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COX OX TILUPEKAXCE.
stSa Position.
CONTI NT EE).
On a. eler.t Fries'hood, to show the.! the
tme train of •ducalim has been kept up for
neat 400 yea s, and has produced no good
Bui ire hare said “it is the hind of Ed
ucation that makes a nation moral or im
morald ’ So we say yet. Now for the
proof:
But once more, I have sail “Unit the
kiml of education, will make a nation
moral or immoral: and also, that the m's
guided zeal of the priests and their follow
ers, who have done as they have been bid,
have produced and brought on more ruin
oil the human family, than all other causes
put together, intemperence in the use of
alcoholic liquors included.” The latter
position, wc think, has been fully establish
cd, and therefore we have asked the ques
tion under this head: “What has this me
thod of teaching sectarian principles by
the priesthood, under the cloak of religion,
effected for near 400 years?”
Should we attempt to answer this single
question right here, in a few words, we
couid not do better than to use the lan
guage of a celebrated French author, Dr.
F. J. G , vol. f>: 225—who says, “The
i'ai:h of sectarians is the work of education,
of arbitrary instruction,” and the ideas
which the philosopher forms of God, are
the frijtfc of the most elevated abstractions
—wc cannot expect cither one or the other
from a deaf and dumb man, whose educa
tion cannot have been directed towards
this point, from what we see all rude people
do, we might divine what the deaf and
dumb would do, if living together in tribes;
for the want of hearing does not prevent
the deaf and dumb from forming to them
selves the same idea of the external world
which other men form of it, and from
drawing the same deductions from the
events which pass under their eyes.
But, moreover, wc have enquired as to
the effects of this sect education, which
has existed for about 400 years. We will
commence with learned Egypt, nnd pick
up a few of the educated nations which
have begun and ended, till we come to i
those who are now in existence, from which
we will give a few statistics, all in their
order. And Ist,
Os the Pi tests and Religion of the Egyp
tians.
Priests in Egypt held the second rank to
kings. They had great privileges and
■revenues, their lands were exempted from
all imposts, of which Moses makes some
mention in Gen. 47: 20, where it is said
‘‘Joseph made it a law over the land of
Egypt, that Pharaoh should have the fifth
part, except the land of the priests only,
which became not Pharaohs.” I here add,
that Egypt was ever considered by all the
ancients as the most renowned school for
wisdom and polit os, and the source from
whence most arts and sciences were derived.
This kingdom, it is said, bestowed its
noblest labors and finest arts on the im
provement of mankind, and Greece was so
sensible of this, that its most illustrious
men, as llomer, Pythagoras, Plato—even
its great legislators, Lycurgus and Solon,
with many more whom it is needless to
mention, travelled into Egypt to complete
their studies, and draw from that fountain
whatever was most rare and valuable in
every kind of learning. God himself has
given this kingdom a glorious testimony. j
When praising .Moses, he says of him, that
“He was learned in all the wisdom of
the Egyptians.” Acts 7: 22. They, the
priests, were not only second in rank to
the king, but they arc at the same time
the entrusted depositories of religion and
of the sciences, (the like condition they
ere moving heaven and earth to obtain in
th.is country. ) And to this circumstance
was owing the great respect which was
paid them by the natives, as well as for
eigners, by whom they were alike consult
ed upon the most sacred things relating to
the m3 r stcries of religion, and the most
profound subjects m the several sciences.
The Egyptians pretend to be the first
iustitutors of festivals and processions, in
honor of their gods. One festival was
celebrated in the city of Bubastns, whither
persons resorted to from all parts of Egypt,
and upwards of 70,000 besides children
wciise seen at it Another, sumamed the
Feast of the Lights, was solemnized at
Sai£ All persons throughout Egypt who
dfHPnot go to Sa-is, were obliged to illu
minate their windows.
Different animals-;vcre l sacrificed in d;l-
ferent countries; but one common and
general ceremony was observed in all
sacrifices, viz: the laying of hands upon
the head of the victim, loading it at the
same time with imprecations, and praying
the gods to divert upon that victim all the
calamities which might threaten Egypt.—
See Herod 1, 11: c 60, and 1,11: 30.
I It is lo Egypt that Pythagoras owed
] lu's favorite doctrine of the Metempsychosis
!or transmigration of souls. The Egyp
j tians believed that at the death of men,
j their souls were transmigrated into other
; human bodies, and that :/ they had boot'.
; vicious, they were imprisoned in the bodies
! of unclean or ill-conditioned beasts, to ex
piate in them their past transgressions,
; and that after a revolution of some centu
! rics, they again animated other human
; bodies. — Diod. 1,1: 43.
