spurious Democracy, in search of the foot of
"Jacob's Ladder," and give them repentance and better minds! And do
thou, O God of pity, show all such, that instead of ascending to heaven
on an imaginary "Ladder," they are chained fast to the Locomotive of
Hell, with the Devil for their Chief Engineer, the Pope of Rome as
Conductor, and an ungodly Governor as Breakman; and that, at more than
railroad speed, they are driving on to where they are to be eternally
punished by Him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead,
thy Son JESUS CHRIST, our Lord. Amen!

[From the Knoxville Whig of May 24, 1856.]

THE FOREIGN SPIRIT ILLUSTRATED.

The following correspondence will explain itself, whilst it will serve
to show the spirit which governs this Bogus Foreign Catholic Democracy:

RICHMOND, April 21, 1856.

REV. AND DEAR SIR:--It cannot be unkind in me, though
personally unknown to you, to address you on a subject in which
our peace as citizens is alike concerned. I see in the
Fincastle Democrat of 18th inst. what purports to be a review
of an article of yours in the Knoxville Whig of 5th inst., in
which I suppose, from the remarks contained in the Democrat, I
have been very, _very_ severely handled by you, for an offence
I never committed. You will allow me to say, sir, that I have
no recollection of ever writing or speaking a disrespectful
word of you in all my life, but, on the contrary, have
frequently spoken approvingly of much you have written. Such
being the fact, you will not be surprised to learn how deeply I
regret that the purest innocence on my part has failed to be a
protection against personal abuse. That you have been misled by
some person, is to my mind very plain, and if, through the
influence of another, you have inflicted a wound upon one that
never harmed you, nor ever designed to harm you, is it not
within the range of a generous nature--of an honest man--to
repair the injury by at once giving up to the injured party the
name of the deceiver, or publish him to the world as authority
for the assault, and let him assume its responsibilities?

In a change of circumstances, I should feel bound, by the honor
of a man, to do that much, and in my present relation to the
case I ask nothing more. It is perhaps due to you to be
informed