Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-22
Colfhx as n Knew Nothfng-His
Pretended DeniaI-Who Is the
FaIsfffer.

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Colfhx as n Knew Nothfng-His
FaIsifier.
A Cleveland Republican sheet says that
Mr.. CoLFAx, the Radical candidate of that
party for Vice President, denies most en-
phatically that he was ever member OF the
Know Nothing organization. We have
never seen this denial-perhaps Mr.. COL
FAX has not allowed it to get in print, but
that it has been made, we have the author
ity of leading sheet of his own party.
The denial of Mr.. CoLFAx is made in the
face of the fact that he was first elected to
Con gress as the candidate of the Know
Nothings. Besides this fact, we have other
proof.
In June, 1856, grand Convention of the
Know Nothing order met in Philadelphia
attended by delegates from all the States
in which the Know Nothing order had an
existence. The Ohio State Journal of june
IS. 1855, after the Convention had adjourn
ed, gave the following as the list of dele
gates in attendance from Ohio and Indians
'"Ohio-Thomas ii. Ford, L. N. Olds
Joshua Martin, ]. K. Marley, Geo. r. Nor
ton, A. Mckay, FL. M. McAbee, John E.
Rees, Bushnell White.
t.Indiana-Wm. Comstock, ,GB SCHUYL
ER COLFAX 81. Goodlove 8. Orth, j
Z. Harvey, F. ID. Allen. James II. M. Bry-
ant, Thomas G. Slaughter"
+, In the Ohio State Journal of June 11th,
1856, under the head "Philadelphia Con-
vention--Election of Officers" we find the
Following: i.i a9-9 " 5..s
"a dispatch from Philadelphia, dated the
9Th, contains the following intelligence as
to the progress of affairs at that gathering
.The K. N. [Know Nothing Convention
officers, and on the sixth balloting, Mr..
Bartlett, of kentucky, was chosen Presi-
dent, having received ninety votes. The
| following is the result of the election for
officers: for President, Bartlett, of Ken
lucky; Vice President, G. D. Freeman, OF
Pa; Corresponding Secretary, d. D. Desh-
ler, of N. j.; Recording Secretary, Ste
| phens, of Nd; Treasurer, Grain, of Ohio.
s.The following names were announced
for the committee on Platform: Gibson, of
ILL.,; cE- COLFAX, of Indiana; -&1 Ly-
ons, of N. Y; Gamble, of Mo-; Colby, of
N. H.; Orttle, of Indiana; Sperry. of CT;
Ellis, of d. c.; l.. Foster, of Mass; Bat
tling, of Va; Deshler, of N. j.; Ricard. Of
Ind; Mathews, of Cal.
- uC 6DOtO 10 bnt o PdlbidA LOU Va tuO
nominees it is sufficient, however, to give
an idea of the character of the platform
which will be represented"
Here we have the fact, in the columns of
the Ohio State Journal, first that Mr.. SCHUY-
LER CoLFAx, VITO now, for the purpose of
catching the German, Irish and other for
eign votes, denies that he was a member of
the Know Nothing order, was duly elect
ed delegate from Indiana to the National
Convention of that order, and from the
same Ohio State Journal we have the proof
that he was not only elected adelegate, but
that he participated in the proceedings of
the Convention, and acted as the Know
Nothing delegate from Indiana on the COM
mittee on Resolutions in that body. If
other proof be needed. it will be given with
cheerfulness.
The facts cleaned from the Ohio State
Journal prove either:
That the Radical paper in Cleveland, in
saying that Mr.. SCHUYLER CoLFAx denied
being q member of the Know Nothing Or
ganization, made its candidate for Vice
President stand in the position of a liar,
without his really being so.
Or else, if Mr.. SCHUYLER CoLFAx did
deny that he took the oath of the dark-lan-
tern Know Nothing party, and that he act
ed with that organization in its opposition
to all foreigners and Catholics. he stated
that which was deliberately false.
We care not which horn of the dilemma
the Radicals take. In the contest between
General GRANT and President JOHNSON,
the latter charged that General GRANT
promised to do certain acts. General
GRANT denied that he ever made such a
promise President JOHNSON proved his
assertion true, and that of General GRANT
false, by gentlemen of unblemished integ-
rity, who heard the promise given. We
would dislike much to see both the candi-
dates of the Republican party convicted of
falsehood in the same campaign, and hence,
for the honor of the country, we hope Mr..
CoLFAx made no such denial as that al
luded to here, but that 1t was his Cleveland
organ that stated the falsehood, when it
said CoLFAx denied ever having been a
Know Nothing. -
The Bottom Failing Ont of the
RepublIcan Party in Alabama.
Hon. w, B. JONES, Elector on the Re-
publican ticket for the Fourth Congress
sional District in Alabama has renounced