Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-10-30
CLEARfIELD, PA.
HoYT A KNOW NOTHING.


Notwithstanding the utter absurdity
of the charge in the face of developed
facts us to the insutficiency Of his age,
the more rabid of the Republican press
still persist in accusing Mr.. Dill of hav-
ing been violent Know Nothing For
this reason, and this alone, we ask at
tenlion to the fact that Henry M. Hoyt
was the candidate of the Know Moth
ing party in this county for District
Attorney in 1855, and was defeated by
General Winchester, the Democratic
candidate.
The Record Of the Times, the now
Republican, and then Wing and Know
Nothing organ of tho county, in its
issue of September 10th, 1855, con-
tainod the following
"The American County Convention
assembled at Pittston last Wednesday
(Sept. 18th }, and put in nomination the
folio wing named persons for the offices
to be filed at the ensuing election !
District Attorney,
Henry NJ. Hoyt."
And in another column of the same
issue, the following:
"The Wing Convention met yestcr-
day Sept. lSth) at the house of F.
Helme, Kingston, and nominated the
following ticket Dis
trict Attorney, Henry NJ. Hloyt:'
II will be observed that Hoyt's nomi-
nation came first from the Americans,
or Know Nothings. In further eyi-
dence of his connection with that or
ganization, the Record Of October 18th
OF that year, in commenting upon the
result of the election, said
"He (Ketcham) alone, of all the
candidates, stood pure Wing, uncon-
nected with the other parties"
The Know Nothing party was in
those days in the hands of very bigoted
men in this county, in confirmation o.
which statement we have only to refer
to the further extracts below from the
same Record editorial
"0ur ideas of an American party
favor opposition to the tremendous in
huence of a united foreign party in the
country to control elections. The
Popish- Irish under Bishop Hughes and
the lager beer Germans who worship
their drink as the former do the Pope
are full of Democracy and easily led by
Locofoco leaders. These never show
favor to the Wings, but always 60 with
the strong party for the sake of lager
and office. = Why not make
a platform broad enough for them (thC
Protestant Irish and Republican Eng
lish, Scotch, Welsh and Germans) tC
stand on with us allY We know some
OF them who go heart and soul with
Americanism for the sake of their chill
dren, even farther than we go, because
they hate and fear the influence o.
Popery on future generations, if per
mitted TO rule by holding the balanc,
of power now. Clay and Frelinghuy
sen were defeated by Catholic votes
because the latter was President of the
Bible Society. Every Papist and
Jesuit in the land worked against him
on that ground. Is it wonderful that
Protestant of all other countries should
lean to the other side and form an
American party to oppose the Roman
A pretty thing to make us prov.
ince OF Rome when Rome is controlled
by French bayonets. We believe 0
platform can be built TO hold us all
Try it,
We have all along known, of course
of Mr.. Hoyts early training in the
dark. lantern cabals of lS5i-55, but
have hitherto been restrained from
abiding thereto by our own belief anc
Mr., Dill's explicitly expressed wish
that the campaign on his behalf should
be conducted strictly upon living issues
and without resort to personalities
We should not refer to now, but fol
the blind and bigoted persistency O.
the opposition press in the repetition
of the similar allegation against Mr.
Dill, which is utterly without iounda
ton, and which has been so clearly
and emphatically disproven.- From h'
JViiLesbdrre Leader, October II.