Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-11

MR.. MILLER AT. WILSON. =

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was only when he heated his furnace OF Intolerance
to its highest temperature that he seemed to Depart
from the rules of self control which he mad preScrp
ed This instance occurred in relation to the Post
| Master General whom he denounced in substance as
a bisoted Papist whose religion made him the crea-
'ture of the Pope of Rome, who by virtue o! rsn IL
gons Obligations, could if he chose possess himself
of all the secrets State private WHICH pass thr0uSn
the Post Office therefore, no Catholicw tit to hold
this important Office, and therefore this aPPe
was especially wrong and dangerous to our itesn ass
Agc Democrats looked ON and listened lrS'nahe-
ment for to close observer Mr.. NJ s lntoerant fer
vor did not seem real but rather an assumed part
which he felt bound to perform Butthisnust have
| been about the fourth hour of his talk
The burthen OF his song was to tree the Know
Notbines from the, odiuur-of being secrshpehteal
societS 20 prove that,the order was not w hlg
concern, apd to denodnce foregners and Catholics,
he seemed to feei that the ediuIa of secrecy was
heavy burthen, and tried pIanfuliy 10 throw 1t on,
but it wsald stick Sothen he tried to justify It as
good and proper policy, like that practccd by the
Wing andsDemocratic caucuses and like the secret
sittings of the first Congress- and OF the committee
who formed the Declaration of independence, to
overthrow the tyranny of George the Third (but he
forgot to tell them that it was more like the Jacoom
Clabs of France who made their own creatures IN
the legislature do they pleased, even to butcherng
thousands of innocent men, women and children OF
France.) If he proved any thing at all, he' proved
that the peoplehave business prying hto the Sc
cret operations of their government OF laying
them open t0pu6c inspection, and that secrecy was
the very life of Republic. In our view he viz
tuay reduced political parties their governments
here to ttlebetter than gangs
deeds cannot bear the light. 49,
He thets pouActc. upon the poor foreigners and
showed what dread ak condition they Honld place
the country in sonew here about 1859 or 20, waleh
they would out number the native voters AND then
have full control Of the gSVsrnment Hssshs eee-
fris6tffttos Know NottiNSs, and horrible TO re-
late let Them inthst conditio without oaeeex plain
Ing how KNOW Nothingism could prevent 1t, or get
ussout of this ffghtui conditions. He said, howcv-
ef that Congress ought to pass laws to.pTeVeht lei
Gus md ,. upersr forthcoming here; but did not
Ecar hirn-say word about the laws already enacted
against their coming, aboatthe right, which every
State has to protect suS fioi.elons and pa uPerS.
If .Mr:sM suggested any other remecesSagaras star
rtvasof foreigners aid not hear it bur somt ai his
friends, LEARNT suggest that no iorelgneis should
cone snlfs thsy e. Ras<P0s,s 5ro,9 gag CG tGst
foreigners are the rascas they suppose, that they
could ind EVIDENCE enough to satisfy any Consul Of
theil'j just Claim 70 passport, while experiments
would tad It CHEAPER to furnish hleails, to empty
their inmates at Home. Neither did he tell, in
.aay. State wanted population or labWers, how
Know Nothing Congress could prevent her IMPORT
ing many foreigners asesheS peaseds $50 he
clusivelS proved that fereignerers &R have ruined
the e9anfrr, !and~eRen4H o;th-bound Know Moth
ingseahhot save IT, ifthe Scan he a4 how
IrGIath0liCs came next TO judgment, and hc sub
Sected them to a rigid inquest oils Inv orthodox
inquisitorand heretIcchanged places. lie Admitted
that The Pope Of Rome was not the legislature OF
North Carolina, nor the Congress OF the United
States, the civil power Of either. That the Pepe
did not claim temporal supremacy as temporal su-
prenacy but he twisted Brownsons letter oatsf all
shape to show that the Pope did claim spiritual al
legancc of every Catholic here, and ,ctor OF
bis conscience was to Kim higher ktO, which could
forbid his obedience to prince, power Ccnsti
tuition on earth. In TINS way he perverted the mere
Spiritual pupilage and regcrence of the Catholic to
the Pope as his Bishop, into practical civil and
temporal aliegiaace-the very thing which BruYnson
denies. He might have told them truly that the
Episcopal Church, with Queer Victoria its head,
and every other Church spiritual director,
csed in principle ii not In degree the control to
which BroWnson aludes, and would eXcommunicate
(non- fellowship arc member who sanctioned things
they claim unchristiau. He should also have Shown
that his Meoretichiger lac Of the athoc hasneyer
COME i'll conflict with the laws OF eur land while his
native pqri lanical Know Nothing allies Of the
North actually array their hgheiaN in deadly, tsai-
torous hostility to toe South and the federal gorerA
ment "a
He alluded to the weIr known fact that the Cath.
Ole Church of France has ordipapce or canon
that Catholic subjects Of other governments owe no
allegiance to tho Pope of home; but instead OF giY-
ing the fnh benefit of this TO our Catholics, he made
it the~exeeption rather than the rule, as We under
stood him. With the narroM minded higotry OF his
order he denounced them unfit to hold office and
went through whole pages OF quibling SHOW that
they were not prescribing Catholics account OF
theH refgiaa-Athat It was nothing but exercising
'OtI1Ae Ava vi tpSoAHS' o"y my
choose-that voting against pros Crib
lug him. notwithstanding they would reduce patuf-
ahzed citizens and Catholics to caste in society
prescribed beforehand as unfit by religion birth
to enjoy their Constitutional right hold Office like
otlfer eitizens yet this was no fFoseriton-o &C
count Of reiigionF
( He abored hard To- prove they were not b,ots-- |
lauded the toel ant clause athe first CONSTITUTION
of Moth Carol,, and read the names O. fifty -ane
persons, nearly all Democrats Who voted against 4
llbeEalizing that clause in the Coyentien OF 1885,
but took good care not to read the names of those
fer the amendment. HE weud Irebxb4y /
have found most Of tirem bis own political friends
Of the past or present.
He PRONOUNCED both the old parties dead and cor
rapt, chiefly in fishing for foreign votes-that-we
must form Il third party save tho country, and
this was the KnQW Nothing party. He took partic-
uar pride in having lett the corrupt old Wing party
-pressed Wings and Democrats to follow hs exam
pie, and said they neednOt relinqatsh their Old hig
or Democratic principles lie lubored equally nard
70 prove that Know Nothingsrn was nat Wing
concern but to Democrats, the harder he orked
the more the OLD coon skin Awouid stick out and [
sure enough the old varnat was not dead but only
playing possun He uttered many more dbsurtities
not worth relating but presentedto the people not
single great principle measure for their consd
Grafton, and lett them just ignorant Of 'chat gov
erntnepf measures. or policy the Know N0things
would pursue if clothed with power as bGlore lie
began to talk, for his whole speech nothing but
begging them to sanction the Know Nothing plan
10 catehvetes OF all the stupid huRbags ever got
up to deude people SURELY this is The most log
ok ms hard caler to