The mountain Democrat., 1864-09-03
rae Purataa tatA.rs.
EDs1Oss DrxOcaAs. A correspondent Of

EDaTosa DeNOeRAg: A correspondent f;thC
;, DemOcrAti6 Prsas, writing from Virginia ChJ
'.-...'. :. tNAA["n Ms pity that lie Nay
flower had not been sWamPed before laodin1
At Plymouth" This ID considered rank tTea'
son BY the loyal" editors, and the PlaesrvillG
Daily News, in.s At Of patriotic iAdigustiou,
says-" 1t iS pity thAt q man who utters such
sentiments should be permitted 70 live iu the
United Stetss."
All this fanatical ranting 10 10 exact harmony
with the sayings aud doings Of the "SaintSd
Pilgrims" who were passengers in the immor.
talized MayAOwer. The following extracts will
show how nearly the Black Republican Puri-
tans of the present day are copying after their
| fathers:
"At the very first court Of election, law
was passed enacting that none should hereAf.
ter be admitted freemen, or be entitled to any
share in the government, or be capable OF be-
ing chosen magistrate, or even serving as jury
men, but such as had been, or should hereafter
be received into the church as members."-
Hinton's Hist. U. s., vol. l, p. 40.
The Puritanical Black Republican Miscegen-
ationists Of the present day deny the right to
hold office, sit on juries, or to enter the courts
as counsel or suitor, except to those who swear
to support the President and all Of his procla.
nations.
"This law at once divested every person
who did not hold the prevailing opinions, not
only on the great points Of doctrine, but with
respect to the ceremonies OF worship, Of all the
rights Of citizen, aud the most valusble civil
rights were made to depend on their decision"
-LGrahame, vol. !. p. 26S.
The most valuable civil rights-liberty Of
person and freedom of speecb-at the present
time, are made to depend upon the declaration
of purjured spies and informers, and the de-
cision of puritanical High Priests, in uniform.
They adhered firmly TO the doctrine that
the sword Of the magistrate should be employ
ed to prevent the Promulgaton Of sentiments
differing from their Own, never apparently hav-
ing perceived that the principle would also
justify the Romish church, and would call up
on heather magistrates to repel all Christian
instructors by q similar method.-i Hinton'a
U. s., p. 40.
The negro-worshipping Puritans now use
the sword to prevent men from voting or ex.
pressing political sentiments differing from
their own, as in the elections 10 Kentucky and
Maryland, in which the right 10 vote was de-
MED to all except AbOlitionists. .s
One of hundred established laws, called the
Body OF Liberties" was as follows:
"No injunction shall be laid on any church,
church officer, or member, in point Of doctrine,
worship, or discipline, whether for substance or
circumstance, besides the institution Of the
| Lord and in the defect of law, IN any case,
the decision shall be by the word of God."-
American Annals, P. $50. ,...---... -----
Nov, Black Republican Puritaus discard the
constitution and the statutes, take for their
guide the "higher law, and by kind of logic
peculiar to themselves, conStrue it so as TO gIo-
rify themselves and condemn all others. ~
"They also laid penalty Of Eve pounds for
importing, and the like for dispensing Quaksr
fense, il a Quaker, to lose one ear, and second
time the other; If Q woman, each time to be
severely whipped and for the third time, man
or woman, to have their tongues bored through
with red-hot iron. ."-Hinton's q. s., p. 81.
The following are some of the epithets they
were wont to apply to those who held opinions
differing from their own:
"Thou hedgehog and griuniug dog !" ~Tbou
bastard that tumbIed out of the mouth of the
Baby lonish bawd :" "Thou bell Of no metal.
but the tone of kettle :" " O thou 6rebrsnd:''
Thou adder and scorpion :" Thou Iouse =,
"ThOu ragged tatterdemaliOn;" "Thou Judas"
Thou livest in philosophy aud logic which
are Of the devil."-Mather's Magnalia.
Verify, it would have been we'll for the coun-
try if the Mayfower had foundered aud gone
to the bottom Of the sea, together with eli of
the bigoted fanatics on board; then their trail
torous progeny would not have been here to
SOW the seeds of dissension, discord and ba-
tired until the whole land is deluged with blood
and on the verge of utter and irretrievable
ruin. SCRIPSI,
PLAcERvIILE, August 18th, 1894