Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-25
From the Fayetteville Obse,vor
LETTER FROM HON. JOHN KEnp
AsHEBoRoUGu. JuIv 10Th ,oe,

letter of my competitor, e. G. Rcadn ESo III tLe
to mine of the 18th of June f' ~ iepy
own myself little surprised at the tone IF +to
production 1t is not marked by the courtesy Irh;e
has hitherto characterised our public d;Sc mi.ch
In other respects it is perfectly familiar to me L.
is compend of his stump speech to which bo,it
often replied Nor would l notice it now in fiji;
form but for the fact that the letter will h sis
where neither the speech nor my reply will cVor
heard. o' oe
Mr.. Reade insinuotes, what he cannot Truthful,
charge, that have protested in my letter de~raY9
Of Of attachment to the Wing party, much stronger
thnn proclaimed in speech in Caswell
said in Caswe-and Mr. Reade knows the fact
that was, as ever, a Wing, DEVOTED, as ALWAYS
to Wing principles; but that if was forced to act
with either the Democrats or the Know Nothinps
l would prefer the former. This have repeatcd?'
Guilford and in Randolph, and every other count,
in which l have spoken.
As to the peurie attempt at wit, on Mr.. Reade,s
part in reference to dreaming, have no notice to
take of that further than to say that it is as vol
to be dreamer a fabricator. I never said ot
any time that the Standard as Just no paper at U
On the contrary, it is now, and has for wears been
the ablest paper in the State opposed to the prnc
Piles which l advocate, and which Mr. Reade baS
deserted-.t0r the sake Of the plunder
If Mr.. Reade really believes that there is not in
Washington's Farewell Address one word or Son
tence which even looks like censure of secret mo-
Htcal societies-then regret that he has read tbo
history of his country with so little comprehension
of the lessons which it teaches. The apology hn
attempts to make for the secrecy of his Know Soth
ing Society is unsatisfactory. All the secret poti.
cal societies that have figured conspcuously in the
history of the world have protested to have in Wow
the accomplishment Of some good end. The Jesuits
profess to aim at the propagation of the gosnel
The Jacobins were the protested friends of liberty.
and the DeMocratac Clubs of Genl. Washington'ss
time declared that they actuated by an anx
ious solicitude for the representation of freedom
the very existence of which was menaced bv a En-,
ropean confederacy transcendant in power and un-
paralleed in anaguaty" They also professed to OPP
pose the pride of wealth and the arrogance If
power in the United States" Can any objects be
better than these? Yet of these very societies Gen
Washington thus expressed himself
{" The real people, occasionally assembled in Or
der to express their sentiments on political subjects
ought not to be confunded with permanent seit.uD
pointed societies, usurping the right to control the
constituted authorities and to dictate to public opn-
ion While the former is entitled to respect, the
latter is incompatible with all government and must
either sink into general disesteem or finally over
turn the established ORDER of things
So spakc the Father of his Country. And let
us be taught by his counsel to avoid all connection
with affiliated political societies, whose aim it is to
l submit to every intelligent mind whether there
is not utter want of fairness in that part of Mr.
Reade's letter in which he denies that his party
connects religion and politics. 'Our principles
shows the contrary" Now this is fair specimen
of Know Nothing frankness. What do they say in
their platform on this suject?
Resistance to the aggressive policy and corrup-
ting tendencies Of the Roman Catholic Church in
our country, by the advancement to all political
stations, &C., of those only who do not hold civil al
legiance directly or indirectly to any foreign power
whether civil or ecclesiastical, and who Ameri-
cans by birth, education and training" &c.
Now, there are many Roman Catholics who 10
more acknowledge allegiance to the Pope in civil
matters than Mr.. Reade does-yet they are all OK
cluded from office by Know Nothing policy. Did
Mr. Castor acknowledge allegiance in civil matters
to the Pope? We knoao he did not vet if he were
now living he would be excluded from office by tho
x. MS, according to M. Re0deS speeches.
owe are for liberty of consciece and liberty of
worship" says Mr.. Reade. But it is practical de-
NAL of truth to debar from office because he
may entertain certain religious opinions. Yet the
Know Nothings Unfortunately prescribe all CdtE-
otcs And they still to be considered friends to
liberty of conscience? Save that sacred doctrine
from such friends! am no Roman Catholic. On
understand it-and abhor many of their practic-
es, especially in former and far distant times
Mr.. Reade insists that the Pope in recent En-
cyclical letter, denounced liberty of conscience
pest most to be dreaded in State Mr.. Reade de-
clares the same thing, far as Catholics are con-
cerned to be dangerous to our Protestant religion
and our liberties. How much better is Mr. Reade
than the Pope? and wherein do they differ? Mark
you,-to debar man from office on account of his
religious taith is, in the language of Mr.. Macon,
|" practical denial of liberty of conscience" Mr..
Reade is for debarring the Catholics-I would COM
mend him to the imitation of better example than
the Pope.
Now word or two in regard to Mr.. Rcade's sta
tistcs He states that up to 1850, the immigration
to our country of all classes 1850, 600. How
does he arrive at this fact? He says he takes it
from the Census Abstract The abstract shows no
such thing There is statement of the opinion of
one DIR. Chickering 20 that effect in the abstract
From 1870 to 1920 there is no accurate data upon
which to found calculation. From 1920 to 1850,
The number of arrivals set down in the Census is Ia
ken from the Custom House reports and note to
he Coopen6 of the Census, page 122, states the
fact that the Custom House reports are known to
i've mach Tess than the true numbers
Now the statement which made in my former
ate Bishop England, "a Catholic bishop in which
states that in the fifty preceding years there had
mmigrated to this country 100000 of Catholics;
md that there was one million here prior to that
late. Nearly twenty years have elapsed since then.
The immigration in the mean time has been confess
Idly on the increase. Now on such basis, (and IS
not quite good any have p it is fair to sup
pose that six or eight millions have arrived in the
United States since the establishment of our gov
rnment There now remain of Catholics, one mill
ion and about eight hundred thousand. Of this
lumber suppose eight hundred thousand to be
natives and the rest foreigners. As to the number
converted to professionalism, cannot accurately
scertain it,-but one thing we do know that if
here is force in truth-gosDcL truth-in fair open
contest such as they have in the u S. under the be-
lgn influence of our system of government, Protest
ntsm would be much more likely TO prevail than
conan Catholicism. 1t is humiliating clrcum-
lance that Mr.. Reade, a Protestant by profession,
hould admit that Protestants often turn Catho-