The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-12
THE CHARGE OF "KNOW-NOTHING
ISM" AGAINST COLFAX,

very wide of the mark, the Democratic
newspapers have sought to explode an
all destructive bombshell in the Repub-
iica2 camp, the same being nothing
more nor less than the charge that
Schuyler Colfax was at one time a
know Nothing" The New York Tri-
bune disposes Of this fabrication as fol-
lows:
The last charge against Mr.. Colfax is the
following, in the Washington Constitutional
Union of June Il:
The fol- wing is au extract from a letter writ
ten By Schuyler ColfaX:
- once registered a solemn oath never to vote
for foreign IN man for any office under the
American GoFernmeLt, and L. remove all foreign
srs, aliens, and Roman Catholics from Office when
ever might possess the power to do sO.'
Whom, was this letter written to, and schen ?
No one can answer, for it is base coinage.
Mr.. C. has had every act of his lif', public
and private thoroughly scanned and criti-
cised in the sharp, hand-to-hand contests he
has had with his opponents seven times over.
since 1854, and has every time been Endorsed
and yIndicaIed by those VINO know HIM
thoroughly as his constituents do. His dis
in Indiana, and he has always, in spite OF
Just such charges, received more of their
votes than any other Republican. One of
his counties, Lake, has majority of Its vo-
tiers of foreign birth. While he has been
running for Congress, he has converted 1t
from a Democratic county to the g bar ner"
Republican county of the district, giving him
steadily increas ny majori ieS-the last time
fully two to one. In Clay Township, in his
- 80,
voters are Catholic, he has several times
carried it, when the rest of his ticket has
been beaten in it 6y two-thrdS vote. And.
As the Republican State ticket in Indiana
has almost always one or more of is norni-
nees Of forei-n birth, he has voted for such
candidates at nearly every election; and
among them remember Albert IaDge,
born in Germany, for Site Auditor John
Young, born in Great Britain, State Surer-
intendent; John l.. Mansfield. born in Ger
many, etc. Was there ever more stupid
and malignant falSehood than the above
extract from letter written by Schuyler
Colfax:"
The Sacramento Reporter having re-
d;erated this charge against Colfax, the
Record Of that city comes back as fol-
lows:
Let US ask the Reporter few questions,
and see ii il viii come out fairly and squarely |
aud answer them. Has it not had, at the
head Of It's columns the name of man for |
President VIII was Know Nothing Has
it not the names of three at least Presidential
Electors paraded at its masthead from day
10 day, before the people, who were notorious
Know Nothings? Has it not one, if not two
members of Congress, nominated at d rega-
lar Democratic Convention, who belonged to
the same party? Did not " Honest John
Bisler. one of the editors of that paper, seek
admission into the Know Nothing council of
this city, but was rejected, after he had re-
ceived the regular Democratic nomination
for Governor against J. Nicely Johnson. the
Know Nothing candidate? We know Of
what We speak. Does not that paper now
prefer James Cofroth for Democratic NOM
inee Tor a seat in Congress, who so rOnpdly
abused the foreigners, 1" the ignorant Dutch
and the filthy Irish" as ne called them His
descriptive powers almost failed him when
holding up to a Know Nothing crowd the
aorrOrs to result from the lmmi gration to
hese shores of the ignnyant hordes OF Europe.
In the face of these facts the Reporter, with s
ne most unparalleled :mpudence, speaks OF
Know NotAinss &C being candidates of our
'srtv. We think that the Repnrter is posted t
N the obligations u the 4iuo8 othIng or
Ter. For fear It nav have f1r-n'' 1T, let US
all to mind the fact that on entering lOd xe I,
" council of h.low NotLinss . ms. solemn
'ath was administered, in which each party
vas bound not to vote for any foreign born o
itisea for any Office whatever; and further,
lot to propose for membership any Roman
,stholic, and that he would oppose in all
Drms the influence of al foreign potentates n
nd powers in any efforts they m ight exert &
n this Continent, and more especially that -
{ the Pope OF Rome" We will ask the VI
;cp,rtar still few more questions. Where Of
~ are to be found the great bulk of the old fe
NOV Nothing party but in the ranks of +,
democracy: Was there State outside of
,e slave States that east its vote for Know 10
Iothmg President? Was there a United &c
la.cs Senator IL that body but what was ~
,nt there from the South, The Know Moth
X party was started in the interests of the IN
Juth where it had its greatest strength, and &c
here the last lingering glimmer Of it, now RI
ecAyed carcass was seen. Bell and Everett
ere its last candidates, who faded away be- ie
re the voice of the people like dew before it
e mornings sun. We will ask one more in
lestion OF the Reporter. 1t is tais, as it pr
ems posted on Know Nothingism: Did ex
"a ever know of Catholic belonging to a tn
aOw Nothing council? II so, state when ca
d where. There is nut for you to crack, Gil
r. Reporter, and still you will talk of in tn
erauce when your very leaders have been ini
. most violent Know Nothings. Consist thu
CT. thou art indeed a jewel but the Demo- ly
Tic P.srty viii .4ue VI thee. SCI