American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-06
Wilson's KnOwnOthingism.

Mr.. JEREMIAH GOLIATH would gladly
obliterate that chapter of his political
biography which relates to his prominent
| connection with a certain dark lantern
organization called the Knownothing
party. But as jeremiah is unable to OBJ
literate, he attempts to re-write the chap
ter, in his letter accepting the Philadel-
phia nomination. In the last paragraph
| of this letter he says:
Having accepted, thirtysix years ago, the dis
| tingushing doctrines Of the Republican party of
| to day; having, during years of that period. for
their advancement. subordinated all other issues,
acting in and cooperating with political organiza
had neither sympathy nor belief; having labored
necessarily for many years to found and build up
the Republican party and having, during its exis-
| tence, taken an humble part in its grand work,
gratefully accept the nomination." etc.
The term political organizations re-
fers, ofcourse, to the Knownothing party,
with whose leading doctrines the Natick
cobbler would lave contiding voters of
foreign birth suppose that he never had
any sympathy. Had he chosen to emerge
from the obscurity of mere allusion, he
would have written something like this:
81 was a Knownothing once, | confess,
but neither believed in, nor sympathized
with, the leading doctrines of Knownoth-
ingism. / merely acted in, and cooper
ated with, the KnOwnOthing organization
for the purpose of advancing the leading
doctrines of Radicalism. 1 always took
delight in the rich Irish brogue, and the
sweet German accent was always music
to my ear"
This is all very ingenious, but will
voters of foreign birth regard it as entire
~ candid Will they not regard Mr.
Wilson much as people would have re-
garded Saul of Tarsus if he had pretended
that he prosecuted the Christians even I'M
to strange cities, in order to promote
Christianity Will they not wonder,
moreover, what there was common to
Knownothingism and Radicalism that
Mr.. Wilson, in order to promote the prin-
ciples of the one, should have acted in,
and co-operated with, an organization de
signed to promote the principles of the
other? May they not, perhaps, question
the sincerity of the man who once ran
sacked the tables of synonyms for Ian
guage strong enough to express his devo-
ton to knownOthingism, and who now
vehemently protests that he never be-
lieved in nor sympathized with the lead
ing doctrines of Knownothingism? "A
man who voluntarily accuses himself of
treachery may fairly be suspected of be-
ing treacherous.- Chic0go Times
The white hairs that often appear on
horses from the use of wear of saddles
or harness are very unsightly. A CORE
spondent of the lHdssochuSeHs Ihorman
recommends tne tOilOWlng remedy, which
is certainly very simple one: Take
piece of lard large enough to give the
spot a thorough greasing; rub the same
with the hand until it becomes right hot,
repeating the operation at least three or
four times, and the white hairs will soon
come out and hairs of natural color take
their place. / have tried this on several
horses, and l never knew it to fail
think the best time to do il is in the win
ter, before the new coat starts
To TOUGHEN GLAss.-Put the glass
vessel into a vessel of cold water, and
gradually heat the water boiling hot
then allow it to cool gradually of itself,
without taking out the glass GobIets
treated in this way may, when cold, be
filed with boiling water, without crack
ing. Lamp chimneys may also be made
tougher by this process.
A TELEGRAM from Los Angeles, Cal,
in the san Francisco papers, reports that
an artesian well at Campton, $50 feet deep,
elects live fish resembling speckled trout,
from half to two inches long The
same phenomenon appears at an artesian
well on ranch near by, seeming to indicate
the existence of a subterranean lake
A PENKNIFE was found in the heart of
q tree lately felled in New Haven.