Eastern times., 1855-04-05
eastern Gimes,
SPEECH OF HON. HENRY A. WISE,
OF VIRGINIA

On me hnoU NOthings, at Alerdndf7d, REQ. 5.
Now, gentlemen, having swept the North
ern and the Northwestern slaveholding States
of the Union, the next onset is on the soil of
Virginia This Worcester journal boasts that
Maryland and Virginia are almost Northern
States, and pray, how do they propose to op-
crate on the South Having swept the
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, and all those other Staies-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 Moth
ing element of the meeting) there were three
elements in the South and in Virginia partc-
ularly, to which they might apply themselves
There is the religious element, the Protestant
bigotry and fanaticism-for Protestants, gen.
tlemen, have their religious zeal without
knowledge, as well as Catholics. A voice,
true enough, sir.) 1t is an appeal to the
100, 900 Presbvterians, to- the 300, 900 Bap
fists, to the 30O,O Methodists of Virginia.
Well, how were they TO reach them! Why,
just by raising the hell of funk about the
Pope. Qaughler.) The Pope now so
poor that none can do him reverence :; so poor
that Louis Napoleon who requires every sol
dier in his kingdom at Sevastopol, has toleave
guard Of muskeis at Rome Once on
time, crowned heads would bow down and kiss
his big toe; but now, who cares for Pope in
Italy, Gentlemen, the Pope is here. Priest
craft 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 evangelical Christianity. be-
lleve that there is no other certain foundation
of this republic but the pure and undefled re-
ligion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And the
man of God who believes in the Father, in the
divinity of the Son, and Holy Ghost-the
preacher in the pulpit, at the baptismal font,
by the sick bed and at the grave, pointing
The way to Heaven, and leading there,
honor. No man honors him more than do.
But the priest who deserts the spiritual king
dom for the carnal kingdom, he is 'of the earth
earthly whosoever he be-Episcopalian, Pres
-byterian, Baptist or Methodist-who leaves
the pulpit to join dark lantern, secret polit-
cal society, in order that he may become a
Protestant Pope by seizng political power
he is hypocrite, whosoever he be. (Some
applause and cries of 'good.) Jesus Christ
of Nazareth settled the question himself l
have his authority on this question. When the
Jews expected him to put on thrones crown
and seat himself on the actual throne of David,
he asked for a penny 10 be shown him. A
penny was brought him-a metal coin, as
sayed, clipped, stamped with the imrge of the
State, representatives of the civil power,
stamped with Cesar's image. Whose image
and superscription is this = 1T is Cesar's.'
Then render unto Caesar the things that are
Cesar's and unto God the things that are
Gods (Applause.) MY kingdom is not
of this world. My kingdom is spiritual
kingdom C@sar's kingdom is political, is a
carnal kingdom. And l tell you if 1 stood
alone in the State of Virginia, and if priest
craft-if the priest of my own mother church
dared to lay their-hands on the political power
OF our people, or use their churches 10 wielG
political influence, would stand, in feeble
imitation it may be, but | would stand even
if stood alone, as Patrick Henry stood in the
Revolution, between the parson and the peo-
pie. (Applause, and cry of I'm with you }
l want no Pope, either Catholic or Protes-
tant- I will pay Peters pence to no pontif;-
EpiscopaIian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Metho-
dist, or any other. applause and cries of
'gsod.) They not only appeal to the rei-
gious elements, but they raise cry about the
Pope. These men, many of whom are neither
Episcopalians, Presbyterian, Baptists, Metho-
dist, Congre gationalists, Lutherans or what
not-who are men of no religion, who have no
religion, who do not say their prayers, who do
not read their Bible, who live God defying
3ives, every day of their existence, are now
sseen with faces as long as their dark lanterns,
with the whites of their eyes turned up in ho-
3y fear lest the Bible should be shut up by the
Pope! daughter, applause and derisive
scheers.) Men who were never known be-
fore, on the face of Gods earth, to show any
interest in religion, to take part with Christ
or his kingdom, who were the devils own, be-
longing to the DEVILS church, are all of a
sudden very deeply interested for the word of
God and against the Pope. 1t would be well
for them that they joined church which does
not believe at all in the Father, and in the
Son, and in the Holy Ghost.
Let US see my friends, what Know Moth
ingism believes in. Do you know that, gen.
tlemen. (Hoding up pamphlet, amid great
Naughter and excitement.) That is your for
qulary of the Grand Council of the United
Yates of North America-from the press of
rnrell g. Moore, No. 10, Devonshire street.
bon, 1854.
e ead from the blue book =
e organization shall be known by the
namef the Grand Council of the United
'o'ates,f North America. Its jurisdiction
ana po'r shall extend to all the States, Dis
.,ic's an'T Territories Of the United States o.
worm AFRICA. A person to become mem
0er OF any abordinate Council, must be TWEEN.
V-one yearapf age. He must believe in the