New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-20

.,A farce what was denied under Law. By making
,ryafzstion rather 10 follow ion mediately o0n thu
,b ~ allegiance and that 10 depend on the will and
III GOOD character of the applicant fraud and perjury
ou6 rather be stripped Of their pYeieIt. Tns for
;ncrs would be at once exalted 10 their self respect
snd dignity Of department. right would enable them
90 exercise she elective fracchise in peace and TIE
coupfry would escaIe the dempraz alton resulting
CON violation Of the laa. and fro1 the means en-
ploysd to SET At naught their force and effect
THIRD. Foreigners have abused the protection Of
fhe United States abrOan.
II they have II was a violation Of Law. They can
poi vel co II, without the want Of care and vigilance
in our consular aud diplomatic functionsres abroad.
Citizens at home abuse our protection, and they
ret always punished for their cri mes.
FOsTfh. CAtbOlics II j. urged hsve besn combined
ard cheyed the signs Of their bishops and priests in
elections snd hsve bee Influenced 10 their votes TO
greet extent Dy religious and exclusive considera-
tors II they have, that IL Of the best reasons
why Pfoes.nnts should not f)llov their example II
i evil and the lss there Is Of the better for all Let
bigotry and prescription belong to any sect rather
tbsn 20 PfO'estaD;s When they follow alleged Cain.
Ole examples. which they arraigu as dangerous and
mifohevous. then they Themselves become a. Cam,
olcs according TO their opinions, dangerous and
uiscbevous.
Fihb. Catholics and Catholic Government il Is
urged have always excluded Protes'ants from rehg'
ious and social privileges in their countries.
And bo~ much have we gained upon them by fol-
loving the opposite policy BY tolerancs we have
grown % great A. now 10 make them feel the neces-
fD -
rate enjoy Dent Of the privileges Of Protestsns. Our
Govern uebt is inteTpOsDg in that behalf and fear
Il viii be assisted sny in it's negotiations by the
attempt here to prescribe Catholics and strangers by
birth.
Siy1A II IL complained that in some instances In
New York particularly the Catholics have been ar.
rogsnt, exclusive and antirepubican, in their at
pmpts TO control the public schools, and to exclude
n a. them the free and open study Of the word Of
God.
How this bigotry be subdued by bigotry, which
reres itself in secrecy, and proscdbes all who don't
prescribe Catholics There is no homeopathy in
moral dfease. Prescription aud bigotry and secresy
UDt not be prescribed for the mala0ies Of proscrip
ton bigotry, and hiding Of the word The disease
would then be epidemic among Professionals Catholics
and all The open, and la~ful, and liberal means for
either prevention correction Of this evil are simple
and "a caciOus II rigbteously applied.
Serc1h. II IL urged that Catholics recognize the
sBprs macy Of the Pope and submiss to prestcraf
which might under circumstances, be destructive Of
'oUr free government.
Suppose that to be So there are worse sects among
~, whom Know. NOthings pretend not to assal.
There the Mormon poly gsmists; there are the
necromsnoers Of spiritual rspDngs and there 10 a
sfct which aspres not only TO destroy free govern
ment but the great globe and all that il inhab-the
rnietnial Merites. And it is about likely that
the bilerites viii set the world fire in day,
that Popcry will ever be able 10 break no or bow
down this Republic The prophecies must all fail,
and Chrisis dominion upon earth must cease, and
iost 70 The arts and revolutions must 90 back ward,
and The sky must fall and catch Know Nothngs be-
fore the times Of Revelations out and the Pope
oafcAes " Uncle Sam
No, no. nO-there IL not reason in all these COM
plants which is not satisfied by laws they exist,
and rot an which may not be corrected by the
proper application of the lawful authority at
mspd without resortiDg to the extraordinary extra
Judicial revolutionary and auti-American plan Of
Sccr6t SOcIeft OF intolerance and prescription.
belong 10 secret society but for no political
purpose. am native Nrginian, intus ct an cute a
VUgk,isB my ancestors on both sides for 200 years
were citizens of this country and this State-hslf
English half Scotch. i am Protestant by birth, by
baptism, by intellectual belief and by education and
BY adoption | am an AmericaD-in every fibre and
every feeling an American; yet in every character,
in every relation, in every sense. with all my head,
and all my lesrt, and all my might, protest against
this seoref organization of natipe Americans and Of
Protesforfs TO prescribe Roman Catholics and natu-
ralzed citizens.
Nov, will they prescribe mel That question
weighs Dot feather with
Your obedient servant, HENRY A WISE.