Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-03
ELEGANT EXTRACTS" FROM THE
RICHMOND WHO.
[Efoel RieimnsA Eaig. J.!p y. 1855. |

EToe, I,ieimoad Wing, Jr!y u, 1855.
Tine EoMs:; C,ruoL;cs.-0ur thoughts at,
dressed tc the Pyotes'al;s Of Virginia on The sab
ecl ri the Increase oi Roman Catholics have
dIawn studied response i,om Chief Justice Ia
n"v, in the Baltimore Republican. Ihc article is
Dha:'>0HU editorial His clJhed n l',c open type
thc hatil;!aent 81 Editorial originality: yet We
viii bc sNorl the ncar;-bradcd EDITOR ct the lie
publican is innocent 81 lis paternity. We pu!
| him on his :niaiy word - say, ii We are no;
| liehl III this slppo>i.ioE; and, moreover, i! lsoge
| Brooke Tanev, that unhcasti-,f ara.gam Of nj
| ira Federalism, Democratic teIubiicanism Il IA
! ' IN Burcp ard Kitchen Cabinet aud Loyala .Ic-
| sui,rv Is hot IT'S an:lor. Ctlf Justice fancy, we
| mean Federal Republican, Jacob Wagner
| Fancy, The raTse>t FeLc,aliSt in America,
GRATED upon nG.icrn democratic, Jackson Re-
| puilican.m--ur, III o.Ecr wo7t.s. abrctnijsm CON
ccale in he garb Of Democracy and m.n-Wor-
s,lir. en!wiacd with Tie worst specimen Of Ca;ho-
l:cis.n, thst which j, found il he history ci Tho
.Jcsri;s Sir. fancy is Inc auilor d .Eeresponse.
| or we viii nc.tr guess again
Th,. Harlisonburg Advocate publishes a piece
.irnc.! "publus, from uach The follow ine 80
extracts. The piece is rcpuLlishcd III the Whig
of Sep. II. 1885,
"An.l ,l,o is his man, ;hat they" Qhc Cniho-
lic~l ",hi:s pre-cnin"uy take by The hand ana
he'll, - elevate that they may profit t.crehv ??
IJpoucs,ional.y Manin Van iirren. Go 20 the
records Of the New York elections and there you
MI find it recorded on every Page. l!c is tie
RAN for whom they huTra He is the man lc
whom. through tic influence Of their Plics,s,
Ha RI ,R,dacd crcn dcfore tsfU tert foHch ar
sod We all know hat il is the policy and the
rrac,c, q! the Catholic Church, 10 help forward,
Tor her own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. those who indicate
he slightest su,servicncy TO her views and VIXEN
the fiat goes forth from the 'Viccgsrcnl of God,
whether il be sccrct or public, every Catholic Irish
man must obey us implicitly IS il i! were the
command of Heaven. All political, moral and
social obligations are rs noihia. before them
Such indication OF ausserriency to the Pore has
Van Buren, given. The most skertcal .aus; bc
convinced of the truth of this statement, by pc
rusa of the following letter, which he wrote 10 the
Pore: 1000
Your letters of the llih Of April and 18th Of
NAV The first anticipating the favorable senti-
mems OF his Holiness the Pope, towards the Go
vcrnnenr and people Of the United States, and the
last confirming your an:icipations, AID submitted
10 the President h. whom am drecie! 10 tei.de!
his Holiness, through the same chanfei, an ASST
rance OF the satisfaction which ne derives from
this communication OF the frank and liberal opn-
ions entertained by the Apostolic See towards !he
Government ard the people, and OF Inc pole;
ed and which is 50 worthy Of The mead Of great
and Christian Church a siduously TO cultivate, IN
his intercourse with foreign nations, the relations
of amity and good will, and se,lulousiy TO abs.aa
from ali interference in their occasional difhcui
tie, with each other, except with the benign view
of cGecting reconciliation between them.
You will accordingly seek al early o2poor'uni-
~ 10 make known 10 The Pope, IN terms anu man
ner best suited 10 the occasion, the light in which
Inc President views the communication referred
80 and likewise YOU will aes"rc him. that the
President rccrroca,cs in their full extent and sYi-
II, tho friendly and liberal sentiments entertained
hy his Holincss towards The Goyeramen! CT n"
duo.lolic See. and the people Of the states OF t!'e
Church. and i, is the Presidents wish that you
shonld upon the same occasion, offer his consra-
rla,;cns 10 III, Holy Father, upon his recent sue
ccssion to the Tiara, not from any hercc''ary
claim on his part, bu; from preponceraiinS ~,
fuence which Just estimation OF Ms 'alen.s anu
private virtues naturally had upon the eniigh;en-
ri councils BY which that high distinction was
conferred; and which affords The pledge 'hat his
pont:iica;c will be a wise and beneilcen' one.
You will take care likewise 10 assure his 10
illness. in reference tc the paternal sohcildc Which
no expressed in behalf of the Roman Cathoiics
&c The United States that all our citizens profess
inc that religion. stand upon The same elevated
ground which citizens Of other religious dehoiht
nations occupy, in regard TO The rights oil con
science that OF perfect liberty, conradisi'nsnish-
ed from federation; that they ENJOY an ehhre eN-
enp,ion from coercion in any possible shape, up
on The score Of religious faith; AMI that laey are
free. in common with their fellow-citlzcns OF al
other .ects, TO adhere to- or adopt the crecis ana