American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-03
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AND BALTIMORE CLIPPER
THURSDAY MORNING, Jrlr 3, ls45.

Tue CELEBRATIONS ToMoEnow As usna.
wo shall give a full account Of the various CO.
f-h-aeops of our National Anniversary, winch
r,aylaAc place tomorrow, in and near the city,
aal therefore respectfully request those connca-
,al with Sunday Schools. Temperance and Ii
l,-ary Societies. and other benevolent and rcii-
rols bodies, as well as the military, to favor u
with short, concise and accurate accounts of the
aiougs Of the day." at As early an hour on Sa-
,1rdly AS practicable.
CAruoLrc Btsuop OF NEw ORLEANS. The
refusal of the Catholic Bishop Of New Orleans
10 allow prayers to be made Oh the death OF
Gen Jackson, is certainly not little remark
able, when we see another Bishop Of the same
Church. at Baltimore, taking hold Of Il muir
derer, and following hnl up to the very mo-
raent of his execution, preaching and praying,
ard making the sign Of the cross, and giving
him pass 10 the kingdom Of heaven. Just
contrast the two cases. Jackson, warrior, 1t
a. true, but great patriot, who had done his
country and his age the greatest service, IS re-
fused the usual religious ceremonies, ana IN
Baltimore common murderer IS made the
subject of all the power, and force, and plety,
aud ceremonies OF the Catholic Church. The
Catholics of this country, aud the Catholic re-
hr,on, stand very well, but unless the clergy
Nao have the management OF their ecClesast!-
cal affairs, conform to the opinions OF the age,
and an enlightened system o! humanity ana
religion, they will only subject themselves 10
the ridicule and contempt OF al! intelligent and
sensible men. Such glaringiy contradictory
conduct as that lust noticed, can never pass be-
fore an intelligent people without the deepest
fa2robation.
The above article is extracted fom the New
York Herald, We do not see any thing either
remarkable or censurabe in the conduct of ell
iher the Catholic Bishop Of New Orleans, or
Of the Archbishop of Baltimore, 1t would
have been rather an unusual thing to haze had
prayers said in Catholic or Protestant Churches
or the death of Gen. Jackson or any other
public man, unless in case of the public ceIe-
bralion of the funeral obsequies OF the deceased,
when prayer would appropriately constitute a
part Of the ceremonies: and as to the atten-
dance of the Archbishop of Baltimore upon
McCurrv he was in the discharge, we presume.
Of his official duties, and hence deserves praise
instead of censure. We would not by any
means debat criminals from receiving aid and
consolation from spiritual advisers, but on the
contrary would invariably have them SO at
tended though we condemn all attempts (whe-
!her By Catholics or Protestants,) to impress
upon the public mind that the murderer has
suddenly been metamorphosed into 4 saint
Some years since a man who had COMMITTED
numerous murders, was hung in New York,
and we well remember the disgust with which
we read a declaration made by the attending
minister, "a Protestant that the soul Of the
criminal had gone Immediately to Heaven,
rleansed and purified from all sin. We say
that such publications have an injurious effect,
as they rather incite to, than prevent, the COM
mission of crime. McCuuy was entitled to
receive all spiritual consolation that could be
afforded; and it was acting in strict conformity
TO the dictates of Christianity, for the reverend
clergy to urge upon him to repent as the only
means of receiving pardon. It is true, that
McCurry in his confession, apparently relies
upon different ground for justification and sal
satlon-for he would make the commission Of
tie crime of murder the very means of obtain
mo the favor Of God Whether this horrible
doctrine was seriously entertained by McCurry,
OF he was made by the individual who wrote
out his confession, to utter sentiment which
he did not mean to express, it is impossible fol
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it could not have been inculcated by his sPiritu
al advisers. The confession never shOnid nave
been published, as it exhibits man who haC
been guilty of deliberate and balbarous muir
der-who had robbed his victim, and perureC
himself almost in the gasp Of death-avowing
with the utmost confidence, the belief, that
but for the commission of the horrible crime
for which he was about to suffer, his sou
would have been lost Such sentiments, j
entertained by him, should have been KEEP
from the public eye, because of their most per
nicious tendency. They are contrary to every
feeling of humanity and every principle o
christianity, and are calculated to make othe
criminals indulge false hopes Of security,
PARTISAN APPOINTMENT. We know that il
is impossible for the appointing power to ascer'
tain in all cases, the precise character and qua
hficatons of applicants for office, and hence we
are not surprised that there should occasional
ly be improper selections, in consequence oil
Misrepresentation But it excites establishment
to find men placed in situations of trust, who
have served their terms in the Penitentiary, or
been otherwise notorious for their disreputable
characters.
We have heretofore announced the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Lawrence as Collector of the Port