Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-11

have against We had heard long that there had
been concave Catholic Bishops assembled in this city dis
cuss the effects of this Mexican upon the Church OF
Rome Their decision that would be beneficial be-
cause by the annexation of the whole Of Mexico by the in
corporation OF millions Of Catholics among at
would give them greatly increased power the civil
and religious institutions OF country We would proba-
bly, incorporate Of these Mexican States into Union
annex them this country They might contain not great
deal OF population and there might not be great deal of dan
TO be apprehended from them But if he correctly
informed the treaty under consideration contained pro-
vision to secure if not TO establish the Roman Catholic e
gon IN the two States to be annexed If So the President in
his message communicating the treaty. did not recommend
that that clause should be stricken out but he did recommend
that the clause which guarantees the rights Of individuals
lands granted under Mexican power should be stricken out
But he had no particular hostility to this mission to the Pa
pal states any more than to the other missions which It
was proposed to create. He said if il the opn
ion Of this House send mission the Pope TO congratu
late him upon his political reforms let be full mission. He
had moved and succeeded yesterday committee, strike
them oil out He intended now, if the motion to reconsider
should prevail TO to ecommt the bill the Committee
of Ways and Means for the purpase Of having the whole of
these new missions stricken out In all his researches he had
been able to find commercial other good for the
institution OF these missions He found whole CONNER
cial intercourse with Italy did not equal the amount Of COM
merce we have with Hay Yeti proposed to send
mission to the latter place, because the inhabitants of that
country happened to be of different class and color He
erred to the exceedingly small amountalmost the entire
want Oh our commerce. shown by the printed tables OF
commerce-with Bolivia Ecuador and Guatemala little
ceedng IN its entire value the to be appropriated for the
outfits and salaries Of the missions proposed With reference
to Guatemala, he did not know what might be-
whether there might be any well known that in
1887, Mr.. Van Buren, sent genteman-now celebrated
ravcerby the of Stephens hunt about and see IL
he could not find some public authorities there He did
succeed in DOING and he devoted his time researches
the antiquities Of Guatemala and Yucaan Now, might
be very interesting TO send out another minister salary
per annum OF $4,000 and outfit of ST. $780, to busy him
self in collecting for another book This was the
han
to be accomplished by il.
Now as 10 drawing closely and intimately the bonds
Of intercourse between the republics of South America and
ow6 if when we had established those missions there
did not treat them better than had sister republic
of Mexico, he hoped IN God should send mission
there We had wresed from Mexico, in friendly inter-
course with her, three Of her States He did know but
might be the object Of these missions prepare the way to
swallow up oil these republics for that was the Democratic
doctrine Of the present day.
He asked gentlemen both sides to strike these mis-
sons that the whole subject might be fully considered upon
he report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and il
might be provided for if necessary in the regular appopa-
ton bill for the next fiscal year. Let them attach this
matter deficiency bill making provision for the army in
Mexico He intended to vote for this but he opposed
creating new and unnecessary missions time when our
exhausted When in order he should move
to recommt the bill with instructions to strike out these
missions
Mr. BROWN, Of Pennsylvania, said he desired briefly to
address the House, to say what he had been prevented from
saying the other day when he had unfortunately and unen
honally got out OF order, and not permitted TO go
He should pursue the general discussion Of the subject
which had been introduced by his friends and colleagues from
the first and fourth Congressional districts of Pennsylvania
he was opposed to the introduction at ALL the consideration
of domestic foreign relations of any thing that bore
upon the religious opinions of men, II had never before been
made objection to establishing diplomatic relations with for
egn countries that their religion Epscopaian Lutheran
catholic that 1t was any thing nothing We had lately
established commercial relations with China, whose religion
religion which all condemned. II now, for the
first time, in forming amicable relations with foreign
tries, that inquired what the religion Of the people might
be. II was to this be objected 1t to the mingng Of
religion with politics, and influencing political action by
gous opinions, whether in this hail. in the respective States
or to the introduction Of the two subjects among people who
live amcaby With another though holding different
gous tenes that he objected In all countries wherever the
subject Of religion had been introduced into politics and among
the people TO influence their action upon politics. it had been
an incendiay subject it had denched Of the farest
fields the world with blood-bood shed by the hands of the
people, wherever aayed against each other upon e
gious subjects.
His colleague Mr LEVIN had asked whenever the Caho
lies got control Of an the States what security would have
against their establishing the Catholic religion There was
an old saying "when the sky falls will catch arks
What security he would ask, had that the Mehodists
the Epscopaans, the Bapsts, the Presbyerans might not
get the controlling power in this country and establish their
religion Look 10 the history Of the past Look TO the
history of the Bapst of the Pcsbyterians, of whom he
very humble member and of other Protestant sect
had they not prosecuted each other Had not the Epsco
paans prosecuted the Dissentes Had the Presby-
erians free SOIL among the mountain scenery Of
Massachusetts, prosecuted those who dissented from them
He sad them what security have we any religion should
succeed in obtaining the controlling power land that its
friends will establish the law Of the land and perse
cute oil other creeds The security the spirit Of ress
lance oppression which spreading in Italy, which
had spread all the United States and which he trusted
would be d;used all over the world the spirit that caused
prefer suffer death rather than be ammelled by
religious desposm Another security was that in the pro-
gess Of mind and conflicts of opinion religion could
acquire sufficient strength to override all others.
But he had risen principally say word in reference to
what his colleague M LEvIS had said relative to the party
in the city and county Of Philadelphia Of which he (Mr
LEVIN the sole representative this floor He said,
alliances He called the Southern members here
ce the remark Of his colleague from the first district which
character with all the other facts and assertions made
by that honorable gentleman The extract long, and he
could only give the substance OF what the gentleman said
this point The gentleman referred TO the letter Of 0Con
nell against the slavery the South and said il 10 the
action Of Jesus that ali the provsoes owing which had
been thrown into this hameanng the provisces against the
extension of slavery for Mr. 0Connels letter referred 10
the extension Of slavery The gentleman said that he and
his Native American friends Philadelphia had held meetings
TO resist this influence. Meetings held he granted, by
the gentleman and his party but TO denounce the Catholics
and the first provocaon Of those cxcements and riots where
men shot down the gentleman and his friends hold
ing meetings where there were but Catholics and de-
nouncng them in the most outrageous He could
also show the Sum- edited by LEWIS G. LEVIN, in which
from day day, that time, inserted most outrageous
Trades against Roman Catholics and oil foreigners.
But why did he say that there connection with the