The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-08-18
Tbe felitiana 9sn,otrat.

B0- This letter from Know Nothing
Irishman, to his friend Pathrick, dropped
out Of the mail somewhere. and Pathricb
must read it for the first time in print.
KENTUCKY IN LOUISVILLE.
Dear Pathrick: take my pen in me har
to ak Misther Reed to write you the nifty
goins on in this country, and to advise
you to come out to it be all names. By the
blessings Of God it is going to be CRATE
place. There are crate many repalers
starting up in this place, like the repalers
at home, only different, as the repalers here
would see the Pope at the divii and don't
care damn for the mimory of O'Connell.
Every thing is quarer in this country than
in Ireland. Here tits the Protestants is the
repalers, and the Merikins is the greatest
repalers of them all. In place of repalers,
sure, they call them nqtices and Know No.
things. Its not ommedhauns they name by
Know Nothing at all, at all. but mare like
divil.may-care boys. Do ye mind Barny
Carrolps bull that just shut his eyes and
went over every thing in his way, without
axing by your lave, or caring what the div
Lit was well, sure that's like Know No.
things; and tits beginning to be just for all
the world lika a patthern or fair ut home,
when the lection comes on here,
| am, of course, one of the natives and
was made one mitv like the Orange lodge
at home, at a big meeting in the dark; they
TUX me In, asking me CRATE many quare
questions, that bothered me intirely and
tould me must swear against the Pope
Damn the Pope, sis l, and such hillabaloos
and shaking hands when l sed that, you
niver seen and faix they all swore | was
bctthcr native than any of them; and now
(betune us, as a saicret, that Misther Rede
who writes this, says he will not rede this
part as | know you are native like NEE.
self, after this the birthday of King Will.
liam OF glorious mimory is to be on the
fourth OF July, as that is the day of native
dependence here, and the Orangcmen and
natives can bate the Catholics togither thin.
| kno you would like this, since they put q
stopto every little divarsion of the kind in
the ould country; but this is a free coun.
thry. and you can bate aither the Merikins
or Irish Papist till your hearts contint, if
your Know Nothing, which / know you
are. Cum immajently, but don't marry Bid
dy McGrath fur man that has Catholic
wife in this CRATE country is just nobody
and can niver be President nor anything
else that's dacent and desirable; and this
is the only way they say to convart all the
childer to Protestants and Know Nothing.
Whin you land off the ship, if you want a
drink, faith you must jist hold out the tail
of your coat with your right hand and
wipe your mouth with the lift, putting your
toes little apart like our old goat at home
whin he was fur butt, an me word for it
some dacent native will ak you to drink
This is the sign whin your dry, an sure tis
q pleasant aisy one. The laider of the BOYS
here is Misther Marshil, a fine boy entire
ly. Heis one Of the Marshills of Ballyslug,
he tould inc, and he has jist the rale shille-
lab look of them, but little quare looking.
He is down on all the fnrriners that are
not natives, but a very dacent man with the
rite sort. Petaties and mate is high, put
whisky is chape; and as it is made out of
the corn the male is made out Of sure its
mate and drink. When you write put q
little bit of red pickshur on the back of
the letter, or the diyila bit it will come, as
I'm tould the head man that carries the let
theirs here is a Catholic, and no Iettthers
that hasnta little pickshur of Saint Frank
lin on it, will 60 at all. Derect to meselfI
Misther OMaghan, opposite to the red
pump in Kentucky street, contractor and
nod elevathor.
P. S. don't forget one or two nate black
'loes, as they'll be mighty handy at the first
ruction on the Papists, the poor name crea.
lures who wont make dacent shelaly fite
1t all, but just fite with little wee thing
ike dooar key they call coult that has
oowther in it, and some bits of lead. A
good black sloe would make dozen sich
,oults run.
2. S. take your first drinks here nifty
wake till yer fairly yerself, and thin l know
'e can be trusted anywhere wild your stick
IN Gods blessing.
Wishing you dacency, as they say here,
am your fosther cousin
TEDDY O'MAGHAN.
P. S. If you have to lave Biddy behind
ell the crachur tbs for the good of her sowl,
Is no Catholic in this country is safe that
las childer, whether man or baste.