Weekly conservative. (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-09
LOngstreet's Letter.
From he Democratic r


dent writing from Oxford, Mississ;nni npder
date of May 18th. saws:
Judge Longstreet. the President of ihe State
University, preached a sermon or rather made
a political speech, on last SUNDAY. ot .Andrnw
Chapel, against "Know Nottingham, in which
he gave it as his belief that the present drought
was sent upon us on account of the sins of the |
KNOW Nothinss. | am afraid the old Judge is |
IN his dotage. lie reminds me of the simple |
tons IN North Alabama who attribute the lry |
weather to the telegraph! SAM
me Eagle and Enquirer adds:
TO whom, TO what cause will the Judge at
tribute the delightful and most refreshing rain(
we had yesterday morning? That must have(
been sent according to the logic of this polNi-l
cat PRESIDENT OF literary institution. on acc0untl
oil the good deeds OF the know Nothings.n
why Sailuci my, son, knew You were sworn
TO ilb wheh asked II you belonged to Know No
things ana l Knew well the force of habit
mat llDlng lor u long time from necessity,
would ultimately beget hbing for the pure
pleasure oil the thlng. But your rapid progress
amazes me. cannot thlnh that you have been
more tnan iour months IN the Lodge. and you
aifeady iilro" refer ehtlrely IN the shade lie
was cialielgeu ny servant maid but unless
you sllpt out among lhe negroes at the Church.
ana aluil see you 40 tlat, You hadn't even
inns teiiptatlon' ana yet aiter telling your so-
~ an ABOUT ONloru uhtll one would have sup
posed you had sucked out all the cream Of it,
you must run al the way 10 my guardians in
memphis, ana MAKE theh publish ito thcwhoIe
world pidh yon Know that Messrs. Pryor u
20, were my particular friends. and that they
nave sucn burning rove Tor the University
that any thihg gong 10 snow decay in its head,
would ulStreSS them pNCpnulOTY Short a thnip
comment u.s. doh I you see how they und 'rscorc
every lnihg tnat relates either to me or the col
iege' but IL Is not laif TO NIX you up together
when out Of lhe Lodge. The brothers of Mem
r IN wy Ivy TO pe seep n company with
s sn' p iii " UA,o Wnere tney are known;
But for won u"cxomned IN tba Tyow
Nothing school, Won surely wonld NOT hovcn ub.
lished vour niece. after chewing unon il So lone
Beat Peter. did say? Why Won beat the Ken
tuckian, who said as the story goes. that he
broke his hoe-helve, and he made another ont
of little gyeea popular saplng putt his hoe
and resumed his work AS he was chopping on
a snake struck his hoe-helye-so poisonous, that
in three minutes, the helve swelled so large that
it burst the eye of the hoe open. If that fellow
is alive, I'll underwrte for it that he is your
brother, and sup to the fourth degree, and Su-
per Royal Arch Grand Night Tempter and Mas
ter Grabber of the Imperial Order of Know No
things.
But it is time that had given the public a
proof of your efficiency. 1t may save YOU from
assassination some of these days by your abol-
ton brethren. You say | ''made Il political
speech against Know Nottingham" This is
very complimentary to your proficiency. You
had like TO have malrcd it by mixing in n word
of truth but you corrected it by throwing out
''scrnon." and then 1t stood forth IN beautiful
harmony with wmt follows. Here you show
your superiority over the green hoe-fsette man IN
several respects; lst IN ingenuity. VINO put a
know N0th , Of the incest SIKH in business d
droos harcnnt foretbar siy words onlv So ostoho
,nda,stsood ami yot stoor cleor Of tr1th in oyerv
ono, sncecb il was not hnt ser,oon Itwos NOT
s,s II Enn,o IA,
po'c ou' re g'ossi: nov @
eSS pu' ii'st,''n9 II. se,oea,' "T,, eni
MINISTER'S II. P"rtGu''r oin'liS u'q MY" 4to.l-
lhgS, Dol'l you hnow e"u,llly / s"'u ~, llc
not DC misunderstood mere, am nov pieocli'nS
| against KNOW NothlngSi ouI Against clriS''HuS
joining lhem 10 nc sure "iiat s"iu "P"ea
cehsufe upon Tue Wloie order puc "S you re-
Do Won remember the scripture quoted Samu.
olq | am afraid NOT 2nd TJs iufyrDiaity of H.
There were | suppose more than hundred per.
| cons nresant who can ottost that every word
said WAS addressed 70 christians only. and that
7 told Won os above stated expressly 70 remem
bor thia Now whom n man With so many tC
corroct him and fms cautioned can rcnrcscnt
mo os Won do. he cyhibts n heroism that cnti
tIos lin, to Tho highest bonors If thc order
Vou viii mako = fine Catbolic throat.cuttc
4 ,,5'"r won sbolI bovc ncrsacntad tlcm inenltel
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