New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-11
RIGOTRY In POLITICS.

The Wilmington Commercial is one Of
the two papers in North Carolina hitherto
protesting to be Wing which now Bit
terly opposes Gen. Scott. In its issue
for the 9TH inst. it quotes Rev. J. Fuller's
first letter to us, assailing Gen. Scott as a
Catholic, or at least too deferential to the
Catholics, and comments on it as follows !:
IsHEA CATHOLIC l-Ths Baltimore Sun objects to the
question relative 10 Gen. Scott ls he Catholic a.
And thinks it would be reasonable TO ask the Pope
is SOLDIER should he be chosen by universal suf
frage Among the rtmarki on this occasion We lind the
following:
upon what OF preter,e It, that the quese. banded
here and ,hIe whether Genera scott Catholic omnou.
ambitious o. nSiOney and snie among the other sAsn'hsd '
The pretense which gives rise TO the question To- the
known habit of Romanism 10 NEEDLE with and endeavor
to control political asirs 1t Is In res@d to the political
consequences alone that most OF citizens would In
qure II the candidate for President Is a Catholic as
they but little about the of Roman Catho
lie worship ortbe merit of Roman Catholic faith
lie important to make the inquiry, because every In
telgen Protestant knows that Roman Catholic Pres
ident must be less the tool Of the Pope and his
Cardinals who will be sure to subyert the liberties OF
this as they have OF every other country whore they
have had the power We do not blame a Catholic who
dOes not see ths-nOr would we attempt 10 argue with
hm-we would think of dspelling the dark
and gloom of a cavern with tarthng candle to
make any impression mind so couded by super
stisn and inyeterately under the despousm OF the
Priesthood. OF such an one we would say: "Ephram
Is turned 10 his idOls-let him alone
But TO Protestant brethren and other freemen OF
this Republic we would have much TO cay In case
Presidential candidate werea Catholic. II we were to
vote tor such a one we would think were inviting
the Serpent into our political Eden, and placing In
cendiary In that free Temple OF God, where all who
worship him in spirit and in truth shall be accepted
of Him.
We had settled our mind into the belief that Gen.
Scott not Catholic, but Protestant Epscopalian
outwaIdly at least But must confess that the pains
tab by Of the Scott presses TO convince the pub
lie that Ii s matter of consequence whether Pre-.
dentis didae Romauist not, has shaken our
faith n the and will induce US make further
inquiry the esuts Of which will from time TO time
lay before readers And if 1t that he is
imbucd with this faith of the faithful" it will become
still our duty, than heretofore, to expose to our
readers the and the crimes, political moral and
social that follow IN the train of the Roman Catholic
hierarchy
We have had for some time on our desk the follow
Ing letter 10 the Editor of The Nso York Tribune We
did not think Of publishing 1t, should have done
no. ii the friends OF Gen. Scott had not pursued the
course indicated above That Is, TO make the attempt
10 convince the people that they hare r9 inquire
into me religious opinions Of Presidential cdnddats
This will not do for US, for We will always ask If
he Ia a Roman Catholic, Mormon, an Atheist-very
lawful and proper inquiries think for every man
who loves his country and Is DESTROYS OF enjoying the
blessings of liberty, and Of transmitting them uhim-
paired TO posteriy.