Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-11-23
sEcrARIAN IMPosITION.

Oh Hell are puOAO POPOAIJ' oul
. do not offer this as reason for this
communication. / have better rea-
sons-the discharge of duty, by do
ling what little l can to guard COM
immunity from imposition and clerical
gaming. Whenever l see scheme
of complicated and compounded
wickedness, priestcraft and vlllainy
carried on under the " stolen livery
Of heaven, am driven, as it were,
by sort Of instinct, to tear off the
guise, and let the cleft fool be seen.
Z he community are imposed upon
|by ten thousand forms OF clerical sua-
Uity, and divine hocus pocus. 1t is
their right to know this, if any body
dare tell them of tiff he dare meet
The malice Of unmasked religious by
pocrisy, and its consecrated priest
hood. But a man may as well sport
with the name of a reused lion, or
sieze a whirlwind by the foretop, as
touch the divinity OF the clergy, es-
pecially if he belong to their corpor-
alions. Yet neither respect them,
nor fear them, nor do / dread con-
flict with their holinesses.
Last evening / attended lecture
Dn Catholicism, at the Union House,
by Rerercnd - Brown, agent of
lhe American Society for Reforming
Catholics. Of friend Brown as a
man, l have nothing to say; but of
friend Brown as priest, have some
tchat to speak. He began by an
bouncing his di0inityship IS spoke of
that selfish, earthly, acquisitive grip,
with which protesting christians, hold
on to the good things Of their stew
hrdship--calling the ord's proper
ty their own-refusing TO deliver it
up on demand. He exhibited pa
per, which l took to be the Protest
ant indicator, extalled its merits,
plead for subscribers and mention
ed that a quarter of dollar was
made on every paper, which would
enable the Society, to print a tract
for distribution, but he did not hon
estly acknowledge, that that twenty
1--we cents went into his own pccutium,
hs it unquestionably does. He said
would "enable them to publish,
Ec."; but did not say that such was
be actual application oft. He next
HORNED the audience, that il was
His wont, to 90 around himself, at
he close of his lecture, and take
pledges to be paid in a day or two ;
Ind such contributions as might be
brown in. But don't object TO this,
provided it were done with an hon.
Est intent and for worthy object.
Having spent large portion OF
The evening in stealing the purse
Strings Of his audience, he finally
proceeded to read the Catholic oath
pf allegiance TO the Pope, which &C
knowledges his vicegerency and su
premacy. The audience were IN
formed that the mobs which disgrace
the country, are fomenled by Catho
lies, and are an expression OF thel
contempt of all but Papal authority
Now every intelligent man know
this TO be a glaring mis-statement
All know that the mobs of the las
ten years, have ninety-nine one hun
dreths of them, been fomented an'
perpetrated by the Protestant church
es II that the popular clergy hav
connived at them-that they hav
even led on mobs and broken U
meetings-that they have stampe
their holy feet on free speech, an
dragged men tojail, by their holy II
carnations, fol speaking freely. Wi
ness the voice Of Thomas Parne
Beach, as its sepulchred tones ech
from that NewburypoIt dungeon
that personi6cation OF the grim diUii
ay Of the protestant priesthood!
friend Brown is a man of Intelligent
and candor, he knows better than
make such a statement. But su
pose house where DR.. Blownl
appointed a meeting to sermoni
the Catholics, was once surround'
with four hundred armed opposel
who commanded and compelled t
DR.. TO desist from his purpo.
Does this prove that most Of I
mobs are excited by Catholic
The fact cannot be far back, in I
twilight of your memories, wh
even in your own city, ReU. p
testant, led on mob, and broke
a Jree-discussion meeling.' But
the ten thousand mobs, Of the 1
ten years, carried on by the popu