Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-07-22

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10 The polls force sufficient 10 control u
State Election, or to give the balence Of
power in Presidential contest, TO either Of
the great political parties that will stoop to
purchase it. The foreign rote has been,
aud again will be, in the market, aud the
highes, bidder is the purchaser" 1t can be
secured a, any time, BY n seat upon the Su-
preme Bench, Cabinet appointment, or a
Foreign Mission! In the present corrupt
state Of parties, whether Democrat, Wing or
Frec.soil, this vote will be irafliCked for-as
it ofieu has becn-and our boosted right Of
suffrage becomes farce. The best men Of
the land must give place, in the race for
power, 10 the men who will make the best
bargains!
Is to be wondered at, in this state OF
things, that free.born AmertGns will seek
remedy for this appalling evl3 Is it mat
Ter Of surprise that while Jesuits secretly
rio, 10 undermine The rair fabric Of our free.
dom, those who have their eyes wide open
10 the dangers that impend will rally 10 the
rescue-and, il they see no other prospect OF
success. will secretly organize 10 COUNTER
mine7 This We suppose TO be The occasion.
and this the apology, for the rise Of the order
Of "Knop Noihings,"-aud If this Organiza-
tion be an evil, the only way 10 prevent it,
or 10 arrest its progress, where it has an ex-
is,ence, is to rsmoUe the occasion Of il. Or.
CARNATIONS, prolessedly religious, must uei.
,her touch, taste nor handle tie affairs oil
State. Those who have sworn paramount
allegiance to q foreign poienIale, cannot
make good Republicans, much less be safe
repositories Of power under our govern
ment.
This suhjec, is now uppcrmost in the pub
lie mind. Il is being discussed in every pa
per, and at every public corner Of the village
street. We should be recreant 10 our duty
as public Journalists, and as American citi'
zens, 10 pass i, unhseded by. We desire thai
our readers may fully understand the sub
jec,, and act as becomes enlightened Amer
leans; and with this object in view we ap'
pend the following lispassiOmate article
| C..,s, ia, pb;I,Jainhio Rulln,in.
from Inc r"'""e'p'''" D"''''"'.
RELIGION AND POLITICS.
To tie Editor cfthe B0lletn;-
was s,rucI, with the cnndor and
holiness with which you spoke yesler'
day of the altemp, made by some pub.
liz men TO introduce the religious ele.
men, into the election of Judges in this
STATE You seized upon the occasion
If The ors,ion of Mr.. Ludlow, in Indie.
nenJencs Square on the 4rh of July, Ia
mt him and some other gentleman in
mind that they had given occasion, by
their policy. 10 counter combinations,
some Of which are understood to he Sc
crer orqunizprinn. But do not think
YOU wen, 10 the bottom of the natter
and if YOU will allow me, will make a
few remarks founded oil long and wide
observation.
think there can be no donLt but
,ha, there exists deep ,Iis,,us, and appre-
hepsion in the country, growing out Of
The action of the Roman Catholic Chur oh
in r.snee, 10 some public measures
which nave, fnr many years, been Con.
sidered the settled policy of the Amer,
;c,u peonle. such as their resistance to
the common public school system-iheii
attempts (aud with large success, tao,
to have each Of their Bishops an inc"t'
poralion to hold the whule church prop
erty in his diocese, aud transmit it tn
his succcssor-their combined action in
local aud general eleetioms-their uni
form attempts to place men Of their
church, because they were Of lheil
church, in public positions of influence
And in all these respects they have act
ed as body, under invisible leader
ship, and not as individual Citizens.
.. Some politicians seeing the dispo
si,ion and availability of the Roman
Ca,hol;c Church in regard to public
measures, courted their influence. In
his r.sner, bn,h Wings and Democrat: