EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS AND ARTICLES AGAINST “K N 0 W-N OT HI NGl SM” WRITTEN BY C. C. ANDREWS, ( Now of Stearns County, Minnesota,) and published in different Newspapers. * ‘Why, have we not in this country always rejoiced at every success of liberty wherever and whenever it has occurred ? Did we not throw up our hats when the South American colonies threw off the Spanish yoke ? Did we not cry out with joy when the British Parla- ment emancipated the Catholics of Ireland? Has it not, indeed, been the characteristic sen- timent of Democracy to sympathize with every effort and rejoice at every triumph of religious and political liberty throughout the world ? — Then how utterly monstrous it is for a man to pretend to be a Democrat, and at the same time countenance that intolerance which is at war with every principle of our constitution ! We are going back, are we, (and not very far back either,) to the time when bigots defended the English laws which directed that Irish meeting houses should be burned ? And we are to stand side by side with those short-sighted, selfish men, are we? When Burke, Fox and Erskine poured, fourth their fervent eloquence in behalf of humanity and of right, you know the Tories always raised the alarm-cry of “No Popery! ’ ’ Are the battles which those patriots won for tfre freedom of conscience, again to be fought over? Alas, if it is so!” — AT. II. Patriot , 1855. 1 ‘But really, this triumph of the know noth- ings should make us pause and reflect. In my poor judgment, it was gained by bad means for worse ends. Such being the case, the vo- ter should ask who he is to trust in the future. The integrity of your State government, the purity of your laws and the existence of your institutions, depend upon the honesty and the wisdom of men whom you entrust with execu- tive and legislative 1 * * * * * authority. The public should have some acquaintance with men be- fore it grants them the custody of its rights. — We had better have aliens by birth to rule us, than aliens to God and humanity ! 7 ’ — N. II Patriot, 1855. „Sie, haben wir in biefent Sanbe nicf)t immer geju* kit bet jebem (Srfolg ber Freiheit, wo unb wenn immer biefelbe fid) ereignete? SBarfcn wir nid)t unfere £üte in bie £öhe, aid bie fübamerif'anifdeen Solonicn bad fpa^ nifd)e Sod) abwarfen? ajj ein gegen btefed Banb unb und. SBäre er fonft ein guter Bürger gemorben, fo mirb er poerläfftg ein ]d)Ied)ter merben. SBa'hrlich, biefed unftnnige Storno* flictl gegen „ffrembe", meldjed fo plötjlid) auftaudjt, i ft ungerecht unb grmtblod, unb ed t ft bie |öd)fte Beit, baf? gute unb rnetfe Beute, offne Unterfd)ieb ber Partei, pfammentreten, um einen fo frechen (Eingriff gegen bie Freiheit p ftrafen. — Söafhington Union, 1855. (Ed ift eine in bie Singen fprtngenbe Sterfäumni§ ber Siidfidmiffer, bajj fte feinen SIrtifel gegen bie (Ehm rethung oon ffremben in bie Slrmee unb flotte ihrem ©laubendbefenntnifi einoerleibt haben. (Beim forgfäN tig haben mir nad) einem einzigen Paragraphen ober nur einer Bplbc in ihrer Platform, tlpen Sieben, ober Beitungen audgefchaut, ber eine foldje Politif mifbtU ligt. Plan follte meinen, bafs fte biefen Punft berüeff* fid)tigt hätten, märe ed and) nur gemefen, ihre Bncom* fequenj p oerbergen unb bie Bal)I ber Söiberfprüdje in ihrem Bpftem p oerringern. 