BV OEO. W. ROAYTIAY. NEW SERIES. Select Poetry. AND EI. - Ml : SI f. VVh*n flie twilight weeps 'neath the aztire veil, Xnd the sweet flowers sigh as the flay grows pale, Then an angel comes on her silver wings, \ird a golden harp in her hantl she brings ; So! t, sweet and low, Rich numbers flow, \nd I hash my breath while the angel sings ! Oh! the love rays fall from the dew-filled eye. J.ike the soft star beams from the twilight sky, \nd she lans toy blow with her fragrant wings, Vfhile she gently 'trikes on the golden stiings !' Silt, sweet and low, Uieh numbers flow, And 1 weep for joy while the angel sings! J, ; ke the soft, south wind, when she wooe the flowers, J.ike the glad bird's note in love.wreathed bowers, Like the thrilling sighs of the wind's harp-strings, J Are the rap!ure-tones that the angel sings! Soft, sweet and low, Glad breathings flow, And 1 dream of love while the angel sings! Like the plaintive voire of the moaning pine. Like the wild, wild wail of the heaving brine, J,ike the groans that sweep on night-wind's wings, 1, the strange, sad song that the angel sings ! Dark, deep and low, Sad meanings (low. And 1 weep o'er the lost while the angel sings! Then a lofty strain on the rich harp swells, And the soul of bli-s in its mu-ic dwells ; And the tide or song o'er the glow ing strings Flows fre?h and tree from the Eden springs! Soft, sweet and low, Rich breathings flow, And I <!reani-£iJ Heaven while the angel sings ! MiNNMN An Almir:iMe Elites* a:i old Line AVhsg. We have read with ore at pleasure the letter j efffcn. SaMti L Ca kit rnrrrts, a Whig member of Congress from Missouri, lo his constituents, i explaining his past action and defining his pre sent position. Mr. Carctiieus having voted for the Democratic candidates for Speaker and been charged with ]Plraying the Whig party and abandoning the principles upon which lie Wa-elected he fejSties asTdloWS: And who is it that makes these charges? Is it lite old line whigs? 1 have not heard of an old line whig, either iri my discrict or elsewhere . who does not endorse ntv course. These charges are made hy the know nothing press oi n.v Stale, and by anonymous know nothing scribble!s, the latter of whom, never having ; bad an honest motive themselves, have no con ception of the thing in others. Tkev charge sir: with b frnyimr ffm whig party! They who tie-j roved it into their councils, and (uswissinated it in the dark—theu who come forth from their conclaves with their hands dripping with its blood— l,'in/ who im-t at Philadelphia in conven tion, and vauntinglv proclaimed its death — with a phaiioiical affectation of patly, declare that they are i t "responsible for its obnoxious nets i unit violated pledges that it has '■•eletuied j sectional hostility into n positive, element of po- \ litical power, and brought our institutions info j jnril.'' Yes, while I stand a mourner at the grave of Ihe Whig party, they are rejoicing at its death and caloomiating its life! Yet tlmse men have the unblushing hardihood to tic it me. I with abandonment of that once noble patty 1 Was ever impudence more gigantic and more absurd ? But it is sometimes softly and gentiv whispered that the American patty is the whig party in ; disguise. If this is so, they have solemnly de- : flared a He in their own conventions, and it is a , cheat and a fraud upon the democrats in the or- j der. So they hare either abandoned their pari//, | and have no right to abuse, or are engaged in j a fraud which make their abuse a compliment. 1 tell these gentlemen they have slain my first j lure, and left me a political widower : and 1 have a perfect right to marry another party if 1 see pi oper ! We would like to see a reply to this extract from some admirer of the political hybrid called j "Sam." Jt appears that Mr. Cauutmers was censur ed by some of his enemies at home far not sup porting Mr. Fuller, of this Stale, for Speaker. After showing up Mr. F.'s changes of front on the slavery question—and wonderful changes 'key ate, truly,—Mr. C. ear s: Hut it is said that Mr. Fuller is a know noth ing, and therefore I should have given him my V( !te. The contest for the speakership develop ed ill" fact that there are now three parties in 'be country the northern know nothing and abolition party, fused under the narneof black re publican, the (so-called) "national Americans," . and the democratic party. This know-nothing party was born amidst the fictitious excitement . manufactured by abolitionists and disunion ists of the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill.