Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-08-11

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From the Family Visitor.
Designs of Popery upon Prgfestanf New
England.
MEssns. sEDiToRs: Aliusion IS often
made to the designs Of the Roman Catho~
lies and despots of Europe upon the liber@
ties of this country, and fncss are daily %
coming to light which show these designs
to be most deep and deadly. AS long ago
as 1884, q, series Of very able articles aP-
peared in the New York Observer over tho
signature Of Brutus, entitled "Foreign con- ,
spiracy against the liberties of she United
States These articles intended to show
that with the Catholic despots Of Europe
there was fixed determination and deep
seated design Of overthrowing our Protest.
ant and free institutions; and the over
whetming arguments contained IN these ar.
ticles never have and never canbe ref6eed.
The famous declaration of the Duke Of
Richmond, "that the Soyereiens of Europe
had determined upon the destruction of this
government" is corroborative Of the same
thing. The means by which this ia to be-
done are succintly stated by the Duke Of
Richmond, an may be embraced in she
following extract: =
gall the low and surplus population Of
the different nations Of Europe will be car
lied into that country, and It will be re-.
ceptable for the bad and disaffected popu-
lation Of oil Europe, and the European
governments will favor such b course
This will create surplus and majority Of
low population. These men will become
citizens, and by the constitution and laws
will be invested with the right Of suffrage.
The church of Rome has design upon
that country, and il will in time be the es-
tablished religion, and will aid in the de-
struction of that republic. They will sue.
ceed by subversion rather than conquest
Such is the mode of attack. So far the
Romanists have not been SO active in New
England as elsewhere. They have waited
till they had secured tho West and South
as they think. But now the indications
are that they are preparing to make q sys.
teu1atic attack upon US. With regard to
this we have q few facts, to which we call
the candid attention Of all protestants and
Patriots.
Ten years ago it was remarked by q
Romish Bishop ut Roman dinner in that
city, ssthat in twenty years the Roman
Catholics would have the control Of this
country and that determination they have
not lost sight of or abandoned.
Secret meetings are frequently held a.
mong the influential papists Of this city
and elsewhere for the purpose Of deyising
and maturing ways and means for carry
ing out these same "pious intentions Of his
holiness the Pope" On Wednesday eve
ming, the Goth of May last, such q meeting
was held not many miles from our State
House, which extended far into the morning
Of the next day. At that meeting the mat
ter Of papal ascendency here, and the
overthrow Of our Protestant institutions, was
discussed, and gloated over. Among other
things, letter recently received from some
foreign papal dignitary was rend, in which
the plan of subverting Protsstantism in this
country was detailed, and was the same as
that years ago mentioned by the Duke of
and refuse surplus papat population Of Eu-
rope were to be sent to this country by
hundreds Of thousands, not promiseuously,
but in systematic manner, according %
they could be used to the best advantage.
These foreigners wereto be naturalized rs
soon as possible, and committees or agents
were to be appointed for that purpose. AL.
were to be enrolled in the the army and
were to be scattered here and there, go as
to be ready for use as required Papists
were enjoiRed by that letter 70 keep quiet,
to make no demonstration that should ere.
ate alarm, 10 say or do nothing that should
tend to retard the stealthy progress OF this
deadly avalanche. The letter stated that
in twenty years from a certuin date, num-
Der of which years had already passed,
the Papists would have the ascendRncy
here, and would put down and destroy
Professionalism and freedom. The Catho-
lies were told to be quiet till the time came.
and the signal was given, and then to be
ready to strike, for they must and should
have the power. ss-s&
On Friday evening, the 2sth Of May,the
above facts were mentioned in public
meeting in this city. Not far from the
speaker stood three or four Catholics, and
when that foreign letter was alluded to,
one said to the other, with q knowing nod,
sthnt's true; there is sucha letter; but how
did that man find it out eit
Last week the steamer Portland landed
9 papal priests in this lin one day; 40
such priests have landed here within The
last six weeks. These priests have used
language to the following effect. If not in
the very words, while conversing among
themselves and with other papists. The
Pope's orders to the priests are 70 soc that
the papist foreigners here are all natural'
lied as soon as possible. For that Pur.
pose they said the 20 persons, Jesuits. were
ready to advance 81, 800 each, making
$72, 900. Bishop Fitzpatrick is authorized
nv ms Pore 70 use the church funds for tho
same purpose. When one of them sug.
gested the idea of American reliof and Gen-
erosity to the Catholics abroad, he was si-
fenced by the remark that that was not to
be taken into account at all, when the par
amount claims ofpopacy were considered.