Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-04-30
Correspondence.
FoR TuE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL
Messrsr Editors:

r1eSSrSr EdltorS
Are you members of the
political organization commonly called "Know
Nothings?' If you are, have not much to
say to you; but if you are not, l will now
give you an invitation to accompany me some
evening to the Lodge. It may be that you
will exclaim, dire sights to see, dire sounds to
hear! [ saw, 1 heard, and who ever did see
it once, shall wish to see it no more.-For-
ever undiscribed let it remain, only this much
will L unfold.-Here you see saints, and sin
ners together all one family. Here are
Elders and Deacons, Stewards and Glass lea
ders, listening to the harangues of Oemi-
Gods and Heroes. have no doubt that you
are surprised to see so mixed multitude
So it will be with thousands of men when
they go to hell. They will see great num-
Der of men there that they never expected
to see. You would have thought them too
holy to be found in such place, but never
theless here they are, drinking in the same
spirit as the most corrupt of Adams race,
Would you not think it strange sight to see
a convoy of angels leaving the throne of God,
and assembling with legions of Devils to con-
coct scheme for the purpose of denying
equal privileges to other angels whom God
had seen fit to create in another hemisphere
Do you not think that the young angels ought
the church, to dwell with him whose children
they seem to be? For if a man love not his
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love
God whom he hath not seen? If we have
not the spirit of Christ, we are none of his
Our churches in this town are composed in
part of foreign members, Scotch, Engli sh,
and great number of Welsh. Our native
brethren sing like Seraphs with US on the
Lords day, and tells us that they love us as
brethren. But have we right to believe
them when we see them trying to make
I" hewers of wood, and drawers of water "
of US? Even if we were their enemies, they
ought to love us according to the Gospel of
Christ. How unlike the saviour of sinners
He told his disciples to go first to his murder
ers at Jerusalem, and offer life and salvation
to them first. How strangely inconsistent
these young angels are. They stand before
the Lord, and say o that mine head were
waters, snd mine eyes fountain of tears,
that might weep day and night for the op-
pressed of all nations of the earth But let
child of the Lord come here from beyond
the ''herring pond" and they say Brother
this is the garden of the world, but YOU must
stay here twenty-one years before we will al
low you the use of the electiUe .firanchiSe.-
Though we are willing to admit that some of
from your country to this, and no doubt some
of you would make better citizens than Bene-
dict Arnold, or General Hull. Indeed Welsh,
English, and Scotch have been instrumental
in the development of the principal part of
our mineral wealth, and we do not see how
we could get along without them, but they
shall not have the lowest Office in the gift of
the people One poor, woman whose name
indicated her g foreign birth" had the bold
ness short time since to ask for a school, to
teach. The board of School Directors was
composed of the dark lantern" crew, the
President of the Board being also President
of the council of '' Know-Nothings." When
she waited for an answer, the President rose
up and said SO d-u you, you shall not give
the school to that woman" When this man
harangues the Know-Nothing audience, he is
so grossly profane that you would almost smell
the sulphur, and see the blue flames coming
out of his mouth. Here our protesting
christians are happy as if they were in
hearing of the songs of Moses and the lamb,
or as if they were witnessing the savage tribes
of the earth coming with jubilant pomp into
the kingdom of Christ.
Now, sirs, are you ready to enter the den
of the midnight brotherhood? In front sits
the idiotic President But who is that out
sue VI bue HOuSe LII Is the heroic Major
#@#as the man who rendered the services of
our two military companies to the Governor
of our State in the Mexican War. He is
Spartan soldier, and in his harangues to the
Volunteers l imagine hear him say, cas-
semble We Mexicans and be dashed to the
| dust | hear him say 81 a thousand souls
move big within my breast" See his fry
| charger snorting and paving in She valley re-
| joicing in the greatness of his strength See
| him flying swifter than the horses Jehu rode
| Now he turns the left flank of the enemy
the bullets fly around him thick as hail but
the God of battles protects him, and our gall
lant Caesar returns crowned with laurels
to the bosom of his friends Future genera
tions will judge how our Spartan Major ac-
quilted himself in the Mexican campaign. I
have no doubt that you also. feel anxious to
know how many of the brave fellows were
slain on the field of battle. Well sirs, they
| were exceedingly fortunate. Not one got
wounded unless it was about the seat of hon
or. The Mexican cannon were not of sufi-
cient calibre to reach then The Mexicans
never dreamed but that the Johnstown SOL
diers would come nearer than two thousand
miles of their guns especially when they had
such a Major. This is the reason WHY they
, came off unscathed from the field of battle.
These nen-most of them are the loudest in
the Know Nothing Lodge against Foreigners.