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THE STANDARD.
WILLIAM T. WOFFORD, ) „ nlTnl ,_
THOMAS A. BURKE, i H,IW1 ‘ S '_
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING :
SEPTEMLER 20. 1855.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS,
lat Dist., JAS. L. SEWARD of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. CR AWFOIID of Muscogee
3d “ JAMES M, SMTI'H of Upson.
4th 14 11. WARNER of Meriwether.
Sth “ JOHN H. LUMPKIN of Floyd.
6th HOWELL CORD of Clarke.
7th 44 LINTON STEPHENS, Hancock.
Sth 44 A. 11. STEPHENS of Taliaferro.
FOR SENATOR,
HAWKINS F. PRICE,
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
ALFRED M. LINN,
Z. G. TURNER.
An. Appeal.
We are not in the habit of troubling our
patrons with editorial duns, but circumstan
ces compel us to depart from our usual rule
We want money, and are compelled to have
it. Our books shew an indebtedness in our
favor of between five and six thousand dol
lars, while our collections are really less
than the weekly expenses of the office Is it
fair that we should be constantly pressed
for money, when so much is due us ? Many
of the most responsible men in the country
owe us for three years subscription, and
others for a shorter time. Their delay has
nut resulted from asiy desire to do us an in
justice, but from inattention and forgetful
ness. We cannst call, either in person or
through an agent , on all of these gentlemen,
but we beg that each one of them, who knows
himself to be indebted, will at once respond
to tliis appeal by sending us the money
Where they are ignorant of the amount due,
let them make us a remittance, and we will
either return the over-plus or credit them
in advance, and in every case, send a receipt
for the amount paid.
We propose to atteud the Superior Courts
of Gordon, Cherokee., Fannin, Gilmer and
Pickens, and earnestly entreat our friends
in those counties to come to court prepared
to pay w'aat they owe us. Wc have already
been indulgent to our injury, and ncocssity
compels us either to collect up or quit the
business. Wc trust, therefore, that no one
will think hard of us for insisting on settle
nients at this time.
Col. Tumiin.
There still appears to be some doubt jus to I
thepositioD of this aspirant for Congrossion
al honors upon the Know Nothing question,
notwithstanding bis notorious and public
association with that party. We are inform
ed upon good authority that Col. Tumiin !
denies to some of his old friends that he is a j
Know Nothing, and says that he never was I
in a secret couuoil in hits life, and that he j
knows nothing about them.
What does he mean by thus denying the j
truth ? Does he desire to be elected by de- J
ception and fraud ? Docs he seek the sup- |
port of men whom he deceives? His own 1
nets convict him of this dirty work ! Now )
we charge that. Col Tumiin has belonged, !
and is now a member of the Know’ Nothing !
council at Cartersville ; that the Southern j
Statesman at Calhoun, a Know Nothing •
paper, is published by his authority, and the <
expenses paid with his money ; that his meet- |
ingsin this district were Know Nothing ones ;
that Cols. Milner, Chisolm and Parrott were i
his advocates and mouth pieces at those pla- j
ces ; that he is committed to their views by :
repeatedly soliciting them to speak for him.
If lie or any of his friends think that we j
have done him injustice in the above state- j
nients, we are ready to prove the truth of .
what we have said. We object to any man ,
who seeks the suffrages of his fellow citizens,
going about the country (lenyiug his party
associations to one man, and advocating its
candidates to another. It is an attempt at
deception, unworthy of oue who desires Con
gressional honors, and we tell Col. Tumlin’s
friends that this trick of hie is seen and well
understood, and that the honest voters des
pise such conduct.
” Measures—not Men.”
This is an old motto of the Democratic
party, and never has there been a time in !
the hibtory of our country when it should ho 1
more fully carried out than in the prescut
contest. The political questions now agita
ting the public mind are probably of more
importance than any that have heretofore
eoue before the people, since the days of the
Revolution. In view of this fact we would
urge upon our political friends throughout
the State the great importance and necesiity
of harmony and concert of action. Remem
ber that * in union there is strength,’’ and
in division nothing but weakness sod defeat.
Our opponents are the best organized party
that ever existed iu this couutry, and if we
should divide our strength, we voluntarily
give them the victory. The K. Ns. have a
regularly nominated ticket in nearly every
eouuty in the State, and every one belonging
to the order will vote it. Let our friends
leoollec* and bear in mind that there is not
a single oue of our opponents who can vote
a split ticket. And in order to succeed, we
must stick to our regular ticket, and forget
ting all personal friendships, look with an
eye single to the success of our principles
Recollect that the success or defeat of a man
is this contest is of little importance, but
that oar principles are all absorbing, and
fer their triumph we should sacrifice all
personal feeling* and preferences.
jfcsrUt the democrats be at work. .
