The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-06-24
From the Eoening Chronicle, June II.
Party DfSSfm nlatton


terest and instruction to the masses, and which
alone becomes the American people. Duplicity
and detraction are to be the pricipal weapons
used, instead of sober and enlightened discus
sion of the candidates, and the policy which
they represent. The most detestable of all the
tricks, of political mountebanks, have already
been introduced, and that, too, with a shame
less affrontry unparalleled in the annals of par
tizan duplcity.
The admixture of religion in politics was al
ways a pitiful business, but the attempt now
making, to make religion the principal topic of
discussion only serves to exhibit the shameless
ness of those engaged in it. With astounding
assurance we behold these desperate partizans
assuming the championship of a religious de-
nomination. which they have been for years de-
nouncing as dangerous to the liberties of this
country. The very men who have fostered re-
lgious prescription, and added fuel to the fame
of seetarian intolerance, are engaged in
in denouncing the prescription of New Hamp-
shire, which excludes Roman Catholics from
holding certain civil stations in that Common
wealth. Nay more, so liberal have these new
fedged advocates of political and religious lib
e'ty become, they absolutely strike at one of
New Hampshire's sons, because he unfortunate
ly belongs to that proscriptive State. This
course is wonderful, and would be inconceivlble
were not the motives which prompts it so palpa-
BILE. To obtain votes, this system of bastard
pretensions has been commenced, and to alru-
ment certain candidates strength, the hard.
ships of New Hampshre's constitution towards
Roman Catholics, must, with assumed gravity.
be denounced. How shameless and provoking
this bare-faced duplicity seems The very
men, who have, day after day, and month after
month, told their readers that the libertie; of
this country were in danger of being Destroyed
by Popish influences and appliances, new gneve
over dead enactmentin New Hampshire Which
if enforced, would be no more monstrous han
the enforcement of their own teachings. Aas
to what base uses, to what extended and hse
corruption can such political scoundrels lie
scend
Were Roman Catholics, themselves, or sdne
of their trusty friends, to complain of 1ew
Hampshire's exactiOns, there would be notEiog
strange in their course (for the enactment
which proscribes them is a disgrace to the Safe
and age,) but the idea of those complaining who
have abused Catholics and their religion mot
who have illuminated Catholic allegiance to this
Government, and denounced Catholic ministers
as so many Popish minions, conspiring for he
overthrow of our republican system for men
who have resOrted to all sorts of fabrications to
blast the character of our entire Catholic popu-
lation, to constitute themselves the champions
of the very system which they have scarcely
ceased defaming, is the rankest and most de-
formed attempt at dissmulation within our
knowledge of partizan depravity.
First and foremost among these hypocritical
pretenders, is the Pittsburg Gazette. Its love
for religious equality has giown enormously
since the nomination of Franklin Pierce it
dates no further back. So outraged is this an
cient defamer of Catholic integrity ad motives,
at New Hampshires constitution, that it insists
upon Pierce being punished for the crime of re-
siding in such an intolerant state. Although
opposed to this same proscriptive test, and not
wlthstanding his efforts to have it stricken from
the constitution. Mr.. Pierce should in the
opinion of the generous Gazette be held respon-
sible for the action of those who prevented him
drous brazen must this Gazette man be- to un-
dertake such a disreputable and fimsy task
When 1T served his purpose, he could wink at
the base conduct of street scavenger whose
vocation was the abuse of men and women. for
being Catholics, but the rude enforcement of
the time requires him to change his course. and
become the advocate of those whom he. few
weeks ago, delighted to denounce
We care nothing ourselves what the religious
opinions of our public men may be we should
never think Of voting for or against any man
because of his religious belief; this feeling.
and this alone has prompted us to direct atten-
ton to the dsreputable course about being in
troduced into our political campaigns. We have
no doubt at all but the Gazette editor hates the
Catholic religion with all the anmosity which
he has so frequently and constantly manifested
this we do not object too he may hate what he
pleases but we do object to his recent course of
hypocrisy and deception, which is a stigma upon
the character of the public press of our CITY,
None but very corrupt and base man would
hatter those whom he in his heart hated. and
none but one lost to all shame, would exhibit
He must have curious estimate of Catholic
Democrats independence, when he cooIv ask
them to abandon their candidate because he
happens to live in bigoted community. With
as much logic he might ask them to vote against
the best man in our city, because Joe Barker