Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-10-04

the exercise of this privilege by intimidation and the lnfu
ence of official denunciaton by charging nose Wno
and their auxares in the is an attempt at mora de
potism only to be excused as an emanaton VI anu
over heated ZEAL in which neither the loL ~
ner regard for the institutions of freedom nave had much 10
DO on,on.tr.Dce against this
ar rise so high in this chamber to penetrate every Vd
in Mexico reverberatng among her mountains anu sc
The whole country spirit of resistance to the aemp 10
them to our dominion, there those VINO pc
ieye that greater calamity may befa this country IN e
further prosecution OF TIE war IMAM even Su'n
Sir if any should desire to know my poor OPINION
rnon the roner mode terminating this say TO ne
to make the best treaty with any existing you
can. If you have the Territories OF New Mexico anu
California get cesson of them you cannot 90 that,
come back to the Rio Grande to the boundary you claim
title to, and thus your honor. -, . .. u
would CITY doomed to destruction by fire from Heaven
It will thus be seen that Mr. Bell was unwilling 'hat an
moral treason of the Abe Lincolns, Tom Corwlns amos
Tucks Others but that they should be Permet ~
ecution of the war; Shy every means of speech wrhg
and voting" should the one of remonstrance rse
so high as to penetrate every vale IN Mexico reVerDerae
among her mountains and the whole population to
spirit resistance What matered ITO TO MN n rae If h
country? No blood of his coursed the veins OF an Ale
JOHN BELL ON KNOW NoTHING1sM.
After helping throw MIR. Clay, IN 104o' ana III
1850 proposing the admission State OF New MeXcH'
with population composed principally OF clVllZed nall
civilized uncviized, and barbarous Indians, opaarus
and Mexicans find Mr.. Bell in 1855, engaged IN per
forming funeral obseques the death of the Old wing
party which he than other one man. had
uted to kill, and in organizing new (hnow, No5nng1
party in its stead September 1855, he proceeded TO
Knoxville Tennessee and delivered set speech which
was afterwards printed in pamphlet FORM and distributed
through the country We make the following extracts from
have said tt at the Wing banner longer floats over
the stand in Political assemblies in Tennessee That tue
but it has given place to another ensign under which,
trust all and conservative trios OF both the ola par
ties will rally, and make it equay glorious and more tr
umphant than the one which has suppanted and, that it
may have to be lowered resign its place TO any
nj
nination to maintain the national and institutions
against all who would change the one or undermine the
"Ihe councils of the American Order are denounced as
political societies, fraugh with and tending to all the
misches and atrocities of the Jacobn clubs OF Paris IN the
French revolution yet since the order has become pot
cal party all their alleged secret are known al
upon the instant, the public The oaths administer
ed initiation of members, are denounced as lMora ana
amounting surrender of all freedom and independence
the exercise of the elective franchise yet the oas adj
mnered in various other secret societies. or voluntary rs
sociaons in this country pass without notice or
we'll known to these assaiants, that any member
of the Order set aside the obligation OF the oath he
takes strong objected to- at dlscrenGn ny WthdraW
the official pale denounced as proscrptVe and the
attempt establish religious test in violation of the con,
The exclusion of naurazed foreigners from all
official stations is denounced proscrPtVe and likewise
violation of the constitutional rights of that class of citizens
To propose amendment to the constitution by which 10
manss shall be excluded from office might justly be con-
sidered attempt to establish religious test and te pro-
pose to exclude naturaZed foreigners from office, by an
amendment the constitution might with TRUTH be said to
be an attempt to prescribe them but the organization OF
political party upon the principle policy of withholding
the support and uages of the members OF that party In the
public elections from Catholics and naturazed ctzens-and
that all the American party proposes to any
fair reasoning ingenious sOphsty be shown to be an at
tempt to establish religious test or to prescribe any class
citizens regard either ROmanists natural
lied citizens the argument be maintained that the Amer
lean party in withholding from them their support IN cleo
tons guilty of violation of the constitution in letter
spirit unless the practice and maXims OF both the great
parties which have SO long commended for the OF
removals from office be admitted to be in violation of the
constitution, or its spirit.
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terror into the leaders of the Democracy The prestige of
the of the Democratic party which had been tow er
GER and they made haste to seize whatever advantage by
way of indemnity for the loss they might expect to derive
they could not destroy it in its BIRTH they calculated that
by the violence of their assaults its policy and their
Jealous advocacy of the foreigners and ROmanss
at least to their undivided support IN future econs
and thus establish the relation of patron and client IN our
country between the Democratic party and the foreign pop
uaon founded the basis Of protection ON the one side
and support on the other formidable aance truly put
ennia supply of fresh recruits to the Democrac standard
derived from the annual influx OF the haf million OF tor
they will have to fight their future battles with diminished
may form with foreigners and Roman Cathocs,-hOwever
the leaders may fret and whatever obsnacy of
purpose they seek to resist crush the American
they will fail to defeat the great and fundamental policy
OF that party.
1.-The fears of the md have been appealed to, by the
assaants of the American party and their cooperation in
yoked in putting down, the alleged ground that its
LEY in regard to foreigners tends to provoke riot and blood
she'd said that this stained with
blood in its very BIRTH and that from this we may augure
bloody future. Yes, blood has been shed, and it fore
shadow bloody future. will not stop to inquire who
provoked the shedding of blood in Louisville and other pa
ces but this will say that whatever party may have civ
sprinkle the paUeents and sdeooaIs of our cities moao
than chat their streets should be drenched in blood hereaf
should drink up the blood its citizens deadly con-
ct between armed bands, it may be between disciplined
Representative Americans the side, and foreigners
supported by native tactonsts on the other And this will
be future unless and before is too late erect
sufficient barriers to arrest the torrent of aliens and ran
Es5i " 'S" years more 10 000 the whole
We have made full extracts from this speech. We wish
to do him no injustice We have given him the full benefit
of his argument. Look at it Read it Study its import
and meaning Was such codbooded speech before
delivered in this country! We know that there many
welnenoned but unrefectng decoyed into this
and odious organization, who while sanctonng
principles OF hostility to supposed dangerous increase of
the foreign element in country yet loathed and
demned the bloody prosecutions which regned in of
our large cities But not with Mr.. Bell. man of
ue years. when the passions supposed to have ubs
died. and Of long experience in the public service
him stepping forward not only to endorse the principles of
this " new party but also to justify its of boodshed.
and as consequence to incite the awless who had
engaged IN 1t to still further acts of murder and rapine
Was such spectacle before presented the people
of this country " Better that little blood should sprinkle
the payemens and sidewalks OF our cities " To what did
he alude To the horrors enacted in Louisville Bloody
Monday Has this passed from the recollection Of
the people! 1t occurred ON the 9th of August 1885, only
about month and half before Mr.. Bel made his speech
it necessary to rehearse the horrors of that dayo tell
That the corpses OF twenty dead picked the
paVemens whose blood had sprnkled the the sidewalks
to reclte how five men penned up in a building
and roasted to death-to depict the horrors of the
brewery scene, where after the building fred
was stationed as to prevent the egress of the in
mates and how from its ruins dragged the chared re-
mains of woman huggng her infant her Our
heart ckens at the bare thought of such horrors and vet
this old man-John Bel-gets up in public meeting and
III the coolest manner tells his audience that better
such scenes should occur better that little blood should
sprinkle the pavemens and sidewalks" than that this
new" party should rule America We cannot trust
ouseves to comment upon such conduct.
We might go and show that after announcing in the
Senate that if the people of Tennessee decided against him