Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-18

from n pamphlet sent to me. being n sermon of
james Freeman Clare, delivered in Massacbn
sets ON the 18th of July 1854, on the rendition
of Anthony Burns. The speaker read at preat
length from this document, which was n sermor
of the Theodore Parker style, calling upon Tho
North to wake up, without distinction of t,ort,.
TO oppose his outrageous slave law. The preach
er prophecicd u gathering of all the North into
one body against the South, and said in substance
sooner disunion the better. The object of ,la
speaker in reading this. was 10 prove that tho
Know Nothngs Of the North spok. through ,bi.
preacher; were prophccicd by this Mr.. Clark md
their war cry WIS uh"tionsm and death Ia The
South This was a difficult point to prove In flo
satisfaction OF Petersburg audience, and Mr.
Wise succeeded but poorly. During tie ren1ine
Mr.. Wise interested the audience with n vern
worthy dramatic sccnr, a Ia King Lear pnp.
ing in his reading, and raising his eyes with
sort Of pious roll 10 heaven, and with n tlcrp mt
tural voice, that Forrest would give him n gnoJ
piicr for if it were purchasable, h. snif: "a I},
What means this awful silcnccl What are tbr.o
low whispering,! The winds are still and tho
air seems heavy and oppressive. What nortenl.
this darkness and dread hash of nafnrcl II !.
t. foreranner Of the awful tornado which il IN
follow" This capped the climax and neonl.
breathed again. A. piece of ting II Row,rv
pit critic would have pronounced it..yerr nooiy"
Having finished reading from Mr. Clark. III,
speaker continued. This is the preaching nf
thr ,tan noliticlhhs IN + anucli Hall. The pre-
dietion las been nearly fulfilled. Ohio has Who'll
ed into the line. Other States ofthe North. ac.
cordng to the predictions Of the serlnon,# have
wheeled into the line, and in the late State cl,o
ton OF Massachusetts, but one friend To the con-
siituiion eli ctcd, and something over .iyt
Of these Christian politicians. Is there nnytbin,
here Of this secret party, which | have drawn
out fer you IN thr~North? rejoice tliat this
party has not swept all democrat from the North
he m \ vet Ipy
This host OF lsms comes into the next Congress
And then we are told by this sermon that If Tho
Nebraska bill IL moi repeated, if the fnnitiy,
Slave law is not repealed, or if they pass Con.
gress, aud even are vetoed, then the Union is To
be dissolved. Is there any of This party in
Petersburg! He dissoluii, n of the Union now
comes from the North, are told in this sermon
Of this Christian preacher. Well gentlemen.
what say you to what not on J casts its shadows,
but its substance bcforcl You make me Govern
OF Virginia, and shall remember that the chief
power of the executive is to command her army
Poor civil man that am, never delighted in war:
but the instinct Is i'll me- and know can tipht
| can obey flat instinct and make others obey
1t. (Applanse.) jackson never trained
at West Point, and neither was |; but do be.
heYe, nevertheless, that if the worst comes to the
worst, Virginia has power-moral, intellectual
and physical--more than was ever ascribcd to
herr and here pledge myself to YOU 10 night by
ali that you hold sacred, that will sheath her
sword as long aS can, ut if conn eled To dlaw
It'll not know where o stop the war till the blade
Is broken IN my land. know her power at tho
mouth OF the Chesapeake, and know her power
at the Pan Handle, or the pass of railways, and
know something else, that wont tell to any body
-that will keep to myself, simply a prudent
patriot and man and do so without being Know
Nothing either. (Laughter)
Now gentlemen have got through State top
! iosu mud E.J,.r,,l
ces Of wealth-spokcn of public lands of Tie Ia.
riff, OF internal improvements, Of our public
credit, OF our private credit, Of fore en- wars and
domestic wars, and many other topics. | lave
already been speaking nearly two and half
hours have touched upon topics both State
and Federal that We're important worthy of
considerations; and yet | suppose hive not yet
touched the subject upon which you expected
me TO speak. lApPause) But. eenllcmen after
talking upon these great topics what over of
Virginia and his country, would descend To the
little petty TOPIC of know-Nothingi.m (l4augh-
ter and arplnSe, and some hissing,) Is there any
man III this a.scmbagc so inscusihle UPON all
these subjects thai will allow me to do ~ | please
| if | will prescribe Catholic? don't wish to re-
proaeh any man here. There are good men as
am, as humane as intelligent, worthy as my
SELL belonging to this party, perhaps. and have
! joined what they call Know Nothing lodges in the
! State of Virginia. don't rpproach them: but
say, God forgive them, for verify they know
not whit they do" daughter and hssing)-
Perhaps some disappointed democrat has taken
to this new party for better chances; perhaps
has seme wings who haye,as aparty,Spruns this
| trap to catch struggling democrats Merely for
arguments sake, am not going to quarrel with
any man for being Know Nothing; but really
warn then,before joining that society that know
as much about il as anybody else docs. know
all your grip, and your 81 gns, and your triangle
! pieces OF White paper, and your red tranglcs
and your test oathS and obligations, and where
you meet and all about you. | have been ia.
ken through it all, and never joined Your society
either. daughter and APPLAUSE But YOU are
innocent perhaps, when you Join it; and | warn
you TO beware oft. Where did il come from!
Why the thing is old. Bennett, of the NEw
| York HERALD, say it was born in the Fourth
ward Of that clty;and james Gordon Bennett has
reporter here to night. Gmpudentiy pointing out
the reporter 10 the audience)-"a chiel amang us
takn notes Bennett says that Wm. IL. Sc
ward and myself sink or swim together.
"Cries of food, good from the gallery.
Mr.. WIsE--So say /. | will willingly go down
If VIM II. Seward goes down also. Tie speaker
here launched off into a euogy upon Lafayette
and the other foreigners who assisted us in tie
Revolution. and Charles Carroll. Gentlemen, said
he, if you want to know what the Catholics have
done, I'll tell you of something they have done for
you and me and our fathers, which should put
Know nohngS to the blush. alludeto something
TINT lies at tie foundation of all English and Am
erlcan liberties. | refer to the Magma Charta. Do
You know who obtuncd that from Hing John and
hound the nobles by oath to have it al all hazards!
1t war stephen LangIun. De you know who Ste
phen Langdon was! You are Know Mornings in
deed, if you don't know who Stephen Langdon