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A. G. MURRAY,
VOLUME X.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The things of other dvys.
The t iling* ufother !;;•
llu.v h ive they pus.'dfl .iw.-iv l
How tainth t our *gi’.lining gaze
Heiuriis lilVs >unuy ray.
A a ilews he loro the morning >*un,
< itfiias JiTier gems ilcjmut,
11 ipe'n blossoms wirtiiM*. *nc l*v one,
Aud fa io ujmii tli’.’ heart.
Tli- voices ,**vvnet of ut!i**r year.*.
Their tones so silt mi l low.
Til.il wniiiperM iiiush* in our ears.
Are stient, long ago.
T.ic hearts that a't ar r <1 our own
TiwMiuLgin o ilitii i.i.
Too eyes lh.it i.0.'l y. w.it.inr .dionc
Are tfv 1 Witu otii.- • days.
The pleasant things of other days,
They turn them sadly hark.
To trace, mind tin; in ii.i/.**.
Their blight aud early track.
They see the 1 gilt of >n..ny .-kies,
Tiie;.’ Mr.iteh to *oo ii.-g ii w*i!*,
A i*t so *k aiilid i uei r crimson dyes,
The bio util of banished hours.*
They steal with sos atnl silent tread,
Toro’ tnetiiory’s dim domain,
Like shiidowy spirits of the dead,
Mourning for Lie again.
The past hath *]‘d it* mighty tomb,
A:i 1 o'er the p.v-ent •‘trays
Those spectral tonus, but ah! their bio iu
li.is ded with other days.
The pleasant things of other days.
They never may return.
Illumin'd with those suany rays,
That o’er youth brightly bum.
Thu* all the nioruitufglow i- oVr,
Mill thro’ the tweight piny.**
A btessv’d gle.ua, liko t i.it oi yore,
W hich lighted other days.
thadulated to an indivitt'joal in the Pci'iifr of I.ikcr un
der difficult re* of <t suniJn Morning.
BY TUK OKXUEE. OF THE ‘MWKo TO IHE SfKtvM UUK K\-
GINK.’
K.mnont destniksaionist of Likcr,
Probablee your dri.
At ay bee there's a vakiium in your bowel ;
► You feel sditcly
kunous in the abdominal regens 1
Waul a stimulator, eh f It can't be did,
imminent destrukshionist !
lmbibater of alkaholik likwid.
The Jcrisis wat was to have arrii eii has arroven !
The new sitty ordemm/. are a licksed phact.
That solelarie dime, rezurreekted from
the depth of thi trowsers. kant a waken
A siuipat hetik rMponz, or a tod, from
Your kurlee-heddcd trend, the barkeeper,
Alkaholik iuibibaier!
VCiveckt ur net j y ra ten na v vega ter,
Last nite you were 12-1 iths drunk, and
Wcuyou went home you had a—
Missellaneius mixture ol the legs ;
left tired, perhaps. KonsekwenileO
You feel heeled about the inn ids.
“la not tiie phlatterhig unksliun to your solo”
That your moan this morning—
There* nuuienis people of the saim
Stripe with ciiuilar fee)inks.
Kuockturuel navvegatcr !
Demenatrater of the power of suckshen!
This is an epccode in your kureur,
A full stop to your'ambishus aspciacliuns
after spirits ;
You han't get you morning rushens—
The bar is klosed—naree bottle is visibul
To the uaked i.
as you stand fume nst the kounter,
You anxishly ink wire for a diiiJt,
it it don’t kutn,
Hemensu ater of sucksken!
Kocktale annyhylater!
Tour a ingured person, a wictiin
of legislutiv stupiditce ;
You car do without werking all tlic week,
and rest on sundee ;
liut tou han’t drink liker 6 days
and dry up on the 7th.
Y'our tiiikul cistern ii not
kapablo of uppresheatin^
The ordenaiu.
Your natchur revolts at water,
Kocktalo annyhy later!
Cnaraee to water!
You bcleave water useful for ablushun %
and knavagible purposes only ;
uct refreshin, benifishaL
or inviggoraten as a bevurage.
Strange idee—-but not unkommoa.
llOWever, you’re ddn for. The ordennnz
is imperativ ; a certanetee— . *.
passed by a midorite vote. i .
Mot a drop of ltker, wholesale or ,
retale kiui you get on —-
Cuauiee to water ! ‘
Objek of I r I lljM i
Your U a hard luua, ft - -WiP \
r.kwidjKjaraod aod MHMFlnin x, ..
i■■ .k*i
ktvßteaMpWfunkt.'’
