The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-05-04
YAzOQ CITY.
FRIDAY. May al 1861.
THE BOOK or KNOW NoTHINGs.
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lthat the Pope and Satan laid their heads togelh
q and formed most ggieyous plot; but Jenny
being bonny King and mpekls wise man. he
snelt out their plot and prevented.
3. So also. ii tie days Of Frank. whose sun
name was Pierce, Il came TO pass that tic Pope
and the Spells Party laid their heads together
and formed 8 most grievous plot; but The ever
lastng Yankee Nation being shrewd cunning
people, and full Of notions, guessed out their
plot and prevented i.
g. Howbeit ID those days the mel Of Yankee
land gathered themselves together m tens, and
ii hundreds and ii thousands, and in tens of
thousands, and great was the CONSERVATION
thereof al over the land, amongst The sons and
daughters of the Spoils Party, for the Know
Nothings were upon them, and none could tell
whence they came, nor whittier they went; for
they were strange, invisible, but inYneible
people, making sad the hearts Of those who sat
il high places, and kept unto themselves the
gold and the silver and the jewel Of the Nation.
4 Behold now the wrath 81 the Spells Party
waxed exceeding strong, and they gathered
themselves together il tens, and il hundreds.
and 10 thousands, marching up their tribes from
an the nations, and kindreds, and tongues Of
the earth, swarming about Court Houses like
Egyptian Ioeusts. When 70. these men Of
wrath said unto the men Of easy conscience,
We win give unto you share Of our gold and
our silver every man contributing according
70 she ire Of his official lei provided ye
m up he Ipdges Of the land and swear
59fore then ha youth Ct sventeen i
twenly-one, and imported en- of
. day o. week, perchance from some fole.g
almshonse OF jail, has been 4 sojourner in the
United States for these FIVE years OF upwards,
and furthermore, solemly affirm that you know i
him g Be man Of goOd character. and well
disposed to sustain the Constitution and Gov
e hlent Of the United States.
s. And it came to pass when these iniquities
were beheld, that the Know Nothings cried
urto them with ! loud voice, saying, re men Of
proaigac and corruption, get We out Of the
Temple which the people have reared unto
themselves, for i Is said, my House shall be
called The House prayer, but ye have made
It den 81 thieves, and are henceforth no long
e It to abide therein.
s. Now when Beelzebub was counting over
lis pelf, and sardonically grining Il his inps,
cane to pass that those strange, invisible peo-
pie, the Know Notkings, rushed over the land
ike mighty whirlWind, sweeping out all i'm
purities therein, and strengthening the hands Of
the men Of justice and the men Of wisdom.
that they might hereafter rule the Nation with
equity and secure the civil and religious rights
Of al the sons and daughters u the land,
I. But the men Of Frank ana Plus groaned
grieyousy il the spirit, for they held tenacious
lly to the traditions Of their ancestors, and in
sisted that al men must worship even as the
Phrases Of old; but he Know Nothings said
unto them, verify, we have received new COM
mandmen ch we offer unto you, That We
love one another and that ye manifest that
love by your deeds ii sharing with your breth-
rem the loaves and The fishes with which you
ere 80 boundflIly fed,
s. Yae verify, the men Of Frank and Plus
answered unto tl,enl, " would love you indeed,
and share with you oul mess Of pottage, did
ye only worship according to our holy traditions
and set 1t naught 0ur sacred ordinances and
spiritual interpretations. but humbly worship
according to the Cannon Of Holy Mother
Church, as SET forth By Her Councils and Popes,
and follow obediently ike habes and stockings,
the paternal advice Of our living Father Pope
Plus the 9th,and remain faithful to the opinions
Of Frank and The Kitchen Cabinet Is made
manifest il their oracle. TIE Union
9Then the Know Nothings said unto the
men Of the Spells Party, .Yae verify, ye be
blind leaders Of the blind, teaching for scrip
ture the doctrines 81 men. and preaching
Us dishonesty and corruption; is rather listen
70 the instructions Of that wise and holy teacher
who taught long before your popes and Coun-
cils had any existence. and who solemnly en-
Joined upon is 10 be fully persuaded ID our
0aca minds, mot in the minds IF tie Pope and
Councils before We received the doctrines
preached unto Is, lest they ht BE snn men
only.
10. And 80 came 70 pass il those days Of
new doctnes, that tie Know Nolhin Jade
their appearance il azoo CITY nstand-
be Quar- tine rest much to the
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