Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-02

was ever a member of the Know Nothing
order, and they assert that he himself has
entered denial of the truth of the charge.
Turning to the file of the Ohio State Jour-
nal, we found his name among the dele
gates from Indiana to the great National
Know Nothing Convention, which assem-
oled at Philadelphia In 1856, and in the pro-
,eediDgs found that he was a member OF
The committee on Resolutions which draft
I'd the address and reported the platform
In addition to these facts, the Vincennes
Undiana) Sun reproduces aspeech made by
JoLFAx on his return home from that Con-
vention. 1t Is as follows:.
"a Some tell me that many foreigners
ire Intelligent; yes, intelligent. How, in
he name of Almighty God, can they say
t? Look at the Dutchman smoking his
ipe, and If you can see a ray of intelli
yence in that dirty. idiotic looking face OF
mis-, show 1t TO me! Look at that drunken,
bloateu Irishman, with his rotgut whisky
bottle in his pocket, and he drunk, swear
ing and reeling, and show me in that poll
luted face any spark OF morality, intellect,
or education. The idea is perfectly absurd;
it is preposterous! We must change th.
laws of the land, and PREVENT THESE IG-
MORAN r.DEGRADED PAUPERS HIRE
FROM VOTING AND HOLDING OFFICE. They
ale set oI UNPRINCIPLED VILLAINS
and RUFFIANS, who cOngre ate in and
around our large cities and villages, and
LIVE BY STEALING AND BEGGING from tle
Americans. Some tell ME they have rights
81 they have; the right to live under our
laws aud I'LL the soil, and DO AS WE BID
Tney are inferior in Intellect and intelli-
gence TO the Americans, and THEY MUST
AND SHALL BE PUT DOWN AND KEPT
DOWN, il it has to be done at the point OF
the bayonet and with POWDER AND LEAD
There is no use of talking mincingly or OF
fearing results in regard to the matter. A
great cry has went up by old liners about
the foreigners being driven away from the
polls, and not being allowed to vote. This,
suppose, is true in many respects. Would
you have the American citizen stand back
and let a bloated, red visaged, drunken
brute of an 1rishman vote instead of him
self? See she wretch as he approaches;
his knees knocking, and the slobber of to-
bacco running down his jaws, and as he
comes you hear him 'hurrah 1or Democ-
racy;' and here he comes, fresh from the
bogs, just one year, and wants to vote-and
because the boys cry ''move him." and he
gets knocked down Tor his impudence, a
great cry is made about it by the old line
demagogues. l say it is right-let them
stand back. Again: You see lop-eared
wide mouthed, mullet-headed Dutchman
coming up just from some hut in the Land
of Kraut, with the foam of beer still stick
ing in his horse-tail whiskers, and his
breath smelling of garlic and onions,
enough 10 kill a white man at 800 yards.
and before he can say any thing in the
world but the word Democrat he must
vote. and that vote counts as much as yours
or mine. This is outrageous and abomin-
able. These foreigners that have carried
elections for old liners will have to learn
their places. They have no more right to
vote than the brutes of the field, and have
not the sense of good Newfoundland dog;
and God knows, that were L candidate for
any office, would tell these paupers and
vagabonds, these vile, dirty, filthy, de-
graded, idiotic foreigners L did not want
their votes, and if ever am a candidate, l
hope to God never will get them."
As an offset to CoLFAx's Know Moth
ingism, and in the fear that the foreign
ers, whom he denounced in the lowest
style Of billingsgate oratory, as 'paupers, y
'vagabonds." and as ''vile, dirty, filthy, de-
graded, idiotic foreigners" may rake him
at his word when he said he ''did not want
their votes" and when candidate he
hoped to God he would not get them. The
Radical leaders got up the charge that
Gen. BLAIR belonged to the same order
This charge having been made in New
York, he thus promptly disposes of it
After his great speech in Tammany Hall
was finished, he was called to speak to the
out door meeting. He said:
FELLow CITIZENS: l cannot imag ne,
for my life, where all of these Democrats
came from. Applause and .laugbter.1 i
thought. my fellow citizens, that had left
all the Democrats out west; saw so many
of them there that could not realize that
there were SO many anywhere tlse.-
Laughter.] l have just one thought
want to speak to you, my fellow citizens.
Just one word to say, and which omitted
to say in the hall above where | have been
halt. Laughter. And it is upon this
point: that am charged here and all over
the country, with having been a Know
Nothing. Laughter. A voice, s.You know
enough."] Well, my fellow citizens, they
have forged speech for me-a speech
never uttered nor saw until it was forged
and altered by them. on the subject OF
Fenianism. But want to say to the peo-
pie of New York, and in saying it to them
to say it to the people of this continents. thai
every time have been candidate it has
been my good fortune to beat a Know
Nothing. Laughter and cheers That the
| first time was nominated for tue LeSisla-
ture of my State and for Congress, and
every time that ] was elected l beat Know
| Nothing every time, and shall have to beat
Know Nothing this time. lApplause
Voice-"You will."] Yes, my fellow citi-
zens, that is my history on this subject
And Schuyler Colfax's whole history is
that he was vomitt up out of the stomach
of Know Nothing lodge into politics
Laughter and applause.] He seems, my
| Fellow citizens, to have sort of proclivity
! for these secret political societies. l be.
| lieve that he belongs to every one there is
| in the country, and he was not satisfied
with that, and | believe he made two OF
| three of his own. [Lauehter.] And now
| If wanted to get trap to catch Schuyler
| ColfaX with, l would bait it with secret
political society, and would have beer
| just as certain as you would get an old raj
| with a piece OF toasted cheese. Laughter.
Now, my fellow citizens, l thought
would touch this point here which omitted
| to touch in the hafl-to show what fla
| That when they themselves have the daddy
| of Know Nothingism on their ticket fo
candidate as Vice President. they shOul(
charge me with the crime-for l consider i
a crime-of being Know Nothing, wheI
have always, in every political canvas
that L ever made, ran against Know
Nothing and beat him. [Cheers. Avolce
you'll beat him Dow."] And now thinl
it is going to be my good fortune to bea
him again. [Great applause. Voices
That's SOL Fellow citizens, lis impossi
BILE for me to address you as should lik
to do, or to continue my address, as hav
Just finished a long speech in Tamman.
Hall. And 1 can do no more now thai
thank you from the bottom OF my heart fo
the cordial reception you have given me
for the kind audience that you have eX
tended to me, and to say good night to yo
with the cheering inspiration which
bring from the West that all is right there