Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-09-27

al ready 10 do battle lOr the constitution, Pope
and country. Follow me an q very 81 guide,
l have tried almosI every thing and yet friends
/ am consistent have tried TO exhort for the
Methodist brethren. and now fight for the
Catholic eburch-I was strongly free soil, but
nov Am pro slavery. lorganiEed the lodges
Of Know Nolhings, but now / AN Sag Nicht (
Il have warFed against q union Of church and
state, and there is now, l think. no difference
between the democratic party and the Catholic
church. Follow me friends, I'll show where
you can serve your country. Whereupon be
tolIled of, followed by the Judge, the Squire.
the Gen'. the Deacon, the little fellow with
slick head, one they called Mae, and few
indescribables.
! Being curious 10 know what this midnight
cabal would do, closely followed in their
rear. They passed the Court House entered
deep revine over precipices, followed along its
lmeanderings, the odor Of which made me
think that perhaps it was the place where the
whole race Of Skunks we're holding grand |
rendezvous, but on passed this devoted group,
and after them followed, gagging and con-
tending Vith stencil that grew stronger and
stronger, and as the ravine grew deeper and |
darker, Imagined that ! smelt birthstone,
and as cast my eyes upon the dim and grot-
J esque figures before me, l shuddered with hor'
: row, thought of the Stygian council held by
Miiton's Devils, and imagined heard infer
nal declamations and saw my beloved country
TO n in fragments. by this kind OF fanaticism;
} its constitution oblterated and destroyed, and
upon the ruins Of its once just and glorious in
stitutions, erected the mosque, the dungeon,
the InquisitiOn, the gibbet and the gallows.-I
They had now reached marrow RI zee in gimb-
let hollow, where they had their den. It was
g a canvass stretched across between tree and
|. a rock The Jack Of clubs made the alarm by
4 three distinct raps, a voice from behind inqu-
ried, who is there? To which, he responded
your honor's deputy, attended by retnue Of
IS friends, who wish be initiated into the myster'
u les of your order. Are they, asked the voice
i from within, true to our principles, and faith
: full to Ihe church, have examined them,
answered Jack, and they assure me upon
u their honor as men that they will support the
e administration, that they will uphold slavery:
+, and further the object of the church. Admit
!. them.
The curtain was now thrown aside, and the
inner department exposed TO my view. On one
side hunga copy of the Declaration OF lnde-
n pendence but il was obliterated, and the pro-
d slavery platform of the Democracy hung over
20 it; and under /! in large letters was the sig
nifcant words-'rrue to the national insttu-
u tons Of the South On the other side hung a
TO positive copy the Constitution of the United
Of States, but scarcely word Of it was intelligl'
Bile, and over i. the cross was printed in blood
They now entered and were ordered to kneel al
n' the altar, which they did, and placing theil
lie. riuht hand on their left breast, the elbow rest
IN, inc upon the platform of the Baltimore Con
.l ye1tion, the left hand placed upon the ritua
>. Of the Catholic church. They were orde ereC
10 Individually to repeat after the Jack of Clubs
ur man. the obligation, which was, that they
Sc would remain steadfast in their devotion
d. and support of the principles of their platform
~ worsbip of the cross and that they believe ii
the efficacy of the Church, and of the immac
'uS ulate conception; and that through all tim
ho thew would sustain slavery as national insti
his tuition: support the present administration Il
his its crusade against freedom, oppress the people
:. with overburdened taxes for the benefit O
those who hold Office. That to these end
lb- thew would slander and libel whoever may
ad onnose them, and circulate whatever falsehood
his tbey NAV be directed to. in furtherance @
i'm these objects, and that they would support n
man for Office, who is suspected of being a
as American in heart or practice, and that tn
it rrinenles of the constitution they will denounc
lb- a. vagaries and humbugs, and the doctrines a
mo- thaught by the early fathers of the Republic
% they will spew out of their mouths. That the
:" will denounce Chase and others IS heretic
md and wooly heads;all The doings of this den, thu
am iuiunctions Of its worthy fatbers-chiet an
ery deputy. they will keep secret,-a'l this the
or promised under the penalty OF being strlcke
" from the rolls, published throughout the worl
ave of being hung, drawed and quartered' Ih
ad, proup now we're instructed in the signs, grlE
the and pass words, and here the chief declare
am them brothers of the grand order of Sag Nicht
wv Now come the parting scene which begga
-! description. The negbing of the squire tf
his loud mutilated english of the general, the grun
nan iny the deacon, the prim2ing of the beaut.
not and the sancho like speech of the Jack
;u. Clubs for all which your readers must draw VI
s on their maginations, for it is bey ond the pow
'"l- or Of men to write or pencil to picture. Thu
of ended the council of Sag NIGHTS, and with
of sad heart, | left gmblet hollow, to think tbs
but American Institutions, for which our father
ne fought and bled, to dedicate to the cause o
my freedom, are thus shamefully and inglorousI
avs bsr,ered away. A TRAVELLER.
III RATHER NoIsY.-At wedding which cam
1 ex, off in Allegheny, on Monday night, one name
,GP Classy Campbell, being the blushing BRIDE
iEe Whisky and other stimulents Of like natul
res circulated among the guests until their condu
s1 ,Sr became SO uprosriOus, that some Of the neg
M 'Sls bors laid com plants before the Mayor whe
'na' upon some Of the party were arrested, amor
tae Inc whom was the newly made wife, who W
Tltn sent to Mount Airy for term of FIVE days
not Rather disagreeable way Of passing the 'hO
Is Is ey.moon,' we should say ay.-Plttsburgh ChrO
the cle.
. CARROLL COUNTY The Republicans OF "a
idle roll have put in nomination for Senator N
and John Beatty, of Carrollton. We have be
'uth long personally acquainted with Mr.. Beat
his and are satisfied that he is good choice
u. souaral uears arn renresented that county