Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-11-29
CLARKsBURC, WEDNESDAY, NOvEMBER seth, 1854.

: out the light of truth, it protested agains
: prescription, bigotry and intolerance. !
r loosened all tongues and fought the owl
and bats of night with the light Of meri
dian day. The arguments of Know
/ Nothings is the argument of silence. Th
order ignores all the knowledge. Ant
its prescription can't arrest itself within
the limit of excluding Catholics aud natu
rallied citizens. II must prescribe native!
and Protestants both, who will not consen
turalized citizens. Nor is that all i; il
must not only applysto birth and religion
it must necessarily extend itself to the
business of life as well as to political pre-
ferments. The instances have already
occurred. Schoolmistresses have been
dismissed from schools in Philadelphia,
and carpenters from building in Gin
Cinnati.
4th. It is not only opposed to the Refor-
nation and Professionalism, but it is oppo-
sed to the Faith, Hope and Charity OF the
Gospel. Never was any triumph more
complete than that of the open conflict o
ProtestanLs against tho Pope and Priest
craft. They did not oppose prescription
because it was policy of Catholics but
they oppose Catholics becausesthey emf
ployed prescription. Prescription; not
Catholics, was the odiuul to them. Here,
now, is KnowNothingism combating
prescription and exclusiveness. with pro-
scription and exclUsiveness, secrecy with
secrecy, Jesuitism with Jesuitism. Toll
Grafton, by American example, had be-
gun its march throughout tho earth. II
trusted in the power of truth, had faith in
Christian love and charity, aud in the
certainty that God would decide the con
test. Here, now, lis an Order proposing
to destroy the Effect of our moral example.
The Pope himself would soon be obliged,
by our moral suasion. to yield to Protes-
tants in Catholic countries their privileges
cf worship and rites of burial But. no,
the proposition now is, to fight the De-
vii with fire." and to prescribe and
exclude because they prescribe and ex
clude. And they take up the weapons of
POpery without knowing how to WELD
them half so cunningly as the Catholics
do. The Popish Priests are rejoced to
see them giving countenanCe 10 their ex-
ample, and expect to make capital and
will make capitalout OF this step backwards
from the progress OF the Reformation
Professionalism has lost nothing by tolera-
ton, but may lose much by prescription
5th. 1t is against the peace and purity
of the Protestant Church in aid of Priest
craftcraft within their folds, to secretly
organize Orders for religions combined
with political ends. The world-I mean
the sinners world-will be set atiwar with
the sects who unite in this crusade against
! tolerance and freedom OF conscience and
OF speech. Chrst's Kingdom, is not Of
this world, and frecmcn will not submit
to have the Protestant any more than the
Catholic Churches attempt to influence
political elections. without q struggle
from without. And the churches from
within must reach Il point when they
must struggle among themselves and
with cGehFothcr. Peace is the fruit OF
righteousness. and righteousness and
peace must flee away together from a
fierce worldly war for secular power
And the churches must be corrupted, too,
as evil passions, hatred, and jealousy, and
ambition, and envy. and revenge, and
strife and temptations steal away the
hearts Of votares from the humble SER
vice Of the "meek and lowIy Jesus"
Protestant Priestcraft is cousin GERMAN to
Catholic; and where is the this TO end
but IN giving to our Protestant Priests
the worst of them, 1 mcan-such as will
put on the livery of Heaven to serve tho
Devil ina control of political power,
and thus to bring about the worst union
which could be devised, of Church and
State 4? The State will prostitute and
corrupt any Church, and any Church will
tenslaYe any State. Corrupt our ProLes
tant Priests as the Catholics have been,
with temporal and political power, and
! they viii be of the same ' old leaven''-
the same old beast-the same old OK &C.
ing about with straw in his mouth -
And when willN the war of sccts end /?
When the Protestant Priests have got
ten the power, which OF their sects is to
prevail? The Catholic prescribed, which
denomination next is to fall? The Episcopal
Church, my mother Church, is denounced
! by some as the bastard daughter of the
whore of Rome. Is she next to be put
upon the list of prescription And.when
she is excluded, how are the Pedestrians
and Armenians to agree among them
selves? Which is to put up the Governor
for Virginia or the President of the Uni,
ted States 2 Which is 10 have the offices
and how IS division to be made of the
spoiIs? Sir. this secret association, foun
ded on prescription and intolerance, mus
end in nothing short of corruption ana
persecution of all sects and in civil wa
against the domination OF Priestcraft
, Protestant or Catholic Indeed, is il so
already. that real reason forth is SECRE
5 CY is that the Priests. who have yea
t without knowledge against the Pope. ar,
t unwilling TO be seen in their union viii
$ this dark lantern movement! Woe, woe
/ woe ! to the hyPocrite VINO leaves tn
: work Of his Master, the Prince of Peace
4 the Great High Priest after the order G
. ! Al IL: :-.I.--I. L.