Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-05

from which he asserted there was proof posi.
tive that the preacher knew of the formation
and strength Of the Know Nothing party,
and that Know Nothingism was but another
and more potent and iDsidious form of Ado
litionism.
The rest of his speech was devoted to the
most cutting, scathing and sarcastic argu-
ments, and denuncistions against the Know
Nothing party, Of which he dsclsret DO
knew the history from "a to issard; that
he knew all their signs, passwords, cyphers,
grips, 10 !; and that tho workings of the party
had been derived from an organisation of
the working men of England against the CAPT
talists, had been sent by the English abolition.
lists to the New England clergy, as tho best
means to spread abolitionism and that by the
potent appeals it made to the prejudices of
the unthinking, it met with unprecedented
success So far as our limits will allow, We
will give the ideas he expressed; but it is be.
yond the power Of pan to give the gestures
sod looks with which he expressed his scorn
and Iosthing Of the curse Of the New England
clergy, whom he styled preachers of Christian
politics, and those who had taken part in this
new part, bypocrites, ,perverting the sacred
name Of religion to cloak their ambition, and
had made 1t q tool to reach the tem poral
power they are striving for, and for the pos
session OF which they condemn and prescribe
the Pope
Old Massachusetts, too, had once but ono
"ism" within her borders-that was Puritan.
ism; it was that ism that caused the sterile
Plymouth rocks to bear the most glorious fruit
the world bad ever seen it was that ism that
made her people rich, learned, prosperous,
and religious and with that ism guiding her
marched EDWARDS as the twin sister of Virginia
through the dark times that "trisd mems
souls," with the Same passwords between them,
the same object in view, and at last assisted
her to gain the glorious prize for which they
were mutually contending. But in these lat
ter days that good old ism had given place to
UBiversalism, nitariani AbOlitionism and
multitude of other isms equally Injurious to
both moral and political prosperity; she has
now strayed from the path in which she tray
eled with Virginia; the isms had formed q fu.
sion. and nov the Old Bay State has become
the standard bearer of these commingled isms,
and filings to the winds the banner of Know
Nothingism. He spoke of Absslom, his trea.
son and the departure Of David from his CITY,
accompanied only by foreigner; he spoke of
La Fayette, De Kslb-ofthe services which the
Catholics of France render US in our struggle
for Independence, and said that the native
born Arnold was the Absalom of America;
while but for the foreign aid we received in
that struggle no one can tell what the result
would have been.
He then reviewed the late message of Gov.
Gardner, of Massachusetts,, and read passages,
which he proved, recommended am sipama
| ton, and asked If Virginia could give til at
the grip; also passages that recommended that
Law should be passed prohibiting voting on
| the part of any one who could not read and
write, and asked II Virginia could give that
the grip. Laughter Other passages recon-
| mending the election Of Senator opposed to
4 q hoN Ahr m.
| ton eff habeas corpus to the trial Of fugitive
slaves, and that sick foreigners should be
turned ont Of the hospitals and sent in the
pest-house emigrant ships back to Liverpool.
The KkOw Nothing Legislature of Massachu-
setts has just elected one of the most virulent
leaders Of the Abolition party to the United
States Senate He read from Boston paper,
handed him that evening" an account of the
speech of Hon. A. Barlin, gave before the Bos-
ton Mercantile Association, on "slavery and
| its remedies" in which Mr. B. used strong
abolition language, and after which, Mr.. Viii,
| son, the Senator elect was called up, and en-
dsrsed the Language used by Mr.. B., and said
| that he should always be found on the side of
freedom H. O., abOlitionism) ih the Senate, and
| that no power could daunt him.
He then read An extract from the Worcester
MAJ Journal, which he showed was the
organ of Gov. Gardner, denouncing the Amer
lean Organ, published IN Washingto city, as
pro slavery, and saying that however the
south might view it, the north did not recoe.
nize it as the organ of the national Know
Nothing party.
lie said that by means Of sbolitionism the
know N0things had carried nine free sol
States, but they could not openly bring the
same machinery to bear in the south, there
fore they had appealed to he religious feel
ing, the hatred Of foreign influence, the big
| Otry and the agrarianism Of the south. How,
| he asked, was this done? The means were
simple. II was done by kicking up hell of /.
fuss about the Pope. The Pope who is so poor
that there are none to do him rsverencs-the
Pope, whom Louis Napoleon, even while en-.
gagged in the seigs Of Sebsstopol, must have q
guard OF muskets to protect, this poor feeble
old man was the bugbear raised by the ako!i-
| tionists TO cause the south to join with them.
The Pope is nothing; what We have to fear is
| tbs assumption of Pope's here. We must fear
those elergymen who leave the spiritual and
occsume the direction Of temporal power; who,
to gain their scnds, join dark lantern political
good good! Cheers at one end of the III: III
and Kisses at the other.
LII the ministers Of my church were to at
tempt the assumption Of such power, would
stand, like Patrick Henry, between the minis
ter and the people. Voice-''I'm with you ")
But the worst point in the hypocrisy Of the
know Nothings is, that men among Thorn who
belong to no church, who say no prayers, who
never before have cared for any faith, now
turn up the whites Of their eyes, for fear tho
Pope will shut up the Bible they have never
opened. Itwould be well for them to join the
Catholic Church which believes in tho Trini-
ty. lCries Of "Good Good ~
He now read from what he said was tho
blue book Of the Know Nothings, o passage
| stating that mono could be admitted into the
order without they believed in one Supreme
Being, and from this he asserted that the reli.
gious belief Of the Know Nsthings was Unita.
rianism, as nothing was said of the Trinity in
the blue book.
He then gave, what he called, cyphers of thu
order, and read the title page OF the blue
book, Sa had before cited, in the cypher, and
then translated it as meaning The Blue Book
of the Supreme Order Of the Star Spang led
Banner Of the Spirit Of TO" He also road o
list Of names purporting to be those of officers
of the Grand Council Of the Order, among
which was the name Of 49, Williamson, Of
Alexandria, rs one, and T. P. Hilton, of Wash
ington, as smother. Here he was interrupted