The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-05

any raf.,ence whatever To-, or bearing upon slAsety
a. Il now exi.ls in the United States As iilstrsten
of the CslAelse mode Of soastpang psPeu, tho h's
commandment 81 Ne DscalqCue (sccording " the
Catholic versics) asy b quotsd a an example -
Thou shalt not make 70 thysef say ggaven sh'ns
nor the likeness Of any thing that is IN the Heavens
above or in the earth beneath in the waters under
the earth Thou dsaii mol adore hem nor srvs ne''
Here zoe believe that there but commandment,
and not ieo, as Others might consrue it. We believe
that the making of an image or the painting Of
likeness is not prohibited but know that to adore
them or serve them, when made or the making or
painting them for the purpose OF ador,ng or serving
them is one Of the most griesous sins that man ca"
commit because, it is not only violation oil inc
commandment, but it involves gross insult to the
Sovereign Lord and maker Of all things
might here be content to drop the subject, but II
seems not out Of place to give, in as few WORDS as
possibe, p,u views q believe common to all Catho-
Iics) of the extent Of the Popes authority Catho-
lies believe the Pope the successor OF st Peter
to be the Vice gercnt on earth, Of him who declared
that his Kingdom is not Of this word" They there
fore concede TO him all spiritual authority, and no
thing more His government is strictly and purely
ecclesiastical, and they utterly deny TO him any
right 10 control their temporal allegiance, or to inter
fcre with their cir rights in any manner TO inter-
meddle with the management OF their own indivldu-
al ,rcperty acquired and held in conformity with the
laws and constitutions Of the States of which they
are respectively citizens or subjects. 1t is out Of
the reach of probability, that any Pope will ever
step beyond the just and clearly defined limits Of his
spiritual Jurisdiction or assume to exercise any su
It'll. ~ or nh
the members of the Church, out Of bis own acknow-
lodged territories but were such case by Poss'br
ty to occur Roane" would soon be convinced, that
he would be met with resistance as resolute and
unyieldng as the hcartcst hatcr Of "P6pcry" could
desire.
"Roanen represents the Pope "potentate"
whose " influence over the mind and conscience OF
man" is vast, and almost boundless. do not deny
that the papal influence within its legitimate sphere
of action, is as it was intended to be, very great
but, as before shewn, out Of his own department. il
is not greater than that of any other eminent ind-
vidual, whose admoniton and counsel ought to be
respected Yet, it is not improbable, that, however
little any usurpaton Of authority by the Pope is to
be apprehended DEGREES emanating from him may be
perverted and used by others TO effect bad and mis-
chievous results. The unjustfable use which has
been made of the Apostollcal letter alluded 10, by
Daniel OConnell, in his appeal to his Catholic coun-
trymen in the United States TO cooperate with the
il,.sirio," @ Lewis Tappan and Gerrit Smith, in
their mad and wicked efforts to disturb the peace and
endanger the safety Of the Southern States, and the
gross perversion Of its plain sense and import which
has been made by others for different, but no less
wicked, purposes, are some evidences of this. Why
is il then, that Government does not establish
some form Of diplomatic intercourse with the PaPal
Court' Surely the relations existing between that
Court and very large portion of our people are such
render il proper that the Government should place
itself in position to enable it to demand aoia ire
explanations Of existing, any future DEGREES which
may issue from that Court, and which may be sup
posed to bear upon the social condition or internal
security of these States. CARROLL.