Governor Johnson
Will address the citizens of Cass at Kingston
on next Monday, the 24th instant, Let there be
a full turn out.
He will also speak at Villa Rica, Carroll Coun
ty, on Saturday, the 22d, at Calhoun, on Tues*
day, the 2:3th, and at Dalton, on Wednesday, the
20th.
Onr County Ticket.
As the day of the election is near at hand,
! we hope all Democrats nnd opponents of the
Know Nothings will rally to our regular
i ticket for the Legislature. If we are fight
i ing for principles, let. us show it by our acts.
Recollect that every vote taken from any
: one of our candidates, is that much given to
! our opponents. If we really are opposed to
j the Know Nothings, there is but one way to
.-how it, and that is by giving our ticket n
united support. Let none of our party vote
a spl.t ticket, for it is for the principles, not
the men, that we are voting. Let no per
sonal feeling drive us from the support of
our pi iociples, for if we do we are untrue to
ourselves and the cause we advocate.
Tiie present contest is very different
that two years ago Then there was no es
sential d.fference in the two parties, but now
there are new and grave questions, to be de
cided by the result. The decision will bean
important one, and will be felt for years to
come. Then let every man vote in the man
nor that he thiuks will benefit his country
most. If he is against the Know Nothings,
let him support the whole anti-K. N. ticket,
and leave no name off.
We are fortunate in having men for our
candidates in whose truthfulness and honesty
the people have confidence. We know them
to be true and firm rueu, governed by prin
ciple and actuated alone by a desire to pro
mote their country’s welfare. Let Price,
Linn and Turner be on every ticket cast
against the Know Nothings, and our triumph
is certain
Know Nothing Documents.
We would inform our friends that the
whole country is now being flooded with elec
tioneering publications Our opponents
knowing the weakness of their cause aro at
tempting to carry the election by circulating
irresponsible documents. We have seen one
which purports to be a conversation between
a Know Nothing and an anti K- N., and of
all such things we think it tho lowest we
have ever seen. It contains every conceiva
ble assertion that has ever been urged to tho
prejudice of the Catholics : even a list of in
dulgences to commit sins of every kind known
to the laws of the country. Such docvmcnts
will never injure the Democrats, for our
party are not Catholics, and not responsible
for the errors of that or any other church,
even if the enormities asserted be true. The
Democrats leave the subject of religion with
the conscience of every man, and most loud
ly protest against its ever becoming a ques
tion in a political race.
- The Brag Game.
We understand that the Know Nothings
report that they will carry this county by
a m ijority of from four to seven hundred
‘Otes. Now we tell their friends that the
majority will be against them, and the first
Monday in October will custain our asser
tion. It is too late in the day to brag them
selves into a majority; the people are against
; them, and the world will soon know it.
Correction.
We published last week a letter from Fair
mount, signed J lathcw McCoclit. The name
ought to have been printed Mathew M. Ouch,
the error haA ing occured in consequence of the
peculiar manner in which the name was written.
Wo have received a letter from a committee
I of the Fairmount Council, denying some ot the
j statements contained in the letter —that they
| had refused to hold meetings, or reported the
; kev lost. Os course wc know nothing of the
; facts in the case. Wc only published what wus
i sent us. The letter of the committee is crowded
1 <mt or we would publish it.
New Know Nothing Ritual.
We invite especial attention to the exposi- i
tion to be found in this week’s paper, of a i
new Know Nothing ordov. We are not ap-1
prised of the manner in which the New York ;
Times obtained it, but its authenticity is
vouched for. Read the oaths, free voters of !
Georgia, and then say whether you will act
with such a party or,not.
m |
A New Book. <.
We are glad to,. team that T. B. Peterson,
of Philadelphia, tho indefatigable publisher,
is about to re-issue one of Mrs. Soutliworth's
most interesting no v eh---THE Deserted
Wjkk. it w ill be handsomely bound and
furnished at SI.OO.
♦
Removal of the Capitol.
We desire to call the attention of the vo
ters of the fifth Congressional district to the
fact that they are expected on the first Mon
day in October next, to express themselves
either for or against the removal of the Cap
itol from Milledgeville. We need not repeat
what we have already said in favor of its
removal to Atlanta. Our views are well
known, and we have no doubt that nineteen
twentieths of the voters of this district are
with us in opinion. Don't forget therefore
to see that .* Removal—to Atlanta’’ is on
yonr ticket.
New Publications.
W have on our desk a number of late is
sues of the Magazines and Periodicals of the
dsy—Godey's Lady’s Book, Graham’s Mag
azine, the Knickerbocker, Frank Leslie’s
Gazette of Fashion, Harper’s end Putnam’s
Magazines, Blackwood and the Reviews, &e.
