The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-23
JEsUITTsM AT WORII.

l5esulss would get control OF the Post Or
fce. and that all the secrets Of the conf
Dental correspondence which the depart
ment carried would be subjectto the pry.
ing gaze Of those who think ia religious
duty to make such inquisition.
Facts are now transpiring which show
this apprehension to have been well-found.
led. A letter in the Newark IN. ~ I'D.
gsrtiser, dated ut Patterson. N. j., octo.
Der 90. contains the following statements:
On October 5th, VIM. Lewis, of Branch
v'lle' Sussex county. put in the post Office
there letter directed to Willis L. Childs,
of Patterson.
On October 9th, Robert T. Sinner, Of
Newton, placed in the'post Office there, a
letter directed to DR.. E. S. Mcclellan, OF
Patterson.
On October 18Th. Peter P. Brown, OF
Patterson, placed in the post Office there,
a letter directed to Peter G. Osborne, OF
Branchville.
On the same day Virgil Broderick. La
fayette, put in the post Office there, let
ter directed to Willis L. Childs, of Pat
terson.
All these letters were broken open Whiis in
charge cfMs Post 06:s Department, cop
les Mereoftaken, and tie letters resealed and
sent to their destination. Two OF the cop
les were furnished to the banner at Nor
ristown, and copies of the others were pub
licly circulated in Newton. The letters
published in the Banner were also publish
ed in the New Jersey Herald, at Newton,
which in the same number had the follow
ing astonishing remarks respecting them:
The discovery and possession of these
letters will show the plotters thatMeir moue-
naents are all patehed and known; their Sc
cret disguises will be stripped from them,
and in future they will have to act openly
with the Whigs.' 1855
The editor seems to take pleasure in an
nouncing that it is the practice of those, or
some of those having the charge of the
mails in this district to break open letters,
aad thus watch the movements Of that
part ofthc Democracy who will not throw
up their caps for George Vail. 1t should
be stated, in justice to the Postmasters in
this district, that for the last few weeks
there have beentwo Clerks in the Post Of
fce Department at Washington in this coun-
ty, one of whom claims to be secret a.
gent of the Postmaster General,
This is development that is likely to
throw US back upon first principles. y If we
are not to be secure in our persons and pa
Ipers. as guaranteed by the Consultation,
and that because the Jesuits have got con-
Itrol Of the most important branch of the
government, we must take such measures
as the necessity of the case demands. The
instinct of political self-preservation will
Suggest the remedy. Hitherto the Post
Office has been sacred depository, whith-
er no secret police could intrude, & where
letters were as religiously guarded as if in
the possession of those writing or receiv-
ling them. If this is to continue--if the
secret agents of the government areto be
permitted the privilege of ripping up the
seals of our letters and betraying their con-
ltents, then is our form of government a
farce and we are living under the veriest
1despotism. The monarchies OF Europe
claim no higher privilege of tyrrany than
i this. vse t..-.
That these cases in New Jersey are not
isolated ones is apparent. The same let
ter from which We have quoted above,
says:
From the fact that copies Of secret cir
culars issued in other States, have been,
within the last few weeks, after being
mailed, copied and published without the
knowledge or consent of the writers or
those to whom they we're addressed, grave
suspicious are suggested that the practice
of breaking open and reading, or copying
letters, lisa common practice under the ad-
ministration of the present Postmaster Gen.
eral, who was appointed for peculiar reas-
ons, and maintains peculiar relation to
the Know Nothings, whose correspon-
dence, it is said, is chiefly rifed by the
Post Office spies
We are forced to conclude that there is
really no safety in entrusting letters to the
management of the Post Office. Political
letters, especially. are now without pro-
Election. They might as well be left un,
sealed, and perusal of their contents in
vited, The Jesuits want to know what
their enemies are doing, and the seal has
no secrecy for them. 1t is a grave ques.
ton for the American people to consider.
EE-The Baltimore American saysa Con-
vention of Bishops of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, will take place on or about
the Cd of December next. They will meet
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