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Domestic News
January 11, 1856
The Athens Post
Athens, Mcminn County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
The New York Times praises the Know Nothings for disrupting the use of foreign and native bullies in New York elections, noting the rise of abandoned characters and how Poole's murder exposed this dangerous underclass.
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The New York Times—which paper cannot be accused of sympathizing with the American party—thus renders them an undoubted tribute of praise:
"If the Know Nothings do nothing better they will receive the thanks of posterity for having at least broken up the system of employing foreign and native bullies in our elections. For the last few years, the abandoned characters who lived at the bottom of New York seem to have frightfully increased. Poole's murder served to show people first what a numerous and terrible class of worthless men lay hidden there."
"If the Know Nothings do nothing better they will receive the thanks of posterity for having at least broken up the system of employing foreign and native bullies in our elections. For the last few years, the abandoned characters who lived at the bottom of New York seem to have frightfully increased. Poole's murder served to show people first what a numerous and terrible class of worthless men lay hidden there."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Know Nothings
American Party
New York Elections
Poole Murder
Election Bullies
What entities or persons were involved?
Know Nothings
American Party
Poole
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Key Persons
Know Nothings
American Party
Poole
Outcome
poole's murder exposed a class of worthless men
Event Details
New York Times praises Know Nothings for breaking up employment of bullies in elections; notes increase in abandoned characters in New York; Poole's murder revealed hidden dangerous class.