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Protestant Church. and, rice r1sa, TO championship
the Catholic creed.
Democrat You perceive no such thing You perceive
only that all prescription such that in which you ATE
engaged certain end in the elevation and increased
power Of the very people you prescribe. Let me APP
peal to you a Of generous sensibities: you
passing along the street. and if you dog bese by half
dozen ours Of low degree do you not feel impeled TO
rush in and protect him from his enemies2 you
dozen ruians falling foul of unprotected man do you
not kndle against yioa,ors Of all manly courage and
take the side Of the weak? Sach is the history Of all re-
ligous prosecutions; and Catholic the
friend of his creed because defend him against blind and
infatuated persecution than the eloquent divine Cha
mers-that star and guide Of the Protestant Church
when he threw the weight of his great intellect against
religious intolerance in Great Britain, and resisted the
laws of disqualification heaped upon the Catholics
The truth you making Catholics much more rapidly
than the priests themselves for while you denouneng
the power Of the Church and declaring your determine
ton to put it down. and ralyng Others TO dsfanchse all
who belong to it, and in all this making exception,
striking down the pures citizens deprving poor fe
male schooeachers of their livelihood because Of their
attachment to this churchwhe all this is passing before
our eyes hundreds and thousands who have heretofore
been opposed the Catholic Church, and who have be-
eyed all that their pastors have told them in regard
10 it, find themselves changing il not in favor of the doe
trnes of the Church of Rome least in favor of those
who belong to it, and who, in many cases, their init
mate friends and neighbors.
Know-nohing viii you lot me ask you why it that
many of the democratic papers and leaders have
ceived it to be their duty find fault with Protestant c
gymen simply because such ergymen have exercised the
right of opinion | can recollec when democrat
how kindly cherished all ministers of the Gospel who
were known to agree with us political sentiment
Democrat have never known instance in which
democratic paper has censured clergyman, unless where
that clergyman has deemed it consistent with his obga
lions to the Divine example interfere publicly and Often
svey politics and, if this is wrong you should blame
all those truly Christian pastors who are constantly
bukng their own bretssen for intermeddng in abolition
| ism and know-nothingism. To what denomination do
you belong?
Know nothing am member of the Methodist Church.
have seen enough of Catholic influence to have made up
my mind that the American order is the only way to put
it down and therefore while / have deplored many Of
the expressions Methodist clergymen, still forgive
much of their feeling when know how the lay them
selves think on this exciting subject
Democrat. understand you, when you speak of the
know-nothing order as being member of that order in
full communion?
Know nothing. Yes and am not ashamed TO say So
Democrat Well then, take the ground that you
member of the Methodist Church. in attaching yourself to
such an order the know-nothng ORDER directly violate
the discipline Of the church well of the main
ticles of faith. prove this by citing the following pas
sage in the discipline Of the Methodist Church, of which
you are an active and prominent member
As we confess that and rash swearing is forbidden
Christian by Lord Jesus Christ and by James, His
apostle Judge that the Christian religion doth not
hbit but that may when the magistrate re-
quireth of faith and charity so it be done ac
cordng the prophets teaching in Justice, Judgment and
truth"
This artcle of faith" is avowedly based upon what
+ said by our Saviour in Matthew "a
But say unto YOU at ALL neither by Heaven,
for Gods throne by the EARTH for it is His foot
neither by Jerusalem for it is the city Of the Great
King. But let your communication be yea, yea nay nay
for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil
And on the injunction in the General Epistle Of James,
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But, above all things, my brethren, not neither
by Heaven neither by the earth neither by other OATH
but let your yea be yea, and nay be nay etye TALL
into condemnation.
You will see that the discipline of your church. though
it does not go far the practice of the Quakers
must be considered as prohibiting you from taking all
such Oatis you nave US
the kuow-nothing order Now, frankly bad
you this article of your faith in your mind when you
tered the lodge before and upon the Holy Evangts
took the terrible oath that you would obey the DEGREES
the order "on penalty Of being denounced awA traitor
10 your God and your connsryW
Il Know nothing. You have presented view in the
contrast between my religious and my political obliga-
tions-one upon which shall deeply reflect
Democrat But am not quite through with you
member of the Methodist Church The brightest ornament
of your denomination in his day and generation the eel
ebraed Dr. Adam Clark, in his commentaries the
following admonon to all Methodists "IIe that useth
any oath except that which be is soemny called by the
magistrate make, far from being Christian does not
deserve the reputation of decency or sense1
4 Know nothing. At any rate if am wrong in my hosti
ity to the Catholics and in my union with the American
order in order to CRAFTY that sentiment | am more
wrong than the ilustrous John Wesley the founder and
i father of Methodism.
i Democrat But you would not surely quote John Wes-
eys opinion in support OF your action now because
you should do you would also be compelled support
his opinions in favor Of Church and State and his opinions
on civil government; and know you do support them
The political doctrines advocated by him have been er
ploded upon these shores and You should ecoct that
when he spoke OF the Catholics he spoke under very differ
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