The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-10
TIE NEW NATvE-AMERIcAN AND ANTI-cArHoLIcI


dated April TO- 1904 called the attention of his friend to
federal scheme then aoat for forming coalition between
the federalls and the democrats of what they called the
seven Eastern States He said that the fedealists 60
aoHe gone forever and that their object TO re-
turn to power under new form They had but one
means which to divide the republicans and join the
minority, and barter with them for the cloak of their
name" say join the minority" continues Mr. Jefferson
because the majority of the republicans needing
them, will not buy them The minority having no other
means Of ruling the majority win give price for auxia
ries, and that price must be principle" "Thus
bastard system of federo-republicansm will rise the
ruins of the principles of revolution And when
this party is formed who win constitute the majority Of
(which majority Is then to dctate2 Certainly the fed
erasts" believe" he continues that any por-
ton of real republicans will into this trap and if
they do cannot believe they carry with them the
mass of their States advancing steadily them
TO union of principles with their brethren II will be
found in this in all other similar cases that crooked
schemes Will end by overwhelming their authors and coad
TUTORS in disgrace and that he alone who walks straight
and upright and who in matters of opinion will be CON
tented that Others should be free himself and acoui
when his opinion is fairly oyerrrled viii attain his
object in tie end
the distinguished author of the above letter had been
alive at this day he could not have expressed opinion
more snguarly applicable to existing affairs. In many
OF the States the wing party has sunk into condition of
hopeless Reorganization and in such localities the only
prospect of those leaders who lock alone place and office
is to create organization with such portions of the
democratic party they lead astray And although
in the city of Philadelphia the introduction of native
Amercanisn, and of any political antiCehclc sentiment
into the wing creed has been Denounced yet in other To-
cates many ~ the wing party and portion Of the lead
ing wing press while they avoid open commital to is
of secarian character to any direct denunciaon
of the oregnborn citizens content to reap in silence
any advantage they attain from the growth nflu
ence of such prejudices,
1t is not however TO be understood that al of the whig
party willing to pursue this course That organiza-
ton has alwnye contained large number of citizens who
conscientious in the support OF the principles they
adopted as ourselves and whose adherence their party
was marked by patriotic and unsehsh Such
have already gnfed their determination keep the faith
they have hitherto observed free from the ntermingng
of such issues presented and although cam
not properly expect that they will permanently connect
themselves with organization, yet know that they
will unite with to prevent the mischief threatened by
the niudlcous zeal of their former friends They and we
alike know that the Of individual men dearly
purchased when is attained by the concession of princi
pies which commend themselves to the appreciation
of our conscehces
But do those wings who act otherwise and who now re-
port and chronicle their satisfaction at every which
has anywhere attended the coalition of the native Ameri
can and ant-Catholc party remember in what terms OF
strong indignation they denounced General Pierce in the
late presidential for his supposed effort to con nue
the test to exclude Catholics from Office in the State of
New Hampshire Do not they remember that they even
sought to make him responsible for the opinion Of has State
after the cearest demonstration afforded of his hosl-
ity this species of religious prescription DO they not
recall the terms ofapprobaticn with which they chroniced
the various appeals made by General Scott in his be-
half the German and Irish audiences which he address
cd in his tour2 Do they recolect that the
knowled gmen of the sehccd Of that day
didly made BY the Republic the political organ of the
more active portion of the wings in Washington, was ac
companied by the fullest statement of the improperly
"he recognition of any political differences among the
various of Christians" Has anything occurred to
alter their former views on this subjec2 Why they
silent if they of the mind2 VIII not say
that there was lack of sincerity at that time, or now,
supposed intolerance then denounced while real ntoler
ance is passed over in silence
There is better time than the present to discriminate
between moral courage and true moral cowardce
We are about to enter upon elections In which for the frs
time open opposition to naturaized citizens and to thos
of the Catholic at will appear OF the strength weak
ness of this opposition, wholly ignorant but neither
its strength its weakness will prevent frank dis
cusson of the principles which such opposition embraces
These are known us only by the declarations
of persons supposed to be cognzan of Them they
revealed by their elections which have facI
recently under our eyes Without any purpose to do in
Justice scarcely be mistaken in their scope and OBJ
ect and cannot suppose that their yocates win hesitate
to correct us if we are in error
The objects of the organization understood te
be-
!, l. An organization against the political power of th'
) Catholic church.
o An organization to place the government of the coun
try in all its parts high and low chief and subordinate in
the hands of native-born citizens
B. A repeal or change Of the naturalization laws
We suppose that will be conceded by every Christian
man, of whatever denomination that the introduction Of
religion into political affairs is evil which it re-
qures extraordinary condition of circumstances to JUS
ty We all of us know something of that religious hate
which has illustrated the history of every people since the
dawn of the Christian We know that it has only
arrayed Catholic and Protestant against each other bn
that Methodists Epscopaans and Prebyteans have in
their turn also conducted with each other euds which
have left deep impression upon modern history 1t was
the peculiar glory of form of government that it
designed among other things to from this mites
tine and dstracting strife Indeed had supposed thai
the explicit recognition of equality of political priv
leges and of the liberty accorded each to
God after his own manner in the constitution Of the land
would have forever prevented any combination of the
character existing among us; for, although it CANNOT
accomplish its mission by the pction OF any corporal
pains penalties any legal disabilities upon those who
adhere any faith yet its motives open TO remark
as if such purpose directly sought We ask grayely
and soemnly of those who have entered into IT. whether
they do violate the spirit of the constitution when they
seek to aix religious test to the qualifications OF those
who are under its provisions competent to hold Official
station as entirely as it. in the very face of the constitution
Of which such