3 ft ein Plann im ganjen Banbe, ober ein fdjmady* föpftged alted SÖeib, meld)e mirfltd) glauben, bafj bad S3cftel)en unfered Btaatdgebäubed baburcf) in ©efahr fommt, bafs man 3*remben foldje 3led)te geftattet, tote fte ihnen burd) unfere ©efeije bidher gemährt mürben, bann mujj hoch ein foldjer Sliann ober ein folded alted SÖeib bie gröfjte ©efaf)r barin erbltcfen, bafs 3rembe in. unfere Slrmee pgelaffen merben. (Ein 3rcmber fann Boibat merben, menu er ber ^Regierung £reue fdjtoört. (Er braud)t feine SBod)e hier gemolpt p haben. Bern* jenigen, ber ftd) aufrichtig oor frembem (Einfluffe fürd)= tet, muh bied in ber &h a * entfefjlid) erfd)einen. Plan beule nur! SBaffen ben fbänben biefer bem Banbe SIKergefährlid)jIen anpoertrauen ! (Ei, bad ift ja um* enblid) fdjlimmer, aid menu mir unfer ©elb ber Dblpt oon notorifeben Sieben übergeben! Äurj, p geftatten, baf brei Stierte! unferer Slrmee and unfer’n fchlimmfien 3einben befte'hen — acht taufenb $rembe p füttern, p flciben, p jahlen unb audpftatten unb ihnen eine Chance pm Sloancement p gemäßen — meid) 1 ein enff feiffiiher Söahnftnn iff bad ! T)ie Stmerifaner fönnen bad Unheil bed üatholicidmud abmenben, fie fönnen (Eommitteen organiftren, um bie Bünben ber barmheo* jigen Bdjmeflern audpfunbfehaften (folche Bdjmeftern, mie bie, meld)e bie Äranfen p Slorfolf pflegten), fte fönnen „het>en, fangen, brennen, morbett unb tobtfdjla* gen" am Söahltage, mad fie Sided aud) fd)on gethan, aber mie fönnen fie etn £eer btdcipltnirier Gruppen übermäßigen? Sie ift ein folded Unheil p befiegen? S3ei ber lebten (Eongrefsfibung mürbe bie Slrmee per* mehrt. Sliemanb bad)te baran, gegen bie Slnmerbung oon Bfremben ßfinmanb p erheben; bennod) gab’d ge=* ttug bonnernbe Sieben über Popidmud, Sieben, mürbig ber Sage 2Iitud Bated ! B If the know-nothings were honest in their views they would oppose with the greatest vehemence such accessions to the army. They would not suffer our institutions to he defend- ed by the enemies of those institutions. But they have been dumb on this point. That silence is an inconsistency that cannot be ex- plained away. It is true that a few companies of militia soldiers have been disbanded, But that was a miserable farce, for militia soldiers have little or no active service to perform. — It is in .the army where the lives of men are exposed most, where there is constant duty. — - The severe but indispensible service which the army is rendering along our extended western frontier shows this to be the case. If, then, the know-nothings are not sincere in their professions, they have betrayed the meanest kind of dishonor in permitting those to risk their lives for the country whom they will not allow to share in its liberties. We submit that it is a shame and disgrace to the Ameri- can character that a party exists at this enlight- ened day with a platform so infamous. This is a fair synopsis of it: “We will allow men who were born abroad to be hewers of wood and drawers of water generally ; they may do any amount of menial labor ; they may carry bricks and mortar to the tops of our six-story buildings; they may construct our railroads and pay taxes; they. may man our vessels which cover the sea and carry on our commerce ; they may, as soon as they arrive , enter the army and navy and shed their blood for us on the land and on the sea, and win glory for the country. But they must not vote nor hold office ; they do not love the country enough, oh no— America for Americans.” — Washington Union. 