New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-25
THE DAILY CRESCENT.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY Is. 1864.
Religious Intolerance.

a To Offset the interference Of the New England
clergymen in the Nebraska business, 1T appears
that on the 10th inst debate was gotten mp
in the Senate upon the subject Of religious intol-
erance. Ii was created through the efforts OF
that industrious old gentleman, Mr.. Cass, whose
garrulity, and whose disposition to regulate the
affairs Of all other countries as well as our own,
are constantly bringing forth something new il
not striking. In speech. in which there was
no lack of words, he had been urging upon the
Senate the propriety Of immediate steps being
taken to compel foreign powers, by treaty stipu-
lations or otherwise, to extend to our citizens
while in their dominions the enjoyment Of unre-
stricted religious liberty. Here is the report Of
what followed.
ssMr Badger inquired whether Mr.. Cass had
seen 8 statement made in q Catholic paper in St.
Louis-the Shepherd of the Valley'--that as
soon as the Catholics should obtain the suprema-
ey in one Of the States of the Union there would
+ be an end of intolerance there.
g Mr.. Cass replied that he had seen the state
Sment in some paper.
4 Mr.. Badger asked whether it would not be
wise to consider the propriety Of adopting some
measures, in anticipation of such result, for
securing religious liberty at home y
NIT. GASS. Iu1S OOFcfuhHcHs tieo notitiiiS W
do with religious liberty at home. That is the
business Of tho States.
IS Mr. Badger inquired, if such an event should
happen, what sort of q position we should occu-
py, asking foreign Governments to secure for our
citizens abroad what we could not secure for
them at home.
!" Mr.. Cass. That is supposing an impossible
CASE
Mr. Mallory, from Florida, lookup the cudgel
next day for the Catholics. After reading the
above report of the dialogue between the two
Senators, he went on to say that the subject, as
presented by either Of the honorable gentlemen,
could meet with no practical legislation at the
hands of the Senate, and intimated that the
honorable gentlemen had shown their usual wis
dom in making it matter of grave discussion.
Here it will be perceived that he had overlooked
what was due to himself for reviying the sub
ject after it had been in q measure forgotten
He said that the paper alluded to, the g Shep |
herd of the Valley was not an organ, nor
mouth-piece, nor an exponent Of the opinions,
religious or otherwise, of the Catholic church or
creed in the United States, and that the Bishop
of st. Louis himself had issued sort Of pronun-
oiamiento against it. Inregard to the matter of
intolerance, he thought the country had not nor
ever would have any thing to complain of from
the Catholics, and it was impossible to deny the
fact that large portion Of the Protestant Epis-
copal clergy of the United States refuse their
ceremonies Of sepulture to the unbaptized He
was replied to by Mr.. Badger at considerable
lengthsand in style intended to be explanatory,
but which insinuated rather more than had been
first charged. and the debate upon this momen-
tons question finally dwindled into sharp la
comic dialogue