The true Democrat., 1855-03-28

thor also With us? Return to thy place, and abide
 with thy king, for thou art stranoer and aIsC an exile. Whereas thou earnest hut vesterd ,Tl a1, should l this day make thee go up and down with US? Seeing go whither I may retnrn thou, and take back thy brethren. Mercv ana truth be with thee.''-And Ittia, the exile and the stranger, who came but vesterl]av e.
 swered the king, and said, as the Lord Iivath
 and as my lord the King liveth. surely in r,ba' place my lord the King shall be-whetber in death or life--even there, also will thy servant be-" And remember that the case of Absa- lom and Ittai is but the prototype of an Ar hold and Lafayette. (Applause.) Who sent you alliance? You tell the people that Chtho- lies never gave aid to civil liberty-that they never yet struck blow for the freedom of mankind. Who gave you alliance against the crown of England? Who but the Catholic klng, Louis XVI? He sent you, from the court ot Versailles, the boy of Washington's camp foreigner who never was naturalized but who bled at the redoubt of Yorktown. (Applausa.l And not only did Lafayette bleed at the re- nouo5 of Yorktown, when an Arnold-a native, lIke AoSalom: proved traitor; but when the Ve1mah, Dekalb fell at the field of Camden
 on southern soll, with fourteen hayonet wounds IIahs1XlnS ms body, and, dying praised the Maryland mlitia-Gates, the Yankee natvo
 ran seventy-fiye miles without lookjno bohin1 him. Applause and laughter) And not onIT that; In that intense moment. when tho GocI.'- ration oi our independence was brouoht into Carpenters Hall by Rutledge, and Franklin, and Jefferson, and laid upon the table. that holy paper, which not only pledged life and honor
 but fortune, tol-realize that moment ofintonsp
 oi deep, of profound interest, when the inde' pendence of this land hung upon the acts of men-when, one by one, men arose from their seats and went to the table to pledge lives and fortunes and sacred honor; at length one snare
 pale-faced man rose, and went and dinned the pen into the ink, and signed, "Charles Carroll ,, and when reminded that it m;obt not he known what Charles Carroll it was, that it miobt not pc known that It was a Charles Carroll who was p!cdolhS principality Of fortune. he add ed the words 'of Carrollton. '" (Cbeors l- He was Catholic representative from CatIo- nc colony. (A voice in the crowd. "Bnt he was a natTo born Amcricln.") And. sir before FeorEe Washington was born. before Lafavntt, Wlal0od tn2 sword or Charles Carroll the non
 lor ms country, Six hundred wears arc. on tbn 10th q JEne. 12l4, there was another soane enacted Q" the face of the globe. when the oon- eFal chaIJer ot all the charters of freedom WAS 4*med, when one man--a man called Steuhan I4aA@toh, sWoro the barons of England. nj for tAe people, agalns. the orders of the Pope and against the power oi inc Kug-swors inc ba- rohS on the high altar of the Catholic chur.b aJ St. AdmunsUury that they would have aaao- t@ cT1'tt or 'llo for it. The charter which secures V every one of vol to-day trial by iu- ", freedom o5 tae press, freedom of the Dau
 -i-- confronting ~ witnesses with the accuse3 . anal the opeiiHg Of secret Gungeons-ehatc char | {er WIS oosa5ncd br Stephen Lanrtoa agains- tae Eope aiIa against the hjnguf En Hand and | ] you hHoW Nothl. ..s don't know wia S.euhen lahgton WAS, yor know nothing, sure eDd;;ub. <hau8AJer and cheerS) lie was q Catb0Ii, ' ,tfcuosnopo ot CanterhlY. (BoueweI cneers.l ! come not here to praise the Catholics but 1 come here to acknowledge historical truths, 'It &sN ol Protoa.ants what has heretofore been t1e pride a-1 boast of Protes-aats--toler
 '.lg3 oI oIduioN M Ecis.yti, tyitH [ApDlausc1 Al we itNk E tolerance. All We ask k that Il you nate the Catholics because thov have nun he.LeS and monastcries, and Jesuitical secret orders, don't out-J csuit the Jcsuts by eoiro in- ! 'o 0arA~IanterA secret chambers 10 apply secret oathS If you hate the Catholics bscaysa ror say they encourage the Machiayellian exycdi
 ency q telling lies sometimes. Gon,ts swear yor,r. ! 0N+ --1u tSIl lIC LIllu (C4c9TS.) Here are the oaths-the oaths that bind vou under no circumstances, to disclose who YOU ara. what you are, and that bind you not only to political but to social prescription. Here is vour book your BlbIe--which requires of you to stick I'D your notices between midnight and davlreak, (Laughter) don't object to secresv. am a lAcmber oI secret order, aud 1 am proud to be brother Mason; Cloud cheers) and I am ii liberty uT my order to say, that as to it's ends tta purposes ita .e~tIu>, Masonry has no se
 cret. (henewed cheering.) Its end, its prr- pose iis am, ls to make brotherhood of cha ritN amoA-5st meu--.tS eHl is the end of the Christian law religion. know not how any Mason can be Know Nothiuy Masonry "l",s it5 members 70 respect ant obey the laws oi the land m which We live, | when the con- 'satutlo. Of the Unite States declares that no religious test shall De made a qualification for oltica Masonry dare noJ intorFose bv coosDir- ln@ n secret association to attempt tD m3i,,.a ret.9loUs tast qualification for office. When Virginia has an act of religious treodom--an act that N no longer a mere statute law. but i, q part of the organic law, and which says that no man shall De hurleIcd for ooiaioi,s sake, Masonry dare not conspire to burden any man ior oplnIon's sIke. Masonry has no secret but phe simple tests " which 1t recognizes its orotharnood. tis| bound to respect the law an,. tolerate differences of opinion ln religion ana politics. llo l.ot complain ofsecresv, but aompiAJn "i secresy for political objects.