The pressure of political matter on our col
umns has compelled us to neglect our literary
j exchanges, but we will make up for lost
time after the election Ai*
Cass Superior eourt.
The fall term or Cass Superior Court com
menced its sitting on Monday, the 10th inst
hie honor. Turner H. Trwfk, presiding.
A large amount of business baa been tran
sacted, up to the time we go to press. In
the case of tbe State**#. Andrew McMicken,
indicted for murder, tbe prisoner wa# found
gailty of voluntary manslaughter, and sen
tenced to four years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. Jason Frinoe, charged with
larceny from the house , plead guilty, and
was sentenced to three years in tbs Peni ten
tiary. 1 , ‘-A. t - ’pptpw *i ‘ *
On Thursday last, 3. A. Howard,'W?
Jacobus and B. H. Leeke, Bsqrs. were ad*
! mi tied to plead end practice law.
Judge Irwin's Nomination.
We published last week the certificate of Dn
Pcntiington, who Was a delegate to the Know
Nothing convention which nominated Judge Ir
win. The luet Cedar Town JltpuhliCan Union
contains the certificate of three members of the
Cedar Town council, Whil'ti throws a little more
light ou the subject, We copy it to Show the
Voters of the Blue Bidgc Circuit how much of a
no party candidate the Judge is i
Cedar Town, Polk Cos., Ga.*
September 10, 1855
We, the undersigned, certify that wc wore
members of a Council of the Know Nothing
party at Cedar Town. That the Council of
the order at the place appointed delegates to
a Judicial convention to be held at Mariet
ta, during the last March term of CoDb Su
perior court. That Col. E. D. Chisolm and
Jas. D. Waddell, who were appointed as del
egates, returned from said convention aud
reported to the Council that Judge Irwin
was unanimously nominated as the candi
date of the party. But that it wns neces
sary that this be kept a profound secret ,
as the design was to run him as a no party
man with those who were not members of
the order, and that it would not do for the
peop/etoknow that he was nominated by a
Know Nothing convention, or that he took
part in politics. Some of the members of
the council objected to the nomination, on
the ground that Judge Irwin was not a
member of the order. To this the delegates
replied, that Judge Irwin was with the or
der in feeling, sympathised with it and fully
endorsed all of its principles, and offered to
join the order, but that be was told by mem
bers of the order not to do it, as he could run
a stronger race as the caudidate of the order,
by keeping out and telling people that he
had not joined it. This explanation was re
garded satisfactory to the Cedar Town Coun
cil, nnd no further objection was made to
the nomination.
G. D. HARMON,
T. G. W. McMEEKIN,
D. N. C RAT ON.
Dirty Work.
..IT IS TRUE that Mark A. Cooper, when
called upon to supply one of his workmen
with provisions, to sustain his little children,
Cooper refused him provisions.
~IT IS TRUE when the same man (old
Mark A. Cooper that he could not attend the
Democratic Mass Meeting, because he had
no shoes, furnished him the shoes.”
We find the above precious bit of slander
in the last issue of the Southern Statesman,
the Know Nothing organ published at Cal
houn. We fear that any attention paid to
such a charge in such t. paper will dignify
it into public notice. We only say therefore
that we are authorized to pronounce it ut
terly, vilely and meanly false.
The same paper also charges the lion. J.
11. Lumpkin with stealing five hundred dol
lars ! These are only samples of the many
false assertions put forth in that paper. It
is high time that these slanderous attacks
upon the private character of individuals,
Should be indignantly frowned down by the
honest and virtuous of all parties ihey are
circulated only to gain votes. We call upon
the people of Cherokee to put down forever
a party who thus insults their intelligence,
by using no other argument than whole col
umns of false personal vituperations.
FOR THE STANDARD.
Too Late!
CABS COUNTY, GEORGIA, ?
September 18, 1555. 3
Mess. Editors:
Owing to the numerous withdrawals in
this coun’y for the past two woeks, one can
imagine from the sad features of the Know
Nothings that they too late begin to Know
Somothing. Once In but now Out
FOR THE STANDARD.
EUIIARLEE, CASS.COUNTY, GEO., >
September 17, 1855. 3
Gestuemek:
I wish you to state in your paper that I
: havo applied for an honorable discharge
| from the Euharlec Lodge, in this county,
! and am no longer a member of the Know
! Nothing order. W. 0. SI’ENCE
Republican Union, (Cedar Town,)
. aud Atlanta Examiner will please copy.
FOR THE STANDARD.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
In Cass county some Know Nothings are
now members of the order who have not
been, nor do they intend to be, sworn in all
its hideous oaths, and still they cry out a
gainst those who are coming out.
ONCE IN AND NOW OUT.
For the Standard.
To the Friends of Temperance in Cass
County.
You recollect that some time since we were
brought out as candidates for the legislature.
