The Klan was inspired by both nativist and Prohibitionist fervor. Evans sought to promote a form of nativist, Protestant nationalism. One of the original nativist versus empiricist debates was over depth perception. This nativist racial policy was prominently promoted by Ugo Rellini. It then reemerged in nativist attacks on Catholic immigration. During his editorship, the paper took a strongly conservative and nativist stance. See Cincinnati Nativist Riots of 1855. Historian Allan Nevins wrote that Fillmore was not a Know Nothing or a nativist. It was formed and flourished despite the protests of the nativist Know Nothing movement. The five foundations theory are both a nativist and cultural-psychological theory. Historian Allan Nevins says Fillmore was not a Know-Nothing or a nativist. Kensington was the location of the Philadelphia Nativist Riots in the 19th century. However, this Supreme Court decision was only a temporary setback for the Nativist movement. They also believed the law was a nativist attack on their German culture. It is a component of the nativist theory of language.