The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-13
From the Chicago Tribune.

tur6 10 follow.
From the Chicago Tribune.
TEMPERANCE AND THE CATHOLIC PRIEST
HooD.-In an article il the New York Tribune
under the above caption, appears some severe
atrictures on the general policy OF the Romisi
Priests, with respect to the terrible evil O
drunk enness. After speaking Of the powerful
influence possessed by that class over the Irish
among whom drunkenness and its concomtan
vices, prevail to SO fearful an extent, and ex-
pressing the natural expectation that the power
Of the Priest would aid every effort to suppress
an evil so fruitful of misery, that article Is eom
PEELED to add:
" This hope does not seem likely to be grati-
6ed. We hear of no movement among the
Ca.kolc hierarchy for the suppression OF tiiia
deadly and crime generating traffic. And yet
there seems to be great occasion for an effort OF
the sort. We published tine other day statis-
tical paper, showing that great majority ofthe
murders committed in this state are by lrishmen
aud those lrishmen drunk. Bot why were they
drunk when there is an Archbishop and Priest
hood with such powers Of moral and spiritual
control among their apcks? Why is there not a
reform, Why is there not total abstinence
association in place of every rum hole by an
Irish Catholic.
The most successful reply to the above, which
can be made, is to submit too inquiries. LIST. ls
not Father Mathew, the great temperance re-
former an Irish Catholic 2ne Has not Father
Mathew done more for the ts.Sperance cause
than any other living mans
The anti Democratic-anti-A Administration
-anti Slavery party under whatever name il
may be known, labors under two general mis-
IN h. dav, doou.
" by every true friend Of freedom. These
are:
Ist. That the wise ones are not honest.
And,
2nd. That the honest ONES are not wise.
The frat must be watched, and the second
ins.ructed.-[Du. Trib.
Who does the man mean, when he speaks of
The anti Damocratie- -"ati Administration
pastye One would supp 'se, if he did not
know that he was struggling to edit whig pa
per, that he belonged to the Administration par
" himself.
His ob.curity furnishes the necessity for
saxginal notes and ref;r.n ,es, Which we trust
hereafter, he will adopt as convenience to lis
readers
vate letter from Florence says:
Powers, noble statue of w Washington ordered
BY the state Of Louisiana, 10 now completed,
aud viii be shipped by vessel to New York in
few days ltis grand work, ard the lovers
af art would do well If they could obtain the
consent Of the patriotic stste which it is to ad-
orn, for it's exhibition err passast in the en-
pire city. The artist is n W engaged on the
- N.,h. "A. h,y ~
BostUn.
The great orator is represented in the atti-
tude Of defending the Constitution, which is
firmly gsasped in Que haud, while the other
rests upon the syu.bul Of The Union, which i,
secures. have seen nothing among the rem.
aims Of sncient sculpture at ell comparable tu
this last Achievement Of American genius. There
10 assurediy no head in the propolous Pantheon
Of Greek and Rome notab,lities 10 compare
with that of the American statesman.
No RELIGIOUS TEsr SHALL BE REQUIRED
We desire to recommend the following extracts
q food for reflection to those whose hostility to
Catholics has blinded them to the fact, that this
10 q country in which freedom Of religious OPT
MON is guaranteed by the Constitution Of the
United States:
No religious test shall ever be required NJ q
qualification to any office or public trust, under
the United States.-Con. Art. 6, Sec. 3
Congress shall make no law respecting ar
establishment Of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.-Lon. Amended Art |.
DAME FORTUNE-A. COUPLE OF
VICTIMS.
The freaks Of the tickle dame are often dwell
upon, % an extraordinary example. Loui,
Napoleon is frequently alluded to.-Althouvt
We have had no man elevated to the purple ir
this repablic as in France, Uhanks to our bette
knowledge Of what constitutes liberty y W,
have something approaching to it in the cas-,
of Gen. Zachary Taylor. On the occasion o
Gen. McNiel being appointed, in 1880. Sur
veyor Of the Port OF Boston, his friend Taylor
1 then Colonel in the army, wrote a letter o
congratulation, in which he remarked that b.
wap very strongly attached TO profession h.
had followed Tor twenty years, I" but" said he
IS could get civil appointment. as respectable
with half the emolum mt attached to it as then
il to ths one you have received, and where
could be located 20 as to supcrintend the educa
tion Of my children, would resign forthwith.
He regrets, however. that he "does not posses
influence enough 10 procure civil appoinimer
Of any grade," and hence considers his door
fixed. Yet, in less than twenty years Go
Taylor became distinguished General an
President fthe United States, with the AZ
pointment Of Surveyor of the Port Of Boston 3
one Of the gifts he might besiow upon whom h
pleased.
George Law il another +" memorable exam
pie. He is now estimated 10 be worth betw ee
Eve and six milliens of dollars, and owns lin
, Of steamships that could carry Fllbuste
enough to take Cuba in forty eight hour
Besides, he owns sufficient number Of mu
kets 10 equip army of 10000 men and /
has the money, too, to subsist that army. I'll
only reason then, We presume, Why he has n
, revolutionized Cuba and wrested the Quet
. of the Antilles from the grasp of Spain, is Il
, want of inclination His opinion on Chan!
10 of some importance now, and he would iii
little difficulty Of neg ,tiating loan o: millio
= yet, when the Pennsylvania canal was col
Z structing, George Law contracted for two SIN;
: locks, on section near Huntingdon, and car
: very near failing because he had taken the
d too low
We alluded some days ago to the fact til
J, E r. Christy, Of Minstrel notoreiy, had
o eleven years amassed an immense FORUM
q that he was now worth nearly 5000, ,000-i
e tended to retire from business and take his ca
: in free stone on Fifth Avenue Since tn
: We have learned from Buffalo paper ih
j. twelve years ago "Ned Christy,' az he "
e then known, made his debut in that city.
> having the means to do better, he aud his b.
st ther George fitted up room in the garret o
Il store, and there achieved their first succe
70 Then . none were 40 low 40 to do him revt
ID ence = now he has become capitalist, de
Fl in ships, houses and lots, stocks aud mer,gas,
I. nd aome of The men WI IN were f,rmerlv Nv.