The true Democrat., 1855-09-25
From the Geogia Constitutionast and Republic To the Know Nothing Preachers of the Methodist Church South.


 To the Know Nothing Preachers
 of the Methodist Church South.
 BRETHREN: I have concluded to divide my promised appeal to the Methodist church, into two parts, and to address the first to you and the last to the church at large. And here, in the language of Mir. Wesley, let me say to you, "I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God, by whatever love you bear to God to your country, to your own souls, do not consid- CT who speaks, but what is spoken. If it be possible, for one hour, lay prejudces aside; give what is advanced fair hearing. Consid- CT simply on each head-Is it true; or is it false? Is Unreasonable, or is it not?" Remem- Der, breathren, am not before you to propose, but to resist, innovations upon old Method- ism. 1 stand where have always stood since I joined the church, upon the "platform'' of Wesley. You stand with one foot upon that platform and the other upon a rickety struc- ture first reared by criminal, if report be true, and mserably patched by unchristian hands. I would have you withdraw the traunt limb from the dangerous platform, to its orig ginal po- sitiOn.
 When we convenanted together, we were of one heart and one mind But you have form ed new covenants with men who have no kindred feelings with you "There is no fear of God before their eyes," "They cause di- visions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have earned.' "Their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having mems persons in administration because of advantage" These be they who separate themselves, "sen- susal, having not the spirit.'' "They are such as serve not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple" "They are given to debates, envyi gs, wraths, strifes, back bitings, whsperlngs, swellings tumults."- "WIth feigned words theyssmake merchandise of you" They are ashamed "even to speak of those things which are done of them in se- cret." These be the men to whom you have yoked yourselves. I do not say all your com panions are such; but know many of them to be men of the world I would withdraw you from them; but if cannot, and final se- paration should take place between Us, remem- Der, if you please, that you made the first move in if.
 "But why not quietly enjoy our own opinions, and live in peace?' l answer, because your l olges will not allow me to enjoy my opinions in peace, but upon pain of surrenderlng the | lreemans right of speech; and because, with my notions of the moral character and aims of your order, we never can live in peace while you remain iu 1t, and l remain in the Methodist church. How " can two walk together except they be agreed" 1 am not the only Metho- dist by hundreds, if not thousands, who enter tain my opinions of your order; and 1 should suppose, whatever you may think of 1t, that for their sakes you would abandon it, upon the principle that you should do nothing "whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is of- fended, or is made weak" Your opposition to Catholics and foreigners, deem impolitc and unchristian; but this will never disturb our peace, if you will not prosecute 1t in way dangerous to the peace of the country, enervat- ing to Protestantsm, fostering to Romansm, paralyzing to Methodism, humiliating to her ministry, distracting to her membership, en- couragng to fasehood, smothering to truth, and demoralzing in all its aspects and move ments And here I bes you to bear it in mind that 1t is not your principles to which l object Gf naked conspiracy against two classes of men can be called principles) so much as to your manner of propagating them. But as l cannot hope to wean you from the order, with out at least shaking your cofdence in your principles, shall in the first place address my self to them.
 In what have to say upon this head, l shall take it for granted that you all went over to the know nothngs with good intentions: that you sincerely believe the Catholics are about to take the country: and that foreigners are about to take 1t too; and that handled as it has been by whigs and democrats, it is even now hardly worth having; and that without the in- terposition of know nottingham, il will soon be but putrid carcass upon any party that shoul- ders it. 1 cannot reconcile these suppositons : with each other: but they must be made to re- concile the professions of your order with sn- cerity.
 l will go still farther, and admit for the sake of the argument, that every emgrant who comes into the country, is pauper and Ca tholic-that the Pope of Rome is fully advised of every election that comes of in this country, from California to Maine, and from Oregon to . Florda-that every Catholic in the land feels himself bound to vote just as the Pope orders him to vote, in every election that occurs in this country from that of village constable to that of President of the United States. Let this tissue of absurdities be admitted and still : I maintain that know nottingham is not the re- medy for the supposed evils; and that if it were it is remedy with which you should hay nothing to do. To the proof.
 Paupers are annually coming by multitudes into the country. Very well; and who are paupers? Why, they are poor people, They are not necessarily lazy or dishonest. So far from it, they are generally both honest and in- dustrious as natives in their condition. These, an oppressed, afflicted, down. trodden, over. wrought, enslaved people, seek a shelter and living in your free country, where millions of idle capital are only waiting the hand of in. ,, dustry,-certainly as honest and industriou: ,, to loom out in all that enriches, adorns ennobleS and strengthens a naton:-these are , the people which your order would drive from our shores, simply because they are poor! You tell us with more candor than self respect that the rich may come without opposite t;on
 but you will not have your country burdened , with paupers. With you the old motto, which , you learned from the lips of your sires and grandsres, "America, an asylum for the op. pressed" is changed to "America, an asylum for the oppressor and scourge to the oppres. sed!" Your aims are as impolitic as they arc inhuman. Hear the language of one who knew the effects of immigration upon country, fa 7 better than the wisest man of your order: |" nation receiving a stray child" Co tortiori q grown man) "into its bosom again, acquires a real treasure; inasmuch as it receives in him
 an addition to its population, an accession to the profits of national industry, and an acquisition
 of capital. It at the same time recovers l lost citizen, and the means for him to subsis { upon. If the exile bring back his industry only, at any rate the profits of industry are ad. ded to the national stock. It is true that z source of consumption is likewise super-added ]; but supposng it to counterbalance the advan. tage, there is no diminution of revenue, while the moral and political strength of the country is actually augmented" [Say's Pol. Econ Book II, Chap. X. Page 367.] In this shor
 passage will be found the secret of our coun- try's unparalleled advancement in wealth and , greatness The foreigners who are now flock