The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-12

| W.T. i-Noi rhiLAphLrHis AUG ~ lrhcE LENT.
PROSPECTUS
FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A NEW sEMEwEEKLY
PAPER, ENTITLED TIE
YELLOW FLOWER AND NATIVE BLOSSOM,
Devoid TO TBR CAUSE ~ THg
NATIVE AMERI0ANS,
AND srE.sLY OPPOSED TO the BLioHrra AND
wITHKRIN0 INrERFERENcK THH Pope OF
ROME WITH THE BiBLk AND AMERICAN NsTITu-
lions.
| The first number Of newspaper Is not unlike
the preface Of book; the reader lakes il up, and
regardless OF lis contents, slanccs his eyes
| 70 The editorial head, or prospectus-he resds,
mems, coughs, criticses, and nine times out OF
ten, ne throws IL aside with a-pshaw! We like
this, II shows degree Of spirit hishly commend
able, aud to guard against such tate, we aie de-
trrmined to d. tne our position " In the first
| ace we shall advocate the great national R~pub-
Ican principles which are 70 be carried out BY he
and T. allessy, and while respect the religious
opinions OF all, shall incontnshtly oppose that
which recoRuzrs the Papal power exercising lts
influence In this country, while holding It's Ct urt
| d. Rome.
| However strenuously the advocates for "foreign
! ru Q" may deny this influence, and attempt 10
prove that no such power exi,ts-our object and
course will be to expose their Jesuitlca endeavors
and prove the existence OF a mighty chain that
Inks together one hundred and sixty millions Of
Catholics, and which 10 intended 10 enclrcle the
| whole globe! America must be cut Uh from this
| IRON rule, or cease to be nation OF freemen
| We look upon the public press az the great lever
to ra 9. society 10 a moral standard. We view i,
as ihr Palladium Of our rights, not The n edium
1T personality, abuse, falsr hood, and mendaciy !
We look upon il as n beautious lake, whose " at~r
are chfys'azrd by purity # thought, and morality
| Ut sentiment; but when converted by elemental
accumuations into raging sea, we look upon II ~
monster whose power IL lar greater, and more
| dangerous than that which has been attribute ito
th- PaP,i See. that hydra-headed monster Of Rome
Such being the CHARACTER or al least opinion Of
t,our readers must be prepared for an independent
| not a subseIvient paper We shall be the advocate
| Of virtue, not the panders Of vice We shall tx
| pose all huinbugs, and will not shield the rogue
dressed in broadclo,h, and expose the poor wretch
| VINO bess Tor I loaf OF bread. Our course 10 be
Just, must be independent; TO preserve the purity Of
the press, we must be seadfas and if in the exer
else OF 'Our vocation" we point q moral and
adOrn tale,we have at least .done the state some
| SERVICE"
| NArIWsN Ours Is great work an undertak
| ing which deserves our most ardent consideration
Many people labor under the impression that we
intend to persecute foreigners; now this is mis-
take: we seek but TO protect our instltuiions-to
keep them pure and unstalned az they were first
given US. We have no hatred 10 foreigners, but
we are jealous of our birhrights; we fear that
should naturalized citizens ever obtain a supremacy
IN our beloved country, they might again return to
their first love; or seek to ests bsh on the free soil
Of a free people the scepred King, against whose
rude oppressive hand it it our duty to war.
| Our country was bought and paid for Aye,
dearly paid for. Acres upon acres have drank the
oioou OF tnose VINO mace me purchase, and II cries
aloud from the earth, ."Children protect your
nghts-keep unsullied the flag under which We
fought" Once already has an attempts bold,
reckless at'empt-been made to trample under foot
fathers on to victory, and which should wave in
The breeze forever, and il flutters in the winds
hurl defiance into The teeth ot all the moDarchlal
governments Of the earth. II should Il ach the
Pope OF Rome, whose mniOns were the first 10
attempt 10 disgrace our flag, that neither ne nor
tue hirelings who obey his commands, and kneei
TO Kiss his fect are pure enough either in soul or
body even 10 touch it-much less TO hurl il to The
| ground.
We do not prescribe religion the Roman Cath
| oc Church may be well enough hundreds OF ho-
nest men belong to i-native as well as many
adopted citizens worship ia that church, and they
are ornamen ts 10 society; but Who were they who
SO haseiy attacked m.e citing ct Naive Americans
IN Kensington. in May last They were oman
vet natural talent, and why BY order Of Ihtir
Church, OF rdihrr the strict mandate OF the Pope
OF Rome, they are prohibited from receiving edu
cation; they are born and unused in ignorance;
with The very milk which they Draw from their
mothers breast, they inhale a sort OF fanot cisn,
which grows firmer as they advance in years, and
continually becomes firmer until il WAKES into ha-
| tired TO all who do not believe as they do. Who
| will dare deny this! Not even the defenders Of
these fanatics themselvts-the seekers Of office
who make them their tools, and in return Tor Their
labors they place them into Offices. ''Ah bur-
says the reader, "they only make them wa,chmer,
lamplghtes, ETC., and NO one cares tor there" Ad-
init this, they are but wachmen. amplixhtrrs, ETC.,
and why are they nothing more Simply because
commsn sense to become any thing beyond thai.
In thus respect ausion is made only TO The slower
order" Priests can hold office. they can only
become ci,:zens by perjury and they alone sr-
educated thry alone enjoy The bent his OF books
and schools, yet. besd. they enjoy all the advan-
lagos their education 81, e. the nj over the III. mb~rs
OF their congregations, b. I'll male and female
| Now 10 It right that The simple residence Of hve
| a
thrm TO all the privileges Of native born citizen
Are these men, born under the wrshty hand Of
notions Of a,istocrscy. or the subjugaton Of SLAYER,
capable OF leglsl.tlng Tor a people born free and
living free7 No! no! They are dangerous: if
TREY hate the monarch Of their native land, they
love the King who prescribed their religion, who
ha, smes
kiss the .bis toe" Of q Map, they will follow his
his dlctation TO the death Will they mott
These facts and arsuments--,f 70 they may be
called, are rather short and Inefficient. yet they
give our friends cause tor reflection, and as n
tend to convince them; the space allotted Is but
short, they have 10 do. The reader can enlarge
| on them-he can pick them out one by one and
weigh them well. and lind that his decision will be
| right. AMERICAN ScRlBx.
A. Hague in Holland, clergyman nmned John
| de Backer, scarcely ~ years old, after many oug
81 0rs. meilted the crown OF mariyrdOm 4 he
steady good sense and Pieiy which appeared in the
| man during his Imprisonment, and his uncommon
! fauh AVID patience in the midst OF the flames,
would have disAImed the disposition to be cruel in
the breast Of any OF er than a set OF demons. The
! charges brought against him were.
l. That ne had spoken lightly Of Papal indal-
| gences.
2. That he had neglected to celebrate mass "a.
That he had married a wife.
AT his trial the president used some expressions
too indecent to be mentioned and in particular che
wished" he said, {" the poor man had lived with
ten harlets rather than ne should have married,
and given the court all the trouble"
This was the history Of prestcraft in the 10th
century; has it improved sincei
WK Asn-If Roman Catholic cannot obtain
from HE priest, for trfs Of money, dispe