Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-11
NUMBER 2O2.
North Carolina Politics.

reelection, having written a letter In opposition
to the American party, reply has been published
by I. G. Reado, ESQ, the American candidate for
Congress in his district. This reply is published
In the Fayetteville Observer, and is very nble. We
annex the principal portion Of it, as follows:
do not propose to reply to so much of Mr. X 4
letter ms relates to his extraordinary attachment
| 10 the Whig party farther than 10 say puyfullv,
that when read it thought that tho first time
| should meet him with some of our friends wonlI
have laugh over him. and If any cigars or IT,,
| like were wanting, he would have to pay the bill
remembered that in his speech at Caswell, where
almost all were Democrats he said that, rather
than affiliate with the American party, lie woul
join the Democrats And, then, I read in his
letter that though every man shosld forsake thu
Wings, yet would not he. And that he wouli
never join "any party, new or old y that would not
carry out the Whig principles And knowing, as
! did, that the Democratic" was party and
| that he had threatened to join that, ] was delight,
| ing myself at the anticipated frolic would have
over the inconsistency. But | have been SO often
| foiled by my brother X. in our professional en-.
counters--so often found him . not there" when
thought "had him" that thought would read
| it again, and see if there no mistake. And
sure enough found that he had me again
found that he does not say that he never will join
any other party--d es not say that lie never sail
| so--but l,e only says that he never dreamed OF
doing 1t. And then found that if should charge
him with having said that he would join the Dem
ocats, all that he would have to do would be /,
reply: Well, what If did say 80, saying Is not
dreaming" And then he would shave me again
and should have to foot the cigar bill But
must say, mischievousy, that am opposed to no
| Hticm dreams. There is secrecy not to say
oiiensiveness, about them that | cannot abide
They are the vagaries of the mind. / have heard
of men dreaming of thunder when there had not
been cloud in week
Mr. X complains that he has no paper in the
State to aid him. IF this were So IL would be
some evidence that Mr.. X is wrong; though |
concede that all the papers may be wrong and Mr..
X. right. But give Mr. X. the assurance, that
the Standard" is for him, unless he means to
say, what he used to say, that that is just no pa
per at all.
Ar. X. seems to regret that there are no persons
sworn to support him. Again can comfort him
with the assurance that have heard men swear
| that they would vote for him who never voted for
him before. ! confess thought il "van and RASH
swearing" and that certain judge ought to h.
told oft.
make no reply to his objections against secret
societies and oath-bound societies. Masons are
such, and Washington was Mason and so are Mr..
K. and myself Every prejudice that he excites
against the ow-Nothings applies against the Ma
sons. Political associations are proper If then,
secret oath-bound societies proper, and polit.
cal societies are proper, IL cannot be that secret
oath-bound, political societies are improper. fall
the parts arc good, the whoie must be so. Whc-
ther society il TO be praised or blamed, depends
not upon its secrecy or publicity butnpon it's prin.
ciptes and objects.
Mr. X says that Washington, in his Farewell
Address," censures such The statement is re-
matkable; for there is not one word or sentence
that even looks Ike it.
Mr. X. llscns tho Know Nothings to the ia.
cobins." Every one who has read the history of
France knows how unjust this IL. France was an
old and powerful monarchy She was Catholic
withal. History Gays the nobility became oppres-
sivc, and the church corrupt, and the nation inf
del The King was beheaded. The government
was destroyed. A new one had to be formed, Dill.
ferent parties arose. One wanted king and
constitution. Another wanted a constitution with.
out king; and others wanted neither king and
constitution, or constitution without king. EX-
element Increased. There was nothing 10 restrain
them. They unanimously decreed that there was
no Cod that the B, BILE was fable, and death only
a perpetual sleep. And hence man was only an
animal. And us one party would getfhe ascen
dency over the other, they would butcher one
other like animals and at this the Jacpbins were
most successful until they were ovcfc5tne in turn.
Now, | can well understand that a man might
dream of a likeness between the Jacobins and
Know.Nothings, but no mortal man cide d,cake
can trace it.
Again we are hkened to the Democratic clubs
which endeayored 10 overthrow Washingtons ad.
ministration and involve us In war with England
and all the frantic schemes Of TIC French revolu.
tion So far from this being So our object Is against
foreigners, and all communications with them.
While theirs was coHnerion pih Foreigners.
This is really too hr.fetched even for a dream.
Mr. X says we connect politics with religion,
I r. l.
simply absurd. Our principles say the contrary
our practice shows the contrary. We are for lii.
crty Of conscience and liberty Of worship Aud
this brings us IN conflict with the Catholics. For
the Pope says IN his Encyclcal letter, Aug 10Th,
1852, liberty Of conscience il a most pestilential
oror--a pest most TO be dreaded in a State
We, then, are for liberty OF conscience the Cat-
oics opposed 10 il. Mr.. *. abuses US and sup.
ports the Catholics. Still he says he s Protest
ant All the worse We have an enemy in our
household This must be Protestant or Catholic
country. They can no more mix than oil AID
water. The history Of the world shows IT, II
may he that II ought not TO be So but II is 50.
They may endure one another while there is such
u disparity In numbers Is that the dominant party
docs not fear the other. But just ns soon as they
approach each other in numbers aud influence, just
then they begin to strive for the ascendency. And
then some such pefsecutons-fre and faggot-as
mike the blood chill to think Of The Catholics
are intoerant by faith aud practice. 1t is their
creed. The Protestsnts have been so sometimes
from necessity. We fled from the prosecutions Of
the Old World We came to a wilderness and
subdued IT, and made a fair country with peace
aud plenty and Gods blessing. And the question
il now presented TO the American people, whether
we win preserve the Protestant influence and rc-
lgion--securing to the Catholics who are with Us
and Ia the minority now, all their rights or keep
opeu our shores TO the influx Of immigrants TO tho
number Of 500,OO0 year, Of whom 100000 are
Catholics, until they viii have the entire ascendciI-
cy, or else approach so near as to cause ter
rible struggle for the asceDdcucyy win il not -
better for the Catholics a. well as ourselves to
guard against the evil whilo il Is yet in the dis
tance than to wait until il is near and imminent,
and then have to oxteminste Il by force? For
this is certain, that this must be either Protest
ant or 0 Catholic country. They win never tole-
rate each other when they approach so near as 70
fear each other.
The question remains: does such a stata ot
things exit a. TO make il necessary that the Pro-
testants should move nor in order to prevent the
dreadful evils to which have alluded? And this