Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-13

or OF Catholic prosecutions. But do below a..
Catholics, like ali other sects of Christians h .laE
good and bad among thcm and whilst | wo1,d eve
pose the bad aoiU respect the good up
1t is unjust TO charge that all Catholics are vl
foreign allegiance. We hnoao that such is NOT H
truth: Our own State has ever regarded VIM
Castor as an honor to her history Mr. Radr 'aIl
Gently pronounced in the Senate beautiful ami i
eIeomlpm upon Chief Justice fancy. All appSud
ed it who heard it. Yet Mr.. CASTOR was a CatboI:u
and so is MIR. fancy. The Pope can't govern t
people within his immediate State 10 tcn,roI I
maters-how much less then, is he able TO on.
them in foreign lands? At this very time he iSr
tected at home by French army That Cathdt ;O,
will ever be able to supplant the Protestant rcI;
In this country, is simply absurd No intclISent
man need to fear such result. We have the R;iI
hcre-all men read it for themselves And the ox
perlence OF the past proves that Catholics art. mo-
frequently converted to Professionalism in this cor
try than Protestants arc to Catholicism Since tbo
establishment of our present form of government
is well attested fact, that between six and i1t
millions of Catholics have immigrated to our sboa
There are now hero however, only about one mil
hon! What has become of the other ve-NxtbSg
Converted to Professionalism. Fifty wears apo ora
there were no other religonists in Louisiana aycot
Roman Catholics. Now they rank as third in nome
OF numbers in that State Methodist and Bantilt
are each more numerous there than they WLa
do these facts prove? They prove clearly tL
Catholics are more likely to be converted by Prot
ants than Protestants are by them. If Protcs,,nt
dvines- and Protestant christians will only DO bi
duty, and will rely upon Spiritual weapons instead
of carnal, our religion is in no danger. But f
preachers forget their high calling, and turn noT
ticians; and politicians take in charge the holy in.
terests of the Church, then indeed may we well fear
the most disastrous results both to religion and the
State 0
History is philosophy teaching by example,
Let us then profit by the experience of our father
land upon this subject. The tyranny of the Stn
arts was for brief period overthrown, and the
friends of liberty aimed at the establishment Of .rr
public. They failed in their efforts, however and
ftti(e@ because religious Juror misled itself with
the politics of the times Amid the strife of seeto
ans and the attempt of politicians to secure the au
rity cthe CHu1ch the spirit of liberty expired and
on the throne of the Stuarts was seated for a time
despot more absolute than he whose head he had
brought to the block-til at length the people, dis
gusted with the hypocracy of Politicians, and the
cant of religionists, recalled to his lost doninos
the son of Charles the First, who regmed for Iong
years. and swayed despotic ceptre over people
but recently in love with liberty, but made abject
and subseTvicht by the revulsion produced by the
inauspicious conjunction of religion and polr:s-a
CONJUNCTION which ever has, and ever will result in
corruption in the Church and despotism in the State
Very truly and respectfully,
Your friend,
JOHN KERR
E. j. HALE & Son