Jitcrari ~nbgct. I I ILLINOIS AMERICAN PLAl'FOR)[, 1.. . We hrli1•t"" In thf' <'Xi"t11nl"<' Clfan Almkhty tkln:,:. who rnll'-: tht> univf'r~,•. tmcl j,r("lt"l'rn,a n11 tinn~. nn,l hl. ho,-l' n11-wl"" nn,1 r:1.t .. rnft.l c-1trl.' wr ar,• in,lt•l,tnl tf•r our u11pMt11h•lt·ll a1h"itnccment in 1u1tir,nol :\OJ. indlTiilunl prn-=rrrhy. 2. W,· :111mit thP t'lrh i11•,:f', 11n11 will t.Jr>fru,1 1hr ri;.:ht ,,f 1tl1 rwr:-....,n • . of" hutt•'f't-r n·lhlnu!' /ll('rl .-,r lh111• 1m ln1,- , lion. to 1•'(1·rd~e J·nfl'N fr1•Nt11m in rt':kl,1011; op!uim111, 110.J tn '' wor-.h ip Gnt to our Nmn:r~·. ,mil i!:1 i:n,·t.•rum,•nt--<'f ,i.,ltnlmtlmt of thr Jlt1n·rdH,1< of,'l11r nntinirnl 1•xi,I Pllt't"-l •f ,· t•11 1 •rn1 ir,11 of 111 ty-four individuals were indicted. At the same time, the city's respectable groups· were assembling at the South Market Hall for a "Law and Order Meeting." The affair went splendidly until Dr. Brock McVicker began comparing the lager rioters with the hos ti le abolitionist crowd that had greeted Senator Douglas some months earlier when he returned from "\Vashington after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Segments of McVicker's audience replied with groans and hisses. The outburst was indicative, for slavery was becoming an ever more divisive issue in American politics. And the issue proved to be disastrous for the Know-Nothings who were attempting to span sectional guHs with a national program of hostility to Catholicism and foreign immigration. However brilliant at the moment, their attempt was doomed to be swept away in the coming battle against slaYery. The dissolution of the Chicago coalition, which had already begun, was hastened by the lager riots. The clumsy treatment of the local Germans, most of whom were anti-slavery and some of whom had supported Boone's ticket, disgusted the coalition's abolitionists. ·w ithin weeks, they and the Free IVest were deserting to the banner of a new, more attractive organization, the Republican Party. To adcl to their troubles, the Know-Nothings' un10n with the temperance advocates also proved to be unrewarding. Throughout the spring, the Know-Nothings dutifully promoted the passage of the state prohibition bill in the June referendum, despite the hoots of "fanatic" ancl "quack reformer" from the liquor interests. In .June, when Chicago and Illinois rejected the prohibition law, the Know1othings' coalition collapsed. The northern, heavily foreign 7th, 8th, and 9th wards provid- ~~~i'1~\~~j';'.:~,~;~~i~;· 1~1~;~ ?r~1~.~~:: 1:::,it~o~1r~!~t:11\~;~~:e, wi:e• j I [1. 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The t'!1'Fet1li:,l modifk~tion of thP nftturn.111,11.tion ltiw:1 l,y t'XlPtvJin~ the timl' or rl't-i1lr>J1('1•, it.'qnin•d of tltn!'I~ of !'orri::n birth to entitle th~m Lo <'ilizcn,-Jdt.. A tntn.1 rcJ•t•ul t·f:lll ~tnt,, IAw:-i nllo .. iu;: n1:y l,nt dtl;wn~ of th(' l"nflt'fi :,.tf:,t.P!' the r1'!htof111utfta\Cf', Rut n. r:,r"fol ll\'OitJ:mcl' bfnll intcrfrr,·r:t·l' with rigLu of cilbcn11hi1, r 1lre11,1.,, nr-op1irrrl ur:ill'r 1•xl!'li11J? lftw,-, . 