WhjrWSn’t on • *®
Saturdec uite 1
I’me gorre for you—reform ; stop :
ahut down ; reflekt; hesitate bciofe
you get korned on
nite, unless you prepare for
cmergenoees,
Otyok nf koniniissiirashnn I
PETEK FRANCISCO.
THE SAMPSON OF THE WESTERN HEIMSPIIERE.
As late as the year 1836, there lived in West
®nt Virginia, a man whose strength was so re
markable, as to win biin the title of the ’Virgiii
14Samson.’ He knew nothing of his birth or
P* renl *g‘N but supposed he was born in Porta
gal, from whence he was stolen when a child,
•ud carried to Ireland. His earliest recolleclious
those of boyhood in the latter country. —
While yet a lad, he apprenticed himself to a sea
**pan, for seven years, in pay for a passage to
WMseounfy. On his arrival, his time and ser
’’*** were sold to a Mr. Winston, of Virginia,
, ...... . , .
in whoso service lie remained until the breaking
out ol the Revolution, lieingof an adventurous
turn of mind, he sought and obtained permission
‘of his master to join the army, and was engaged
I in active service during the whole contest. Such
j was his strength and persona! braverv, that no
I enemy could resist him. He wielded a sword
the lade of which was .five feet in length, as
though it had been a feather, and every one who
came in contact with him paid the forfeit of his
life. At Stonev Point, lie was one of the “for-
I lorn hope” which was advanced to cut away the
I abatis, and next to Major Gibbon, was the first
man to enter the works. At Hrahdvwine, and
j Monmouth, he exhibited the most fearless bra
-1 very, and nothing hut bis inability to write, pre
vented bis promotion to a commission. Trans
ferred to the South he took part in most of tile
engagements iu that section, and towards tlic
dose of the war, be was engaged in a “contest
w hie.li exhibited in a striking iiiajnier, his re
markable sell-confidence and courage.
One day. while. reeonnoi.ter:ng. he stopped at
the house of a man hv the name of \V , to
refresh himself. While at the table, lie was sur
prised by nine l.ritisli troopers, who rode up to
the house, and told him lie was-tbeir prisoner.—
Seeing that he was so greatly outimtubeted, he
pretended to.surrender, and the dragoons seeing
lie was apparently very peacefully inclined, .after
disarming him, allowed him considerable free
dom, wliib-’th* v sat down to partake of the food
which lie bad left when disturbed. Wandering
smt into tlie door-yard ire was ‘accosted bv the
Paymaster. whiMleinanded from him everything
of value about him at the risk of Ii is life, in case
of refusal. “1 have nothing to give,” said Fran
cisco, “so use your pleasure.” “Give up those
silver buckles in vottr shoes,” said the dragoon.
“They were the gift, of a friend,” replied I ‘l.in
'•'sco, “and give them I never shall : take them
‘if yi.u will, von have the power, but I never will
, ;nre tie an to anv nue.” I’ut'ting bis sabre un
der bis arm. the sofHw stiKitied down to take
tbelt), i ranciseo seeing. t!ie opportuTiit V, wbicb
was too good to be lost, seized the. sword, and
’ drawing it with fbosc from under (lie.arm of tin
s .!dier,*i.h-a!: him a severe blow across the sktt'i.
; Although 4 .everely wounded, vet being a lu.ue
man, the dragoon drew a pistol and aimed it at
i bis antagonist, who was ton ijitiek for him. how
ever, and as lie palled the trigger, a blow from
I the sword nearly severed bis wrist, and placed
bin) hors de eorJoi/. The report of the pistol
Irew tiie other dir,goons into the yard, as well as
W , win> very nngeiieroit.-lv hr.arglit out
a musket, wliii.-li he handed to one of’tin-sofdiem
■ and told him to make use of it. Mounting tin
only horse fl l ev could get. at, he presenfeil the
muzzle a? the brqast of Francisco, and pulled the
’'Trigger- - Fortunratcly it .-missed tiie, and Fiati
, eiseo (dosed iu upon him. A short struggle en
sin and, which ended iu his di-arming and womtj
i> g the soldier. Tarlef.on’s troop of four hundred
I men were now in sight and the other dragoons
, were about to attack him. Seeing his case was
1 desperate, he turned towards an adjoining thick
et, and as if die,-ring oil a party of men, he (tried
! out. “I kune on, m.v brave bn vs ; now’s Vour
time; we will m dispatch these few and then
attack the main body i” at the same time rush
i kio at the with the fury of an enraged
i t'gor. They did not wait to him, but
j tied precipitately to the troop, panic-struck and
■iismayed. S.-i/ing upon tiie traitorous viliian,
W —, I ranciseo was about to dispatch him,
lull lie In-go, and and plead so bard for liis life,
that he forgave him, and told him to secrete fol
ium tiie eight horses which tile soldiers had deft
behind them. Hrece) ving that Tarlcton had dis
patched two other dragiions iu search of Iff in, he
made off’into tiie adjoining wood, and while
tln-y stopped at llie house, he. like an old fox,
doubled upoti their rear, and successfully evaded
their vigiienee. The next day he went to \V
for liis h..rs.-s; lie demanded two of them for hi
serviees, and generous intentions. Finding his
situation dangerous, and surrounded by enemies
where he ought to have found friends, Francisco
was compelled to make the best of it, and left
with liis six horses, intending to revenge himself
upon YV :it a future time, “but,” as he
said, “L’rovidenee ordained that I should not lie
liis executioner, for lie broke liis neck by a fall
from one of the very horses.”