1855. ‘ ‘It is a lamentable fact that among the in- dustrious and respectable people of the country a great many are imbued with such fervent sec- tarian zeal as to be inclined to abridge the reli- gious liberty of others. Their sectarianism swallows up their religion. Of course such men were quick converts to the proscriptive dogmas of know-nothingism ; and they are this day its only honest, though miguided, followers. They may have read, perhaps, the history of the reformation ; and they confound the errors of Catholics of the sixteenth century with the virtues of Catholics living at the present time. They believe that unless Catholicism is crushed out another Tetzel will gallop over the coun- try selling indulgences ; that the inquisition will again be set up with all its horrors ; that Protestants will be strangled as of old, and the Protestant religion exterminated. It is to such empty-headed people that know- nothingism panders ; and the paltry devices of its leaders receive as much countenance Meinten ed btc DichtdmijTer e§tM) mit ben »on Ilmen audgefprochenen 2(nfid)ten, fo mürben fie mit aller 9Jlad)t gegen foldten Bumadjd ber 3trmee anfäntpfen. @ic mürben nid)t jugeben, bajj unfere Bnftitutionen von bent Beinbe »ertheibigt merben. Qlttciit jtemaren fhtmm über biefen §)unft. Diefcd ©cfymeigen iff eine Bnccnfe^ quenq bie nidtt binmeggcbcutclt merben fault. Breiltdj mürben etliche Breimittigen*?Dülitäm©omga»nicn auf* gelb ft, allein btefed mar ein jämmerlidjed iPofjenqücl, benn Bhlqfolbaten haben nur geringen aber gar feinen activcn IDienjl ya fbitn. Die 5frmee iff cd, mo bad Pe* ben ber Pente am meiften audgefefjt iff, unb mo form mübrenb Dtenjf ijt, ber ernfte unb umgänglich notbmen* bige Dienft, melden bie Ürmee unfern meit audgebebn* ten ©renjen entlang Iciftet, qigt, baf btefed ber Ball ift. SBenn fonüt bie Dtdqdmifftr nid)t ehrlich in ihren -31bftd'tcn ftnb, fo haben fte bie niebrigfte 9lrt ber ©br* loftgfeit gezeigt, inbem fte benjenigen geftatten il)r Pebcn für unfer Partb in bie ©ffianq qt feblagcn, benen fte feinen Slntheil an unfern Freiheiten geflattert mollcit. — 2Bir ftnb ber 31nftd)t, bap ed ein <3d)im»f unb eine (Bdtanbe für ben amerifanifdjen tarnen ift, bafjnodj in biefer aufgeflärten Beit eine Partei mit einer fo infamen platform ertjliren fann. Bolgcitbed ift eine qemlid) genaue Bufantmcnfaffung berfelben: „2Btr motten 5)iett* fd)en, bie aufterbalb unferer ©renqn geboren mürben, geftatten, unfere &oI$auer unb 2B a f i'c rf d) 1 c p p e r qt fein; fte mögen grobe £anbarbeit »errichten, fo »iel fte motten; fte mögen Biegelfteine unb Mörtel auf ben oberften (btoef unferer fedidftödigcn ©ebaube fcblcpöcn; fte nt ü* gen (Sifcnbabnen bauen unb Steuern jaljlcn; fie mögen unfere (Schiffe bemannen, meldq bad 9J?eer fdhtlpcn unb unfern £anbel tragen; fte mögen, fobalb fte anfommett, in unfere 9Irmee unb flotte etntreten, unb ihr Blut für und qt Staffer unb qt Panb »ergtefien unb uttferm Panbe Duhm erfäm»fen — aber ftimmen ober ein Shut beflcibett bürfen fte nicht; fte lieben unfer Panb nicht genug — o, nein — 51merifa für ^tmerifaner !" — 2öa= fhington Union, 1855. „(£d tjl eine heflagcndmcrt^e Tbatfadjc, bajj unter ben betriebfamen unb adqungdmcrthen Pcutcnint Panbc eine grofe ünqtbl einen fo glithcrtbcn ©eftenhaf? in ftd) tragen, bafj fte barauf cutdge^en, bie Deltgiond^Breiljeit SXnberer qt verfürqn. 