The priests hod the possession of the
j sacred books which contained, at large, the
principles of government, as well as the
mysteries of divine worship. Both were
commonly involved in symbols and enig
mas, which, they said, under these veils
made truth move venerable, and excited
more strongly the curiosity of men. ‘1 he
figure of llarpocrates, in the Egyptian
sanctuaries, with his finger upon his mouth,
seemed to intimate that mysteries were
then endorsed; the knowledge of which,
[ was revealed to very few. The sphinxes,
placed at the entrance of all temples, im
plied the same. It is very well known
that pyramids, obelisks, pillars, statues,
in. a word, all public monuments were usu
ally adorned with hieroglyphics, that is,
with symbolical writings; (whether these
were characters unknown to the vulgar
we arc not informed;) cr figures of ani
mals, under which was couched a hidden
and parabolical meaning. Thus, by a
hare was signified a lively and piercing at
tention, because this creature has a very
delicate sense of hearing. The statue of
a judge without hands, and with eyes fix
ed upon the ground, symbolized the duties
of those who were to exercise the judiciary
functions.
It would require a volume to treat fully
of the religion <>f the Egyptians. But I
shall confine myself to two articles, which
form the principal part of it, and these
arc, the worship of the different deities,
and the ceremonies rcla'ing to funerals.
For the above statement sec Plut Ind ct
Osir, p 334. do Sympos 1,4, p 670. Id
dc Isid, p 355. ilollin says, never were
any people more superstitious than the
Egyptians. They had a great number of
gods of different orders and degrees, which
1 shall omit, because they belong more to
fable than to history. Among the rest
were universally adored in that country,
Osiris and Iris, which are thought to
be the sun and moon, and, indeed, the
worship of those planets gave rise to idol
atry.
Besides these gods the Egyptians wor
shipped a great number of beasts, such as
the ox, the dog, the wolf, the cat; also
birds, insects, fishes, &c , &c., and such
animals as the hawk* the crocodile, the
ibis, the gad fly; and also every green
herb or plant, supposed to contain any
healing virtues. Also wc will give the
testimony of Dr. Gall, while speaking on
the subject of God and religion, and of;
religious-sentiments on man; lie says, “In
Egypt, the cradle or so many religious
sects, this organ had received a high de
gree of development and activity, the con
trary occurs among the Caraibs, the Hot
tentots, &c.” Many of the beasts were
the objects of the superstition only of some
particular cit ; cs, and while one city wor
shipped one species of animals as gods, I
their neighbors had the same animal gods J
in abomination. This was the source of
the continual wars which were carried on
between one city and another; and this
was owing to the false policy of one of
their kings, who, to deprive them of the
opportunity and means of conspiring a
guinst the State, endeavored to amuse
them by engaging them in religious con
tests. I call this a false and mistaken
policy, although adopted by a king; and
notwithstanding it has been closely ob
served and strictly adhered to by sect
religionists, from that day to this; because,
in our view, it directly tliwarts the true
spirit of government: the true aim of which
ought to reconcile all factions, to unite all
its members in the strictest tics of friend
ship and interest, and to make all its
strength consist of the perfect harmony of
all its several parts.
But once more Says Cicero, “Among
us every city had a great zeal for her
gods; it is very common to see temples
robbed and statues carried off, but it was
never known that any person in Egypt
ever abused a crocodile, an ibis, a cat,
for its inhabitants would have suffered the
most extreme torments rather than be
guilty of such sacrilege It was death
for any person to kill one of these animals
voluntarily, and even a punishment was
decreed against him who should have kill
ed an ibis, or a cat, with or without de
sign. Diodorus relates an incident to
which he himself was an eye witness, du
ring his stay in Egypt. A Homan hav
ing inadvertantly and without design killed
a cat, the exasperated populace ran to his
house, and neither the authority of the
king, who immediately detached a body
of his guards, nor the terror of the lloman
name, could rescue the unfortunate crimi
nal; and such was the reverence which
the Egyptians had for these animals, that
in an extreme famine they c’.iose to cat
one another, rather than food upon their
imagined deities.
Os ail these animals, the bull Apis,
called Epaphus by the Turks, was the most
famous. Magnificent temples were erect
ed to him; extraordinary honors were paid
him while he lived, and still greater after
his death. Egypt went then into general
mourning. His obsequies were solemnized
with such cost as is hardly credible, lathe
reign of Ptolemy Lagus, the bull Apis
dying with old age, the’ funeral pomp, be
sides the ordinary expenses, amounted to
upwards of 50,000 French crowns. After
the last honors had been paid the deceas
ed god, the next care was to provide him
a successor, and all Egypt was sought
through for that purpose. He was known
by certain signs, which distinguished him
from all oilier animals of that species;
upon his forehead was to be a white spot
in form of a crescent; on his back the iig
i lire of an eagle, upon his that of a
THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIM
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. 1854.
beetle. As soon as he was found mourn
ing gave place to joy, and nothing was
heard in all parts of Egypt but festivals
and rejoicings; the new god was brought
to Mernphis to take possession of his dignity
and then installed with a great number of
ceremonies.
