New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-03


Dr.. d. F. BACON Of DO. briefly, and Hon. JonH
j. HARDIN Of III. When the latter closed, the
vast conceurse adjourned, with nine cheers.
In the evening, the Clay Council House, 81
feet by So was dedicated, and JAMES S. THASEF
of this city spoke two hours, in support of Henry
Clay and the Tariff His powerful argument was
enthusiastically greeted.
Saturday was great day for Old Monroe, and
we are now convinced that she will considerably
exceed The Wing majority we gave her credit iof
in our estimate. She will come up TO her high
water mark 800.
Religious InfOierance-At on Mr.,
Freltnghuysen.
We have long iel; that leading danger to the
Free Institutions of our Coun,rys TO be found IN
the proneness OF our People TO carry Their differ
cnces of Greed or Church into their Political con
tests. Persecution is lesson easily imp lantcd IN
and not easily cradlcated from poor Human Ma
ture and Bigotry is not confined TO one Church.
nor to all Churches. In fact, the intolerance oi
mock Liberalism Is Just mlsclncvous as and far
more revoltug than the intolerance oil so styled
Orthodoxy, since it is more grossly inconsistent,
and must have ITS origin in acrimoDy passion
rather than serene conviction. 1t p:essingly BE-
comes the intelligent, rghl-thinking Frcemcn Ct
this Country, Of all faiths and all sec,s 10 irown
Indignantly on every attempt to draw odium upon
or excite prejudice against any citizen because of
bis Religious opinions or associations We have
all deep personal interest in this for no dcncml-
nation is so strong among us that 1t night not be
overhornc by combination OF all others. There
is Just one safe, because lus rule ON this sublcc;
Respect the sincere convictions of all men, and
allow each 10 obey God according to the light
vouchsafcd him, without ANY deprivation or d.
minution of Civil Rlghts-wtiout any effect ON
his Political sanding. Abandon thus ground,
and we rush into q Whirlpool OF anarchy and hate.
full convulsion.
Mr.. o. A, BRowNsoN appears 10 have differ.
ent opinion. Having within our remembrance
completely boxed the compass of Religious belief
having vaultei from Orthodoxy TO Universal
ism; thence to lnfdollty; then to tnitaranism
next TO sort of mystical Orthodoxy lastly
coquetlinp with Catholicism. with FAINT welcome
from that quarter he appears 10 have settled for
the current quarter intoa sort of peculiar, trans
cendonta Puseyism. lake all men who change
often, he is exceedingly dogmatc sure that I'll
he has cit are wrong and hs present views all
essential. In this sprlt, IN his Quarterly Re-
view for July, u,t ISSUED, after cNultng over the
disgrace ofVan Buren,, and thrown u? his cap for
Polk and Dallas, he proceeds to assail Mr. Cify
with great viruoncc, and then turns upon Mr.
Frelins huysen rs follows
" Mr. Frelinehuv.cu is quite "a different man; ard
while agreeing wi,h Nh. Gin, IN NIL IN, ohnosiou,
measures Ia winch Mr. Clay nnis, l. stands picdgei
he represents otherrlrncti- of the Wing parN
from which sill nipre evil, II possible, - to he A.
pretended. Nlr. Fr' r'iInghu, -enis uot on, WA
in the worst sense OF the term, but hc Is also tie
very mp.rsouttion oi narrow minded. ignorant con
ceted, higottya man who boldly attacks religious
liberty, demands the unh.luwed union oi Church
and State, aud contends Ihut the GoteTnmyid
shoud legally recognize the religion Of she majority
and declare whatever goes counter to that TO o"
coafrd bORps mOrcs. He concentrates IN hIm>eII The
whole spiut ot Naive Amencanisn hnd y"
Popery, which displayed ss,i 81 brilliantly m the
recent Surning ott The Cahoiic dwellings,, scmlnarts,
and churches ia the cit, OF fhiadrlpha.
Wrse- perssuiiird ia the Wing Candidates modern
Feudalisn. political pToAicrc,, and c6nung, Ia all
faugs; win the danger to our polluca!
institutions, 10 socd equaty and 10 religious Tree
dom
The basis for this abuse 10 the simple fact thai
MIR. Frelnghuysen Is Presbyterian-a s,ncerc,
devoted. p,ous member OF that Church, A. no tnar
can doubt Is shis fair pretcIt for assault
True, Mr Brownson quotes sing e passage from
an anon, NOUS book which he chooses 10 aSctiho
to Mr.. Frelinghuysen, which expresses the sen
tinsnt tina; we are a Christian Nation, and that
essential, not eccle<iasuca Christianity shoul
be recognized az The basis of our National c.
heson. His speccl on the Sunday Moil qucs
tion is also referred 10 Though not quoted
asserting similar doctrines But, even # all Nj
Bsownson asserts with regard TO Mr rs opu
ions were true, 1t does no; at all Justify this at.
tack. Mr. Frelinghuyscn is not before the pubic
as the candidate Of any sect or faith, hut as III,
candidate of the Wing party ll,- election will b
n triumph Of Wing principles, not Of any relrio
creed or pcculietity Ike Is nominated "a Whiy
advocated v his why are not his oppon,nt,
content to asssll his poltlcs and best him thereon
if they can Who believes, or thinks or creams,
that n W hig Vlctofv tl'S XII VIII Ieu"unu tp IN
special advantage Of any sc; l'none, why
this mans religion sssa,led Do We ask vote
on account ofitl Is disqualification Why
are the reckless misrepresentation OF No Pofcrl
and Na,ivism dragged IN to pr'tud'ce h'm
What Wing has manifested any anxiety with II
gard TO the religious faith Of Polk and Dallas
Has no, the former been recommended by hia
friends falsely, however, as Presbyterian
church member And yc, the Prbei4n wh'cl
SO endorsed Mr.. Polk. now copies and commend
this foul attack on ilr Frclingbuyscn Such =
the consistency of Loco. Focosm-such its AK
iety TO escape The great Political issues It has
created, by lcsorang to personal abuse ana gaa'
bling in religion