— J ' sprung at once, "like minerva from the brain , ufJove," full armed, and entered th-e political arena. In the morning of its existence it was lull of promise. It declared that it would say : ,0 'be angry waves, "Pence., be still that it Vv asthe only,broad, national, conservative par -I'J that its area/, paramount mission was to wve the Union, which was imperiled by agita tion. Relying upon these promises, confiding • n these assurances, many good men every where— many in my district—went into this "fgani/ati'm: i went fu-lce (and but twice,) into their councils. I t'suiv Sam." Jt took I two visits to see him all over. 1 made them ; T saw enough, and determined to never look on his face again I In dealing frankly with you, it is due that | I should make this acknowledgment. I would > not have the vote of an anti-know nothing in jmy district without his know ledge that I had ! been irt their councils; nor would I have the I vote of a know nothing without (lis knowing that lam not of his order. I tray prove want ing in ability to serve; I shall never prove wanting in candor towards you. Jt has been i the habit of mv life to defend my course against all odds when I believe it is right, and to ac | knowledge my errors when I believe I have ! done wrong. 1 freely admit to you that I ought never to have gone into a secret political socie ty of any kind whatever; that they are wrong in principle, against the verv genius of our in stitutions, dangerous in practice, and should he avoided hy all men of all parties. I objected then, ami object note, to the whole machinery !of its organization : I objected then, and object j now, to an indiscriminate proscription of natur alized citizens from office : ] objected then, and abject now, to anything that even looks like making a religious test. A Protestant by birth, Protestant bv education, by prejudice, by reason, by faith; a Protestant in all, (I regret to say (.crept the practice,) w as a Catholic organization formed to brand trie as unworthy of public trust because of my religious opinions, 1 would call i upon every honest Catholic in the* land to aid :me in striking it down. As 1 would "have them do unto me I w ill do unto them." The Catholic and Protestant have lough! side by side on those battle-fields where our liberties were won : and when "pestilence has stalked at noonday" through our cities, leaving a tiack of i desolation and death, we have seen the Protes j tant ami Catholic ministry again laboring side by side to stay its awful ravages—to administer balm to the sick, consolation to the th ing, and decent interment to the dead ! if we kneel j not at the same altars, under the same forms, . we worship the same Cod : we are pointed to the same accountability for sin, and to the same 1 Heawn as a reward tor piety! Why should | vve net brave controverted (joints of theology to ; thie ministry of the churches '. Why should not | vve laymen go on —as we should go on—in brotherly love and confidence ? As 1 have op posed Ihe dragging of politics up into the pul pit, 1 oppose drawing religion down into poii ; tics. Why should Protestants agilale this subject ? Whv should they embavor to build up a politi cal party upon a subject on which tliev can have no political action ? Yon are forbidden to . act bv the c onstitution of the ( nited States.— ! The constitution savs that "Congress shall make no law tespecting the establishment of religion, jor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Take this case ; Suppose a Protestant, having sworn * in know nothing councils that he w ill appoint no Roman Cotholic to office, is elected. He : takes an oath to support the Constitution of the : United States. This constitution savs that "no ; religious test shall cv.-r be required as a qualifi cation to ativ office or public trust under the United States." Suppose, then, a man is pre sented for office; does be not have to inquire, under his fir.-t oath, if the man is a Catlolic?