The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-07

invade It's sancy deace its beauty destroy It's glory
and wther and crush out its power
And what grave and dangerous emergency is II that
these gentlemen would induce TO believe is upon us
thus agiatng the harmony and good feeling OF society
and demanding these perious expedients2
Reposing in profound political calm, and experiencing
every blessing within the gift Of great government sta
BILE permanent and Just suddenly aroused by the
startling revelation that belief in the patriotism Of
large class of felowcizens is creduity and faith
in the peace prosperity and security of the country
deusion; that surrounded by and in the
midst of national peril that enemies within preparing
the way for enemies from without and that the concealed
treactery Of religious denomination is about TO immo-
late our liberty at the shrine of the Vatican.
In repeing this grave charge the object of its nfamy
Iinvokes to his advocacy the glory Of his country.
From the gray dawn of its morning twilight to this hour
of its etugent spendor who has sacrificed TO 1t with
devotion who worshpped it with intenser love, whose
blood has flowed freely for its illustration, whose
heart bounded noby to the contests of its defence
than hist The bones Of his brethren and ancestors who
have gone him in his prosecuted faith upon
every field which banner was ever planted their
deeds upon every page of history where deeds of
patriotism are recorded and the glory of his country is
his ocH They have shared in the peris Of winning IL
they have participated in all the dangers Of its defence;
they have heightened and frightened its lusre and Civ
ing to him their high title this priceless inheritance of
all our people he has guarded it through every moment
with the vigilance of devoted freeman and invokcs
its power repel the accusation by which he is sought TO
be degraded. He claims than others, but be
claims equally with any he seeks TO deprecate none but
he desires that may depreciate him; he makes
naughty demand in the spirit Of inflated pride but be sim
ply asks for justice because he is prosecuted and wrongd
But of times beyond the dawn of national day,
historys has kept sacred memorial which shall be
honorable to his ah so long religious freedom cher
ished among When driven from the world the ref
uge of its safety in the shadow of Catholic altar
where alone then grew the olive rising from raging del
uge sectional fraterna dseord in holy promise of
enan of peace 1t stretched forth its branches to the per-
secuted of America and they fed the repose of its fra
grant shade from every quarter pursued by every degree
of religious animost and there grew up about it, under
the auspices Of Lord Baltimore, colony composed OF all
denominations of Christians yet equal in civil privileges
of all of worship yet united by rernal love found
ing itself upon the great principles then first proclaimed
e inherent right 70 perfect freedom Of conscience and the
moral and ceH crong Of political disability account Of re-
Hgi0ns congiction.
e This was the commencement of Catholic history in
America and this the germ of American freedom There
not in that history from this its beautiful and auspc
Gus beginning down to the present time the record of
single justify counsnance the bold dispersion
recklessly cast upon the members Of that church.
They regard the Papa sovereignty the domain Of
the church in Iiay purely political Institution Of thai
people and not emanaton from ecclesiastical authority
Recognising the supremacy of the religious head in re
gous matters they deny and repudiae his control in evil;
they hold of religious duty obedience and faith
to the laws of the country the only guarantee Of civil
peace and social harmony they regard allegiance to the
nation in whose protection they live Of the first OBJ
legations they to Heaven they consider the inter
ference in the ecclesastc in civil affairs dissertation Of
his high calling they believe the only voice which should
be heard in the temple is the healing voice of Christian
charity and reverencng the faith of their in
religion and politics, proudly point to its illustrative
uents the glorious record of the foundation of the col
4 ony of Maryland
The uniform conduct Of clergy and laiy throughout the
country has been in accordance with these views and
when dscord and agitation have disturbed the people, and
rancorous luminosity and excited passion have been named
lately occurred the North resist the execution of
the laws it this church, whose covert peri
our national existence that called its members to obey and
defend the outraged authority of the country From its
pupts everywhere throughout the land goes forth to those
who will hear it the moral pecept of civil obedience the
paramount duty Of the citizen and in its people every
where that precept maness calm and steady acqui-
: escence in the supreme power Of the State And if in
deed ecclesiastical thunder ever righuly belonged
Rome for in civil emergencies its bolts would to
have been surreptitDusy appropriated by OF our A
senng brethren the North who In their parox ysms 81
indignant wrath illuminate them with indiscFminate fury
against the patriotism of people and the peace govern
ment and dignity of the Union Unurling from the em-
pie the banner ola hha they denounce unchristian
the legislation of the country in terms ofnvecve cultivated
for different purpose and suitable to less sacred
places and threaten with the of divine maledcon
Il obedience 10 tine so yereigp law of the natca.
il If such might stop in their career, ana fur
pause to hear the traitor teach his flock their treason they
would learn that In his theology the higher law orlan
the supremacy of civil power and that in society and gov
ernmen instituted to promote the great purposes
and virtue and happiness among men, obedience is the
greatest glory, the nobest duty, and the
and that to advise resistance TO the authorized enacmens
II of national sovereignty is offensive to eavena dcsecra
al ton Of the temple and oilng Of the white robe of the
ministerial office.
1t is through such plausible pretcnces and such rdcu
A is to be Disturbed and religious bgory is to crafty IL
heated anmosie5 and its bad PASSIONS And when undey
the auspices of is order and through the influence
Of the lanatcism ssduously cultivated of
political and Christian duty, and which is spreading
throughout the country disregard for the great principles
Of constitutional liberty and the rights of should be
far engenderedand God forbid il should be LAS
to effect the dsranchsement of the denomination
sailed and the Catholic stricken down in civil right shoA
become in this great government Of Eeenen 8erfe peB
sioner for protection which Of the other denominations
that make up the mighty whole viii next follow IN the eNpe-
rience of political degradation? win not the compet-
ton of aspiring pride bc lesened yet little more and
government class yet elect aud holy and
: limited?
Persecution having rsen restored TO full vgor by the
perverted and misguided sentiment OF the people, will not
stop at one small conquest but sill seek gories with
which 10 adorn its recovered strength.
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