West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-05
Blaine as a Know. Nothing.


defense of that gentlcman's Know
Nothing record is the statute OF limi-
totions. lit was good many wears
ago. they plead. lit was before the
war and before the Republican
party was fairly organized" The Post.
Jl this city, secs, however. the weak
ness of this plea. 10 Is a>tutc enough
20 comprehend that such plca in be-
half of a candidate exploited rs the
friend of lrishmcu should bo accom-
panied 10y evidence that Blano's
original views have undergone
change. And, knowing that there is no
such evidence. IL uoldly takes the bull
10y the horns, applauds Blainc's Know
Netting record as published in the
Free Press. and bogs us To "Do SO
some more.
IL isa pleasure TO obligc contcm-
porary So dcsirous OF iutormation We
give, therefore, some additional illus
trations of Blaino's proscriptivc spirit
toward foreigners, and especially
toward lriShmon and Catholics One
ot thcs, is the paliation by tho Mem
EcJcc JoWrHd', then edit Il 10y Blaine.
of the burning of the Catholic Church
at Bath by n mob, the ground of pal
liaton being the alleged fact that
carriage filled with Catholic IriShmcn
drove through the crowd and dis
turhcd n meeting which was taking
pla q. Another illustration is the
Journals approval in paragraphs
like the following of tho doctrines
which Ned Buntlinc was then preach
ing:
No one who IA acquainted with the history
OF this country aud other countries can deny
thui thcro rs strong prov oCutiou for Amcri.
cans To claim the right q govern America aud
To pat foreigners upon such a probation that
they viii have an opportunity to become
somewhat acquainted with our institutions
and forms OF government before thoy nra re-.
CctvCd into u tull aud active part tlcipntion In
/ It's administration. Americans are put on
probation for tWcnty-ono years. aud have To
undergo constant training Hnd education
into all the details of ia" theory aud practice
oI our rcpuhltyUnism before they arc allowed
toNoto or mold oi'cc, ana yet many foreigners
ut' pVimllIeu 10 do tue Same IN nNc yohra
nttcr they emerge from tho darkness of
EnropGan 1cspousm, and in some OF the
/ rights of citizenship In much loss time
Blainc's paper also copied with ap-
\ proyal the resolutions adopted by the
! KNOWN Nothngs at their Bangor meet
/ ing, one of which read as follows:
| h"o'rcd That native Amcrcanism, anti
| tnN'ry ana temperance are the foundation
] bonco OF our order, equally deserving our
| consideration, aud that before giving our po.
litiCal support g any man, for any onlCc we
/ VIII imperhtivcly demand his entire commit
! ltl in favor of these great ana cardinal prin-
spcs
During the session OF the Maine Logis-
| laturG i'm Is D, while Blaine was i'm
| control OF the JOUJndI, the bill which
we have already referred to was passed.
| dcprlving the State courts OF power i'm
naturalization cases. One OF the
| speeches in support of this bill, made
! by prominent Know Nothing and
warm personal friend of Blaine. and
/ published in full 10y the latter, contained
the following suggestive passage:
ltomc's lcgions are among us. naturnlizod
ana rs Tree 10 vote as an American. Aud they
! 40 Notc. whoever else may stay away thcsC
| viii bnssurc To be az tho polls. And did you
. over know Catholic To go 20 the polls hest
] Uting who hc should vote fOrY Iic always
/ votes from design aud in accordance with n
plan well understood before going To tho
/ place of voting. That plan contains "a worm
/ OUT OF sight, but n gn1ws at the very roots OF
american Institutions, whose whiting. Hs in
/ INC case OF Jonah gourd, is the frat indiCa.
/ ton That poison Is sccrctcd thcro. This power
h9S hlrcNiy 70 an alarming extent got control
/ OF our schools. In many extensive and i'm
/ porlhnt localities IN this country tho Protest
] hul blDlc Us ignored IN tho schools. school
agents ana teachers and experimenting
school committees are elected by Catholic
/ Eotcs nnd influence, and the school funds,
/ derived almost exclusively from Protestant
/ and made TO subscrvG Ronnn sectnrinnism
ana antirCpublicansm. Tho Pope
/ has determined that the seat of power shall
] De ln ia" the United States OF America. our
/ institutions Of to-day, with all their blessings
/ 10 us uR PrOtcstunts and frccmen. he has do
I lclmlutd 10 make his Institutions tomorrow.
/ Lot not the American sentiment now aroused
/ subsidc. Permit 10 not to siumbcr.
Should our contemporary desire any
more light, either on Biaine's connec-
ton and sympathy with the original
know-NOthing movement or upon his
more recent manifestations OF the same
proscriptivc spirit IL can be accommo-
dated. But if IL really has any faith in
il- prclenscs that Blaine is gaining sup
port from the Irish it. should still is
curiosity on this point until the cam
paign is over Dstrc Z free Press.