— If he is, then he must refuse liiin ori that ac ; count. If he does so refuse him, he violates his last oath, because he then swore lie would make' "no religious lest." Is comment neces j sary ? There is food for reflection in the foregoing j extract, which we trust the reader has careful ;!y perused. Many good men in our country 1 have, like Mr. Carcthkrs, "seen enough of ; Sam" in the course of a few visits to his hiding | place. After contrasting tin* consistent course of the Democratic party un all great public questions, with the vacillating action of the Know Noth ing (*arty, Mr. CNvittrrnnus appeals to all the I honest men still remaining in the bogus "Amer ; icari" organization to leave if : And now—l do not ask the aspirants for my ! place—l do not ask those who w ant to go as know-nothings to the Legislature—those vYho want to he the Sheriffs, county judges, squires, ior constables, ike.—but I ask the true men of my district the tval people, where I have al , ways found my friends—the men who have no object but the good of their country at heart— to do as I have done—abandon this organiza tion! if it has not failed, utterly, completely, i entirely failed, as a sound, national, consecu tive party ' —if evvrv intelligent man does not know that it ha> so failed !—and it every hon | est man will not acknow ledge the fact ? As to the great catch-words, "Americans shall rule America ! " lam in favor of Amer icans ruling America. They do, they always haw, and they always will role America. Rut who are Americans ? Your laws declare that when a man has been here five years— when he will under oath, renounce all allegi ance to any foreign prince, potentate, or power w hen lie will prove that he is of good moral character—attached to the institutions of the United States—he may be declared an Ameri can, arid your law makes him a citizen. It is a fraud upon hitn if you do not give him all the lights of citizenship. I have always understood that three grand leading idea* run through our institutions, giv j ing them all ol their vitality, (heir beauty, arid their power—first, that the people are capable lof self-government. This is the doctrine of Ihe Kansas Nebraska bill. Second, that we had made an asylum to which the oppressed of eve ry land might come as a refuge ; that here they might vvorshipas equal at the altar of our liber ty, that here they might lift up their hearts to i their Cod according to the dictates of their con sciences, and there should be none to molest them. Third, that there should be no arristoc tacy of birth. I have regarded, and do regard, these as the peculiar pride and boast of mv FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. APRIL 1, 1856. country. 1 regard them as the three granil j and massive pillars njion which the whole mag-} nitirent structure of our government rests. lj will not, hv any action of mine, deface or rnrir these pillars. Mr. CARCTHKRS next discusses the practica bility of reorganizing the Whig party. T' e Know Nothings have utterly destroyed it, aid have not built up a respectable party to tube its place. Mr. C'ARCTHEKS has therefore wiswy determined to connect himself with the only political organization which gives promised usefulness to the country. He says : I have seen the Democracy come down frotn I the North and up lioiu the South, and gathering in solid column around the constitution; declare that the rights of the south, the just equality of' the States, the capacity of man for sell-gover merit, are their bonds of brotherhood : lhat tiny . will piotect that constitution against all the at- ; saulis ol all the isms in the land. While they continue to occupy this proud positiuu lam vntJi : ihtvi and of them ! Tlmn, Mr. CARCTIH:RS. you are "with us fit id ; of us" lor all time, lor we vx-111 "occupy litis proud position" till the sound of the lad trump, j And right cordially do we welcome you to otic ranks, for we know tl.at the fire of true A mil - | icanism glows in vour breast. L' t every honest Whig who would preserve the high places of his country liorn <1 ■fih'inep' i>| by political adventurers who have neither fixe,.> principles nor capacity to administ-r public trusts, follow the example ol Mr. Cam limits. Let them connect themselves with the Demo cratic party, which is willing to receive them without the mummery of an "initiation" or the j mockerv ol''an oath, lis future progress will he a grand triumphal march to the mimic of the Union, am! every lover of his country ought to enrol himself in its ranks. LET! ER OF KICK W. PAYFE, ESQ. PARIS, Fauquier CO.; Va. ; May IS, 'f>s. To the Editors of the Virginia Sentinel: Please | ur.lish the following btterantl oblige, \ our obedient servants, LEWIS EDMONDS, THOS. M. SHEARMAN, • WM. G. PVRi), WM. KENDALL, WAKRFNTOX, VA., May 12th, 185iJk • GFNTI.FMK.V .