The true Democrat., 1855-10-02
Know Nothing Bigotry.
FIVE PROTESTANT CHURCHES DENOUNCED BY

KNOW NOTHING PARsoN!
 At the meeting of the Phillips county de- mocratic association, at Dooing's, on the Sth inst, the Reverend P. s. C. (K. N) Watson, a Baptist preacher, quoted the 5th verse of the 17th chapter of Revelation, in these words as applicable to the church of Rome :-"And up- on her forehead was a name ritten,-Myste,y, Ba6ylon tue Great, tue Mother of Harzots and Abominations of tue Earth, ,"-and said that the old Presbyterian, Episcopal and Lutheran churches are her daughters,- and that the Methodist and Cumberland P,es6yteriau churches ere her grand daughters z!
 | Respect for all the christian churches is, with 1 us a fixed and changeless sentiment. With their controversies with each other, as to doc trnal points, we have nothing to do In this day, however, special and vindctve warfare is We oppose the warfare against that church, be. cause of its intrinsic injustice, and because it leads directly and certainly to persecution of other churches, and thereby to bloodshed and anarchy.
 The people are told by political party that the Roman Catholic faith is a disqualification for office. Countless horrors are depicted as about to result from Roman Catholicism in our country. As the effect of such wild and bitter harangues, feeling of intense hatred of the Catholic church pervades the minds of many of our fellow citizens.
 1 At this particular criss,-while the public mind is thus feverish and perturbed, and the hearts of some of our people filled with bitter ness against Roman Catholics,-a new element of strife and contention is added to the anti | Catholic crusade. The Revereed F. S. G. (K. | NJ Watson appears on the stage, and affirms | that other churches are related to the odious church of Rome. He declares that church to be the "Mother of Nominations" and endor- | ses the hostility of the know nothings towards 1 it. He does not stop here. He goes father and couples other churches with Rome He teaches that she has daughters and grand daughters in our land.
 | What effect is such language likely to have on minds already imbued with know nothing prejudice? Does 1t not tend inevitably and speedily, to stir up against the daughters and grand daughters" the same bitter opposition now urged against the "mother?' Catholics, by the know nothing platform, are now exclud- ed from office. The Reverend F. S. G. (K N ) Watson proclaims that Old Presbyteries, Epis- ! copalans, Cumberland Presbyterians, Metho- dists and Lutherans are near relatons-thev are blood kin. As certain as know nothing suc- ceeds, so certainly will this mad torrent of bgo- try and persecution dash against other churches l than the one now prescribed. Having over whelmed Catholicism it will urge its raving bil- lows over the ruins, one by one, of the five | churches denounced by the Reverend P. $. G. l (k. NJ Watson.
 To the members of those devoted churches we have but this to say:-Can you-will y ou take part in a crusade which dooms you also to destruction?
 To Baptist, we say, Will you encourage that which makes you prosecutors and places your feet in the bloody path trodden by those who drove Roger Williams from his tire-side and from the graves of his kindred? ?-Helena Demo- cratlc Sur.