Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-23

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Z wAaHIxefox NxwD AND eossIY.
Of Great Importance 10 Hostmastsrs every
vAsss.-It should be rscollscssd that the
qusrtsrly returns Of oil Postnastsf,, i6e the
quarter ending on the 3Oth Of this month, srs
10 Be made out under the provisions of the cot
passed on the 22d Of Junsiast II,
This information shousd 81 at once re-pub.
ishsd in every paper in the United States
p searst Political Associations.-Ws have 70
pe.sedly received anonymous communications
Of late; some warning us, and others threat
sning our hssa on account Of the tone of tho
Star uron secret politico-religious associations
in this country. One very excited writer IN:
! formed N ~ 20. long since, nat edr .'soipns.
had bssn measured and prepared, and that
4 you (we) dare to oontinpe your (our) pres.
emit course much longer, death will surely be
your togr) PORTION, the blows being inflicted
by unseen and nndiscoverable hands, ,, &C.. A
few nights ago, quiet and unoffensive man
In our employ a. reporter, was 1syiaid and
asngsreasiy beaten by. . gang Of unknown.
and, - far, undisootefed rufians, who struck
him .frst, secretly, from behind, with q club.
They were three in number. This occurred on
Pennsylvania avenue, near the Empire House,
at p. m, while he wasin the discharge Of his
duties as our employe = Ao3iGa jnairo7
1--WE have to say ii III reply e pp.fstbans; who.
ever they may be, aciuated BY such 4 spirit as
these writers and rnfhans manifest, that
they are taking the sprest possible measures
to induce Us II, DO, our best to warn our
eornfrymen Of all parties, against any de.
Pertare from the safe, doctrine Of The Con.
ssitution with reference to the perfect equail
~ offau religious creeds unief ;the9 Govern.
nen4 of tho United States, and also against
any and all secret organisations to affect
the political future of our 2cosnty. Eu-
rope, fortunately, affords US examples enough
Of the banefal influence Of both these obiec-
tionabls features Of pfapossd public policy
union Of church and State, and secret political
associations, The latter are known over. the
continent AZ !Car6orari. There, their ipfu-
snce has been such as to defeat nearly all
efforts for obtaining rational and constitutional
liberty for the people at large. The reasons
Of these results have bsen made obvious By
fifty years experisnce which the werbi as had
with their operations. First the choice of
secresy rather than the light of day for their
operations, proves that those who man age
them are awsrei that their plans, purposes and
iabofs win not stand well In public opinion If
known to the world. Secret midnight con.
spiracy and AssAss1NArIos have been TIE
chief means with which they have worked
there. In every country Of Continental Eu,'
rope, these have been tho principal means re
lied on to carry out their purposes. They aim to
strike terror into the heart Of their opponents,
and thus to obtain BY fear, what they conclude
to be otherwise unattainable., The operatives
an this work, are tools and bigots, for the most
part, who are governed by secret cabal in
their midst, almost as much unknown to them
selves as to those whepa they ain, to keep in
constant dread q being murdered with the
stroke of the midnight dagger. Nay, these
blind tools ofsome persons, they know not
whom, are themselves in hourly dread of as.
sassi D alton death In that way being the pun
ishrnsns meted out for falling under sus.;y;on
of being disposed to reveal any of the ecrets
of the Carbonari associations. The unssan
despotism In their midst, has never yet failed
where It has been possible, thus to revenge the
alishtest movement towards drawing the veil
to lot tho world gase upon the true character
and works Of their order q s,G,.5.-. e',r-.-'
Protesting to b the only true friends Of lib.
eRty there, the crimes they perpetrate in her
sacred maine, creste an almost upiyersaI dr.. al
OF the term in the breasts Of the whole of 20.
ciety there, but themselves. The classes in
Europe who, through fear Of their atrocioss
e1cesses, now almost alone preserve the Dies
emit despotisms Of tho continent in power. q, a
the classes who, on this side of the Atlantic
have, mp to this time, proved the bulwarks of
the American Constitution, and Of the guar
anteed rights and liberties of orr people-+,he
active and efficient business men in all honest
cailings As dearly as they have to paw for
dsspotism, in all conceivable ways, they real
ice that it il better to suffer under thar mon
ster, than under the nnbridled rule of tn q
Cat6enars, prowling, dagger in hand, at mid
night, and doing, practically, what Sans
Culotte-ism used to do in France in open day
light. ~ az - f4 lerE
We are opposed to secret political associa-
lions in this country, because We know we'll
what they have done against the cause Of con
stitutional and true liberty in Europe. we
are opposed to them as being far more dan
gersus to the liberties ofJour countrymen than
ell tho standing armies of all the old world.
We are opposed 70 them, because secrecy in
public affairs Is the direct antagonist of the
great principles of equal rights and exa ,tjut.
tiee to all upon which our Government and
all real American Institutions are based. r We
arc opposed to them, further, because already
in this country, their organization has been
followed by outrages against the rights of cit
i1enship, the sacredly guaranteed American
liberty Of speech, by the destruction by mobs
and the secret torch Of the incendiary, of edi
ices dedicated to the worship Of the ever living
God in this land Of SO solemnly guaranteed
liberty of Conscience and equality of religious
rights under our Government We are Old.
posed TO them, also, because they have al!