Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-10
COMMUNICATIONS.

MEssRs EnIToRs regret extremely tina, writer in the
" Union" of last evening, who signs himself GA Roman
Catholic should have dragged the subject of religion he
has done into the of politics. and attempted asen
upon the Wing party settled and regularly constituted hos
tity the Church of which he boasts himself member
Now, sirs, unworthy member of the Church, and
Democrat at that-havng cooperated with the Democratic
party active member of it for twenty years and
and having also aided and advocated the election of JAMES
X Polk to his present high staon protest against this
attempt of GA Roman Catholic" TO identity the Wing party
with any either of the outragcs perperaed by the Con-
yenburne of Boston, the Churchburne of Philadelphia
the lying tales contained in the book called % Maria
Monk" And why Because the very circumstances at
tending all these cases. part of which will show, from in
dspuabe facts would rather attach the crimes alluded by
" A Roman Catholic" to his party than to the other
II agreed all hands that those who committed the
RACES enumerated above the cana of their respective
communities; and, such, likely to come from
that party or to have been furnished By it, in the greatest
proportion as to numbers which has the largest Of them
within It's ranks Now, srs will say that the Wings
can furnish rowdes, robbers church burners or con-
vent-burners than the Democrats and Roman Catholic
if he be not totally blind the condition of his own party
will agree with me in this. But what are the facts
Soon after the destruction ofthe Chaestown Convent De-
whom had work for me told me he was cocnizant
Of the conspiracy to burn it days before happened
but that he took part in the business was bound TO
eve him. as had proof TO the contray but occurs to
me now that if was exclusively Wig plot he would not
have been condant of the Is not the presunp-
ton ar one from this single circumstance that the " De-
mocrats OF Boston had much to do with the destruction
OF the Convent, If not more, than the Wings think
But believe that neither as party had any thing do
with 1t how unjust therefore, to charge any political party
with act Of this sort
As to the Maria Monk" publication, how could that be
Wing measure, when il was VIM. l.. Stone ESQ lead
of the Wing party of New York. who took the trouble
and incurred the expense of going Montreal and satisfying
himself Of its entire asehood of which he pub
shed himself afterwards his return home "a Roman
Catholic" must have hard cheek to write such rodomon-
tade, and the Union great deal of modesy to publish it.
after its article of the lh of May last The Union and its
correspondent fear neither very nice very scrupu
ous about what they assert in the present desperate con
ton IN which the leaders of the party have placed them
selves this subject in connection with the Mexican war
The Catholics OF the United States no advice from either
this time they Of age and able Judge for them
selves, and "a Roman Catholic" if he be really such
which doubt, will learn it enough.
Again. srs to the destruction of the Churches in Phi
adePha, here the history of it Alderman Hugh Clark,
city and county Democratic Convention for the office ocoun-
y treasurer, defeated by his own party BY some $500
votes account of being Roman Catholic" and an Irish.
man, and the Wing nominee, Joseph Pankinton, was
elected. The year following election for the same Of
hce took place. and the LiS who could not influence the
Convention to nominate Clark again for it, defeated the
whole city and county ticket consisting of county treasurer
auditor, county commissioner, and sheriff The " Demo
crats enraged at the independence of the Irish sub
hitting to this species of prescription organized Native
American association al the corner of 9Th and
Race streets, kept by VIM. Dohnar leading " Democrat
OF Philadelphia, and chairman Of the first Van Buen meet
ing held in that city during the last campaign Unfortunate
y for this movement Irishman whom they thought was
"Native" was invited to join hem which he did for the
purpose he told me, Of exposing their dong which was
accordingly done, and the three hundred " Democrats who
signed the constitution OF their " Native organization thought
better TO burst up Of their Accord lest they might
eventually lose all the Irish Of the city and county
simultaneously with this movement the Philadelphia SUM-"
a Native American paper bought out by Reverend
Democratic gentleman Of the place, and Democrat put al
its head editor Have these gentlemen any thing
else bat Democrats the twelve hundred standing
majority in Southwark the and heart of ''Navsm
and Church-burners" Wings Go and ask any one re-
siding "od Democratic Southwark and he will tell you
No! No! "A Roman Catholic" counted without his host
when he undertook to be the advocate Of party and paper
the Uno which has been violating every principle Of JUS
ce and common honesty towards those who have been
their mest supporters. If shame have not lost its blush
the Union the last paper in the land through whose
umns "a Roman Catholic" ought to make charges Of this
kind against any party. Does " Roman Catholic forget
It's carcatures OF Cathociy in its hundreds OF articles ell
tora as well as communicated, from the first Of 'Bundel
cund down to its last Speculation" about robbing the
Mexican churches Let him go back sirs its files and
for himself its filings his church and her creed and
say il he had not the :" Union and supporters in view
when he wrote the foolish and ae charges against the
Wings. am no Wing, ss; have ever been a Democrat
but the Speculation Of the Union has opened my in
connexion with what have said of the party dongs Pha-
dephia, to at least that Cahocy has nothing expect
from the cuioteS of party.
ANOTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC
JUSE 80, ls47
TO THE EDITORS