—Your letter of the slant, informing me that hv a resolution adopted in a Democratic meeting, recently held in your town, you had been appointed a committee to invite me to address my fellow-citizens m that part of the Count v, on the snbjei t ol Know Nothingism, was received on yeaterrfav. 1 hasten to say to von that 1 am trulv giati fird by this additional mark of favorable coiisid- ; eration on the part of those of my country-men living most remote from my home; and to thank von fir (he kindly terms in which you have seen lit to convev to me this invitation. From time to time, invitations have le-eii re reived by me fioiri different cpiai ters, to take part in the public discussions of the dav, but have in every instance been declined, from necessity, no less than from inclination. The quiet pur suit ol my prof, ssion is more congenial to my tastes and habits, ami its duties spare me hut little leisure. 1 assure you, however, that the flattering form in which you have been author ized to present to me this invitation from a bodv of gentlemen opposed to me in political sentiment, (Know Nothing ism excepted) strong ly inclines me to (brego a tesolution ol some vears' standing,— not again to mingle publicly in the contests of political patties,—if my en gagements wi old permit me to appoint a dav for meeting von before the election. lie assured that such inclination would he greatly strengthened, could I really think with you, that anything I might say could be pro ductive of the least good. With undiminished faith in the conservatism and safety of true Whig principles, amid the strange confusion and iam-ntable win k oj my party, I would esteem it a great privilege to lie instrumental in saving one Whig from the vor tex which has drawn so many into the great malestrom of Know Nothingism. 1 concur with you fully in the opinion you express, that there are main in your communi ty, as else where, who still < ling to the spirit of the old Whig patty, and who are sorely trou bled ami perplexed hv the disiTrder and (onfu sion that has arisen upon the sudden and viob-nt disruption <>f that paitv. whose piinciples they still cherish,.and in whose ranks tliey were once so proud to slaud. \V itii my convictions however, which, to lie candid, know no change or shadow of turning, 1 could not with any sin cerity or propriety, advocate the abandonment of his principles by any \\ big, how i ver iso lated he may stand as to party, by the adoption of the Democratic creed. J.'nt 1 can, with all propriety, entreat every Whig who neither af filiates nor sympathises with the new order, to repudiate the Winchester Know Nothingtclke!,, at whose head stands the name of one who, in mockerv. still styles himself a Whig. 1 would go fort her and say, belter lar that all such Whigs, still firm and true to tin ir ancient both, true to their country's best interests, and true to Southern institutions, should vote, it they vote at all, for Henry A. Wise, the Democratic can didate, than lor Thomas S. Flournov. It is most cheerfully admitted that the form er is far more acceptable than bis opponent, v ito has proved himself capable ol sacrificing on the altar of self-promotion, that party at hose hands, in days past, he had sought and re ceived position and honor, and of prostituting its great principles to an order newly arisen from the shades of night, and commended to him Freedom of Thought and Opinion. j mainly because of itslarfdbdftrength. Mutually adhering, then, to the ten<Hs o£our respective political creeds, vve can yet meet cor dially antl in good faith, upon tlie common ground of antagonism to an oath-bound party, whose pretensions and practices ought to con : demn it'in"the judgment of the reflecting, inde pendent, a?id conservative men of ail parties. On the common platform of Hostility to an as* sociation whose tendencies I religiously believe, are dangerous to the civil and religious freedom of our country, I meet you with hand and heait. ! i claim not to bfbehinri any one in an uncon querable aversion to such a party. Why am I opposed to d! ? Js it from mere vyimni^.camir■? No. Js it because its tanks f mninlv bv deserters iYom the Whig petty ? No.