3br ©cftenhaft »erfdilingt ihre Deltgton. Natürlich merben foldje Peute lcid)t qt ben Berfolgmtgd =* ©runbfät?en bed 5>?id)tdmiffcrtt)umd be* lehrt ; unb biefe ftnb noch beute bie einzigen aufridqi*- gen, micmobl verführten Anhänger ber Pcbre. Sie haben vielleicht bie ©efäqchte ber Deformation gelefen, unb vermechfeln bie Brrtintmer ber äfafbolifcn im lGteit Bahrhunbert mit ben Titgcnben ber Äatholtfen ber Bereit. ©ie glauben, baf, menn ber ibatlmltqdmud nicht vertilgt mirb, ein neuer Siegel bad Panb burchtraben unb Slblaf »erlaufen mirb; bie Bnquifttton micber ein* gerichtet mirb mit allen ihren ©d)rct!cn; bie jproteftan* ten ermiirgt merben, mie »or Beiten, unb bie broteftan* tifd)c Deligton audgerottet mirb. ©ottbem hohUööft gen SBolfe fchmeichelt bad Btid)tdmifferthum ; unb bie jämmerlichen fPIane ihrer Führer ftnben biefelbe Billi - gung bet ihnen, mie bie erbärmlichen Pügen eined Titttd Dated »on ,,$ein*§)optdntud*(£iferern'' in ©nglanb. 4 from them as did the wretched lies of Titus Oates from the no popery zealots of England. Nothing could be more foolish and unjust than a desire to chastise or molest the rights of the Catholics of the nineteenth century for what their ancestors did many centuries ago, even if such a policy were consistent with the charitable precepts of our religion and the free spirit of our laws. How monstrous, then, must a scheme of this kind appear, when his- tory teaches us that proscription has been common to every sect, and that every faith has had its martyrs ! It is, indeed, too true that intolerance has never been confined to any particular nation, elass or sect. One of the natural characteristics of man is to esti- mate highly his own opinions, and to desire their promulgation. Especially is it so with re- gard to his religious sentiments, which are the earliest impressed on his mind and associated with parental reverence. In proportion, how- ever, to the liberalizing nature of bis educa- tion will he tolerate the opinions of others. — He will come at length to agree with the Em- peror Charles V, who found, in his Inability to make two watches go precisely alike, that it was hopless to make men believe precisely alike. The further back we trace the annals of the past the more bigoted and intolerant do we find men. Religious persecution prevailed ages before Catholicism was known, long be- fore Socrates was doomed to drink poison for his heresy. “Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?” was the just exclam- ation of St. Stephen to the high priest and the multitude of Jerusalem. Every prophet had his persecutors ; every altar had its scoffers. — When the Christian Church became powerful it hesitated not to take up the sword against the infidel. At length, divided by conflicting creeds, Christian persecuted Christian. At first Protestants suffered from persecution ; hut when intolerance, fatal to its own purposes, had increased that sect, they themselves be- came the persecutors. The same bigotry which actuated Louis XIV in revoking the edict of Nantez, influenced Queen Elizabeth in her cruel policy towards the Catholics. When James II hung Protestant dissenters, the Established Church of England looked on with cordial ap- proval. That Church had driven a part of the Puritans into exile, and counted it no sin for a Catholic sovereign to despatch the rest. A similar spirit is manifested among the believ- ers of Mahomet. Both the Turks and the Persians believe in the Koran. The former acknowledge the Sunna, a commentary of the Koran, as inspired ; the latter, followers of Ali, regard it as apocryphal. Wherefore the Turks have pronounced it more pleasing to God to kill even one follower of Ali than six and thirty Christians ! Such is the appalling 9?idjtb fann tl)örid)ter fein unb