The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-10-11
Hon. Henry Wilson and U,s I,ccord.

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this gentleman, 1t might be we'll to
give the following scrap relative to his
history an attentive pcrusal.
WILSON'S OATH!
=" l lVtH Not hno,Oingly Vote For, Ap-
point, or Eject Any Person of Foreign
Birth to Any Office"
To the Editor of the New York 2ri-
bune.
"Was Henry Wilson u Know-Noth-
ing" You say you are constantly re-
ceiving letters asking an answer to this
question.
| will answer il. ives a dolegate to to
and member of the National Council of
the Know.Nothing party, in the sum-
mer of 1856, at Phils delphia, and one OF
the seven delegates from Southern
State. found the present Senator Hen
ry Wilson in that body when / entered
it, and he sat in it during the whole
session, aud helped to settle the plat
form-being one of the seven delegates
of Massachusetts.
To be there, he had to have the sign
word, and grip; and necessarily had TAX
en- the same oath which we all had ta-
ken on entering the order, 1, e., not to
assist in any way in elevating to any
Office of trust or profit any person of
foreign birth, or any Roman Catholic.
The oath is as binding on him now as it
was then.
My name will assure you that 1 know
that of which speak. / object to Mr..
Wilson's sneaking out of the scrape, by
the S,ppreSsio reri and sugge, e,tio. falsi.
ALBERT PIKE.
Washington City, Aug. %, 1872.
No intelligent citizen of any part OF
the United States needs to be told who
Albert Pike is, and no one doubts his
absolute veracity. We append to his
statement above copy of the Know
Nothing oath as administered in the
Massach usetts lodges, and forwarded to
us by reputable and responsible Mas.
sachusetts Know.Nothing. Mr.. Pike
has seen this, aud vouches for it as the
same obligation which he took himself,
If Senator Wilson should become Presi.
dent, he would thus be kept,by an oath
under whose obligation he still rests,
from appointing to Office the represen-
tatives of over one-third of the popula-
tion, and bound to use all his influence
to prevent their obtaining office. Per-
haps he might prove as true to his obli-
cations as did President Grant to those
he took with Baez, through Babcock, to
exert his influence with the House and
Senate on the que stion of Santo Domin-
go.
TEXT OF OATH TAKEN BY HENRY WILL
SON IN 1854.
an the presence of tho true and ever
living God, and on these sacred Scrip.
tures, His Holy Word, Il do declare that
1 will truly fulfill my obligations to-
ward my brethren ofthe Order ofKnow.
Nothings, and that 1 will keep sacred
all the sigus, tokens, pass and degree
words, emblems, and proceedings of
said Order.
FURTHER
DECLARE AND SOLEMNLY
SWEAR THAT WILLNOTKNOW-
INGLY VOTE FOR, APPOINT, OR
ELECT ANY PERSON OF FOR.
EIGN BIRTH, OR A ROMAN
CATHOLIC, TO ANY OFFICE IN
THE LOCAL OR GENERAL AD-
MINISTRATION OF THE AMERI-
CAN GOVERNMENT; and I further
declare and swear that l will use all
means in my power to counteract and
destroy the influence of foreigners and
Roman Catholics in the administration
of the Government of the United States,
and in any and all parts thereof, both
local and general. To all this,a free and
voluntary obligation on my part, with
out reservation, 1 pray that I may ever
be able to remain true and steadfast, so
help me God"
Wilson is now trying to deny his
participancy in the doings of his order,
las the prime leaders of it have done for
years past,) although it is notorious
fact that nothing contributed originally
more to his election as United S tates
Senator, than the partiality for him of
the X. N. Order of Massachusetts. Grant
has heavy load to carry in his "vice."
THE EVIDENCE UNDER HIS OWN HAND.
NATIcK, January 20, 1865.
Hon. Robert B. Hail.:
SIR: Your note of the 18th instant, is
before me, and 1 very cheerfully answer
your inquiries respecting my views
upon the questions involved in the
American government.
Summoned into action by the evils
and abuses which vegrown ou! # the
annual immigration into AmeI,,t of
hundreds of thousands OF men r-Ired
under the influence Of social, religious,
and political institutions, differing from
or antagonistic to our own, the Ameri-
can movement proposes to correct these
evils and abuses by wise and humane
S6ioiutiOuSeo piOVSSp ouioOiNSo iiohi tiiS
organized system in the old world which
subjects US to the support Of Foreign N
PAUPERs and the depreciation ofALIEN
CRIMINALS; to thoroughly revise the
Naturalization Laws; to destroy that
political element of foreign influence
heretofore potent in public affairs to
counteract the insidious and malign
tendencies of that sectarian power that
instinctively sympathizes with Oppres-
sion in the old and the new; and to
place the Government Of America in the
hands of Americans who are imbued
with the spirit Of the Democratic insti-
tutiOns. Guided in its action by love to
all men and hatred to none, embracing
in its affections the whole country,
maintaining the nationality and unity
of the Republic, and the Democratic
doctrine of State Rights, the American
Movement can not fail to receive the
sanction of the American people to its
Ideas and principles.
"Concurring entirely withyou in the