New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-13
CATHOLIC AND kNOw-NOrHr.,..

We make room in this paper for the temperate aud
earnest remonstrance Of Roman Catholic Professor
IN Western College against the Efforts now being
made Gas LIE says to prescribe and exclude all Catho-
lies from public employment or station because of
their Faith His letter. we doubt not, will be widely
read and earnestly considered.
We shall preclude msaPprchepson By stating that,
while we entirely accord with him in his conclusion
that Roman Catholics should not be prescribed nor in
spy respect subjected to political civil disabilities
because of their Faith We choose not to be implicated
in the train of argument by which he atains that con-
cuson. Cur ground is simply this-thst "All men
"are created equal, and endowed BY their Creator
with certain inslieuable rights, among which
right to Q voice in choosing their rulers aud TO be
chosen among them if found capable and worthy, are
most Obvious. man may be so ignorant, so stupid
so vicious so knaysh that he is unfit or any pablic
trust end should not be chosen to any, he may be
unqualified to vote safly and uscuiy; but these
se incidents Of his personal Character, not ot all of
Lis religious creed If any rsan's religion tends to
make him stod or e,minded, and he does not
bear tlat tendency then it is our duty to vote for
better men than he is to fill all Offices but we must
vote against the bad man, not his unitness
an inevitable consequence of his vicious creed. We
know tlst rule excluding Roman Catholics from
,iiice would have deprived our country Of the SER
vices of Charles Carroll William CASTOR and other
ustr;ous state and patriots, and must resist
any such rule to the utmost. Let every man be
Judged By what he is and does. not by whst he is
pcpUarly held TO believe.
But our correspondents reasoning that the Ro-
man Catholics have never persecutedOr, at any rate,
;c.Il q Go ia Il al
only say that if either Catholics or Protestans ever
did perseoute or prescribe for Opinions sake, they
did haersnt wrorg and their conduct shall serve Us
Il warning, lot an example. We no force in
his pleading tor the Dube of Tuscsnys treatment Of
the Madiai, and hope Catholic apOlogists will not
uch longer have to pet,ifog such desperate
that. As to the Catholics understanding of the
urc. extent and limitations Of the Popes supremacy
it is their own affair altogether, and their averment
with regard to it must be taken conclusive if they
will ,ply agree in it, But can hardly be mistaken
in understanding that their public writers in this
country generally maintain not merely the Popes su-
premacy in spiruals but has authority 10 dra,e tie line
b,tuor spi,iireis and tempo,sis; and when that is
conceded, there is very little left. Thus Brownson
expressly schismatc that assertion OF the
reserved rights of the GallicaR Church, by its Bish
OPP, under the lead Of Bossuet and Louis XIV which
our correspondent cites as evidence that Catho-
lies may and do confront the Pope So "JOseph
"itm," or the Oyerslsughng Of Papa authority in
Au,Tia and Hungary under Joseph ii ia the target Of
perpetual oburgation by the Jesuit writer's in this
try. We do not pretend to know what is the true
doctrine of the Catholic church this subject; We
do not doubt our correspondents sincerity in saying
that be would resist Papal invasion Of this country;
but suppose the Pope as Pope were to declare our
Governments Ddifierentism to hostile religions
erroneous and infdel and were, in his capacity of
Vicar OF Jesus Christ to give this country to Louis
Napoleon Gas England and Ireland are said 10 have
b, given 10 Norman William and his descendans:)
ind suppose very dear in Jesus Christ were
TO sepd an army here commanding submission to the
mandate Of the Pope " for the glory Of God in the in
terest ci Religion, We apprehend that many deyout
Catholics would be perplexed as to their duty in the
premises. We are glad to hear that our correspond
ent would have scrupe to shooting even the Pope
bimsefifhc came Oh such an errand: but we do not
feel at all sure as to Dr. Brownson. All this, how
ever matter into which DO not enter save as it
is agtsted in our columns by Catholics We wish
only to be understood according heartily in our cor
respondents conelusion-ths Catholics are not 10 be
prescribed and prosecuted because Of their Faith
without at all indorsing the process by which he
reaches that conclusion. II suces for that they
are hen, and especially our countrymen.
And now if anybody sees ft to answer W. H. o.
our columns are open to him; if more than srti-
Gle is cent will print the ablet, provided it
be no longer than w. II. O.'s. There we think We
may fairly let this subject drop.
FREEMEN IN KANSAS.