The true Democrat., 1855-09-25

ing to the country, are precisely such as have contributed 50 largely to our manufactures, and the mechanic arts. Some who came hith- CT paupers when was boy, died milionires; many died possessed of large estates, and al- most all of them died in easy circumstances Few, very few, comparatively, fell upon the parish. They enriched the country by the whole amount of their accumuatlons-b just so much more than it would have possessed without them. Just so will it be with those who are coming into the country. If the amount expended in support of the hopeless, be compared with the amounts raised by the industry of the sound, for any three yeara to- getcer, the first would be to the last. less than one to thousand. You would fling away the eagles to save the cents! You would retard the growth of the country hundred years, to children will not be permitted to enter, unless they will consent to commit the keeping of your graves to their slaves! Splendid states men are coming out of the know nothing fact ory truly! The last Massachusetts legislature exhibits to us the fabrics of this machine in their highest perfection. In that body were five and twenty preachers, (one-ffth Methodist, ) christians many, and know nothing almost all Their acts need no comment They will remain burnt into the character of the State, in lines so deep and gangrenous that even the offspring of the Hartford rebels, and the murderers of Bachelder, will scken at the sight of them. These hierarchl know noth- ing legislators are your "brethern'' in double sense, and the mairabile siynuns that none but Americans should rue Americal" Do you not blush to fraternize with such men? And can you believe that you are favoring your coun- try or your church, in espousing their princi- ples?
 But if these paupers be a nuisance, whom do they aff1ict? Why, Massachusetts and her colleagues, in war upon. constitutional rights and christian character. With these people you could not as Methodsts harmonize. They drove you away from them, by insults and in- justice insutferable-wept crocodile tears when they saw you golng-promised you peaceful parting, and an outfit from the common fund; and no sooner were your backs turned, than they denounced you as schismatics and sinners, cabbaged all the common property, and kept it until the end of seven long years when they were forced to disgorge part of it under the whip vf the law. But as know nothings, you can harmonize with them, join them in an on slaught upon Catholics and foreigners who never injured you-nay who are your neigh bors and frlends-and even turn cold shoul- der to native brother at your door, because he protests against your mode of wrafare!- l Verify, if you did not review Catholic sins three hundred years old to justify your wrath against that church, if you did not at times evince higher regard for the sinners of your order, than for the saints of your church, and chafe at opposition to you from any quarter should regard yours as the master institution of the world, for teaching men to forgive injuries of their enemies
 But however lawful it may be for your con- freres to repel the poor from your borders, it is not lawful for me and you to do it. Much less lawful IS It for you to compete with sinners to terrlfy them from the land, when the laws al- low them to come. Take care, brethren, 1 beseech you, how you practice your know nothing tactics upon this class of Gods crea. lures. They are under his peculiar care, and he will hold you responsible if you do not take them under yours likewise. In his voca bularv, "the poor" means the poor of the world. So Paul understood it when he col lected contributions in one country for the poor ill another. So Christ teaches in the story oi the good Samaritan. "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich n,faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? Do they not blaspheme the worthy name by which yr are called?' "Blessed be yc poor; for yours IS the kingdom ol God" But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your conso- laLon." "Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy" "Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand ofth wicked" " He that oppresseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker" "I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of he afflicted, and the right of the poor" "Thou shalt neither vex stranger nor oppress him. ."- But the stranger that dweleth with you shall be one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself" But enough Your know nothing doctrine is directly the reverse of the Scripture doctrine in regard to foreigners, poor and rich You are bound, if need be, to 20 to the poor of distant lands with the gospel on your lips and charity in your hearts for them. You are bound to do good to all men--to feed the hungry, c!othe the naked and relieve the distressed, no matter where found, or where born. If this be true, you should rejoice that the poor abroad save you the trouble of going to them, by coming to you. Let lawmakers exclude them if they will; but you have no business quittng your work to hunt up law makers to do it.. Much less have you any business working under cover with all sorts of characters, to put down all law makers but these who will do it. 1 repeat t brethren, take care how you trife with this class of Gods creatures. If you have experiments to try in your know nothing laboratory take care that you do not put the souls of men in the crucibIe, or blow up your own souls.
 And what is your remedy for immigrant pauperlsm? Why, you will vote for no foreign CT, rich or poor for office. Does this remedy touch the disease, or even the person diseased' Men came hitler from Europe. sick; and your medical olleges are gong to cure them by prescri- blngstrict regimen to all the sound who have come from the same country though the first and second generations! If the statement of such case does not shock your understandings, pray you, in mercy to yourselves, and for the honor of Methodism, surrender your parch- ments forthwith You are either gulled, or you pretend to be; and in either case you wound the character of our church. 1 am pained for the future destiny of our Heaven blessed country when see that the daring all- thor of this nonsense should have succeeded so we'll.
 Turn if you please, to Bascoms Sermons (page 288) and read the letter which prefaces the sermon beginning at that page. Many o1 You, with me, heard it preached at the first general conference of the Methodist church south. We all admired it, but we did no, know the intent with which it was deli. vered. He explains it in the introductory letter, from which the following is an ex. tract.
 "The many virtues and christian death o your son, not to overlook the noble charity be founded, by requesting and obtaining from his father twenty thousand dollars, with the ad dition of suitable grounds for the establishment of an orphan asylum in his native city" (Peters burg, Va.) must be to you sources of cons"- lation beyond any earth can offer. The fol- lowing thoughts on death may enhance youl estimate of this, etc. For these reasons, etc. ask permission, my dear madam, to dedicate this discourse to yOun He had preyiOusl