Many.other anecdotes are told of Francisco,
illustrative of liis immense strength and personal
powers. At Camden, where-Gates was defeat el
l lie retreated, and after running along a road
some distance, he sat down to,rest himself. He
was suddenly accosted by a British dragoon, who
presented a pistol arid demanded his immediate
surrender. His gun being empty lie feigned
submission, and said he would surrender, at the
same time remarking that his gun was no fur
ther use to him, he presented it sideways to the
trooper, who in reaching for it threw himself off
Ids guard, when Francisco, quick as thought ran
him throng!? rvith the bayonet, arid ns lie fell
from his horse, he mounted him and continued
his retreat. Overtaking his commanding officer.
Colonel Mayo, of How batten, fie gave him up
the animal, for which act of gencroaity the col
onel afterwards presented him with a thousand
acres of land in Kentucky.
The following anecdote exemplifying his peace
ful nature and his strength, is also told of Fran
cisco. How true it is, we cannot say, but we
tell it as it was told to us many years ago, while
he still ltv and in Buckingham county, Virginia.
One dM. while working in the garden, be was
Aftranger .jAfi lode up to
raiifTinqnircd onUpm he\6ew “where man
hy tile name of Francisco wHMej-. .’Sr
Raising himself from liis work, and eyeing
his interiigator, who appeared to be one the
“haif-li.ir.se-lia'lf alligator” breed of Kentuckians,
lie replied, “Well, stranger, I don’t know of any
oilier person bv tliat name iu these parts hut
myself.”
“Well, I reckon you ain’t the man I want. I
want to find the great fighting man I’ve heard
tell so much about. The fellow they say can
whip all creation and Kentucky to boot.”
“I can’t tell you, stranger, where you’ll find
that iiian, I don’t, know such a man,” vai’d Fran
cisco, resuming his work as a hint to the other
that the conference was ended. But the Ken
tuckian was not to be bluffed off as be would
term it. “Look ’ere, stranger,” said lie, relum
ing to the charge, “what might your given name
be ?” “My mrme is Peter Francisco, at your
service.”
“Ah !’’ returned the other, “you’re just the
“ Prove all things; hold fast that which Is good.”
GUIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1855.
1 man I want to find.” at the same time riding in-
I side the fence, lie dismounted and tied his ani
mal—a rough ungainly Indian pony—to one of
the posts.
“Mv name is ]iig Bill Stokes, all the way from
Old Kentnek. lam the Kentucky game chick
en, I tun. 1 can out-run, out-hop, -otrt-jtmrj),
knock down, drag out, and whip any man in all
i them digging*. So, as I iiearn tell of a fellow
! down hereabout who could whip all creation, I
j thought I'd saddle old Blossom, and just ride
j over to see w hat stuff’ lie’s made of, and here I
j am. And now,stranger, I’m hound tosee who’s
I the best limn, before Igo home. It’s all in good
feeling von know, and if you lick me, why I'm
j sat idled, hut ”
“Stop a minute stranger,” said Francisco,
j “voti'vc mistaken the man entirely, I’m no figlit
; ing manat all, and if I was. I've nothing against
! von to fight about.”
1 “Will I don't k:u>w; is there any other IV-
I ter Fi aneiseo in lie—*- puts !”
“No. imt that I know of”
“Well, then, Miu're the man, and von musl
tight, l'v me all the Wav from < >l*l Kentnek
aid I aint a going a-back without knowing
1 which is the best man.”
“Hut ! won't fight. I've got nothing to fight
| ll! otlt, aud I tell V'lll I won't ft;/III.”
| ■ *1 if von shan't fight stranger, I'm
■ hound to lick vou if 1 can, it 1 don't ‘you must
; lick me.”
