Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-11
blood; to obey the laws and put down
mobs. Rich Dispatch
Tha Know-Nothings.

The Know-N othings.
Rev. B. T. sedwick! (saysthe Fairmont
Yirgintan) informs US that it has been
falsely reported that he had Joined this
secret band of proscrptionfsts. and re-
quests US to publish, as containing his un-
altered views. the following letter, which
he some tine since addressed to the edi-
tor of the Prunytown Gazette:
Nh. ED1roR The Know -Nothings are
attracting considerable attention in our
country. And, sir, they should; for the
enterprise in which they are engaged is
working good or i'll to this nations No
true friend to Christianity and his coun-
try should feel satisfied that either the one
or the other is secure in the hands of a Sc
cret political religious conclave in our midst;
SO secret that you cannot learn from one
of its members its name, or when or where
they meet; and to the plainest question,
asked in connection with this mysterious
IaSSOclation, we receive the unmcaning if
not false answer, Il don't know"
St. Paul remarks, "Shall we do evil
that good may come God forbid. -
This secret deception in a political aOay, to
check Catholic influence and strengthen
that of Professionalism, by ministers OF the
gospel and professors OF religion, is truly
a marvel in land Of Bibles.
In the times Of men Of faith in Divine
Providence and his many rich and pre-
cious promises, we read Of holy men of
old meeting together in the name of the
God Of jacob; and when they had all pray.
ed, the place was shaken where they were
assembled together, and they were all fill
ed with the Holy Ghost; and they spake
the word of God with holiness; and the
word OF the Lord grew and multiplied; and
the disc Piles went every where preaching
mot politics in the form of Know Moth
. ingism, or any other political ism. but
Christ and the Resurrection. But iu these
days Of sectArlanlsm-of religious show
: aud pride-When the devil is doing a large
amount of the management of the affairs
of what is called the Christian church, in
our land-Prcachers and laymen are first
and foremost in falling into ranks, if some
one of the political parties Of our country.
. to carry the day, starts up something like
, "CathOlicism;" when these political lead
ers have as much love for Professionalism
or Catholicism as they have for the "Oli
Boy" How they laughed in their sleeves
in l84O and "A. in Witnessing their 5 &c
cess in drawing off ministers from their
one work into what is called the "mud and
mire Of political strife" Doubtless hun
dreds of precious souls we're lost through
the misconduct of professors of religion on
; those occasions,
And here we are again on the eve OF
another such political war, only tenlold
; more to be dreaded than any thing we
have ever realized on this continent.
Although my opinions and feelings are
with the Wing party, must express the
belief that the party called know Moth
ings" is Native American Wing party,
, organizing for the next Presid, ntial cam.
paign; and Catholicism is the bugbear to
brighten those busting. busy Christians
who have little or no faith in the God OF
the Bible, to join them. and in this new
freak in politics, make Wing President.
Now, sir. wish political men to do :heir
best in their own way to gain their objects
but am bound before God, and by the
love l have for the Christian churches, to
warn all to stand off from all pol tical par
ties, no matter how laudable may be their
pretensions. They can VOte to support the
good and put down the bad, and oDen{Q
: say what is in them on all questions that
have to do with our civil aud religious
freedom; but AS they love the cause OF
God. and desire their cOunlrv's welfare
let them have nothing to do with secret
political societies.
France was cursed with inidelty in a
reign of "terror," in The days of the Jlco
bins, and Germany ruined by the Mumi-
naH-Political secret orders protesting tu
do good for their country, but proved a
curse instead of a blessing.
, The Catholics rule our country p
What farce. There are more Bap, lists
or Methodsts, without saying word
about the host Of other ProrestantS, count
ing their men, women and children AS such
. ooh but" say they. "CathoIics are com
ing into our country by hundreds Of thou
sands annually" So they may. but we
have native-bO citizens by the million;
and so, lot them come; we can number ma
' tive Americans faster by far than Catho-
lies can reach the "land of the free and
the home Of the brave"
= And those who are not content to trust
: God in his promises, in the use OF Gospel
means TO ill the whole earth with riyhte-
BUSINESS. but join in with religious political
hnow-Nothing Jesuitism, to pu. down Ro.
man Jesuitism, should bear in mind that
though their cause be good one, the
means they have adopted to carry their
: point is of piece with the secret Jesuit
; ism of Rome: and that all such plans are
trusting to the arm Of flesh at the ballot
; box. instead of relying upon the arm of
the Lord.
Though this is free country. and we
can join what party we please, yet we must
give an account at the great day. The
Lord save the Church
! B. F. SEDWICK.
P. S.-Mr. Editor. am influenced to