The reader will hereafter find that Cam
byses, at his return from his unfortunate
expedition against Ethiopia, finding all
the Egyptians in transports of joy for the
discovery of their new god Apis, and im
j agining that this was intended as an insult
upon his misfortunes, killed, in the first
impulse of his fury, the young bull, who,
by that means, had but a short enjoyment
of his divinity.
It is plain that the golden calf, setup
near Mount Sinai by the Israelites, was
owing to their abode in Egypt, and an
imitation of the god Apis, as those which
were afterwards set up by Jeroboam, who
had resided a considerable nfne in Egypt,
in tiie two extremities of the kingdom of
Israel.
The Egyptians not contented with offer
ing incense to animals, carried tlicir folly
to such an excess as to ascribe a divinity
to the pule and roots of their gardens;
for this they are ingeniously reproached
by the satirist, who writes thus:
Who has no! heard wlvre Egypt's r alias are
named,
What moii.-ter <_ T o>ls her frantic sons have framed;
Here, !i>is iroruod, am! well <jr<r\vn serpents there;
Thecrnc.i.lilocommands religons fear:
Where Atemmn’s statue manic strains inspire,
With vnea!sounds that emulate the lyre;
And Thebes, such fate, are thy disastrous turns,
Mow prostrate o’er her pompous ruin* mourns.
A monkey god, prodigious to be told!
Strikes the beholder's eye with Ini nished gold:
To “odship lu re blue triton’s scaly herd,
The river progeny is there preferred;
Through towns Diana’s p.nver neglected hes,
Where to her aspirins temples rise:
And should you leeks and o ion i amolaic, n< tune I
Would expiate the saeri!oious crime,
nation’s sure an I hiest abode*,
Where every orchard is o’crrnn with
It is astonishing to sec a nation which
boasted its superioiity above all others
with regard to wisdom and learning, thus
blindly abandon itself to the most gross
and ridiculous superstition. Indeed, to
read of animals, and vile insects, honored
with religions worship, placed in temples,
and maintained with great care and ex
travagant expense; to read that those who
murdered them were punished with death,
and that these animals were embalmed
and solemnly deposited in tombs assigned
them by the public; to hear that this ex
travagance was carried to such lengths as
that leeks and onions were acknowledged
as deities; were invoked in necessity, and
depended upon for succcr and protection,
are absurdities which we, at this distance
of time, can scarcely believe, and yet they
have evidence of all antiquity. You en
ter, says Lucian, into a magnificent temple,
every part of which glistens with gold and
silver; you then look attentively for a rrod,
and are cheated with a stork, an ape, or a
cat; a just emblem, adds that author, of
too many palaces, the masters of which,
arc far from being the brightest orna
ments of them. For the above positions
in a more full and ample manner to be
found, consult, Herod 1,2, c 65, do 1,3,
c 27, &c. Diod. 1,1, p 7G. Pliny 1,8, c
40. 1101. A. His. Egyptians, part Ist, clip
1 and 2 sec. 1 and 2.
Several reasons are given for the wor
ship paid to animals by the Egyptians.—
The first is drawn from fabulous history.
It is pretended that the gods, in a rebel-;
lion made against them by men, fled into
Egypt, [consult Isaiah] and then conceal
ed themselves under the form of different
animals, and this gave birth to the wor
ship which was afterwards paid to those
animals. The second is taken from the
benefit which these several animals pro
cure to mankind. Oxen, by their labor;
sheep, by their wool and milk; dogs, by
their service in hunting and guarding
houses. Whence the god A nulls was rep
resented with a dog’s head. The Ibis, a
bird very much resembling a stork, was
worshipped because he put to flight the
winged serpents, with which Egypt would
otherwise have been infested. The Croc
odile, an amphibious creature, that is
living alike on land or in water, of a sur
prising strength and size, was worshipped
because he defended Egypt from the wild
Arabs. The Ichneumon, was adored be
cause he prevented the too great increase
of crocodiles, which might have proved
destructive to Egypt. Now, the little
animal in question does this service to the
country two ways, first: It watches the
time when the crocodile is absent, and
breaks his eggs, but docs not eat them.—
Secondly; When he sleeps upon the banks
of the Nile, which he always does with lus
mouth open, this small animal which lies
concealed in the mud, leaps at once into
! his mouth, gets down into his entrails,
I which he gnaws, then piercing his belly,
the skin of which is very tender, he escapes
with safety, and thus by his subtlety, re
turns victorious over so terrible an enemy.
