The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-06-23

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this rank 1t has attained through more ad-
verse fortunes than probably ever beset On
infant Institution before. Fear not that
it will ever be school Of politics. Your
sons graduate in politics before they come
to tho University. W H
1t is now in its palmiest days, and this
you see is one object Of Known Nothing van
dalism. 1t has already, | fear thrown a
fire-brand into its peaceful halls. Iappeal
to you to come to the rescue. Rise up as
one man against it, when it invades. the
sanctuary Of literature, instead of requiring
your professors to kneel in its presence.
l am sure there are yet more than ten thou
sand christians in and about the State, scho
haze not yet bosced tie knee 10 Badl. / call
to its help honest yeomanry, and farmers
of the lind, who oil ways mean right; come
ye to its succorl Honest we'll meaning
Known othings, who in a thoughtlcss mo-
ment have been drawn into the order, come
out Of it and rally to the support Of your
University. l regret having been constrain-
ed to an attitude which may perchance in
jure the University for q time; but be the
fault on the head Of Know. Nothings not
mine. Look at their fruit already scatter
ed through the land and surely you will ap-
prove Of my opposition to it. If you do
not your children will. by their fruits
We will know them" What are they :?
Most desperate and dangerous agitation
churches rending assunder-past and
fiocks at variance-C Christians losing all
confidence in each other Saints and sin
ners in close embrace Preachers of the
same church getting half congregations and
half support--one looking on approvingly,
while another is abused--Teachers totter-
ling-their pupils in midnight cliques-I
friendship severing- lage taking the place
oflove father against son-brother against
brother. These things are; and they pro-
claim trumpettongucd what is coming, i'll
the monster be not crushed at once. And
all for what? In honest truth to get in the
owts, and to get out the ms. This is the
true subject of the Order. Well it must
take its course till reason resumes her seat.
Nations like men, run mad at times, and
nothing but time and blood-letting can cure
them. Still while there is hope all good
men should strive to relieve them. Ny
course is takcn-carefully thoughtfully,
taken. | am no Catholic. Put .
Methodism and Romansm on the field of !
fair argument, and will stake my all upon 4
the issue; but am not such coward as j
to fec the field of honorable warfare, for q
savage ambush fighting; or such fool as !
to believe that mans religion is to be re- /
formed by harassing his person. Nor am
| quite SO blind as not to see, that when
tho work of crushing churches is begun in s
The country, it is not going to stop with .
the overthrow Of one. All Professionalism
Utmost will be against me-two-thirds of :,
NY own church q judge will be against h
ne-the Trustees will be alarmed for the !
interest OF the college-my colleagues of X
The Faculty will be uneasy-my best friends G
will be panied; but have an abiding con- d
idence that nothing will be lost by my {
course in the end. It will be madness in p
men to- withdraw their sons from the able 7
cachng of my colleagues, for my fault-to $
lttack the college to injure me; but these u
ire days of madness, and this is the way in
which obnoxious Professors are commonly
attacked. BE it SO. have done my duty,
md leave the consequences with Cod q
And here | sign my name to what deem y
he best legacy that could leave to my =
children; record proof, that neither place,
Tor policy nor temporal interest, nor friend
hips, nor church, nor threatening storms
rom every quarter, could move their father !,
or an instant, from principle, or awe him :
nto silence when the cause of God and his :
country required him to speak. !,
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