It was with reluctance we accepted the nom
ination, but having the temperance cause
much at heart, gave our cousent. Since
that time the two great political parties have
so excited the community generally, that it
would seem impracticable for the friends of
teinperanco to urgo its claims at this time,
as there are many friends of the cause in
each of these parties. Wo are, therefore,
candidates no longer. We return our grate
ful acknowledgements to the friends of tem
perance for their kind feelings towards us at
all times; and whenever they shall think it
necessary to bring up the question again,
we will give it our oordial support.
Respectfully, A J. WEEMS,
S ZANT,
C P. WALDUUP,
CassviUe, Sept. 18, 1855.
For the Standard.
Another Withdrawal.
KINGSTON, GKO., SEPT. 10, IMS.
Editors Oaßsvu.lk Standard:
Please announce that I wish an honorable
withdrawal from tho Know Nothing Council at
Kingston, os 1 am done with it, and forewarn all
others to have nothing to do frith the order.
SAJUkt SI'MNC*.
Still Another!
Jb the President of Omncil No. 28, ot Mr-
UrsviUe, (100/ * mm p|
Sib, —You will please erase my name from
the books of the order known aa Know Noth
ings, m I have always been a Democrat and in
tend to vote that ticket.
Sept. 19, 1860. , Rcsmt JJB.ax.
jfcgrGur enemies are busy, night and
day— /et the democracy be equally vigilant.
Every vote counts. *•’
A Letter from Col. Lewis Tumlin I
CARTERSVILLE, AUG. 24, ’55.
RfiV. JosHUAJloVVlioiN J
Jbear Sir: As I llavC not had the pleas
ure of seSjllg you in Bom# time, I thought i j
Would take the liberty of dropping yoli a
line. I thought that I tvould have called
atid seeli yoti bfefbrc! faofrj hilt tny efagdge
meiits have hfieh BtttJh that it has beett out
of my power to do so. tam ahxiotis to hear
hoW matters ate frorkiiig itl yottr section.
You must write me upon the reception of
this, nnd give me all the nefrß ill regard to
my prospects, &c. in your section. I hope
that you will use every exertion in my be
half. I know that my success greatly
depends upon the exertion of my frieuds. If
they are industrious from now until the Ist
Monday in October next, all will be right.
I have just return from Pickins and Fan
nin ; I am very much pleased with my pros
pects in those counties. I have letters from
every county in the district; news very fa
vorable. I start to-dny to Gilmer county ;
will be absent four or five days. Hoping to
have the pleasure of receiving a letter from
you on my return from Gilmer,
I remain your friend,
LEWIS TUMLIN. ;
(•REPLY.]
ADAIRSVILLE, SEPT. 17, ’55.
Cor, Lewis Tjmlin, and the Sons of
Freedom :
Gentlemen : No politician, though, for a
long time, one who has believed that the
kingdom of Christ is not of this world, nnd
as many brethren have asked for my views,
and Col. Lewis Tumlin has written to me on
the subject, and hearing there is a groat di
vision of opinion among the people of this
State, and for fear it will cause distress, I
shall without reserve answer my part, and
give my opinions.
For many years I have been thoroughly !
convinced in my own mind, from reading
and careful observation, that this republican
government has its prototype in the new
Testament church. The latter is a govern
ment set up in the people : it is with the
people, and it secures equality to ail its
members It disfranchises none, but extends
its protection to all, and it can be said, with
as much correctness arid truth, of the former
government that it is with the body of the !
people, and every thing connected with the j
welfare of both should be done openly. That j
secret organizations are suspicious all men j
of sense admit, when they are of a political ;
nature. And I say no liberal minded man
ought to have any connection with a party j
whose avowed object is to withhold just aud !
equal immunities and privileges from any ‘
citizen or class of citizens, on account of re j
ligious opinion. My mind tells me you will j
not give them a helping hand to paralyze
the right of any citizen, whatever the pre
text, or cousent that our laws should be so i
modified as to proscribe any who, from a :
love of liberty and obedience to our laws. :
may seek a home among us. Ours is strict
ly a government of equality. Where would !
equality be if our Constitution is changed ? >
Could it be for the better ? The times an
swer, No ! Why is it then urged ? Is not ;
its former history pregnant with good ? Why ,
not believe its future will be equally bright j
and auspicious ? i
Christ says >.I am the light of the world,” i
and men have light and knowledge only as
they arc manifested to them. In private he
said nothing. What his disciples learned
from him was not of a private interpretation
or character. All of his teachings were to
be proclaimed from the house top. When 1
examine this Nation il Saviour, I fii and it not
entirely destitute of understanding. Its
conception was in secret, in prejudice, in ig
norance and in darkness; therefore it is not
a good gift from the father of lights.—
Christ’s disciples are not of the night but of
the day. While sonic of the human family
arc lovers aud friends of light, there are
others that .. love darkness rather than
light,” and they will not come to the light
lest their deeds be exposed. But some say,
have wo not the privilege to vote as we wish?
