Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-05-17

hsiled rehgOn-nO union OF Church
and State-but for their remaining
separate and distinct. He said that,
if he. understood correctly, and he
thought he did, the position of the
know-nothings, that there were but
two inferences to be drawn from it;
one was the union Of Church and
State, the other was, the overthrow Of
all religion and the establishment of
Atheism and Infaelity uponits ruins.
The know-nothings assume the bold
and broad proposition that Catholic
lis disqualified from holding office on
account Of his religious tenets. If al
Catholic is incompetent and disquali-
fed on account of his religious tenets,
the opposite of the proposition must
be true and assumed at the same time,
that tie individual who is disqualified
must profess the religious tenets and
principles necessary to qualify him to
hold office, which was at once making
a religious test the qualification. This
being so, the party that is strong
enough toput downone section account
of their Objectionable tenets, wouldbe
strong enough toput up another on ac-
count Of their acceptable and approved
religious principles. This being SO, isa
practical union of Church and State,
and would ina short time be followed
by legislative enactments making it
the established church or religion of
{ the land.
We viii assume now that the Cath
olics have been DISTINGUISHED and eX-
Guided from any participation in the
Offices Of the country. He put the
question to the different branches Of
the Protestant Church throughout the
United States, which one of them
would be the fortunate and favored
church by this know-nothing order
!, He said that as he had remarked il
, the introduction Of this portion of the
subject, there were but two inference:
to be drawn from their position, and i
the conclusion he had Just reached
, was not a correct one, that they intend
ed union Of Church and State, thu
other was inevitable, that is, the estab
lishment Ct Atheism and >Infdelity
And the means they were now adopt
ing were not so bold and direct al
RI they were in the French Revolution
There the attack was directly upon tn
Bible, believing if the main trunk wa
struck in its most vital parts, that tn
: scions would all fall to the ground, ant
, thereby the religion of Christ and th,
teachings of the Bible become extinct
:, Here their mode of warfare is NOR
!, insidious; they are afraidto attack tn
: Bible direct and array all religion
: denominations against them, but at
tack that branch of the church, th
Catholic, which they believe is mos
, unpopular with all others, and agains
which deep-rooted prejudiees exist
The war is now upon Catholicism in
yiting all the branches of the Protest
. ant Church to unite with them in thi
: crusade of persecution. We vii
suppose they have done so, and tina
Catholics are now out of the way
1.-THE crusade has commenced, but ha
y it ended? Will the work of demoG
ton stop here? The nostrils of tn
the prosecutor being once distende'
. with the scent of the blood of tn,
prosecuted, will he stop at this point
or will the work progress? w,
D say that it will 60 on, and tn
Methodist Presbyterian, Baptist, o
> some other denomination will be Sc
lected as the next work Of persecution
; The Catholics having been prostrate'
will then join with the prosecutor ant
, help to perpehate the same work up
on others that has been perpetrate,
. upon them. and so the work viii pro
: gress, between the prosecuted, or un
J 1.-THE various churches have destroyed
each other, and thereby the Know
Nothings accomplish stealthily ani
covertly what they dare not attempt
\ openly and boldly-the destruction O
all the churches in the United States
} leaving the Bible in existence, barren
and unproductive. Atheism andInfi.
deity now having full sway, we may
now prepare to see reenacted the san
culinary scenes of the French Revolu-
ton. He said there, when the Bible
and religion had been put down, Athe-
ism aad Infidelity, sometimes called
Reason, were in the ascendaat. The
Bible condemned and secuted as IA
BILE and an idle tale, and to make the
| demonstration more perfect and COM
plete,a female was selected as the God
dess of Reason, and seated upon a
chair, festooned with ivy. She was