Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-19

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| ished and dispensed with. | call upon them to 40
this and to do it forhwith-by their hopes ofHeav-
! en-by their obedience to the word OF God-oy
their allegiance to the constitution and laws OF their
! country-to come out from any party which mas
adopted mode and plan of organization so fatal to
the peace of society and to the progress OF true re-
ligon. If could but arrest the attention of the re-
ligous community to this great point in our SUD-
| iect, and prevail on them to abandon Know Moth
ingism, until Know Nothingism abandons Its wicked
and unlawful organization, would willingly consent
to bear all the SANDERS and abuse which bau men
could heap upon me!
Let me- right here PROFOUND a few questions to
him " who ministers at the altar whether he be
bishop, elder or other dignitary i'll the church
How dare you to attach yourself to an order ao"0Se
OTganaz0tiOn q speak not OF Its creed) commands
YOU whenever you notified by red bits Of paper,
to rush to the scenes of strife and mingle, it may
be- in it's carnage? You commanded by your
Heavenly Master to go forth into the world " shod
with the preparations of the Gospel of peace )" but
Know Nothingism comm ands you to go forth with
the preparation of the bowie knife and the reyol-
yer! He commands you too Ito take with you the
helmet Of salvation and the sword OF the spirit
which is the word of God :" but acknowledgement
arms you with different weapons than these-with
the sword of persecution and death Away, away,
with these carnal weapons In His own emphatic
language &C he that liveth by the sword shall die by
the sword,"-n individually and personally, but
your usefulness in the ministry will die--your con-
gregation will fall off and desert your churches and
thus the of relig will be made to reel and
stagger, for time, under blows received from hands
Amounted to uphold and sustain it.
Let me PROFOUND yet another question to all men,
whether in the church or out OF it-When this
party, being secret and oath bound, shall be once
firmly established must not, and will not, all other
parties follow the fatal example? When that Is
done, what will our country become but one vast
camp of secretly armed people, ready to rush to
combat on the dropping of red piece OF paper, or
the shrill cutlery of a preconcerted signal Then,
indeed, that song, which now only serves to adorn
the legends of awless age in its bloody variations,
may become national anthem, sung by conflict
ing bands as they rush into battle
"The moons the lake, and the mst's the brae
And clan has name that is naDaetess Gy day;
Our signal for tight which from monarchs we drew,
Must be heard but hy night in its vengefu halioo
Whilst there's leaves the forest foam the river
McCiregor, despite them shall flourish for ever!
1t is the province of the statesman to cast his WIS.,
ion beyond the present and to discover the far dis
ant consequences of every departure from the sound
principles OF human action Let, therefore, man
charge with saying that 1t is the design Of !
the know-Nothings to change this nation OF Chris
tans into one of mere bandits, struggling for power
No. speak of the evil example set to all other !
parties, and the almost inevitable consequences of .
that example being followed which must solve in .
blood the great and last problem of human liberty.
Just so was doing, or trying to do, in my speech
at Lebanon. | commented there on the vast and I
power Of that of their oaths
whrh, according to the publications of it, requires
to the will of the majority III all matters
political and social After speaking the political
part of the oath, paused and remarked that the
in political matters that it extended, as published,
to ali matters, soc1l as we'll as political. enquired
of any know-NOthing present If his attention
called to that word when the oath was administered
No was given. then asked if any present, !
not OF the order, in reading the published oaths had
noticed that word social Several answered that
they had not. Then I contended that this
new feature in Know Nothngism, which no one had
yet noticed, but of vast and horrid import that
the term social relations comprehensive enough
to embrace nearly every of human life; that
under it the professional man, the merchant and the
might be struck down, &c. &c, almost
il the words of my Gallatin speech, and as subse-
luentiy used in my Dickson county letter. But the
editor of the Herald chose to represent say
ng that such was already he present practices of
the Know Nothngs of Wilson county and some
eight citizens of that county have certified
hat the statements of the Herald true to the
rest IF their 7ec0L'ection. What statements? That
charged that this thicg of meeting and breaking
iown the lawyer, the merchant, and the mechanic,
rGS mr. bsing d0ne and that the next step might
De to defame the reputation Of innocent females
Now, these gentlemen must, on reflection, discover
he utter impossibility of my speaking of these
Kings being done al present by the Know-Nothngs
# Wilson because | was arguing expressly the
dea that they had never yet noticed the words 80
iai matters" which was then bringing to their
minds for the first time. 1t only under this
lew clause of the oath that such things couM be
lone; and it would be self-evdent absurdity to
oppose that they hal done, then doing,
Kings which they never heard before that they were
ne aright-they did not catch the true tenor and
curse of my remarks. [ spoke only Of achnt might
e done under the broad and comprehensive words
f that oath, and therefore, contended they ought
o withdraw from the order before the bad men who
evsed this oath, and who understood every word
n it, should demand the fulfillment of it. do not
now these gentemen-their powers of dscrimna-
ion, their qualifications to report correctly the
peech of public debater, (Which, every one knows,
very difficult to dog will not say therefore, any
hing unkind in relation to them. They say that
hey understood me as speaking in the present;
teo. Elliott, G. w. Winchester, John *. Howard,
on, showing clearly that they understood me dis
nctly as portraying the future abuses that might
row up under the promptings of the bad men who
evised the oath on which l was commenting. AS
the Uwgar personalities in which the editor of the
ferdtd and Gazette, and several others, have indug
1-they must excuse me from comforting so much
Importance on them as to condescend to notice them
ley will find, in after years, that in moment of
'olish passion, they have wantony outraged all the
ropriees of social life, and forfeited the esteem
nd confidence of every honorable man. Such
ian cannot and will not fail to shun and avoid
lem,
GAS who sees a serpent in his way,
Glisening and basking in the summers ray,
Disorder'd stops to shW1 tile reptile near s
Then walks with loathing on but knows no fear" :
Here l would close this address, if my object had
cen mere vindication of myself against detrac- {
on. That has been only incidental and subordi- :
ate in my purposes in making this address. go 7
ack, therefore, to the further consideration of the
lious, unlawful and unchrisan organization of =