The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-09-03


speak row because we have the right
to do SO, and the strength from the
people to support us. How long this
is to be the prerogative Of the Ameri-
can citizen we fear to predict. The
will to establish, an inquisatorial tri-
bunal, is in our midst, but it has not
yet the strength to show itself.
Ng- A writer III the Liberty (Mi)
Advocate. who signs himself '1sNos-
co., in regard to the Know Nothings
in that town, makes few remarks Oh
the subject Of "know Nothingsm,' in
the following manner
"That their intention is good, | can
not doubt, unless [ call in question
the integrity and honesty Of thousands
and tens of thousands of Americans,
among whom can be found the names
of men, who have already been tried
in the fire of patriotism without the
loss Of weight accounted Well nm
der these circumstances, would it not
be we'll, for newspaper Editors and
writers generally, to withhold their
sweeping denunciations. and cease as
tributing to these men unholy motives
and designs, when from the very ma
ture Of the case, and the profoundly
of the secrecy, in which they have
hitherto developed their actions, they
must "knotc uothing' about them or
their motives 1t seems to me that
this would be the course of discretion
and wisdom. For instance, MIR Doug
las, in late speech upon the subject,
delivered in Philadelphia, to con
gregation of Foreigners and Catholics
made the following remarks :
"That this secret society the Know
Noihinss) binds its members by the most
solemn obligations to prescribe every man
who wofships God according TO the Roman
| Catholic faith. no matter to what race he
may belong or where he was born
The members Of this political society,
called Know Nothing take upon them
selves solemn oath. by which they shall
stand pledged to raise up religious test as
qualification for office. IN the very teeth
of the Constitution. by prescribing men on
account Of their religious faith T.
It is evident that Mr.. Douglass
does not belong to this organization
and can't "know nothing Gifts prin-
ciples. How presumptuous and re-
gardIess Of veracity, therefore. has he
acted in this matter. He has given
his conjecture for truth, and in so do
ing. has, most certainly, been guilty
Of an understandable falsehood. For
feel confident (it matters not how |
have gained this coniidence) that the
principles above stated, as coming
from Mr., Douglass form no part Of
the "know Nothing" platform. The
notorious fact, that many of its most
influential and jealous members in
Louisiana, are of the Roman Catholic
faith. bellies the assertion, and places
this unlimited aspirant for Presiden-
tal honors, in an unenviable predica-
ment. So it must be with every one,
who prefers to hold himself aloof from
a knowledge Of the facts and yet will
give his opinion or conjecture Of its
objects, as truth. There is a plain,
common sense way of finding out its
objects, and thus all who will, may
avoid the position assumed by the
honorable gentleman, above alluded
to-"
A new sect Of religionists has re-
Gently sprung up in England. who
take the name of Disciples They
believe THAT Christ will appear in
1864 that the Russians will triumph
over the Turks, and the Jews over
the Russians the latter event will
happen i'll ten years time, when the
Jews will become a nation in the
Holy Land, and that Christ will be-
come their king; that Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. and the rest righte,
ous Jews Of old, and the few elect
among Christians will rise from the
dead, and live forever in Palestine ;
that the heathens and wicked Jews
and Christians will sleep eternally.