The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1856-01-24
SECRET SocrErrEs.-Two parties in this

same LOcOIocO1Sm anu JeSulllSW' ne
history Of the lnquisiion is tolerably ia
miliar Nearly every power in Europe
has issued its intcrdicts against the Jesuts
their very thrones were not safe against
the Vaccinations of sheir poisoned dag
gers. And yet, there is scarcely a city
Of any significance where the emissaries
of the Pope do not feel the pulsalions of
this mighty Republic, and foreign tributes
are received wherever the way is open
for disciple of Loyola to hold the keys
Of his church.
There is, to be sure, something Of
step from Jesuitism to Locofocoism--the
one crafty as intelligent, subtle as refined;
the other unscrupulous as unlettered, ar.
rogant as dcbased.
Doubtless the masses of either are
honest enough. Religion with the one is
considered as embodied in cabll site
words and superb pageantry. Poliics
with the other looms out in Onations to
Gen. jackson and the beauties of squat
ter sovereignty; in the divine right of the
peculiar institution" and the comtorta-
bic tenure of fat offices for their file lead
ers. Both are moved with automatic
precision by those who control the springs,
and both. therefore, are deep toned in
their curses o(all secret societies, where
their influence can not penetrate.
Every true Catholic then believes in
ST. Peter, as every true LocofoCo believes
in Gen. Jackson. Both are infallable,
both saints-the one religious, the other
political. Their successors found it easi-
er to maintain supremacy by secret con.
claves rather than by free speech They
both pirate of freedom, but it is the free
dom Of a straight jacket. Rome is con-
Yersant with the DEGREES of the Vatican
and here again we must descend--.tne
Pork Emporium with the rescripts Of the
Mamis No corruption in the former
ever approached that of the latter, and
yet it was mere branch of Tammany
Hall, whose tactics govern the party at
Washington.
AS evidence of the progress made, we
extract the following from the Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times:
There is a Locofoco organization in
this city, TO which every true-blue Ad-
minlstration man is expected to belong
This Society is secret, has its OathS, its
signs, its grips, its pass words. Every
Locofoco office holder in the District was
requested to join the Order before he re-
ceived an appointment. This Society is
styled the "JdckSon Democratic ASSOcia-
lion Of Washington City,' and holds
regular weekly meetings On the even.
ing Of December 90, 1855, the following
oath or declaration was added to the oh
legations, and taken by every member
pre- ent. The same oath is required oI
every applicant for office under the Ad
mlnstratlOn
al do declare, upon my word ofhonor
that | am not member ofany secret po
, litcal organization, or of any other organ
izaton, or of any associat on or society
whose objects are antagonistc to the OBJ
jects Of the l.ocoloCo party, as declared
in the resolution of the Locofoco members
of the House of Representatives on tn,
LIST Of December, 1852
Signed to the roll of the above Order
, may be found lhe names of nearly al
the Government employees in this city
and many members Of the present Con
/ gress.
Another bit of proof that the Admins
tration prOScr beS American citizens in ia
vor of foreigners, m y be found in tn,
following letter from the Hon. r C. Pur
year, of North Carolina addressed to th
S American Organ,' Of this city. Sucl
/ proof as this cannot be denied, and i
, demonsrat the shameless course pur
/ sued by q neral Pierce and his Jesuit co
adjutors;
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec "a
, 1855.
, DEAR SIR: i see in your paper Of tn,
22d inst a statement concerning the ap
pointment of postmaster in my distric
at Madison, Rockingham county, N. c..
which l desire to correct The conyer
sati to which you allude was. between
Mr.. Horatio King, First Assistant Post
master General and myself, and not with
Mr.. Campbell, the Postmaster General
as stated in your article. With this ex,
ception the statement is correct as far as
il goes but it does not embrace all that
occurred between Mr.. King and myself
on that occasion.
When | made the application for the
appointment. Mr, King asked me iflhe
applicant were a Know-Nothiug? re-
piled that did not know whether he was
or not; and asked him if it were possible
that his being Know Nothing would be
an objection? lie replied "Yes; l am
acting under orders not to appoint any
Know Nothing, and to turn out alI whom
know to belong to the Order" l then
asked him if natve-born citizen and a
foreign Roman Catholic, both equally
competent, were to apply for the appoint
ment. on which would he bestow it? lie
said he should be compelled to appoint
the foreign Catholic. then left the De-
partment, and do not know whether any
appointment has yet been made or not.
Very respectfully your obedientservant,
L. G. PURYEAR.
This is not less strange than true
The capital of the Union has become a
grand area for training the hero-worship-
ers, or in other words, the political wire