The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-22
LETTER from Judge LOngsireet.

o,ion in the country-sccret IN It's movements,
ID going under the name of Know Noihings.-
Il, principles. understood to be opposition 10
Catholics and foreigners, 10 be planned in the
lark. Strengthened by Uaths and manifested at The
ballot box II filled me with alarms.
saw in it the elements of rapid expansion and
awful explosion. | exhibited them to the class
thai graduated in that month, and forewarned
them TO have nothing TO do with it. Had | been
;nspred, could hardly have foreshadowed its
history more accurately than did. OF my pre-
dction nothing remains be fulfilled but the out.
mourning Of more blood. My forecast in relation
TO il, ought to insure respect for my judgment in
and about Oxford, a: least; but it is that very
forecast which is raising buzz OF disconten, q.
qainst me in this vicinity now. This is the sin
which brought out against me the reconcile press
es which | have named above. II is called "dab.
Ming in politics. but its true name is "Unpala-
taJh Ifuth." This is the sin for which | am
soon, perchance, to be sacrificed. They that ston-
ed the prophets of old yet alive, and why
should expect better fate than theirs Well,
| Co not know that better use could be made Of
nv old carcass, than the offering OF it up on the
altar Of this american Baal. An incense might
arise from it that would do more 10 purify the
Church and the State from this modern abomina-
ton, than any thing which can emanate from my
poor frostcovered brain. The public has now the
total of my political sins, public and private.
shall speak al large Of the new order, in an APP
peal 10 my Church at some future day, it | may
be allowed 10 do So | am committed against il,
and | shall oppose it for ever-not in the class
room. but everyw here eIse-not as partisan, but
as Christian. This the patrons Of the UNIVERSE
~ should know. For all the hnnors and emou-
menls Of earth, could not be induced 20 assume
a position of neutrality in regard TO it, If all ex-
p"renre be not falsrhood and all history a
fable, 1t will throw this country into ceaseless
commissions, if be not crushed, and that speedily.
. In my view, every man who has scruple's in
nuence, should rise against it-now-imE adiate-
IL, ere il be forever loo late. Indeed, 1t allows no
neutrality. With all its proleSsed Americanism,
L assumes an absnIu'e dictatorship. 1t will allow
no man question its purity It's policy. Ii
gathers within lis pale men OF dignity, talent and
prelv, preachers and TEACHERS ard with Them. The
most drpraved, abandoned, desperate, God Grfying
sinners upon earth binds them by oahs in The
bonds of fellowship. and sets them all at work IN
1,oIitics and nothing but p0lrticS find chris
nan brother among rhrm-l read TO him II Cor
w. ii and on. and iupnre him To come out from
such connections and it addresses me in tones oC
drspnric authority in this wise Sir, my name
IL IoIitics-you a Clergyman and clrrgymen
should have nothing to do with pOlHtcS :" Right,
cries nv brother, 'old man you'll ruin yourself
If you m"ddIr with poIirics!'' | say to him, "your
oarhs are against the laws OF God and your
Church." SIR it responds, 'sdo you thus de-
nounce the pious Of my order-have YOU res
prc for the Church your place." | denounce
the sinners of the band, and the Saints reprove
M. | r'pruvr the Saints and the sinners denOunce
M. Th'. Saint shields the sinner, and the sinner
The SAINT. Il such a combination is not enough to
make the Church and the State both ShuIder,
know no, what would.
C)n me The. new Order bars with ininlera bic
pressure. 1t rises before me, like the ghost Of
B,nqrn, ut nv every step in the pathway Of duty.
], an a l,rcacher If | preach upon the sancrlv
# "arI~, it regards 49, II insutrd, AMI attacks me
nrc"rtingIv. Ii | preach To christians to come
"nr II"m The wicked, il iisul's for assaIling
Know N"Ihings. II | preach that the love OF
ChrI-t is not bounded by State lines, it charges
wIh attacking the article of lis creed against
foreigners.
LAM a teacher If teach that unlawful pro.
mis.s are not binding | shall be charged with
jn>trfying the exposure OF Know Nothing secrets.
Ii set the lr>sun To nv pupils wherein j. b. Say
SAYS that every arcCs>i III of a mnn to country
Is an accession of treasure, | am De published
In the world UNDERWRITING my pupils in anti
now Nothing politics. A | am ever To he gorrd
by this young maj bull. had as well take it by
the horns at once. Let the order keep lis hands
off me, the Church, and the Constitution, and
will never disturb It,"
A word to the good people Of Mississippi, and
have done. You have University OF which
YOU may Justly eeI proud. Fo. harmony aud
kindly feeling among the faculty, for good order,
g,uI morals, grnrlcmanIv drmeanor, study and
progress among the students, and for ardent at
Iacnne.t between prcceptors and pupils, you may
irarlcSsY challenge u cumbarIsun with any other