Philosophers not satisfied with reasons,
which were too trifling to account for such
strange absurdities, as dishonored the
heathen system, and at which them
selves secretly blushed, have, since the
establishment of Christianity, supposed a
third reason for the worship which the
Egyptians paid to animals, and declared
that it was not offered to the animals them
selves, bat to the gods ot whom they are
symbols.
Plutarch, in his treatise, where heex- ;
amines professedly the pretensions of Iris
and Osiris, the two most famous deities of
the Egyptians, says as follows: “Philoso
phers honor the image of God wherever
they find it, even in inanimate being, and
consequently more in those- which have life.
We are therefore to approve, not the wor
shippers of these, but those who, by their
means, ascend to the Deity; they are to
be considered as so many mirrors which
nature holds forth, and in which the Su
preme Being displays himself in a wonder
ful manner, or as so many instruments,
which ho makes use of to manifest out
wardly his incomprehensible wisdom;—
Should men, therefore, for the embellish
ing statues, amass together all the gold
and precious stones iu the world, the wor
ship must not be refered to the statues,
for the Deity docs not exist in colors art
fully disposed, nor iff frail matter of sense
and motion.” And moreover, he says
elsewhere, “that as the sun and moon,
heaven and earth, and the sea, are com
mon to all men, but have different names
J according to the difference of nations and
j languages; in like manner, though there
: is but one Deity, and one Providence,
which governs the universe, and which
i has several subaltern names under it, men
give to the Deity which is the same, dis
; ferent names, and pay it different honors,
‘according to the laws and customs of
every country. But were those reflections,
which offer the most rational vindication
possible of idolatrous worship, sufficient to
cover the absurdity of it? P. 13. COX.
h'\,i : "Oii: iii ihiito'ti! £ iqnirer.
The Know Nothings.
It is with no little surprise that I have
heard of a “Know Nothing” organization
in ycur city.
If society were endangered in either its
morals or its members, if a disregard and
disobedience to law rendered either person
or property insecure—or if the political
workings of our government were fraught
with dangers, which secret political socie
ties alone could prevent, there might be
some palliation or excuse for such associa
tions. But so far as I have been able to
judge, the grievances under which the
Know Nothings labor are entirely imagi
nary, and for that reason, I have conclu
ded that some thoughts upon secret polit
ical associations, with a special reference
to the Know Nothings, would neither be
unheard nor disregarded.
No Government that approximates free
dom has ever existed, or can ever exist,
without parties, nor is it desirable that it
should It is a necessary consequence of
freedom of thought and of action. But
when I speak of parties, I do not mean any
number who secretly strive for any sordid
or sinister object, but I mean citizens united
upon great principles openly avowed, hav
ing, under the fundamental law of the land,
the common good of all, as their end and
aim- Patriotism should unite it, consis
tency and justice characterise its action.
Such parties arc the surest safeguards of
peace, the greatest promoters of prosperi
ty and civilization, and the best preserva
tives of civil liberty.
Such are what I have been taught to
consider the characteristics of parties.—
How, let me ask, will they measure with
the standard of Know Nothing organiza
tions? Secret political societies always
carry with them the germ of tyranny. It
is inherent in our nature to pursue with
earnestness whatever wc believe to be of
great importance, whether it is in the arts,
politics or religion. This eatnestness ex
poses us to the error of pursuing the ob
ject, to the exclusion of others equally im
portant. The liability to err is increased
both by the power we possess, as the
opposition wc meet with—the one stimu
lates our energies, the other lends means
of action. If among individuals this is
true, it is still more applicable to secret
political societies, where members, combi
ning their energies and powers, counte
nance each other and expose them to one
sidedness in all their actions. They arro
gate to themselves a spirit of exclusiveness,
and of snpposeu superiority—do indirect
injury to others by promoting only the
members of their society, regardless of
aught but the fact of his membership.—
Another liability to err is in the fact that,
as the society becomes more compact, its
members are apt to look rather to what
is the interest of the society than of the
country. Let us look t:> liistory for the
effects of secret political societies. In
France they had the Jacobin Club, which
was formed originally for the protection of
the members, but became ultimately pro
verbial for its disregard of law and its op
pression of the citizens. In Scotland and
Switzerland societies of similar descrip
tions were formed, which always tended
to retard civilization and destroy prosper
ity. If a society, with so simple an ob
ject as that of temperance, is thought to
have led in some instances to direct op
pression, is it not safe to say that all se
cret political societies upon pledges, should
meet no countenance from any lover of
his country? Is it not rather the duty of
every one who desires the permanence of
our institutions to frown down every ap
pearance of bigotry, faction and fanati
cism?
