Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-24
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before the flood Neither the body nor the mind has
undergone revolution Thousands of years ago, men |
shivered with the frost, and painted with heat They
were cold in their gratitude and ardent in their re-
venge Tn reading over the details of the horrible
carnage by blood-thirsty Know. Nothing mob at
Louisville our memory naturally seeks for parallel
cases in the worlds history. Before the advent of
Christianity, they stalk before our mind in in
erminable line, until become weary of the array.
But il would be unjust to hold the Pagan inhabitants
of the globe to the strctness of accountability
with which we are justified in holding a Christian
population. The early Christians were hunted by |
their Pagan BRETHREN from their homes to caverns in
the rocks. where they either persisted with famine, or
were smtten with the edge of the sword Occasion
alv they were burnt 10 death in their hiding places,
and their cbarred bones left momentos OF their
wretched fate The barbarous PELIssIER, emulatng
the heroism OF his Pagan prototypes, destroyed the
lives of hundreds of Kabyle and children, by
the same process in to which they had fled
for shelter. The monster still lives, and has been
rewarded by the crimsoned hand of his CORY master
NAPOLEON; but an indignant world points the finger
of scorn at the titled miscreant and longs for his dis
grace before the walls of SebastopOl. It remained
for the Know Nothing Christians! of Louisville, 10
shoot and burn TO death their Christian brethren-not
sparing man. woman or child In the early days,
PaganS killed Christians. I he barbarian PELIssIER
killed Mahomeans. But the Christian! members of
the Secret Order In Louisville, will have higher
niche in the temple of fame, for they destroyed
Christians by knife ball and fire, and reIoced with
exceeding
How intuitively the mnd reverts to the bloody era
of the Middle Ages to find case of parallel atrocty
with that of Louisville. But it searches in vain
The Kentucky holocaust stands unrivaled for its
treachery, cowardce and horror. Let her enjoy the
Infamous Distinction and commemorate the act bv an
ovation to the iend PRENTICE. The City Seal of
Louisville should be changed, and have for its armo-
rial bearing, of houses on fire, with women
and little children beseechng, with upfted hands,
the crowd OF surrounding monsters for mercy denied
! nonfr &h0
group in the act of addressing them in this earnest
language xii all hat haze a foreign extraction or
Catholic fdiMhe Lord aOH ofterqcards select those
that are has," Their friends may then sing with a
clear consclence-Vent Creator. 1t will not do for
protesting Christians, who attempt to Justify the
wholesale slaughter of innocent men, women and
children at Louisville to pirate any more about the
Alblgenses, the WaIdenses, and the day OF St Bar
tholomeW Neither OF these equal in moral turpitnde
the bloody Kentucky butchery We profess to have
the light of truth, and and education to guide
US, and even dare call ourselves Christians They
were shrouded in the murky darkness of ignorance
when the nights OF conscience neither understood
nor recognized The innocent victims at Louisville
were murdered in cold blood Those of the middl,
ages in the heat of battle, or after conquest where
blows had been given and taken. The latter believed
that they were doing God SERVICE by war of ex.
termination against the Seceders from their church
The Know Nothings of Louisville kney that their
wlliul butchery was for their own personal benefit
and that OF the gamblers, whose hirelngs thew we're
The women and children at least could plead that
they had never tresrassed against their murderers
and therefore had no reason to anticipate fierce and
fiery death. Back to your burning house and bring
out your husband,' cried the incarnate fends and
back they went to perish in the fames-and that,
too, at the instance of miserable paraytc who is
mpotent tor any other purpose than evil, and whose
passions, PRIDE, concuplscence and ntempeance have
lnt1amed his mind in proportion as thew have de.
prived him of his physical energy
What adds to the depravity of the conduct of
Prentice, Is the fact that only year ago. he had
to fly Tor safety from the vengeance of this yerv mob
of Know Nolhings, and take refuge in another State
Who does not recollect the cringing cowardce of
this ahect wretch the Gait House. on his reurn to
Louisville, when making conditions with the Secret
Order? Having denounced the Know Notbinps with
the most bitter lnvecves his seeming conversion to
their doctrines was the effect of fear and his motive
for urging them to murder helpless innocents NAV
have been to bring them to ruin, and feed his smoul
dering enmlty. The infrmites of the mind general
y keep pace with those of the body but the heart of
a coward is always gratlfed with revenge Ma.
TONS curse is now upon the Secret Order and Prem
tce may call it retribution for his own disgrace
The Secret Councils of Louisville have had their
''4Auto de Fe'-but oh ! there is dav of fearful
Iletributlon awaiting the monsters who ENCOURAGED
and took part in the slaughter
But are the Protestant clergy entirely free from
censure May we not with Zuingus exclaim to
them-"Blind are we in thus seeking 10 please the
God OF earth and heaven Believe not that the
Eternal, He whom the heaven of heavens cannot
contain, will fail to frown upon your actions. Alas,
alas know our own crime. 1t is we-the Minis.
tiers OF the Atar-we who ought to be the salt of the
earth-who have plunged the ignorant and credu
lous multitude into error To accumulate treasures
for ayarice, raised vain and worthless nracti
ces to the rank of good works. until the people neg
lect the laws of Cod and only think of rpceivino
compensation for their crimes, instead of renouncin@
them. What language do use ?-let us indulpe
our desreslet US enrich ourselves with the plunder
of our neighbors-let not fear to stain our hands
with blood and murder. When all this is done wa
shall ind easy explahon " under the plea that It
was tor the spread OF Professionalism, and for the ex
trpauon OF Romanlsm Where is it written in Gods
laws, oh ye Protestant Minister'S who encouraon
the proscr pve doctrines of the Secret LODGES tbet
you may thus sit in judgment upon mans life
You perceive that your bitter denuncations of vonr
fellow citizens OF particular faith amounts 10 their
imminent peril Perhaps you will cite for AUTHORITY
the instance OF Annas and Caiaphas. who sat mon
Christ and his Apostles. They were fit executors Of
a cruel ecclesiastical CUSTOM and some of Won ore
worthy initators of their deed.
we dare not give scope to our feelings in writing
upon the Louisville butchery but our human nae
ture will evince the ndignity which it has suffered
we shall now let an eyewitness speak:
We assure readers and cotemporaries of the reoo
the louisville imes that the statements of the Jour
nlzed whoe city, and desolaed the resdes Of hundreds
our best citizens which wrngng from the widows
t ;,h h o ne murdered victims wall of agony, which
false from beginning to end They are the fa
cation OF man who the chief nstigator of all the yio
fence lie now striving with deviish ingenuity to escane
that moral gibbetng which deserves at the hands Of an
outraged people just God will hold him accountable for
taat gay nord crimes His hands damnably stained
hearts of the victims. Recall but for moment hEs go
quot Tor the last month His has been filed with
asrcS Appeals 70 the West passions of the human
IN We haop