The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-08-08

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zeal Hot unfreuuently run into the most rldis
ruldus Inconsistencies. have seen one CO.
lumn If a newspaper filled with denuncia-
btibns Of the secret feature Of the order, while
the next hot only purportet to give the prin-
ciples Of the party, but even the very forms
of initiation. One thing Is certain, either
those forms were forgeries, or all the indis.
nant dehuneiatohs OF secfety were litpocii-
teal pretences in no way creditable to those
who employed them. All parties observe
more or less secrecy in relation to certain
portions If their tactics. The secrets ot
Democratic caucus are as profound as those
ef Know Nothing Council, and the will OF
every member is more completely subjected
to the control 81 the majority.
AKnow Nothing, after his party have made
nomination, may abandon the Order, and
then rid himself of all obligation TO support
ii, but Democrat WIN has once taken part
in a caucus il held in honor bound 10 abide
the decision Of that caucus, no matter how
distasteiu il may be. Ii the term Ozark
Lantern Party" was applied 10 the midnight
plOttings of those who manufacture in eau
cGses and conventions candidates without
consulting the will Of the people, it would be
much more appropriate.
The State and the National Councils hay.
ing both removed the injunction OF secrecy,
tina; reproach is disposed Of. In point Of
TACT, il nevcrexisted. Their principles were
known from the beginning, and he mist have
been ignorant, inteed who had any doubt
of the aims and purposes of the order.
But il is alleged that il is Wing trick, got
ten up to iuiure the Democracy. Such argu.
ments are the usual resorts Of weak men.
who, when reason fails, attempt to enlist pre-
JUDGE in their behalf The heat, Of the Or
der is an old fashioned Jackson Democrat.
Wherever they have nominated candidates,
they have taken the larger number from the
Democratic ranks. Judge Cone, Of Georgia,
who reported the platform adopted at Phila-
dephia, is an old line Democrat. He was a
\ member OF the Baltimore Convention, in
l l844, that nominated Mr.. Polk. and reported
the resolutions adopted by that body as the
i principles Of the Democratic party. How
stands the case on the nther side Mr. Wise
confessedl, owes his election to the Wings.
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, Wing leaders
in Georgia. are at the head ol the antl..Ame-
rican party, and 50 with MIR. Preston, in
Kentucky. Everywhere you find Wing lead.
ers among the bilterest opponents OF Ameri-
can principles, aud, il it Is a Wing trick,
they have been long time finding it out.
There is another branch Of the question
which approach with more reluctance be-
cause am afraid with more prejudice than
will enable me to consider il dispassionately
Withou, belonging 10 any Church, grew ~
in the Methodist persuasion. ltwas the faith
in which my mother lived aud died, and could
nut change il if | would. Among the earli-
est books which fell into my hands, found
accounts Of Catholic prosecutions Of the ear
ly Pr0Iestants-Of men, women, aud children
thrown into dungeons, stretched upon the
GAEL tortured with thumb screws, and final
" burned al the stake. fur the crime nf sSar-
shipping God a. reason and conscience die
tated. Then came the "order Of Jesus,
. with the Inquisitinn in its train. For centu.
ries every page Of history is blackcned bY the
impurities 81 that Church whose Pontif AFRO
gantIy claims TO be the immediate represen-
tatiye Of the Almighty, aud who has not hesi-
lated at all times To exercise puwefs IN ac-
eUr,lance with that claim. Subjects released
from obedience to their legal rulers-mnrder,
ii tended to the advancement IL the Church
know il Is said that these powers are not
now exercised or claimed. Where has il ever
been abandoned when they had the power 70
enforce IN: What j. the use Oi the cnnles.
siunal if the priesthood do not sill claim the
power 0f forgiveness Tor sins committed or
TO be committed: have searched ID vain
for any authentic docunent which shows that
tney have ever abated one jot OF title ii the
pretensiUns which characterized them IN nth.
~ years, ani characterize them INV in other
lands. have visited two countries IN which
the Catholic religion is established by law,
and fnund IN both the same intolerance. the
same bigotry, the same hatred Of the Protes.
taut IL Of yDre.
Even the dead bodies Or Protestants are
} denied the right al burial 10 a Catholic grave
ward. lie masses are taught to brlieye that
tie rottins corpscs Of the faithful would be
polluted by the ncighborhood IL brother
who held IN life different creed. 10 spar
anasscmblage Of more than fifteen Protestant,
to- Tie purpose d religious worship i Dc.
tared al unlawful assembly. and al the re
monsirantes 81 England have failed 10 ame
, liorate this ,ietestable tyranny. What VI
, zee EXISTING elsewhere, what We know ha,
always existed wherever Catholics had Tie
/. power. We may surely dread for ourselve,
without being liable 70 the charge Of eKeessi,,
, tlmidiiy, particularly when We see the rapit
strides they are making 10 power aud innu
ence among ~. frpm 1910 to 1850 the mum
: Der u Catholics 10 the United States dou
. Ell, and now ihey exceed twu millions d
; soul.. sc that rate il will MT take them long
: 70 acquire al the power they want and wlieI
J acquired they will not lail toexcrci.e il. u
tie very nature d things tie Catholic mus
. be prosecutor. When he believes tiai eve
~ Protestant is IN the highway 10 hell
; Wien he believes that il !, charity TO torture
4. and pietS 70 murder those whum be look,