7. Ht,i!"lRtwe to tht· t"flrrupth·e iotlueucc.11 n11d At:',1tTCl'l111n·e pnJJcy of rh•• Hn111i.-h c'hun:·lt , um:w,•n iu;: c,; 1,11.:Hinn t4? •II fnrt:iJZ"n h_1tt_ut-n c~ nr int,•rfor~uce offorl•lgn cmUIJ1n rtt•11, wh ethn r1~· 1J 1ir rrde,-fo"lti1•11I. ~. A M1.1lirtll impro,·,•mcut in 1lw prl'•c-nt ,iv,it.-m of exef·utiv .. patrona;:••. ,vhit•h un:-j•1:1.ria)!ly. <'C.nf;,n tl'\\1trd;. for polltit.·1'1 11u},<11•ni11nr.,·, trnd punl:ur lr.nd Jn the 11ehoolsClfnur1"(1tmtry,whkh ,..1,nuhi l>tt c•J•<'ll tc, tdl. "ilhout rt•j!ttnl to r:om.li:i<-11 or c~P1·:I. :in1l whkh llhnll t.(' frN• frt1m 1111 iutlt1l'11l'P" 1,f:, t.1en11rni11arlonsl nr p11rl11.nn rhnrnrtcr.-1,ut in whic'h the JI, I)' lli1il~. ,hall l'\'t'T 1.w fr,•..,Jy h1tril(}u,·1•ll 11.n,I rt•111I. n0k whkh c·,11tnfnJ11 thi> ht'ioit ti) :ttrm or ruor~J..,. u1,.J till' ocl.,· "Y1>1l~m nf rure TPll~lon, ,mt.I frnut wlawh l'\·•·ry 1ru~ Chri·lll:111 mu~tJerht: th~ rnl<- tif ht.~ foif h unit pr:,,·I ire.. 10. 'l'h •· ju ... t nnJ 1•r• )'l'r rrote-ctinn to Am~ricnn lrthor , anJ Amnl,·,u1 enlt•rpril"e and ,r~ntu,. "lJnio,-;t thP 11-1.h'••rifi- j Jl<\lir:, of fu rPi._11 nnlionl'l: ft,1,cntl11;.: sl•o. tb:tt il j,; IJ(lth l ~ithtn the 1~1v.n _1uul•lnty of the l(f'lh•ral govcntm,•nt tt) aid an,l4"ttdhta.t•• mternnl cntnm,.rce l,y ,rn ID1pro,·eu11mt uf our rl~• .. '"" Rnll tbr lmrhor!'I upnu our Jakf'JII, 11. \\e ,te,d:n·e our fttlft('hrurut to the l'ni('ln ofthel!'e ~tn.t1•,i. tunl wldlt• w1• do uot pnrtnkt> of the f••nr,ii ,o often eut.-Ttalued of it:1 l 1i,,:-ulution, we will ent.leavor to pro• mot.. h~ rerp••tutry by" firm "dln:N!uee to atl the prlndplt>ll. lO' •~II t•fth~ C'f111i-:titution nA thu Ut...::laratlon of A~.:rir•!' lnt.leJl('nll.-nr:e. - \\ e Uh:chthu 1111 rt;:ht of th~ ~cneral ;:tovernment t , iut1•tft"tf' with lhts iu,tltutlntt ohla.nrv •~ It ex~t 111 ln any o~t11" State~ofthii< linioo; but we di..,tlndly u"ert that. Con,:;tt!I..." ha,r full power. uu,ln 1111' l'on1111tutloo to ~t!,~lti UJlOD U1e ~ubject in tlle 1'trritorie1t of the lintted I I 13. Such • ratlbl mfldifln.tlon of the 1t1.w11 ta. reter- f'nce to l'nllJ!ntk,n u willf'rfN:tu11IIT prnent. the 111endlug to o;r 111 lhtt Ji&upen •nd fclon,I or otl,C'r oatloua. 1 • e COIM.lf'nin. lo a tnOflt. ('IOfllUve wanner the _. nult,t upo1 1 tltf! elttthe f?'an('hl!le In KauN.11, an~ the cf• l:1N lo control the fl"f'1!: ~x~nrl~ or the riJ(bt or au.JI' • t.u •·blch ~i-erJ Atner\nn cUlun it eutltl~. rag ' 1 ,t°" Re,tol•ed. That the prln('lple11 antl olij~U of th!'! A- , merinm J'Clfty J1baJI b.-""9.ner nery where ctu.Uo('UJ r William H. Danenhower's Ch icago Literary Budget, Aug . 4, 1855. In addition to the platform of the Illinois State Know-Nothing Council, the issue announced Danenhower 's new paper, the Native Citizen . anJ opeol ""°owed aud publlaibted; awl we ioTlte all r,.. IIIOU,. Y)IO ~ltne lo true Amuhn rrlnclplo, to tu