Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-23

re they proclaim that their midnight M.
~ i tie publication 81 the church aad
IiLa fer,atich of our civil liberties
HnSr' e.Ex VIII. Who according u
\ inr Catholiess ID his impartiality by hang.
they clam the burning " .!: rrotsstant !,
YAITR' fsfl ~ DEFENDERS or
Processing 70 regard tn,
ofl the Bible as Of paramount e teachlnys
70 everything earthly. seeking Voflanc e
the land Of Jcsuitcs and hefeiics,S surge
principles are utterly atyariance with az
Teachings Of that human law maker WHO
upon mount Sinai, received from d Su
preme Being the living word. This, n 10
iof Ms NortA and Culrark ef ne Clnstaii
IJoiM"plants his standard, Or rather or
ganizes its conspiracy, upon the disrcgar
dsd teachings Of God through his chose
instrument. The know Nothing who
amid the imposing mysteries and solemn
ceremonies Of midnight initiation, swear
with upiifted hand to defend THO tru
teachings Of tie Bible, in tfle Same Jfor
nsala swears to violate one Of tile mos
simple, plain and, ineligible lessons 3
that sacred volume. Whoever, there
fore. takes the oaths required BY this or
rspledges himself 70 violate tlle Con
sti.pton, aud to maintain doctrines ire
eoncilable with every species Of Chlistia
faith, whether Protestant or Catholic
for neither Catholics nor Protestants opcr,
! ~ deny the very strongest and PLANES
doctrines Of the Holy Bible. s.SAM.''
however, as he ii familiarity termed, la
taken Me field not onIy1against The Cath
Ollie religion. the Constitution and Democ
racy, but also against Noses and III
| Prophets. III. u.
/ II One Of the pre,cxts Of "SAM''I ior Hi
hostility to tile Catholics is that they cs
Eclude life Bible from their schools /. gray
and heavy faplt--one to bc looked in.oa an
punished. But if the Catholics are 10 B
prescribed forthis crime, what painishmcn
should not SAN receive for rearing hi
structure ofhsorder digging its ver
foundaiionsou gu. Of the disregarded, de
spised teachings "a the great and Inspire,
lawmaker? XXX lff
The civil polity 81 MosEs, that whicl
followed as a natural sequence Ia thc lei
Commandments, Tho code framed III accor
dance with tho organic law of Mount 81
mai, certainly deserves the respect ofProt
estantss w, therefore. respectfully asl
tho disciples. of SAMto reconcile thei
seachings with the following prcceptof No
sEa. Lot them take tkeir rcyered. But u.
often deseerated Bible, upon which the
swear their deluded yictimss< z,,sn II
~ R<ell .sa..s y 81 ,.as
and 34th gclse ana eSplain III ,is Rtla7
Mosrs meant n ID u xersss aforesaid: A
"IF IA STRANGER SoJ0URN
WITH THEE In YOUR LAND Ii
SHALL NOT vIsXs HIM: BIT THE
- TRA,N,GEK TIL AT H DlyELLETH
WITH YOU ssSli ALI. BID UNTO YOU
AS ONE BORN "A M0EG IS OlJ. IND
THO U SHAFT LOVE HIM AS MY
SELF, FOR YiE WERE STR AN GERS
in TIE LAND or EGYPT. lam
THE.LORD THY GOD, Z Il, NJ
4 This language, WI, humbly suggest, II
peculiarly simple, md Il scattersthc teach.
iHgs Of SAN Ikea bombshell. SAN isattut
Protestant, be boasts that his grandfather
was a Protestant. his grandmother VIZ !, Il
Protestant andthatlis mother, iatN i
unclcs, annts, coasins, nephews, MI u
childRn and grandchildren, arc OF Tie ssI. \
persuasion. SAN and his brethren ate \
Old guard ofthe Biblc. defending the pul
unadulteratcd faitll, flashing tho brid.'
sword Of y pure and indebted religion L
in the eyes ofall who question anyshinI
which the sacred volume contains from
Genesis to Revelations. II Is therefore q
be presumed, that having wandered Eof<y
over this holy dominien, having coi q
Grated himself to the sacred work II
lending The Bible, SAN Is prepared n q
concile tlisltext from Lcyiticns wiz ,a
elegant sermons against foreigner MI
strangers in the land." All OF
doubtless, is prepared 70 do; althonsN j.
reasons 10 usincxplicabls, SAX has souch
fedno revelations respecting this passage
from Leyiticus. Recollcct, SAN, tho,
''gnard ofithc Bible and defender of ti,l
faith "--Leyiticns, ] oh chapter, SD and
34th verses. Wekn3w thai it is hard
SAMUEL, eitherin courts Of law or Ia socia
converse, 70 get intelligible answers from
.you. B1tthe Bible, SAN. the Pfotcs.an
Bible-you certainly will no. say that 70,
.'Know- Nothing1 about that. Iii tht
rama nf Moar,c q srAs Il -. q -