Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-11-08
d rslease the subjects Of the king of Eng

ly connected; that the answer of the trst
Immediately and naturally applies to ths
!. second, DC.
Answer to the third query. There is
!: no tenet ingthe Catholic Church by which
Catholics are justified in not keeping faith
with heretics, or those who differ from
them in matters of religion. The tenet
:, Ethatrit is ilawfulfto break faith with here
tics, is SO repugnant toSeenimon honesty
and the opinions of Gat9ol'cs that there the
; G15od Ne Catholic feit hS iass1P9 9otes-
: tonts have complainst poor beayil v,.than
the malice and calanipT of their adverse.
risss in imPuting tais sfRss a them, 3s0- V
d ) a cii ,eiS F'paSa. gral ASSEMBLY,
,s6f1Hs sfbonne, aie.lIl ~ 2Ehnrsday, The
a,Ille day before the csl snds Of March,
FSfgned ia due forn.
I The British mind was gteatly relieved
4 bythese authoritative denia1s ofthe charge
that Catholics owed allegiance to the
Pope. The way to Catholic emancipation
was opened, and in due time an act OF
Parliament was passed abrogating the
cruel penal code, and giving TO the Cath
/ lies the rights and privileges of subjects
upon taking an oath of allegiance to, the
crown of Great Britain. This oath was
freely taken. and hundreds of thousands
of Catholics have enjoyed the benefits OF
Fthe act If it be true that Roman Gath
olics owe temporal allegiance to the Pope.
then it follows that all those in Great Bri-
! tain os well as in the United SLatess who
have taE.2 the oaths prescribed in The two
countries are gully oi constant ana .,PI per.
peLual perjury. ~
:, In addition to the evidences on tue
question already aulduced, we present TO
the reader an extract from a sermon de-
| Ivered only few days ago in New York
BY Archbishop Hughes, before the, pro
vincial council of The Catholic Church, in
which it will be seen that he distinctly and
emphatically denies the allegation that
the members Of his church can or do owe
allegiance to anv other than our own go
vernment. The extract is as follows:
6. Need 1 refer to the whole history Of
persecution to prove it? Under pagan
Rome, for three hundred years, 0tl the
machinery Of that vast empire was piled
with cruelty to crush aud extinguish the
rising heresv of the Christian faith, and
! vet were Christians ever disloya Is
/ there p single instance of their being dis
/ loyal? They understand better the ma.
ture OF their rcli9ion-of the religion Of
t Him who taught themthis principle: that
! the firstdutg man owes is to his God, and the
second to his country; and hiSsJuntry is
! the land in which he was born, or, if not,
the land to which lie pledges his solemn
/ allegiance on 7OaVn. EIc Is NOT free 10 pc
disioyaI. 1t is ol obligation 70 be loyal.
1t is the very principle Of the Chathoiic
church thai mans family has a third
! claim upon him, the second claim being
that of his country and for that country
he must sacrifice property. and, ii neccS-
sarv, life itself. He knows but one coun-
try; he can recognize but one country !;
I and, therefore, in the Catholic religion
there is no such thing as the possibility
CT disloyalty to land which We owe our
obligation Need l refer to the last three
hundred years persecution under the. Bri-
tish empire, during which time the same
cry was kept up, and all who .protessed
the Catholic faith were debarred from
honors, subject to fnes, had their school
closed by supreme authority, SO as to
make them dark-minded, and blind, and
ignorant And yet the reproach against
them is that they were loyal, too loyal
Viewed, then. by The tests of history as
iexemplifying the spirit Of the Christian
church, IS it possible that in a country in
which we enjoy such advantages, in which
the government declares itself impartially
Just towards all without knowing any dis
tinction before the law, in which we are
made equal, in which we have the liber-
ty to assemble here in counciE-a privilege
which we could not enjoy in some coun-
tries which call themselves Catholics it
possible, say, that in such country we
should not love the institutions and cher
ish them with an affection deeper than
those who have been unable TO NAL ke a
comparison between this land and gov
: ernments of bondage 90
II such testimony rs We have adduced
does not satisfy every unprejudiced mind
Of the groundlessness ol the charge that
the Catholics acknowledge and owe ale
} glance. to the head of their Church as a
! temporal power, zo are -unable to con-
ceive what would be satisfactory. twill
) be observed that We confne ourself strict
ly to the political aspect of the question
with :t8 religious aspect we have nothing
to do as political Journalist. We have
entire confidence in the ability of the Pro-
testsnts to discuss the points Of religious
? difference between them and the Catho-
lies and so long as the controversy is
: confined to its legitimate limits. the cause
r of public morality wall be promoted, Il
we have shown that the Catholics are not
, obnoxious 70 the charge Of owing alIegi.
snce to 8 foreign potentate, We have de
! s,Foyed the Onl pretenee on which the
Catholic creed can be made the subject
, of political controversies. The secret or
E der OF know nothiDgs must expect IL
E maintain their organization in the face Q