By this time Fram-i-eo had become angry at the
; imp’ irt unity.of hi- visitor, and determined to put an
j end to the scene, Seizing his antagonist tlierc
! fore by tlic seat of his buckskin breeches, and
I the his shirt, he threw him over the
! fence into tin* road ; then walking leisurely to
! where his ponv was tied, he unfastened him and
f laking him up bv main strength, threw hint af
t ten his discomfited rider.
The Kentuckian raised himself from the
j ground perfectly dumb-foimded by such an r*
1 hibitinii •*('strength, and after nibbing his eyes
fas though tie ilmugub he might no) have seen
clearly, he mounted his pony r**iiiatking. “Well,
s rung-r. I reckon vou’llplo. I reckon it's about
■time for me to make tracks. If anybody asks
1 you about that great fig';!, v nt can tell ‘em vou
ITrck.-.l Hill Stokes mdst -!y.”
Francisco was a powerful built man. standing
; six feet one inch in height, and weighing ‘2<nt
■ pounds, llis muscular system was extraordi
narily developed, and lie had been known to
shouider with ease a cannon weighing eleven
‘hundred pounds; and a g ntlemiiiof undiaiTi;-
‘ * -■ I veracity (still living in Virginia.) who knew
j him well, says, “lie could take mein his righ’
j hand and pass over the room with m*v playing
! mv head against the ceiling, as though I had
‘b. eii a dottdiabv Mv weight was 105 pound*.”
[ His wife, who was a woman of good size, and
! proportions, he would take in his right hand,
and holding her out at arms’ length, would pass
around the room with her, mid carry her up and
down stairs in that, position. He would taken
j barrel of cider by tiie chimes, and holding it to
f his mouth, would drir.lt from the hung, a long
and hearty draught w ithoul any apparent oxer
! ti**!U
j Yet, with all his strength, lie was a very peace-j
I fully disposed ‘man, and never made use of bis j
power, except in cases of necessity about liistisn-!
al vocations, or in defence of the right. <hi oc
casions of out-breaks at public gatherings, lie
was better at rushing in and preserving the pub
lic peace than all the conservative authoritieson
the ground. Although uneducated, he was a
man of strong natural sense, and of a kind, amia
ble disposition. He was ivithal a companion:j
hle man, and his anecdotes and stories of the
war, of which he possessed a rich fund, rendered ,
him a welcome guest in the first families of the ;
State. Hi* industrious and temperate habits,’
together with his kind disposition, made him
many friends, atid through their infl ence he!
was appointed Sergeant at-arms of the Virginia J
house of Delegates, in which service he died in
1836, and was buried with military honors in.
the public burying ground at Richmond.
Great Medical Discovery.
MeRCVRY TAKEN FROM THE SYSTEM UY El.EC
tuicity.— The following will be received with in
tense interest in every community where suffer
ing of any kind is produced by metallic substan
ces being introduced into the system in the way!
!of mercurv, gold, silver or lead. If it is practi
cally true, as scarcely anv one can doubt under,
the circumstances, it is destined to tank among
the greatest discoveries that science lias yd
brought to light.
Tiie article which follows, published iu the j
Scientific Bulletin, of Haris, is entitled “The Ap- j
plication of Chemical Electricity to Tlierapeau- j
tics.” and lias been translated for this paper.— j
Though not literal, the substance of the article
is intact* The Bulletin says:
Chemistry about to drag from an anticipa
ted death, thousands of men who in the exercise
of their of their cruel professions, gilding looking
glass plating, white lead manufacturing, etc.,
iimi also those whoseystems havis been mined
by mercury in its variousforuis—for these science
lias raised her right arty and arrest* their misery
and destruction. This disoorery extract* from
their bodies, atom by atom, erery particle of mo
tal lie sabstmjpty from tyWJF frt eg the human
system. VftmoßoAimmfi this
la a memt^rtyfetylU|djp the French
of SoiejMpnn- NlJtygpnas, which has forHEpff
thorspen, whose names will strike theHr of
trlFqntblic for the first, time to day. Hut
prove what they promise to, they will soon taklS
rank among the greatest benefactors of human-;
ity. These authors are Andre Poly of Havana, |
and Maurice Vergnes. The invention consists:
■if application of cliemidil electricity to accoirt-!
plisli the above purpose, and of all the marvel- 1
lons tilings that electricity has achieved, this is |
the bolJcstand most triumphant.