I have thus far examined the subject in
relation merely to secret societies. I
will now examine, so far as the actions
of the Know Nothings will enable us to
judge, the principles that actuate them.
They avow first, a determination to exclude
every foreigner from all offices of trust or
profit; second, to put down the Catholic
religion.
In the Declaration of Independence one
of the charges against the King of Eng
land was, that he passed laws “preventing
the migration of foreigners hither. ” In
that day it was not considered improper
to receive the assistance of La Fayette,
Montgomery or Koskiusko In conse
quence of the generous aid we received, as
well as in view of the true principles of
governmental policy, laws were enacted
which made this the land, where the op
pressed of all countries, the martyrs of ev
ery creed, the innocent victim of despotic
arrogance or superstitious frenzy might
here find refuge. His industry encour
aged, his party respected, his ambition an
imated; with no restraint bat those laws,
which are the same to all, and no distinc-
tion but that which his merit may origi
nate. At a later day a Gallatin held
the highest office our constitution would
allow, and we have yet to learn that any
trust was betrayed that was confided to
him.
There are a few of the noble names of
foreigners that figure in the past history
of our country. But why need Igo into
the past for examples of as lofty intellect
and true devotion to the welfare of our
country as ever were displayed by native
born citizens? Who, at this time, with a
chivalry that commands respect and a sin
gleness of purpose to our country’s wel
fare that challenges admiration, represents
us at the Court of Madrid? A native of
France 1 Who, at this time, in the midst
of abolitionists, combats their fanatic
schemes, with a disinterestedness that no
Southerner should fail to commend, and
exhibits in his journal a knowledge of our
institutions that is not surpassed by any
of the Know Nothing party! An exiled
Irishman! And let every Virginian look
into his own neighborhood, and who sur
passes in strict integrity, public spirit and
j all the virtues that adorn private life, the
j reside:.t naturalized citizens? I could
point in my own county to many whom’ 1
jam proud to call friends. It is but the
j natural consequence of those wise laws
! enacted by our forefathers, that such men
| should come among us. in the multitudes
i that come ever, no doubt there are manv
who are not of the kind I have mentioned,
but ! have never apprehended danger e
ven from Item ‘,<• (jnd in every commu
nity, whether natives or foreigners, per
sons to whom tne penal laws bring no
terrors, nor are always efficient in deter
ring from crime. ‘ But, suppose that the
foreign population were the only violators
of the laws in our country, is the method
the Know Nothings propose the just and
proper remedy? If oftr naturalization
laws are not sufficient protection, amend
j them < oiiic out openly, state publicly
your grievance, and let the good sense of
the pcop’c correct and ameliorate your
grievance. But do not, in the name of
justice, hold out inducements to the fo
reigner to come to our land; do not show
him your statute book where he sees that,
after lie becomes a citizen, he is entitled to
the rights and privileges of natives, and
yet, at the same time, secretly and insidi
ously deprive him of his rights! But
why, in the name of common sense, should
the accident of a man’s birth be any dis
qualification? If he has shown himself
patriotic in his actions, loyal in his feel
ings, and is possessed of the requisite qual
ification, better than a native, and concurs
in sentiment with our principles, why ob
ject to him on account of his birth? As
well might I object to a man because lie
was not born in the same month that gave
me birth, as the same country. We have
as much control over one as the other.—
View it as we will, it is but another name
for injustice and oppression.
But your action excludes not only all
foreigners, but all Catholics from offices
of government. lam neither a foreigner
nor a Catholic My very soul sickens
at the thought of the inhuman persecu
tions inflicted by Catholics in past ages on
account of religion. Reared as I h ive
been amongst good old-fashioned Metho
dists and Baptists, all my prejudices are
against the Catholic creed. But is that
any reason why “nothing good can come
out of Nazareth?” Am Ito be told that
the faith of a Christian is a matter over
which he has such control that he can al
ter it as circumstances require? This may
suit- time-servers, but the true Christian
holds his faith as his life, and would soon
er be deprived of the one than recant the
other All history has shown, that, no
matter what faith man may profess, if
temporal power be given to it, he becomes
at once a persecute!* of those who do not
think as he thinks, or act as ho advises. —
Even those first settlers of this country
who fled to enjoy quietly their religious
belief, form no exceptions to this rule. —
And what do you propose but persecu
tion when you wish to exclude Catholics
from office? Would you have him to aid
in the defence of your country, in tilling
your treasury, and in sharing your bur
dens, and at the same time exclude him
from your privileges? “No matter what
his merit, no matter what his claims, no
matter what his services, is he to be nom
inally a citizen, but really a slave.” 1
cannot forbear quoting from a distinguish
ed orator who, on a similar occasion, thus
expressed himself. Speaking of Catholics,
he says:
“Suppose lie scuds bis sou, the hope of
his pride and the wealth of his heart, into
the army; the child justifies his parental
anticipations; he is moral in his habits, lie)
is strict in his discipline; lie is daring in
the field, and temperate at the board and
patient in the camp; the first in the charge,
the last in the retreat; with a hand to a
chieve, and ahead to guide, and a temper
to conciliate;, he combines the skill of
Wellington with the clemency of Caesar,
and the courage of Turcnne; yet he can
never rise--he is a Catholic. Take an
other instance: Suppose him at the bar.
