North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-03-24

and most fliai INTERESTS ate jearAfds#Fa ~
The existing government. II VIC turn our
eyes over TO South Amefiea, We shall h.
elieyed al she hornhe srhi Of prirs,ly 10.
hecnec over republican Institutions. whrh
would have been blessing 10 the Fehelli
Gus colonies q Spain add Pauueal. bad
religious prejudices not been cass late Tho
scales against lhem. Absoluiism. rich,
dirinr, desposism end monarchy are cinsrly
allied aaj viii never fail to 90 hard h
hand, whenever an opportunity aFeseass
itself.
But to return to the conduct OF The
bishop Of Montreal. Following 10 The
footsteps Of "his.illnsifious predecessors 2,
on the s4ii Of October, he issued seeond
edition Of Lord Cosford's piliful proclama.
,ion Of the preceding June His Lofdship
commended tina, g for length OF Time back
he heard Of nothing hu, agitation snd re-
volt" And then he quoted Hsly Wit to-
prove that il was damnabte 10 ret against
. the constituted authorities. Besides The
meannrss and fuiiliiy Of the doctrine Ms
Lordship was nromulg eating TO his fellow
ers, in order to prevent them from follow
ing that straightforward and manly course
which became Gfeemcn, we would only ask
our readers, 10 what predieament His
Lordship's doctrine placed the souls Of
those noble Roman Catholics Of the Colo
ny Of Maryland, who rehelled against
British tyranny IN 1872 Are they oil
damned because when they animated their
former earthly tenements, they dared 10
resist, with open force, transatlantic des-
poiism Has not the Head Of the Ro-
man Church continued to appoint Bishops
in the United States RI rebellion il dam
nable, il follows that the consequences Of
rebellion, cannot produce good fruits and
cannot stand in the eycs Of The /. Catholic
Church ss legitimate and therefore cannot
be acknowledged. Yet the good mother
Church, always mereiful, has coDdescend-
cd to send her Ministers TO this rebel land
for the religious instruction OF her child.
rem. And the same NIGH, be said OF the
Southern Republics. Why has mot the
See Of Rome refused to transact business
with and recognize The Independence of
these States, which had incurred damna-
ton in rcbelling against their Parent s.ates
Has not that See recognised Louis Phil
| ippe the present King Of France, although
he has ascended the French throne throuch
a successful rebellion Of the people against
old King Charles the 10Th, who had re-
fused the demands of an oppressed people,
| Has tho See OF Rome protested against
the dismemberment OF Belgium from Ho,-
land, although the latter had indisputablc
claims on the former, which disappeared
but through a successful rebellion 2
And how is Ohio King Of Greece, II no,
through rebellion Of the Greeks against
the oppressive Turksi Does The See OF
Rome yet pretend that Greece 10 stiIl
dependency Of the Sublime Portes
From whose hand did Napoleon receive
The diadem oi The French Empire, Was
IL not from Popei and wa II not through
the rebellion Of the French people sgains,
The government of Lewis tie 10Th that
oil these events took placer Did the Pope
say TO the French that, they were damned
because they had rebeed! Were The
English people, who febelled against and
decapitated ChaFIes the LIST, because he
had traIrpsed under foot their sacred privil.
eyes, informed that there was no salvation
for them, inasmuch as they were rebeliious
subjeeiss When Jsmes the and for the
same crime as Charles the isi, was bas-
Iished an ouicast from his Kingdom BIZ bis
revoIted subjects, and when be was repIa-
eed BY William OF Holland, was lhers sny
/ quotation Of the Holy scriptures to con-
vince the English that The doors Of hea-
ven were shot against them, and The gates
of he'll were thrown open 10 receive their
rebeliious souls' When again The people
of England. through their representatives.
threading thst the throne might yet be oc-
icHpied By 9 rseGs Der OF lhc House os Sta