The modus operandi is as follows : A metal
lic bath is insulated from everything, and partial
ly filled with acidulated water, to convey more
readily tliU)’elcctrical currents. The patient lies
np.in a seat in the lub insnlated cntirely from
me hath. When gold silver or mercury is iu
the system, nitric or hydrochloric acids are em
ployed. When lead is suspected tbe acid used
is sulphuric. -Thisdone, tbe negative pole of a
battery is pul in connection with the bath, whije_
the positive poteTs in the hands of the patient. —
Now the work of purification commences. The
electricity precipitates itself, bnnts, digs, searches
and discovers every particle of metallic substance
concealed in the most profound tissues, bones
joints, and nerves of the patient, resolves them
into their primitive forms, and extracting them
entire from the human organism,deposits them
upon tiie sides of the hath, where they can he
seen with the naked cyeT
After the end of one of these operations, a
chemist of Havana, M. Mossand, having anialvz-’
ed 912 drachms of the liquid in the hath, he saw
forming a metallic globule of the diameter ofj
nine-tenths of a millimetre, and this w as mcrcu- j
ry. At another time the same chemist saw a
very light white precipitated substance, which ■
gave two globules of metallic lead, perfectly vis- ,
iblo to the naked eye, and M. Holy announced j
that lie had taken from the tibia and thigh bolie
of a patient a quantity <-f mercurv that had 1
been there, creating intense suffering,for fifteen ‘
years. .
Hrovid.-tiee ha* had it* usual hand in this di*- !
i Tiverv. One of the iiHelilors, M. Maurice V.-rg ;
ii**s, w li** was engaged at times in electric gilding
silvering, etc, w here h;s bauds came in eoiitiiuial ■
contact with nitrate and cvanurct of gold and sil- !
ver, had them covered with ulcers, caused hv
particles being introduced into his blood, aud no
medical skill could eradicate them, f >:ie day lie
dipped bis bauds into the hath, taking li.ild of,
the positive pole of the battery, and at the end
of fifteen minutes, to the surprise of all the- hy
'i.in ers, a metallic plate of 103 millimetres in !
length by IGO in width, placed in*, eonrieetion
with tin iiegalive pole of the battery, was instant
iy eovercl with a thick coat of gold and silver
extracted from his hands. The discovery was
made. This event took place April 16, LHvci.
i Hie inventors use 30 couples of batteries of Him
son’s and Grove’s combined, it being found that.
i a more energetic current will be evolved bv
ibis Combination than bv the use of either sin
gly. lvicli couple is 40 millimetres in diameter
by 217 in height. The number iif these couples
or hattelies used at tin- e*imiiietici-meiit of an ap
plieaiiorr, so as not (treatise too much sull'ei ing
for the patient, depends altogether up *u the
tempeiameat of lhe patient an I tiie natmv of
rlisease. For example, a very neiymt* and < !*-1 i
cafe person would ho submitted In the action of
ten or twelve couples at first, the number increas
ed at the rate r.f five couples every five minutes. !
A person of sanguine or lymphatic temperament
can endure more. The same ratio applies to the ;
quality of acid in forming the bath. For’ in
stance, it takes !*■*> fn- nervous pet-son than f**T
a person with lymphatic or sanguine tempera
ment. Tiie in*-1. 1 1!tc particles extracted from 1 1<<-
bo.ly of the patient are disposed on the whole i
sin face of the bathing tu', aUhongh the metal
is formed in larger quantities opposite those
parts of the body in which the metal lay conceal*
ed. As to the size of the metallic spots which
are thus formed by the application of this dis
eovery, they vary iu size from that of the head
of a pin tothe size of a pea, and some are micro- :
scopie. “I have seen,” says M. Holy, “after the j
first hath of a person who had been complaining i
of terrible pains in his arm, caused by mercury, ;
the exact shape of the arm imprinted on the tie- ;
gativc plate of flic battery, the deposit lieiug i
formed entirely of mercury drawn from the arm.” j
Here ends thi* important article, which, if true, i
is destined to become a* much a part of the med
ical practice as vaccination.
Americans, Read!
The Duke of Richmond, formerly the celebra
ted Col. Lenox, was Governor’ of Canada iti
1815-10. The late Horatio Gates, a native
of M issachusetts, was at that time an eminent
merchant in Montreal, and “was known and re
spected by thousands in Canada, and liis native
! country. Mr. Gates reports the following re-j
marks as having been made in bis presence by
! the Duke of Richmond :
h ‘The Duke, a short time before bis death,
jin speaking of the government of the United
I States, said: ‘lt was weak, inconsistent, and;
[bad, and could not long exist.’ ‘lt will be de-!
stiWed : it otigrlit not, and will not be permit- I
ted to exist, for many and great are the evils ;
that have originated front the existence of that
government. The cause of the French revolu- j
tion, and subsequent wars and commotions in]
Europe, are to lie attributed to its example ; 1
ands i long as it exists, no prince will be safe !
