The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29
Thr Secfasian PRESS,

HE htHttig, Nh'1H At tdi''i'l 'ios !,
any honest expression Of opinion based
upon observation and experience, il
reference to political ethics and re-
llgious belief is certainly worthy Of
y moments consideration. What is
called he religious press" Of this
country, we deem to be-without BIZ
assed Judgment the chief element Of
discorI and coutention-the direct
cause to " hith alone is to be attributed
the principal evils in the social conn
pact. We 10 not suppose that con
rerts to any particular faith are made
in this way, but we take it for granted
that large portion Of the blind bigot-
ry, Of the semi-enlightenel multitude,
has its origin In this source, aud is
fostered aud encouraged as purely
matter of speculation on the part of
the soi-disaut religious editors. AS
a general thing, the slang and slandcr
used by such against one other is too
contemplate and insignificant to no.
tice, to say nothing Of the palpable aud
barefaeoi fhlsehoods they tell, III OF
der to weaken the strength Of one
other, in the eyes Of an indulgont aud
patronizipg public. The following
is mild sample of some Of the stuff, |
daily set before the public eye, to
nauscato the stomachs of Christian
people
Any person, Catholic or non-Cath- !
ollie, may become a member Of certain
secret societies. but when be does so.
II previously Catholic, he virtually |
disowns the Church. ceases to be a
Catholic. and, unless he rcpcnts of the
sin, recants and repudiates the society,
and takes the necessary measures for
rcadmIssion into the Church, he can
not be entitled to Christian burial
after The Catholic rite This exclusive
ness IS not by any means praetised by
Catholics alone. Some of the sects en-
force similar regulations. But there arc
many other self-evdent reasons why no
one can be at the same time Catho-
lie and a Know Nothing, and whom
any member of the society ASSERTS that
Catholics belong TO it, he simply tells
a talsehood.
"Bosh ~ "Moonsbire 70 "StuH. "
Suppose what the writer says is SO.
what docs IL amount to- Docs the
author presume so much upon he ig-
norance d The times as to suppose that
here is any man alive, who regards
what is called an Accommodation
from the Catholic, or any other dc
nomination? Does he suppose for a
that there is any one living in
his age, who believes that mere
fifth" without actions, will avail him
anything before the eye of a Just
Judge? Suppose acting in
Inc consciousness of rectiiude, desires
% make himself useful in better Sc,
'ret society than one founded upon
abstract religious principles; does so
lies and is denied the kind of chris
ian burial referred to by the writer
5 not the burial of his body by his
rlends and relatives, quito as bonora-
,le and acceptable, as though mean
ngless forms were observed by some
oct at his funeral? It occurs to us
o, in unbiased judgment ,
AS an argument for what ia called {
eliglous newspapers, we are told |
that every order has its oracle, in a
lay of cheap printing materials. F" ,
True. Political factions always will !
ave because the interests of man- {
lind must always be divided, aud pol ;
tics is mere matter Of speculation, q
trife for place and proit---under the }
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