Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-05

important patronage dispensing station
in The qift Of tho President, and that too
to mai the Catholic vote at the r ,.!
; IL n election of 1852, for its dist'n-
ruished service. Gen. Scott was nom,
S for President in the last National
canvass because twas thought he could
cnrrv the Catholic vote, and it was only
because he was out-bi9 that he failed to
receive it. No Catholic vote in the
market, oh? Aye! there is, and a tre'
mendous one, and vote that Politicians
Of all parties have been bidding for at
Presidential, State, County and Num-
cipal Auctions, with but too much sue
cess in times past. :,
Nor are we wanting in evidence that
they know the potency Of the m"s%e'
argument. They have arms secreted IN
in their Cu,hedrals to-day, aud bayonets
That glitter no, now in the sunlight. 1t
oaly needs that popular excitement,
however, call them forth, and every Ca
,bedral is fort, every window port
hole, and every Jesuit is an armed sol.
dierl So it was in Philadelphia few
wears ago; SO it was in Wheeling when
Bedini, the murderer of Eago Bassi and
the butcher Of patriots sought quarters
among Virginia Proiesta"ts .l q.
Again. want to know Of those men
who oppose the American movement,
and cry pence, peace,wi'h uplified hands
and try to hush the murmurs Of impa.
,iencc uttered in earnestness by Ameri.
can citizens, what office has Romoaism
assigned, in his country, to Tic secret
society of"Sanjilesti?" These men are
clamorous against secret religious and
political organizations, and cry danger
10 the Union from that source, will they
divine the meaning and intent of that
hidden arm CT Romanism. A secret
Jesuitical organization, whose patron
Sain, is the bloody Bsdiui, is organized
in this country. Will these patriotic
champions Of the Constitution, &C., tell
us what great Republican mission it is
to achisye-how it will maintain the
Constitu,ion-what relation it bears TO
the Declaration of Independence-and
in what chapter of the Bill Of Rights it
has peculiar Will they not then
tell us the peculiarly Republican foa.
lures of the secret society Of santidesli'
tina, called Jesuit Nuncio, with papers
from the Pope, from Rome to America,
10 be master of ceremonies, and the or
deulist generalisstmo Of its propagation
in this country! Surely, knowing SO
much about secret societies, as they pro-
fess, their enlightened vision can pene-
trate the Jesuit cloister, and reveal the
hidden things of Sanfdos,i! Or failing
in this could they not find a Judas for
the occasion, who for thirty pieces ofsil-
YER, or an office, would pass the outer
guard, take the Jesuit oath, and rerea'
the secrets of the Sanfdesti society as
soon as he returns to daylight and liber,
ty? But if that is asking too much q q
item, l will be satisfied with correct an.
swers to four preceding interrogatones.
AS long as Romanism unaermines, the
true American will countermine-while
they 90 to the polls as Church, Amer.
leans will 20 to the polls as people
THIS is Their RIGHT, tbs their SECURITY.
Let us regard the patriotic warning
of the revered Washington, TO keep a
Jealous eye upon the aggressions of for
eign influence, whether from a Govern
ment or its menials; nor forget the ad-
monilion of Lafayette to resist the az
cressions of Jesuitical cunning. Lot us
open our eyes to the facts as they exist,
nor turn away from full examination
of the signs Of the times. We have the
lamp of experience to guide our feet, a
voice of warning from the past, threat
ening cloud on the verge ofthc horizon
and we may DO wise in time. If we
guard well our Liberties from the two
corrupting sources already cited, they
are secure-if we rebuke not these in
fluenccs, in the political aspect they have
assumed, there is trouble and perhaps
bloodshed in the future.
In conclusion. lhave not noticed the
declarations or essays of the opposers
of the Known othings because ! do moi
believe they know 'aNabOat ttem.' Nc
organization as intelligently and Loyalty
composed as this American association
would wish to disiranchise intelligent
foreigners, 10 wagea crusade against the
Catholic religion, or the Constitution
Will The political changes of recen
! date bear any such Interpretation, or is i
probable that any great portion OF ,h'
American people would enlist in such {
heterogeneous crusade! No! The Sc
cret Of these political wiseacre's op
position to--they don't kaog wAat-l
that something disturbs shoir dreams Q
Office and political advancement, ant
they don't want the old political parties
to be confused or interrupted, or new
game marked out on the political chos
board. They have become used t.
trucking to anything and everything
that promised coles, and they begin t.
SEQ and feel that "Olhello's occupation'