The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-08-08


ry legislation was concerned, greater than
she hnd enjoyed since 1857. Her insiitu-
tion Of slavery was excluded from ali terri.
tory acquired by the United States north of
80 deg. 30 min- by the Wilmot Proviso,
which was practically Ia force In all tcrrito-
ry north Of that line until the passage Of
the Kansas-N Nebraska Bill. That bill re-
moved all restrictions. opcned the Terrific.
| ries to the South and her slaves. and Ian
the people thereof free to adopt or reject
the institution of slavery. There had bee,,
objections raised TO the Administrator of
President Pierce, and to some of his nm.
pointments to office, yet,zout of lOO, 900
officers to be appointed By the Presidents Re
was utterly impossible to please severv one
nor was It to be expected, that he should NJ. \
tain perfection; perfection was not the lot
OF man, and gentlemen should remember.
] that to err is human, to forgive Is divine -
| COL Orr then reviewed the Kansas-Ne.
braska Bll-sl,owed the great upapimitv
with which Il was sustained by Southern
Representatives; but six Of the entire dele :
CATION Of the South in Congress, voted
against 1t, and four Of those SIX members.
are now candidates for reelection TO Cor.
gress upon tho Know-Nothing ticket. He s
regarded this Bill a good one FOR the South,
so much so, that almost every Representa-.
tive from the North who supported IL, hns
been laid upon the shelf, and an abolitionist
returned insthcir stead Even Pennsylyania
had prostrated every one of her eleven Re-
presentatives who voted for the bill. but
three, under the lead Of Wilmot, ef ia omr,e 3
genus. Thus have the friends Of the South
at the North, been elected from power bv..
| the fusion ofsore-hendcd Democrats, Wbi9s.
Abolitionists. and Free-Soilers, into the {,
Know-Nothing party.
He reviewed the elections North. and s
showed that none Of the Know-Nothings
elected at the North, would support the
Kansas Nebraska Bill-they would 90 horse,
loot and Dragons, Tor the restoration Sf the 7
Missouri Compromise. He then reviewed,
the Know-Nothing platform, adopted az the
Philadelphia meeting-showing it MP Ia all
its broad phases to be a humbug a nd q vile
trick to delude the South, and allure her !.
from her principles and duty. There was
no independence in .hat platform, for the
one-third Of the Know-Nothinpf LODGES.
who remained, after the two..hirdssec +
| did not represent the vie VS. Of their DON
| stituents; and that the latter were not
bound or committed to sustain that plat
FORM Col. Orr vividly demonstrated the
impracticabiity Of Southern men Joining
the Know Nothngs. If their object is TO
shnt out the evils of foreign immigration,
let them purge themselves at tho North
They do not wish to stop immigration; II :
so, they could easily effect their purpose by
a capitatiOn tax. The States of the North
west have agents employed at all Of the
Northern soaportS, to solicit immigration to.
particular States, where they are granted
full powers to vote Mt the expiration OF six
| months from their arrival; thus Violating
the naturalization laws Of the General Gov
| ernment and narrowing the period of ma
turaliza;ion down from 1--WE years 60 six
| months. The State of Wisconsin, short
time since, had agents in Europe, offering
every inducement to forejgncrsto colonize
| that State.
Col. Orr next examined the character OF
onr immigrant settlers, showing that they
had made most loyal citizens History
told of their valor upon the battle field. OF
our country, and every one must remember
that in .he Boston riot, in the case of the
fugitive slave Burns, the only blood shed on
that occasion, was that Of Irish Batchelder.
in defence of the rights Of Soutberners.
He then glanced AZ the history Of tho
Catholic Church; he was no Catholic, yot
he maintained their right to worship God
es they choose, nithput hindrance--the
Constitution guaranteed them this right, and
he denounced rs unholy and unjust any at
tempt to wrcst il from them. He defended
that church from the imputaiion of dis
loyalty tn the government, or attempt Mt IL
out OF the three thousand clergymen Of
New England, who sent in protest to Con-
grcss against the passage Of the Nebraska
Bill, the name of not one Catholic Priest
could be found thereon. At the South, we
had nothing to fear from the temporal in
ilnence of that Churh, from the pauci.y of
IFS members.
Col. Orr next condemned secrecy in all
political organizations--he deprecated the
Order Of Know-Nothings, as throwing the
door wide open for falsehood and false re-
presentation in suppressing the truth; he
denounced II as sitiating 70 the morals Of
society, and believed that Il imposed oaths
and obligations incompatible with the duties
OF good citizen; averse 70 the free exer-
else OF the elective franchise, and 10 HOSTILE
ty to the spirit Of the Government under
which we live His remarks upon this
branch OF the Subject, were impressive and
monitory.I Cox Orr then discussed the
vindicitive spirit Of the order--nen of long
expeFiepce md faithfulness In the public
services, arc secretly araigned at the bar Of
this Orders without notice to appear, or even
hint OF Tie offence for which they are
cuipable aud decapitated without being al
loved the privilege Of yindicating their DO
ltieai course. IL prescribed eye.y man who
would not snbserviently support IL, with an
arbitrary yindictiyeness dangerous to the
well-being OF our Government
He protested against the Union OF Church
and State-showsd the absolute necessity
or their separation. and fortified his posi-
ton by the opinions Of the patriots or the
Revolution. The persecution Of Catholics
nc declared WAS the snrest way 70 build
them up-E European history proved thatthe