The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-02-24
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"a Chapter Oh Union Leag usrs.


Wicked men shun, lie light because
shef deeds are evil lBlBLr
Know Nolhingism was started under the
! plan.ibls pfe,ext lhal The Dotch and irish
were getting TOO numerous Tor The safety Of
AmericsnE institutions, and they should
therefore be excluded irom.the right OF vo,-
Ing heipretense OF the main leaders of
The Knew NoJhings knew tito be false, ibn,
they resousd 10 it for The oserthrow o
( Democracy Under their dark lantern mss
ings and secret organizations they for .
while bid lair 10 control American politics.
Bus the Democracy rallied, and open fair
discassious, soon drove them from their
lcfkiag hoiss, aud freed hem Alter several
5ears' rest they Vemured into ,hs political
field again under another congnomen. but
siili as eecte, organization called Wide
A"akes. Under this new organization
they carried thsi Residential election in 1850
besause the Democracy had two candidates
in the field. Bat with that success the
Wide-Awakes fitted cut The Know
Eoihins died a disgraceful death, bat
Democracy stili lives stronger than ever in
lheiiasi Slate elections the Democracy poll.
+ cd one million i've hundred thousand vo.es
ia The Northren States alone, whict. is 300.
600 more votes than were polIsd iot Doug.
last in all The States.
The old rotten characters who got uo the
/ Knew-Ntoning and Wide Awake parties.
having recently started another secret oath
bound, daTkIaaiern. ctaai-in-ths hole dis
! loyal orgaaizauOn, tniscalied "Un;on Lsap-
+ 5as." When honest men are in their beds
asleep or a. then firesides, IN the midst Of
their iamilies inslructng them in the way
CT morally, religion and ruth, Know-Noih
ings, alias WideAwakes, alas Union Leag.
GERS crawl stsal,hiy 10 their private as
semblies. They 90 ono al time with
their collars sirait:uP and their hats drawn
over their faces, they approach their holes
When they get there, Ike the forty thieves
related IN @Arabian Nights, they whisper
open sesame,n y aud the door opens and in
Ibey crawl, and al again is dark behind
them Bat their fear follows their guilt for
foz they close all windows and cracks with
dark cur,ins and oppoint ore of their num-
Der TO stand with his ear to the key-hoIe, to
prevent surprise.
Such is the contem p:able, mean law flung
lying. rotten, corrupt, disloyal, traiiorous,
dark-lantern, ashamed-and-afraid-of -of-day-
light party, mis-eelisd Union Leagnsrs,
which the Democrats have 10 battle asains,
at The ensuing Presidential election.
Let every American born Democrat, let
ever7 European who came to this country
for his love Of Democratic institutions, Ie,
every homes, man, let every true Union
man, NEE; in open daylight assemblies,
and by due consultation, bs prepared TO
| Withstand The shock OF those enemies OF tho
Union and humanity.
Those enemies OF liberty, under the
name Of Je!erlhsis, he'd the Presidency for
I four years under The elder Adams, and their
rule was so tyranicaI that The American
nation rose almost TO a man 10 drive them
from power. Before five years this day
passes, il viii become matter OF political
infamy 10 have il charged against one that
he was member of The dark-antern or
ganizatiOr.-MGrkt the prediction = Erckaags