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Know Nothings and Know-Nothingism Debate in Georgia
Letter from D H Stephens of May 1855 defends constitutional union and condemns Know-Nothing secrecy. He opposes religious tests for office and curbs on immigrants, warns of minority persecution and compares secret clubs to French Jacobins, urging adherence to open, public principles and the Constitution.
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