Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-10-13

TO their affairs, and receive members of all Chris.
tan sects as brothers."
While thus Justly censuring Mr.. Badger. the
writer characteristics, with righteous severity the
ries
" However reprehensbIe may have been the
conduct OF Mr.. Badger, the conduct of the French
poIIuco religious agents deserves the strongest
Icohnemnatlon' lhese men may now glory in
the ex'ermlnailon OF an independent and consc-
enIlous sect, whose only crime has been the re-
lection OF the tenets of the church of Rome and
French influence. To gain that influence and TO
obtain nominal submission to the Pope has this
sect been sacrificed. Had the HISTORIANS admit
ted either the one the other they might have
been saved. Honor, justice and humanity are
sacrlhced ny France TO gain an influence which
Gun only add to her PRIDE without comforting a
single benefit upon her own subjects, or upon
those OF any other nation-an influence as pre-.
carious ms it is useless. Unable to obtain this in
iuence by honest policy, or by legal means, she
assumes the garb of religion and obtains her end
by the most unworthy hypocrisy. recital OF
the events OF the last six months at Mosul would
form worthy appendage TO the history OF the
llnqnsition ofGoa, or OF the Spanish prosecutions
i'm South America. modified, however, by the
spirit OF the age, which, we may thank God does
not permit public torture, or encourage religious
slaughters. We oude both to French polllieo-
religious agents and TO English high church n,el-
erance. Strict justice cOmpels us to state that
The Americans are, in this instance, without
bome. They established themselves first in The
mountains and their efiorts were successfully di-
rocted TO the Improvement OF The inhabitants,
without any Interior political design. We believe
tln', hat The Bishops and Clergy df The Church of
England cooperdied t0iM them az Protestant Chris.
tidnS, instead of opposing them hereiicai enemies
The disasters Chich hare described ,ooud no haze
occurred; as it is, one of the most ancient and
most interesting secs in the mountaineering
irntu ts rIuiu frnr 4
purity of its Christianyhas been sacrificed 10 the
religious qudrrets Of English Puseytes and
French ROmdn Catholics"
When "cWSing Patmer,' the Fellow and Tutor
ofMagdalen College, sent forth his 'anathena~ of
rrotesaniisIn, II was, by some, looked upon as
the ebulilon OF a hali-mad fanatic; but we knew,
ana explained 1t to be, the uterance of mehodical
madness OF the systematic madness ofIhe Tract
arlan School; and now, in this awful mas sacre of
Christians, whose blood cries to Heaven, the
whole world may see that this spirit of cursng is
terrific reality, not merely the fanatic rawlings of
) clustered Fellow Of an Oxford College, but an
active, operative spirit, affecting the welfare of in
dVlduas and communities, dividing man from
man, unsheathing the sword, and carrying fire
and slaughter and desoation through the land
Mr. Palmer, IN Oxford, curses Professionalism with
comprehensive anahemas; upon The same prr =
cllles MIR. Badger opposes Protestant Christians il,
The midst of labor Of love, treats them as here-
ttcS' because not Episcopal; cabals against them
, uhu, SO dong, IS instrumental in calling up and
citing loose the latent prosecuting spirit of Mo-
hammedanism.
= This depIorable event will excite the strongest
feelings in the American mind and coming while
The Episcopal Church in the States is torn by Pa
e seyism, will be fatal blow to Episcopacy in A.
+ InerIca Our bishops and clergy ought to lay
L inns event TO heart, and lament in the "dus ant
b ashes" of repentance, this terrible exemplifcaol
OF the tendency OF what called "Church Prin
n ctpes.' And every Christian man. every mai
It who loves his kind should arm himself, an,
= stand ia The gap against the Satanic spirit OF h
nge; spirit which, under preence of zeal 70
. "ChWch Principles" is attempting to erect priest
8, ~ despotlsm upon the ruins OF Christianity, an
}. amidst the wreck of all that constitutes and secure
the happiness of individuals and the welfare q
v States