The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-12-06
ONl.Y, NEAR ONANcocK, Va,

Only, NEAR ONANCoCK, Va,
Sept. 49, 1854.
To -: Dear Sir: now proceed TO
give ycu the reasons for the opinions ex-
pres,e in my letter of the 81 inst, as fully
as my leisure will permit.
said that did not
"thiuk that the present state Of affairs in this
try Is such as to Justify the torma en by the people
otany SECRET POLITICAL society"
The laws Of the United States--federaI
and State laws-dsc,are and defend the lib
critics of our people. They are free in every
srnse-free in the sense of Magma Charta,
and beyoad Magma Charta-iree by the sur
passing franchise of American charter, W hich
makes them sovereign, and their wills the
sources Of constitutions and laws.
Ifthe Archbishop might say to King John
s. ALet every Bri,on, as his mind, be free;
Ills person safe; his property secnrei
HIS house as sacred as the taneo heaven;
Watching, unseen, his ever open door,
Watching the realm, the Spirit OF he Laws
a Ills fate determined by the rules OF right;
Ills voice enacted i'll the common volce
And general suffrage OF tn assembled realmi
EE No hand invisible TO write his doom;
No demon starting 1.-THE midnight hour'
it 70 draw his curtniu, or to drag hlm down
70 mansions of despair Wide TO the world
Disclose the secrets OF the prson walls
@ And bid the groanings fine dungeon strike
The public ear. lnyioable preserve
The sacred sh Id that covers all the land---'
The heaven -conferr'd palladium OF the Isle
'- 'r1 Briton's sons--the Judgment o thelr peers;
.f. 4 Ga these gre at piows--lreedom OF the mlnd'
freedom Of speech and freedom OF tie pen.
Forever changing, yet forever sute--t ..'.f
The base OF Britain rests = .sg a,
We m.y say thar our American charters
have more than confirmed these laws o tht
ConeSsor, and our people have given t'
them "as free, as full and MS sovereign
A.consent" as was ever given by John 10 th'
Rishops and the Barons "at Runnimede, the
.ieM oflrecdom, TO which il was sad:
#.s "Rritain' sons shlIl come.
Shall tread vie h roes und wherepn'riots trod
To worship us tley walk! EEL. -. ..-.
' In this country at this time, does any MAJ
think anything--wouM he think aloud
would he speak anything--wouId he WRIT
apytblny-his mind is tree, bis person is sale
his properly is secure, his house is his castle
, ah. spirt Of the laws is his boIy-guard ans
dis house. guard the fate of one is The tat'
sof all, measured by the same common rhI'
of right; his voice is heard and leit IN tn'
general suffrage of freemen; his trlal is II
omen count, confronted by witnesses and ac
cusers; lis prsonhouse has no secrets, an'
be has the judgment Of his peers: anu Iher'
is nought t. make him afraid, SO long as h'
RESPECTS the rights OF his equals in the ey'
of the Ilws. Would he propagate truth
truth is free to combtt error Would he pro
po,ste error-errur itself may stalk abroad
and do her mischief aul make night itseI
,row darker, provided Truth is left free t.
y follow. however slowly, with her torches t.
g., lish, up the wreck! Why then should an
portion Of I-e people desire TO retire IN secret
and by secret means to propagate a polinea
ahougbt, or word or deed by Stealth? VIII
hand together, exclusive of others, to
aornethinr which all may not know OF, tc
ward some political end? If be good, VIII
not m Ike the good known? Why not thin
1t, speak it, write it, act it out, openly an
aloud? Or is it evil, which loveth darl
..a ness rather than light? when there is
necessity to- justify secret ASSOCIATION ft
q, political ends, what else can Jusuly II!
caucus may SIT in sacret to consult on IN
general policy of a great public party. 'Fhi
NAV be necessary or convenient, but that
ven is re ,,rehen.ible ifcarried too far. 81
here is proposed great primary, nation
oryanizatlon. in its incepuoh-- What? Mob
DIV kpows. To DO what? Nobody know
How organized? Nobody knows. Cover
ed by whom? Nobody knows. How bounC
saJBv what rites? BY what test oath? Wi
what limitations and restraints? Nobody
i nobody knows! All we know is, that perso
OF foreign birth and of Catholic faith a
proscribed, and so are all others who don
nroseribe them at th4 polls. This is certai
IL against the spirit of Magma Charta
.s. saeh is our condition of freedom at HON
showing no necessity for such secret orga
ization and its ausagonism 10 the very oa
az American rights. And our comparatr
native and Protestant strength AZ home
u Dsls the plea of such necessity stil!9m
Ii rhe statistics Of immigration show that ir(
A. lsaO to lst January, 1924. inclusive. for
years and more, 3.204. 848 foreigners arri
ed in the United States, at the average rs
of l0O,I5I per annum; that the number
persous Of foreign birth. now in, the Unit
States is 2,2lO, ,839;. that the number OF
sives, whites, is I7,737. 578, and Of persc
whose nativity Is a'unknown" is 30, II
lQaeryt by the by. What will ''know no
inys1 dowithlt the "unkaewn?") J The nu
., Der OF natives to persons Of foreign bir't
the Unite d States is as 8 to I, and the M
@Rl az the lStt I, Of course, are nsturalized.
Virginia the whole number Of white natl
lasis sI3, ,89t; OF persons bornoutsof ,the 81
ana lin the United States, r57, 5oe. maxim
r,te.aI Of natives Of 87l 1893; and tbe mum
az persons born iu fortis countries is
s'f 9S5! IS ,hatin Vifgihia'the number OF
tS$a fsHeid sNra