
Know-Nothings
The nativist American Party, strongest in the mid-1850s. Newspaper pages from 1853 to 1858 on a map and timeline.
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Weekly National Intelligencer — 1853-01-01, page 7
… acknowledged but proclaimed and sought to be universal ly ?pread The revolutionary party of some four or five hun dred men, who lately crosaed the Rio Grande under the …
… 1 the ' old countries' within the six months previous. Of itscor ' rectnesss we know nothing. But we have recently taken ' some pains to procure from authentic sources a reliable …
… I860, between the United Statf* and Great Britain, which provides that neither party ?hall m occupy, or fortify, or colonise, or assume dominion over Ni caragua. Costa …
The Daily Union — 1853-01-07, page 1
… introduced this morning. I disclaim entering into the details of the army and navy. I know nothing at all about them generally, and I leave them to the appropriate committees to …
… ha* had No one who knows that senator can suppose that he in any way would be a party to a bill which had in it any element of injiislire It ha* been said that thi* …
The Republic — 1853-01-07, page 2
… debate a question having some significance and meaning; and because tbe Democratic party of the House should come up tc some full and significant expression, by a vote …
… article to which he referred has been copied by the Re-public, the organ of the Whig party, which commends and eulogises it. That is enough. [Renewed laughter ] The Union …
… circumstances, that his Cabinet must be of the checkered and speckled fashion, and that his party must split into fragments at the very outset of his administration. Composed as …
The Daily Union — 1853-01-08, page 2
… and Depart inentol State; aud they state, what is altogether correct, that they know nothing ubout it. This administration has done nothing U|Hiii the subject. But in the correspondence …
… seem framed to exclude such an effort; for not only doe* it provide that neither party shall fortify or coloni/e, but thai they shall not occupy any part of tlx country …
… crises in our foreign relations. His object was, in part, to toice the democratic party to take some decisive stand on the present condition of our foreign relations; …
Daily National Intelligencer — 1853-01-08, page 2
… and Department ot i State; and they state, what is altogether correct, that they know nothing about it. This Administration knows nothing upon the subject. But in the correspondence …
… should be no settlement, occupation, colonization, or do minion exercised by either party over Central America. The ratification transmitted by the British Government is …
… seem framed to exclude such an effect; for not only does it provide that neither party shall fortify or colonize, but that they shall not occupy any part of the country …
Weekly National Intelligencer — 1853-01-08, page 1
… 1850, between the United States and Great Bri tain, which provides that neither party shall ? occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over …
… and Department of State; and they state, what is altogether correct, that tlity know nothing about it. This Administration knows nothing upon the subject. But in the correspondence …
… should be no settlement, occupation, colonization, or do miuion exercised by either party over Central America. The ratification transmitted by the British Government is …
The Daily Union — 1853-01-16, page 1
… Contemplating, too, our position politically, does it not I behoove every one, of whatever party, to lay hi-sectu ! rian principles aside, and coine up to this great work a an …
… Kentucky, who has written tn me that he ff.int* to be put ii|>on the pension list. I know nothing about bis claim, sir; but I suppose it is all right, for it ha* fussed the H m? …
The Daily Union — 1853-01-16, page 3
… anil fought in Navarre in favor of Donna Isabel 2d, who symbolized the liberal party. He is rather young, and began hispolitcal career in 1340, when, being in mil itary …
… and isturiz. That cabinet comprised the most liberal portion of the conser vative party, and was called the Puritanical cabinet. It lasted only a single month. From the …
… went Into temporary retire ment; and while a senator be joined neither the liberal party nor that of Gen. Bertran, whose offer of the min istry of war he twice declined …
The National Era — 1853-01-20, page 2
… in advance , , ,,, oc The Mtrchants Kxchangt Hank, of H'avA- in ngfon, I) C., we know nothing of. It will not P< io received in payment for subscriptions to this vapor. nor …
… hy ures for the consolidation of their power, nu What may have been their former party rela- I tions matters nothing, provided they have pro- hil served themselves from …
… taint of Free-Soil- Hu ism. Hunker Democrats and tlunker Whigs, in oblivious of old party differences, lovingly em- 1 brace, and mingle their vows at the altar of try Slavery …
The Daily Union — 1853-01-23, page 2
… of miles through which you must |ji-i if you construct this railroad which you know nothing about. In this view of the subject, I coincide with my friend from Connecticut, …
… Now, sir, we have got ourtfrlves in this condition in consequence of changes ol party in regard to internal im | proveinents. 1 do not intend to excite any party am rrioaity or bitterness; but it is a tit occasion just to stale the attitude …
… to this conntry. Lord Palmerston no longer controls its foreign relations. His party are re stored to power. but he himself is purposely excluded from the Foreign Department …
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