The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-19
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The statements which follow are from re.
cent editorial of the Pitlsburg American, and
are so extraordinary as scarcely to be believed
were they not endorsed by responsible name
We are pleased to find that paper speak out So
fearlessly Of late on the subject of Popery
"The power and influence of the Pope IN
this country, and the manner which is taken 10
extend it, may be Imagined by the peoPit;
when thew are informed that the cathedral oil
St Paul, standing on the hill above Pittsburg,
is owned by him. He, the Pope, holds the
deed for the ground; or,whichis the same thing,
il is held by Bishop Kendrick of Philadelphia,
his sworn subiect-and himself one Of those oil
fine hated and hateful sect of Jesuits-cursed in
every land into which they have been admitted
holds it for him in trust.
There is a secret history about this, which
we shall endeavor TO Teveal-ifwe are in error,
they can lay the facts before the public, and
set US right. But they will more probably
consult their own wisdom, and remain ST.
lent.
The lot for the Cathedral was purchased by
the deluded followers of the Pope in this city,
who obtained deed from the owners convey
ing the ground to certain persons therein ma
med as trustees for the church. These men
went fairly and honestly TO work, as they were
in the habit of seeing other people do, in re-
gard to other churches; and feeling themselves
as free and independent as ether American
citizens. But they found there was a human
powei above them, to which they must bow,
or abandon their religious faith.
The Cathedral was built, finished and fur
nished-and the Arch Jesuit, Kendrick, was
sent for from Philadelphia, to. assist, or pre-
side rather, at its conservation. The Sunday
after the Bishops arrival was fixed for the
ceremony of conservation, and al attended TO
aid in or witness the performance. What
was their establishment to find no preparation
on the part of the Bishop TO go through such
ceremony, but the service to pass off, without
even an allusion to it, or any reasons assigned
for its omission.
Their minds, however, were destined to be
panied still further III day or two afterwards.
The Bishop sent for the Trustees named in the
deed, for the purpose, he saId of stating to them
great difficulty-as the title stood, the church
or cathedral could not be cOnsecrated. The til
tie, he told them, must be vested in the head of
the church, OIL in him; that men were fallible,
the church was infallible, and that to the
church and the church alone could the title be
made The Trustees had been long enough in
this country to know their rights, and accustom-
ed to see those rights exercised freemen, and
were little disposed to give way to the willy Je-
suit-they consequently refused. The Jesuit
gathered the ignorant and bigoted of his church,
and called meeting at the oathdral, where, sur
surrounded by mass of those who believed, Qfor
he made thembelieve) that his word was to be
taken as Gods words, and were prepared to do
his bidding-and the overpowcred Trustees
were compelled to surrender their deed. Bishop
Kendrick now owns or holds the church in his
own name, ard actually compells payment of
rent from those whose money paid for the ground,
and paid for the building erected on it.
1t may be said, that this is no business Of ours
it concerns only those who suffered, but does
it not show how the power of the churcA Is ex-
,rcised, wherever ITS influence extends, and the
danger to be dreaded from the extension