The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-10

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to root out; to cxtirpate. 3. To root out as
plants; to eNtirpate.
So much for Bishop England. Now for his
Boston echo.
"OUTLAWRY." n. Putting man out OF
the protection Of law, or the process by which
man is deprived Of that protection.
To the Catholics I would say, that the ques-
ton in issue between Bishop England and myself
has not been fairly stated by him or by the com
mittee. / am charged with threatening you with
determination, and Of wishing to deprive you Of
the right to exercise your religious opinions and
your rights of conscience. The reverse Of these
charges is the truth. would protect your per-
sons and secure your rights Of conscience. l
have made no attack upon your religion. do
not propose to controyert your religious faith
What l object TO is tile conduct of Bishop Eng
land in endeavoring to prostitute the spiritual
influence Of the Church to political purposes-to
blend the ChSrch and State. You should re-
member tina. very large proportion OF the Peo-
pie of the United States are Protestants. That
our knowledge Of the Church of Rome IS deriv-
ed from Protestant books; that we read and be-
lieve books which il is not lawful under the
rules of your Church for you to read.
The well informed Catholics must know that
there is an abiding jealousy among Protestants
against the abuses of the Catholic Church in its
exercise of civil power. To resist, therefore,
the attempt Of Bishop England to exercise I'M
due influence over Catholic voters is to protect
you in your civil rights. 1t will not do for him
to say that while he expresses the opinion that
the present administration should be maintained
in power, he leaves the DIS of others free to
choose for themselves. " e know that his Off
cial station gives him AZ auence with very
large portion Of Catn1.ic voters, more especially
when his opinions are strengthened by appeal
to their consciences, under the highest authority
known to the Church in this country. We be-
lieve that, with many, such appeal is conclu-
sive, and regulates their political action. 1t
Will not do, therefore, to say that such men are
left free to choose. Their respect for him, their
generation for the Church, their want Of infor-
nation and Individual preferences, all consPire
to make his will, thus made known, the law OF
their actions. The past history of the Church
is full of presidents illustrating the growth Of
usurpations by your clergy. In Catholic coun-
tries these usurpations have originated in the
conflict between the E'jurisdiction" of the Pope
and the local civil authority. By degrees the
local jurisdiction has become subordinate to the
foreign dominion. The Inquisition has been the
most potent arm of this foreign influence, and
YOU, as Catholics, are no less interested than we
arc in noting and resisting the approaches of
this dangerous power Already has Bishop Eng
land raised the question in this country, and as
sailed Mr.. Adams as the President and Mr.. Clay
as the Secretary Of State OF the United States,
charging them "with having interfered in the
concerns of the Church, in a way in which he
neither could or ought" Indeed, he has gone so
far as to obtain and publish the opinions OF two
eminent Catholic lawyers, to prove that their in
reference with the ecclesiastical g jurisdiction
of the Pope in this country was unconstitutional.
Do YOU not see that the exercise OF this " j,uiS-
dictjoa" may become oppressive 10 you as Catho-
lies, and that you and your clergy are deeply
interested in asserting and maintaining your
civil rights, free from any undue influence what
soever' The Inquisition has contested the au-
thority of judges, MOBILES, kings, emperors, and
even of the Pope himself. It has set at defiance
the power Of the people, and its victims have
been protesting Catholics, even the most emf
nentlv pIous; for pure religion, even in the Ca
tholic faith, hath invited persecution and pro-
vslled condemnation. | repeat, that | speak
not of the Catholic faith. / speak of the abuses
that have been practised in the name of the Ca
Al tIn
that there is nothing in the Constitution Of the
General Government, which can prevent the
establishment of the Catholic religion by en-
grating it upon the constitution of any individu
al State, and that it is in the power of
designing men, wherever they control the le-
gisation OF single state to establish the Inqui-
stion as part of its civil polity You, the Catho
lies of the United States are as deeply interest
ed as we, the Protestants, in preventing this; and
to discuss how far the purpose Of Bishop Eng
land, in uniting Church and State, foreshadows
this event, is al measure which you should be the
last to condemn 1t will not do for him to say
that the prejudices, which exists in the minds OF
Protestants are unfounded. 1t will not do for
him, in his character of Inquisitor General, to
prescribe all investigation, and to denounce all
who may question the integrity of his purpose.
We, the Protestant people of the United States,
have opened our doors, and permitted him to
come among US. He is suspected of harbouring
deep designs against our peace and your liberties
Ii will not do for him, stranger, whom we have
made welcome, to denouneeus, whom we propose
to enquire into the truth of these suspicious That
he is suspected, he admits. Instead of argu-
ments to prove his Innocence, he gives us inso-
lent denunciatisn, and thereby confirms our ap-
prehensions of his guilt; and it is striking tea-
ture of this controversy that, as it was in SPAN,
so it is here; to resist the authority OF the In
quisitor General Immediately brings up the idea
of the g cell" and the g gib6et." The power, by
which he NOW acts is dennnciatinn As yet be