American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-11-29

been widely published. and is accessible to
every one. His conclusion is all that is i'm
portant:
"The Pope Is the proper authority to
decide for me whether the Constitution Of
this country is or is not repugnaut TO the
laws Of God"
This was Mr.. Brownson's opinion on
the 18th Of June. 1855, AMI there leave
him for the present.
That there are American Catholics who
deny the temporal power Of the Pope |
know But they are NOT Catholics in his
acceptation Of the word In Spain OF It.
ally they would be punished as hereiics.-
He recognizes no divided allegiance-tol
crates no freedom of fconscience-and per-
ntits no departure from the orthodox faith.
If his power was once established in this
country they would be in as much danger
of the rack as you or |. The iron boot
and tie red hot CRATE would be prepared
for all alike. To you, sir, | need offer no
proof of the intolerance of the Roman
Church. Il has been the subject OF more
:han one Of your speeches in the Senate;
but this letter is not intended for your eye
alone. II Tread nowhere else it will be my
own neighbors and friends, and therefore
propose to introduce such testimony as
time and space allow. will go back TO
"Black st. Bartholomew's day, and the
wholesale butchery OF Proicstants, which
have stamped it as infamous for all coming
time. l will not dwell upon the fact that
the Pope himself pronounced the general
eulogy of the assassin of Heury Third. Nor
account the history of times when infants
were tossed into the flames which were
roasting their parents at the stake. There
is enough Of modern date for my purpose.
and it cannot be met by saying, that, with
the superstition Of by-gone ages. has pass
away ths old, relentless crualty which
blacksns the annals of the church: .
"Ths absurd and erroneous doctrines
ofroyings in defence ofii6srty ofconscjenes,
is most pestilsntiGl errOr-a test of all Oh-
ers most TO be dreaded in State. En-
cycl:cal letter Of Pope Plus TX. Aug. 10,
1852.
The Roman Catholic Bishop Of ST.
Louis says:
"Heresy and unbelief are crimes; and
in Christian Countries. as in Italy and
Spain, for instance, where all the people
are Catholic. AMI wherc the Catholic, re-
ligion is an essentidi part of the nd, they
are punished as other crimes"
The St. Louis Shepherd of the Valley
says:
"The Church is, of necessity ,intolerant.
Heresv she endures when AMI where She
muSt; but she hates it, and directs all her
energies to its destruction. If Catholics
evar gain an immense numerical majority,
religious freedom in this country is at an
end-so say our enemies-so say 'rs."
Brownson's Review of October, 1852
says:
:"The liberty Of heresy and unbcIisf i.
not natural right. all tie rights the
sect have or can have are derived from the
State, and rest on expedieney- As they
have. in their character of sects hostile to
the true religion. no rights un,isr tie lo,C
ofnature or under the lam Of God. they are
neither wronged nor deprived of liberty if
the State refuses to gran. them any rights
at all!'
Again. it says, Oct 1851.
The sorriest sight TO US. isa Catholic
throwing up his cap and shouting all hail
Democracy!
must again refer 70 the authority Of the
great Irish Agitator:
"You should do all in your power te
carry out the intentions Of his Holiness, the
Pope. When you have the electOry fran
chise, giVe your votes to none but those who
will assist you in SO holy a struggle"
In "Den's System of Theology tex
book in all Catholic Schools, the following
Christian principles are enduciatcd:
lst. PrGtestants are hereiics. 81. They
are, by baptism and blood, under the pow
er of the powerof the Roman Catholic
Church. 81. So far from granting toera.
ton to protestauts. it is the duty of the
Church TO ExTERMINATE tho rites
of their religion: 4th. 1t is, the dut.
of the Roman Catholic Church to eOnpel
heretics To- submit to her faith. 5h. Thai
the punishment decreed by the Roman
Catholic Chdroh, are coufscation OF goods
exile, Imprisonment and death.
The Popish Testament says of Protes
tants:
ITO be present at their service, and al
communication with them. in spiritua
things, is great and !danlnable sim
"The ttahslatyrs of the English Bibl
ought to be abhorred to the depths of He'll.
"Heretics ought, by public authority, eli
thet spiritual or temporal, to be chasiiss'
And these, General. are the mill nnd
inJffensive followets of Jesus, whom you
charge me with prescribing have IN
deed said that l woull not support then
for office. In this am only following the
advice O'Connell gave TO them: | nave
not said that all communion with then
:. Mas "damnable." have not said that the
translators oftheir Bible ought to be cab
borred to the depths of He'll" have no
even said that they were worse than Pa
GIsIs. although l might have retorted th'
accusation with more Of truth than sane
tions its application to us. Their system
of saint and image worship, and their su