Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-04-12
Cur CCEmOn SthCCl ~ siem.-Euty Of
Tie LemGcraCy.

Cur npproat hing spring election is to
have. Tor hi: country, IL rather unusual
clement Tor its ch.ci charu lcr-.Ial OF
rcli zion. That su, Ii IS the lac; We re, ar.
as deplurablc. |, Is II SAT lhins Tor the
country Mhen such an element is maze
10 ovcr'rl.c all Others at II popul .r cleo.
i'on. But however repu., nanl II may be
TO every enli hlenc,i an . sincere Kcpuu.
liNm TO have any Thing to DO with such
u contest, anl however much he may
,.crlorc its exiStincc, he must; as a 100
citizen. net shrink from a proper dis,
charge of his duly.
Last fall, during the Presidential cam.
paign, very strong effort was male TO
enlist The whole Catholic population a.
yainst the Democratic nominee, Gcmcral
PiERcE. We all remember how ASST.
uously the Wing lea iers cour,cd Ca,ho.
lie votes for Gen. Scott, aud how they
r'e'. by the trosscs' misrepresentation
AMI most scanialous appeals, TO enlis,
The entire catholic force of the country
in opposition to the Democracy. The
Wing press tcemcd with articles repre-.
sentins Gen PiEncH as bigote.l proles.
lan', who favorel Constitution that
prolibite Catholics from holding Office.
thereby placing ihcn on a level with the
negro. In addition to the press, hire
orators-lrlshmen-- were employed TO
traverse different States for the purpose
of exciting their coun Try men to treat Nj
PIERCE as ifhc were n secon Lor Gas.
tlereash, AMI n:t,rv unfit to receive a
Catholic v,tr. The GIBpoxs AMI Fi,z.
GrnALps were paid by wlig leaders with
whi5 money TO make sucl speeches, an.I
not little of that money came from
wings who are now exceelinsly ly bitter
in their Jenuncalions of Catholics. VIZ
know with what guslo certain paps:s
that are now SO abusive of our whole
Catholic population published the re.
marks Of these hirel Catholic orators,
tending to excite against Gen. Pierce
the Catholic population. .-. -..
These same persons are now on a
different tack; instead Of cour;ing Calho.
lies and urging them to 60 against the
Dem cratic ticket, they are abusing them
aud endeavo:ins to enlist the whole
Protestant population against the Den.
ocratic nominees, on the false allie. alton
that the ticke, they are on is a "quasi
Roman ticket" They arc rea ly TO Trim
their sails to any breeze ,ha, promises
10 keep their mill grinding. .'l.'srn
i We deeply re, ret to say that the Cath.
olic papers anl Priests, have aff,r lei
illeSe IniivIlualh so line an opportunity
Of playing q, game so Imirably suit.
ell to lI'sir tastes. Let US explain.
TIE ou,ngcously anti. American senti.
menis prumul atel by OREsrEs Bnowx.
SON, AMI the Catholic papers generally.
in reference to the noble an patriotic
efforts of Ko<suTH AMI his ncountrynen
to rid ihemse Ives Of Austrian tyranny,
FIRST gave the impression to the general
mind ofthe country that there was some.
'hlnsin The system ofihe church Of Rome
ihinhcsl to- genuine freedom. p 80
Then came the views oil all tho lead.
ing Catholic Papersot the country. as o
the extent tina. liberty Of con nscisnee is
permitted TO be enjoyei byihd people
under "oCa,holic goyernmets ami 'By
:nbets Of tho Catholic Church, fajtI