Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-12

Lutu Duitlnloit. .tSe' A1t''sl''' s''''. $50
at Large, by T. Bacon, 3D., 1s65.l-
Here are some of its clauses :-. s'i ssita .''-
"Blaspheny sgains, God, denying our
Saviour Jesus Christ to be htsop.ol God,
or denying the Ho!y-Trinity, orfthe God.
head Of any of the three persons, &C.,
was to be punished with. death and con-
fi.cation of lands and goods 10 the Lord
Proprietary. (2) Persons using any re-
proachfnl words or speeches concerning
the Blessed Virgin, Mother Of our Saviour,
or the Holy Apostles or Esangelists Of
any Of them, for the first offence to forfeit
!f5 sterling to the Lord Proprietary: or,
in default of payment, 10 he publicly
whipped, and imprisoned at the'pIeasure
of his Lordship, or his Lieut. Genersl.-
Forthe second offsnce 10 forfeit f10 s,el-
ling, or in default Of payment, to be pub I,
licly and severely whipped and imprison-
ed as before directed. And fot lhesthird
offence to forfeit land. and goods, and Be
forever banished out ofthe Province.p,
These are some OF the prorisldns of
this famous enactment, which only secures
10 Catholics and Trinilarians th- rights Of
worship, consigning all others 10 fines, i'm
prisonment; scourglng and banishment.
What contrast between the Act, and
the law of Rhode Island, whose sublime
words no true man can read without feel
ing his heart burn within him. "Allmem
may walk as their consciences persuade
them, every one in the name Of lis Gpd.
And let the lambs ofthe MOS, High. wa,s
in,his Colony without moestation, in ,h/
name Of Jehovah their God, for ever Of
eyer.''e u
These facts settle the question, as to the
honor Of being the pioneers, in the pro-
mulgalion and practice Of religious ibpr-
ty. This honor belongs to Roger VIII
liams and the Baptist Colony aof Rhode
Island. twill yitldto M one in honor
ing Catholic when he deserves it: For
advocating religious freedom | would
honor Catholic even more than Pro-
testant ;iLwould- -be.a nobler triumph of
truth and principle in him. But let no
envious hand seek to pluck his crown from
the brow which ough, TO wear il. Lord
Baltimore needs no borrowed pllmes.-
The Catholics Of Mary yland coyet no sur
reptitious honors. IS s,,'E sss
Having been called upon. TO write ,fis
paper amidst multiplied pastoral lurgencies
and activities, I am awarethatl / have on
ly indicated what seem to me 10 be great
principles, without doing any justice TO
them. Composing in haste, some express :
sion may have escaped me 10 offend my
Catholic f-llow-ci,izens. il so,let them
believe me that harbor no sentiment of
unkindness towards them; and, asmrn
speak from their feelings, know that I
have employed no word not intended tn
breathe esteem and affection. lr fine, 1
have, in this discussion, avoided the wcs,d
federation, and ] have done sopnfp6s, =,
iustinctively. Not hut that ihp phrase
may well apply 10 the boon which We
now seek from foreign goverhmsnis.-
federation, however, ,:rpc"gpizes ihptrisht
of civil government to tolerate; thatis.to
regulate, and ol course, 10 restrain, and
even abolish religious freedom. Thptfrm
therefore, has no place in my vocabulary.
Freedom is the word, good Saxon. a
good American word; and | have, there's
fore, preferred il:
aof this highest style of freedom il was,
that Cowper Uttered those noble lines,
"a Liberty ansppg
BY poets, and by senators unprai'cd
But liberty of soul, derived from Him,
Dough, will, His blood who gayo i. to man.
kind,
And scaled with the SAME tokens"
Since Cowppr wrote, however, itcan-
not be said olthis freedom, that il is sun
sung by poets.' And now, since General
Csss has spoken, it ticeasps 10 be tr,,eytba,
this liberty is .by senator's unprsised.'-
God grant that the time may soon come
when this great gift Of Jesus 10 our lsce
shall be no longer misunderstood and bar
tered and trampled under foot; the period
when all men everywhere. shall conpre-
hend, thattt,e dirrst curse ottyrsnny is
not upon person and property but upon
thesoul, conscience; the immortalniind
when all shall assert "the liberty where
with Christ hath made US frer,p aud shall
rejoice in the sublime consciousness of
this truth, felt, experience in all It's em-
phasis: "lf thu Son shall make youlfree
ye shall be free indeed" Y
RD. FULLER:
Baltimore, June l2 1854.
Expansion from Hcat.-Ws noticed
on Tuesday, Says The Ne@berry (s C.)
Sentinel, that the rails on the Gietnyille
and Columbia Railroad had expanded
very much from the excessive heat
The vacant spaces between Them WERE
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