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YAzO0 CITY. MISS. FRIDAY. JULYz2O, 1855

Fonth vlckssurg Wing J'ly II, 1855. |
Religious Pcr.ecutiOns.
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Ma ARTHuR: In the a8entinel' Of this MORN t
ing, there appeared the following pnragraphs;
"Mr. Lake is an Episcopalian, and we propose
to show that he and his church, in thsparticu-
lar, are not one whit better off than the Catno- |
lies. We are prepared to show two cases against
his church for each case of persecution he will
cite against the Catholics, since the establish
ment of his. 1t is matter of history that his
church, inaits infancy, fed only upon blood and
plunder; upon su h food alone it grew fat and
strong. As his almanac only gives three noted
cases, we will only cite, from half million or So
six, to make our word good e
I John Nelson, for denying the Queen's ST.
'PRFMAcY, lof Mr. Lakes church, mind, was
drawn from Newgate to Tyburn and hanged,
lemboweld and CHARTERED. About the same
time, and for the same cause, Sherwood was
hanged, emboweled and quartered--a favorite
mode of punishment with Mr.. Lakes church!
On the 2sth of May, 1852, Luke Kirby, priest,
for no higher offence than reciting mass in Eng
land, after being cast into hoop, called the
IScAvESGER's DAUGHTER, in which his body was
folded up, so that his hands, head and feet were
bound fast together, was hanged, emboweled
and On lrtered, as were three ,ther priests at the
same time; Kirby being made to look on while
his companions were being emboweled, and the
head of Wm Fibie, one ofthe priests, was held
lup before him! Ones blood shivers at the
thought! At York, in 1886, Hugh Taylor, "for
being priest nothing ese--on the 25th of
November, was drawn. hanged and quartered.
At the same time, Bowes, gentlemen of farn-
i ly was similarly executed for giving Taylor a
cup of beer to relieve his thirst! We have, with
out thinking, exceeded our promise"
| do not know whether it is any compliment
to the intelligence of our community. to suppose
that the above extract demands o reply. As
4 there may be supposed, however, to be some per-
sons as uninformed upon the subject of his re-
marks, as the Editor of the s'Sentinel' himself,
I will state that there was an essential aud obvi-
Gus difference between the cases of Latimer,
Ridley, CranIler and Rogers, and some hund.
reds of others, and the cases cited by the "Sen-
tinel.' Every one of the former suffered death
|, for the sole reason that he was Protestant.
Not one of the latter suffered death because he
was Roman Catholic.
In the case Of every Protestant martyr, the
crime charged was heresy. In the case Of al
most every Roman Catholic victim Of the Eng
lish policy; the crime was virtually treason. Il
is to be remembered that the case of John Bo.
cher, and Jean de Paris, who were executed fo,
heresy, was IN the reign of EIw ard VI, the very
infancy of Protestantsm, when the reformed
in fact but partially reformed, and still in many
a respects influenced by the views of religious po
icy, in which they were educated. Very. nea
tine same time, and under the same Influences
Calvin and the Presbyterians burned Serve
> tus.
, In the reign of Elizabeth, in which the Pro
testantism oil Enaland was firmly established, am
became in all essential particulars what it remain
> to this day, the Parliament confined the punish
me,t of heretics to those who should oppose tn
DEGREES of the first four general councils, whicl
n councils the Roman Catholics acknowledged
;. and therefore no Roman Catholic, as such, coul
thereafter be punished for heresy.
: 1t is not true that Hugh Taylor or any othe
: priest, ssfor being priest, nothing else,' wa
y hanged, drawn and quartered in 1885. Tn
{. Parliament and crown OF England, as we ar
. prepared to show, acted strictly upon the de
fensive.
lt The Roman Catholic church, in virtue of he
e assumed right to meddle in such matters, con
sdered and declared the Pope and other eccle
- siastcs, that the Protestant princes of Englan
acere herec,cs, and of course could not hold rgh,
IN full rule in any CHRISTIAN land Can any on
ee wonder at the severity of the laws passed an
l. got in force against those Roman Catholics VIII,
,;r orenly upholding the pretensions of the Pop,
" encouraged rebellion against the existing civ
a. authority, and we may say against the rights {
to all States and civil governments throughout tn
word! But for the article which has calle
q forth these remarks, we should have suppose
- the editor of the s ntinel acquainted with I'll
- origin of the name Protestant
e. 1t originates in the protest which various ci
it il governments felt themselves compelled
,rd make against the unsurpaton of the Pope in r
gard not less to their civil than their religio
: rights.
- Having shown the difference between the M,
tyrdom of a protestant subject of Mary on /
lgous ground, and the execution of Rom
Catholic subject Of Edward or Elizabe
on political grounds, we wait what furth
90 ldevelopments the Romish reading ofthe Pr,
- estans Ealtor of the Sentinel may elicit.
And we might concede more than his stud
ln- are likely to discover, aud still be able triu
ion phantly in the language of recent able defer
ncb er of the Protestant Episcopal church, to ask
.e. "By what act of that church is persecution
en' theozed! When and where did she pronoun
hat anathemas against Romanism, or any other fo
acy ofreligious error. When did she make it a,
W ty OF her Archbishops to hunt out heretfes,
their visitations every year! When did she
!, TX the penaiues oI hef seVerest uiscipHne 10
weli neglect of this active barbaritya In what p
or. of her standard system does she recommend t
ted heretics shall be .eerm,aated by direct attae
upon their liberty and life? In what act Of b
ds will you find 1e Deum order to celebrate
ried butcherv Of Romaniats! When did her ele,
old publish such nefarious rule of moral abomi
isfv ton your Jesuits or direct the assassins kr
against the persons of kings. When did Il
-, hold up as glorious martyrs, the perpetrators
ucn such deeds as those of jacques Clement aud
SO. vaillac in France; and raise relgio0s murders
, of the rank of the loftiest virtue.