ungeredfier ale bab Verlangen, bie jbatbolifen beb 19ten 3abrbunbertb an ihren Bedficn für bab p verfügen unb p ftrafen, mab ilpe Verfahren vor Stelen 3a fplpnberten getban, felbft trenn eine folcbe jPolitif mil ben barmherzigen Selben nuferer Religion unb bent fretftnnigen ©eifte unferer ©efe|e fief) vereinigen liefe. Sie monftröb benn muß ein $lan btefer 2Irt erfdjeinen, wenn bie ©cfd)id)te unb leljrt, baß Bettung jeher ©efte gemein tj! unb baß je* ber ©laute feine Vtärtprer bat. 3n ber Bbat, nur wahr ift eb, bafj finbulbfamfeit nie auf eine Station, Älaffe ober ©efte befdjränft mar. ©ine ber natürlichen ©tgenfdpften beb 9)?enfd)ert ift, feine eigenen Meinungen bod) P halten unb bereu Ber^ Breitung p münfepen. £)iefeb ift namentltd) ber 3aE mit feinen religiöfen Meinungen, melcbe am eften feiner ©eele eingeprägt mürben unb mit ber finb= lieben Verehrung ber ©Item pfammenflteßen. 3m Berbältniß bagegen, mie feine Bnficbten burd) ©rfieb= ung freier merben, mirb er bulbfanter gegen bie Bletm* ungen Bnberer. ©r fommt enblicb babin mit Äaifer Hart V. übereinpffintnten, ber in feinem Unvermögen, p>ei Uhren gap gleich geben P ntad)en, ben SSemeib bafitr erfannte, baß eb ein boffnungblofeb ©treten fei» bie Btenfdjen einb unb baffelte glauben p machen. 3e mciter mir in ben Banalen ber Bergangenbett prück geben, bejlo unbulbfamer unb Bigotter ftnben mir bte $tenfdjen. fMtgionb^Berfolgungen gab eb ebe ber Äatbolicibmub eriftirte, lange vorher mürbe ©ofrateb perurtl)eilt, ben ©iftbecher für feine Webereien p leeren. „2ßeld)cn ber Propheten baten ©ucre Slater nidjt ver= folgt?" fonnte ber heilige ©teplpn mit Jtedfi bent •gjofenpriefter unb bem Bolfe in3erufalem fragenb p=* rufen. Sebcr Prophet batte feine Verfolger; jebeb Filter feine ©djänber. Blb bie d)riftlid)e Äirdje mädp tig mürbe, zögerte fte nicht, bab ©d)mert gegen ben Ungläubigen p ergreifen, ©nblidj burd) miberftrek tenbe ©laubenbbefenntniffe gefepteben, verfolgte ein ©brift ben anbern. Buerft erlitten bie $roteftanten Berfolguttg; aber fobalb finbulbfamfeit, ihre Bmccfe felbft vereitclnb, jene ©ecte vergrößert batte, mürbe biefe felbft eine Verfolgerin, ©iefelbe Bigotterie, mek d)e ßubmig XIY. antrieb, bab ©bict von Banteb p miberrufen, beeinflußte bie Königin ©lifabetb in ihrer graufamen 3>olitif gegen bie Äatbolifen. Blb 3afob ber Bmeite protejlantifd)e Äcfcer aufbängen lief, fanb bieb ben unbebingten Beifall ber englifcpen £od)fird)e. T)iefe fiird)e batte einen Bbeil ber Puritaner in bie Betbannttng getrieben unb rechnete eb einem fatbolk fd)en ©ottverän nicht pr ©ünbe an, bie fiebrigen p befeitigen. ©in ähnlicher ©eift beurfunbet fid) bei bee Bttbängern Blubamebb. ©omol)l dürfen alb Werfen glauben an ben ftoran. £ue ©rfieren erllären bir ©unna eine Umbiegung pnt üoran für infpirtrt, bie letztem, Badjfolger Blfib, erflären fte für apotrppbifd). ©efbaib halten eb bte Bürten felbft für ©ott moplge^ fälliger, einen 3ünger Blfib p tobten, alb felbft 36 ©briften ! ©ab finb bie entfei?ltdjen Bfirfungen von Bmiftigf eiten, melcbe unter ben bigotten Anhängern einer unb bcrfelben Sehre aubbreeben. finb mab bemetfen biefe Bbatfad)en? Ohne Bmcifel, baß eine ©ette fo itnbulbfant ift mie bie anbere; bap 5 effect of animosities which spring up among the bigoted disciples of a common faith. What, then do these facts show ? Clearly, that one sect will as readily be intolerant as another; that a narrow-minded Protestant will persecute just as soon as a narrow-minded Cath olic. The religion which men professed during