The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-09-01
THE HoN. sTErHEN DOUGLAS AND
KNOW NoTHrNes.

On tie 4th 81 July the Senator of Nebraska
fame made speech Ii Philadelphia denouncing
the new order Of Know Nothinea. Be dWelt
with holy horror upon tie horrible oaths that ore
imposed upon the members when admitted and
Bunkumised extensively upon the injustice 81 their
prescription upon foreign born citizens. He said
our fathers once owed allegiance to the crowned
heads 81 Europe that the Pilgrim Fathers were
driven from their native land By religious perse.
cution. We quotes
Your own beautiful city Of Philadelphia stands
q living monument and trust il may stand an
eternal monument, Of their gratitude to God for
having removed them from the scenes Of their
troubles toa quiet and peaceful home On the banks
of the Delaware, which, ii the fallness Of their.
hearts and IN faith that the spirit Of religious per
sscution would never again reach them nor spring
up among them, they called the City Of Brother-
II Love" Cheers and applause
THE Catholics, who ID turn, we're Oppressed and
pursued BY those who had felt the rod Of their
power, found an asylum upon the banks Of the
Chesapeake and called their little colony after
their ayorite Queen Mary, to which circumstance
the State Of Maryland owes her name and origin.
"The gallant cavaliers, who, after having per
secuted the Pilgrims and driven them from the
kingdom under Charles ], were in turn routed and
pursued BY Cromwell, with his invincible army Of
Round Heads. until they fed to Virginia, where
they established the Church Of England.
The Huguenots, who settled in South Carolina
were also refugees from religious persecution"
True, Mr.. Douglass You remember your
history lessons well-but such defamation would
better become sophmore than one invested with
the robes of United States Senator. We know
nothing about the Know Nothings but by what
we guess Of their creed, they intend to save the
country from religious persecution, and not to In
yolye her in It. We feel at liberty to assert for
them that they do not object to Roman Religion,
but to Roman politics. It lis not a year ago that
the organ of the. Bishop of st. Louis asserted
boldly that if the Roman Catholic Religion should
ever prevail in this country as At no doubt srould
at no distant dag, Religious freedom would be at
an end. There was one burst of Indignation
throughout the country at this bold assertion The
secular press of St Louis attempted to apologize
for and palliate this monstrosty, believing it was
mistake of the Editors-but the Bishop grew
bold after Bedeni's confidential communication,
reasserted the obnoxious threat, and said there
was no use in Disgusting the fact that every Ro-
man Catholic knew. The Church was iafallible
and therefore intolerant. Only the other day in
New Orleans, the Flag of the United States was
seen floating above the Jesuits College surmount-
ed by the Gross and other emblems Of the order
of Jesuits. The chief Of the Police waited on
the holy () Father at the head Of the College and
requested him to take itdoWn. The Jesuit obey
ed, because he knew well enough that the polite
request was sort Of ano compulsion honey, only
yon must The.arguments Of senator Douglas,
and his adroit bringing up to memory the hor-
rors of Religious persecution, helped the cause Of
Know Nothings more than any speech that could
have been made in their favor. We viii now
whisper secret in the Honorable Senator's ear.
We have never told it before, but here it is--two
thirds of his audience that warm day on Indepen-
dence Square,were members Of the Society he was
denouncing and while he was speaking, an invisi-
bic halter was slipped round his neck that viii
press the political life out of him.
| At the close Of his remarks, he calls on the
Democracy to unite in crushing this new enemy
to the civil and Religious liberty of American
citizens. He says it is Abolitionism and Whig-
ism and Natiyeism combined against Democracy.
We rejoice that at about the same time in the Sen
ase Mr.. Seward washed his hands and cleared the
black skirts Of the Abolition party Of Know
Nothingism. Mr.. Seward was smarter than Doug
las, he knew the halter was round his own neck
and he spoke as men always do from the gall0Ws
earnestly. We thank God for that speech-for
it exonorates without any other defence, the new
party from the foul charges of Douglas. We
quote Mr.. Douglas closing remarks:
"These are the issues which the Democratic
party Of the Nation have to meet and maintain
before the people in all the States. Let no CON
sideration Of partizan policy ar temporary advan-
tage induce US to sWeryea hairs breadth from our
principles. If we meet the questions fairly and
directly, and fight the battle boldly, and should
even suffer temporary defeat, yet we win have.
the proud satisfaction of knowing that we have
saved our honor at the same time that glorious
triumph awaits US in the future.
Then, fellow democrats, let Us stand BY our
arms, and be ready to fight the allied forces of alb
olitionism, whigsn, natiYeism and religious into-
rance, under whatever name and whatever field
they may present themselves.
And if after strugglingas our forefathers strug-
ged for centuries in their native land against civil
and religious persecution weand our children shall
be finally borne down and trampled under the