Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-07
ToLERATFoN.
FROM rHs BosroH DAIRY Apy.sr1srR.

TIE BOSTON DAIRY ApvExrIsrR
wconscience, my lords, is controlable by human
laws nor amenabe to human tribunals. Persecution,
attempts force conscience will never produce con-
victon and only be calculated TO make hypocrtes
or martyrs" Such were the words of Lord Manstela
while delivering Of the nobest speeches ever listened
to in the House of Lcrd in l167 concerning the rights
of dissenters.
Congress shall make no law respecting establish
nens Of religion prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Constitution Of the United States.
at is the right well the duty Of aii men in
ciety publicly and at stated seasons 10 worship the
Supreme Being the great creator and preserver Of the
universe. And sube shall be hurt molested,
strained in his person. liberty estate for worshppng
God in the and most agreeable to the die
tates Of hs conscience, or for his religious profes
sion sentiments provided he doth not disturb the
public pesSe obstruct others in their religious
ship. decentralization Of Massachusetts,
'Ard every denomination Of Christians demeaning
themselves peaceably and good subjects of the Com
monweah shall be equally under the protection Of the
law; and subordinaton Of any denomina-
| ton to another shall ever be established by law"
The Same
| am not quite satisfied, Messieurs Editors, that
the reading Of these passages in all our churches on
Sabbath mornings would not be productive of as
| much good as the reading of the lessons.
! In matters capable of demonstration it is quite
pardonabe for mortals to differ and be angry they
sin not; but in matters of faith-the evidence of
things not seen-can any thing be more wicked and
absurd than for Of different creeds to fall out and
chide, and fight, they have done in all ages? May
be permitted respectfully inquire how much good
has been achieved in the Of pure and undefed
lgon, by the rhetorical gymnastics Of Gayazzi In
social political view, what benefit be expected to
result from empoyingI speak fguratiyely Of
foreign bulldog to run down the Roman Catholics on
American soil ask this question in all gravity They
among u.s. incorporated into the body polite by law
and into the social body by uxtapostion and ntermar
| riage. The egs Of Consttuton-dearer nop than
for its preservation from the "pers fou opa country
men lis their palladium also. 1t them of pro-
lection in the enjoyment of all their rights as citizens
and especially and in the most emphatic manner it
them that they shall neither be hurt molested
restrained for worshppng God in the and sea-
son most agreeable to themselves Now, it
not at all keeping with the character Of good citizen
who desires to uphold the Constitution and the Laws to
join in this general how-this luctamen eamor-against
the Catholic members of this Confederac Even If they
offending members cannot cut them off and cast
| them from They are altogether too numerous for
this process Of excsion the disruption OF many civil
and social ties is not to be thought Of for moment IT,
then, it settled that they to remain among u.s. and
OF US, growing proportionably with our growth and
Strengthening with strength, what benefit
result to any body from prosecuting then the
faggots have invariably advanced the religion they were
employed to retard since the beginning Of the world The
burning of the Charlestown gave an impulse
to the Catholic religion and the sympathy Of many
Protestants who Indifferent hostile before
that outrage Do not prudence and policy, No less than
purified sense Of justice, indicate directly op
poste Who was ever the better or the happier for
chershng and perpetuatng the relations Of strife and
bitterness with his neighbor? And depend upon
to have Roman Catholics for neghbors to the end If time
Already the enthusiastic and naammabe Gavazzi has
one humble imtator, at least. We are sometimes un-
conscious how little space there is between the spark
and the magazine There certainly fair prospect
of serious riot in New York few days since OCCASION
ed by named Parsons who, in direct violation Of
city ordinance, attempted to preach in the streets
against the Catholics, the Sabbath, and very pro-
perly arrested This arrest deemed by portion Of
the people to be infringement Of the liberty of Speech
and occasioned indignation gathering of some fifteen
thousand soveregns At this meeting the sefordaned
preacher who has very little, understand of the dig
nifty of our Father Lamson, magnifed his aposteshp,
and account Of his suerngs the hands of
the Jesuts For the hope Of little notorety and some
small amount of victua it is quite possible that hun
dea Boston orators could be found talk against the
Catholics, time, any thing else But we trust no
such tenn mptation will fall in their way
There is pleasant anecdote connected with the sub
ect of federation which will briefly relate for have
been able to discover any satisfactory answer the
question propounded by Horace
Ridentem deere ycrum
Quid vetatg
GEORGE WHIrPIELD-the tale may have been told of
other his pulpit on the subject
of religious liberation, suddenly looking heavenward
cried Father Abraham" loud as he could baw The
congregation electrified g lie hears me-" said the
preacher Father Abraham, there any high or low
churchmcn in Heaven?" "None," he continued look
ing down upon the people, Father Abraham says there
none. Any Armnians or Socnians? None Metho-
dists? Not one. Father Abraham, you amaze me Are
there Baptists there None Untarians? None
Surely there Csvinists Lutherans in Heaven
Nothing of the kind Father Abraham explain this mys
terry; there saints in Heaven" After pause the
preacher turned look of delight upon the congregation
and exclaimed, al understand it now; Father Abraham
says there many saints in Heavensprits of just
who have died in the Lord and mansions for many more
but they know nothing there of those party names Of dis
tnction with which perplex ourselves and poster
another in this lower world" SIGMA.
FROM CHINA.
PROM OVERLAND FRIEND OF CHINA ocrorpR