Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-15

i6at they were bound by their oath To obey the be-
I'd Of the Society and ts head, in their social
trs!s',ons and hence their members, who i'll truth
spies upon tho rust OF the community des gHat"d
the .oc,, that when, suppusug you were in the
midst Of friends, uIi6uspecnS any mischief, in the
confidence Of friendship. if any remark wns made
which was nilnical To the Order. or worthy 10 be re
pur,e because ts capacity IL affect inuriousy tln
speaker instantly II was reported and the inn0cOu,
spenkcr not sl,specng his iIend he supposed he
was knew not whence the information came, and on
" felt it through blow. And SO, again the X. No.
things and the Jesus correspond for nwhut are term
ed the inside obligations of the ritual, You find il
prc-sy provided, "that so long ynu art connected
with Tho organizations il not really dismissed from it,
you will in all things rtcG! NJ soca so far ~ this
Order ia concerned, comply with the will Of the ma
lori :; when expressed in q aw iul muuner-hough il
may conflict with Your personal preferences 30 long
rs it does not conflict with the grand Stnte nr silbor-
dinue Constitutions the Constitution of tho United
States Of America, that of the State III which you
reside" Thus binding the victim i'll hi. socla! a'
we'll as in his political I'lntions. ~ obedience
n the Order, concea!ing. or attempting To
conceal the iniquity Q. such & relation by
the unlnenning generality that what is required ot
You sh0 not be in conflict with the Constitution al
tho United States with tina: of the State III which
You reside-an unmeaning generality, as have al
ready Shown far tfoy require nt you 10 violate the
expressed provision and principles uf the Consu-
tons both Of the United States and Of the S!ntc III
which you reside and yet ut the same time declare
that they do not. Nor is this all. Among tho tra-
turcs Of the Cuthiir slisiom most objected I" by It's
opponents, and think in that respect Justly objected
IL, il the power Of d-pcnsati"n claimed fCt the Pope
md by those very same Puri,ancu Know Nuthngs
in tho second article oi the Constitution of the Grant
Council which | have heretofore read. the power "
ditpensaon is eIpress reserved 10 the district or
territorial councils. Thus thc parallel ID sngulariy
exact. Tho Jesul!s, like the Know NUthiDgc profess
~ spring from two corrupt partin- To establish So
ccy .: Purituns bound by secret oahs constituting
their members, in reality, spies upon the balance vi
| the community wnglng war upon The freedom "i
opinion, shutting OUT the .ght from their acts and
deeds, dculing i'll mental reservations and Jusica-
ons, exercising the power nf dcpensntiom and IN the
end will become ~ 10 some rXien, the Know Moth
| ngs already are, 0n engine ot the worst drsposni-
What miserable cant is il then for those persons Ia
pretend horror for the Jc-us and the profession Of
priests, when their every act and principle shows thar
in truth they have studied mos, carefully the Code u
the Jcsuts with view 10 adopt i; and practice upon H.
| Let every man, then, who Gblors the Jcsuts keep
clear of the Know Nothngs.
! Another profrsaed ground of objection 10 the
Catholics. is the alleged temporal power Of the Pope,
and In. supposed control 0f foreign potcntatc over
tho adopted citizens of America
| ccnc-s il ia difficult approach this branch of
the subject with gravity, since find il almost impo.
siblo 10 persuade myself thGt any man "i decent IN
teigencc really docs believe i'll it. Whit poor old
man. residing in Italy, whose predecessors were princes
and potenutes, possessing temporal power ht home'
but mover elsewhere while he had tho temporal means
any such means now, ha. lately been uethroned and
expelled from the Pupul palace by his own Immediate
subjects and the people aroun.! him. aud s now pro
trctad as he rcSOred by the bayonets OF France
and yet ;:lerespoct has this society for
iu intelligence Of the people, that they really sup
pose they gull them into the belief that man
! who cannot pro;art himself ct homo; has not me
power to preserve his own throne, hns some power
10 asshi invade, or InurIoisy affect tins great
nation of ours, that has more than once put the
pruulcst nation M earth II defiance successfully -
! No, my couutryh"n, there In no such bclet. IL Il,
another OF the pharisaica prc,cnces INTENDED to alarm
YOU into the support of mcn from whom oiherSinc
YOU would rccoll. There it man among them
who gravcy believe that any Pope can have, or
docs have any temporal power i'll America. How
should liz have it! BY virtue oi his Popeshp or his
lapa or religious authority Why, surely, II tiHt
authority could net al this distance, and give him
te,nporul power here. il could more torrbly and
more certainly Il shorter distance. and neGrar home:
aud would, therefore, have ulorded him the means
there Of protecting himself ;:San. tho insurgents
who expelled him from the Papa dominion. Aud bv
contradiction Of terms II be i;iadc 0ut fhi' 'hc
Pope by force of his religious character ana aullori
IT, can control tho Catholics i'll America when that
same Pope with that same authority IS found nc"i.
prcnt to control the Catholics in Italy where he and
they reside!
