The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-08-30

sa iSfactory to the committee, and sucn as
justified their absence.
Tune CHAsGED.-'TL'nta great while ago
since the Know Nothirgs. were universally
assailed by tie Democratic party as ''cut
throa,s, midnight assassins,' aud all the
Lexcons that were ever published, were ex
hausted for words 10 express witness n order
that they might be gathered together and
beaped upon that democralic-despi-e and
democratic hated party! No occasion was
left unembraced 10 show those of our foreign
born fellow citizens that the Know Nolhings
were seeking to Cypress. dlsfranchlse. Kill,
and drive them out of the country-In short,
extermina,e Them ALL We recollect very
little incident that occurred in our city, and
we relate it DOW to show that no stone was
left unturned to convince those who happened
to have been born across The herring pond
that the Americans" We're their deadly foes.
Application had been made to Fire Engine
Co. No. 9, by one or two Germans for mem
bership and they were rejected; about the
from odd Hunker'' TO NATIVE. The patent
democ, acy OF that day held their meetings
in the seek loft of he Warner Building
and Bro. Bickle spoke long and loud about
the proscriptive course Of the No. 2s-de-
nounced the Co. in the most abusive terms he
could employ, and made Ga thmble full OF
political capital out Of it! All through the
Know Nothlngs. party. had Their candfho:
ates for President and Vice President. every
effort was made to impress the minds of our
naturallzed fellow citizens that the Republi-
can party was opposed to allowing them to
ENJOY The rights OF citiz rnship-;hat it was
only The Know n thing party under another
name. Scarcely number OF The Jeti,rsoni
an was issued but vas redoleht and savory
to It's editor with this kind huinbuggrry.
h tune is now changed. The American
Party the Bellevue elites, wi h the same
principles that Tie Demo cracy whlIhom loved
10 hate and deaouuce, are now IN the field
conte"liny for the triumph of those princi-.
pies II The Democracy were rigat in SO,
III uenounctng Republicans as know Moth
ms surely they should for consistenc, s.
sake have the gift OF continuance-but is it
So? Lee us lIsten to the new tune Of their
organ grinier. In the Jetfe soni,n of Aug
z, we had The 10. loal G key notes from the
Indianapolis State Sentinel To that tune
The Sentinel, abiding to tie Republican prln-
cipe Of No MoRE SLAVE TERkIroKY, saws:
. hat IS the only live issue of the day
1t has been forced upon the country by the
Repubiican party. The conservative men OF
the country, IN whatever party ttey have
heretofore acted. lave nothing left them but
to accept the issue as At as fendered 10 them
With = common voice, therefore, the over
wheming majority OF the people of these
States have determined to oppose, and put
the ban upon this sectional war. How are
they to do this? Shall they stand aloof8
from each other, when the great battle is
fought upon question upon which they
agree, and allow a party. one half their 7
own number, TO defeat them, and seize the {
relns of government! Is that the part of
wisdom or pasriotisnls What IS there DIS
honest and eorrapfing IN THE UNION :
OF KNOW NOTHINGS AND DEMO-
Gratis in this contestt 1t
must be manifest to the simplest mind Z
that for these parties 10 permit differences
upon PAST ISSUES TO serer them noae, end
THIS defeat their common tcfshes, scould be
TO commit an obstinate and suicidal act----t
Such a course, instead of securing the tri-
umph OF the majority of the people. utterly
defeats the wishes of the people, and throws
the Governmen ut into the hands of an ack-
nowledged minority. Il is not TO he ex-j
Pec,ed that men acting in one party even
can always agree much less can it De sup
posed that men who may be ia different par
ties, bat whose interest and opinions ale in
unison on the issues of the dav, can be in
perfect accord. Rut this sAouid BIZ mo
means prerent them from taxing aaited &C.
ton on NE present ,ss3es.'
Like the man whose horse ran of with him
thio' the woods, who made up the basty
prayer: Good Lord, good Devil for dom,
Know whose hands | may fall into - the
Douglas parry are about red aced 10 the same
desperate condilioa. and are wiling 10 throw
aemselEes into the arms of the kn..w Meth
Igs, for the sake Of saccessi In New York
kentucky, Georgia and Norsh-CsroIina, the
'onglssites ana Know .Nosllngs have already :
snded tcg-ther-fused; aud 10 Indiana, the
mccfsi,c leaders are dong all tina. corrupt.
= anPrinesElei iers,a-cl.ies car do IN o-rser
70 com aaoe The American aud foreign born