It is not questionable in iny mind that we
havo not the liberty to do wrong, religious
ly or politically, and escape punishment.
Adam, Nebuchadnezzar aud the fallen An
| gels, who kept not their first estate, arc
examples of those who claimed to have the
power to do as they wish. What became of
them the soquel shows. They had the power,
but not tho right. Long have I promulga
ted, according to the Scriptures, that light
has no fellowship for the unfruitful works
of darkness, and I have always reproved and 1
! shall condemn them.
Know Nothingism declares itself to be a
society containing secrets, secured from tho
observation of the people, by solemn oaths.
It holds its sessions when the ravenous beasts
come forth — when the bat and owl commit
their depredations — when innocence is slum
bering in the hands of Him who upholds all
things. In the dead of night, this political
reformer and ecclesiastical regulator posts
up his signs, that he may accomplish his
vile purposes of darkness. The fruit of
righteousuess and equality is peace, and the
effect of them i3 quietness and assurance.—
Has this .. intense American feeling”—., the
primary object of patriotic desire,” such
proof? The answer is returned, No! It
has gathered the fag ends of the Whig and
Democratic parties in its midnight cells, and
it comes out of them, saying to us that our
civil nnd religious rights aro in danger from
the Catholic and Foreigner; they must be
smitten at the ballot box and put down and
crushed forever, or this land of giants will
ultimately fall under Popish dominion. This
is all gammon, and it seems to me there is
uot any less despotism in it than in Popery.
Popery is not established over ua nor among
us, and I believe there is no great danger of
it under the present Constitution. Should
we not as niuoh dread this element of our
political system"—this lamb-like beast—as
the hand full es Catholics in our country t
This American party manifests a zeal for
religion which appears to be different from
the teachings of Jesus Christ and his apos
tles. It is something similar to the princi
ple that caused our first parents to experi
meat in the garden. They seem, from their
anxiety, to entertain the opinion that God
will not succeed in o&rryibg on his purposes
in this Government, so they want to call in
the aid of the civil authority* or rather the
religious prejudices of the people, to give
him more character and respectability a
mong us. Paul says of suoh , they have a
zeal, but not according to knowledge,” and
it is further said God will not give bis
glory to another,” nor the advancement of
his kingdom to Know Nothings. He will
Attend to his oWn business.
. Matters and things ftte working” With
me ns they always have done. lam oh tlie
Constitution otli* fathers Won ill the revolt!-
tifid And Sealed Witii thbir hlbod. Arid it
makes me truly glad ih hbaft that the great
pririciple3 of ouf Codstitutifin places all Cf
our citizens, of whatever religious persua
sion, on the broad basis of equality : this is
the place for rue and all the Sons of Free*
dOiti.
YoUr friend, JOSlttfA DOwDOIN.
Judge iidiigstreet’s Letter to Know*
Nothing Methodist iPreatibePs Con
eluded.
--But by concession all Catholics and
foreigners vote under the dictation of the
Pope.” And what do you gain by that—
you who are sworn to vote according to the
dictation of any scamp who may happen to
worm himself up to tba dictatorship in your
lodges? I presume you will admit, that a
vote cast under a dictation, need not neces
sarily be wrong. This you must admit or
condemn yourselves. The Catholic must vote
for some candidate of self or Protestant nom
ination ; and as the Pope can have no inter
est in the success of either party, it is likely
that he would order an impartial vote —that
which best promotes the interests of the coun
try in which his people reside. But you cast j
a strictly party vote, in utter disregard of
the merits of candidates. Will your candi
date oppose Catholics and foreigners : That
is all you demand of him. If he says .yea,’
you support him ; though he be the veriest
jackass that ever brayed in the councils of
the nation. He may by his stupidity un
settle the most wholesome laws, overleap the
barriers of the Constitution, oppose the best
measures, advocate the worst, in short, play
the fool at large. No matter ;heis a Know
Nothing, and opposed to Catholics and for
eigners, and that is enough for your repub
licanism ! Unless Catholics were as often
candidates for office as Protestants, the Pope's
dictation could not peril the liberty of the
country; but iu five hundred elections you
will not find on an average one Catholic can
dicate. Unless religion was involved in the
election the Pope's dictation could not possi
bly peril our religious liberty; but as we
have said, if the Constitution be not disre
garded, religion can never be involved in any
election. Your Order have the honor of mix
ing religion with politics, for the first time
in the history of the country, right in the
teeth of the Constitution; and now if the
Pope's powei perils your religious liberty,
blame yourselves for it, and not the Pope.
