New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-20

properly called on to make declaration You are ,sssssoe
liberty to publish the accompanying paper
an. yours respectfully, HENRY A. WISE
ONLY NEAR OSASoocK, Va, Sept Is. 1884.
To -; Dear SIR: 1 now proceed to give ycs
the for the opinions expressed IN Letter
of the Cd inst, as fully as my leisure will permit
thlpL that pre.en, q Affairs this country s.ek
jr,'gp the formation BY the people Of SECRET
The laws OF the United States-federal and State
laws-declsre and defend tho liberties Of oar people,
They are free in every sense-free in the sense Of
Magns Chsrta, and beyond Magma Chsrta-free by
the SURPRISING franchise Of Amer1cdn charter, which
makes ikSn sovereign, and thelr psls the a
c0nstfHtons and lars.
If the Archbishop might say TO King John
Let every Br,ou 80 bis mind be free;
Ills person safe; bis property secure
Eishog'e as sacred s' the fare q heaven.
watohtns. e''ern; b, ere, OF. Sosr,
Ms tote determined By u, ,His. er,fgh;
Bis roses ndsed in IA rstes
Asd Sen>rai ssffrags II a. as,e~blea rusis;
No Aaaa iasl'sbts 70 s,,s As doo-;
No dsnca starting AT he hsfdngh AoEy.
To s.s. 4. ; ss :, srsE s,r Doe, .,,
D,'eios. ne 'ers, Of IA pr''ea raIi',
lad bid A,Syoaniss' Of ne dsageoa strske
The sacred shield that cover. all the land
To Britons sons-ae jSds~eas Of tles perrss
on tss.s sFsS. Pls srS S's =, s'd
Fcrrrev ohaagirg VET J6vr-sr
The base Of brtfafs rssts'-
We NAV say that our American charters have more
than confirmed these laws of the Confessor and our
people have given TO them as free, full and 40
i sovereign a consent as was ever given by John to
the Bishops and the Bsrons at Runnimede the halA
" of freedom, TO which il was said;
Brtsip's shalt come.
Shall tread whore heroes and where patriots trod.
To worship as they wslk"
In this country, at this time, does any man think
apything-would he think aloud-would he speak
anythDg-would he write snythng-his mind Is free,
=. a.fa has 60 "a H..
his castle the spirit of the laws is his body guard and
his house guard the fate of one is the fate " ALL
measured by the same common rule OF right his voice
IL heard and felt in the general suffrage Of freemen;
bs trial is in open court confronted by witnesses and
nccusers his prison house has secrets and he has
the Judgment Of his peers and there is nought to
make him afraid go long he respects the rights OF
his equals in the eye of the laws. Would he propa
cato truth-truth is tree 10 combat Would ho
propagate erroi-error itself may stalk abroad aud do
her mischief and make night itself grow darker. pro-
yided Truth ia left free to follow however slowly.
with her torches TO light up the wreck, Why, thea,
should any portion Of the people desire to retire in
cret and BY secret means 10 propagate political
thought, or word, or deed, by stealth Why band
toe ether exclusive of others 10 do something which
ali may not know Of, toward some political end II
II be good why not make the good kn0psf Why
not think IT, speak IT, write IL, act II out openly and
aloud Or is it evil, which oyoth darkness rather
than light when there is Hecessny 20 justify
cret sooiaton for political ends, what else just
~ M caucus may sit in secret TO consult tho
general policy of great public party. 1hst may be-
necessary convenient but that even Is repreherbe
feared TOO But here proposed great primo
nv nationsl organization, In Ire inoeption-what
kobody kn0rs To do whatf Nobody kn0rs. Hov
organized Nobody kaops. Governed by whom 7
hoJody knOps How bound BY what rites by
what test oaths With what limitations and re-
s,raints Nobody nobody knows All we know
Is that persons OF foreign birth and Of Cahotie Jaik
are proscribed, and all others who do not pro-
scribe them at the polls. This is certainly against
the spirit Of Magma Charta.
Such is our condition Of freedom at homo showing
no necessity for such secret organization rad It's
tagonism to the very basIs OF American rghts. And
our comparative native and Protestant strength at
home repels the plea Of such necessity still more
The statistics OF immigration she" that from 1920 10
LIST January, 1852 inclusive, for ~ years and more,
o 2O4 s4s foreigners arrived in tho United States at
the average rate of 100, Isl per annum; that the
number of persons Of foreign birth in the United
States Is Z, 80 s39; that the number Of natives,
whites, ia 1871, 57s and Of persons whose nativity
il uakhOUH is - l5i. Query: by the by, Whar
will " knotc- nOtAings" do with the "Hakn0vnf1
The number Of natives TO persons OF foreign birth in
the United States is TO ], and the most Of tho
latter of course, are Doturaitsed. In Virginia the
whole number Of white natives II sl3, e3l OF persons
horn out of the State and in the United States 81 J02
making total Of natives Of "a $685. and the number
OF persons born in foreign countries il ,953 SO
that in Virginia the number OF natives Is 10 tho
number OF persons born In foreign countries nearly
o. sc TO l.
Again, The churches OF the United States provide
accommodations for IL 234, 1915 yOtsries the Roman
Catholics for but COZ s2J the number Of yotaries In
the Protestant to the number In the Roman Catholic
10 the United States to l. In Virginia the whole
pumber il ESQ 43G the Roman Catholics 300, lo3
10 l.
The number Of churches in the United States u
80 O6I of Catholic churches Gilmore than 81 70
are Protestant. In Virginia the number OF churches
is 1888; Of Catholic churches is l7-more than lto
TO Il.
Tho whole value Of church property in the United
States is $50 32s SOL Of Catholic church property IL
CO. 2Js,75s or to l. In Virginia the whole value Of
church property is s2,s56,O76; Of Catholic church
property. sl26, 100, or % 10 ].
In the United States there are four Protestant sects
either Of which is larger than the Catholics;
The Bsptsts provide s1odAtios 51T013
The hethsdss iof f5sjIy
zV3c3o
The CongTe gzfionnists Solsb
Of four Pro'sstan. sect. f7lgzJ
The CeloLos
Msorify Of only four Protestant sects..".. ~ zs
Add the Eptsee1shsns Tor efSSs
Majority Of only Eve Protestant seets.......'nt0Iss
IN Virginia there are FIVE Protestant sects either N
which is larger than the number Of Catholics In tho
State.
gs,,ir. ,.. 2l7 80 Methodisis.
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