The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-11-11

INGs, NY U. ". BRowSsoS. BRO WILSON'S
Quarterly Review, in ito new number just
issued, again discusses the subject Of Amer
icanism, and seeks to vndicx,e its previous
positions, which were so violently assailed.
We have not yet seen the article itself, bat
find the following paragraphs, which indi'
cate its tenor, In the Boston Bee:
"The Know Nothing party, taken in
general rather than in Especial sense, rely
for their success on two powerful sentiments
the sentiment OF American nationality,
alarmed BY the extraordinary influx OF for.
| cigners, and the Anti.Catholic sentiment, or
hatred Of the Catholic Church, shared to a
greater or less extent by the majority Of
| our conntrymen. aud which, by the anti.
/ Catholic declarations Of Protestant Eng
! land. Exeter Hall, and apostate priests and
moaks, and bv the extension and censolida.
ton of the Church, and the freer bolder
and more independent tone OF Catholics in
the United States, has been qulckened just
now into more than Its wonted activity. The
strength OF the party consists in the appeals
| it is able to make to these sentiments, es>
pecialy to that Of American nationality,
Tor with the American people this world
carries it over the other, and politics over
Religion.
From neither Of these two sentiments
should we, as Catholics, have much to APP.
prehend, il they were not combined and
acting in concert. Our obvious policy is,
then, to do all we lawfully can to keep them
separate in the public mind, and prevent
them from combining. This can be done
humanity speaking, only by satisfying the
sounder portion OF our non>C a,holic coun.
rymen--as every Catholic knows to be
true-that there is no incompatibllity be.
tween Catholiciy aud the honest sentiment
Of American nationality, and tina. whatever
Of foreiguism attaches for the moment TO
Catholics in this county, attaches TO them
in their quality OF foreigners, aud not In the
quality Of Catholics. Thia is certain. for
the sentiment of nationality is AS strong IN
the bosom Of the American Catholic AS in
the bosom of the American Protestant.
Nothing seems to IA more important at this
crisis, in relation to the kpow>Nothing
movement, than for ny clearly to dlstin.
guish the sentiment, OF nationality from the
anti Catholic sentiment, and to be on our
guard epains, offering il any pratuitoes of.
l.uce and bv our own indisctetion enlistng
a, ,he sids If thu, movement the large class
of respectable non.C atholics who love their
country more than they hate Popery.
every independent and sovereigr ma.
,ion has the NH, TO preserve i,s own ma.
,iouali,v. i,s own indonti,y. and to defend
Il filmed he. by war nnains, any foreign
,over ,hnt wonld invade il; and then. a
,ortiori to close its politicsl society. If i,
see. proper, against ali foreign Immigrant.
who. in it, Judgment, would ondauger it, or
not prove advantageous to it. In so doing.
it exercises only the Inherent righ. OF every
sovereign State, and persons born citizens
OF subjects OF other States have no right to
complain; for naturalization is boob
not natural aud 'ndeieasible rlgh'--a
boon, not IN me sense 81 simple efa'ui'y,
Tor the sole advantage OF MN VINO receives
Irwin no direct OF 'no''ect advantages re-
suliing TO The nasion' as some oil our friends
have supposed we must have meant nitho
we sa'd expressly 10 the con'rsfy' o"t
boon IN Tue sense OF grant, AZ eoh'fau'e
ung"'shea rom "a'u'ai ana 'has',a'io'e
right, and therefore concession when /"
nahon Is Tree 20 MAKE or GOT 10 MAKE ac'
cording to It's own views OF rohcy or ho,
manity' "i1hou. violating any pf'ne'P'e OF
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