He has spent his nig.its at the lamp and
his days at the forum; the rose has with
ered from his check mid the drudgery of
form; the spirit has fainted in his heart mid
the analysis of crime; he has foregone the
pleasures of his youth and the associates
of his heart, and all the fairy enchant
ments in which fancy may have wrapped
him. Alas! for what? Though genius
flashed from his eye and eloquence rolled
from his lips; though he spoke with the
tongue of Tally, and argued with the lear-;
uing of Coke, and thought with the purity
of Fletcher, he can never rise—he is a!
Cathol icl Merciful God! what a state of
society is this, in which thy worship is in
terposed as a disqualification upon thy
Providence!”
lint it is argued that, inasmuch as the
Catholics acknowledge the spiritual supre
macy of the Pope, it must be dangerous
to our institutions to entrust them with
power.
If there were any just apprehensions on
this subject, founded upon any action of
the Church, there might be good cause of
distrust. But, if I mistake not, while a
large portion of Europe acknowledges
papal supremacy, there is no monarch
with a smaller domain, or to whose opin
ion, in temporal matters, they pay less re
spect. 1, therefore conclude, that if, in
his immediate vicinity, he cannot subject
those countries to his power, and that, too,
where the Catholic religion is the estab
lished Church, it would bo still more diffi
cult at this distance, and where every one
is permitted to worship God as his con
science may dictate, lint all this is upon
the hypothesis that Catholics are not pa
triots. For my part, I believe that any
attempt at temporal power, under the au
thority of the Pope, would be spurned by
the Catholics themselves. They would
remember that, as head of the Church, his
office is spiritual, and to that alone will
they yield.’
But I have always looked with entire
unconcern- upon the apprehension, tliat any
one sect or denomination will ever become
in our country sufficiently powerful to con
trol legislative action The very attempt,
(if any were unwise enough to attempt it)
would create a union amongst all other
sects for their preservation; and the day
ol its attempt would be the day of its dis
comfiture ami defeat. 1 hope I am or
dinarily cautious. I hope 1 mil us anx
ions for the perpetuity of our institutions
as any man. Hut I cannot cry “wolf,”
“wolf,” when there is no wolf I cannot
be an alarmist, when there is no cause for
alarm.
Hut, let us now suppose fora moment,
1 that the Know Nothing party is in the
ascendant Eschewing as they do, all the
old party lines of Whig and Democrat,
elected as they would Ixi upon no princi
ple but Know Nothing, what kind of a
legislature would that be? A celebrated
French philosopher in his wild theories,
sneaks of” tlv . benefit of a legislature of
mutes. ] presume it would be upon a par
with the Know Nothings, with no settled
line of policy, either State or federal, by
which its action is to be governed; elected
without any reference to its political opin
ions, it would form an amusing spectacle
to behold, but one from which I imagine
the State would derive but little benefit. ‘
One member would approach another :
with the quostion, “arc you in favor of ap i
propriations by the State for internal im
provement?” Answer, i Know Nothing.
Shall we legislate fertile benefit of our
cities, or shall we make trade leave them
for Northern cities? Answer. I Know
Nothing. Shall wo elect Mr. Hunter, a
Democrat, to the U. S. Senate, or shall we
elect Mr. Rives, a Whig? Answer. 1
Know Nothing. It. would be a legislature
“so checkered and speckled; you would
put together a piece of joinery so crossly
indented and whimsically dovetailed; a
cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of
diversified mosaic; such a tcsselated pave.
meat without cement; here a bit of black
stone, and there a bit of white; patriots
and courtiers, king’s friends and republi
cans; wliigs andtorics; treacherous friends
and open’ enemies; that it would be a
curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch
and unsound to stand on.” The members
would “state at each other, and bo obliged
to ask, sir, your name? Sir you have the
advantage of me; Mr. such a one, I beg a
thousand pardons.” It would so happen,
that persons would have a single office di
vided between them who had never spoken
to each other in all their lives, until they
found themselves, they knew not how,
pegging together, heads and points, in the
same truckle bed.” Ephemeral your as
cendency must necessarily he; its success
would be but the harbinger of its dissolu
tion.
