M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-06

'N' 'S'Nb "HS H'S OOu uSi iiS lNtS
every day of their existence, are now
seen with faces as long as their dark
lanterns, with the whites OF their eyes
turned up in holy fear lest the Bible
should be shut up by the Pope!-
Laughter, applause and derisive
cheers. Men who were never known
before, on the face of Gods earth, to
show any interest in religion, to take
any part with Christ or his kingdom,
who were the DEVILS own, belonging
TO the DEVILS church, are all of sud.
den very deeply interested Tor the word
OF God and against the Pope. 1t would
be we'll Tor them that they joined a
church which does not believe in the
Father, and in the Son, and in the Ho
ly Ghost.
Let us see my friends what Know
Nothingism believes in. Do you know
that, gentlemen? Holding up pam.
phIet, amid great laughter and excite
ment That isyour iormuIary of the
Grand Council of the United States oil
North America--lrom the press oil
DamereIl d Moore, No. lO Devon
shire street, Boston, 1854. OIL. ..
| read from the blue book
"The organization shall be known
by the name oil the Grand Council OF
the United States OF North America.
Its jurisdiction and power shall extend
to all the States, Districts and Terri
tories Of the United States of North
America. A person 10 become mem.
Der OF any subordinate Council, must
be lwenty.one years Of age. He must
believe ln The existence oil a Supreme
Being as the Creator and pleseryer Of
the universe" ..i . r-..
No Christ acknowledged! No Sa>
vlor OF mankind! No Holy Ghost!--
No Heavenly Dove OF Grace! Go, 90,
you Know Nothing, TO the city OF Bal.
IlmoIe, and in certain street there
you will find Two churches--one is in
scribed 80 Monos Theos," "To the
one God;' on the other is the inscrip.
uon, "As Tor us, we preach Christ cru.
cllied--to the Jew stumbling block
and to the Greeks loolishness." The
one inscribed, 40 Monos Theos," i.
the Unitarian church; the other, in.
scrlbed ave preach Christ cruciiied,' p
is the Catholic church! [Cries oI
good, good,' aud cheers Is it-I
ask oil PreSby terian, Episcopaliah,
Methodist and BaptiSt-is 1t, ask ,fol
any orthodox Trinitarian Christian
church to join an association that i,
inscribed, like the Unitarian church al
Baltimore, 40 Monos Iheos"--tc
the one God? Is it Tor them to Join OF
countenance an association that so lays
It's religion as to catch men like Theo-
dore Parker and James Freeman Clark:
put 1t to all the religious societies.
to tine Presbyterians, Episcopalians,
Methodlsts and the Baptlsts-whether
they mean to renounce the divinity oil
Christ and the operations OF the HOLY
Spirit, when they give countenance to
this secret society which is inscribed tc
the one God? But, gentlemen, these
Know Nothings appeal not only to the
religious element, but to the agrariar
element. Not only do they appeal tc
Protestant bigotry-not only do they
ask ProteslantS TO out Herod Herod, t
out Catholic the Catholics, to out-Jes
nit the Jesuits, by adopting their Ma
chlaveIian creed, but they appeal to a
torlorn party in the State OF Virginia
minority party, broken down at home
and disorganized, because their associ
atloDs have become aboiitionized a
the North--they appeal to them as aft
ordIng them a.house ofreluge. [Cheer'
and laughter.
The preachers-your Protestant prea
chers. 1t is utterly impossible tina
they can make any inroads against tn,
pope and against Catholics so long a
they are suspected Of political motive
as long as they aie suspected to at
Temp! to become Protestant popes, an,
TO seize political power. What was it
| ask them--what corrupted the Ro
man church? There was once tim
when the Bishop of Rome was tn
head OF pure, primitive church--wheI
he was armed only with elemosynary
with spiritual and with eccIesiasti
power. But the very moment he lait
his hand upon the imperial purple ant
crown OF Caesars, that moment lh,
"whore oil Babylon" put on her scar
let and began toplay her abomination
before The ewes of the neonle Sh,