The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-23


There d proof TOO tat nasvism can't always b 70.
He'd TO help ones countrymeu and that brethren and
kindred and coasanguinity viii fail whole people In
trouble Just klnsh.p often fails families and ndvidu
'sAne" lastly, sfor the support Of this declaration,
with firm reliance on the protection OF Divine Provi-
dence We mutually pledge TO each other our lives our
fortunes, and our sacred honors."
There sas toerance, there was firm reliance on the
same one God there vas mutualty Of pledge each 70
the oins at one Altar and there was sommes STAKE
theys There were Hancock the Puritan, Penn the
Quaker, Rutiedge the Huguenot, Carroll the Catholic,
lee the Cavalier, Jefferson the Freethnkcr These,
OF all the sgners and the gnsrs repre-
seniatiyes OF all the people OF ali the colonies.
@ my dd not that sns Hone IN
God and to Charity for each otherto tolerance IN re-
ligon, and to mutuality " in political freedoms Down,
. "separaticn !" between Protestant Virginia and
Catholic Maryand-bstween the children Of Catholic
Carroll and q Protestant George wyths There the
win redeem their e mutual" pledges with my ufe
my fortune and my sacred honor, $50 far as in
think that here is proof enough that foreigners "
and Catholics both entered ~ material elements into
our :, But before the ~. o. Seh ths
On the 18th Of June, Ire the Convention Of Virginia
clares That set Of men are entitled TO ex-
elusive or separate emouments or privileges from tne
rhc mot BEING descenSibis neither ought the oees Of
magistrate, Legislator, or judge to be hereditary"
Nor, does the. Know Nothing organization not claim
exclusive privileges from the community against nat
uralized and Catholic citizens and thus by virtue Of
magistrate legislator or Judge which arc not descend
ble They set up such claim for the individual per.
son native born, to which, and to which alone they
Again Does this organization not violate the section
Of this declaration Of rghts which forbids al power Of
thority without consent Of the representatives Of the
people, as injurious to their rights and which ought not
TO he exercised?,
When the laws say, and the representatives OF the
people say that Catholics and naturaised citizens shall
be tolerated and allowed to enjoy the privileges Of c
secret power to suspend these laws and to the
execution Of them by their sole authority without
Of the representatives Of the peoplef This decara
ton denounces ii injurious to the rights OF the people,
snd as power which ought not TO be exercised
Again Does not this organization annul that part Of
q That shall be deprived Of his liberty, except
BY the Law Of the land the judgment of his peerss
This don't apply alone to personal lbertythe freedom
Of the body from prison-but shall be deprived
Of his franchises OF Sort Of his liberty in its largest
sense except by the law Of the land Judgment of his
peers-the trial by jury Has, then, private and Sc
cret tribunal right to impose qualifications for Office
and enforce their laws by test oaths to deprive any
man Of his liberty to be eiecteds
Again; Is this organization not an ir,pcritm imperio
against the 14th section OF this declaration, which
says-
and, therefore, that government separated from
independent Of the government Of Virginia ought to be
erected or established within the limits thereof"
II is not government but does IL not will it not
ticaly govern the portion Of the people belonging to it
differently from what tho portion Of the people not be-
longing TO il governed by the laws Of Virginia
Again 1t does not adhere the ..jusce and modera
tom ncucated in the 18th section Of the declaration
And lastly, ii avowedly opposes the 10th section which
Chat religion or the duty which we owe to Creator
and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only
by reason and conyc ion not by force violence and
therefore all men are equally entitled the free
else of religion according to the dictates of conscience
and that the mutual duty Of all to practise Christian
forbea rance love, and charity toward each other"
But this organization not only contrayenes the rules
of Declaration OF Independence and rights but 1t
made pari Of our organic law BY the new constitution
the act OF religious ffeed0m-passed the 10th OF Do
oember l7sS Against this law the Know Nothing order
attacks the freedom Of the mind by imposing civil Gin
expectations" It thus tends TO beget habits of bypo
crisy and mesnnes II attempts to punish religion
and TO propagate another 'by coercion on both body
and mlnd;' it dominion the faith Of
Others it ets up its opinions and modes of think
ing as the only true and in!able' i makes our civ
rights to have dependence religious opinions
il dprives citizens Of their natural rights by proscrb
ing them rs unworthy the public confidence by laying
trust and molunent, unless they profess
this that religious opinon' sit tends to corrupt the
principles Of that religion II is meant to encourage by
ens thoss who viii externally profess and conform TO
IL - ii lacks confidence in TRUTH which sis great and
viii prey il left to herself that she is the proper
ana sufficient antagonist TO and has nothing to
fcsr from the conflict unless by human interpositiop
dis armed Of her natural wcapons-fyee argument and
dctate--it wiihdraws from free argument and
debate and hides them in secret where they become
dangerous. because it is not permitted freely to con-
tfsdici H.
Iet it not he said that this ia restraining statute
uon government. spa is prohibition 10 Legislators
restrained BY his law. fortfori every private or
Plantation, or order or individual is restrained The
SSn M hI to s to DO
civil woil ecclesiastical dare not do. If such be
their rreenson they claim to be above the law, to.
set up higher lawthen, sac colo, to compel man to
frequent support any religious worship, and to en-
force, restrain, MODEST burden him, to make him
TO suisr on account Of his RELIGIOUS opinion Or belief
gument to maintain their opinions in matters Of religion
and 10 make the same diminish, enlarge affect their
legislators to exercise power they intend that such
power shall he exercised BY any one.
Not only il the law Of Virginia thus liberal to
ligon, but also as to naturalization.
So far as Know Nohingism opposes our naturalization
laws, it is not only against statute poliy, but
against Amercauisn itself In this it is especially anti
American. One If the best fruits Of the American
Revolution was to establish for the first time in the
world, tho human right Of expatration Prior to our
separate ex stense as nation Of the earth the cspo
isns OF the Old World had made Law unto themselves
whereby they could hold forever in chains those of man
kind who unfortunate to be born their sub
ec,s IN respect TO brthright and right Of expatria
ton and the duty Of allegiance and protection and the
Law Of treason crowned heads held to the ancient dogma
once citizen always citizen II man 50 mise
rah'o to be born the slave Of tyrant he must re-
main his slave forever. He could never renornce his
ilfa.ed brthright could expatriate himself to
seek for better country, and could forswear
the allegiance which bound him to his chains. He
might emigrate-be might take the wings Of the morn
ing and 6y to the uterncst parts of the earthmight
cross and continents, and put oceans and MYERS
and isles and mountaions, between linn and the
throne In the shadow of which he born--and
he would stili but drag . frightening chain !"
sin tic, despot;sm might pursue lin, find and bind
him asa subject slave II America becscned to
him to gy 20 her for freedom and TO give her the
cunning and the strength OF bis right arm to help
am,llorse her huge PROPORTIONS and TO work out her
grand destiny the tyap had TO be asked for passports
and permission 10 expatriate. But they csme-lo |
they camel Our laws encouraged them to come Be-
fore 1876 Virginia eli The colonies encouraged u,m
grafton II necessity well policy Of the
whole country Early in the Revolution the kings forces
hung q the best blood In the colonies under the
msSn, |" Once citizen always citizen They were
tcturs If found hghng for u, because Loy once
Subjects. Washington Obliged TO hold hostages to
prevnt the application OF this bsrbarous doctrine Of
tyranny AZ last struggle ended, and our indcpen
dence recognized. George IL. compelled to re-
Iouncc allegiance 10 lim though we're born his
subjects. But sill, when eayic 20 separate ey
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