The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-12-06

wnose paper and construed all ts parts together and
NOTIFY the plentiful Of CAPITALS and ialias or
W other unfair means, separated it into detached
paris and gwen to eachpart separate and indepen-
aena Specification. They look uron the prohibition
fsdee into slspery il, soidel sepnutsd and ysoss
lsnd' ln'ans, Blacks, other wrstehed wdipiduas,"
as tne very gst and subject matter Of the decree-
All {Rat is afterwards said about "buyng, selling
ana retaining in slavery" they understand as refer
ring exclusively to such shall have been reduced TO
slave kby fraud and piolence,' and not as having
any rEerence whatever to- or bearing upon slavery
as tnow exists in the United States As an illustration
Of the Catholic mode Of constituting papers, the first
commandment Of the Decalogue according to the
Catholic version) may be quoted as an example g
IhSu shalt not make 10 myself any craven thing,
nor the likeness Of any thing that is in the Heavens
above or in the earth beneath in the waters under
the earth; 1hou shall not adore them serue then'
Here, zoe believe that there is but one commandment,
and not wo, others might construc it. We believe
that fAe making Of an image or the rninsir~ If =
siSe,es ttHoL P.aaihi 4, bNt ge hs.e.s tb9 49,
tlasa ots " hem Hliea de- Or t,~ n1-s..z q.
infaes sfe " -ar ast grs Cos las liip .aea -aa
rS'''f Is Nt|@ser ~ - ot btt} FLIA-Nlo'a VI LAG
comm Yl.eat, but it involves gross insult the
Sovereign Lord and maker Of all things.
might here be content to drop the subject but it
seems not out Of place to give, in as few words as
possible, my views Il believe common to all Catho-
lics) Of the extent of the Popes authority Catho-
lies believe the Pope, the successor of ST. Peter,
to be the Vce.gerent on EARTH of him who declared
that his Kingdom is not Of this ,corld They there
fore concede 10 him all spiritual authority, and
thing more. His government is strictly and purely
ecclesiastical, and they utterly deny TO him any
right to control their temporal allegiance or to inter-
fere with their cipil rights in any to inter-
NEEDLE with the management of their wn,indvidu-
al property acquired and held in conformity with the
laws and constitutons of the States of which they
are respectively citizens 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 assume to exercise any SUI
pervison over the civil privileges or obligations Of
the members of the Church, out Of bis own acknow-
lodged territories but were such case by possbili-
ty to occur, Roane'' would soon be convinced that
he would be met with resistance as resoute and
unyieding as the heartiest hater of Popery" could
desire.
G Roane" represents the Pope as "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, Isl as it was intended to be, very great
but, as before shewn, out of his own department it
is not greater than that Of any other eminent indi-
vidual, whose admonon and counsel ought to be
respected Yet, it is not improbable, that however
little any usurpaton Of authority by the Pope to
be apprchended, 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 AposoIlcal letter alluded TO- by
Daniel OConne1 in his appeal TO his Catholic coun-
trymen in the United States, 10 cooperate with the
g iustrious' C) Lewis Tappan and Gerril Smith, in
their mad and wicked efforts to disturb the peace and
endanger the safety Of the Southern States, and the
gross peryerson of its plain and import which
has been made by others for different but no less |
wicked purposes, are some evidences Of this. Why
is it then, that our 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 people, are such
render il proper that the Government should place
itself in position to enable il to demand amo,ia i've
explanations of existing, or 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.