M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-06
sold VIRGINIA never TRES"
SPEECH CP HENRY A. WISE, OF VIRGINIA


On the Know Nothing, at Alexandra, Feb. 3.
Now, gentlemen, having swept the
Northern and the Northwestern non
slaveholding States Of the Union, the
next onset is on the soil of Virginia.
This Worcester Journal boasts that
Maryland and Virginia are already al
most Northern States; and pray, how
do they propose to operate on the South?
Having swept the North -Massachu.
sets, New York, Pennsylvania, and
all those other Slates-the question
was: how can this ism be wedged in at
the South; and the Christian politics, ,
to tell them precisely how, { Cat. calls,
derisive cheers, and other manifestations
of the Know. Nothing element Of the
meeting) there were three elements in
the South and Virginia particularly, to
which they might apply themselves
There is the religious element, the
Protestant Bigotry and Ianatcism--iol
ProtestanIs, gentlemen, have their re-
Iigious zeal without knowledge, as well
as Catholics. { A voice "lrue enough,
sir.") 1t is an appeal to the 100000
Presby terians, to the 800, 900 Baptists,
to the 100000 MethodstS OF Virginia
Well, how were they TO reach them?
Why, just by raising the hell OF funk
about the Pope. Laughter.] The
Pope! snow so poor that Louis Napo-
Iecn who requires every soldier in his
kingdom at SebaStopoI, has to leave a
guard Of musketS at Rome!" Once OH
a time; crowned heads would bow
down and kiss his big toe; but now;
who cares fora Pope in ltal2 Cen
tlemen, the Pope is here. PreSlcra!l
at home, is what you have to dread
more than all the Popes OF the world.
| believe, Intellectually, and in my
heart as well as in my head, in evan.
geIical Christianity. believe that
there is no other certain foundation for
this republic but the pure and indebted
religion oil Jesus Christ OF Nazareth.
And the men oil God who believes in
the Father, in the divinity OF the Son,
and Holy Ghost the preacher in the
pulpit, at the BaptismaI tont, by the
sick led, at the grave, pointing
Tie way to Heaven and leading there,
honor. No man honors him more
than do. But the priest who deserts
the spiritual kingdom Tor the carnaI
kingdom, he is cot the earth earthly
whosoever he be--Episcopalian, Pres
byterian, Baptist or Melhodist--whc
leaves the pulpit to join dark lantern,
secret political society, in order that he
may become a Protestant Pope, by
seizng on political power--he is q
by ypocrite, whoSoever he be GSomt
applause, and cries of "good.' Jesu,
Christ of Nazareth settled the question
himself. | have his authority on thu
question. When Ihe Jews expected
him to put on princes crown and sea
himself on the actual throne oil David
he asked Tor penny to be shown him
A penny was brought him--a mcitlt
coin assayed, clipped, stamped witt
the image OF the State, representative
OF the civil stamped with Ce:
sar's image. 'Whose image and l. su
prescription is this? 1T is Caesars.
Then render unto Caesar the thing
that are Caesars, and unto God Ia,
things that are God's.' Applause.
MY kingdom is not OF tins world
My kingdom is spiritual kingdom.
Caesars Kingdom is politlcaI,ls carna
kingdom. And | tell you that ii
stood alone in the State OF Virginia
and if priestcralt-it the priest ol my
own mother church dared 70 lay then
hands on the political power of oul
people, or use their churches 10 wielc
political influence, would stand, il
feeble. imitation OF, it may be, but
would stand, even ii | stood alone, al
Patrick Henry stood in the revolution
between the parson and the people,
Applause, and cry OF 'l'm with you.
want no Pope, either Catholic O.
Protestant, | will pay Peters pence t.
ponliff-- Episcopalian, Presb, ,erian
Baptist, Methodist, or any other.--
Applause, and cries OF "good, J.
They not only cry about the Pope
These men, many of whom are neithel
Episcopallans, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Methodist, Congregationalisls, Luthe'
rlans or what not-wno are men OF re.
ligion. who have no church, who dc
not say their prayers, who did not reac