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hake us appearance WI tae oo"'
House Of this city, on Tuesday night
last, as proclaimed by hand bills, but
Mr.. II. W. Robertson did, and by the
force of his eloquenee and aid Of u roll
Of campaign documents he proved o
number Of facts which 10 that moment
we're not facts. u Ia astonishing how
truth, which is not truth, may be erect
ed mountains high, by the mere force
Of imagination and the irresistible aid
Of eloqnence and learning. This must
be accounted for, on the principles Of
biology or Odology an eighth new
sense, not yet fully and fairly inquired
into. Mr.. Robertson assumed the new
aHd tenable position, that Know Moth
ipgism is proscriptive OF Catholics and
he proved this with platforms nade ex-
ptessly for the purpose. lie quoted
Mr.. Hardy, as authority mn had n
cory Of that interesting institution, the
Catholic Standard, to prove his posi-.
tion~-a political paper advocating the
election Of Mr.. Buchanan. published in
the city Of New Orleans, with the mp
probation Of bis Holiness, the Right
Rev. Archbishop Blanc, and SufFragan
Bishops Here, we feel much like d.
yergiug from The main subject-~"Mr.
Robertson's speech at The Court
House." TO the Catholic Standard, hav-
ing The authority Of the SuHragan
bishops and others to abuse every
thing Americap--to denoupoe Prot
estantistn out OF wbich--through The
Reformation, came the germs Of the
glorious Republic, which aud for which,
it is not yet crime to claim sympa-
thy. But this is DEPRESSION. Mr..
Robertson proved--as did Col. Win.
free the other day at Blue Point, that
Catholics do owe alegabce--spiritual
allegiance to The foreign Autocrst. ut
st. Peters. We are right glad the
fact is established now beyond The
shadow Of doubt for we shall have
frequent occasion in The future pro.
gross of American Republioanism, to
refer TO it, Col. Winfree and sGener-
al Whales are excellent authority on
this score, for each one Of them have
been in, and up in X. Notbipgism
from the first to tho last degree They
have voluntarily taken the proscriptive
oaths referred to mo doubt), and since
they neper gave their words and sa-
cred hopors away, in secret pledges
no better authority should be demand.
ed. Mr.. Robertson having established
tbispoint---amidss injudicious applause
put in al the wrong time he then
went forward rapidly TO prove that the
American purity north, is the abolition
party, that 1t ia the Abolition party in
the West, If not in tho South. Mr.
Fillmore no proved to be an Adolf |
zionist, to the immense satisfaction Of |
several ha'-headed gentlemen in ,he
section Of the room where we were,
and they showed their teeth in way Of
Mr.. Robertson said, that
Mr.. Fillmore deserved no credit for
signing tho fugltis, slave law; and to
prove this, he painted Mr.. Henry Clay,
over him, rs the ghost Of
murdered Cesar did, over Mr.. Bru-
tus to tell the former gentleman be
would like to SOS him mt "Philippi.',
In Mr. Roberison's vivid picture, We
imagined we could sec Mr.. Clay, with
arm, over Mr.. Fillmore,
saying, do it p do it Mr.. Fillmore
do 1t Sir, or you will be damned ~
The ingenuity used by Mr.. Robertson,
TO prove that the Know Nothing par
y, is in favor Of alien suffrage and
Sovoroioutr. xpo nm ,oro