, 1857-08-07


nominations, are, po;withsta anding, mar
shaled into line by an army Of p1ofesssd
preacher men, and political treason-mong-
ers and dcmngogues, who ere endeavoring
10 crush oat " Catholicism from the coun-
try-impede the tide Of immigration from
Europe to our shores-to proscribe-nay,
osirdeise the Catholic and foreigner-dccla-
ring all such unfit to hold Office, or vote at
our elections, without having first served
an apprenticeship to a repH5liean form ol
government of t,ceaty-One gears. This is
the know-nothing doctrine, whose ranks are
snrcharged with preacher men and since
the late Presidential election, the black
republicans Of Massachusetts,, who adVo-
cate the eqHai=aiiOn of Me black and lehiie
RACES, propose to so amend the constitution
of that State, as to prersHt all Foreigners
from rotiag ichO do not read and speak The
English language, Sweet-sceuted christi
aHity! Modd repubIicanism The above
objects consummated, and what next
An alliance Of church and State We
shall see.
II is notorious that, Of late years, every
new-fangled issue or hobby that has been
dragged into existence, has been mounted
by these crazy, fanatical preacher men,
and, as it would seem, inaugurated into
their religion ~ as part Of their confession
Of faith. A few years ago, they besrode
the coerciVe Maine liquor law humbug,
and with the assistance Of Greeley e. Co.,
managed to ride the concern to death.
They afterwards discovered that they were
more at home ia officiating before the altar
Of knOtOHoihingism, than before the altar Of
God-uuless, indeed, it might be to desc.
crate their profession and the sacred desk
by giving utterance TO TRADE of abuse
against some political party or politicians
Of our country. or against this, that or the
other course Of policy pursued by our gov
ernment. Paul Pry like, they must needs
have their noses in the business Of the gov
ernment and everywhere else except in that
in which they profess to DO legitmately
engaged. Spiritual rappings, bloomeris
woman's rights conventions and abolition
niggerism-aIl, all the impracticable isms
and doctrines of the day. are passed in re-
view to bo pronounced upon by these
preacher men, aud as they snuff, the COM
bined force Of American fanaticism sneese.
The last hobby which they have mounted
is niggerism attached to which, and run
ming wild der machine" Is knOo-nOihingism,
dragging after it all the other isms and
absnrdities above referred to-
But aboliiiOnism, at this time, occupies
a front seat in the sanctuary Of their hearts
as well as in the sanctuary of God. Aud
since the commencement Of the agitation of
that question, what has been accomplished
for the amelioratlon of the condition Of the
African slave, or for the cause Of christian
i,vp W. .ns,vs, h,i.av ,ba. since mod.
ern preacher men have turned politicians
and negro philanthropisis, the slave trade
has revived, and, it is asserted, Is now car
ried on more extensively than at any pre-.
vious period that their agitation Of the
slave question (in connection, of course,
with the black republican party), has, in all
probability, prevented the States Of Della
ware, MARYLAND, Virginia, Kentucky and
Missouri, il not Tennessee, from either be.
coming free States, or at least adopting
measures which would result in the emanci-
patton Of slavery therein that the agita.
ton Of that question has not only discour.
aged, but paraEsed the efforts Of honest
and philanthropic members Of the Ameri-
can Colonization Society, both north and
south, who, taking practical view of the