| Thus you see, under the most extravagant
! admissions, your principles are wrong Your
! practices are worse, as we have already
i shown in part, and as we now proceed to
| show more clearly. The most shocking f'ea
: ture of your Order is its numerous and pro
| sane oaths. Upon this head I shall take
your published ritual as true, Nothing
j more easy than ;o prove it true in substance ,
; from your conduct and admissions Thus,
when you charge a member who exposes
| your proceedings with perjury, you admit
, that he was sworn. When you vote in a
i solid body, you show that there is a solemn
j obligation among you to vote alike. When
i uo member will tell who are his fellows, you
show that all are bound to keep that matter
secret. When you admit the obligation of
the 8d degree, you admit there are two de
grees. When you expose the one, and sup
press the two, you admit that the last will
uot bear the light as well as the first, kc
l have not time or space to extend this rea
soning. Lately you have agreed to acknowl
edge your membership; but it was not so
originally; not so when most, if not all of
you, joined the delectable fraternity.
! You observed (speaking figuratively) a
closed door with a sign over it: • • Opposition
to Foreigners and Catholics .Manufactured
within.” What sort of opposition, how and
i by whom conducted, on what conditions, at
I what expense of time and money ; how you
I were to be worked in factory, what the mor
; al character of your co-workers, how health
: ful or pestilential the business, were matters
|of not the least concern to you. You liked
! the sign, and that was all-sufficient lor you.
You knocked and the door was opened by a
man who demanded an oath of you, and you
i took it. It was an oath of secrecy, and not
\ very republican, but you took it. You ad-
I vanced to tlio council chamber, and there, in
the presence of many, you took another oath
j more stringent than the first. In this you
swore, among other things, that you would
..respond to the claim of a sign or cry of the
Order unless it be physically impossible.”
Mark that word ..cry,” If in the pulpit,
or at a dying bed, when you hear it, you
must drop your holy services and obey it.—
Obey it, for what? Why to fight for the
brother, if need be, of course !
After taking the oath, you were turned
over to the instructor in grips, and pass
words ; (suppose Wesley at your side.)
Y< u remained in the body n short time ai,d
then took another oath, reaffirming the two
first, and ascended in regular climax of
monstrosity. Another set of instructions
followed. You received the first with your
hand on the Bible. The second, with the left
hand ou your breast, and the right hand
raised to the flag of your country. The
fourth, in a group of five or more formed in
a circle around your country's flag ; with
arms crossed on the breast, and hands grasp
ed, right and left. Thus you become a mem
ber of tho midnight fraternity of high de
gree. -fttlw] ‘■■■’- <•+J- j U ! - ’ ‘ ;
All these oaths save the first, are called
degrees, (and rightly in one souse.) A de
gree conferred on one's self, by simple swear
ing ! A Methodist Preaoher's word not to
be trusted by Know Nothings without an
oath 1 He proves faithful to one and yet he
oaunot be trusted without a second, and a
| third 1 A Methodist Preacher pursuing
. himself unbidden into this distrustful coterie,
and taking lessons in grips, signs and pass
words, whereby he and the children of dark
ness are to rocognlse each other as ..broth
era” (!) at all times, and in all places; and
whereby they may rally to tbe support of
each other, weapon in hand, in times of dan
ger and oonfliot 1! The honorary titles ac
quired by these degrees, Know Nothing
and Sam! Elder Know Nothing ! Dea
con Sam !
While you were stepping from oath to oath
and lesson to lesson, through all the solemn
mockery of tbe Order, did tbe thought ftever
occur to you-where Is the necessity of all
this, to signify my opposition to Catholics (
and foreigners ? Are not all to oppose them
opehly ? Why must 1, and those who think
with me Upon these tflattbrs, be skulking
Iffifre in the dark, aiid taking sdletnn oaths
about them ? Why Swear to Conceal my
ffidfliberShip and thiit of iby fellows ? Whs
eVer siicli ah oath tfifecn by and Sfibrfct sCSiety
befbre ? Why this parade of degfea* ? What
have they to do with Catholics ? And grips ?
What haVe they to do With foreigners ? What
dll this binding together in the bonds of
eternal brotherhood i simply to Sbcfire a
united toto ? Butely there must be some
thing deeper and darker ih all this thnh I
Can See.” Bid Vott go 3tliihblihg on through
all this Know Nothing flummery and pro
fanity Without afiy misgiving of conscience,
or fear of consequences ? You should feel
alarmed at your situation ? Did you feel
j any uneasiness ? You should have with
; drawn.
j ..Swear not at all,” says our Saviour.—
.Swear not at all,” says St. James.’ .Swear
not at all,’ says your discipline in another
Lru\ .Because of swearing the land mourn
eth,’says Jeremiah. .Thou shalt not take |
| the name of the Lord thy God in vain,’ saith ;
! the Decalogue .Have you as little to do as
; possible with oaths,’ says Clark. Wesley
speaks at large upon this head (vol. vi. p j
106 and on ) He deprecates the number of i
oaths required by law ; what would he think
of this kind of swearing? Adopting the j
language of Mr. Desney as bisowD, he says, ■
•Can there be anything in the world more
i sacred than an oath ?’ Head him. I have
’ extended this article too far to allow further
quotations from him.
