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hardihood and irreligion, may Challenge eonooS.
rsun with any Of the most revolving proposition,
Of agrarinnism. The editor suggests tbe rob-
berry Of the Mexican churches as ga natter or
grave consideration" and argues that. because
the Mexican clergy contribute to suppor, the ar.
mics Of Mexico, this Government has rich, IN
rob their churches. The same argumen, would
give Ihls Government right to rob every eiti-
zen OF Mexico, and indeed in the eyes oflhe VAST
majority oil Chrslcndom such robbery would be
less henious than that suggested by lhe editor,
which IN addition to the other elements of guilt
contains the specific guilt Of sacrilege. If the
clergy, by forced loans, have to let revenues. le.
glimaIely and justly designed for other purposes.
be sacrificed by the civil authorities of their
country to the defence Of the State, is thai rea.
son why this government should wage a sacri.
ligious war, and despoi the temples of the Most
High! And because individual citizens, by tax.
es or loans, aid their Government is that a rea.
son why our armies should like barbarians plum.
der their houses and lay waste their propertyi
Ii is great evil TO public morals that such pro.
posals should come forth in papers so highly pa.
Tonized and so extensively read. When aged
editors, quasi pensioned by Government, mani.
fest such morality, il is astonishing thai hundreds
become indocIrinaled with the lax philosophy Of
the heroes Of the health, and that TOO frequently
we have TO deplore the sacriligous spoIialion Of
our churches not al the point of the bayonet and
wrli beat OF drum, but at the midnight hour or az
the morning dawnl
From the Cincinnati Catholic Teleeraph.
IHE WASHINGTON UNIoN.-Ths paper, tho
organ of The Administration and the mou,b.piece
of the ofice-holding Democracy, suggests tbo
seizure Of the church properly in Mexicol The
following disreFutable language is a part of the
article 10 which we allude:
at is not religious body, but as an engine Of
State, that the Catholics of Mexico look uDon us
with hostile eye. II is for their own political
Purposes-t0 retain their vast possessions, which
impoversh the nation-to sustain their own her.
archy, which lords it over the people-,o pre.
serve their power, which weighs down the rest
OF the slough ofignorance and slavery-that thew
are the solicous and active. It's a zeal for the
mammon of unrghteousness, (not for the wei.
fare of sous) which inspires and animates tho
Catholics of Mexico"
A Catholic citizen Of the United States who
can read such language as this without emotion,
must have avery frigid temper More than half
the rank and file, and no small number oCoficers
of the regular army, are members of the Catho.
lie Church, and because they exposed their lives
and most gallanty defended the national Aap
of their native or adopted country, the Washing.
ton Union seems to think that they are ready 10
play the part of common robbers, and Law sacrili-
gous hands on the aIIars before which thew kpeel
in prayer. Let the Government give such an
order! During the fierce conflict at Monterey a
statue of the Blessed Virgin, which stood on The
bridge leading to the city attracted the eyes Of
the combaantS.
After the sorming Of the town, party of vol.
unteers, who anticipated the sentiments of the
Union, determined 10 take down the statue dur.
ing the night and bring it to Cincinnati as ,ro.
ply! certain company called the Mon,gone. e.
ry Guards, under the direction of an officer nam.
ed kenneaIy, (Gen. Urea knows thcm,) heard
ol the intended outrage, went privately to the
scene, and after brief contest marched the of.
lending parry 10 the guard house, without the
statue! Let the Administration give an order to
Ipunder the churches, and they NAV find them.
selves IN an unpleasant conditions; they NAV re.
Icelve IN return more iron that gold. Il does not
follow that man must be thief or scoundrel
because he is soldier
Ihe Catholic clergy in Mexico did their du,v
IN resisting The North Americans. Were a for.
lelgn enemy to land in the United States, every
Catholic Clergyman would oppose them. but ac-
cordlng 10 the logic Of the Union, the invaders
would be justified in seizing on our Church pro-
perry on our colleges, and on the palromony of
orphans, on the income of hospitals, and all this
with the sanction of religion! All be accom-.
plshed and justified by phariscal denunciations
OF the "mammon of unrghteousness" and "wel.
are OF souls" Was it "the peifare of souls''
that Mr.. Polk had in view when he commenced
the war, or was it the "mammon Of unrighteous.
Iness"
but the Union is indignant with the Catholic
clergy because they keep the people "in the
SIaHgh Of ignorance and Slavery" 1t is rare
sport to hear Virginian rebuke any people for
ignorance and slavery! 1t is a clear illustration
of the outside morality Of the times 10 hear a
man abuse the Catholic clergy for ''ording it
over the people," and keeping them in "igno.
rance and slavery" whose moral teaching in his
own household has been notorious by an event,
the like of which no records Of any country can
equal in arocity.
We have no apprehension that the Unions
plan will be consummated now that it has been
so sternIy rebuked by the great body of the Pro.
testanl people-and in contrast to such danger.
Gus sentiments it is pleasant 10 see the whole
some public sentiment which has been elected,
and particularly from the Whg press of the
country.
GEN. TAYLOR'S POLITICS & POSITION.
The following paragraph we take from the
Democratic Advocate, published at Baton Rouge,
the place of Gen. Taylor's residence:
"Our contemporaries are dsputing about Gen.
Taylor's politics. There need be no difficulty
on this point-Gen. Taylor guve his last vote
for Gen. Jackson-he would have voted for Mr..
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