The true Democrat., 1855-03-28

Massachusetts has thrown aside her Puritanism
 her christian religion, her constitution, and has given herself up to Know Nottingham and an.
 ti-slavery. Tremendous cheering)
 Now, gentlemen, having swept the northern and the northwestern non .slaveholding States of the Union, the next outset is on the soil of i Virginia This Worcester journal boasts that Maryland and Virginia are already almost northern States, and pray, how do they propose to operate on the south? Having swept the Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylva- nia and all those other States-the question was: How eau this ism be wedged in south; and the devil was at the elbow of these preach CTS of christian politics'' to tell them precise-
 y how. (Cat-calls, derisive cheers, and other manifestations of the Know Nothing clement of the meeting) There were three elements in the south, and in Virginia particularly, to which they might apply themselves. There is the religious element-the Protestant bigotry and fanaticsm - for Protestants, gentlemen, have their religious zeal without knowledge, as well as the Catholics. (Avoice, "'True enough, slr'") It IS an appeal to the 1O3,0OO Presby- terlans, to the 100000 Baptists, to the 100000 Methodists of Virginia. Well, how were they to reach them? Why. just by raising a hell of a funk about the Pope. Uaughter.) The Pope! The Pope, "now so poor that none can do hlm reverance;" so poor that Louis Napo- leon, who requires every soldier in his kingdom to De at Sevastopol, has to leave a guard of muSkets at Rome! Once on a time, crowned heads could bow down and kiss his big toe; but now, who cares fora Pope in Italy? Gentle men, the Pope is here Prestcraft at home is what you have U dread, more than all the Popes of the world. Ibeieve, intellectually, and ln my heart as well as in my head in evan gelical christianity. I believe that there is no other certain foundation for this republic but the pure and undeflcd religion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And the man of God who be- Geves in the Father, in the divinity of the Son, and the Holy Ghost-the preacher in the pull pit at the baptismal font, by the sick bed at the grave: pointing
 Tle way to heaven and leading th2re
 honor. No man honors him more than I do. But the priest who deserts the spiritual king dom for the carnal kingdom he Is of the earth, earthly" whoever he Episcopalean, Presbyterian, Baptist or ethodist-who leaves the pulpit to join dark-lantern, secret political society, ln order that he may become Protes- tant Pope by sezng on political power-he is hypocrite, wheryer he be- (Some applause, and cries of "good.") Jesus Christ of Naza- retn settled the question himself. l have his authority on this question. When the Jews eApected Lm to put on prince crown and seat himself OH the actual throne of David, he asked fora penny Q be shown him. A penny Was brought to hm--a metal coin assaved clipped. stamped, with the image of the State, representatives of the civil poWer-stamred WItn C~sar's image. "W hose image and su- prescription Is this?" :" It is Cesar's" ''Thcn render unto Caesar the things that be Cmsar's. aui unto God the things that be Cots (Ap. pi4use) My kingdom is not Of this WorI Il -In5 5dom is spiritual kinglom." Caesars kingdom is political, IS a carnal hingIom
 And tell you that ii l stood alone in the SJa5o of Virginia, and if prest-craft--if the press of my own mother church dared to lay their hands on the political power of our peo- p-t, or to use their churches to Wield polite al luluence, would stand, in feeble imitation of, 1t may De, but l would stand. even if stood alone, as Patrick Henry stood in the revolution. between the parsons and the people, (Ap- plause, and cry of < I'm with you") 1 want lo Pope, either Catholic or Protestant. | will pay Peters pence 10 no pOntil-EDiscoUalian Presbyteriau, Baptist, Methodist, or auv other. Applause and cries of "gOod.") Iney uot only appeal to the i5ious element, but they raise cry about the Pope. These mon, many of whom are neither EpiscopaIiaIs, Presbvte- nans, Baptists Mcthod.sts, C0M-regationalists LutAGrIanS, or what nOt--Who are men of uo religion, who have no church, who donot sav their prayers, Who 10 lot read their Bible who live God-dotyins lives every day of their exis- tence, are now seen with faces us lonr as their dark lanterns, with the whites of their eyes tumed up in holy iear lest the Bible should De shat uP by the Pope. Daughter applause, and derlslVe cnec.s) Men who were never known D-,ore, on the face of Gods earth to show any interest il religion, to take any part with Chris. or his kingdom, who were the devils own, De- longing to the devils church, are all of a sud- den very deeply interested for tile word of God and against the Pope It would be well for them that they joined a church which does De- live m the Father, and the Son. and u the Holy Ghost (Good) Let us see, my friend, what know Nottingham believes in. Do YOU know that, gentlemen? (IoIding up small pamphlet amid great laug0te And eNcitement.) Inac Is your formulary of the grand council ol the United States of North America-fron tie press oI Damercl 6 Moore, No. 10 Devonshire street, Boston, 1851.
 \ yoicc-is it January?
 Mr. Wise.-Ycs, it is January. It has been used. Here is one Of your characters, (nolding up printed document) and now, if you can see 1t, you will perceive it has been used by one of your lodges (Cries of " Read it--llrivo alon5 old Virsinia.") Yes, I will read from your own book. But l am on the subject of your religion now-you want to put down one of the evangelical churches Of the country. which does believe not only in the Father but in the divinity of Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost: trnitarian church. want to ask the Eplscopalians, and the Prcsbyterians, and the Methodists, whether they are going to put down that trinitarian church by asecrotassoc- atlon? Your sphere consists of the 26 letters ot the alphabet Younumbery your letters from A to M inclusive, with the old numerals down to 26: Thus A l, B 3, c 5, D ', E. 9, F II, G l3, II l5, IF, J 19, K 21, L 23, M. 25. The last thirteen letters of the alphabet are num- bercd with even numbers. Thus, N 2, CAP 6, C s, R 10, s F, T II, U 16, Is, w 20, X P, 24, z 26. And now let us see how the book reads. The first page of the cover of the blue booll-and it is not only blue-real Boston blue, but it is Mazarine blue, QighD-con- talns the following ill tabular form. Now. ls