M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-06-01
Another RefuiatiOn of the great
CaIumny agninst Catholics.

Cnlumny nentnst CathOitcs'
Prejudice is fit ouigrowth OF false
hooh. The new Order understand we'll
that the surest means ofadvsncing their
unholy work of social strife and religious
discord, is the disse mination of false
charges calculated to discredit the pat
riotism Of Catholics. They charge that
members of the Romish Church in this
country would obey the commands of
the Church, and that the Church is Up.
posed to the character of our institu-
lions. Notwithstanding the direct dis
proof of this imputation afforded bg
every page of American history touching
the question, wher we are dealing with
Know Nothiugs in fact as in name, we
are still called upon to furnish further
evidence. The Catholic Telegraph OF
yesterday, contains a Pastoral Letter
signed by Archbishop Purcell, of Gin
cinnati. the Bishop Of Detroit, the
Bishop Of Cleveland, the Bishop OF
Louisville, the Bishop Of Vincennes,
the Bishop of Covington, and the Bish-
op Of Amasonia, Upper Michigan-as.
sembled in Council. This Letter is ad.
dressed TO the clergy aud the laity, and
we make the following extract:
Gas citizens Of this great and -four.
ishng republic, we should be grateful
to God for the blessings which its no.
BILE institutions scatter among all its
citizens alike, and we should fervently y
pray to God that He would bless and
preserve the Union, that He would voch-
safe mercfullv TO shower down abun'
dant benedicTions upon the fruits Of the
earth, and upon the heads OF all our fel
low.citizens of every class who dwell
therein, and that His guiding provi.
dence would perpetrate to us all and tc
our children to the most remote genera
tion the glorious boon of equal rights ant
equal protection. Dearly should zoe all
lore the country of our birth or our a
dOptiOn /; wc should faithfully ob0erU'
its laps aud ehssrfully bear its burdens
and if you should be called on TO rall!
around its flag, you should be aIiOay'
ready to obey cheerfulIy the call, and
| if need be, 10 pour out your blood in il
dJcnse.'
What rebuke to Know Nothing Ma
.iveism is this The Order charge il a.
an oGense that the Catholic laity give
implicit obedience TO the behests of the
Bishops and clergy. If SO, they must al
faithfully observe this exhortation al
any. Their uniform promptiiude il
rallying round our flag in war, and thei
cheerful obedience TO the laws, show
throughout their entire history tha; the
do observe fully and faithfully, all suct
clerical injun ctions of patriotism anC
good citizenship--far more faithfully
and fully than the Know Nothings them
selves, in many shameful instances .
their past lives.
A few stubborn facts will be pruffisa
BILE; 1t will not be denied, that tn,
whole Catholic Church were Patriots il
the Revolution. 1t cannot be denied
that there were many native Protestan
Iones-Sympathlsers with the British
then. 1t will not be denied, that in th
war with Mexico, Il full proportion O
Catholics and foreigners "raIied roun
our flag then"-and that, too. q wa
against Catholic country! 1t canno
be denied, that there were many nativ
Protestant sympathisers with Catholi
Me&ico-our foe--in that war.
None of these facts can be denied, O
will DE denied. Is it not uns peakabI
disgusting then,-this assumption, tha
Know Nothingism is the real America
party, and that the Catholics or foreign
born citizens are anti. American! Tn
case is precisely the reverse and thi
fact 1t is, that is real cause OF the pres
ent peculiar paroGysm of intoleranc
and bigotry which had taken the prope
form and true name of Know Nothing
ism. Catholics and adopted citizen
generally have often and always don
too much, and the more, the severer th
crisis, to preserve and promote the rea
independence and glory of our countr,
to suit the spirit of that Order and il
political ancestors. There's the rub
Statesman,