The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-01


About year ago, Mr.. T. Darcy niece, one of
the Irish refugees, who had just then landed a..
our shores, established in New York an indepev. d.
emit newspaper, devoted to Irish interests, cslled
the Nation. Soon after it made its appea'. ance,
Bishop Hughes attacked the editor anony in
the columns Of his organ, the Freema~>s Journal,
because he dared to entertain, and circv late among
the Irish in this country, opinions whlo were not in
consonance with his Lordship's, concerning the
aboItive attempt at revolution IA Ireland, and the
course pursued by the Catholic clergy of that priest
hidden country, in aiding and eoetting the revolu-
tonary party to the point 81 explosion, and then
exercising their clerical su(iuence to prevent an
outbreak, or allow their fDcks to strike blow for
their Independence. Mr.. niece was not at all
backward in expressing his opinion, in which all
men of sense will agree, that before Ireland can
ever be free and independent nation, her people
must rid themselves of the mental thraldom In
which they have for centuries been held by the
Catholic priesthood. The consequence has been,
that, from the day on which the New York Nit,on
made its appearance, it has been openly and Sc
crety assailed by the Bishop and his satellites, in
different parts of the country, who have auda-
ciously attempted to put it down at all hazards.
To such desperate length has this crusade against
an American newspaper been carried, that the
pulpit and even the confessional, have been used
as weapons of destruction against the Nation,
with the sanction, II not by the direction of Bishop
Hughes. The particulars of this infamous busi-
ness will be found in Mr.. M'Gee's appeal to the
American public -
From the New York Nation, Sept. /, 1s49.l
CLERICAL COMBINATIONS AGAINST THE PRESS.
To AMERICAN PUPLIc
NAroN OrrrcK, I21 Fulton srREEr,l
NEW YoRK, Aug. 20, l848.
In Paris the press is prosecuted in the of law
and order ~ in fetersbuTgh IL is excluded open
enemy in Rome il Is lille need Ia the Of religion;
in Dublin. It is suspended for 1.-The security Of the
CROWN Where freedom of speech and writing
find a refuge IL not in these United States
But here IL is sometimes subject to species
tioB, corporate conspiracy, which. II less summary,
Is not less successful in it's attempts to stie opinion
and punish indep.ndepce An instance OF thi me
Of violating the liberty OF the Is submit al
to the American Public in whose it Is to make
IL the ats ss 1t is probably the worst experiment Of
tht hind. hitherto Attempted here
tbort statement Of the facts In this will enable
all men to judge whether IT does not call for pro npt
verdict OF public come mna,ion.
On The 18th Of October, lS4s, commenced the pub
LEGATION OF weekly newspaper in New York, called
The Nation. ." to be devoted Ireland and her emf
giants. and the European Democracies." From the
rst number IL had TO deal with the Of the de-
gneracy and de truction Of the Irish ireland with
the intellectual and social eondion OF the emigrant
Irish In America. and with European questions.
such AZ have arisen in France and Germany, and Of
late, esp, cislly with the komsn business.
In rsatiunto Ireland The Nation the first jour
nal, owned aud edited by Catholic, which charged
the horrors endured by human nature in that island
equally its clerical politicians its foreign rulers
Tothe tnigrsDts IN this country We devoted a fixed
you may be ireen We told them their faults in the
Ilanest language. We showed that they tools"
in socety, units In political influence and " the
dung instead OF the seed - Of the sican Catho
lie bmeh We preached to them "a wise seiisnness,p
temperance cea, Illness and frugaity" VIC exhorted
each to OVID his house, aud his opinions.
relation Rome. ad yoeated the republic vim
d!csted the Triuuvs opposed the collection y feters
Pence and urged the total separation Of the temporal
n ON the spiIii uai power
Thee ~ere new IDEAS In our Irish community, but
many we're prepared for their reception We have the
satisfaction that IN each State and ter
rtory throughout North America some lrishmen have
received. adv anc.d, aud manfully upheld them
But II cannot, ought not. 20 be concealed, that a
wide spread and poNerfui influence has been organ
izd to stine these opinions in their infancy, aud to
have been Informed OF the workings Of this influence
In several States and cities. aud have endeavored by
enoprtIsnce, and every honest mitigation Of laa-
gusg-, to coBciliate remove It, 1t implacAbe,
and continues 20
In the dioccfcs Of Boston, Hartford, New York, Al
bany, Buffalo, Pittsburg, and Toronto, special mea-
cures have been taken by many Catholic clergy
arrest the Gil ouat,on OF the New York Nation Our
subscibrs ourselves have been denounced by name
description, from the affairs and other ways by
the slereymsn Of south Boston, Mas, Pawtucket IT,
l., Springfield, Macs Cohoes, N I, Lockport N. r.,
Cathedral and in Richmond, and other parts OF the
diocese 81 hiladephis In one instance, Chat Of Mr.
by the clergy man. Mr. Van Reeh to q subscriber for
The Nation In other towns our travelling agents have
ana literally hunted out" This has been going on
since the beginning 81 The year
BY meme Of our reverend opponents Is {. maintained
that the Journal To which they have shown such hos
TINY, is eft Der anti religious or immoral They only
endrLcym Injurious TO their ind In
slant the ems Of the sh clergy against
their county and those of the Supreme PontiH against
Rome Ana this tendency, rs Inc Nation circutstes
ely IL
iDidab!e enough justify ,heiE course ssainst It,
II easy 10 show that the entire American public are
Interested in IL IL concerns liberty, and liberty
Gems US all The fstety Of Republic is the intelli-
g,nce of its citizens aud In this the Irish form
mtr,us class it Is not unim portant to the common.
wealth that indepepden cpinion should be
through their special organs They have Acquired the
to Independent men Those who can bc led or driven
In groups from sds TO side may vote In any way; they
are not citzcns but tlays Such electrr valuable
only to spectators In the market or asprauts
asr lucrative Offices, to which their merits do not
title tbsfn
hAmericsu opinion declares that The Nation news
Paper II ell hot be controlled BY clerical dctation
wherever tuch dictaton IL attsm ptsd-nauve we'll
az adopted citizens thsu publicly condsInu IT, n tho
American pr,ss should adopt timar course then the
f,l,.s to ther let itiste clerical duties, and sound
aud .nduiitg basic Of opinion be laid among the Cath
clio Lastly 10 eir o~n advantage and the credit and
honor Of the entire conmopv,alth.
tS'sn,d) TsoH,s D.sov M'GKs
There can be but one opinion entertained by the \
free and ntellgcn; people OF the United States IN
this matter, nor Can there be doubt that the con-
duct Of the Catholic clergy, Ia their attempts to ste
The freedom Of The press, will be unanimously de- /
This plan Of suppressing an obnoxious I
journal is certainly novel IN the United States, and
savers too much Of the InqulsItion be tolerated
In explaining it, and in appealing to the American
pubic, Mr.. niece has done PERFECTLY night, for I
tie principle which is attacked in his journal is B
one hat the same public will ever hold DEAR and
never sacrifice, no matter who condemn il. be they
priests, bishops, parsons, or lsymen. 1t is, how
ever, in keeping with the past career of that ambi-
tious pr,lste, who has made himself odious by his
in politics, and by his tyrannicsl and
conduct towards all who stand in his way
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