Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-03
HENRY WILSON.
The Know-Eothing Candidate for the Vice
Presidency
A Card from Albert Pike.

To the Editor Of the Nelc York Tribune.
SIR Was Henry Wilson Know Moth
ing? You say that you are constantly re-
ceiving letters asking an answer to this
question.
! will answer it. | was delegate to and
a member of, the National Council of the
Know Nothing party in the summer of
1855, ct Philadelphia, and Que of the seven
delegates from Southern State. / found
the present Senator Henry Wilson in that
body when | entered, and he sat in it dur
ing the whole session, and helped settle tie
platform being one Of the delegates of
Massach usetts.
To be there, he had to have the sign,
word and grip, and necessarily had taken
the same qa'h which we had all taken on
entering the Order, { not 10 assist in any
way in eegating to any Office of trust or
profit any person of foreign birth, or any
Roman Catholic. The oath is as binding
on him now IS it WAS then.
Ny name will assure You that I know
that of which / speak. l object to Mr.
Wilson'S snesking out of the scrape, both
the sbpprt $50 ueri and SuggestiO fdtsi.
WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1872.
ALBERT PIKE.
/ L nited States needs to be told who Alder.
| p Ike is, and no one doubts his absolute
verscity. We append to bis statement
above a copy Of the Know-Nothlng oath as
administered in the Massachusetts lod ges
and forSarded to Us by reputable and e
responsible Massachusetts Known othing.
Mr., Pike has seen this, and vouches for it
as the same obligation which be took him
self If Senator Wilson should become
President, he would thus be kept, by an oath
under whose obligation he still rests, from
appointing to Office the representatives of
over one third Of the population, and
bound to use all his iufueace to prevent
their obtaining office. Perhaps he might
prove as true to his obligations as did
President Grant to those he took with Baez
through Babcock, to exert his influence with
the House aud Senate on the question o
Santo Domingo.-ED
TEXT OF OATH TAKEN BY HENRY WILSON
IN 1854.
In the presence of the true and everything
. God. and on these sacred Scriptures, Hi
Holy Word, / do declare that l will trul
. fulfill all my obligations toward my brethren
of the Order Of Known othings, and that
will keep sacred al the signs, tokens, pas
and degree words, emblems and proceed
iugs OF said Order,
And further declare and solemnly swes
that / will Hot knowingly Vote for, aPpoiI
or elect any person of foreign birth, or
! Roman Catholic, to any Office in the loca
or general Administration OF the AmerIca
; government; and | further declare an
: swear that | will use all the meaps in n
power to counterfeit and destroy the Unfit
:, ence of foreigners and Roman Catholics
= the ADMINISTRATION Of the government of Il
\ United States, and in any and all par
: thereof, both local Rod general. To all tn
i. free and voluntary obligation on my pal
:. without reese rvstion, | pray that | may ev
be shle to remain true aad steadtast, so he
=, me God.
- Though this cath seems comprehend
= enough, ii was explicitly unders'ood to co
Il prise mora because on the occasion of Ia
- lug it the fomua was that "the Preside
:, OF the Lodge will address The brethren
follows:
.tAsA member Of this patriotic Lodge
., will become your duty 10 disregard all p
sonsl interests aAd predictions in the s
- vice of your country, in order that the c.
rupt and evil influence of foreigners may
:. effsctually combsted and destroyed, g
:. here it will be understood, sons of foreign
y and of Roman Catholics are included
LOOK AT THIS AND THIS.
N, From Gen. Wilson's From the Hon. T.
Letter to the State Birds Letter to the
Journal, Madison, Y Tribune.
- Vas. In 1884, Gen. v
IRE All my life I have son was the Republic
eh cherished as q bright candidate for Cover
,ay hope, and held and Of Massachusetts.
nj avowsd as living faith, ter accepting enc MOI
a., he doctrine that all nation. bang at t
men. without distinction time, IS it sfterwa
aal of color. RACE or MA ;urred out, mem
M TIoxALIrY should have 81 the know-Noth
list, complete liberty am Order, he attended
,in- exact equality. know-Nothing 81
Of FROM GEN Wfson's Convention, Joined
,;s- Temperance Speech nominating Henry
at Worcester Oct. 70, Gardner as candid
1867 for Governor ana b
Oh he (Ge1 WILSON, al self voted, az d prvat
i've luded 20 the gres' urged his friends
amount OF drinking members Of the 0rds
div dene ny cur ioreIHn- vote for Gardner 3 ga
ION borD citizens, aspect the candidate of
sly the 4Fisn Una Ter Republican part
nts rnans-the hFst oass himself being that G
~" drinking the West didate
era whisky, and the Latter
lest Ising lager beer, which
made them e stupid