The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-23
GLOUCESTER {. H., VIRGINIA, Oct. 20, 1854


His house sacred a. the fame Of heaven;
Watching, unseen his open door.
Watching the realm, the Spirit of tho Laws:
His fate determined by the rules of right
His voice enacted in the common voice
And general suffrage of TIL assembled realm;
No hand invisible to write his DOOM
No demon starting at the midnight hour
To draw his curtain, or to drag him down
TO mansions OF despair Wide to the world
Disclose the secretssof the prison wallis,
And bid the groanings of the dungeon strike
The public ear Inviolable preserve
The sacred shield that covers all the land
The Heaven-conferrd palladium Of the isle
To Brton's sons-the judgment Of their peers;
On these great pillarr--frecdcm of the mind,
Freedom Of speech and freedom of the pen,
Forever changing, yet forever sure
The base Of Britain restsi'-
We may say that American charters lrve than
con6rned these laws of the Confessor and people
consent given by John to the Bishops
and the Barons at Runnimede, the field Of freedom"
Britain's sons shall come
Shall tread where heroes and where patriots trod
To worship they walk ~
In this country at this time does any think any
thingwould he think aloudwould he speak anything,
would he write anything-his mind is Free his person
safe his property Is secure his house his castle the
spirit of the laws his body guard and his house guard
the fate of is the fate Of ALL measured by the
right; his voice is heard and felt in the
general suffrage of freemen; his trial is in open court
confronted by witnesses and his prison house
has secrets, and he has the Judgment OF hi, peers
and there is naught TO make him afraid long as he
respects the rights of his equals in the eye of the laws
Would he propagate truhtruth is free to combat
anu do her mischief and make night itself grow darker
provided truth left free to follow however slowly with
her torches to light up the wreck Why then should
any portion of the people desire to retire in secret
by secret means to propagate political thought, OF
word or deed by stealth. Why band together exelu-
OF toward some political end2 Ii il be good, why not
make tue good known? Why not think it, speak it write
It, act 1t out, openly and alouds Or is il evil which
oveth darkness rather than light? When there is
cessity to justify secret association for political ends
what else can justify ity caucus may sit in secret to
q
That nay be necessary or convenient; but that
rpat rInar 700 lar ' mere PROPOSED
WHAT Nobody knows. TO do whah Nobody knows.
How organizeds Nobody Knows Governed by whom
Nobody knows. How bound? By what rites' BY what
test oathsS With what limitations aud restraints. No
bcdy-nobody knows. All We know is, that persons
of foreign birth and Of Catholic faith prescribed
aud all others who DO not prescribe them at the
polls This is certainly against The -pir; Of Magma
such il condition OF freedom at home showing no
necessity for such secret organization and its antsgo
nsn, to the very basis Of American rights. And our
comparative native and Protestant strength at home
re tho plea of such necessity still more The statistics
OF Immigration show that from ls2o to lst January 1883
inclusiyeior - years and more 2O Ss foreigners
s~riyed in the United States, at the average OF
1t per annum that the number Of persons Of foreign
birth in the United States l. 2,20 500 that the
number OF natives whites is 57S and Of persoas
whose nativity i ''unknown 1889 154 Query by the
bye what viii sKnow Sothings'' do with the .un-
knowns' The number OF natives persons Of foreign
birth in the United States is 10 |, and the most OF
the later Of course are naturazed In virginia the
whole number OF white natives is sl3,s9 Of persons
boon out Of the State aud in the United States 81 502
making total Of natives OF SCI $685. and the number Of
persons born in foreign countries % $685. So that in
Virginia the number of natives is to the number Of per-
sons born in foreign countries nearly as Us to !.
Agan-The churches of the United States provide ac
eommodatons for Il 233 s25 votaries the Roman Cao
lies for but 66 ,s2S the number Of voares in the Pro
testant to the number in TIE Roman Catholic in the
is 500, 45, the Roman Catholics $50, or los to L.
The number Of ehuEehes in the United States % o6l
81 Catholic churches Gilmore than u to are Pro-
testant In Virginia the number Of churches is $780,
of Catholic churches Is l5-morc than lao to !.
States is 7s2s sol Of Catholic church property is
81, zoo '5o. or to In yiiynis the whole value Of
church property Is s2s5so76; of Catholic church pro
In the United States there are four Protestant sees
either Of which is larger than the Catholics =
The Baptists provide accommodations for 3,24, 0-a
The PIesby terials 2Oie69O
The Congrcgationaiisis cr............... sol SO
Aggregate Of four Protestant sccts 472 o7a
The catholics oo' ,oEs'
Majority OF only four Protestant sects. 1904 $50
Add the EpiscopaliaDs ot5,o9s
Majority of only five Protestant scets 10 ~ sis
In Virginia there five Protestant sects, either OF
which Is larger than the number Of Catholics in the
Bsp;ists az $50 Methodists. s29, vos
Episcopal. - osi Presbyterian io3, ee'
Total .,356
Catholics. '"1o
Majority Of free Protestant sees in Virginia. G5i2o
Or nearly eS 10 j.
Ia the United States, 70
IN T SsS,s 1r: are 70 tie
Ia ibe United States, Observation-Disclosures. q to
IN The 1 a,nisT 81 hurcse i 10 ii: number
OF Catholic
In Tie United states, Observation-Disclosures. 81 to
The saluc OF Protestant church property ia the United
States is 10 the value Of Catholic church property
10
There are four iroesnt sects each OF which Is larger
,han the Catholic IN the United Siates and of the agsre
gate which exceeds the Catholic By majority OF
ssc4 go votaIies and adding one sect smaller b. ma
iorty OF 10, si7,s4s.
than the number OF Catholics in the State, aDd The az
geeste Of which exceeds the Catholics by majority q
eco, 4c6 vo.arics
Now what has such Q majority OF numbers and OF
wealth Of natives and OF Protesians To fear from such
n.noritics of Catholics and naturalizcd czenss What
the necessity for this master majority 10 resors TO Sc
rret organization against such minority put II
fairly: Would they organize at all against the Catholic.
and nntura,ed citizens tho Catholics and naturalised
cisens we're In the like majority OF numbers aud OF
wealth, or IL majores and mnorities we're reversed
To rore in secret with such majority, docs not
fess to something which darcs rot subject itself 10 the
scrutiny OF knowledge and wouli have dscu sion kDo
nothing Of is designs and operations and ends. .annot
the Know Nothings trust TO the leading Protestant
churches 10 defend themselves aud the souls Of AL the
saints and sinner TOO against the nnneoce o. Ca.he
ucst Neht ufy W "
natives 10 guard the land against immigrants In defence
Of the great american Protestant churches venture 10
say ia their behalf, that the Pope and all his priests
combined, net zesous in their Masters work,
in the work for the mastery, than our Kpis-
copa Presbyterian, BAPTIST, Methodist, Lutheran,
and Congregational clergy They are,
whole, church militant, With their armer bright;
they are jealous tnoy jealous, they
wstohfu they are organized, minded however divided
by ssotarsnism, yet banded together against Psraey
aud learned and active, and polite too any brother.
hood OF monks. They need no such political oganxs-
N. end In ~
they favor or countenance Il among thsr gocksS TO
what endS In the name OF their religion, ass them
Why not roly on God9 And do the Know Nothiogs ina
zine that the pride and love of country dead in
hearts that secret organizations are necessary 70
beget now born patriotism to protect as from foreign
1luancef Now Ia defence OF people, say for Them
saat no people upon earth more possessed With ma
tionaiiy as strong passion tbsa the fTeemen % he