- 'True, it is to me a liumil hasiting fact.! jtrßri nt a remnant of the Whig par fry have slontfrjjrfjijy by! their colors; hardly , enough. indeed, a Art sUe!r m safety, the I old Whig ship, tjfeandflows and . storms,' which <k>w ag^te'tfij. 'nqjfft^of dsj po- - ' I lit teal existence. But. th'Vi*drsJo^Atyexcites compassion, rather thsif animosity. *Jt is upon j other and higher grounds that mv opposition to the new order rests. I have neither space nor 'time to enumeiate one half of the objections i that occur !o me, hut will venture to pr* sent to you hurriedly, one or two reasons sufficient, in tr.y humble opinion, to condemn it with all ! tight -minded, independent men, whether whigs ! or Democrats. First, J despise the subtle arts and trickeries that hy day and by night, are procured bv the whippers-m of the ruder, to swell sheir numbers and increase their strength. They ex cite the curiosity of youth, and the credulity of the ignorant ; they tantalize the cupidity of av aricious spoilsmen : fire the aspirations of the i : more ambit inns paitizan, and inflame even the blind, but honest prejudices, of the zealot arid the bigot. S'-condly, I condemn all secret political com binatior -. In a country like this, where no trammels are imposed upon the freedom of speech, they are not only unnecessary, but mis chievous. 'They are at war with the genius o! out peopl", and tit" spirit of our institutions, vvhi s • welfare and preservation depend in no slight degree, upon the free, open, and manly disenssi n in public places, of those great na tional questions in which all are interested. Political juinciples and public measures need no hiding places for their discussion. Th< ; broad si.n-iight of day is best adapted to their development and growth. A policy that de. (sends on secrecy for success, cannot he in lie- ; rentlv right. And yd, save from rumor, we know as little of the midnight councils of this mqricati party" as the unfathomable ser'fHx of the*grave. Thirdly, A mo.-t serious objection isthe spirit of di spot ism that reigns over this mysterious or der. The old "Council of 'J en," whose iron sway broke the spirit of tlie proud Yetielians, was not more secret or despotic. It is now a conceded fact that the members of this order are bound by the solemn obligations of an oath, or pledge,— barting some special and admissi ble excuse, —blindly lo support those candidates for office, high or low, who nay he chosen in the secret chainbeis of the Older, How ran an American freeman reconcile it lo hims- If. thus to manacle his will ! How can : any Doe \ irgiuian thus enslave himself by submitting i.is judgment to the dictation of un licensed authority, and yet preserve his sense of sell-respect ? These enquiries are not meant for taunts. 'They aie put in a spirit of perfect candor, to 1 igh-ioned, honorable, and indepen dent men. J answer for them : It cannot be! They must either bid adieu to their indepen dence, or bind the shackles tbat bind them. But alas, l one who enter there, return as they had entered. 'They were taught the duty, if essential to tli" interests of their order, to tram ple on most sacred feelings, and nearest social ties ; betray tie- Dusts of confidence, and sacri fice tlie iTi'tured and valued friendship ol yeais. Yes, it invades the sanctities of social life, and ; fosters the detestable vices of equivocation and deception. This is no fancy sketch. 1 have ; witnessed the sudden decay of old friendships, and the pitiable practice of deceit, with the tri ed and trusted intimacies of a lifetime—all, all. tlie fruits of this secret oirier. Can any one, then, doubt I hilt its tendencies are to debauch the public mmals, lower the standard of public ami private viiiue, destroy all confidence be tween man ami man, and sap the very founda tions on which rests the fabric of society. Mv fourth objection is, tile seiiseßss hue and cry they have suddenly raised against the luck less wights of foreign biitf) who have been tempted !•> our shoies in the confidence that here in this boasted "land of the hiave. ami home of the tree" whither they had been invi ted a- the great asv him of the oppressed of ev ery clime, ti'. 