I upon bis throne; and the sovereigns of Europe ‘
are aware of it, and they have determined upon
, it. destruction, and come to understanding upon |
j tliis subject, and have decided on the meanslo'ac
e.niipfish it ; arid they will eventually succeed Hy 1
] subversion rather than conquest.’ ‘As the low and
1 surplus population of the different nation*of Eu
i rope will be carried into that ‘country ; it is ami
! will be a receptacle for the bad and disaffected
population of Europe when they are n6t wanted
for soldiers, or to supply tbo navies, and the Eu
ropean Government --.Anil favor well a earn**.’
This will create A surplus and majority of low
population, who are so very easily excited ; and
they wili bring with them their principle*, and in
nine cases out of ten, adhere to, their ancient and
former goVurnmentt, laws, manuers,and retigtoa* j
and will transmit them to their
in many case* propagate them among the na
tives.’ . i :
“These men will booome citizens, and.•"lfW 1
constitution* and Ull with
right grades of socie
ty will the elevation of a few
and by dtyri||nS|Hy. U'ld thus the heteroge
’! neous poptyjpHlHP then be formed, speaking
different languages, of dill* rent religions and
them net, think, and tee!
; alike., in political affairs, will ins like mixing oil
| and water; lienee discord, dissensions, auaichy
! arid civil war will ensue, and some popular indi
! vidual will assume the government and restore
] order, and. the sovereigns of Europe, the emi
grants, and many of the natives will sustain
him. —-
“The Church of Rome has a design upon
that country, and it will, in time, be tbe estab
lished religion, and will aid in the destruction of
that republic. I have conversed with many of
the sovereigns and |rriuces of Europe, and tliey
have unanimously expressed those opinions rela
tive to the Government of the United States,
and their determination to si divert it.”
These remarks were made by the duke of
!_ Richmond, nearly forty yeanjuetfefor he (lied.
in 1616 —and the correctness of liis assertions
i has, since that lime, been remarkably verified,
i The low and surplus population of Eurof* “An*
been brought to this country, as he predicted.
It has become “a receptacle for the bud and dis
affected population of Eurojas” These men
have become citizen* of this country, a;.d have
been invested with the right of suffrage.
The question now arises—shall thi* state of
things continue f Shall the United Stales re
main forever a receptacle for the ignorant,
vicious, and disaffected population of Europe?
Shall Russia be permitted for the future to vom
it forth upon our shores annually five hundred
thousand , paii'pers, criminals, ntnl vagabond* of
every grade arid hue, to become, after the lapse
of five years, American citizens, American law
makers, and American office bolder* ? This is
the question which the American people are
now required to answcl. We say now. Be
cause, if tiie sett lenient of this great question he
postponed f"* live or ten years longer, il will or
100 lute to answer it, ft* Tt sb*ciM be answered.
If postponed tin- a few year*, the foreign party i
w ill become so sfr.ing tliat il will be impossible
to effect the reformation in our ininralizaiion |
laws, so imperatively .required for the couserva- |
tion and well-being of our rcpublie.-iti institutions, j
No ! Ilelavs are n*4 only dangerous, tI.;T are
fatal ! Now or never is the time for action.
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An Important Letter.
The Rielim nid I’enn v I'iist publislies the follow
ing letter, with this introduction :
“■lt is a letter from ‘ An <*!d Lino Democrat,'”
who. though forty four years of age, never g.ivtnri
Whig v-.te in liis li!*-. Tiie author is Daniel .1
liose, of Montgomery county, a member of an old,
■ respectable Democratic Virginia family, who has
heretofore been in good and regular standing with
the Democratic party, and thought worthy of r -
eeiving their highest lionors. .Mr Hoge was a
Democratic member of tlic Reform Convention
; lias tioen in the Legislature, we believe.’ and .was
spoken of a* tlie Demoerutic eandidaie for Lieu
tenant Governor ot tnc Mate m the present ran
vass.”
Fi*.in tlic S-iil. i.i IN ;_’ t. r.
Know Nothing Expose.
Gen ri.r'.MKN : In your jiap -r of the Sth March,
is a [.il 1 oil-Ut;■ ir 1 e hiele pu ports tu beiin expose
of tlic secrets of know Nothingism.’’ 1 Imd seen
it in the Enquirer, hilt did not tli nk worth while
to read it; tor I regard it.’ a* I do Morgan's pro
fessed exposure of Free Masonry, a vile and yon
fonipfible lorgery : or. if true. 1 regarded it as the
betrayal of trust by some infamous scoundrel, that
reudcrcil it unworthy tiie countenance of gentle
men. 1 was therefore, surpri--d to sec sueli a
thing in ti.e .lignite and e.'biiiins .4 tbu ‘4li,-hiii'*nd
Enquirer And this surprise at seeing.U in that
paper, and then in yours, is greatly (fienased by
i examining It, to find how easily you both have been
; entrapped by this ill cone alcd stratagem. You
mu-t have suffered yourselves entrapped hy pub
| fishing the thing without examining it by the key
! given in the commencement of it. And tlnso who
| set the trap, no doubt, expected its publication
without a critical examination of it; and then
some editor was to fly the trigger after all the
Democratic editors had been carelessly drawn un
der the trap. They reasoned correctly when they
supposed the Democrats in their eagerness to ex
pose the scerets would overlook the “weightier
matters of the law,” or the principles as laid down .
