Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-03-21

g speaker to call attention 70 the article 70
: the purpose Of correcting eensures whlfF
he affirmed to be based 10 error. Ih'
manner however, in which the correction
was made is left for the editor to describe
himself, as he may be be :pr prepared i
understand and appreciate tl'e subject
Il The mex. in order, he Introduced th'
subject Of na:urialism IS on" of the lead
ling errors ofthe tagc--that this is an age
I or :snls and fanatcism. lie eontraSted the
prrscu; State Of affairs in New. England
with the age and character OF tie Puri'
f.t.n.. and introduced a, pamphlet entitled
"Ch-is,ian Politics" IS tho acknowledged
production Of protestant clergyman OF
the Nortk-read numerous passages Of tile
!: book and commented upon them. And
! offered many good reasons why the inter
/ ests ofthe Church and State should, mot be
! confusedly blended together, And as the
! fruit Of such unholy alliance crop Of
Dragons teeth must be Produced. ln
.yidepce 6fwhirh he presented a copy Of
, what he called "a Known !hing'bibIe,' =
Which he held up before the people, and
asked them if Trey lad eyer seen such"
pretty little bible?" .
1t sasa little blue book. And it is said
that while he was thus presenting it, two
young men Of a nrishborins town were
standing together, and one Of them. was
.hcardt, sly. why that is;;jas 81 likr ours
After reading and commenting upon il, he
presented a copy of tho charter. and gave
history Of the origin Of the order. And
after he Lad given numerous points il rSf,<
eienrestotie governmental aud inititoryser-
vice Of the order, he Propdsf ed 10 initiate
his whole audience into tho mysteries of
die order cautiously. ."Comr brethren,
said he, land lot us. 90 throus Oh the forms
in regular, systematic order This pro-
position produced great laughter, and
I chan .,ed the color Of many faces. lle
read some extracts from the Know N,Ah-
in! Governors mes>ayr, Of M;tS >a&hu<ctts;
and in correction with which, he spoke
Of the number Of e!crsyncn who. have
been lcrt"d to the legislature 1fthat State.
and Of lhp number. Of votes received by
Thealore Psrkerfor Chaplain. And after
giving agraphic description OF the rel-
gious faith and general chara ctcr of Par
,ker, he said at would require all the wool
ip the Safe to make web and W OFF enough
! to wave blank4SsutlicientIy large to
'coyer tie lead, EoF"s. and tail Of tie
MANI" -.
+. lle+rc'1d aud explained tie Gsurrs Of tie
Know N4thiug dorlmeDtS, ~ nd gave the
answers and titles in regular form, some
Of the members Of the order, Of those who
are supposed to be members essay toallect
that, in this he made a clear miss of ''lhc
supreme order of the STIR. spangled ban
ncr;" but it is cer;ain, h" did nol fail 10
! produce a-good color in many 4 face.
|. lie read their constitution aid common.
! ted on it by sections; and defined the ari.
Gle Of religious faith in which they RECEIVE
their obligations, to be Unitarian, as they
use tl@ inLvlin.carticc'a a. instead orrhc'
when speaking Of. the Divine Bciny; He
argued that the nature. Of the bonds cx-
clude the members Of the order from n
right to exercise ofrec aud in depcndcn,
vote, and that tie Organization is based
upona conspiracy against tie established
laws Of the land. Fl:
lie drewsome distinctions between the
objects ofpartics who were connected with
the ordcr-tbat, with some it was priest
craft, and others sduyh!to accomplish po-
:. liticaf objects only. And argued that
popery would befthe. same no matter by
whom it might be introduced. And he
- drew some distinctions between the order
of Masons and Know Nothings, and pro-
fessed to know what lie said on the sub
jet. That the Masonic order is n chari-
table institution, which docs notadmt 20,
l.,,
li!ical tcnetsor religious crceds into its
fraternal aSsociations-and gave it as his
: opinion that no good Mason gould belong
to the Know No.Linss--that th4ir objects
come in direct contact with each other. .
+ Wien hehad presented tAe Kno w.Notl-
!, ing ordcrin most odious light, be admin.
= istcred 2 most yitAcying re bake 70 such as
refused to share the odium by q conncc
ton with the order, but were willing to &C.
capt offices at their hands. .-.
He then offered some explanations and
arguments in cx:enua:ion Of the changes
IN his -politira! associat tons in life. III
:, closing remarks with respect ID his posi-
ton before the people was both indcpen
dentand respectful. They, were the free
: and>easy expressions Of the state man anl
4 not the politician. -. .
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