'V would enjoy the privileges of citizen-hip, and equal rights uilh Ameiicati freemen. i his alarm about the dangeis resul ting from foreign emigration is 100 sodden to be real and smceie. Jf the evil actually existed, 1 would go as far as the farthest in correcting it. But had i the time, J could, i think, dem onstrate Hut the remedies proposed aie worse than the evil. So far as I am concerned, J haw not, nor could ever have, any dread of i foreigners. It is all claptrap conceived am! agitated bv demagogues to win tavi-r wit I j cer tain classes. From the death struggles of the Revolution down to the brilliant achievements of our arms on the ciimsoned fields of Mexico, on every field of valor tin s" now despis> d foreigners have rallied around the banner of our Union, and contributed largely to the common glory of our countrv : and the idea that any man or set of men in whose human heart dwells the innate love of liberty, should he hostile to those insti tutions which confer such 4 boon, is t to need refutation. Trie instincts of man are ev ery where the same, and his love of freedom is ali-prev ailing as llm air he breathes. It is idle to (suppose that the friendl' ss wanderer from his i fatherland, in Search of refuge from the hand off tyranny and oppression should ever conceive u dislike to tree institutions. On the contrary it is but natural that h" should cling to then: with in tenser devotion* than those who have known no other lot thajfa-home of freedom. Jfl fearhtfUffdH to abuse yotu patience, I could fill thisAlTet.t wbh a roil of illusii i "'ons names, and N a LBfehlU cajU.' >gne of noble deeds of patriotic foyottou ww Republic on Hie part of those vylfnse tyrth-place was abroad. The theme is too full to enter ujaon. Lastly. I objetffimost strongly to that odious but prominent feature Jn the creed of this par ty ; —the proscription ef Catholics on account of their religion. This is an objection which* every liberal and en lightened man must have, whepher religiousjjr irreligious. Indeed it must t° every one who has ever ("it one .touch 0! Uhristtrn charity. J hold that no man has "#hig!;tJ|o. tli rust hi ruse If between an- Qthvr 'and"his tJjbd. Freedom of conscience is • a personal which comes from on High. The idea-is not without force, that in natters of religion, every man may have Ins hands full in attending to his own soul, without disturbing himself about the consciences of others. 'This was the idea that led the good and wise ibund etis of the Republic, oieit of a purer day, to In corporate into our system. State and Federal, fhe glorious feature of religi.ius toleration. Had Mr. Jefferson never penned another fine, l!;e authorship of the act of religion- toleration a- June would have made bis name immortal. 1 am hy birth and conviction, a Protestant, and had imbibed the prejudices of early Protest ant association and education : hut I am aware that Catholics believe as we do, in (!.'• same great mystic Trinity, and worship, only with I different forms and ceremonies, at the same j great Altar, with equal sincerity, purity, and piety. Whv then should tliev not be !<-fj un disturbed in the practice of their religion accor ding to the dictates of their own conscience. But the insane cry is, th>-v must be prosesi be'd. excluded from all office oi Host or emol ! ument, because they recognize the civil as well as the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Pope,— that their civil and spiritual obligations are in ; consistent, and hence their presence is dang r | otis to our Republican system. This idea has obtained great currency through the knavery of some, and the ignorant credulity of others. Is it true ? No. ]t is about as m-ar the truth as the orb of Jupiter is to that of our earth.— i The Roman Point it;'is the temporal Prince of ; the stales of the .Chutch, a little patcb'bf teni- j j lory near the centre of Italy. He is the civil ruler there, like any other potentate in the [jet ty States oi Europe. As Bishop of Rome, not as a temporal Prince, he is (lie ecclesiastical head of the wltoU Catholic Church. But he lias no more to do with the civU or political rights and privileges of the Catholic citizens of other countries, nor exerls more authority be youd ills tiny empire, than the King of Siam, or 1 the Supreme Ruler of the Sandwich Islands.