The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-27

sound OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Advice.
At the opening Of the Provincial Coun-
Gil in New-York, Archbishop Hughes de-
livered an address, an extract from which
reads as follows:
You are denounced as being unfit on &C
count of your religion, to enjoy the privileges
of the country you inhabit. You are denoun-
ced because these principles the truth and reli-
giOn which you profess are said to be adverse
to the spirit and genius of the institutions of
this country. These denunciatiOns are such
that even on the Sunday you can hardly pass
from one portion of the city to another with
out coming within the reach of some living
voice that is sustained in these denunciatiOns,
as if you had not the right to walk the public
streets without being reduced to the necessity
of hearing insult, to the stirring up of the
proud spirit of men who take the model from
the standard of liberty that exists in this coun-
try. Well, for that reason, the more necessity
of charity, the more necessity Of patience, the
more necessity of silence, the more necessity
for you to avoid everything offensive. Propa-
gate among those whom you know, as prin-
ciple of religion, to avoid everything which
can disturb the peace and order of society, or
violate the laws of the country. 1t is not ne
cessary for you at this day to enter into any
defence. 1t is not requisite that you should
begin to prove by syllogism that you are loyal
citizens The history of your creed, even in
this country, is proof of your loyalty. From
the earliest period when Europeans settled here
your ancestors in the faith were of their num-
bers and they took part in everything apper-
tanning to the country's welfare and progress ;
and in proportion to their numbers they were
found in the high places of legislation, and in
the high places Of Judiciary. They were found
in the cabinet, and they were found on the bat
tIe-feld, and OH the foods of the ocean, fight
ing for their country. Let our enemies point
to one that has ever disgraced the position
which he occupied. Till they do that it is in
vain for them to pretend to question the 10y
ton of selfinterest, but o principle. Who is
it that can trace the history of the church,
who will not see that this same charity which
we have spoken of, and this same loyalty to
which now refer, have ever accompanied
those who were in communion with the church
of God? Need refer to the whole history of
persecution to prove it? Under Pagan Rome
for three hundred years, all the machinery Of
that vast empire, was piled with cruelty to crush
and extinguish the rising heresy of the Chris
tian faith, and yet were Christians ever disloy-
al? Is there single instance of their being
dsloyal! They understood better the nature
of their religiOn-ot the religion Of Him who
taught them this principle, that the first duty
which man owes is to his God, and the second
to his country. And his country is the land
in which he was born, or if not, the land to
which he pledges his solemn allegiance on oath.
He is not free to be disloyal. 1t is of oblga-
ton to be loyal. 1t is the very principle Of
the Catholic Church that mans family has
third claim upon him, the second claim be-
ing that of his country. And for that country
he must sacrifice property, and, if necessary,
life itself. He knows but one country, he can
recognize but one country, and therefore in the
Catholic religion there is no such thing as the
possibility of dislOyalty to a land to which we
owe our obligation. Need refer to the last
300 years persecution under the British En-
pire, during which time the same cry was kept
up, and all who prOfessed the Catholic faith
debarred from hOnors, subject to fines, and their
schools closed by supreme authority, SO as to
make them dark minded and blind and igno-
rant. And yet the reproach against them is
that they were loyal, too loyal. Viewed, then,
by the tests of history, as excmplyfying the
spirit of the Christian Church, is it possible
that country in which we enjoy such advan-
tages, in which the government declares itself
impartialIy just towards all, without knowing
any distinction before the law, in which we are
made equal, in which VIC have all the liberty to
assemble here in council-a privilege which we
could not enjoy in some countries which call
themselves Catholic-isit possible, l say, that
in such country we should not love the insti.
tutions and cherish them with an affection
deeper than those who have been unable to
make comparison between this and govern
ments of bondage? Let us all, then, be pre-
pared, if the day Of trial should come, to bear
with patience SCOTS and taunts. Let us not
be down-hearted If, when we are insulted by
the living voice of public brawlers in the
streets, the newspaper press, which used to be,
in the happier days Of this government, the
guardian Of every mans rights, is no longer
true to its high calling.
(. To OUR Cry SUBscR1BERs.-We have
now obtained good carrier: Those per-