The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-22


soon feel the effects of their success.
take the liberty of sending you couple {
E papers, which will show you the occasion of m
, remarks.
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your ob't servant
tJOHN, Bishop Of Charleston.
1t will be seen that he charges that threaten
Catholics with determination, and that he ex
pressly says that he would prefer to be bacl
again in Ireland, to the condition in which h
represents that he and his religion would b
placed, if those whom he thus denounccs hac
the political power of this country.
Gould he have made stronger appeal to the
passions and prejudices of those upon whom thi:
letter was designed to operate? 1t was saying
to them that the Wings were more intolerant
than Orangemen, and that their condition would
be worse in this country than it had been in
Ireland, if General Harrison should be elected
Could words have been used more calculated to
enlist the Catholic Irish in the cause of the ad-
ministraton' That you may judge of the tone
Of the Catholic press, l make short extract
from their paper, published in Boston:
sDuff Green, man than to whom is not at
| tdCncu more unenVlaDle nOtof1eIy, cannot pc
| found in the whole length and breath Of the
land, voluntarily steps forth the assaier of, and
not only ISLANDERS this universally esteemed and
venerable Prelate, but recklessly launches forth
his anathemas on the whole Catholic commune
ty, as deserving not merely all the penalties of
OUTL4AWRY, but even fit candidates of the
FELoN's CELL and the GIBBET."
'FThe Catholics in this country, if until now
they have [beenl in doubt as to which of the
parties Of the day they may find not only Kim
dred sympathy, but a community of feeling anu
effort, for the attainment of those great objects
of all human legislation, equal liberty, equal
rights, and freedom of mind, will now have no
room to hesitate We think hey will not look
tamely on and see their pastors villifed, their
faith insulted, their characters imPeached,
their persons tire; tened, ',ith0ut Sptunirg t0ih
Just Indignation, all fellowship and connection
toith such parties as cam Justify by its patron
age concentrations, the authors of saunders so
gross and irlnlerited, as Duff Green upon
Bishop England and otn Holy Religion"
These are indications taking with them their
own Interpretation In a former number, have
quoted Webster's definition, to show the dstine-
ton between resist and erte11ainate. That dis
tinction is 50 important to a right understanding
of the question in issue that repeat them
Webster says:
RESIST. v, t. l. Literally, to stand against;
to Withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to
oppose. To strive against; to iendeavor to coun-
teract, defeat or Illustrate. To battle, to disap-
point.
Having seen the definition of the word Gre
sst," turn to the same authority for the mean
ing of the word esexterminate" Webster says.
EXTERMINATE. v. t. 1. To destroy utter
ly; to drive away; to e1.TPate: 2: To eradi-
20 60 20, oxts,1 To ont
as plants; to extirpate.
So much for Bishop England. Nsw for his
Boston echo:
| "OUTLAWRY." n. Putting man out OF
the protection of law, or the process by which a
man is deprived of that protection.
| To the Catholics would say, that the ques-
ton in issue between Bishop England and my
self has net been fairly stated by him by the
committee. / am charged with threatening you
with determination, and of wishing to deprive
you of the right to exercise your religious OPT
MONS and your rights Of conscience. The reverse
of these charges is the truth. would protect
your persons and secure your rights Of con
science. have made no attack upon your reli
gion. do not propose to controvert your reli
gious faith. What 1 object to is the conduct
Bishop England in endeavoring to prostitute the
spiritual influence of the Church to political pur
poses-to blend the Church and State. You
should remember that very large proportion Of
the people of the UnIted States are Protestants
That our knowledge of the Church of Rome is
derived from Protestant books; that we read and
believe books which it 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 undue
influence ovor 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 minds of others free to
choose for themselves. We know that his Off
DIAL station gives him influence with very
large portion Of Catholic voters, more especially
when his opinions are strengthened by an appeal
to their consciences, under the highest authority
known TO the Church in this country. We be
ieve that, with many, such an appeal is eonclu--
siye, and regulates their Political action. 1t
will not do, therefore, to say that such .Aen are
left free to choose. Their respect for him, the,r
veneration 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 pre-
cedents illustrating the growth of usurpation by
| n ~ . n
pations have originated in the conflict between
the jurisdiction" Of the Pope and the local civil
authority. BY degrees the local jurisdiction has
become subordinate to the foreign dominion.
The In9uisition has been the most potent arm Of
this foreign influence, and you, as Catholics,
are no less interested than we are in noting and