MEN--these are all oath-bound societies of the Catholic Church, connected directly with the horrid operations of the "_Holy Inquisition_." Now, I put the question to any man of reason and common sense, if Roman Catholics and their _patriotic Democratic_ admirers and advocates, in this country, are not the last men on earth who should object to the _secret_ doings of the order of Know Nothings, even if their secrecy were kept up? Every Roman Catholic in the known world is under the absolute control of a secret society, by considerations not only of a _temporal_, but of an ETERNAL WEIGHT! But I am not done with these _Democratic_ opposers of SECRECY. The Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, sat in the old State House in Philadelphia, _with closed doors, from the 25th of May to the 17th of September_, wanting only eight days of four months. That body of men had a Doorkeeper and Sergeant-at-arms, both under oath, to keep their doors barred, and all their proceedings a secret. So says Mr. Jefferson's biography! And such men as Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Harrison, Hancock, Hopkins, and others, composed that body! During the war of the Revolution, General Washington, Generals Lee, Wayne, Marion, and others, organized a _secret American Society_, with its branches extending from North to South, having their _passwords_, _signs_, and _grips_, and writing to each other in figures, and "an unknown tongue," as the Know Nothings have been doing, and all, too, with a view to oppose Foreign intrigues and oppressions! It is as well known as any political truth, that General WASHINGTON, at the time of his death, was the _President_ of the Cincinnati Society, a secret political society, in which, we see it stated on unquestionable authority, no man was eligible to membership unless he was a _native American_. The _Columbian Order_, known as the "_Tammany Society_," was a secret political society, and highly influential, and maintains its existence to this day, and without danger to the liberties of the country. Gen. SAM HOUSTON publishes to the world that himself and Gen. JACKSON were members of this Society. What say the _anti_-Americans to all these facts? Do they believe that Gen. Washington, or Jackson, would have united with any association or order not purely American? Would either have entered into any political league, when _secrecy_ was enjoined, if he had not approved of the principle of secrecy in political associations? Never! From the characters of Washington and Jackson--the sacrifices they made for their country, united with their fervid patriotism, and their known preference for every thing _American_, I do not doubt for one moment, that if they were both now living, they would unite with the veritable Order of Know Nothings!