Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-05-17


piece cut out, it viii denote actual
trouble; which requires that you
come pref ared to meet it. These no
tees OF eablistie signs are posted up
or thrown out by the members, by
the direction Of the President which.
is required to be done between mid
night and one hoar before ddyJreak.'
From midnight to one hour before
day-break is the time for these nc
tees to be given The time at which,
bats retire to their hiding places, ard
Ihyenas go forth in quest of dead bod
les upon which to prey. This is tho
party or order which assumes to take
charge Of the religion and politics
of this country. These are the men
who are to be seen In the night, some
with and others without dark lanterns,
vending their way through alleys
. and dark passages, with none but dina
glimmering lights to guide their st=rs
to the places of their secret conctares,
and there to determine upon the reig-
ION and politics Of free peoIll. IL
could not believe that the freemen of
Tennessee would ever eonsign Their
i. destmies to the hands and care Of such
an Order or rarity as that.
!, Gov. JOHNSON said that it was rot
his intention as he had before remark
ed, to interfere with any one of the
religious Denominations of the coun-
4 try, but to leave them upon that basis :
s where they had been placed by the
: Constitution and law: but hs feit Ike
e calling upon all religious dencnliEatiors
|, as well as those outside of The church,
s. to unite with him in helping to eApei
Y from or midst this, the greatest Of
y all political heresies that have
s ever been attempted to be imposed
II upon free people. He called upon
1t them now to at once GiS&Im ihsse
,e janizalian cohorts, or the day is rot
is distant when they viii have to Irepare
n their necks fer the bow-strirg ard the
,e scimeter
n Gov. JOHNSON continued by saying
It, that his remarks had been intended
s. on that occasion, more for the purpo.e
IS of presenting facts, and some Of the
if positions he intended to occupy du-
at ring the canvass, in obedience to the
he Will of the people, as re flG cted through
re their delegates IN convention, than to
n make regular speech. The very
st fact of his being presented by them
n as their standard bearer, was strong
proof that they relied more upon th..
n correctness Of their principles and the
business of their cause, tran in his a.
is bility to advocate them. I'm compliance
with what he believed was their wish
O. he accepted their ensign, upon which
they had inscribed, StEe people gre
N capable of seHgovernment, and have
the right and capacity to determine
r the nature and character of their own
e institutions in the formation of their
State Constitution. No religious test
as a qualification to office. All men
u have natural and indefeasible right
IN to worship Almighty God according
Of to the dictates Of their own con-
O. science" "Freedom of the Pres
rs liberty of speeeh--and the right Of
in conscience"
y These principles, inscribed by the
people upon their standard, snd by
b them placed in my hands, (said Gov.
e Johnson,) shall lie defended by Inc
e from this day to the first Thursday
b, in August next, with whatever Of
id ability / may possess, physical and
to mental. / intend to stand by thtm
te in the heat and the dustin the sun
d and the rain--thoueh ftiguCd and
h wearied, may become from the ar
duous task i have undertaken, YET |
Dr. will not shrink from it, though the
d, sword of my spirit cuts through the
z, scabbard.
I, And in conclusion, be said be would
r ask patriots of all parties to stard by
these great rrincir'es-rrinciples dear
# tofreemen, formidable tc tyrants ard rs
t enduring as time. Stand by them as
: the ark Of our safety--as the palE;i-
: dunn Of our civil and religious III
a critics; cling to them as the mariner,
!: as The ship-wrecked mariner, clirgs to.
: the last plank when night and the
e tempest close around lin. Us.
The prospects Of an abundant
: yield Of wheat in Marshall county,
r TpunpeSee v-c payor tat.ar Alan .t