the middle ages was a religion of peace and brotherly, love. As practiced by them, it was a religion of war and brotherly hatred. The intol- erance of the Catholic Church at that time is not attributable to the forms of that religion, but to the vices of a corrupt and degenerate age. Liberty and justice were alike absorbed in universal tyranny. The great discovery by Martin Luther — the grandest of all discoveries — that every man might think for himself, had not been made. Had the Potestant relig- ion been the prevailing faith — the faith of the aristocracy — no doubt the same severe attempts would have been made to strangle every other sect. The fruits of good things in the hands of bad men are generally the same. Liberty under the guidance of Eobespierre, and araer- cifuljfaith, under the control of Italian despots, presents a mortifying spectacle. While Home and France had republican governments the worst of outrages were committed against the rights of man. There is no sensible person, however, who will depreciate our republican government, because the principles on which it is based were once preverted by the Romans and the French. But that would be no more unreasonable than to reproach the Catholics of this country for the excesses which their Church was guilty of in past ages, or to appre- hend that they would practice those excesses if they had the power. These groundless ap- prehensions are discreditable to every person who has had the benefit of a common school education, and we should not seriously notice them, but for the fact that many preachers of the gospel are constantly seeking to foster them. Nothing can better illustrate the importance of toleration than the contrast presented be- tween Canada and Ireland. The Catholic re- ligion chiefly prevailed in both these countries when they came under the dominion of Eng- land. One enjoyed toleration, the other did not. The people of Canada were granted the full enjoyment of religious liberty ; and the country has rapidly progressed in all that con- tributes to the prosperity of a State. But Ire- land — opulent in natural resources, with a de- lightful climate and a fertile soil, and rich in eloquence and patriotism — was from the outset subject to inhuman and barbarous persecu- tion. Her fate has been that of desolation and misery. The condition of these countries teaches another lesson. It show^ that intoler- ance increases the sect against which it is di- et» ertg^erjtger proteflant eben fo gern verfolgt, tine ein engherziger Äatfjolif. Die 9Mtgton, zu ber fid) Me ßeutc int Mittelalter & e f a n n t e n , tear eine Religion bed Sriebend unb ber 23 rub erhebe. Shie* »on ipnen geübt, mar ed eine ÜMigion bed Ü’riegd unb bed 23ruberhaffed. Die ttnbulbfamfeit ber fafbolifdjen Äirdje in jenem Seitalter ifl ntdfl ber Sonn biefer die* hgion, fonbern ben Saflern eined »erborbenen, entarte^ ten Beitaltcrd zusufdjreiben. Sreiljeit unb ©eredjttgfeit toarett in ber Sided fo* herrfdjenben Tyrannei untergegangen. 