The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-01

watching for the time of emancipation
Their preparatory part is TO divide and dis.
tract our people, first dbodn other issues. No
issues were ever more cunningiy devised
Than those OF intolerance and prescription,
controlled BY secret societies. An ofgarehy
from vi itkora can strike terror TO both Church
aud State, by the "cosd and the dsggetn of
The Order Of the dark lantern. Invisible. in.
tangible, irresponsible, ii can strike Al prop
city, atpersonal liberty, a, conscience, at es-
ery,hing saersd, with impunity Itconspirss
against the operation of the laws, and over
aver The freedom of elections. Il is strong
| upon the border Of the .slaveholdins States
and what Ohio and Pennsylvania have been
10 the tier of oouriies bordering on the Ohio
river, those couuliss will become to the heart
OF Virginia and Kentucky, unless the botdsr
be better guarded. You have reason, and
we have reason, 10 inquire solemnIy cod
cerniug the means OF our safety aud pro,sc-
! uon.
The second cause is Il Priest-eraE Il powet
which is attempting to lay It's hands upon po-
litical power, to WELD the temporal and car.
nal kingdom. Many of our clergyman, in
stead Of rendering unto Caesar tho things
which are Cesars, and uato God the thinss
which are Gods, are attempting to seize the
influences of State, under the pfetext Of Iegis.
lalins man 10 morality. They are not ifos
spiritual shepherds, aud instead OF "feeding
the lambs" are ambitiously aspiring to pa.
pal powers by Jesuiical means; all the time
exclaining against Pope; they themselves
would grant indulgences and unite Church
and State. They would make the land red
with the blood of millions Of martyrs, by rou.
sing sec,uriau bgotry and intolerance, If the
clergy can thereby be made the first estate Of
the realm. They would out-pope the Pope.
oui.jesuit The Jesuit; by leaving the spiritual
for the carnal kingdom, by looking after
things of the earth, instead Of saving souls
for Immortality, by adopting test oaths to the
most detestable doctrine of passive obedience
and non-resistance TO a secret order, ard tho
MACH avelian morality of the expedisHcy
which eight The Devil with fire!n The State
will corrupt the churches, and the churches
will destroy The State, if The clergy are al
lowed temporal control, The vitality piods
pastors of our Protestant churches are utter
II opposed 10 this crusade against all religion.
Nothing could SO fearfully engender sirifs
among people who have no despotic pow
er 10 restrain outrage end violence and ?erss-
cution, and rebellion, and bloodshed, until
all these shall destroy liberty and make ne
cessiiy for despoiism. And nothing could
let loose so many demons in the Christian
churches, TO pollule their allars, to perven
the minds and hearts Of their pastors and
people, and 10 make anti-Chrisi and infidsli-
iy to reign in our country. Nothing shoft of
pure and undefiled Christian morality cau
guard our laws and fusion and confusion of
the church with politics is anarchy in the
State of Republic. We must be on ont
guard then, lest those who would alarm us
about Catholic Pope in Italy, are not for
establishing Protestant Popery In Arist-
ca.
Whatever be the doctrine OF the PoPe's
Supremacy, we will have reason 10 rus the
day when our politicians and parties shall
NEE, 10 secret conclave with priests of any
order, TO determine upon matters Of con-
science, and to distribute the spoils Of Office.
Now The naturalized citizens TO renounce all
allegiance TO every prince, power. potshtate
or sovereign, TO whom allegiance was due.
Bu, how shall we counteract the secret tss,
oath, which binds against law aud against
onscisnce-which says d rtiaIi shall be
burthened for reasons Of bis religions opinion
where the Constitution says he shall no, be
burlhened Tor any such reason? Which says
a religious test shall be made qualification
for office, when the Constitution says it shall
not be so made? Which says q man shalt
not be free to elect d Catholic to Office, when
the law OF election leaves him as free 10 elect
as to reject Catholic, OF any other citizeE Of
any other religious persuasion Thus, we
have native citizens not lawfully sworn TO re-
nounce Priests supremacy at home, but
nightly taking the test oath to deprive them
selves Of one half the freedom of elections,
to set up higher law that the written Con-
stituiion OF State, and to conspire in secret
cabal against The operation of laws. THIS
must necessarily destory the ballot-box, and
the reign OF law, aid that loo By violence.
In the third place, the zeal of political par
Ties, which will fly TO any sllidnce with al
most any evilfo the time, in order to obtain
ascendency in power, is another potentcause
of mischief. We have seen its bsnefui ef-
feet in Virginia. virginians, who are pro-
slavery, have united with Abolitionists and
with religious fanatics, in ofdst 10 take up
stick 10 break The head of Democracy with;
little dieaming that instead of stick they
are taking hold of serpent, which will be
more deadly 10 themselves than TO the old
political antagonists. They will assurediy
die of the wounds OF their own wsapons.--s
But TO the honor of the old parties, inimicaI
10 Democracy, be il said, that hers the sound.