| Show y fl Y Grants Grant's One Week in American Party tho the Ku Klux Klan and Between the old American or Know Nothing there Is enough of likeness to tomake tomake party passage In the make pertinent a memoirs of General Grant In In it he says sas that on retirement to civil lite life the Mexican war ar ar he and many after found themselves without without with with- Ith- Ith other Whigs h having died their own out out- outa 5 a part party the Nothings Know So they Joined Those isho ho In that day b boasted asted their Americanism had a lodge per in Ills His cent town He was initiated attended one meeting a a. week later and then quit without even evet the formality formality formality for for- of a resignation So rapidly mality did he ha come to the conclusion i is thus expressed sed in the memoirs make for I I have no apologies to of 01 having been one week a member the American party for I still stilt think native born citizens of the United d States should have a aa ae much protection protection protection privileges in their native native na na- na- na tion as many tive live country as those who Voluntarily ily select it for a home But all aU secret se Sc- se- se cret oath bound political parties are dangerous to any nation no matter mattel how pure or patriotic the motives I and principles which first bring them thair together No political party can or ought to exist when one of ot its cornerstones cornerstones cornerstones corner corner- stones Is la opposition to freedom of 01 thought and to the right to worship God according to the creed of ot any I religious denomination whatsoever I Nevertheless if It a sect L sets up its I L I i laws s bl as binding d ng- ng above the state saws laws aws wherever the two come Into conflict this claim must be resisted and suppressed suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed at any cost Weve We've found the man with the most roost retentive mind He Ho remembers remembers remembers bers when the was young young oung and didn't t have many laws Little Rock flock Arkansas Democrat |