Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-13
THE POPE AND poPEaY.

. AhAi1 VI ~ AN/ VI II VI
The Pope has no: yet returned to Rome,
but it seems has sent deputies to superin-
tend thing, TO. him, TIC e i, SON, mis-
understanding between him AMI the
French Government,
What q contrast in the Journals of tho
United States in their disposition c,inrcd
to discuss the policy Of Pope Plus x
Everybody remembers how nearly all tie
papers praised tie Pore for lis usc7Tbcd
tit never was reaD liberality and friend
ship for liberty. Mr. Clay praised him,
(,e wanted Catholic votes for p, ,esidcnt,)
the Speakers il, Congress (of both par;ics)
praised h!m---the Pope was the friend of
liberty, said they all-thc newspapers
said the same thing. What NJ. Clty or
any of them thought, we don't know for
it would be strange il fanybody could think
that the man who claims prcsumptuously
to hold dcspotic sway over the conscien-
ces and souls Of his deluded worshippcrs,
in life and in purgatory, who is necessor-
ly an absolute tyrant over all the inner
man, if you believe him and his, could
possibly be friend toliberty, Ietrore
of those papers, V ho praised the Pope
before his open alliance with tie dcspots
Of Europe, now say one word against him
who is the genius and mspi ing spi it of
tyranny, who has invoked tic Catholic
powers to war and tloodShed. Candor
and justice to the Papists of the United
States requires, III urhumblc opinion, of
the public press an exposure of the true
nature of Papal rule, and its utter incon-
sistency with Sll,truc liberty. At the
same time tolerate Romanism among us,
and show them that true christian split
and a true liberal spirit are the same, and
that those who do not worship the Pope
and his saints a,e, nevertheless, tho en-
lightened friends of genuine religious lib
erty, and you may wean them from the
Pope
The farther any man or community is
removed from Popcvy, the more impossi
bio it is for persecution to exist and the
Roman Catholics themselves have less 10
fear of violence and persecution from Tie
truly enlightened chucEcs and individu-
ais who take ",he bible, and tic EiLle
alone" Us Chi'lin- worth said, as tie foun.
daion of their faith and pisic!icc, than
they have from each other. and tn Sc
Protestant or other Churches which stand
more nearly allied to them in doctlire and
mages. All the prosecutions that Ro-
man Catholics ever endured--and they
have suffered somc-have flowed from
their own principles planted in the hearts
of Protcsants.
We trust the day winevcr come v hen
persecution shall assail Catholics in the
United States but wcmden,ly dcsi;c to
see the liberty of the press and ofspecch
eSercisedd against Popsh tyranny, and
the weak superstition of the dark ages
which cloud the minds of his followers.
In Mexico, South meica, Ilayti and
Catholic Europe. freedom of discussion as
to the Pope's misconduct, or the supersd
ton Of bis priests and followers, is crush
cd by the unrcsisted power and tyranny
Of the Roman Catholic Church. In the
United States, freedom Of discussion as
to the Pope is'as effactually restrained by
the fear of the confined power and influ
cnce of rhe priests Of Rome acting OH the
superstiious mass of his followers, in
whose eyes the condemnation ofthc Pope
is horiid blasphcmy, notwithstanding
such Pope may tie the greatest of tymnts.
--GreenriHe Mountainter. g