My comments upon these oaths I reserve
for my address to the Church at large. For j
the present 1 have only to say, that whatso- j
ever may be found objectionable in them, ;
you will please remember applies to you
with double force.
And now, brethren, have I or Mr. Wesley
Jut upon one good reason why you should not
have joined the Know Nothings? If either J
of us have, then 1 beseech you to come from ,
among them. If we have not, yet, there is
another in reserve, which, if it does not pre
vail, will show or prove to my satisfaction
at least—that if an angel from heaven were
to denounce your Order, you would cleave
to it still. The last appeal to you is from
Paul: -Be ye nut unequally yoked togeth
er with unbelievers.’ This has nothing to
do with marriages, save by implication.—
Paul was not upon tliat subject at all. The
word here rendered -yoked’ .signifies,’ says 1
! Clarke, .to leave one's own rank, place, or j
i order , and go to another.’ It is never used :
lin the Bible to express marriage. How !
i pointed is it to your case !
j .-Be ye not unequally yoked together with i
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath right
eousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness ? and
wlmt concord hath Christ with Belial ? or
i what part hath lie that believeth with an
; infidel ? And what agreement hath thetein
] pie of God with idols, for ye are the temple
!of the living God, kc Wherefore come out
| from among them and be ye sryaratc saith
J the Lord ; and touch net the unclean thing ;
1 and I will receive you, and will be a father
unto you, and ye shall be my sous and j
; daughters, saith the Lord Almighty ” What j
jdo you do with these scriptures? Ido not |
j ask what tlit know nothing laity of our
j Church, (at least some of them,) do with
i them, for that I kuow experimentally ; but
j what do you ministers of the Gospel do with
them ? I think I can answer the questions
i for a goodly number of them. .Why accord
ing to this wo must quit every oatu bound
| secret society.’ Then quit them all, I im
plore you, if you can jerceive no distinction
■ between them. .Let God be true and every
man a liar.’ None of them are essential to
salvation tr good government, I am well sat
isfied
• .But Dr. Bond’'—the man who did more
to inflame the two divisions of our Church
against each other than all other members
put together ; who villified the Southern di
vision more than any man living ever villi
fied it, he, from a slavo State too; who, ns
editor of the leading organ of the Church,
opened its columns to every thing vitupera
tive from the North, and closed them to eve
ry thing defensive from the South. *Dr.
Bond” says .that the Know Nothing Order
is no worse than the Order of Tammany.’—
This is very much like Pr. Bond ; and very
much like the resolution of the Conference
of 1844 which split our church : So stated,
that it mny mean oue thiug or another, as
may best suit its father's purposes As I
understand the Doctor's notions of the last
Order, is it a rebuke to the Know Nothings;
ns all who have copied his piece, understand
it, it is an encouragement to them; and so
it was doubtless intended to be. The ques
tion is submitted to you with God on one
side, and Dr Bond on the other. Choose ye
between them. A. B. Longstreet.
From the .1 Hffunta Conetitutumaliet.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 11,1855.
Mr. Editor; On my arrival in this city
on yesterday, I saw the Rome Courier of the
4th inst , containing a letter from the Ret.
C W, Howard addressed to me, dated July
25th, on the subject of freight upon Lime.
Also a certificate signed by sundry citiieus
of Kiugstoa and vicinity on the same subject,
together with a letter from Mr. Howard to
the Editors of tbo Courier, in which he com
plains that I had not replied to his letter of
the 25th July. In reference to myself he
uses the following language :
uMy letter to Gov. Johnson is dated July
25th. Nearly thirty days have now e!
and no notice has been taken of i*v
to be presumed that the Governor of Georgia
is so long absent from his post—or if absent
on tho business of the Stato, it is to be sup
posed that his letters are transmitted to him,
I cannot thorcfore consider his silence as
other than intentional. If there wero any
thing discourteous in ray manner—if I asked
any thing improper for me to ask, or for him
to consider, there would be a reason for the
silenoe of the Governor. But I cannot see
auything offensive either in the manner or
matter of the letter. It refers to a Bubject j
of much pecuniary interest to myself. The j
silence of the Governor is therefore both an j
incivility and an injustice to all parties
concerned.” ’
On my return from oommencemeat at;
Athens, I received Mr. H’s letter among a .
