so like the earlier free soilers, and like the later republicans, we'll talk about the origins of the republican party next time, the no nothings used traditional republican small "r," rhetoric to portray catholics as a threat to republican government. it was the catholic church now rather than the slave power that was undermining true republican principles. as you can see in our cartoon here, you've got -- oops. here we g you've got the two different immigrant groups here illustrated what are they doing? they're stealing the ballot box, right? who is this? germans drinking their lager beer. i don't know how you guys would know that but i'll move on quickly and we, of course, the irish with their whiskey who are also always involved in rioting and so you got them stealing the ballot box, so, again, it was, you know, how are these immigrant groups undermining the traditional political order, republican political order in america. catholicism said the nativists was a despotic faith, after all, it was organized hi e ed hierar and catholics supposedly wanted to control public education an

so like the earlier free soilers and like the later republicans, the republican party, the know nothings used a traditional, small r, republican political rhetoric to portray catholics as a threat to government. it was the catholic church now rather than the slave power that was undermining true republican principles. as you can see in our cartoon here, you've got -- oops. here we go. you've got the two different immigrant groups here illustrated. what are they doing? they're stealing the ballot box, right? who's this? germans drinking their lager beer. i don't know how you guys would know that. i'll just move on quickly. and we have, of course, the irish with their whisky who are of course always involved in rioting. so you've got them stealing the ballot box. so, again, it was how are these immigrant groups undermining the traditional political order, republican political order in america? catholicism said the native vice was a des spot particular faith. after all, it was organized hierarchically. it wasn't democratic like, say, the congregationalist church was in new england. you had