The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-05-23

commission they have received efface the infamy
of their conduct, THOUGHT 1T SCREEN, THEM
FROM PUNIsHMENT."l
lLLlBERALITY AND FALSEHOOD.
Our heart IS panied to witness the msny false
moods, with which portion of the American
press teens against portion of our fellow .citi-
zens, the Irish Catholics, than in whose bosoms
me hre OF liberty and love 10 American insti,u-
lions does not burn with an intenser or purer
name. Yet that contemplate spirit of Native
ISM" which for some time past has dispraced our
country, has seized upon the present excited state
OF the public feeling TO fan the embers of dstrns,
and hato against those, who have ever been fire.
most In the rank ct battle TO defend our soil. and
drive back the aggressor. One SANDER propapat-
ed by the " .Nasioe'' papers is, that no Irisbn,,
has volunteered in New Orssns to 90 against the
Mexlcans. The barefaced falsehood is put down
by the New Orleans Delta of the 10Th inst in
speaking of a corps Of Irish Volunteers. as 81,
lows:
By the way, although this is the first excl,.
| siveiy irish company which has been ORC nizsd
not company has been raised in this c,tv f,'
which old Ireland has not furnished its fnll
quota '''
Another Infamous fslsehood was propaoated
that a Catholic priest named MulIon had preach
ed against his flock taking up arms against Mex
lco' as 1t was their Church. This is me, in The
following manner by the Reverend gentleman in
| the New Orleans Bulletin:
oome contemplate bigot, perchance. whose
brains were as devoid of intellect. as his hear,
was distended with malevolence aoaios, rho 70
iiglon which l profess, supposed The present a
oenItlng moment to stir the smoulderinp embe,o
OF religious discord did not notice the sland.,.
Gus report, from the conviction that WAS too
well known TO those whose good opinion nrze
tor such steatby effort at defamation ~ tain,
me with suspicion Were they the subjects Of
The Sovereign Pontiff, whose Catholicity is less
equiVocai than that of the Mexicans, who had
dlshonored and insnlted the flag of my country. I
"oo'o De 'ound among the first to stop the mouths
OF mendacIous croakers about an uniolu ,car. by
"''"a"uinS PiobP' aho instantaneous PREPARATION.
j. j. MULLON."
Unfortunately " lie will travel thousand
miles while truth is pulling on his boots," thus
creating tor time, heart burning and jealousies
and unPrIncipled and stupid editors will give the
" lle'' currency because they have not the talen,
10 make an interesting paper with The truth. ,,
We take from the Philadelphia Times. the fol
lowing exposure of another SANDER put forth bv
the foul iRcendiary sheet owned by the low
Levin, which stimulated the mob two wears aoo
to burn the Catholic Churches of PhiadeInb;,
HE MALICE OF BIGoTRY.-We find i, IL -
Sun newspaper of yesterday one of the mos, ~,
lraordiDaTy of all the extrsordinarv e.
which emanate from the pen OF its editorNe;S 10
this: ID
&" AT the Sixth General Catholic Council hold
at BaltIrnore on Sunday, the 10Th iostan,,"ths
Most Reverend Archbishop of Ballrnore nrsN
siding, 1T is understood that one of the tnn;cs
discussed was the sending of a bishop from Ri
''more, 4" to apologize to Mexico for the wronn.
we have done her, and to ask her pardon and e.,
giVeness. This is stated on the aptbor;,, -
'he correspondent Of the New York He,,jd -
yesterday ."-SuH Of May 10. "
ne oun' and its contemporaries in the vork oe
lsnaHGism ana blgotry. uniformly charge nnon
Oa,bOico Inc Utmost secrecy in their movements
Snu anec' 10 oeheVe their assertions. Here IL
aooP's me report Of an unknown libelley and
WOULD nave It's readers believe that CsiboIic
Council IN open session, where any one NAV no
present, hes been plotting the mos, b,ref,cod
treason against the eountryl Are the re,dsr. ~
me onn sshclently gulllble to swallow such a
snaIlo" iaIsehood as this2 We cannot believe
iney are: As for the Hersld's correspondents
me Poohe nave no sort Of confidence in ,bei,
statements Why. one may often see in the .,no
issue letters from Washington making to,.II,,
different representations Of the same facts.
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