The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-24
NOT TRUE.
Judge NichoIson's Reputation ola Time
War, Political Scandal.

Judge NIchoIson's Reputation of Time
Worn Political Scandal.
The following article on Know-Noth-
inOs and Republicans, written by Judge
Nicholson is taken from the New York
Tribune:
Democratic demagoSues, in and out
of Congress. for the purpose OF m'sIeSu'.
ing foreigners, persist in charging that
the Republican party grew out oil I Ihe
defuuct Know Nothing" party. The
coincidence of the death OF the later ana
the birth of the former, at about the
same period of time, has furnished the
sole pretext for this scandal 10 retlre
the stale falsehood it is only necessary
to refer to the first last and only triumph
of thatIold mushroom party in the cleo
ton Of Gardner as Governor OF Massa-
chusetts, in 1854, stoutly opposed by the
anti slavery forces, which soon after
ward crystallized in the republican
party of the state, Intoxicated oy tnat
local success, the party fixed upon mold
ing it's national convention IN New YORK
the very day appointed for the Repn3-
lican national convention IN fnllauel.
mia. in 1855, for the studied purpose OF
forming an alliance by putting pro-
nounced member of each party on the
Republican national ticket, thus merg'
ing the rapidly disintergrating KNOW
Nothing" IN the rising Republican tide
The two conventions being thus in SEES
sion at the same time, persistent e1ort
was made TO form such an alliance, whlcD
brought on a scene in that National
Republicau Convention, of which was
a member. and now the sole surviving
delegate from Vermont, that tenacl-
Gus memory keeps wildly before me-
Unon an attempt made in open sessl IN
to 80 ally our party with Know-Nothlng-
ism. scores of delegates mounted upon
every available elevation, shouting ana
stamping for recognition, the Chair u
taIIv unable to make his calls and raps
for order heard or respected each' lrou
Dewitt C. Littleiohn, of Cooperstown'
to your humble servant, inclusive, ue-
termined to be heard in opposition 10 the
uuhallowed alliance; whereupon' uian
near the chair with voice and pear
ing 80 loud and commanding az 10 oe
dist npuisbed above the contuslon'a arose
and shouted out that "a son OF John
Quincy Adams is on this PLATFORM ana
will sneak on this question II orGer eau
be,had ."The instant subsiding OF all com
petition for the floor showed that tne olu
champion of the right OF petition was d
name to copjure with, and Chsries
Francis Adams was introduced anu ny
sharply showing why the RepuIollcan
party could never indorse, even by IN
D .ication, such a heresy, the hnoW,
Nothing" attempt proved abortlve' ana
the party thus defeated went TO us Lner'
tied death by final struggle, as nation ie',
al faction in that Presidential campaign;
The party journals OF that DAY saiH
the Republicans, because they dld moi
wish to repel recruits from the delunct
party; the Nothing" were quiet
from their chastened defeat, and toe
things were too fresh to furnish mor9lo
nutrition for the Democratic relish Tor
scandal, and has, therefore, mainly oeen
utilized on the ely, as ruse to impose
upon ignorance prejudice as means vi
recruiting their party from the innu&
OF immigration. H.,
And age seems to have strengthened,
rather than weakened, the traditional
falsehood as factor in their party tac-
tics of war. d. Z. Nicholson