Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-08-11
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GALIIPoLIs.-This place IS still pretty
much Of blank on the Catholic map OF
iOhio. 1t is refrograding in every
sense. The little Episcopal church,
once offered us for sale, is turned into
house or lumber-room. The pros
meet of Railroad has vanished and bu-
siness gone to great extent with it
The effects of the failure of the swind-
ling bank of Gallipolis some years ago
are still felt. Your eclectic Doctor New
ton, who presented the pitcher to the
editor of the Times" kails from Gal
lipolis. His associates in the war on
the Catholics we're preacher Rice, who
was convicted, in spite of the prejudices,
by Protestant Jury of slandering and
foully ibelling the Rev. Mr.. Duparcq,
of Kentucky; and the Rev. Mr.. Lord,
who is, if we mistake not, the brother
of the preacher of that name who pro-
claimed from his pulpit on one Sunday,
that the cholera was a judgment from
God on the Catholics, and who was him
self, the next Sunday, a corpse from the
choleral Such are the men whom we
have had the honor of having for our
foes in the late excitement. We could
tell something of the sale, in old times,
of certain description of cards to gam
blers by other of its leaders, but let this
hint be sufficient for him, for the pres
ent. We return to Gallipolis. The on
ly means of checking its downward
course is to establish in it new and
faithful and rigorous Catholic colony
This, with Gods blessing, we SHALL do.
Madam Derac, Devacht] a Partisan Ia
dy, who has been here for sixty years,
has partly sold and partly donated lot
for Catholic church. A worthy Doc
tor, Cromwell. [CromIey] of no partic-
ular religion, is kindly exerting himself
to procure subscriptions for the building
of the church. He has already received
promises to pay" to the amount of
$500. The Archbishop. in gratitude for
what France has done for all our mis-
sions, has promised s40o for the same
object.
Thus writes an oficious, intermed-
ding priest-a foreigner by birth, edu-
cation, and allegiance, this tool and pimp
of the central authority at Rome came
hither at the bidding of his master, to aid
in overthrowing Protestantism, and es-
tablishing on its ruins the authority of
his Highness and Holiness, the Pope
Right faithful have been his labors, and
as reward for his diligence and perse-
yerance, in the cause of a foreign prince
and a prosecuting creed, he occupies the
position of Archbishop of Cincinnati
But there are higher stations to be at
tanned, and still more work to be accom-
plished, before America is prostrated at
the feet of Roman pontiff, and our
Archbishop has the ambition to aspire
to one, and the Jesuitical zeal to attempt
the other-farther preferment he is de-
termined to earn, though he render him
self Infamous by the means made use of.
Religious antagonism, as the basis of
political action, is to be regretted; but
when any one man, or set Of men, make
it the only consideration of political ac-
ton, there is no other way for the friends
of liberation but to act in the spirit of
the Constitution and laws of the country
oppose and crush it.
The fact is, this arch knave knows as
little of our town as he does of the peo-
ple-he blunders as freely with facts as !
he does with names. That our town is
retrograding, is not true, and the i'm
preston this pimp would convey, in re-
gard to churches, is just what might be
from one who hates every thing
and loves nothing but Rome.
We have three fine churches, Presbyte-
rian, Baptist, and Methodist, and all
well attended. The improvement in bu-
siness has been more marked during
the last year than for several years pre-
Railroad is not dead" but
the prospects of its early completion are
decidedly encouraging. The miserable
allusion to the old Bank of GaIlipolis,
comes with bad grace from one whose
sole object is to build up a kingdom
which is not of this world. But so Bit
ter is little John against our town, that
he must SANDER every one that halls
from it, and he singles out DR.. Newton
as the target for his abuse.
But we viii have done with informing
this malicious priest that it is the delibe-
rate opinion of the good citizens of Gal
ipolis that the 'retrograde" movement
IF their town viii only be accelerated by
he establishment of your ''Catholic COL
'ny" therein-they have but little conf
ience in your good intentions, and
would never regret it should you aban-
Ion the proclaimed intention of estab-
ishing said "Catholic colony" and for
,ver hereafter withdraw from them the
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