Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-04


sure of Almighty God ard (beeause that
L. as rot euoughl o. bis holy apostles re-
ter and Paul" Whether, therefore, II
was the doariue Of The church or no. II
= no, m,teria,. Ii rad all the operation
slrich an acknowledged jas d'r'"um
could have given it; and as NJ Is. h'm-
self admits il to have been an evil, 1t IS
perIestly far to consider the cure OF IT.
one of the good effect, Of the refOrma''oa'
and as furnishing proper motives tor At
tempting. aud Just cause Of gratitude Nor
having achieved, that event.
The zeal which M. b. displays on be-
halt of the Jesuits is not matter OF won
der. They are esteemed by PsPlst' as
choice spirits. With the names he has
quoted in their favor, lie has given no
reference By which we can discover wha'
sort of testimony they offer. Some Of
them, l know, reprebated their morals,
though they commended their literary
character. It's little amusing to see
Pope brought forward as evidence in
this case. Ganganelli, signing with hu'
mid eye the bull fer their extinction,
was only the precursor of the unfortunate
Levi. XVI. who, in less than twenty
years alter, was forced to send away his
army, hls mobility, his life guards The
reason in both cases is obvious enough.
That the Secre,a hionita are a forgery,
is an assertion, unsupported as lar as l
can lind, by any thing but the AyWpath'es
of interested witnesses. 1t Is more than
counterscted BY the famous ii'galoH BE-
tore the Parliament of Paris, in which
the rules u their order we're produced,
and were found TO contain principles
subyersive OF morals d governmc Mt.
These are FAC recorded in the public
archives of that body.
If Pascal was not Roman Catholic
because the Jansenists were excommuni-
Gated by The bull Unisenitus, then neither
a.e aus Roman Catholics in France to
he so considered 4; for thev AT to this
day communicated by the bnlia in CG-
ma Doanni which has been often issued
BY bell, book and candle light. This bull
excommunicates every one who reads
book printed BY hereto. Is NJ. u. him
self exempt from this ana'hema :
The mto,erant doctrine Of the Roman
church i. written too plainly in her arti-
cles, catechisms and casuists, and, alas !.
in the blood and tears of thousands, to
admit If doubt with those who have not
sworn 70 the XI article OF the council OF
IreLt. 1T must be acknowledged,
Say, fillrs, page 1907 that the spin, OF
uapism is exclusive and intOlerant." The
famous argument by which they have
long attempted to frighten women ahd
children, is well known; viz. 5. You Pro-
testants admit that we may be saved, but
we do not admit the same Of you; there
lore, by Joining US you are on the safest
side" Hence their tender solicitude to
pluck US from destruction, though it be
by pinching and burning US into Ortho
doxy. Hence the zeal with which they
compass sea and land to make prose-
lyte;" and hence the unfair methods
which are adopted in the college in this
district, OF alluring BY caresse., or per
ver!ins by tears and terrors, the Protest.
ant children who are sent there for tut
ton. Parents may be we'll assured that
these Jesuits will leave no means uutried
to bring our children into the bosom oil
that church," out Of which they believe
there is no SALVATION But il our warn
,ns vsice can prevail, Protsstants will
deliver themselves irom the guilt OF com
mi,tirg their children to such seminary,
at a period when the tender mind is sus-
ceptlble of every impression-when ii
may easily be overcome by imposing