Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-03-29
M | S G. f. LIAN EOUS.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
THE PROGRESS OF INFIDELlTY.

The PROGRESS OF 1NFlDELIIY.
1t is mos. earnestly to be depIored .ha.
SO few who are born in this land and love
American traditions are aware of the rapid
hatred OF Christianity and its concomilanis
which inspires the vast numbers who are
yearly increasing our population from the
continent of Europe. We do not speak OF
the convlc.s and paupers tina, are smuggled
into our ports from Genoa, Hamburg, and
Trieste; but Of the tens of thousands Of
Germans who from year to year come from
provinces of Europe completely pan,heized,
and with whom freedom is considered syn
onymous with the downfall Of the Kingdom
OF the Redeemer. We called attention some
months ago to the fact that large numbers
who have come Of late years to This coun-
try are disciples OF the ansrchis. school of
Heine, according to whose ere ed ",here can
be no true freedom mill Christianity is
bloodiIy abolished,"i e. until persecution
by infdels of Christians is instituted. with
ends similar TO those of Diocle,ian OF Sapor
We showed that elections had been made
to turn upon the single point whether pray
ers should be offered to God in our Legis-
laures, whether The L,rd's day should be
kept and religious oahs be maintaned.-
One of The mos, influential German papers
in this city published simultaneously ar'i-
cles warning the better class of Germans, Of
whom there are so many 10 our city, against
encouraging these excuses. Our remarks
were published in various parts of the Uni
ted States, and we trusted that good result
nigh. be produced. Since then, however,
another anniversary has required of the
our hearts with shame /" learn how the ma.
tai day Of this great enemy Of Christianity
has been celebrated. The German language
constitutes barrier which prevents the
most of our people from imagining wha,
takes place behind The screen Of that un-
known tongue. The Teu,onic dialect in
sures the existence Of The Anti Christian le-
gions, whose large numbers are reinforced
continually from abroad, US vast secret So
ciety 10 which none can have access who
do no. 60 through an arduous psins taking
apprenticeship of study, which in the end
!es1es them, when initiated, only among the
frs, class of novices. Yet its members are
easily na,uralized, become as speedily pos
sibIe citizens of these Slates, carrying A,he-
ism TO the polls, and receiving the homage
Of demagogue politicians TO obtain few
miserable surfaces.
A few of the "reform,s' demanded by the
"Freimaenner"-so they cell themselves
who have Sc, up Thomas Paine as their g.
poslle. end who strive 10 revoluionize our
free Government by the establishment Of
the tyranny of anarchy, are: abolition OF
the laws for the observance of the Sabbath;
abolition of oa,hs in Congress abolition Of
oa'hs upon the Bible; no more prayer in
our Legislatures abolition Of the Christian
systems of punishment; abolition of the
Presidency, Of all Sena,es, Of all lawsuits in
volving expense; the right of the people to
change The Constitution when they like a
reduced term in acquiring citizenship, &c.
These things are no. sought after as mere
shadows, nor are they the dreams with
which visionsries smuse themselves, but
which do no harm they are seriously in
culca'ed, principles, earnestly ins'llled, for
the propagation Of which there exists seve.
rel chief and many minor societies 10 which
hundreds of thousands Of foreigners ore al
fillaied, who are in constant communication
with each other and &C, in concert, and who
are beginning TO be felt in every corner OF
the land, bu. particularly in the West, where
their efforts are greatly aided by the grow
ing RIGHTEOUSNESS Of Aboli,lonism.
Tom MooRE.-AIluding to Tom Moore
Mr.. Irving said that he took extraordinary
pains with all he wrote. He used 10 com.
pose his poetry walking up end down a
gravel walk ID his garden, and when he hsc
a coupIe,, or stanza polished 10 his mind
he would go to lille summer house near
by, and write i, down. He used 10 think
ten lines good days work, and would
keep the lille poem by him for weeks wait
ing for single word On one occasion he
was riding with Mr.. Moore in cab, in Per
is. end the driver carelessly drove into &
hole in the pavement, which gave the vehi.
Gle tremendous jolt. Moore was tossed
alof., and on regainng his seat, exclaimed
by Jove Ive 60. it," got wha!?" said
his companion, in some alarm. "My word,'
was his reply. 81 have been trying for il
these six weeks, and now that rascal has
jolied it out of me-" On reaching his room
Moore inserted the word, and Immediately
dispatched the finished song 10 the publish
er in London. "Moore," added Mr.. Irving
was most captivating companion, and the
sweeles. ballad singer ! ever heard. M
one could forget him that heard him sing
''Sir, you shall hear from me - said a
fellow with Numbering voice and chimney
hack frown IN an editor who had Dublis ed
something which he construed as too HARD
upon his party "you shall hear from me
sir"-and he shook bis finger significantly
''Tha.'s right--dew,'' said jonathan, bow
ing poIitely-"wri.e occasionally, and lie
US know how you're getting along"