The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-29

III. fate determined by the rules Of right;
4. ss ss"f; as :sgs' y @yias h. DOOM
No demon starting at the midaigM hour,
70 mansion. Of despair. Wideto The oorld
D.ste:s re secret: Of ne s r, gr'.%G" "n @s,s,
The public ear hsiolabie preserve
The sacred shield that covers all the land
The Heaven conferrd palladium Of the isle
To Bstons jAag~ss, e ls.r s;sS;
Freedom Of speech, and freedom Of the pe"'
Forever changing, yet forever sure-
The base of Briton rests''
We may say that our American charters have more than
confirmed these laws Of the Consso and our people have
given them as free full and as sovereign consent
a Rnnnede the field of freedom to which it was SAID
Britains sons shall come,
Shall tread where heroes and where patriots trod,
To worship as they walk !"
In this country at this time, does any think any
thing--would he think aloud-woud he speak any
thing-would he write anythng-hs mind is free his
person safe his property is secure his house is ms castle
guard the fate of is the fate OF all measured by the
same rule of right his voice is heard and felt in
the general suffrage of eemen his trial is in open court
confronted by witnesses and his prson-house has
no secrets and he has the Judgment of his peers and
there is nough make him afraid long as he re-
spccts the rights of his equals in the eye OF the laws
Would he propagate truthtruth is free to combat err
ror Would he propagate error--error itself may stalk
abroad and do her mischief and make night itself
grow darker provided Truth is left free follow, how
ever slowly with her torches light up the wreck Why,
then should any portion of the people desire to retire in
or word or deed, by stealth? Why band together,
elusive of Others to do something which all may not know
of towards some political end # it be good why not
it, act it out openly and aloud? Or is it evil which
lo eth darkness rather than light? When there no
c. lin Justify secret association for political ends, what
else justify it? may sit in secret to consult
general policy Of great public party That may
he necessary conyenient but that reprehensib
If carried too far But here is proposed great primary
national organization, in its inception WHAT Nobody
kno,cs To do what !? Nobody knows How organized?
Nobody kno,cs Governed by whom? Nobody knows. How
bound? BY what rites? BY what oaths2 With
what limitations and restraints? Nobody, nobody knows
All know is that persons of foreign birth and OF Caho
Tic faith prescribed and all Others who do not
prescribe them at the polls This certainly against the
spirit of Magma Charta.
Such is our condition of freedom at home showing
necessity for such secret organization and its aptagonism
the very basis Of American rights And our compa.a-
native and Protestant strength at home repes the plea
of such necessity still The statistics of immgra
ton show that from 1920 to LIST January, 1885, inclusive
for years and more 3204S48 foreigners arrived in the
United States at the average rate of l00l5i per annum
that the number of persons Of foreign birth now in the
United States is 22Os39 that the number of natives,
whites l735s and OF persons whose nativity is un-
Anown" is 39l54 Query by the by What will "hno'e-
HoLqg" do with the 'unknorn ~ The number OF na-
ves persons of foreign birth the United States is
and the OF the latter of nafnralzed
In Virginia the whole number of white natives is s3s9l
opersons born of the State and in the United States
b7,502 making total of natives of 81 $685. and the num-
Der of persons born in foreign countries 2953 So that
born in foreign countries nearly as 38 to l.
Again The churches Of the United States provide &C
commodaons for l4234s25 votares the Roman Catho-
lies for but the number of votaries the Protest.
ant TO the number in the Roman Catholic in the United
States q to L. In Virginia the whole number is $780,
436; the Roman Catholics $780, or los to l.
The number of churches in the United States is 3806l
Of Catholic churches gilmore than 81 to are Protest.
ant In Virginia the number Of churches is 2,3s3 of
Catholic churches is l7-more than I4O to /.
The whole value of church property in the United States
is $s sOl of Catholic church property is S925675s
S2s56o76 of Catholic church property 100 or %
TO
In the United States there four Protestant sects
either of which is larger than the Catholics
The Baptsts provide accommodations for...3,2 47 029
The Methodists for..'...'
The Presbyterians
The Congregatonalists soi,s3o
Aggregate of four Protestant ,472o73
The Catholics 667823
N Majority Of ca four Protestant ,so4 2so
ADJ the Epuropaans for...............-e,. 64S,99S
.t,rffy of only five Protestant sects ,447s4s
InVrginia there five Protestant sects either of which
irhrgtr than the number of Catholics in the State
Baptis aIose
Episcopal i9os4
Lutheran. 1880
Mchodists Ss5aos
Prcsby terian lo3ozo
1886
Catholics ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1890
Majority Of free Protestant sects in Virginia. 765,426
Or nearly 90 to l.
Thus natives are to persons Of foreign birth
In the United States as.......-............. sto1
In Virginia, 80 TO
The Protestant church accommodations the Cath
oic--
In the United States as................... 81 to
In Virginia los TO
The number of Protestant churches is to the number OF
Catholic
In the United States as...........-.. 81 to
IN n
The value of Protestant church property in the Uni
ted States is the value of Catholic church property
as..--'..'
There four Protestant sscts each Of which larger
than the Catholic in the United States, and the ag-
gregate of which exceeds the Catholic by majority OF
9so4, $50 votaries, and, adding smaller, by
jority Of l0,447,84s.
In Virginia there FIVE Protestant sects each larger
han the number of Catholics in the State the agRre
gate which exceeds the Catholics by majority Of 1885,
426 votares.
Now what has such majority Of numbers and ofwsalth
~ natives and Proestants fear from such norstss Of
Catholics naturazed citizens2 What is the necessity
for this majority resort to secret organization
against such minority put IT fairly Wo"td they or