Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-12-16

York. in Paris, Rome. CafuNT RELIEF! A
we insist on his natural and moral tgympto
worship God according 10 his own convitI1I y
lions of Righ, and Duty, or to refrain from
worshippng al all without Responsibility
therefor 10 any earthly tribunal. The Rights
of Conscience are to US before institutions |;
they transcend the proper sphere Of Civil
Government and Municipal Police.
Nnw- -whep The: ArchbishoR charges ol,r:
system 81 Republican Liberty with pulling
,.atiodlBnd lfe D,.vil, truth and falsehood.
ShiihA Name Ieve," he surely misconceWcs
,la, system. Wha, we hold is that the be.
lug and nature of God, His attributes and
His requisilions, are themes above the sphere
aud supervision o! the Stait, and cannot
property b. mode the subject Of inquisition
and discipline by civil magistrates and tip
A,avrs. We do mol (askng the Atchbish-
ops pardnn) deny 10 God The right 10 i'm
pose on Man any obligation whatever; but
We deny to man the right 10 determine for
others what obligations To acknowledge and
worship Him God has or has not imposed.
ls no, the difference between our position
and that assigned us by The Archbishop q
very plain one
II. The Archbishop, as we were quite
sure. is in favor Of Civil and Religious Lib
ery-wiih difference. He does hot think
The Sovereign Pon.iff "Iorced to throw his
States open for The r aching Of every form
of Protestaniism and lnficity." Lei us
think of this:
There are at all times in the Roman
States. especially in their Metropolis, con-
siderable number Of educated, serious.
{ ed. enlightened Proleslants, to whom their
Religion and its minislralions are very pre-
cious. There is probably no time when
these are not hundreds, while they some
lines amount 1--WE ,hink) 10 thousands bu
the number is inmatcrial, since The Rights
Of Conscience are not dependcn, on nun
bers. Among these are several eminen
Protestant CIergymen wko would gladly
minister 10 The spiritual needs of their fellow
believers, if that were allowed; bat il is not
LIE. those ProlestanIs hire, or buy' or ever
build, a suitable edi6ce and proceed therein
eyenin a language wholly uninteligbe Il
the Roman people, to worship God ant
learn His will according TO their own con
vicious Of Truth and Duty, and the Pope
police and soldiers would be down upon then
directly, TO break up their meeting, an,
probably convey its leading members 10 pris
on.-ls this Civil and Religious Liberty
The Archbishop plainly deems il consist
ent with that kind OF il whereof he is q
friehd," and which he considers great deu
better ,hnn ours. The Two kinds cenainl
are in no danger of being confounded.
Whenlhe Archbishop speaks of the Pope
being required 70 "encourdge opposition Il
Ihal Religion" (lhe CaIholic,) he comba
something which We never propoundet
We desire him neither TO 'encourage" NJ
discourage the religion Of men whose faitl
differ from his own, but 10 lei them dlon'
We cannot see what he righliully has to
with them, AS Ponlitf, his Legitimate ru
is over Catholics, not unbelievers As ten
; Sporal Prince, his power is over the bodit
yof men, not their souls. In either capacit,
his suppression Of Protestant worship b
force seems to US gross and banelul usd
patton. ,..'e
I'LL. We do mol base the right Of all mt
~ Religious Freedom on any such fra
loundaion as The ioleraIion Of Catholics
Protestanls. sorolcslanls have often pers
cuIed. and IN, some countries still persecu
for Faiths sake, moi only Catholics but eat
uther. Oar position assumes that all PerS
euti0a is wyoag, whether perpelraled
Catholics or ProleslanIs; and lhus no !
slance Of ills 10 bo justified BY ever 80 maj