The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-21
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To the Editors of the CrCscCRt-Fhs New YORK va
ton" Of the LIST inst contains address from It's EooI
d. Notice, to the American public, complaining OF uhe
hostility which the Catholic Clergy Of this country eVnoe
towards his paper This at first sight ay seem strange as
Mr. MoGee Is both an Tshman and Catholic ana oOnse-
quenty deserving of encouragement than hosnnIy
irom them His address enters freely into the head ana
front Of his offending " but Of the readers OF the
Crescent will not see that address will take the liberty of
stating, briefly possible, the reasons which Induced
him 10 issue it,
He started the Nation last November in New York.
and devoted its columns to the mental and social advance
ment of his counymen in America, with what ability the
favorable verdict Of the American Press has decided, lie
advocated freedom of thought and opinion for his county
men, so as to make them sefeant, and less at the
mercy OF rsntng demagogues who, previous TO elections
discovered that they possessed vast amount Of sympathy
toL their Irish fellow citizens In bis review OF The causes
Ireland he attributed the failure of that movement partly
70 the Catholic Clergy Of that county, with what justice
offended the Rev gentlemen on this side Of the Atlantic,
and before the Nation was many weeks DID, the Caho-
nc bishQp Of New York, ander the assumed name OF An
Irish Catholic wrote against the paper in the columns OF
snma If N bapei T TN atom was
denounced inf1el, antcatboic ee.-the usual, and
per that told stubborn truths The increasing subscribers
Of the Nation proved their appreciation Of az able and
tohlp The Clergy, finding masked warfare Intellectual,
OF their hostility In vain Mr. McCee demonstrated in
vain he asked 10 be shown where his paper taught anything
abuse still continued and not content with pulpit denun
CaOn Ire sanCtlty OF the confessional violated, and
the rite OF confession refused individual because he
subscribed to the . New York Nation -
Mi Meee, finding remembrance useless appeals to the
highest tribunal in this countryside American public IT'S
for that tribunal decide whether the rights and privileges
of American citizen TO be stied by clerical nerie-
upheld and maintained. lis for that tribunal
decide whether manly opinion to be gagged aud bHded
by The combined efforts Of Catholic CeTgVmen and It's also
for il to decide what right have they 70 level such
blow at the liberty Of the American presshe main pillar
of our freedom If their attempts TO crush the Nation
proved successful would not shield what should regret
of Prestly influence against honest and manly opinion
difference between sending file of soldiers to
reze the types of paper and that OF destroyng the effect
OF that paper by abuse and combination It's entirely for
the spirit of this opinion sed through
pulpit agency shall 1t be tolerated either Every
Der Of the American public interested in the freedom Of the
press. bow eveed at paper is virtual attack
them ALL What affects part affects the whole. The ques
ton fairly presented to the people of this country
they tolerate clerical combination against the expires
sion Of free opinion And its solution vitality the
liberty which we justly proud of. PIesy influence
not shall not, be permitted to crush newspaper
ported by the American public lis piece of despOtsm
which here and the attention OF the peO
pie Of this county called to it, that Gny future
tempt of the kind may recOll its clerical OTlglnaOrs.
Respectfully, Z. O'SULLIvAN,
The REGATTA.-The steamboat Pascagoula advertises
in another column convey to the Regatta
Read the advertisement
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