Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-06

Scarcely day passes that We ara not called
upou 10 record some instance Of bigotry, intol-
ersnce, o. cruelty onthepart Of the Roman Cath
olic priesthood ofthis country. On Thursday last
we published an account, taken from the Chi
cago Tribune of : priest actually beating q
woman, because she persisted In asserting her
right to send her children to the public school
Of her town. In another column will be found
q statement of recent occurrences at Albany,
wherein certain priests had the impudence to
take away and destroy some little gift-books,
distributed by the wife Of the Mayor, to the
children in the aims house of that city. Below
we publish : letter addressed by Catholic Of
New Hampshire TO tho New York Post in
which he asserts that Romish priest refused
the rites Of baptism to his child, because he
was guilty Of the objectionable sin Of neglect
ing to name ii after some Saint in the calendar.
These are but a few Of the many instances
almost daily occurring, which exhibit in q
strong light the arrogant temper and domineer-
ing spirit Of the Romish priesthood. Are such
things to be tolerated in q free land VIII not
their frequent recurrence Mt length open the
eyes Of the American people, and convince
them that some prompt action is necessary, il
they wish to preserve unimpaired freedom Of
conscience, and their religious and political lib
ertiesi With these evidences Of priestly in
tolerance and bigotry before him, can any ra-
tional man doubt that if the Catholics were to
acquire the political supremacy in this country,
they would permit any Protestant to hold Office,
to exercise the franchises Of citizen, or even
to educate his children according to the faith
Of his fatherss If he does doubt this, then he
must be singularly blind to the lights Of fact
and reason, spread out everywhere before him.
G And because the American party has nobly
resolved to thwart the ambitious designs, and
to resist the dangerous encroachments Of for
eign hierarchy, men who call themselves Ameri-
cans, have yillifed and denounced Its motives,
and heaped upon its head every term Of obloquy
and reproach. Fortunately, however, for the
good Of the country, the number Of such are
comparatively few, and are every day diminish
ing. Even now, we firmly believe that de-
cided majority Of the American people are in
favor Of adopting some plan by which subjects
Of the Pope Of Rome though miscalled citi-.
zens-shall no longer have voice in the d.
rection Of American affairs
y a No. 8 MAscHrsrER ST., MANCHESTER, N. a.,
tiias f January l, 1855.
10 the Editors of The Evening Poa:
On Sunday morning, November nineteenth,
asked Mr.. Mcdonald Catholic priest Of this place)
If he would baptixe child for me; he said he
would and told me to have the child at the church
after yespers. WAS there at the appointed time,
and BIO got ready to perform the service He asked
me what name would call the child said
" Franklin" lie asked me il l said "Francis."
! told him Franklin" He then asked, "What
makes you want such a name as thatw / told him
liked the principles Of Benjamin Franklin, and
should be glad If my child should ever attain even
a ANAL portion of his wisdom or knowledge. He
then said "That is no saints name, and ! won't
baptze 1t; and you ought TO know better than to
ask me to do any such thing-an ignoramus of q
fellow like you-with your moustachios." / told
him 4 would have that name, and left Monday
morning went to Lowell Mass., twenty-six miles
distant, taking the child with me, and there got il
baptized /" Franklin" by tho Catholic priest that
married me, Rev. Father Cradden, without any
questions being asked, and the childs name Ia now
|" Franklin"
Yours Very respectfully,
CUR