Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-04-29

uuiOOie hur was palace, tor II was home |.
MS soul - fnt--his eye sutf6setf--he bends
from the bsit'ements to catch the cadence,
when his des'h shot, sped by the hand of a
brother, lays hun In his foreign grave, the
victim OF Code Calling itself christian -
Who shall say, heart rerting as i, is, this
picture is from fancy? Has it not occur
red IN S3aia! M ~ il not this instant be
acting in America! Is there any country
IN the universe. IN which these brave exiles
Oh oarbaious Bigotry, are not to be fousd,
reiutiny the calumnies that banishetl. Ard
rewaraing the hospr slty that received
theml And yet Eag,pnd, who secs them
in every he;d of the New World and the
Old, defending the various fags of every
faith. supports the Injustice of her exclusive
constitution, by branding upon them The un-
generous accusation of an exclusive creed.
England, he ally of Catholic Spain -the
ally of Catholic Portugal the ally of Cain
oic France--the Friend of the Pope. Eng
land, who seated Catholic Bigot in Mad.
ria who conveyed a Catholic Braganza to
the bras'ls who crowned Catholic Bour-
bon IN Paris; who qua, an,eed the Catholic
Establishment in Canada: who gave her
CONSTITUTION to Catholic Hanover England,
VINO one would imagine, took out a rowing
commission from Quaraptotti, in search OF
Satnol'c grievances to redress, and Catho.
nc Princes % restore. cannot trust the Cath
Ole al home, who spends his blood and
treasure in her service
Is this generous Is this lust Is
TINS polite Is /. the act of a wise
country, to fetter the energies Of an entire
populations IS 1t the act OF christian coun7
Try 70 g, II in the name of God 7 Is it poll
TIC "a government to degrade the body by
Which it is supported, or pious to make pro.
violence party in their degradation -
There are societies ia England for distriou-
ting the Bible there are christian associa-
lions tor discountenancing vice there are
volun-eer missions for converting the hea-
then the black of Guinea is visited by their
philanthropy, and the plains of Hindostan
are to be blessed with their religion. But
ireland, the scene of their governmen6 the
stay OF their empire, their associate by all
the afioitics of nature and Of interest, how
has she benefited by the Gospel of which
they boast! Has the sweet spirit Of chris.
tianity appeared in our plains, in the char
acter OF her precepts, breathing the air and
robed In the beauties of he word to which
she would lead us-with no argument but
love, nc look but peace, no wealth but pie
V-her creed comprehensive as the arch
OF Heaven, and her charities bounded but
by the circle Of the Creation i--or, has she
been let loose amongst us. in form fury
* in art a dunon-her heart fostering with
the fires of Hell, her hands clotted with
the gore CT earth writhing alike in her re-
pose anc in her progress--her path appar.
entity the print of blood, and her pause
denoted by the eXpaBse Of desoa;ion e.
Gospel Of Heaven, is this thy Herald f-
God OF the Universe. IS this thy Handmade
In what language should the English
a -. ~ n
ed him should he estimate the christians
doctrine by the christians practice-if he
dweA upoe those periods when the human
victim writhed upon the altar of the peace
fui Jesus, and the cross crimsontd with his
blood, became little better than stake for
the sacrifice OF his votaFiesAAif he pointed to
Ireland, where the word of Peace was the
warhoop OF destruction where the Sun was
briOed against the father, and the plunder
OF he Parents pptperty was a bounty on
the recantation of the Parents creed-where
the march Of the human mind was shaved
In his name who has inspired it with rea
son, and any effort to liberate fellow crea
ture from his Intellectual bondage, could on
ly be attended by the dungeon CT on the
scaffold-where ignorance were SO long
Legislative command where Heaven was
placed as barrier between the sexes and
anc the intercourse OF nature was pronOuD
ced felony by law--where Gods worship
was an act Of stealth, and his Minister
sought among the savages Of the woods that
sanctuary which nominal civilization had
denied him--where at his instant, com
science is made to blast every hope of gent,
rs, and every energy of ambition, and the
Catholic, who could rise TO any station of
trust, must, in the face of his Country, deny
the faith of his fathers-where the prefer
nents of earth are only to be obtained by
the forfeiture of Heaven.
" Unpris'd are her sens till they learn 10 b. tray,
+" Undistipguisl'd they live, if they shame
not their sires
Z" And the torch that would light them to Dig,
nity's way,
" Must be caught from the pile where their
Country expires"
How would the Christian Missionary
droop beneath this catalogue of Christian
qualifications But thus il is when secta-
rians differ on account of mysteries--the
cause Of the contest is sacrificed in the
strife, and the iDfdel smiles at the triumph
of the coDqueror. In the heat and acrimos
ny of the causeless Combat, Religion, the
glory of one world, and the guide of anos
Their, drifts from the splendid circle in which
she shoDe, into the comet maze of uncer-
tsioty aud error. The Code against which
Yen petition is a vile compound of impiety
and impolicy-- impiety because it Expresses
IN the name of Goda-imPolicy, because it