In conclusion, let me say, tint this is
not the age—the spirit of the times is not
such—as to make*it safe either for the
country or government, for any party to
veil its principles in secresy or mystery
Let your principles be honestly entertained
and openly avowed; let the light of elav]
shine upon your actions, and by the light j
of truth let your principles be judged.
CHESTERFIELD. )
From *Jic T roy liudgt t.
Niagara Falls—Doesticks on a
Beatles*.
Dear Editor: —l have been to Niaga
ra, you know, Niagara Falls, big rocks,
water, foam, Table Rock, Indian curios
ities, squaws, moccasins, stuffed snakes,
rapids, wolves, Ciifion House, Suspen
sion Bridge, place where the water runs
swift, the ladies faint, scream, and get th e
paint washed off their faces; where the
aristocratic Indian ladies sit on the dirt
and make little, bags; where all the inhab
itants swindle strangers; where the carts
go in a hurry, the waiteis are impudent
and all the small boys swear.
When I came iu sight of the Suspen
sion Bridge, I was vividly impressed
with llie idea that it was some bridge, io
fact, a considerable curiosity, and a con*,
siderable bridge; took a glass of beer and
wa'ked up to the Falls; another glass of
beer- and walked under the Falls; wanted ‘
another glass of bear, but couldu’t geffit;!
walked away from the Falls, wet through,)
mad; triumphant, victorious, humbug!
humbug! sir, all humbug! except the
dabliness of everything, which is a most !
certainty, and the cupidity of everybody,-
which is a diabolical fact, and the Indians !
and niggers everywhere, which is a Sa
tanic truth.
Another glass of beer, it was forth-. <
coining; immediately, also, another, all of
which i dr nk. I then proceeded to
drink a glass of bear, went over to the
States, where I procured a glass of beer,
went up stairs, for winch 1 paid a six
pence, over Goat Island, for which I dis
bursed twenty five cents, hired a guide,
to whom I paid half a dollar, sneezed
four times, at nine cents a sneeze; went
upon the lower for a quarter of a dollar,
and looked at the Fails; didn’t feel sub
lime any, tried to but couldn’t, took
i some beer, and tried again, but failed,
drank a glass ot beer ami began to feel
better, thought the vvateis were sent for
and were on a journey to the thought
the place below was one sea of beer,
was going to jump down and get some,
guide held me; sent him over to the hole!
to get a glass of beer, while I tried to |
w rite some poetry; result as follows:
O thou (spray in one eve) awful,
v small lobster in right shoe) sublime
(both feet wet) master piece of (jimmeny,
what a liej the almighty’. Terrible and
majestic art thou in thy tremendous
might, awful (orful) to behold, [cramp
in my right shoulder] gigantic, huge, and
nice! On, ihou that tumblest down and
riselh up again in misty majesty to Hea
ven, ihou glorious parent of a thousand
rainbows, what a huge, giand, awful, ter
ribie, tremendous, infinite, old swindling
humbug you are! What are you doing
there, you rapids you, you know you've
tumbled over the rocks and can’t gat up
again to save your puppy existence; you
make a great fuss, don’t you?
Man came back with the beer, drank
it to the last drop, and wished there had
been a gallon more; walked out on a
rock to the edge of the fall, woman on
shore very much frightened, I told her
not to get excited if I fell over, as I
would step right up again, it would no
be much of a fall anyhow, got a glass ol
beer of a man, another ot a woman, and
another of two small boys with a pail,
fifteen minutes elapsed, w hen I purchased
some more of an Indian woman and im
bibed it through a straw; it wasn't good,
had to get a glass of beer to take the
taste out of my mouth; legs began to tan
’ gle up, effect of the spray it) my eyes,
got hungry and wanted something to eat v
went into an eating house, called for a
plate of beans, when the plate brought
the waiter in his hand I took it, hung up
my beef and beans on a nail, eat my hat,
paid a nigger to a dollar, and sided out
on the step walk, brought a boy of a
glass of dog with a small beer and a neck
<n his tail, with a color with a spot on
the end, felt funny, sick, got some water
in a tin cup, drank the cep and placed
the soda on the counter, and paid money
full of pocket, very bad headache; rubr.
bed it against the lamp post and thon
stumped along; station house came aion':
and said if I didn’t go straight he’d take
me to the watchman, tried to oblige the
the station house, very civil station house,
S veiv; met a baby with an Irish ftytttan.
