Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-02
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, in the Departments have nbroooa ,h,, "a.
ana that they will. in the can;n, ..I aI.,;'
Iose ior Their candidate for the maToraity I,
Is Iurther sad that no less thar 250 - a.
employees IN the Washington citv nayv - 30 an
the very men who are to constr r,ict one 90 a.
vessels destined TO bear the American aarN
the ensign Of American libsrty-haye enroI1ed
themselves with this order Are such ,nos
az TO construct the hulk of a vessel which is
% bear upon its deck our noble hearted naval
oihcers, and seamen and marines Itappcars
70 me almost as a mockery that such men
snouid be employed 20 build an American
| vessels. Would il not be as right and proper.
nay; wouldit not be more So for the Secretary
pl pne Navy 70 say that none but those who
jnu neats 'nat throb with the true American
! senlments, shall strike a stroke OF work uporr
the noble timbers which are 20 eens.itnte its
parts i may hereafter say something ON
| this point 0iN
1t is believed that large sums Of money have
been transmitted TO the executive board of
the " Know Nothings'' of this city. from the
oraer IN the cities of Baltimore, Philade phi a,
New York and Boston, to secure the election
of the " Know Nothing" candidate for the
mayoralty. AS an evidence of il, men here
tofore not known 10 have money, are willing
20 wager thousand dollars upon the result.
titiZens OF Washington, properly holders, me-
chanics and laborers, and office holders. ALI
wno are interested In the dignity and charac-
YER and permanent prosperity of the city, are
you willing that il shall be purchased out
reputation, all, abby this unr light eous order
Ihe continued existence of the orie. in the
United States, depends in a great measure
upon the success they may meet with here
They believe that il they succeed la installing
their princir,c- into power at the seat of the
Federal Government that it will give digr ity
In in -
give impetus to the spread OF its principles
throughout the land. They believe that after
having conquered this city, projected by the
immortal Washington, and which bears his
haliowed name, that they viii 90 on to con-
quer and to conquering, and spread their des.
picable doctrines throughout the land Oh.
how would the blessed spirit of the great
Washington recoil from the scene. were he 70
look down upon earth, and see the sentiments
and principles which he warred against whilst
here, endorsed by the people of this city,
and exalted into the dignity of power In the
person OF him whom the Know Nothings might
elect
Supposing that some might believe from my
previous remarks that / am Catholic, and
probably foreigner, deem it proper to say
that am neither. I am q native born citi-
zen, and no Catholic. L have the most exalted
opinion, however, Of Catholicity. and am not
yet without hope that faith may come. There
is as much, doubtless, of the true principles OF
in the Catholic system, as any
other practised upon earth. At the same time
here say that am opposed to any connection
between Church and State and there is no
Catholic in this land who desires il. 1 would
not trust any sectariap power in the admins
tration of government. Hencethe reason that
have hastily written this long communica-
tion with the view to assist in putting down
know NothingisIn, which has taken the in
cipient steps to bring about such a result in
this country. Catholicity and Professionalism
have both had their day in the administra ton.
of political power in the old world beth have
caused human blood to pour In torrents. Such
is always the natural effect of such q union
1t was never designed by Providence that his
church and political power of the world should
be connected They arc inconsistent with
each other Politics ID certain to corrupt the
church and the church to contaminate the Gov
The minds of those only who are uninfiu-
enced or untrammelled by sectarianism-what-
ever may be the sect 10 which they belong
have the power to investigate and comprehend
the Divine economy which was instituted for
the government and the present and ultimate
happiness of man. The study Of nature alone
serves to elevate and give renewed capacityto
tho mind to comprehend the wisdom of that
God instituted a fixed moral law
for the government Of man, conformity To
which would have made, as it may yet make.
this world n paradise. Sectarians instead Of
investigating, that they may comprehend the
truth that the Christian dispensation was in
stituted to bring man back to the great first
;,ri nciple-to replace him in the position to-
wards the Creator he occupied primarily un-
der the law, waste their time in a conformity
to the mechanical and visible systems which
strike the senses alone, and divert the mind
from the elevated principle which should pos
sess it, and blunts the sensibilites of the heart
which should always be glowing with love
towards God more ardent than any that can
be excited towards visible things. True Chris
tianity, in which the heart and the mind are
brought in subjection to the great fixed moral
law, never seeks to persecute-neyer imagines
that there is no right but that possessed by self
1t comedies freedom of conscience, il pro-
fesses charity and practices it, 1t sympsthises
in woes and sustains human rights. 1t
acknowledges the rights of all creeds, and
maintains the supremacy Of the law. But the
christianity Of the present day, as judged by
its practice, as established by the new order
of christians, the Nnow- -Nothings, have none
of these virtues. They are for persecuting the
Catholics, order Of christians known for
fifteen hundred years before Professionalism,
which they advocate, had an existence on
Garth. An order of christians which preserved
in their purity the Scriptures even through
the dark ages Of the w0rld,-wh en- il was be-
nixhted, and the order of Know -Nothingism
Aad its fall sway, should not be prescribed by
modern christianity, whose loveis limited to a
particular circle.
The best basis for religion is at last con-
:ormity to those laws instituted by the Maker
for the government and preservation Of his
works. There is no violation Of the physical
law by man, that does not bring its evil conse-
quences upon himself. So it is with the
moral law A non-conformity TO these, is the
source of all the misery and unhappiness in
he world. 1t is idle to suppose that these
laws can be disregarded with impunity. The
violation of either, once committed, brings its
consequent effects. These effects are unavoid-
able, and are ineurable, unless the Creator, In
his mercy, intervene his power. All the vice
Of the age, the immortality, the physical de-
torIIity, the debasement Of the mind, oil are
the efects-of a disregard Of the great fixed
laws made for the government Of the universe
and principally for man The effects not only
exist with the man who commits the violation
f the law, but is transmitted to his descend
Onts. They are visible in deformity of person
and viciousness of propensity. This order now
seeking to raise its head amongst us TO i'm
pair that which is good and great, is but the
growth of those vicious principles, the effect OF
tho violation Of the great laws of which
speaks -.s-
The remarks In regard to Christianity may
not be considered pertinent In discussing tho
merits of this new Christian order-the Know
Nothings;-but when the reader reflects that
that order design engrafting upon the Govern
Inent a-particular Christian creed the iustif =