The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
ROMAN CATHOLICS INFIDELs. AN
-. ARCHISTS, &C. -


Journal Of Commerce. was not written with
any partisan or electionering intention, but
simply as . statement Of facts, for the ppr-
pose Of exposing the imminent danger to
which our country is exposed from the In.
sreasing introduction of foreigners among us,
the great majority Of whom are the most
dangerous, ignorant, impudent and wicked
Of the human race. And yet many Demo.
cratic papers, among which, the Nashville
Union and American and Chattanooga Ad.
vertiger are the most prominent, are inces.
sanity abusing and disappearing the Amer.
lean party, because that party is unwilling that
such monsters should have any agency in the
administration Of our public affairs.
They are accused of disposition to pro-
scribe Foreigners and Catholics on account
Of their religious opinions; and now right at
hand this is ,ircneunced to be positively and
absolutely untrue, and it is difficult to be.
lieve that these men do not k,,ow IL to be So
and that they do not wilfully reiterate their
Misrepresentation, in order to promote the
interests of their party,to which they believe
these Catholics, lnfidels and Anarchists large.
ly contribute, at the expense Of their coun-
try's welfare. Nowthe American party is as
much opposed to the men described in the
article referred to, having any hand in the
direction of our affairs, as they are to the
Catholics, and this cannot he on account of
religion, for as already mentioned, they are
N tl,a,, 1aa tha,,
But, Sire, we arc opposed to the blood stained
Catholics, not on account of their religion,
but on account of their well known policy
and determination, as far as practicable, to
chain the world to the car of the Pope, to
demollsh Professionalism, and with it civil aud
religious liberty, and to substitute despotism,
ignorance, vice, extortion, and every abom-
ination, calculated to degrade, impoverisl,,
ar d injure mankind. We are opposed to them,
because, Sirs, if dead, and you were not Cath.
olics. they would throw your carcasses out
to rot upon the dung hill, not atfordng you
as descent burial as you would to one of
your dogs, because they believe you to be
bastards. unless your fathers and mothers
were married by Catholic Priests. We would
prescribe them, Srs, for the same that you
would not permit gamblers, swindlers and
seducers to take up their abode in your
house, when you had reason to believe that
they would bring ruin and disgrace upon
your family. And in conclusion, we call up.
ON the Chattanooga Advertiser and Nashville
lInlnn Tn In md nd
declare for rhich Of their religious tenets the
American party prescribe the Catholics
Come, Sirs, make it known, for we intend to
hold You to the point, and if we are proved
unjustifable, we will acknowledge our error,
and il not, we will endeavor to defend our
selves and score you as you deserve.
ClvIs
FOREIGN INFIDELs.
1t is most earnestly to be deplored, that SO
few who are born in this land, and love Amer.
lean traditions, are aware of the rapid hatred
Of Christianity and its concomitants, yearly
increasing IN our population from the CONT
nent of Europe. We do not speak of the
convicts and paupers that are struggled into
our ports from Genoa, Hamburg and Trieste;
but of the tens of thousands of Germans who
from year TO year, come from provinces OF
Europe, completely panthezed, and with
whom freedom is synonymous with the down
fall Of the Kingdom of the Redeemer. We
called attention some months ago to the fact,
that large number of Germans, who have
come of late years to this country, are disci
pies of the Anarchist school of Heine. accord
ing to whose creed, 'there can be no true
freedom until Christianity is bloodily abolish
ed" viz: until q persecution by infidels Of
Christians Is instituted, with ends similar to
those of Diocletian or Sapor We showed
that elections had been made to turn upon
the single point, whether prayer should be
offered in our Legislatures whether the Lords
day should be Kept, and religious oaths be
maintained. One of the most influential
German papers in this city, published stimuli
taneousiy, articles warning the better class
Of Germans, of whom there are SO many in
our city, against encouraging these exeesses
Our remarks were re-published in various
parts of the United States, and we trusted
that good result mi,ht be produced. Since
then, however, another anniversary has re.
CURED Of the birthday of Thomas Paine
and it has filled our hearts with shame to
learn how the natal day of that enemy OF
God, of his Saviour, and of his country. has
been celebrated.
These mem are easily naturalized, become
as speedily as possible citizens of these States
carrying Atheism to the polls, and receiving
the homage of demagogue politicians to OBJ
tain few miserable sutfrages. A few of the
"reforms" demanded by the "Freimaenner, u
so they call themselves, who have set W
Thomas Paine as their apostle, and who strive
to gain strength to revolutionize our free
government by the establishment of the ty
ranny Of anarchy, are:-abolition Of the laws
for the observance Of the STANDARDIZATION
of oaths in Congress-abolition of oaths upon
the Bible-no more prayers in our Legisla
tures-abolition Of the Christian system o
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Presidency, O.
all Senates--of all law suits involving ex
pense--the right of the people to change tn,
Constitution when they Ikea reduced tern
in acquiring citizenship. de- These thing
are not sought after as mere shadows, nor ar,
they dreams with which Missionaries amust
themselves, but which do no harm. They
are seriously inculcated principles, earnestl,
instilled, for the propagation of which ther'
exist several chief and many minor Societies
to which hundreds of thousands of foreigner
affiliated, who are in constant communion
ton wit, each, other, and act in concert ant
who are beginning to ne felt in every corne
OF the land, but particularly III the West
where their efforts are greatly aided b,
the growing RIGHTEOUSNESS of abolltionism.
ssH- Rents have fallen in California two
thirds in one year, and wages almost IN pro
portion. Servant women Gan get $50 to 30
per month, according to capacity aud worth
$3 per dozen Is even now the standard pric
for washing. A good dwelling house, lathe,
and pIastered, can now be had, with ever
convenience for family, at. $50 per month
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