The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-11-07


country of theirbirh their adoption She teaches them
that country has stronger claim upon them than their
families and that they have but country and
allegiance and that wherever they live that is their
try.
In this connexion, also let quote from work of
doubted authority in the Catholic church. entitled 7actI
tus de EcclesiaH
They state "Chrs had not granted to St Peter direct
or Indirect power the temporal of Kingdoms
that by the kings and emperos alone the supreme tempo
raj establishment of them ought to be held that the dec
laratons Of pontfs be considered ntab
points eah thieh necessary salpation 10 be-
iepeP
of the British empire take the following oath after the oath
of allegiance, 33d George III
b, do hereby declare that do profess the Catholic
religion"
~ B, do that do abjure, conemn, and detes
unchrstan and mpous, the principle that it is lawful
TO murder destroy any ways inure any person what
for under pretence of being hereto and do de-
clare soemnly before God that believe that act in it.
self unjust immoral wicked, be justified
cused by under pretence color that it done either
for the good of the church in obedience to any ecee
astca power whatsoever also declare that it is not
article of faith in the Catholic church. neither thereby
required TO believe profess, that the Pope fdtb
that am bound to obey any order in its nature inn
moral though the Pope ecclesiastical power should
issue direct such order but the contrary hold that
II would be sinful in to pay respect obedience
thereto. further declare that do not believe that any
sin whatever committed by be forgiven at the
will of the Pope any persons whatsoever but
that sincere for past sins firm and sincere
luton avoid future guilt and to God pre-
vious and Indispensable requisites to establish we'll
founded expectation of forgiveness and that any person
who receives dissolution without these previous requisites
far from obtaining thereby any remission of his SINS in
ours the additional guilt of violating And
also that will defend to the utmost of my power
the settlement and arrangement of property in this
try as established by the laws in being and do
hereby dsclam disavow and soemnly abjnre any nten
ton to subvcrt the present church establishment for the
purpose of substituting Catholic establishment in its
stead; and do hereby soemnly swear that will not
ercise any privilege to which am may become
Protestant State establishment of the British empire So
help me GodP
This sir is the requirement of the corrupt and aggres
sive Church and State establishment in the British empire
of her Catholic subjects that she may feel herself safe in her
regal wickedness This is specimen of monster under
whose oppressive weight all the Protestants of Britain
well the Catholics have groaned This oath of abura
ton is required only of the Catholic disseners Their
gon teaches them to obey the laws and support the
try of their adoption their BIRTH and they willingly
take the oath reutng the mputatons falsely made against
their allegiance and faith And should the evil day
dawn upon equal and free country when corrupt
church establishment claiming privileges not warranted
by justice and the principles of equal rights to all the
Catholic will be willing to take such OATH if his life of
devotion to the country in peace well war will not
eminent
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