The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-10-11

reprove me. ! repreve the Saint.
and the sinners denounce mel. The
. Saint shields the sinner, and the sin.
ner the Saint. II such q cornbina.
tion 10 not enongh to make the
/; Church aud State both shudder,
know not what would.
On me the new Order bears with
intolerable pressure. It rises before
me like the ghost of Banquo, at my
every step in the pathway 0fduty.
lam Q prea,kcr: II I preach upon
the sanctity ofoaths, it regards itself
insulted, and attacks mo accordingly.
II preach 70 christians to come out
from the wicked, it insults me for A.
sailing know.Nothings. III pres ch
: that the love Of Christ 10 not bounded
BY STATE lines il charges me with at.
taekinstss article ofin creed against
fereignsn.
! lsmsAscAsr: lfl teach taoat tunlsw-
III promises en- ~, hindi ~, I shsll
be chasgsa vii jlil5 l5isg u expos
nrs sfknsw- &so1ngSscrcts. III sss
TIE lesson % ny pupils wherein ]. B.
Say says that every accession Of .
man "a . country il ~, tsccession of
treasure ! am to Be published to the
world ~ indoctrinasiny my pupils in
anti Know.N Nothing ps,li fics. As I
am ever to begored BY d lis young mad
bull, had - well take it BY horns at
once. Lat the order ke cps it, hand
Oft me, Tie Church, an d the Constity..
ton, and ] will 1sssr ,dis turb H."
. =
"A word = thsgeetl p eoplc Of mis-
sissippi and have 6osle. fouhslve q
Uaivsruity of which you may iustly
feel proud. For hasiso, ~ and ! indy
feeliag among the "a Guilty, for good
order, sosd nesais, gentleman ly dc.
lnesnet, stsdy and progress among
the students, aad fsr ardent attach.
lnent between precsl ,tors and pupils,
you may fearlsssly challenge "a COM
psrisen with any elder kindrc 1 insti.
tuition in the world. For it, age, 1,
has not Its equalia point of pa tronage
and rank in the United Sta tea. In
these respects, II stands ut the head oi
l0S out Of lis Colleges in thu United
States; and of those alIove il a large
majority are over forty ye ans older
than itself, and three over one hum
dred years cider. ilnd tI.is rank i,
has a tained through. lnore adverse
fortunes than proba bly, eve beset an
Institution before. Fear not that i,
will ever be q school Of politics.-
Your SONS graduate in politics before
they come to the UniverJity.
1t is now in its palmi eat days, and
this You 80 is 'pne Of the objects Of
Know Nething vandalism. It has
already, ! lsar thrown q tre.band
into its psaee'ia halls. ! appeal to
you es,me - The rescue. Rise up ~
one man .ag Ainst II, when it inyadcs
tho sanetury Of krature, instead Of
n,quirisx your Pr,fessors to kneel in
.ts pressnrle. ! ain sure there are yet
Nore than ten tAOHsaad Christians in
and aho'It the State mAo have not yet
borsd the knee to BaA. Icall them TO
its help. Honest yeomanry, and
| fariAers efthe lan&i, who always mean
right; anA. when deceived, will al.
wsys do right come ye to its succor.
Honest, wcll.meanins Know.Noth-
iAgs, who in q thou ghtless moment
have been drawn into the Order.
! come out Of it, and rally to the sup
port Of your University. Iregret hav.
ing been constrained to an attitude
which may, perchauoe, ipjurs the
UMiversity for . time but be the fault
on The head Of fKnow.NIothinys, not
mine. Look at their fruits already
scattered through the land, and surely
you will approve Of my opposition
to il. If you do not Your children
will. by their fruits shssH yc know
them" What ere they? Most des-
perate and dangerous agitation
Churches rending asundcr-pastors
and Aoeks at varianec-C Christians los
liag Ill confidence in each other
Ssints and Sinners in close embrace.
Preachers ofthc sarne church getting
~ half congregations and half sup
j post-oue looking on approvingly,
while another is abuscd--Teachers
tottering--their pupils in midnight
) cliques--friendship severing-rage
taking the place Of love-father
} against sen -brother against brother.
These things now arS; and they pro-
claim, tr,rnpst-topgded what is COM
+ ine, IL the MOI. ysr be hot crush.
;, cd at once. And all for what!
I'm honest truth, to get in the outs and
get out the ins. This is the true OBJ,
/ ject cf the order. Well it must take
its eeurss ill reason resumes her
4 Nstions, like men, run mad at
times, and nothing but time and
, Mood d-letting can cure them. Still
while there u hope, all good men
D should strive to relieve them. My
VI eourse il Internationally, thought
tlfully taken. I an NO Catho-
lie. Put 'Methcdism and Romanism
ION the field of fair argument and ]
! viii stake my all upon the issue, but
III am not such . coward y to Zee the
n Geld Of honorable warfare, for saw
} age ambush sighting; or such . fool
y ~ to belive that . mans religion ID
] to be reformed BY harassing biz per-
SON. Nor an ] quite % blind - not 70
/ see, that when the work Of crushing
II Churches IL begun in the country, II i
|, NOT eoin1 20 stop wlth the overthrow