They were correct when they expected our editors,
in their search in the chutf and tiuimncry of signs,
grips, passwords, and initiatory ordinances for
something to otyeef to, would overlook the great
principles therein enunciated, anil which are alone
worthy of attention. Let us examine it a little
by the aid of the key given in the commencement
of it.
The principle of the obligation, in the first de
gree, is as follows :
“You furthermore promise and declare that you
: will not vote, nor trive your influence for, any
1 man tor any office in the gift of the people, unless
lie be an American-born citizen, in favor of Amer
| jeans ruling America, nor if he is a Roman Cutho
j lie.” Are the Democracy opposed to these things,
and will they sutler the Richmond Enquirer to
j lead them into a blind opposition to those great
- principles, without even enquiring their import
or whence tiioy came? For. mark, there is no
proscription of foreigners here; but a simple re
, solve as to how they will vote between native and
I foreign born, just a* they resolve how they will
vote between Whig and Democrat. Andifthis
resolve is a proscription ‘xffffwelgoew; thenrfhtyg,
Democrat proaefttmevery Whig in the land, when
foie for none but Democrats. And
are toe Democracy opposed to our people voting
f“t r hers shitens hv prefereriOT to foreign
Catholics, Hindoo*, Hottentots, and Hntnins ! Is
tbs Democratic party opposed to Americans born
ruling the “lund of the free and this home of the
hr***.” tyjd du they waul uui own native land
brought under tbe dominion of the Pope ;>f RomeJ
*4d, amlautopr* * Whig rote in my Wo, JMffj
if-the goo4b,| ] j, irr v Hhavu loved aity .mtoriUjl j
r.'iiswa
oils fri'.-.l'.iii )I! -: ill a father’s
: teachings and a mother's to be laid at
the feet of the Roman i’oi tiff, and its members
mate to bow down and kiss the Pope's big toe. I
must cease to lea Democrat I Imveulw .ys I eei
a Democr..’ but I cannot and will not go wiili tiie
Democratie par'y. or any other party, against
j American Isirn citizens ruling their own country.
It, is their n.iturd birth-right, mid I will not con
sent to take it from them and give it into the
■ hands of foreign Roman Catholics. And if the is
sue between the Democrats and Know Nothings
is. whether foreign Catholics or American born
citizens shall rule America. I am bound to take
sidtuL-irith tke K.uow \oUungi dWvor-ef Anieri
can born citizens, nnd against the present Demo
cratic party in their support of foreign Roman
Catholic* Thus much for the obligation in the
first degree.
Then, after some more flummery, they came to
tbe final charge to the initiate, which by the aid
of the key given. I read as follow*:’ “ft ha*, no
doubt, been long apparent to yod. brother*, that
Editor
foreign influence and Roman CattieMtiw* ItontMKi :
ranking steady and alarmingpnyiMfemldwea*
try You cannot have failed t* obeerwi tktd|>
nificant transition of tbe (bieigpobiAf(Mfßomb*
ists from a character quiet, retiring. *ig nk
ject, to one bold, tbreatenfffg,
despotic in its appearance and MadiqpflaM. Til
must have become alarmed at the eyetiamtiaaM
rapidly augmenting power ot tbeee dangerowe ms”
unnatural elements of our national ooudltiew. 99
it is, brothers, with other* beside* yoaraelre*,
every State of the Union. A sene* of danger had
struck the great heart of the natio*. 1* erwj
city, town rind handet, the danger has been eeea
and the alarm sounded. Ani hen fee (ttk Mfln'MM’
detised tliis order as a means of disseminating po
triotic principles, of keeping alive the fire of ■*-
tional virtue, of fostering the national intelligence,
and of advancing America and tbe American in
i terftst on the one side ; and on the other of abtelt-
I ing the stride of the foreigner or alien; of
i ing ihe macliiiiations and subverting the deadly
plans of the Jesuit and Uiipist.” And is the Dees*
ocrotic party opposed to these principles 1 An
they opposed to -keeping alive the fire ofnutfataf
virtue.” of “fostering the national intelligeDOa,”
and of “advancing America and American inter*
est ?” Arc they opposed 1 to “cheeking tbe etrkUe
of aliens,” and of “thwarting the machinations aaff
deadly plans of the Jesuit* and Pap’eta!” No,
gentleman, such a charge is * •lands* dtytaonr
good old party. vMmtever designingdef gognee,
political aspirants, new converts, partisan Wtf*-
workera may think and do, the masses, tbe hlfiM
people of the party, never will ooneent to bring
down this great and mighty nation beneath a for
eign bondage, to wear the yoke of a Roman Pontiff;
! and they will spew out of their mouths those an*
* ni tiiml i z<*(l and unworthy members of the party;
! who ii-.. trying to bring us in subject onto (brtigff
Catholic > fluen e. by courting their support.—>
Hie true position for the Democratic party at tbif
time would JuiVo been to stand firmly on bar**’
cient plutforin. Hat no, that was too old-fithhhn*
ed for our new light Democrat* of tbe present day,
and the good old ship was torn from ber qnsisit
moorings, and thrown upon tbo wild billows of
foreign’Catholicism, to be tempest- toeeed and Imlp
ed in pieces in nn unknown sea’.
