The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-26

For the Union
rres.on to our Country sonstraesivsly charged
Of tho Whis P.rtyi
In the opinion of the writer of this communication il
Is dneult 10 decide whether the leaders of the whg par
have sinned more in their apologies for the numerous
offences OF Mexico and their attempts to throw the wrong
OF he war upon iher own county than they have in their
nsa p attempts 70 array Catholic against Protestant
and Protestant against Catholic, the coming presden
ha election II there be any political crime which can
exceed lbat OF representing such awess and reacheT
ing neighoors, and our against them of =" injus
uce and oppression IT is the of blending religion
with pohtlcs, and seeking to array particular religious
denomination In hostility TO their countrys government
For many months past the natural enemies and persecu
tors OF my counymen, and other adopted citizens have
sandered us by declaring ready to desert the demo
cauc parry on account OF the Mexican wal and they
have particularly slandered that portion of us who pro-
Tess the catholic religion, by constr cuely charging us
with wishing Tor the triumph OF Mexico over the arms of
that country which has afforded free and happy home
to so many OF our friends and brethren.
1t may be asked how do sustain this charge against
the wings answer by pointing to their vile handbi!s.
designing TO page the Catholic churches of Mexico; and
to their editorials pronouncing the ga war
against the religion of Mexico" Now, what did these
issued them doubted the friendly feelings of that religious
denomination towards government in this and
indirectly tell us that too ignorant not to dis
cover the odous light in which they were, by ,mp[icd
tion, representing us to the American public For my
part, cannot but regard those wing publications as a
double Islander upon that portion of religious commu
nifty They c0sfrucUefy impue to us the gosses gnO
and the most deep rooted moral treason but, such
efforts of the CHURCH BURNERS do not have the
lrary effect to that intended then greatly mistake the
intelligence and patriotism of our Catholic population
1t appears. however, that Henry Clay thinks he can
mould this portion of the American to the purposes
seriously believing that he rally them in a solid
phalanx against our democratic authorities considera
BILE portion OF his Lexington speech was directed to this
end He constructvey charges the administration and
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lished church of Mexico, by asking the following sub-
! tie questions"
Why should we seek to interfere with them (the Cath
oics in Mexlco) in their mode of worship of a common
Saviour We believe that THEY ARE WRONG, espe-
ca in the exclusive character of their faith and that we
are right They think that they are right, and we wrong
What other rule there be- than to leave the followers OF
n owa od dn %o e o
universe can judge in such question =
| And from achom is it that these insidous questions,
with their subtle meaning, have emanated' They come
from the leader of party who denounced Mr. Van Blu.
for writing friendly and courteous letter to the Pope
of Rome some ten twelve years ago-who applied to
him every abusive epthet for walking in Catholic
REPRESENTATIVES allies burned Catholic churches, de-
stroyed Catholic dwellings, and massacred Catholic cit
zens in the wing banner city OF Philadelphia; and who
have tried occasions, to deny the rights Of
citizenship TO Catholic emigrants from oppressed and
down. rodden Ireland! And nop-because they (he
wing leaders, seek blot out all remembrance of Next
pressors and plundeers of the Mexican people
nocent and aggreved party, and country the pros
ecutor OF an "unust and aggressive war-they have
by implication and construction, drawn the whole Cath
olic population OF country into the same unenvlable
and diseputabe position they themselves occupy, and
vainy imagine that such act and decree on their part
will be duly ratified by all Catholics
This implied charge of against the religion OF
Mexico, is not original with the intriguing Henry Clay
and his wing friends. II was manufactured BY the more
INSCRIPTIONS and reckless wing editors in this country
for the Mexican market-was echoed back from Mexico
by the Santa Annas, Ampudias, Uneas and other ROB
s.. ea OF H%ny
and his friends call the ga against the religion
Of Mexico; and in the neat, they boast that all the bril-
@ Mo o % a
to all the conspicuous actors in "a against the re
gion of Mexico" This shows that whigeITy does not
the military chiefs Of Mexico prove that they like their
wing allies do not believe in the gross fasehoods which
they have published In proof of this, quote the follow
ing lines from the Baltimore Sun of October last:
Her ambitious, selfish. rascay rulers refuse to
knowledge the supremacy Of arms they denounce us
and leave their best towns and refined inhabitants.
and their weahest churches and palaces to the protection
of our flag, and to the honor OF our sod ers!'
Thus does the conduct of the Mer,cans themselves vim
dictate the American government and sodlery from the
whg charge OF being church robbers and thus does It
prove that we have no disposition TO "interere with
them in their mode OF worship" Else why do the Mex
fly from the presence OF our armies, and leave their
churches, with their rich treasures, to protection
rather than give up their cities to the possession of
army OF "sacriegous thieves" as wing and Mexican
leaders have stgmatsed brave and self-sacricng
soldiers The cry of "church robbers and enemies OF
their religion" is longer heard from Mexican lips, for
they senced by the good order, the discipline, and
the general commendable behavior OF the American
troops-by the Difference and respect with which the
representatives of the Mexican religion have aloays been
treated by them and by their inability make any large
number OF their people believe their silly tabrca-
tons
| But whilst the Mexicans have been compelled to
abandon this war.cry their allies in the United States
still persist in Unfortunately, however, these schem
ing wing politicians aim at too much Under the lead OF
Henry Clay, they first seek to make Dh1g pdrtisdns OF
all the Catholics, by ntmatng, in an nsdious nterroga
tory that the administration seeking to interfere with
the Mexican mode of worship and then they seek to
conciate all the dissenting sects, by saying that w
(the whigs) think they (Re Cathoics) ARE WRONG %
This what General Jackson would call carrying wa
ter on both shoulders"-bowng hot and cold with the
same breath-and, to use common place axiom, run
ming with the hare and hunting with the hounds" The
result of it, if | mistake not, will be quite different to
what Proean whiggery expects! 1t must excite the
mingled contempt and scorn of all to whom such IN
sidous appeals addressed, and make them more de-
cided than ever in their opposition to a party whose
leaders are thus presumng both upon their ignorance
and their treason
Whilst the americans in Mexico scrupuously refrain
from acting offensive part towards the clergy OF
that county, what is it that their own military factions
are doing Let the proposition OF Santa Anna to tax
the clergy and seize upon the church property to carry on
the and the open attempt of Gomez Far,as to plum
der the churches of Guaalaxara last October, answer
Are such ouages upon the church property OF Catholics
attempted IN his country-eXcep by the wing ma
tives of the wing cities of Philadelphia and Boston, And
where else, on the face of the GLOBE does the Catholic
church increase fast in numbers and wealth as IN the
pifad 10 fhaIrn