The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-04-11

his authority on this question. When the
Jews expected him to put on princes
crown and seat himself on the actual throne
of David, he asked for penny to be shown
him. A penny was brought him--a metal
coin assayed, clipped stamped with the i'm
age of the State, representatives Of
the civil power-stamped with C@sar's
image, and he said whose image and
superscription is this?" alt is Cesar's.'-
"Then render unto Caesar the things that
are Cesars, and unto God these things that
are Gods" (Applause.) "My kingdom is
not of this world. Ny kingdom is a spiritu-
al kingdom Cesar's kingdom is politi-
cal, is carnal kingdom. And / tell you
that if stood alone in the State of Virgin
ia, and If priestcraft--if the priests Of my
own mother church dared to lay their hands
on the political power of our people, or use
their churches to WELD political influence,
l would stand, in feeble Imitation Of, it may
be, but I would stand, even il stood alone,
as Patrick Henry stood in the revolution,
between the parson and the people. Gap
plause, and cry of "I'm with yon.'') efr
want no. Pope, either Catholic or Pro.
testant, | will pay Peters pence to no pom
tif-Episcopolian, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Methodist, or any other (Applause and
cries of good.'o They not only cry about
the Pope. These men, many OF whom are
neither Episcopalians, Presbyterian, Bap-
tst, Methodist, Congregationalists, Luther
ans or what not--who are men OF no relig-
ion, who have no church, who do not say
tier prayers, who did rot read their Bible,
who live God defying lives every day Of
their existence are now seen with faces as
long as their dark Iasnterns, with the whites
of their eyes turned up III holy fear lest the
Bible should be shut up by the Pope!--
daughter, 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, belong
ing to the DEVILS church, are all of a sud-.
den very deeply interested for the word olG cd
and against the Pope. 1t would be we'll for
them that they joined church which does
not believe in the Father, and in the Son,
and in the Holy Ghost. -
Let us see my friends what Know Moth
ingism believes in. Do you know that,
gentlemen! (Holding up u pamphlet, amid
great laughter and excitement.) That is
your formulary of the Grand Council of the
United States of North America--from the
press of Damerell & Moore, No. 10 Devon
shire street, Boston, 1854. E -.aa
| read from the blue book:
"The organization shall be known by the
name of the Grand Council of the United
States OF North America. Its jurisdiction
and power shall extend to all the States,
Districts and Territories of the United
States of North America. person to be-
come member of uny subordinate Coun-
Gil, must be twenty-one years of age. He
must believe in the existence of Supreme
Being as the Creator and perseryer of the
universe" r 's. ..-.
No Christ acknowledged! No Saviour of
mankind No Holy Ghost! No Heavenly
Dove Of Grace! Go 60, you Know Moth
ing,s to the city of Baltimore, and in GER
tain street there you will find two churches
--one is inscribed so Monos Theos.' ''To
the one God;" on the other is the inscription
GAS for us, We preach Christ crucifed--to
the Jew stumbling block and to the Greeks
fpolishness." The one inscribed, 80 Men.
os Theos," is the Unitarian church; the 9th
er, inscribed "We preach Christ crucifed," !"
is the Catholic church, (Cries of "good,
good" and cheers.) Is it-I ask of Pres
byterian, Episcopalian, Methodist and Bnp-
tist--is it, ask, for any orthodox Trinitarian
Christian Church to join an association that
Is inscribed, like the Unitarian church at
Baltimore, go Monos Theos'--to the one
God! Is it for them to join or couhtenance
an association that so lays its religion as to
catch men like Theodore Parker and James
Freeman Clarke put it to all the relig-
ious societies--to the Presbyterians, Epis
copalians, Methodists and the Baptists-
whether they mean to renounce the divinity
Of Christ and the operation of the Holy
Spirit, when they give countenance to this
secret society which is inscribed to the one
God! But, gentlemen, these Know Moth.
ings appeal not only to the religious ele
sment, but to the agrarian element. Not on
| 'ly do they appeal to Protestant bigotry-
not only do they ask Protestants to out Her.
cd Herod, to out Catholic the Catholics, te
ont-J Jesuit the Jesuits, by adopting theil
Machiavelian creed, but they appeal to 4
forlon party in the State Of Virginia--a mi
nority party, broken down at home and dis
organized, because their associations have
become abolitionized at the North--they
appeal to them as affording them a house o
refuge. (Cheers and laughter3 81
X *ft,s r. Y ~ 4, + - An S@
The preachers--your Protestant preachers
4 1t is utterly impossible that they can max,
any inroads against Catholics SO long as the.
are suspected of political motives--as lonl
as they. are suspected to attempt to become
Protestant Popes, and to seize politica
power. What was it, II ask them--tha