Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-02

/ TIE following We Clip from ihe u.
40ricans- BlsssfxUf ~ *sthUfs MR.
IIIt villvroye rhat II liate telbtt a.,
alive 70 the many different iacss r.
Nothingistn assumes p suit PARTED, i
calitics. While the leading orgrd1
Order ii Ohio j recommending 1 .br,,s..
platform, Z on which he fore;;gas,
stand. and be admitted % full mvmbsnr''
II L9aisisn ~ tsasq!ifis,s isIlsA ~ M
question, and Protestants and Ca,hs...
are alike Know Nothingss Tho edis !,
tho bsagssia ~: EldF fsgll
W. ale fert confident Wax NE rsss,s,
element forms no component part d &
Louisiana r:thpt there isno reeo.ss
ed discrimination between Catholicsrs
Protestants. md thu Natiye AmeItS.
comprehend 4 embrace. i1the full6ss 2,
ofthe word, those who are born on tl,.ssJ
ard thaseoaly - they Catl,Iiee orr
tants. ~
We have takeI sbine Gtile double toe.,t
firm and subsiantiate this belief.
have Catholic friends ard neighbour II
openly ayow themselves 10 IL kaow NtI
ing. We know they MguM NOT be SOM.
reantto the faith Of their fathers Is to Il.
ternize Will. M association Which r.puda.
and denounces nleif traditional and r.
ditary religion. To satisfy on curiosIl
we have gone farther; We have applieIs
q friend, who is not ashamed or afraiih
ayow himself as a member Of The oris
who, as a man and 4 citizen, stands Is Hi
in this community as any lons else, !; I.
care not who be may be;;E and who, i
our formal inquiry, answersus in the i.
lowing positive and unequiroeal NAME,
We withhold his name, bnt We vosl
for bis rcsponsib ility and entire reliabils:
l. New ORLkAss, March Esd, 1855
Dear Coloael:: Yours ofl yesterday
now before me. and in reply, void
state that ] am member of the order !
Know Nothings, and have been 50 si,s
its first establishment III this State.
The object Of this order ii purely i
litical. Itdocs not, as its enemies ialsA
allege, prescribe any Religious creed; i
does it makeany distinction lii Religisu
opinions: but whils ii thus acknowledx
no Religious distinction, It'll inalteraSj
opposed 70 the interference of any reHr
ious denomination with tho political i
stitutions oftlic country, or 10 any intr
ference with the free exercise Of the poId
cal opinions Of any American citizen
whether natiyeor adopted.
You, who have known ma for man
Years, need not now be assured that
would scorn t.. belong toaay society xhis
proscribes any Religious creed or attempt
fta interfere with the right of any one
worship God as he may deem most apprt
PIRATE. Nos this order, which alread
numbers among its members i large nj
Ejority Of the voters of this State, il cpn
posed alikezo Catholics and Protestant
old line Wings and Democrats, but will
IN its walls these distinctions are obliter;
ted and forgotten ii the-grcat object
its ofganization--the preservation Of Of
Nationality, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT intact Of Il
Constitution Of the United States, the pl
rity Of the ballot box, and the rights on
privileges Of the Native born! citizen.
assureHyou, sir. TINT there i not q sing
sentiment ID tie whole proceedings 81 III
socicty which any american citizen woul
be'afraid % have blazoncd tdfthe worl,
and Yet hope that ere many months. q
injunction Of sccresy may Be taken frdl
y, and lie proceedings b made publie.-
|. for one. would rejoice 1t IL
Yours truly.