The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-16
Other Peculiar Circumstances.

Q cate, to lead us into a religious contro
: versy. 1t is wasteless expenditure
3 of time, pens, ink and paper to quot
passages Of scripture to US, with an,
hope that We will look up other pas
sages to rcfute them. We are neither
learned in the Law or the Gospel, bu
thank heaven for the meager endow
ments We have, which are sufficient tc
detect knave is one, and hypocrite
in the other. We read the scriptures
and judge them flor ourself only Lby
the light set before us. We are per-
fectly willing for others to do the same,
without fixing any latitude, for credu.
lily to halt at.
There is an element in mans ma
ture, answering to the religious senti-
lnent, and this godlike attribute de-
signed to be governed by reason has
been the cause Of more iniquity than
al other causes combined. Design
ing political institutions have grown
out of the knowledge of this fact, and
the great mass Of the people have been
ground down and kept down, by tithes
on one hand, and on the other by with
holding all knowledge from them, save
such as a Priestcraftry might choose to
grant. Under such system no man
is allowed to see and think for him
self in matters of religion he must
go and consult priest of twenty fifth
rate intelligence and do as he COM
mands him. The sect standing at the
head Of all others throughout the
world. that would WELD, this despot-
ism over the conscience. is the "Calho-
lie" and as it generally does (when it
can) WELD, through its secret societies
and minions. absolute temporal power,
it is the business Of an independent
republican press, to speak boldly that
the people may hear, when there is
any new infraction upon the Magma
Charter of their liberties. The con.
grcgation canno: by any manner Of
strained reasoning conclude that what
we say, is directed against them.
though some persons are charitable
enough to place upon our article the
other day, such construction. The
author of the article in the Advocate
says that in answer to the gentleman
who went to the church, to be>peak a
funeral for his friend and brother, that
the Priest replied if the deceased had
been Mason, the Masons had better
bury him themselves, as, under a rule
Of the church, every Catholic joining
a secret society, was considered, in so
far, to have renowned his member
ship. The gentleman then having
his doubt whether the de-
ceased had been Mason or not, the
Priest replied that, in that case, an
ecclesiastical burial could no be de-
MED, as it was unlawful to act upon
mere presumption and to give to
mere doubt the weight of proof
This is very probable story, but
has another side to it, at the head and
'ront of which stands, our friend and
elbow citizen the gentleman himself
who bespoke the funeral. Being
Mason himself and belonging to the
;ame Lodge with the deceased, he says,
IS he turned to leave the door the
question as to what class of funeral ]
vas desired, was asked, which be an {
wercd by saying the first and the
,eSt !, then another Priest was called
rom the upper room and consulta-
ion held which resulted in waving the {
eligious scruples of the church. If F,
Z hat the writer SAYS was actually SO.