The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-26
ANOTHER KNow-NoTHING OUTRAGE.

The atrocities committed by the knownothngs OF Louis
vile have recently been feebly initiated by the know-noh
ings of Sidney Ohio The following letter appears in the
Ohio Statesman of the 22d instant:
SIpsEY, SHELBY County, 0HIo,
August 10, 1858.
DEAR Last night, about II O'clock, the Catholic
frame church this place made pile Of ruins. key
powder put under the building with train scattered
along the street. which fired with burning shavings
There is doubt here that the ncendary deed was COM
mitted by of know nothing rowde such as have just
wrought devastation in Louisville.
trust for the welfare Of country that the better
class of the American people will arouse to
of what this awful spirit Of blind persecution for opin
ions sake is fast leading The better class Of
ngs appear look with disgust upon these terrible
proceedings but who tell whether they sincere
The real friends of religious liberty in community
charge without reservation, that the destruction Of the
Catholic church here the fruits Of the know nothing
crusade.
The blowing up Of Catholic church will do for com
mencement The election in Ohio takes place the 9th
of October, which viii afford the knownothings of Sidney
opportunity of exhibiting their proficiency in such light
crimes murder and arson, by way of enforcing their @
vorite doctrine that none but Americans shall rule
America
While kpow-nothings are blowing up Catholic churches,
and shooting and burning Catholic men, women, and chill
dren it would be well to pause moment for the pur
pose of ascertaning whether any etaatoy steps have been
taken by those who profess that faith which the
special object of the murderous persecution of kuowno
pgism.
The Norfolk correspondent Of the Baltimore American
(know-nothng in its proclvities) writes as follows
The praise OF Mr.. OKcefe, the Catholic pastor Of St.
Patricks church, ia the lips of every
well Catholics join together in paying deserved tribute
his untring exertons in nursing and attending to the
At, al,
sion"
Another correspondent Of The same paper writes as fol-
lows.
There are FIVE Sisters of Charity nursing the hospital
and from what you know of these sesacrcng and truly
pious you readily imagine that the sick lack
that ndeiatgabe and udicous attendance adj
minister Indeed by the establishment of that hospital and
the attendance there of the sisters, not only immense
of suffering he's been spared the poverty stricken
creatures who have been taken there, but lnahy
for which there would have been hope other
wise"
The New York Express, leading organ Of the know
nothngs, bears the following testimony:
Gan honor the noble hearted who stand by the
bedsdes of the sick and dying in the cities of
Norfolk and Portsmouth All honor to Miss Andrews, and
the Sisters Of Charity who have left leaving whole
atmosphere the of death there for the
sake of doing good but shameeterna hameupon those
false Christian professors whose hearts have urged
them to seek safety in flight"
We will designate the class of "false Christians
Justly obnoxious the of the Express but will
indulge faint hope that the piety, ZEAL and sefsacr-
cng spirit of Catholic clergymen and Catholic Sisters of
Charity beautifully and nobly displayed throughout
the whole of the prevailing epidemic in Norfolk and Ports
mouth may be the of securing least cities
of the Union the safety of the persons, dwellings, and
churches of Catholic citizens.