Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-09-05
with the Rev. H. H. Tucker, in representing

made oppressive to the colonists but le
proceeds step further than Mr.. Tucker
and shows that, whatever credit is due, for
the limited federation secured by the law, ii
is to be credited; not to the Catholics, but
to Protestants- He says, Up. 81, cit has
commonly been supposed, that the:merit Of
having thus early made an escape from the
spirit Of bigotry and intolerance, belongs
almost exclusively to the Roman Catholics
but from the testimony Of a contemporary,
such would appear not to have been the
fact. There doubtless were Roman Catho:
lies in the Legislature to share the honor with
their companions in that body; but our au-
thority informs US, that divers others had
removed into the colony-every encourage
ment had been given to such removals by
the lore. proprietor, and because there were
some few Papists that first inhabitedthere
themselves, and others, being Of different
judgments, an act passed hatal protesting
ID Jesus Christ should have equal justice,
privileges and benefits in that province, and
that none on penalty (mentioned) should
give the terms Of rouodhead," &c. Refer
ence-". Hammond's Leach and Rachel
+ A Tract written in 1856. -. -.
Why haze not those who are seeking to.
detract from Mr.. fuckers character and
standing in society, directed their fulmina-
tons against Bancroft and Dr.. Hawk? Is
X because Mr.. Tucker. is connected with a
denomination. that happens to. be: unpopular
with them9 I.would remind the craft, that
there are upwards of $4,000 Baptists in the
State of Georgia alone; and that there is
not:an Editor who is not more or less. in.
debted to them for support. ~ =:
.aP.+S. The italics:in the above extracts are
mot in the original. Lord Baltimore imbib.,
ed atelerant spirit from his Protestant par.
ents. He held his charter at the will of a
Protestant government The facts must
have exerted a great influence over him
Romanists, therefore; are entitled to- but lit:
tie praise for his virtues, and little censure
for his failinss. -; -. ..-.......- /.
"MAKYLssD, the first State in the Uhion,"
says the Boston Transcrip, where the Ro:
man: Catholic Church gained footing, now
contains eight hundred and'seven Protestant
Churches, and only six!y;fve Catholic con.
gregations.ss IN Florida the Catholics early
made. settlement Now there, are: one hun
.dred and seventy P.ntsstantss and only five
FGasholfcs
by the Catholics, who now have ffty-fve
churches, in the State, while the Protestants
have two hundred and forty seven congre.,
cations. In Texas, the Catholics were the
first sect in point Of time--they now have
thirteen churches, bnt the Protestants report
I three hundred and seven societies in the
State. The number of Episcopal, Lutheran,
and Roman. Catholic churches are nearly
the same throughout the country, but e4ch
of the three denominations have about one
eleventh Of the number. of Methodists,
scarcely one.eightl, that Of the Baptists, and
not one-fourth that Of the Presbyterans.---
The entire Protestant population Of the
country, compared with that of the Ca'ho.
lie, is about as IL to L.,
| KossUru's ADVICE TO FoRE1GNERs-ARovE
ALL Re ,AMERrcASsE- But ,as sure as you
value freedom, civilization, your own happi.
ness, and the welfare Of your children, di-
vest YOURSELF of the idea of either making
America. German or lrish, or forming a
Germany-an Ireland in America. Speak
your own language, adore your God; and
don't try to be distinct nation in the Amer
lean nation--be philanthropic Americans,
but before all, and above all, he Americans.
Or else you will bring ruin upon your own
house, by bringing division upon your adop:
ted country; and division of America is a
definite triumph of despotism throughout the
world.--kossuth: -.
KNow Norm1yGrsM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
From the nature. Of the proceedings at two
meetings recently held in Charleston, South
Carolina, Know Nothingism does not seem
to promise long life in, or TO. become,"ne
Of the permanent institutions of; that State.
One of those meetings, which was composed
entirely Of The proressed friends Of the Ameri.
can Party, repudiated the distinctive charac.
teristic OF the order, the Catholic test, and
refused to be bound by the acts Of the Ma
tionaI Council; while the other meeting,
which was appropriately held in !" Hibernian
ilaF,". denounced the party in all its phases
and principles, as opposed to the doctrine ;oi
State Rights and 4he,interests Of the South.
The American Party, ,manilestly, has but
slender, chance in the. Palmetto State tor
spreading, .and we would. advise Sam not to
calculate too confidently on~the support ol
that member of the conlederacyainsthe com.
inc contest for the Presidency. South Car
olina does not consider the preservatiou.o .ol
the l:nion the paramount duty. Of the
States. but that is Sans paramount idea
next to the exclusion, OF, foreigners and
Catholics from otiice;.New York Times,
WHAT THE RUSSIANS SAY.-The official
organ at ST. Petersburg expresses the opin:
lou. that the allies, by their inactivity and
want Of enterprise, have allowed the ,oPpor'
tunity 10 slip By. when sebastoPol mgil1
have been taken. 1t now, says the city is
impregnable; that it can replace one hnn'
dred dsmounted. guns in night, or can. ex
change 1000 vfatigued troops against So;
ooo,Ireslr troops; that heoalIes cannot
with double the force they can dispose Of
cut off the communication by Perekop; tla
the Russian army, fighting for its country
sovereign, is animated by a better spirit thar
is the heterogeneous mass Of French, Eng
lish, Turks, Egyptians and sardinians, CON
tending for an abstract idea and a confiset
INTERPRETATION Of the duties Of civilization
There is some force iH these remarks, ant
the allies themselves appear to be impres
4. H., N~o1s<