— Nor do Catholics recognize his civil authority here, any more than the Episcopalians of \ 11- gitsia recognize that of Bishop Meade. These are truths that cannot be controverted. But if higher authority be required, those who stiii doubt, have only to refer to the authorita tive statements which trom time to tune, l ave | appeared under the sanction and endorsement j of tlie highest dignitaries of the Church ; among whom may be named Bishop Keurick of Bailir ' more, and Bishop McCill of \ irginia. Those who lav claim to historical infirma f tion, if they be not satisfied, I would refer to the pailiamentary History of England, which contains the authoritative declarations of the first theologians of that age, and of all tlie high est Catholic Universities in tlie world, elicited during tlie discussion of Catholic emancipation, j These, the enquirer after truth may read with profit, aliing with those intellectual efforts rail j ed forth on tlie occasion, that grace the bright est pages of England's political annals. L--t I him road these, and feel ashamed to have be | trayed his ignorance of the great events ol' mod | ern times. But gentlemen, these facts are well known to the belter informed, and the leaders ol this se cret movement. They know full welt that there is no class of citizens more loyal to our institutions than the Catholics, or who fulfil] more faithfully all the duties of the citizen.— Nor have they forgotten how freely were Cath • olic blood and treasure expended in our early I struggles for independence. They remember j foo well the heroic deeds on land arui on s--o, that have canonized the name of so many Cath olic pat 1 iots native arid foreign. Neither have tliev iorgotten that it was in a Catholic Church in the city of Philadelphia, that the lather of his country and his Ministeis met t" acknowl edge the blessings of Hod, and to hear (torn a Catholic Minister, thanksgiving tor the liberal aid we had received from Catholic France. But still the cry of Papal influence is rung in the ears of the ignorant and the bigoted, v\ ith rio other purpose than that of making cap ital. They hope to obtain the ascendency, and control the political power of the country, by playing ail arts, and practising ail devices to draw the good as well as the bad, within the meshes of their order. Tims many honest up right members of the Protestant denominations have been seduced into membership, or won o ver to tlie ranks of outside sympathisers and a hettors, bv having their religious prejudices adroitlv plaved upon and aroused. To such as , these J would commend the Latin Maxim, "1 fear the Creeks though tearing presents." For should this order succeed in its crusade against Catholics, it would seek with inflamed spirit ol j intolerance, victims of proscription in some other religious sects. Nor should they forget that before our act of religious toleration, it was a common occui renc 111 Virginia, fir Bap tist Ministeis to preach to (heir followers from tlie iron-barred windows ol our county jails.— Such events stain even the early annals of our owti county. The spirit that animates this new revolutionary order, is the same, curbed for the T Kit-IS*, £2 PER YEAR. VOL XXIV, NO. 31. : present, by legai and constitutional restraints, that once proscribed and i.upiisoned the Dor>- tists of \ irginia. But goni lenieri, I will pursue this subject no farther. My feelings have betrayed me into a much lengthier response tlian I had intended. Trusting its' perusal may not weary your pa tience, I remain with great respect and regard, Your obedient servant, RICE \V. PA YAK. To Messrs. Lewis EI>.IO.\DS, } TAOM.-.S M. SIII:.\K.TAS, ) VVM. G. BYKD, and / Committee. W. KITNDAI.;., ) WHISLINC. TO KEEP THEIR 101 RAGE IT, "It makes very little difference who they (the Democrats) nominate, the Americans are deter mined to rule Ameiica, and iiave made up their minds to elect the next President." Knorv.-Yoiii fng papers. An article on toe Presidency, containing the above extract, is at present being copied verv generally by the Know-Nothing papers all over the country. Know-Nothing editors, if thev have no other qualities, are at least good at "brag,"' ami like the L>V going through the woods, keep up a tons!an! whistling to keep their courage up. Put tjjVir deceptive practices and vain Coastings canuoi avail the:n, iorthi' peoph , now that ih-y have had a tiiu! of this hydra-party in most ol the States, are ready to crush the monster, and smother i:i the <;u s the f diseased politicians w ho still adhere to the WH'.