Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-04-12
IR0NTON. OHIO. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1853.

wha. woull be the case here in this coun.
Try, had the hea Of ih, church the power
to enforce The "rish,s Of the church,
These views could moi be otherwise thar
highly obnoxious to every iruc.hcnrtei
American citizen, an ] their promul "a.
ton has create a more dcep.sea,e pre-.
ju lice against tho Catholic Church than
any thing that had previously occurred
this coun ry. They carrie with them
the conviction that any religious system
that manthine such sentiments mus, b.
dcspolic in character, tyrannical IN
praclice where it has the power, and ut.
tc'ly at war with the free institutions of
the Unite States.
Next came the apparently systematic
attack all over the country. by the Cath.
olic papers on Priests, a. aims, our sys
TEN OF Common Schools-a system yer,
justly hel in high favor with the people
ami cherished by them as one of lhci,
(av0riles.
The previous conduct of Catholic pa.
pcrs. in expressing senlime..ts hi lilly r..
pu snant to American feeling AMI lib.
cral an just governments, has direcic 1
public allenli m more particularly AMI
anxiousIy to Il is combine AMI sy.tcm-
attic q tack on our system of Common
Schools.
As part of this latter movement was
the threat Of the Catholic Telegraph, Of
this city against members OF the LIE la
'urc Of Catholic punishment u, the bal.
lol.boxcs OF any one who shouI vote on
the school question in the way declare /
BY that paper 10 be obnoxious to Cath.
oics.
Next FOLLOWED The speeches TO the J..
ri>b Catholics Of thus city, of o..c J. w.
PiATT recent convert TO the Catholic
iai,h-anl psstifcrous one at that
wherein he lenouncc the Protestant bi.
bic, as fit only to be handled by n Cath.
lie with a pair of ,ongs, an declared
that chill /, c!ucatc in the Common
Schools, wou become wickcl, lc.
prav, an worthless ci;iZ N, an | woul
~ The throat Of any man for five dol
lars; white ,hos, 'uca,e by The Cath
n l.: reii; ;,ious system woul make goo .
Republicans. We have not seen or
heart Of any rebukc in the quar,e.
whence it shoull have come Of such .x
ceellnsly offensive language. The
church AMI Catholic population shout
have been promptly relieve Of any sus.
picion of sanciionim.' any such vii, out.
pouring i,o.n as oilcns,ve a sewer as ever
emp ie lis filth 10 the oi'e lung of The
public nosirl. The Telegraph has no,
seen proper 10 administer such rchukc,
and has thereby created the impression
that the outra, locus Sentiments ami Ian
luase of this IouI .moulhc convert TO lis
church are not offensive 10 lhos. WIN
control that paper, and who are uroinG
mo.es TO LesrJy the Efficiency OF ou,
| erS,,,,, r,c rom,n.,n .hnoI-
Ali these thIn-s have combined 10 give
to these persons, who are ever really IL
court or oppose Catholics; to gam po'
liucaI enl. lever which p,ola.ses to be
Il vcr, efficient one IN the approaching :
sprins election. The Cath l.c papers
ana those who speak by aulhor.y io'
the church, have, by the u,ieraice OF sen
iinents that no Amer.can can approve
oil and be q lover OF freedom, aui by
their combined and syslolnauc attach
on our sy stem OF common schools, sivel
to the persons We have .csi suatvd the
power they now possess OF riains into Of
fee on whirlwlni Of rcli !, ious iecling.
We cannot therefore hold the Ca,ho.c
papers an those who speak by authorl.
ty ior the church auil,Iess OF raising the
storm now raging in our midst. II that
is what they wanted. they have lot it,
ami all We can say is, may they enjoy
it. .... ... ...-.
But. on the other han l., The msnns
thus aft T.le are be n; use far bcyon i
what there is any necessity for. What
has the election of Mayor, Marshall
and such like officers to do with the
Ca.holic Church or the common school
question.
We know bu. ons onic, any way con.
necte with the ques.i and that is the
office of S, hool Visitor. There the con
lroversy may be properly carried, and
VIC say should be carried. II an attempt
is ma 10 ny any class Of citizens TO lie.
stroy our system of free schools, we ar,
free to declare that candidates for school
Visitor shoul.l be selected with special
reference TO that point. No man shouI.i
be electc 10 such q position who is not