large package of letters which had reached
Milledgeville since the 27th—the day I left |
for Athens. Engagements previously made j
called me away from Milledgeville, on the
Gth of August, the very day ou which I ar- j
rived home frbta Athefas. Heface I bfaly M .
plied to shell letters as appeared to be bf
pi-easing importance, I deferred a reply t c
Mr. HoWahTs letter, because there totild be,
finder the Circumstances, no immediate
bhafige of the freights, and delay therefore
Os reply could do him no injustice.
it is true, as stated by Mr. HtJtvatd, there
is nothing offensive either in the manner of
matter of his letter. Blit I confess, I tho't
then and still thiiik, that finder the dir Cum.
stances, the request of Mr. HoWard, contain
ed in his letter was efctrtmely ihdelicate.--
It seemed to ffie, that put forth nt that par
ticular jfihcttife, it Was toaihly designed to
embarass me. and the singular production
now Under consideration is not calculated to
remove such an impression. Mr. Howard
well knew that for a modification of the
freight at the Etowah Depot, upon a princi
ple which he alledged to be similar to that
wh.ch he claimed in his behalf, I was charg
ed with having made a corrupt arrangement
with the Hon. M A. Cooper. If I had yield
ed to his demand, Mr. Howard and myself
both would have been subjected to the samo
imputation which has been so freely and
lalsely cast upon Maj. Cooper and myself.
I returned to Milledgeville on the 24th of
August, and at my earliest convenience re
plied to Mr. Howard's letter of the 25th of
July. I said substantially, that whilst I
agreed with Mr. How..ri iu many of his views,
1 would not undertake to investigate the
subject of his letter till after the election.
And I assigned as a reason for this postpone
ment, the fact alluded to in the proccding
paragraph, in reference to the Hon. Mark
A. Cooper and myself. I regret that Mr.
Howard did not see proper to publish my re
ply, ns he must have received it before the
4th of September, the day on which the Borne
Courier published his communications.
The appearance ot Mr. Howard before the
public under the circumstances, would seem
to evince rather intemperate haste to exhibit
himself as an aggrieved party, for his letter
of tlie 20th of July is the first intimation
that 1 ever had from him or any one else,
that he was dissatisfied with the rates upon
lime. It is the first intimation that I ever
had that he ever had an arrangement with
the Railroads, in reference to the freights
from his kiln; and therefore the first that
l ever had that that arrangement has been,
if iudeed it was interfered with by the pre
sent Superintendent of the W & A. Railroad.
Even, therefore, if the had uot been
pending, how unreasonablTwas it for him to
demand my peremptory interference with
out examining into the facts and consult
ing with the Superintendaut.
Kei-p-tt ally, &c ,
Herschel V. Johnson.
New Know Nothing Organization.
ITS OBJECTS , PL ASS, OA TIfS AM) XU AL
BERS!
KILL AND AUTHENTIC EXPOSITION OT ITS RITI AL.
From the New York Times, Sept. .'tb.
In the various notices published fiorn tirn
to time of the nominating councils of th
Know Nothings, and the Independent Orde
of Americans, it lias been mentioned that *.l
result seemed to be controlled and broumt
about by an organized clique of person
within the order,—who acted together, \ui
were thus always able to accomplish tibaf
purposes. By the action of this inlak
clique, many nominations have been fommi
upon the Know Nothing Councils, not atltll
acceptable to the great body of the membwSf
and as its organization is net known bcjMtdi
its own limits, many of the know notbtßM
have been greatly puzzled to understand Bm
cause of the movements they have not MtA
around them.
The new party, which has been careHsfly
j and deliberately got up on the same pi la if
; the know nothing party, and with the dings
of controlling that just as that has conftrol
; led others, is called the • •Chicaroons.W-W
j more properly ‘.The Templars,” and ia ir
lieved to comprise at the present time sass
5,000 to 6,000 voters in the city and eoufctj
of New York. By opersting inside of lit
order of know nothings, they have succeejW
in influencing the action of the Eigwk
Eleventh, Sixteenth and Twentieth Wlafi
Councils. The entire know nothing Exclst
i live is controlled by the
j they have thirteen members in the Gr|d
Council of the State of New York. Pm Aw
i to the late Convention at Binghamptoa, •
1 Grand Temple was opened in Syracuse b/
Messrs. Bacon, Bullock and Williams, ft*
the purpose of controlling the action oft&
I successful, and the entire ‘American ticks!,*
j as it is called, is merely the ticket soppe^
ti on upon the Order of United ‘AmwicsM. |
this organisation rendered itself obnoxiff*
its members, they were enabled to I
measures which that party deemed esscuMfil
to its welfare.
The following are the officers ot
n! Ik ;
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