The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-18
SOUND sENTlMEMTs-ExCELLEN1

AUtICE.
Al the opening OF the Provincial Council in
New York. Archbishop Hughs delivered an
address, an extract from which reads as fol.
lows:
You are denounced as being nrft accn: nj
Of your religion, 10 enjoy the privileges OF thu
country you inhabit. You are denounced be-
cause these principles of truth and religiun
which you profess a1e said to be adverse Ia tn,
spirit and genious oil The institutions Of this
country. These denuLcia,ions are such tina,
even on tie Sunday you can hardly pass from
one portion Of the city TO another without COM
ing within the reach oi some living voice tina,
IS sustained in these d-nuu .iaIions, as il you
had not the right 10 walk the public stfeets
without being reduced 10 thu necessity of hear
in insult, to the string up "f,he proud spirit
of men win" take The model ir,n the standa,c
ut liberty that exists in tbs .untry. Well
for tina, reason, thu more Necessity If charity
The more Necessity If patience the IN re neces
81 v for you I" ave d ever thing I, # rsve
Propagate among those whom you know, as a
principle OF religion, To avoid cverythin. which
can disturb Ike pence and order Of .cieiy, nr
violate the laws "f the country. 1t Is no ntcts-
sary tor you al this day t. enter int any de-
fence II is rot requisite that you should
cn.z-ns The history If your creed, even in
this country, is proof # Your loyalty. From
the ca li,st period when Europeans settled
here, your ancestors in tine faith were of theiI
nun'ht rs; and they took part in everyh hing ap
pertaining 10 the coun,rys welfare and prog
ress aud in proportion t their numbers the y
were found IN the high places OF lrgisla ion
and in the high places of Judiciary. They
were found the cab MT and they were
found on the battle field, and on the floods OF
the ocean, fiykting for their country. Let on,
enemies point to one that has ever di~yraced
the p 'sition which he occupi d Till they d.
that il $, in vain for them TO pretend to ques.
ton the loyalty of IN. n who's loyalty is not d
mere affection oi self-nterrst, but a principle
Who is iha, can trace the history the Church
who will no, ste that This same charity which
We have sp. ken of, and this same loyalty tc
which now refer, have ever accompanied
those who were in communion with the Church
of God Need ! refer To The whole history oil
persecution to prove il, Under Pagan Rome
tor il.ree hundred years, all The mach nrrv O
that vast empire was piled with cruelty io
crush and extingush the rising heresy of the
Christian faith, and yet were Christians ever
dsl"yal? IL there single instance of theil
being dIsloyal! They understood better the
nature of their relsion-"fth the religion of Him
who taught them this principle, that the first
duty which man owes is IN his God, and the
second t., 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 10 be disloyal. 1t is OF
obligation to be loyal 1. is the very principle
OF the Catholic Church that mans family has
third claim upon him, the second claim being
that OF his country And for that country he
must sacrifice property, and, if necessary, life
itself He knows but ore country he car
recognize but one country; and therefore in
the Catholic religion there is no such thing as
the possibility of dsloy ally to a land II which
owe obligation. Need | refer 10 the
last three hundred years persecution under the
British empire, during which time the same cry
was kept up, and all who prorssed the Catholic
faith debarred from honors, subject to fines
| and their schools closed by supreme authority
so as 10 make them GA minded, and blind
and ignorant. And yet the reproach against
them is tina, they were inyal, too loyal View
ed then, by the tests Of history as exemplfy
ing the spirit Of the Christian Church. is j,
possible that a country in which we enjoy sucl
advantages, in which the government declare.
itself impartlally just towards all without
knowing any distinction before the law, in
which we are made equal, in which we have
all the liberty t. asemblc here in council
privilege which we could not enjoy in some
countries which call themselves Cathol:c-is il
possible, say that in such coun'ry we shoulc
mol love the institutions and cherish them with
an affection deeper than those who have beer
unable 10 make q comparison between this anc
lands and governments Of bondage? Let %.
all then be prepared, fthe day Of trial SHOULD
come, to bear with patience SCOTS and taun,s
Let us not be down hearted If, when we ar.
insulted by the LIVING voice of public hrawler,
in the streets, the newspaper press which uset
to be, in the happier days OF this government
the guardian every mans rights, is no longe
true TO its high calling.