Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-01-13

nat IL must be preserved ..' sl'uo0 md
2 words and meaning" A 1.os1sd
alscly imagines himself 10 s san heSsn
s "a desert deserts the chair Of pet ! he ca
ne Church Is founded. The -. opoa VI
up t,1. Of the Pope, and u,
que churches on earth owe -. @ka
al remember, that the prios & y etc !
,,,ne' o WIN winch 'hepeOpl. sre = '''
must emanate from, and TIA, ~ SsiA,s
administration Of the Upiv.'.',, 'sss,sS
longs to the Roman Poutir !, Chacg
hVered the full power Of sass sa' W
governing the Universal chO'.s ,'i' !
our Lord, as the Father. - i O.
fi0F e unequivOcally AZ. ''o.l
uardinal principle in the fiib !, g h,
Christians =, that the Pope Is n ! 'sst
church. and that the laws Of Il. 3
to govern al all times and ny. - IVA a
stances; and as be IS to pOve,. y
according TO his own co,.t. - 'ee
laws, ne is Of course, the a
luie ruler ofaIl, and an INNS, - 'e1 "a
The claims Of morality,tbe vbi,,..l
notlsm, and the authorize ~ j salE
uuder which Vi we live, must be SI....
our Catholic brethren, a. Il.
Priest who is four thousand s'sa''.
them. Whatever he declare, :.
law whatever he declares to b : :
yer obnoxious to our previiOu, o... ' Ia.
al whatever to De immora, b5 ,,.' "a
however consectated 10 our go ~ 'l''si
usage and the associations Of ~ %.
is at once stamped with6er,..',S.l isaaasl
ity' and we must turn ap.y !, : !. 'an'''a.
the uneleAn thing. That EsS !. 8 ton
ate, let this letter, so eztrao3,sF 'se'.
tant ears, speaks for itsel. 81 80 PP'0's'-
over be crime and entirely 4 CO. - ai''',
that deep veneraiOn With vH.s 40 sEi
the Church should be received -. "a d
the wild spirit Of fanaticisu, de-
toned by her, whether Is rsss,. h
lstratian OF things sacred, the rle.oi.--
the rights of the Church, or ofbe,...
to cavil at its clashing with the -
natural law, or TO pronounce i -
perfect, and subject to the cir7 eas-,., :
From this doctrine of the spn-s-
Pope, and of the great councils Of tl.r
flows as an inevitable consecvss.s
that liberty Of opinion in uailss 4 4
is at war with religion iisef, and. d.
sequence, as good Catholics II B6.A
the followers of the Church Of Ro,,
the hand ofpersecutiOn against Al a.
tend to think for themselves. S.
the subject of indifference to relliyn p
> -
ter uses tie following language:
"From that polluted fountain q IA.
ence' flows that absurd and eruaena
trine, or rather raving in favor and n h.
of 'hberty OF conscience for Which us,.
tilential errer, the cause is Openeibr IT, |
tire and wild liberty of opinion which : =,
where attemptngthe overthrow Of an
religious institutions, ami which The ma.
ing impudence of some has held fg.s 3 ?
advantage to religion. But, what erls-,
. St. Augustine, what worse dea.hhih
than freedom in error" For Ony dtu
those fences which keep men within tie Is
of truth, leave them to the beadluag.Fst
their natural evil propensihes, and Tx p
'bottomless pit at once yaTrs be-. Tss
from which st. John saw the smoke AZ
which darkened the sun, and which shed !
locusts over the ace of the earth Fra.
arise these revolutions Ii the minds Of DE-
hence this aggravated corruption Of p1i
hence this contempt among tie peops q &
cred things, and of the most holy insttEi1.
and laws hence, Il one word, that pes;
all others, most to be dreaded III STATE, :
]. bridled liberty of opinion, hcentOuAea
speech, and a lust ofnOyelty, which, acco'di
to the experience of all ages, POHead Z
downfall of the most powerful ard aolsE-
empires"
Then follows direct at,acs TP5dils b
ty of the press, a right, upon Whch ''s
Protestant American feels that Il che: :
pend. Take this from Us, and We care nag
for those that are left, for they vii b ha .
imaginary. We again extract iF0a The enc
Hitler tends that wogst and never sgaaa'1t
to be execrated and detested EbE4 O d
press; for the diffusion of all manna . "
tings, which 50 loudly contend far, md q
lively promote"
We close this article with one uo's eI-S
which boldly proclaims doctrine as o'n'H
to the free Protestan.s Of Amercs : !
ever promulgated by the Church d -
/" Nor can we argue more cOnsOlng y
; quences to religion and to governms4 ;
the zeal of some to separate the Chasa :.
! the State. and to burst the bond Eli'a =
the Priesthood to the Empire. For 81
; that this union is dreaded by the P''sn'
vers of liberty, only because il has A''a
: ed 10 confer prosperity on both"
We have brought this subject Os0s
readers, because it is one on which dc!
orally have less information, than on slIn@'
other, and we feel, that the days mol :
head, when it viii be in this COUNTY,,
has long boen in England, great aaa =
ing political question:. Catholic nD''
must, and viii become powerful Os0SN
their rapidly increasing number, and =.
being ruled by one head, (the Pope O ~
they act as one man. We vii RESUME
subject, when we shall have found =,
road the corrosnonaonce between Gen y