21on ber großen (Sntbccfung Doftor Martin £utl)erd — bie grögte, bie je gemacht morben—bag jeber nad) feiner eigenen heben* Zeugung gehen bürfe, muffle man nod) nidfld. Share bic proteflantifdje Oieligion bie mädjtige gemefen— bte ariflofratifdje Kirche — fo hätte fte ohne Smeifel biefeh ben graufanten Slerfudje gemadjt, jebe anbere (Sefte zu unterbrüden. Die folgen bed ©Uten in ber £anb «Schlechter ftnb ftetd biefelben. Die Freiheit unter ber Dbhut eined fftobedpierre unb bie Religion ber Siebe unter ber Dbhut ttalienifdjer Dedpoten gemähten bad** fclbe betrübenbe «Sdjaufpiel. Slid 9tom unb Srattfreidj republifanifdje Ülegierum* gen hatten, mürben bic fitrdflbarflcn $re»el an bem Menflhenr echte »erübt. £ro|bcnt mirb aber fein »cr^ nünftiger Menfd) »on unferer republifaniflhen fkegie^ rungdform meniger halten, meil bie Prinzipien, auf ber fte beruht, ehemald »on ben 91 ö nt er n unb Sranzofen falfdj aitgemanbt mürben. Unb bod) mürbe biefcd nicht mmernünftiger fein, aid ben Ufatbolifen biefcd Sanbcd bie (Srceffe »orjumerfen, berer fid) ihre $trd)e in frü=* heren Seiten fdtulbig gcmad)t, ober zu fürdjten, bag fie biefelben (Srceffe begehen mürben, menn fie bie Macht hätten. Diefe grunblofe Sttrdfl ifl eined Seben unmür=* big, ber ben £fortljeil einer gemöhnhd)cn weniger bie größte Sidflung dor ber ©onftitution hew* djeln, unb angeben, baß fte ben ©üben nur in bent ilmt gebül)renben Platte erhalten wollen! 9ikein ieber Pa* triot wirb über foldjer Heuchelei fpotten. ©o fagen Wir, wenn bie Vichtdwiffer ed ganj fed erzählen, baß fte bie äfat'holifen gar nicht ächten, fonbern nur in ihrem gebührcnben Platte hüten woken; fte beleidigen ben gefunden Ptenfcöenoerftanb unb derbtenen bie Veraltung jebed wahren 5tmerifanerd — Söafh». Union, 1855. ©d iff unfer ©tot*, baß in btefern Sattbe bie Vebe* unb Preßfreiheit p ben ©runbelementen ber Freiheit gehören, ©ad ©efet? fontmt dom Volfe — bie fed herrfcht! Um Wahrhaft frei p fein, fokten dor bent Volfe bie PJaßrcgeln, welche ed lenfen foken, offen be* fdrodtett unb nicht in einem d ersoffenen Cabinet aud< gcl)edt werben, ©d ift bttrdpud ftefer, fämmtlidk Maßregeln offen p befpred)en, unb bad Volf fann mit 01ed)t derlangett, baß fte offen befprochen werben, unb Maßregeln unb ©efe^e, welche im ©unfein ihren Um fprung haben, ftnb bem Ved)tc bed Volfed pwiber. ©er berühmte ®efd)tcbtdfd)reiber unb ©taatdmann Placaitiap fagt in einer feiner fpätern Veben in Vetreff ber geheimen Vbftimmung, „baß ber ehrliche Vfann fte nicf)t braucht, ber unehrliche fffe aber nicht derbient." ©ie Vemerfung ftnb et befonbere Vnwenbung auf heim* li f he politifcpe Umtriebe unb ©cfekfdjaftett im Sanbe, ©erjenige, ber emen ehrlichen Swed dot 2lugen hü, wirb aufgemuntert, ed offen p befprechen. Ilnb bem 7 cuss it openly. And he whose projects are wanting in honesty and patriotism does not deserve an opportunity of secrecy. What is more, to do one thing in the dark and profess another in public is the worst kind of hypocricy. It is a vice which is poisonous in social life, hut doubly odious when it en- dangers the well oeing of the State. The ten- dency of associations where .such habits are practiced is to corrupt the sound moral senti- ment of the community, and gradually to subvert the elements of public liberty .” Coos County (N. II.) Democrat. jenige, beffctt Platte ber ©|rlidjfeit unb bed ^atriotid* nut» entbehren, »erbient feine (Megenljeit »erborgen ju bleiben. ferner, bad ©ine im ©unfein $u fbun unb bad 9Tn* bere offcntlid) einjugefteljen, ijl bie fd)led)te|te Wrt ber Heuchelei. ©d ift ein Safter, meldjed bad gefedige £-ebcn »crgiftet, aber hoppelt tyaffendmertfj, menn ed bad ©lüd bed (Stadted gefäf)rbet. £>te folgen folcper ©e= fedfdjaften, tt>o berartige ©emcl)nl)eiten gebitlbet men* ben, finb bad SÜerberbnifi ber öffentlichen Sftoral unb bie adntöflige Untergrabung ber SIMfdfreiljeit.” — . (©ood ©ount» (91 £) ©emocrab 1856.) ft j . . . . . .r . /. * ■ .pi G \ ■ ’ : I..--- »'% ■ - - v '■„> ■ ' i>; I . 4i^A • «