he loves EN- he is no,
behind his colleague in his hatred of our
German and Irish population. These men
are nominated by Know Nothing cliques,
with the express understanding that they
were to support for the U. 5. Senate, Lew
ID. Campbell, who is well known in this Dis.
trict, and all over Ohio, as the most violent
Know Nothing in the West They attempt
to ignore these principles for the time being
and to try to charge the doctrines which
they have heretofore found, by bitter expe
rienee to be SO unpopular, upon our candi.
dates, and especially upon Mr.. Shideler,
man who is of German extraction himself
and who would fight a proposition imposing
civil disabilities npon foreigners, to the Bit
tereend They will find this community /,
be too well acquainted with their antece
dents, to, be bamboozled in. this kind o
style The Know Nothing ruse wont work
but will recoil with violence ASTONISHING
% thsm, They win soon find themsslye
upon losing ground il this 10 to be ons Of Ii,
issueacf the pressnl campaign. Let al for
eignera somembef that cappy and 7,arsoi
are Know Nothipgss that ghsy vera ieadinl
members 6f Know Nothing lodges ana tba
they arc pledged, reelected 70 vote iofs
Know Eothing foF u. S. Senator.