The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-28
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. srr1 Know No1lniuE1sm1
Mr. sLkucHsEfs-T -Thsre always has
been, and aways wlH be 4 .pSejudiee a.
gainst anything waiss Ayjssrs Il sfDrui
diaesipg from what bAs precsded ii7-auy.
ching new. 1tsisnatural thai it should be
30: and we do not wonder Chat very viO-
lent opposidonis sohetimes exhibited To-
wards what presents itself 10 US IN a novel
aspect. lift IS an Organization which pro-
poseschanges in existing government and
Legislation. "the People wish to know
whether or no the rsodds ope,dhai Of the
system IS such as win best accomplish the
end contemplated, and that without inter.
fering with any citizens peculiar light
tits principle applicable in every eendi-
tion in life, thsbtO know the character Of
any institntion, We have only to examine
IFS fruits; # .thefuitbe good, the parent
stem will be good and rice .sersa. ~
Now,ifI am asked @hatfiie Know Moth.
ing Society is, where itmce!s, and what is
its mode Of procedure within its secret
precincts, / answer eI,tuow not" Am
asked again, who originatedthis idcswhich
is now causing scla political parties to
quakeand trcmble for THEN future existence.
I'sI know not; and / had almost said,
care abonta much. All that | desire tc
know is. what The fruits.of Know Nothing
ism are-whatlhs praeticalMorkingsofih the
lsystem are. say
i lfthis Society proposes as doubt moi
liz docs-7to eradicate from every. station o.
responsibility. in the government. all the
forms ofRoman Catholicism, / give il tht
right hand Of fellowship. and bid themao
Ispeedi II this Society has for its objee
the diminution Of crime aid paupefism in
Eoa7. country, | say TO our brethren, 60 on.
i If, ina word this organization has ks it
lultimste object tho overthrow Of the PAPA
Icy, and the fostering Of those noble prin
fcipies which lie at the. foundations Of ou
institutions, then repeat, brethren. ION
land the God who fought cur fathers bat
tiles in,times Of yore be with You.
i know thatmany depouace tbis Society
Jas aiming at the overthrow of the prin
7 ciples Of liberation, on which our govern
/. mcnt is based, and hence ought to bcop
posed ina republic. But this isa gros
Misrepresentation, unsubstntiated BY fact
The truth is, this Society tolerates all sect
and claims liberation for all. without re
gard to the, purity of creed, ercept alon,
Those sects whose doctrines inculcate ne
federation to those who do not embrac,
1 their peculiar dogmas. The Roman Cath
tolic isthc only sectin our country wlicl
is unwilling 70 tolerate its, peighbers, as i
clearly proyeubyit its own admission, henc,
it is at once placed in, conflict, with Know
Nothingsn,, which; justly opposes any cree,
Which claims FOR Itself. and where itha
4 the power, endeayors to enforce, universe
/ dominion over the sects. II the Anglican
Church, should endcavor to alIay itself t
our government, asip England, or amy 9th
er protestant sect were to advocate. prin
ciples Of exclusiyeness and intolerance 4
othersects, they would meet with as strons
Opposition from Know Nothipgism as doe
Roman Cstholicity, which, alone, of al
. Ecreeds in the United States, renders hsel
ihtolerable to all others BY, its own intoler
ance. The religion Of Know -Nothingism
or more properly speaking Americanism
is toproteet all religion, and to oppose, ant
be intoierant, if You please, to all intoler
auce; therefore, again | say, brethren,
these be your fruits, Go on a,,w
! 1szA tpss Ssf.s AaDEMOCRAT,.
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