-Y cited principles kr.ow- \otbingL-m inculcate-. It i- very true (h it "Americans ace,dtitermimd to rule America." They always have; ami al ways will rule t!ie destinies <f ths nation. -y But it i> not the bastard An.eiicans of the pii sr ent day not your miserable Know-Nothing demagogue:.—the JJnxTLtXS, I;VEU>, If is-:---, and lie ir desperate associates in crime, decep tion, and fraud, Aihouiii he permitted to "rule." The people havi made up their minds that these n.en shall not "rule" free Amer ica. "It makes very little difference who the Democrats may nominate," say our boasting Know .Nothing oppomtils. True— fur let the Democratic nominee be James Buchanan, Pre:- ident Pierce, or any other good and true nation-* a! man, his election is sure—positively certain. He will sweep the Union, north, ea:- ! , west and . south, leaving the Know Molding and Black Republican opponent so deep in the "slough of 1 (h spend, ' that the hand oi ie.-uirection can nev - er reach him. Jt is utterly impossible for the discordant material composing the Know Noth ing party to even make a respectable show of opposition to the Democratic party —the only national parly uow*in existence.As an evi . dence of a want of harmony in that faction, we may point to the long struggle in Congress to elect a Speaker, and the bitter animosity that existed, and still exists, between the Soti/h- Aimricans and A'orf/t- Americans. This re leii-tje.-s war occupied two months of the session of Congress, and cost the people between two and three hundred thousand dollars. The-con test ended in the election of Banks, an avowed Abolitionist, and the South- Aineiicans wore floored. Indeed, Know Motbingism in the Northern States j-- at this time nothing mon itor K-ss than Abolitionism, and hence it is tbnr we flnd the Know Nothing members of our State Legislature making a public appeal to the Black Republicans to join hands with them in oor.e grand effort" to defeat ihe Democracy.— They tried that game last fall in this State, in the attempt to unite on a candidate .for Canal Commissioner, but "the bargain and sale" v.-;.s repudiated by the people, and Nicholson was defeated, and Arnold i'lume:, a true Democrat, and ardent supporter ol the National Admit is tiation, v-as elected, So will it hengain. The attempt to unite (Ire Abolitionists, Know Noth ings and old li:: • Whigs, may he suggested I v wily demagogues who gamble in politics, hut the thing is impracticable. In tie North, it is true, the Know Nothings and Abolitionists rune null together, with the understanding that the spotlsare to he equally divided, but the old Inn* Whigs, who vem-rate the laws anu the Consti tution, and who cannot forget the teachings of their late leaders, ("AY and Webster, will recoil at the base proposition, and push from them, a they would a put rifled can ass, the foul mass of corruption that the Know Nothings and Aboli -1 jurists desire to present to them. The old line Whigs, we snv, can never amalgamate with Ab olitionism and Know Notiiingisin, and will, in self-defence, join the Democracy, to put down (lie factions and isms that now disturb the peace . of the country. It is evident, then, that "it makes very little difference who the Democrats may nominate" for tlm Presidency, fir l is triumphant election :s a "fixed fact." The factions may rave and show their teeth, hut they cannot avert Ihe re sult. The people have sworn in their hearts that all enemies to the Constitution must and shall he pi t down, ami kept down, and tliev will carry out this determination at the polls. Jlow TO On:.\ BIVAI VI;S. —"Talk of open ing oysters," said old Hunicunu. "why nothing i„ easier, if you only know how." ••And 1" v.": how?" inquired Starlight. "Scotch snuff, ' answered old Hurricane, very sententious;v. "Scotch snuff. Bring a little of it ever so re ar their noses, and they'll sneeze their lids off." "I know a genius," observed Meister Karl, "who has a better plan. He spreads the bi valves in a circle, seats himself in the centre and begins spinning a yarn. Sometimes it's an adventuie in Mexico, sometimes a legend ol lii.s loves, sortietinies a marvellous stock operation in Wall street. As he proceeds, the natives get interested ; one by one they gap with aston ishment at the tremendous and direful whoppers which are poured forth ; and as they gape, my friend whips them out, peppers them and swal lows them." That'll do," said Starlight, with a long sigh.
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