Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-01-18
KNow-NoTHINGIsM IN CONGRESS.

hNo" -NoiHiNGlSM In CONGRESS-.
In Committee of the Whole Of The House
Of Representatives, on Thursday last, when
The Pacific Railroad bill was under consid-
ers,ion,-
Nj. Chsndler rose in reply to the Know.
Nothing speech Of Mr.. Banks, who he said
had made special and inculpa.ory remarks
regarding the Roman Catholic Church, in
volving in the inculpa,ion q charge Of latent
treason sgsins. its members, or, a. least, an
imputa,ion. There is no article of their re-
ligious faith which overrides ell fealty to
this government and which would render
them unworlhv Of public trus,-suspec,ed
ci'izens and dangerous officers. Standing
here almost alone in The assertion of fact
which seems to be doubted, he was wi,hou.
the sympathy of host of par.isans to sus-
tain him and to pardon the infirmi.y of his
defence of the principles which he advoca-
ted. He denied that the Pope Of Rome has
or claims for himself the right to interfere
with the political relations Of any other
country than tina. Of hich he is himself the
subject; end he denied the right Of the
Pope, resulting from his divine Office, to in.
.e1fere between the subjects and sovereigns,
and citizens and government.
While he made this denisl he acknow-
lodged oil his obligations to that church Of
which he is an humble member. He would
moi yield single dogma, nor explain it q
way 10 suit the spirit Of The times. He be-
lieved all that the church believes and teach.
es ss religious dogmas. He mus. regard
himself as involved in the general censure
Of The gentleman from Massachusetts,. He
clearly and distinctly denied tina. The power
Of The Pope extends one grain beyond his
spiritual relations, or infringes in The least
degree on the duty ~hich any Romsn Cath
Ollie owes to the government, under which
he lives. If, he said by the Providence Of
God, the Bishop Of Rome should possess
himself Of an army to invade the territory
Of the United States, or assal the rights OF
our county, he would find no more earnest
antagonists than in the Roman Catholics
u should not be here TO vote supplies to
our army, and too old to take par, in the
battle, would be found in the privacy Of
my chamber or q, the foo, Of the sl,ar i'm
ploring God Tor the safety Of my country
and the defea. Of the invaders. Applause.
If the spiri. Of conques. should seize on
the wearer of The tiara and he should seek
10 subjugste Italy, provoking the arms Of
other nations against his own state, would
look on the chances Of the defes. Of his arms
as cooIly end complacen'ly as on the mis-
chievous schemes Of any other ambitious
monarch. This was his belief and fully
and openly asserted by every bishop in the
United States. In proof he read from the
writings Of Bishops England, Kendtick,
Hughes, Spalding and others. He scorned
TO utter less than the whole truth and re-
ferred to other times when the Pope de-
shroned kings but only when it was requr-
ed BY existing constitutions or compac,s for
The benefit and at the instance Of the gov
erned. In the language Of Bishop England,
"God never gave to the Pope sny temporal
power to depose kings or interfere with the
political concerns, and sny rights which The
successor o! 81. Peter claims for that pur-
pose must be derived from some other
source" He condemned the inequality in
citizens which the Know. N olhings seek to
establish, saying tho, if this shall be done
j, would no, be long before that class will
demand IS boon what freemen claim.
In conclusion he said-wi,h my hand on
my hear. and my eyes towards heaven,
with reverence, appeal TO God to witness
the truth Of the assertions which ] have
made with the conviction Of knowledge and
The credibility of the testimony have ad-
uced from others.
Mr.. Coke, having. the floor, argued to
show that the Wing party is not dissolved
and disbsDdoned as their enemies repeated
ly assert. He reviewed in condemnation
the acts and policy Of the Administration
snd passed 10 the Know-No,hing question,
briefly contending ,ha. Americans have the
RICH, to manage politics in their own way
Ito exclude Roman Catholics from Office,
end to extend the term Of naturalization.
The Committee here rose, and the House
adjourned.
PROCESSION OF UNEMPLOYED FOREIGN.
ERs.-The N. York Mirror Of Wednesday
afternoon says, a company Of some 1900
to 5000 foreign looking men passed our
office This morning, with banners bearing
notices new to the eyes Of New Workers.
On one appeared these de6an. words: "wE
WANT WORK AND WE WILL HAVE IT." On
another, the awful word "HUNGER," was
faun,ed in The face Of day; end sno,ber be-
fore this mysterious threat "rnE LAST RE-
COURSE" We don't believe ".he oldes,
inhabi,sni" OF our city ever saw the like of
this before. ]. is . signi6can. fact .bs. this
company Of idle foreigners cbesred Justify
when passing The Herald Office. These are
the men who are ''down on soup"
A New KIND OF DuEL.-Tbe New Or
leans Crescent says ,ha. a Frenchman,
thinking his honor damaged by sno,her
Frenchmsn's insult, challenged the insul,er