The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-06-08
From the Boston Post.
First Know-Nothing Legislature.

The abors of the first know-nothing iegisa-
turr completed and are before the country
Gardner announced IN MS iud"SV' d' 'u'',
Massachusetts, was ssonce more permi''ea 70 idNe
tb4 lead in that legislation believed t2 oc "eoSs
s,ry 10 DerDefuate religious ona clrH P'oteSeS,
H. smoke as the head Of party, ana ifaoNN
announced that its purposes required '''"'
sborld obtain a President and congress
Thus. the know-nothin9s here aSp"eu % oe
national ,arty: and to lead other STATES -
Let Us take brief glanc" at the WAYS v III '.'e
legislature, with such objects 10 VleW' nr''SVN
to prrpvtuate our '.religious and eiVli P''S'''
ges." .;.H,c.s or
such vital consequence. Liberty Oh
and liberty of worship are OF tue na'"'a' .'-"'S
secured in our constitutions, federal ana ga, S'aiF
4 and these saw that one denomination oil ohr'S'-
;ans shall neither hp favored above a'!o'"'t' "'
:, any wav harmed on account oi their re'iS'"n'
Now, how has this knoW-no'ilihs
{ co,,nlisd with these provisions, securing Pt'-
ai n;rbt ~ man. Let its fierce onslaught
IN Catholics answer let It's miserable I'anoe'-
ia,r ~ birotry answer let its proposed laws as
: ,aad,cation and its actual violation, by us
n s,,,,;,,s,s of privatp rights in visiting Ca'ho-
d l;c schools. answer. But why SPECIFY drtaiiS
J. NJ sneaker Eddy has confessed the whole N
= his parting speech. ''By yoar speeches ana
e no,,r ,ofps." his words are, ''you hare SPo"eN
e r., iemppyonce. liberty, md PFoTEsTANTisM
ard he might have added, have trampied u"'r
r foot the rithts of Catholics, over winch the e@i
C. f III. Constitution is as broad as 1t is over ffo
as ,astants Is this, (orsooth, the way 10 prrPe'u
I'd ate the glorious foundations OF our reug'o"
r. ,r;vilsqes1 Is not this rank hgotry ftaS
d. ,.bar4 did this know-nohing iegIsla'nfe--4h' y
he SEEKER Eddy at their head-deriv' the riGt
ng - ;r,ore and persecute sect Is TINS I'd al
o,rd,nca with the genius of Professionalism
,se proy i not lis cornerstone and brlghttS' Jew
IRE ,bp rioht of private judgment? we 'el' ~
he Sr.aker Eddy. and these know-no'h!ngs' III
Of wore in what should be the Impartial mans
No l.,;slat,on they have only s'vutes aud SPetche
ct c,r pro,estantism, and persecnte the cohsciF
est ,;ons Catholic they belle the great AmFflc
rist ran,e and denv the first principles ol fro'f
tep antisn. Mock not the country by ternlnS ;"
ug- speechps and votes and acts perpetna'ins 0
Of RELIGIOUS priyeges-they are Tor lh'fooue''
the SUBSTANTIALLY. the old test acts OF Engiah
suf- We n.yi turn to sscivil privileges. W.
If bos heen initiated here 10 this ne worthy
all he copied by other States? What has been o'
1uld "a per,,ptuate those privileges we ENJOY
san, The guardian protector oi them an
a by Union and to every person ana every me
Of the State the preservation oi tbs ought 'o
ing paramount 10 every '"e 49, ,.ane.,
two American tbs is cohS'u'' a''',, -, -
oritp all others, and before which all other cons.'
. at;ons-inasmuch as by this only can our ~
stag be preserved-dwindIr into nothing, D.,
ioca- We have not overstated this test. bo'
v 10 rs use another's words setting forth us ma
,ude When all sane men and ioyai pa
,,s invoke the highest personihGatlon OF honest
~ ~ nose and sterling patriotism, they ins'lnc'
ouo;s- turn 10 Washington. We viii not cue ~
n 't 70 onen-quoted passages from the Farewell
g e,bs dress on the value Of our Union, bet take o.
; hs~e s that will apply closer as tourhsione ''