The North-Carolinian., 1855-06-30
NORTH CAROLINIAN.
F.aYETTETILLE. ": c.

sAff REM AT WILMINGToN.-David Reid,
Esq, 1fh Know-nothing candidate in this Dis
trict, Sadressed the citizens of Wilmington on
the esd inst The journal in reviewing Mr.
Reds speech, says:
sssMr Reid spoke of the emigration to
shores, bringing amongst US hordes of Papists
and Feions-a always CHASING PapistAand Fclons
tosethef spoke of mobs in the Northern cities,
conl fkgf Papsts and Felons who, he said,
,f5fei 81 grotestnnts from voting Worship
.pin4 Unfortnnatel fnr Mr. Reds -four
isflk Ia sD happens that the only Churches
burned in the United States were "Papist"
churches set fire to bv Mr. Reid's predecessors
the "Nativcs' of 1914 Mr. Reid said the
platform welcomed good men, after fashion,
to a sort of ctizenship-neithcr pig nor puppy
sort of thing Mr. Reid then spoke of unnatu-
rallied citizens voting in the territories etc
went on TO speak of the gradual increase OF
emigration from '42 to '52--brought III Wash
ington's Farewell Address, where he warns
his coumtrvmen against foreign influence, Wash
ineton then abiding to the influences OF Eu-
ropean powers, especially with reference to the
ferments of the French Revolution. 1t is known
to every student of history, that in the earlier
DAYS of the Republic there were such things as
English and French parties in our country,
sympathisers with the French revolutionists, or
the Enslis, constitutional monarchists, and it
was against tbs influence and not against the
rights or privileges OF the true American clti-
zen ly adoption that Washington or Jefferson
wished to guard. 1t was i'll this view that Jet
fcrSon was almost inclined to wish for an ocean
of fire between this country and Europe. AS
for that trumperv and often quoted or mis-
quoted affair of Washington's orders at Dor
chester to put none but true Americans on
guard we refer readers to an article IN to-
| davs Jsurna/ headed ''Washington not a Nnow-
| Nothing" And how could Washington have
been a Nnow- \ othing-how could the friend
of Hamilton, whom he respected and appointed
| to ol1ice-the associate Of Lafayette, whom he
| loved-the debtor Of Morris, whose financial
! abilities and sacrifices gave vlyor to his opera
| tions-how couid this man have been a Know
| Nothing?
Mr. Reid next turned to the religious portion
| of his creed, and gave goodly portion OF sta
tistics from the before mentioned 'yalier k!ler
J ,ampLets combined with EoXs Book ot Mar
! tvrs and other classical performances which he
| don't understand and we don't, and have nt
means Of verifying ST in or two points
Mr. Reid had Will, him the Catholic Almanac
for 1885, and read from it. or stated upon 1T
autsroP1tx, certain statistics Of the Roman TIL
Ollie Church among the rest he put the Catho
lie population down at four millions. Now We
have taken the trouble to get copy OF that
same Catholic Almanac, and turning to page
2s9, we find under the head Summary o
Catholicitv in the United States, that lnsteat
of four millions, stated by Mr 1ield upon TIL
authority of the Catholic Almanac, that worI
puts down the whole Catholic population in TIL
United States and Territories at one million
seven hundred and thirty live thousand. An
person who doubts this, satisfy himself b.
referring to the almanac in questlon-as can ais
Mr. Reid, whom we would respectfully advise t
read the authorities he relies upon, and not rel
upon X. n. tracts, which VIII save bun froi
stating things so ridiculous variant from tn
fact. These Nnow-N othing pamphlets an
# spcechcs are indeed Know Nothing affairs, an
no man having the slightest regard for his "w
reputation, will state anything upon their al
" thOritN.