Hut to proceed with the ‘ expose.'* The nlilipi.’
tion in the second and. gree is the same in principle
with that in the Yirst. So i paw that and the sub
sequent flummery, and come to the final obarge fal
this d< gi re. Hy the aid of the key it mdisi M*
lows: “Druthers. you are duly initiated into fhi*,
the second degree of the order. Renewing the
congratulations which we extended Is yon, span
your admission to the first degree, we admnmiA
you by every tic that may more patriot* to eldtfir ’
in our efforts to restore the political institution* of
our country to their original purity. Begin with
the youth of our land—refresh their minds with
the history of our country, the glorious liaiiiiexwd
the brilliant acts of patriotism, whiob is oar eons*
moil inheritance : point them to the wist sages’
and profound statesman who founded our geisnt*
incnt; instij into their bosoms an ardent htt fltaf
the Union; above all else, keep alive ht tifaif
hearts the memory, the maxims and the death Sms
example of our illustrious Washington.” And arc
the Democracy to tako a Stand against A*S
sentiments of whole souied patriotism 4 Htkt
Democratic party opposed to any “efforts tOVset and
the political institutions of our eoontry to thsto
original purity ? ’ Are they unwilling to “rsJkmdf
the minds of our youth with the history of Nt
country,” its “glorious battles and brilliant aeU
of patriotism!” Are they unwilling to “poind
them to the sages and profound Stofitomhi s fit
founded our government,” and to “hhjtiliato thohr
bosoms an ardent love for the Union f” Are tho
Democracy unwilling to “keep alive in the hSMrtV
of our youth the me: tory, the maxims, sad tW
dcathle-s example of our illdstriouf Wohihgto*V*
Such is our position, if this so-called exposition of
Know Nothingfsm is a true one, and we pis n tear
selves against it. If this is a true exposition of
Know Nothingism, can we— dare we go with ear
present leaders of the Democratic party again*
•.?
I have always been considered an orthtdttf, VH
an iron sided Democrat, hnto dtotir
held tin; principles laid
science, the right to worship God sceordmg tttof
dictates or conscience, without the islopnlfint
of a Priest between mV conscience and my Ged,
and without responsibility to a FithsrwntoHtp
the Pope s appointment. A desire topsejMljiwjritjf
intelligence of the people, an afdWgifijflKglgfcij
Union, a reverence for the maxims jfe..; ‘ J
ous Washington, and an nTdenMMjjj^H^j^B
1 approve ito
principles: and let who daresqeeMton
my Democracy, present a better record than I to
who, at forty-lour, never gnve a Whig vote. -If it
is not a true expose but a trap, then ywa and UMf
Knquirer. in year new-fangled war—s wsrsgatoet
Know Nothings - have been entrapped into ae
Ouse of sentiments of tbe purest Democrat wad
the lo tiest patriotism. And yoe cypmot gM thf
old-fashioned Democracy to join yo# ie thin
tion to tbeir old cherished prinnipjtS They aHf
not carried by a mere cry of party, had eee aehMK
ted by a deep-rooted love of principle, and they
will cherish ahd maintain thaw priissiptor whip*
thing about the secret signs and p->as
initiatory ortftouneee, Ac. These are mart lane
mery, such as pertain to ail scent aonctfak “M
the principles are correct, we must und wHI
prnrn thrm Trhnrhir it it ■ grnninn mftmat
.Know Nothingism, or a trap in which toeatohep**
wary Democratic editors. M
As f*T4> last Dntoewetox
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