Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-25
Political RELIGION.

For the first time in the history of Republic few
desperate and disappointed woudbe political leaders have
organized party to prostitute the holy religion of Christ
to their own selfish ends This party bound together by
hord oaths and deceive prevarcate and equivo
cate-ths party the which laid upon
the ruins of morality and social confidence arrogang
itself the peculiar championship the protestant faith,
stealing "the livery of Heaven the devil in and
moving with the seahy tread of that their
cess depends upon their secrecy and deception threat
ems the overthrow of civil and religious berties for
be the aims and intentions of its leaders what they the
tendency of their to bring about union of Church
and State when after bloody and devastating civil wars the
supremacy of any denomination shall have been finally
established.
Have of the neeenth century vanly boosted of
civil and religious freedom? Have been deceived while
looking back upon the religious prosecutions of bygone
times, we imagined these horrors forever past at
least that should be cursed with them p?
Have we ranly imagined that of the present day
more liberal than Puritan fathers who whipped and
hanged Quakers and who drove the Baptist Roger Will
ams, into the desert? As the Know Nohngs get
into power and remain in for few years. these will
be reenacted with all the refined improvements of the
Catholicism crushed by the deagogues attempt
ing to crush it, other demagogues and fanatics will attack
other sects and of will be the consequence and
in the bloody maestoom that will ensue civil religious
liberty will be engulphed.
And who constitute this party? At the South it has
sucked in of the remnant of the sbanded Wing party
having nothing to los and reckless desperate venture
for the spois of Office with few soreheaded disappointed
office seeking Democrats who might leave their country
they have their party for its good AT the North it has
swallowed up Aboltonsn, Freesosm, and every other
vile ism, and seasoning for this heterogeneous of
corruption has taken thousands of free negroes into its
capacious What fostering, putrid mass! What
they for the religion they prate much about? Do
not hear ninetenths of them denouncng Catholicism
with breath and taking the of God in vain with
the next And these the who have presumed to
take holy religion under their guardianship! Well
may the true believer stand aghas and we'll may the true
minister of God be Mortified behold his sacred calling
wrestcd from him by such proane and goddess But
the secret is planthe hypocrisy patent: they only want
ros to put them in power and then they have further
use for either religion republican liberty.
"These supple tribes repress their patriot throats
And ask no questions but the price Of Cotes."
And by the by if they paid than five cents for the
renegade Scotchnan that they introduced their
meeting here they got cheated He is beneath disgrace
but the whole X n party disgraced in bringing him
forward for while processes great aversion foreign
ers ekes IN all that base enough to sell themselves
it, Watch this vile Scochman the day of election for
he not entitled to vote He has respect for himself
and consequently one not r. NJ has any for him.
AS our Uncle Toby said, would say to him, Co.
poor devil, there is enough in the world for you
we'll as for honest men,"