The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-18
VOLUME XIV.
LET CURIOSITY BE sArlArEp.

/, The above y as the caption we employed
I Io,her day, in Announcing what we "nde's'"
. to be the fact. namely, that the commune
/. ,ions in the g Observer hostile 10 Cath"ic
were from the pen of the father OF The ed'i'
From the communication which follows,
I would seem that this brief, bn, respectui all
, sion 10 a circumstance of n" par,cnlar impo
ance, has excited the Indignation Of some We
cradle biyot OF the anil Slavery ard the al
Pop-ry school. From the style If the Pc
manshp we conclade that the author is eth
an iscalid, nr very aged person. Were 1t "
wnekarita5ie We should conclude Hat the con
positian indicated the former.
We are asked in this ar icie numerous que
would sr decidedly impoi e. not ta n"t'ee III
first question put to u, is as follows: Ho
long should a man be in Io,ca before he m"y
! siiosred to discuss Cathoitrity A sufhcieI
doctrine laid Down in the con>liiu'ion of tn
United 5 ta,es aud the state Of Iowa, that n
! class OF men are 10 be prescribed Tor their rsl'
| gious opinians; that God has created men WI,
the dictates of their judgment and holds n
man or denomination responsible for the opini
| ohs or sins of others; that one o: the grea
blessings Of free government Is To preserve
the aspiration between church and state aud ,e
allow every individual TO make choice OF hi'
own road to Heaven (; that prescribing one de-
nomination Will lead g. prescribing all, encour
age hostility between churches, discourage
religious devotion, pro.ots infdelity, dis,rac,
society aud undermine the foundations Of both
our political aud religious institutions: and that
no man should volunteer as political teacher
OF o,ters, while BY The laws If the land he is
in state Of pnpila .e himself. Evidently you
have not been in the country sufficient leng,"
Of time I" learn these important truths. or il
you have, your time has been employed to poor
purpose.
The mex, question put TO Us 10 as follows
(" Do sos oppose the examinations Of Roman
Cath9lie systemss" BY no manner of means
when examined in the righ, way aud in the
right spirit. Catholic systems, like all other
sys,ems are proper subjects Of investigation.
But the columns of secular Journal is not the
proper place 10 examine them, no more than the
spirit Of Know Nolhingism is a proper spirit to
direct such examinations. Religion and poll,
tics are opposi,es and whenever sorght tn be
united BY the Ignorance, or kaavery OF open
enemies. or pretended friends, will be alike
injured. We war agains, the prescriptions "f a
political organ zation, which We believe 10 be
deadly hostile To the best interest Of this gov
ernment and inscriptions Of the means used
to promote its nefarions purposes,
f"a accuse Us Of being s-asitive up"n The
subject Of slavery and affect 10 think ii and
Catholicism under our especial patronage.
is tsue that We are sensitive upon the subject oi
slavery and perhaps il will be matter OF news
probably heard Of such nati"n as the British
nation. II is most magnanimous aud phiiaa
thropic nation when il Is for its in,ere>, to b.
so. II loves principle people, when ii
"S"ts 10 oeVhur theHi. IL eau appr"priate
meane and furnish vessels OF war TO prphibi
he African slave trade, while it ensav. ,hou.
sands in it's own d"miuions. 1t en- held bun
comb meetings at Exeter Ha ! and shed r,ver>
OF crocodile tears over the horrors Of American
slavery, while it will fight, roo AID murder
wherever lis superior strength gives il a reason
able hope OF success. Wherever its arms ga to
find victim, conaag,aion, rapine aud murder
follow them. LIS avarice is ths most exacting
its diplomacy the mesi corrupt and its tyranny
tae mort ubrrlening that The world knows
any thing about. l,has ravished every ceuntr,
that could not resis, its advances. II soagh,
the destruction Of American colonies first by
legislation, second by war, third Ly inr,,inc the
savases to holr Bile deeds OF blood and all these
having tailed If accomplishing its purpose, il
now set ks 10 overthrow tue government uf the
United States, ty moekish appeals tn the p i.
oil ant.-slavery men and by admins
tering to the fanatical and trai,o-ous sen,i,nen
ol a dissolution of the Union. Its pnii,ical
stratagem AID secret diplomacy, encouraging
dissension and insurrection, is perceptable in
the pubic sentiment which disgraces Certain
portions Of the country. No doubt its em:ssar
les are posejDI over the Eastern and Western
States. Can you wonder then, venerable Sir,
that Americans should feel sensitive upon this
slavery sutjscts But, i, is no, tue, as you
that Ca hoi icism is under our pafron
No
forbids that we ever should be but we are a
friend 10 religious ,oleranon and our duty as
rational being and a goad citizen. teaches us
that ths re should be M discrimination made
between denominations.
II is all very proper for a Protestant Clergy
man to oppose P"pery, but let him do it as
Protestant Clergyman, openly and boldly from
the Pulpit, and not in disguise. through the
columns Of = political journal aud under the
false pre,ensc Of alarm for the safety Of the
institutions Of country, TO which as yet, fc
probably offers no alleg ance.
As 10 the "toses IF censnrs" ~hieA zee as
same, our . modesiy' the "6iack side Of the
Seaats," Father .Nongers,'' " Mother .Moag
ers," Orphan .Mongers, .Tirgin .Nongers,"
:. .Mosgers in hmmaa flesh and /" bones ard
6igotsy," they amount to little, excep, 8, far
az they illustrate the paternity from whence
this classic production emanates. Il is one Of
the many productions on Popery, Transferred
from the i" Observer" to the Express
This production concludes as fnlows s'Shouid
the editor wish FOR change, what regi, ms Of
ligh, and life are oPea 10 him; let him openly
renounce the darkness Of Rome and the dark
ness Of brutal seduction amang slaves" Bah
what nonsense for an old man to be guilty Of
The fairy tale Of Mother B, echer mus. have
found most credulous suAjrc, in OUT. modern
Pope killer. The idea Of slave seduction is
about a. probable and plausible, as our Ro man.
ism, which will excite nothing but mirth among
the sane Of the town and country.
In conclusion, we have only To say. that the
writer Of the following trash, 10 to b. p,,ied for
his want Of ingenuity, il not for his in'lecli,y,
Otherwise he would have concealed this dish Of
scraps and rinds under better disguise.
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