The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-12
4 Kn0M NofhIng for senator.

We have not been disposed to rake
up issues in the present canvass,
which have been buried for years,
but as the Democracy have done so
and called our attention to them, we
have no objection to discussing them.
Among other things it is charged
that SCHUYLER CoLFAx, and other
prominent Republicans, in 1854 took
the following oath
- -, of my own free will
and ar-1rd, in the presence of AL
mighty rod and these witnesses, my
right and resting on the HOLY
BlBL and my left hand raised
toward Heaven, in token of my sim
eerity, do soiemnly pro mise and swear
that1 will not vote, nor give my in
tiuence tor any man for any Office in
the git OF the people, unless he be an
AMERICAN BORN CITIZEN, in
favor OF Americans born ruling Amer
lea, nor if he be a Roman Catholic,
and that / will not, under any cir
cumstances, expose the members of
this Order, nor reveal the existence
Of such Order. To all the foregoing
| bind myself under the no less PEN
atty of being expelled from this Or
der and having my name posted and
circulated, throughout all the differ
ent councils of the United States, as
a TRAITOR TO my GOD and my
country, as s being unfit to be en-
ployed aud CTusted, countenanced or
supported IN any business transac-
ton, as a person unwOrt by the conf
dence Of all good men, and as one at
whom the fingers of scorn be pointed,
50 HELP ME GOD"
This is said to be the oath that al |
who were initiated into the Know
Nothing Order were compelled to
take. If this be true, then DIR. Nor
GAN, the Democratic candidate for
State Senator, took that oath. He ad-
mitted to one of our citizens, the
other day, that he was initiated into
the order and attended several of its
meetings. 1t is known that he was
as bigoted in his Know Nothingism
and as hostile to foreigners and Ro-
man Catholics as he is now to the Re- |
publicans. And yet, with this :miser-
able Know Nothing fossil as its can
didate, the Courier has the :mpudence
to assail Republicans for having been
members OF the same organization.
1t will be seen by the above oath,
which DR.. MORGAN took, that he
could not conscientiously support any
foreigner, especially if he be Roman
Catholic. In order not to compro-
mise him on this point, the last Dem
ocratic County Convention, with rare
magnanimity, defeated eUery Catholic
who was an aspirant for Office. We
DO not remember to have heard of a
convention where the Catholics were
so mercilessly slaughtered as in that
Tobacco Warehouse Convention of
last month. This, however, is not to
be wondered at, when we remember
the Know Nothing antecedents of its
managers. Not content with nomina-
ting Senator who was so bitter in his
hostility to Catholics and foreigners
IN times past, ard who, if he is elected,
will be IN a position to embody his
hostility in offensive and oppressive
laws: the party has also nominated |
as its candidate for Common Pleas |
Judge another leading and prominent |
Know Nothing, one who took the |
oath with Dir. MORGAN. The Catho-
lies will be nicely fixed, after eleeting
Senator who has solemnly sworn to
discriminate against them in enacting
laws, and Judge who has also sworn
to discriminate against them in ad-
ministering them.
If these gentlemen dislike to have
ye ancient records resurrected to their
confusion they had better inject a
little common sense into the carpet
baggers who do up their editorials.
Before closing this, we state by au-
thority that Governor CONRAD BA-
KER was never a member of the
Know Nothing order, and consequent
ly never took the oath. The State
SenhnePs assertion to the contrary is
falte in every particular.