The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-08

will maintain the case OF the afflicted, and
the right of The poor" "Thou shalt neither
vex stranger or Cypress him." "Bul The
stranger that dwelleih with you shall be as
one born among you, aud thou shalt love him
as ihyself." But enough. Your Know Moth.
ing doctrine is directly the reverse Of The
Scripture doctrine in regaru 10 foreigners,
poor and rich. You are bound, If need be,
10 go 10 The poor of distant lands with The
Gospel or your lips, aud charity i. your
hearts for them. You are bound to do Z nod
to all men--to feed The hungry, clohe tina
naked, and relieve the distressed, no matter
where found, or where born. Ifthis be true,
You should rejoice that the poor abroad save
you The trouble OF going 10 them by coming
10 you. Let law makers exclude them if
they will; but You have no business quitting
your work TO hunt up law makers 10 do it,
Much less have you any business working
under cover, with all sorts of characters, to
cut down all law makers but those who will
do IL repeat it brethren, take care how
You trife with this class OF Gods creatures.
| II you have experiments 10 make in your
Know Nothing laboratory, take care that you
do not put the souls of men iu the crucible,
or blow up your own souls.
Aud what is your remedy for immigrant
pauperlsm? Why you trili vote for no foreign
er, rich or poor, for Office. Does this remedy
touch The disease, or even the person dis
eased? Men come hilher from Europe sick,
aud your medical colleges are going 10 cure
them, BY prescribing The strict regimen TO all
The sound who have come from the same
alions II the statement of such case does
not shock your understanding, pray you in
mercy TO yourselves, and for the honor of
Mehodi-m, surrender your parchmens forth.
with. You are either suiled, or you pretend
10 be, and in either case, you wound The
character Of your church. l am panied Tor
the future destiny of our Heaven blessed
country, when l see that The daring author
of this nonsense should have succeeded SO
we'll.
Turn, if you please, 10 Bascom's sermons,
(page 2ss) and read the letter which pre-
faces the sermon beginning at that page
Many of you, with me, heard it preached at
The first General Conference of the Meho-
dist Church, South. We all admired it, but
! we did not know the intent with which is was
delivered. He explains it in the Introductory
letter, from which the following is an ex.
tract:-
"The m any virtues and christian death of
| your son, 10 overlook the noble charity he
founded by requesting and obtaining from his
father twenty thousand dollars, tD,ih the add.
tion Of suitable grounds, for the establishment
of an Orpaan Asylum in his native city, (Pe-
tersburg, Va.,) "must be 10 you sources Of
consolation beyond any earth can Offer The
following thoughts on death may enhance
your estimate of this, &c. For these reasons
&c, ask permission, my dear Madam, to
dedieate this discourse 10 you" He had pre-
vioasly said, that it was intended TO offer
consolation 10 the mothers afflicted bosom,
under her then recent bereavement. The
father of the noble son is one of The love>
est specimens of the christians character
that ever saw. have it upon credible au-
thori:y, that the magnificent donation men.
toned by Boscom, is only about double the
sum which he gives eUery gear to benevo-
lent purposes and "when he doelh aims he
let's not his left hand know what his rlsh,
hand doelh." He will be offended at this ex.
posu,e of his virtues, | know; but he will
pardon it, | trust, when assure him it is
made only TO save his Church from peril, and
her ministry from discredit. That man is
a na.uraized foreigner. II that man we're q
candidate for an office requiring special trust
and con6dence--if he were a candidate for
any ofiice--you would vote for the most aban.
doned proh.gaie in the world in preference
10 him. Your vows 10 that effect are regis.
tered in heaven. Nay he was recently
candidate for petty office in his city, ard |
suppose Methodist Know. Nothings, perhaps
preachers, walked round that Asylum and
over The conseciaed grounds 10 vote for some
competitor OF his, at the sight OF whom reli
gion would start and charity shrek.
"But, have we not right to vote as We
please" !" No, gentlemen, you surrendered
The :leht when you Joined the Know-Noth-
ines; and / am amazed that you may be sur.
rendered; for when you did that, Son virtually
acknowledged yourself incompetent TO advo-
cate any men or measures.
You can advocate the claims of no man.
because you do not know that you will be
permitted 10 vote for him yourselves and no
measures, because you have none beauti.
fol predcament for freeman 10 place him.
self in! When preacher votes, i, is 10 be
presumed that he votes consc iousy and upon
principle, but you vote 4s you are ordered,
and only according TO mans birthplace,
"Know not TO whom ye yield yourselves ser.
wants 10 obey? His servant ye are TO whom
ye obey"
"But we love the brother, though we can
not vote for the man." You do? What
slupenaous exhibition of moral sublimi,y a.
What beautiful combination of religion