/ determined, however, that | would probe this
mailer for myself, and have something IN the form "i
direct evidence 10 bear upon It; aud knowing Bshnp
Mriill 0f this city, sOn Of old Kentucky by Dlri.
though have never said word to HIM about ihe
Pope or Ais authority, wrote HIM letter which
now ss before mc, aud received 10 It an answer,
which nlso lies before me, and both Of which have
been published in the newspapers, asking hiiu TO
state frankly, whether tho Catholic citizens Of this
country do acknowledge any temporal allegiance 10
tho Pope and here ia his expressly IN tie no.
gative. And, although no attempt haS been made
from any quarter that have seen, to route or con-
tradct IT, still the assertion s reiterated whenever
the exgencies Of the Know Nothing Order require 1t,
that the Catholics dangcrouI because OF the toni
poral power Of the Pope. Absurd and ridiculous "a
we'll MS hollow pretence Bit suppose were to con-
cedo that the Pope did have this sociological or mea-
nerra influence and control over the Catholic citi-
zens of this country, how ludierous and prrposter'
GUS it, how cowHrdly should say, II thought thoy
were in earnest about il, that j. ,WW,Ouo nna up
wards Of Prote.tan:s and inhdel- together are III
danger, from something over ?,OOO,ooO OF Inthon''
! ia the country. Why, If every man ol them was an
Irshnau, and they had the faculty which 1t IS ral'i
Paddy once clnmed for himself OF having caPtured
| three men at time, and who beng asked 10" ne ne
did IT, "and faith" said he II surrounded them and
took them prisoners" they would still be impOten!
and harmless except To- fgriShtcn crazy Know No.
| things or timid old ladies'.
But this is not ull. You will find that, not content
with violating tho Constitutions proianng the name "i
America and dcspcrating the ilGg Of the nntlon they
| have mpiouslv, should say uiade a catch word oi
tho name of Washington, and by implication at least
have affirmed that they huve tho saction i h- great
name and example for their principles anu prhctices
Listen to that portion of their rtuhl, which will
now read to vou in which These words will be found
Above oil eso Keep alive III their hearts the memory
the maxims and the glorious examples ni our liiur-
trious % l2 Is Il IL II =" which being trans
| lated means according to their al phhbot, aSnlnr'
nrton" and in thi. which is charge from the mar.
,hnl Ia n noyiiiate instead OF instructing their dI--
ciplys to train the youth of the land in tn" principle"
and practices Of open and manly virtue, th"y
charge them to lay hold OF the' IN order 10 ering
| . md undo
Order nnd wind up with the declaration which nav"
lust read to YOU. Nuw, rny, that those men werr
either Know Nothngs in reality Of the history ana
character, and principles OF nSiiist"n or 'hey nave
wilfu,y and deliberately mi-reprcscn'cd them, IN
order 6v the force Of his name acting upon the aec.
tons and patriotism oil the people, to deceive and
mislead. / will furnish proof o! II at once. tIrsi.
in his letter to General Lafayette III tho year liS,
which will be found in the 9th volume OF hls writings.
by Sparks, page 2o2. he says" am not iess ardent
| i'm nv wishes that you may succeed in your plan OF
federation in religious matters Being no big" myself
70 anv mode Of worship, ain dispose 10 indulge the
professors of christianity in the choice OF that road to
| heaven which to them shall seem the most direct.
the plaincst easiest and least liable TO EXCEPTIONS
I'm another letter to Sir Edward Ncwenham III lI92,
which all will br found in the 10Th volume, page :O9 hr
says - "Ofthc aninositIes which nave existed among
| munkind those which cau-rd by difference "t
sentiments in religion, appear t" be tho most mve-
erate and distressing and ought most 10 be deprecated
was in hopes, that the enlightened and liberal policy
which marks tho present age, would at "asthave rec
ouc.d the friends q. every denumnatiOn Tar, tnn
we should never again sea these religious disputes
carried to such pitch TO endanser the peace OF So
tcey" And agsin i'll al address to the Quakers-
While men perform their social duties faithfully
,hcr do all that society the State can with propr-
ETY. demand expect, and remain Responsible only t."
their Maker for the religion modes of faith which
they may prefer or profess.
Again, To the synod Of the Dutch Reformed CHnrcH
-" You geutlenien act the part of pInus chrs''aiH
and good citizens by your prayer and eIercses 10
preserve harmony and good will towards men, whicI
mus, be tho basis OF every political sentiment ana