Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-01-10
This is their whole object. Not that

really such love for Professionalism as they
manifest, but only to induce us to think
60. If the members of this organization
1oere the only t,we defenders Of Protestant
ism, I should trene6ie for our su1ety. But
thanks 10 an aIl.wise Providence, that we
have defenders of our religion who=are
men, both in moral aud political point
Of view, who prove theirdeyoGous by their
upright. religious course of conduct; MEN
not subject to the contagious Tsnes of the
dav. Aud while we feel assured that We
are thus supported. it cannot be denied
but that KnowNothingism is doing the
cause which it pre;euds to advocate
Protestanlism-Lhe greatest amount of
harm. 1t is giving an Importance to Ca
tholicism which It does not deserve; and
bv tile general course of conduct pursued
| bv the advocates Of this hot -Aeu4ed faction,
in execrating class Of orr citizens who
are Justly entitled to The name Of Chris
tians. they excite tne symPathies Of hun-
dreds of unbiased, soberthiuking meu in
favor OF Catholicism. doubtless. amount
ing Almost to feeling Of disresPect for
Professionalism. This is really the end to
which the votarieS Of knowNOth;ngism
are contributing their aid aud nScl; and
we predict, that ere long, many Of them
who are now engaged in this mi2IliGAt
eoork, will as actively engage in heaping
curse upon cuySe upon the heals OF the
! leaders Of this faction, as being the agents
whereby they have been induced to prac-
tice SO vile pervertion OF :heir duties.
The bulk Of the people in any country
do not think or judge for themselves; it
will, therefore, always be in the power OF
those, for time, who have any popular
talents, to make the multitude their pros
e!ytes; and thus. if we turn over the his
tory Of The world, shall we fnd The ambi-
ton, lust, and avarice Of few, trompling
on the dearest interests of the many.
Who is it among US, however humble
in capacity, that has examined the report
of the last census of the United States,
and has not seen the downright inconsis-
tency of this demagogusism "The rep
resentaLion Of Catholicism" as set iorth
in this report, sis surprising, and should
undeceive at once our political managers"
In the United States ''there are but !, ll2
Catholic churches, which can accommo-
date only 62l, 900 hearers, not one cIev-
enth Of the number of churches, rcpuied
belonging to the Methodists, scarcely more
than one eighth Of the number of the Bap-
lists, not one fourth the number Of Pres
byterians. 1t has not one thirty third Of
the whole number reported, while the
MeIhodists have more than one third and
the Baptist nearly one fourth"
A! different periods since 1886, there
have been discontinued some Lwenty-three
or four Catholic journals. There has been
surprising decIension of the Papal reli-
gion, and corresponding increase Of Pro-
testantism during the past few years,
throughout the States. "Ebe State Of
Texas, until its annexation 10 the United
States, was closed against Protestant in
huence; now there are l64 churches, only
Is Of which are Papal." The present
Protestant population of the United States
is to the Catholic population as twelve to
one. For the last fifty years Catholicism
has been on the decline throughout the
civilized world. What now is the influ-
ence Of the Roman court in the affairs Of
Europe 2" the country where kings and
princes, at a period in the past, hum bIed
themselves at the feet Of the Pope. No.
thing whatever. 1t has lost its influence
at homeland were it not for the Ioce of
the French bayonets, the head of that de-
crepid, imbecile old man-the Pope Of
Rome-would tumble from the block as
did the head of Stuart. Then why
should Americans be alarmed at the Grip
pied influence of the Pope. in the United
States? How does it happen that after
the battle has already been fought-fought
unobservedly-the victory won and peace
restored, that we again hear the clamor
of arms? Pray. what does all this mean /?
l appeal to DEMOCRATS of the OLD DoMIN-
ION! Beware we have Greeks in our
midst! Arouse from your lethargy.-
Come out at MID DAY, and proclaim your
rights to the North, the South, the East,
the West; that you stand immovable, I'M
dismayed, though the isns of the day
the basest of humbuggery-succeed for a
a season at your very doors. Wherever
we find Wings, we find among them the
advocates of this abominable Mushroom
organization. Even our little village, Phil
ippi, has already given birth TO some thr-
teen or fifteen, but they say the labor was
right hard with t1Uo or three of them, and
l am sincerely afraid that some of the ell
der and weaker ones will entirely destroy
their constitutions by keeping such late
hours. If these be a sample of Know
Nothings elsewhere, then what is the use
of all this fuss? Nothing, at last, but
Whiggery aOith peculiar tondsess for Pro-
testantism, only.
The truth is. some of these worthy fell
lows do not visit the house Of God as Of
ten as Christmas rolls round-and Pro
testant might step upon some of their We
ny door-sills and proclaim the truths of
the Gospel, and they would give a deaf
ear to his preachings. But they can
proWl about at night, in the dark, and one
by one, slip into their grand PANDEMoN1-
UM by the back way, least they be observ-
ed. there to deliberate upon matters and