The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-06-15


B9~ Senator Brooks reply to Archbishop
Hughes is most scathing rebuke and exposure
of the Jesuitical evasions and unworthy articles
employed By bis holy q antagonist, in his at
tempts to blind the public to the truth Of the re-
cords proving beyond civil unreasonable dispute
than not only is he the owner of property amoun-
ting as its present valuation to millions Of dollars
but that it is the fixed and settled policy of 'sThe
M ,ther Church" to concentrate in the hands OF
the Bishop of each diocese its local possessions,
thus retaining impractical operation the principle
of retailments which is repugnant both to the let
ter and spirit of our institutions. Mr.. Brooks
merits the thanks and gratitude Of the American
people for thus bringing to light dangerous and
insiduous policy of the Romish Church; but which
now that the public attention has been attracted
to it will receive from the sound sense and patri-
otic judgments of our legislators check that will
serve to place that church upon less aspiring
basis, and one more in consonance with our re-
publican principles. He concludes his mastery
reply with the following rebuke to his insolent
assumptions;
i Now Sir,-by what authority do you claim to
give me- whom you have discarded, branded and
a hudered times pronounced guilty of afalsehood"'
; advice? BY what authority alse do you speak in
! 40 er cathedra manner to the American Press
, and the People? Who made you. .fJohn Arch
bishop of New York or of the Province of New
York;" Did not your title come from a Foreign
power,-from the Pope and King of the Estates
f of the church.. in the United 8 ates of America
/. aud in the Stlteof New York. inwhichyeu beal
yourself in so lordly manner; freeman posess nc
: titles and acknowledge no human masters. We
have religious liberty, "without discrimination OF
preference, of sect guaranteed to ais in the Con
stitution of the United States; but the holding
s.of any Office or title OF any kind whatever from
any King; Prince or Foreign State, without th
consent of Congress, is in violation of the consti
Y tuition of the United States!
Yours is a title from foreign power, and IN
der it you receive eonveyances sell property, reg
: ate the temporalities of the Church. become al
eli Ambassador to Rome, summoned there by tn
J. fPppe and owe more allegiance there than here.
: Isdeny that 10 any enlarged, liberal national
just sense, you are in American. M Autocra
y could be more despotc, and no man, clothed wit
e place and power, less Republican,
. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-The General Al
n lsembly of this church (Old SCHOOL, has been
It session at Nashville, Tennessee-Dr. N
: Rice, moderator. The Assembly of the Nev
y School met at st. Louis, and, at last account
le was discussing the sIarery question, whic
e. came up from Bnffalo, New York. We sha
,e give some of the proceedings of these bodie
"a when we get them in full.
The General Synod of the Associnte Presb,
ie fterian Church was, at last accounts in sessio
N at Pittsburg, discussing a plan for the union
u the various divisions Of the Scotch Presbytel
ans. This matter has been under discussion 4
several years.
at QUARANrrSE.-Th steamship Mexico, Ca
to tain L,wless, from Galveston, was detained
he 1.-The quarantine station last night for the purpo
be Iof ascertaining If all on board were well-andl