The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-15
The Religious Press and the Aho"-
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The RefigIoars Press and the AhON-
= NOttRings.
We notice that several Of the leading reHsious
Protestant Journals are ''defending their positions
in relation TO the new political element, styled
:. Know Nottingham We have already stated
that the "Churchman," Published IN New I ORR
had declared in open opposition to all such COM
biuatons, and now we find communication IN
The New York " Christian Inquirer" styled ga
letter TO the Know. Nothings,'' taking similar
ground from which we make the following brle!
extracts:
GA man is born Christian, and he has all the
characteristics Of the Jew man is born Jew,
and he has all the impulses of Christian.
man is born a Roman Catholic, who deiess Pope
and Jesui,sm. A man is born Protestant, and
his sensorious nature leads him to the most SEN
suous religion. A man is born in Europe with all
the instincts Of republican,. man is born i'll
America with proclivities TO excluslveness and ar.
istocracles. - 49, --. -.-.,. .f-..---.
"Don't you see your short-sightedness You
connot Judge men by what they profess 10 be, or
by what, from the inference from their birth, you
suppose them to be. You must judge them by
wha, they are. If you wage against alLwho
are corrupt, whether born here or abroad, wheth-
er Catholic or Protestant, you will succeed, be-
cause there is justice and common sense IN your
war. From the moment you descend from that
comprehensive platform and single out one Of the
other accidents of birth, as your special enemy,
you will not only fail in your endeavor to reform,
but you will destroy the republic which you wish
to save, by destroying the principles Of religious
liberty and political equality upon which it is
loundeJ.'
You argue the adopted citizen is too narrow
minded to comprehend institutions. By
crowding him out from your political society, you
rob him of the only chance which he has OF cle
waiting his mind 49, ,- ---.~ -
:.You argue further, they cannot bear allegiance
to two powers-to the Pope Of Rome and the Con.
siitutlon Of the United States. The animal prin-
cipa OF Gayazzi has materiaIlzed your under
standing. Your senses are fascinated by the ges-
tculations OF the Italian and your reason does not
pay homage to the genius of the American. Your
reason does not pay homage TO The innumerable
agencies Of enlightenment which the pulpit, the
school, house, the press, the forum, the whole at
mosphere Of American life, provide for defeating
the most tortuous Vaccinations of the Jesuis as
we'll the most God defying ravages Of the Inf .
del. Like ali that is divine those influences are
SILENT and you do not how they work. But,
like all that Is ungodly, resentment and lnoler
ance are boisterous and noisy, and thus have for
companions all those whose minis eyes are shut,
who are blind, and who do not hear unless they
hear noise.
" ne Ialk ABOUT tne Oatn Oh dIleslduCo 10 tue
Pope, is sheer nonsense II the old man himself
had the slightest notion OF the validity of that oath,
the first thing he would have done when he fled in
le49, would have been to call to his assistance all
his subjects, or if they had cared straw about
him, they would have rushed nzasse to Rome
to his rescue. You libel your American intelec.
suaIity, by repeating the trash of Italian quack.
eloquence." .-~
"Of course, popular passion is blind always
Mobs follow those who are most successful
Crowds of needy politicians who now proclaim l.
gainst you, will crouch at your feet. But
there is a God in Heaven and sure He. in
His goodness, never deviaes from HIS divine prln-
cipIes, and sends every day his to illuminate
this wicked world. lest darkness nigh: make
wickedness wicked, just sure will those
who have Christ in their heart and Washington
in their mind, never deviate from their divinely
inspired principles; and long hence, when yoq
and your effort forgotten, history will speak
with emotion Of the national men who, by wage
ing against all cerruptng Influences, and by
stunning inviduous distinctions created by acct
dents OF BIRTH brought the country back to the
practical Christianity Of our Saviour, and to the
dignifed and modest virtues Of the republican
Washington. ...- .--.-