I and a wheel-barrow in it, couldn’t get
out of the way, she wouldn’t walk on the
[.sidewalk, but insisted on going on both
sides of the street ot once: tried .to vralk
between her; consequence collision, aw
ful, knocked out the wheelbaTow’s nose,
broke the Irish woman all to pieces, baby
loose, court house handy, to the consta
ble, jury sat on me, and the jail said the
magistrate must take me to the constable;
objected the dungeon put me into the
darkest constable in the city gave
a ey to the dollar; got out,
.-tic acre I am, prepared to stick to mv
original opinion; Niagara vnm humbugs
non exceifsus non indiguus admiralconi.
Yours, unquestionably,
Q. R PiIVLAXDER Doe ticks, R. 0.
Facts far the know Nothings.
It strikes us as a little singular that
while this society is engaged in ostraci
sing the foreign po; uintion, and endeavor
ing to turn them out of all offices of profit,
j that they alb.w Congress to pass laws
! whereby an empire in the west is trans
j ferred to them by the passage of home
} stead pre-emption law's, without a sha*.
dow cf opposition on their part. We
presume that the solution of this enigma
i is found in the fict that the great mass ot
| these fellows reside in the North, and.
i though they bite the foreigner, they love
; him belter than they do the slave holder.
! But why should a Southerner be a Know
i Nothing? Have we so soon forgotten
j that the foreign population of Boston
j were mainly instrumental in quelling the
Burns riots, and that Batchclder, whom
the mob wickedly slew was an Irishman?
Have tliev forgotten that of the thou
sands of Catholic prieffs in the United
States, not one signed the petiton of the
New’ England Clergymen against the No-
I braska b.ll? Do they not know that the
! foreign vote is univcsally given to the
Democracy, the only national political
organization that ever has or ever can
stay the match of abolition fanaticism?—
j What danger is apprehended at the South
j from the increa.se of our foreign popula.
; tion whether Catholic or Pretestant?—
I In North Carolina, South Carolina, Gcoi -
! gia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and
Mississippi, the white population is about
three millions, while tiie foreign popula
tion is not forty thousand. In 1830 there
were 38,000 places of worship in the U
j tiited States, of which 36,800 were Pro
! testant, and 1,206 were Catholic. Why
j then all this noise about foreign and Cath
! olic influence in the United States?
The Georgia Telegraph says in reply
—‘*Tbe South never will get tired of im
itating the North. There are Know No
things in New York, and we must imi
tate them, though there is no earthly
similarity in our condition. Thete is an
excitement at the North, and the South
must play the part of au echo.”—Colum
bus Times.
, * - -
J Espartero tiie Duke of Victory,
j Espartero, the “Duke of Victory,” as
heis called, seems to be invested with n
singular charm. Frantic men, infuriated
women, yelling mobs, and insurgent ar
mies, grow mild, and still, and amiable
before him. Even the court, with all its
jealousies and dissensions, accepts him
as the Prince of Peace. All of the nume
rous factions and coteries of Spain own
the power of his influence and the magic
of his name.
All hear’.s are panting for his arrival at
the capitol, all eyes anxiously watching
his advent, lie seems to be universally’
regarded as the purest and most incor
ruptible patriot in Spain, as alike the.
friend of the people and the friend of the
throne. While some of the most promi
nent ot the insurrectionary leaders are
regarded with dislike and others wTth
distrust, Espartero seems to have won
the confidence end esteem of all. Gen.
O’Donnell and his associates, who raised
the revolution, are forced to stand by and
see the more fortunate Espartero reap
the profits and the honors that result
from it. They did the fighting, he will
get the glory. The man whose name
has the magical power suddenly to ar
| rest the onward progress of a tempestu
! ous revolution and to still the clamors of
a phrenzied nation, must possess both
great talents and groat virtues, or be
must be a magnificent humbug.
We are not sufficiently familiar with
the history and antecedents of Esparteio
to undertake a sketch of him, which we ,
regret, as such a sketch could not fail to
interest our readers. As he has so sud
denly gone up like a sky rocket, we can*
not divest ourselves of the apprehension,
that ere long, he will come down like a
stick. We confess that we have more
faith in that stern man of resolute action J
O’Donnell, with all the selfish ambition
that is imputed to him, than in the expert
and lucky Espartero. However, we
await events. lie may be all that Span
ish fancy has painted him.— Wash. Sen.
A Suddem Death. —Col. Win. Hardin
died suddenly at his residence in Cass Cos.
on the 7th hist. He was a man of influ
ence and fine natural abilities and by his
intimate acquaintances was highly esteem
ed. Uis disease was Dropsy es the Chest.
. “Well,” said his honor to a negro who
had been hauled up for stealing a pulfet,
“what have you to say for yourself?”
“Noffin but dis, boss: I was as crazy as a
bedbug when I stole that nr pullet, coz I
might hab stole de big rooster, and Tueb-”
ei* done it!” 1 .**=
No. 34.