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liberty, united with government, it is des
Iructive, IN consequence Of sucE union,
both of its own purity and the best civil
interests ofmankind; and it is duty ~.
cumbent upon the people ofIhs U. States,
TO crush, in embryo, any and every
scheme, aItifice or movement, whether il
the affairs of ChuIch or State, the tenden.
cy ofwhIch ia, to unite things which ere
sacred and holy with things which are
unholy and temporal. In other words,
whatever may have even the remoteSt
tendency to favour union between any
one hranch Of the church and the govern.
ment, or to give one denomination Of
christians an ascendency over ano.ber,
oug ht 10 be resisted even to the shedding
of blood.
But, TO the question: Whatever may
have been my former views of MIR Van
Burens alleged attachment 10 the Catho.
lcs, am, of late, led 10 suspect that,
on this subject, all is not right. "By their
fruits ye shall know them" The facts
and circumstances which have operated
TO awaken nv fears and suspicious, are
the following: Aud first in order may be
mentioned the famous letter addressed in.
directly to the Pope. The epi'hetS used
in that letter are anti republican and, as
applied 10 human being, grossly impi'
GUS. Venture to say, Ilat the archives
Of Stale, from the commencement Of our
intercourse with foreign nations down to
the period when that letter was written,
afford no precedent or example for such
diplomatic epistIe. The terms, "Hs LIo.
liness," "Holy Father" &c. while they
excite in the mind ofe every honest Protes
tant unqualified disgust, show conclusive
ly, that the writer was intmateiy acquan
led with the serviIe and degrading style
in which the subjects OF the Pope are usu
ally allowed to address himj and, one
would suppose, evinced not only the Ieli
gious preferences Of that writer, but the
manner in which he was educated.
Again if Mr. Van Buren is not friend
ly 10 the Catholic church, as such, how
does i! happeR that almost the entire body
Of that denomination, whether they be
found along the routes Of our public i'm.
prOvements, or elswhere, support and zeal
ously advocate his electionG The writer
Of this, betug anxIous on the subject, has
taken no little pains to enquire; and his
information has uniformly been Of such
character as 10 justify the conclusion
that, If Mr.. Van Buren, is not friend
ly to the Catholics, they are, even to the
st mao, very friendly 10 him.
Once more. My attention was attrac.
ted, some months since, 10 the act Of the
last session Of Congress, for The admission
of Michigan into The Union. Thai act,
If my memory serve me, permits all WIN
have been residents of Michigan for six
months, to exercise the ight of suffrage
No slow process Of Natu aiz,tIon is me-
cessary there, to enable the foreigner to
I vote; he finds himself, in few mouths
after he touches the American soil, sud-
denly transformed from the situation OF a
subject to that ofthe sovereign. Nov, it
should be remembered lhat Congress has
full power under the Constitution, 10 en-
act uniform laws in relation 10 the sub ret
! of Naturalization; and that the laws now
: in force, on that subject, in all the States,
, require a residence Of frs gears. Why,
) then, it is asked, should foreigner, sta
, months after he lands in the about to be
Stale Of Michigan, becO1.e entitled 10 all
the privileges ofa native citizen; where.
J as, if he SHOULD choose residence in on e
! Of the old "a States, the lapse of five ears
f aud compliance with tho provisions oi
, the laws Of Naturalization are IOdispen-
} sable prerequisites to the enjoyment OF
those privllegesH The solution Of this
outrage upon the rights Of American ciIi-
zens, will be found in the following facts!
r The Territory Of Michigan was original
. Iy settled by Catholics; and their dele
! gate in Congress, for many years, was a
, Catholic Priest, Farther, at this time,
: and for some years past, there has been
. flood of foreigners pouring lnto Michigan;
. nearly all of whom are Catholics. 1t is
, known and admitted by all, that the Pope,
: through his viccgerents, the Priests, has
I perfect controlT over the entire body Of
, his church throughout the world; and
} these facts were we'll understood by the
! last Congress. The majority Of that Boz
r dy, it will be remembered; was iavoura'
, Bile to the election Of Martin Van Buren.
7 The act for Ihe admission of Michigan, in
r all probability, was framed with "a direct
D view to the securing Of the vote OF the
y new State for Mr. Van Buren: and hence
j. too, the thick cloud OF foreign Catholics
q now lowering on the shores of the Terri
tory, from the mouth Of the Detroit rive
to Lake Michigan, will be permitted IL
shroud the ballot boxes Of Michigan, in I
! long aud slalless night Of Papish dark
ness!
The writer Of this article, 10 recen
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