The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-02-16


Week IS reference % tlis Jesuit wish seeeI
lAly to direct attention % the 1t Tint ald q.
cieiy 4 alafninel 81 the increase = the Uni.
ed States. ana Bids Git % cap tie foundations
al the GOV amenl ITSELF this We bellows no I'M
ent protestan. can lail g believe when con.
ICED as IS win not fiji % be II he win put
Fainself 8 trouble Of investigation lac BY
the cunning devised ldea of salal reservations,
the most solemn oalhs ere set Il nn1ght; chat
ID taking the oath prescribed 81 our naturaliza-
ton laws, % renopnce every foreign pHinces POI
fentate, State and sovereignty whatsoever. hy
an evasion Of mind and forced mental con-
atruction other than that contemplated BY the
ffamers 81 the law, the Jesnits reserve and ex-
cept from the binding force Of their cath Of al
Ieeiance 70 The United States, their superior az
leQiance ecclesiasdc b tho papal throne, and as
they hold the civil and political power Of State
Is inferior and subordinate % tie ecclesiastic,
they, IS necessary consequence, VIII Be found
on the side of the papdl assumption Of power
and authority against the United States o. any
other government.
They not only believe, but 30 swear, that the
Pope has full power, as the Vicar Of Christ on
earth, to depose kings and subyeEt governments,
and hy edicts to release al q any Of the sub
jeets Of any State from their allegiance. That
faith i not to be kept with heFetics, that Is, in
plain English, with protestants, Is cardinal ar-
ticle Of their creed and one Of the fundamental
principles Of their organization. II view Of
these incontrovertable facts, what perfect
farce it is for Jesuit to take an oath Of alleg-
lance 70 any Protestant State whatever. And
if to al ibis you add the further fact that all
Jesuits, at the very moment Of their initiation
are dispensed to assume any protestant religion,
Il thereby they can promote the interests Of the
papal See orthe Roman Church, what faith can
the freemen Of America place in their empty
and hollow protestation Of patriotism, Or their
insinsere hozannahs 10 religious liberation. Re-
Iigious federation indeed! when the sheppard
of the VALLEY" the mouth piece Of Archbishop
Hughes, told us but few months ago, that toll
Grafton il the American acceptation Of the word,
was an outrage. and sinful in the sight Of God,
and TINT if ever the Catholics acquired the SUI
prsmacy ii this country. that free federation II
matters 81 conscience, such Is We nov ENJOY
would Is
r IS Anown that Iol nlany Years. there has
been . controversy in the Catholic Church in
reference to the Inmaculate Conception Of the
Virgin Mary. Prior to the suppression Of the
Jesuits, they were the most strenuous support
ers Of the affirmative, and contended that it
should be BY solemn edict Of the Pope estab-
lished as binding dogma of the Church. Since
their restoration they have been, if possible still
more anxious for its elevation to the dignity Of
an article OF faith in the Catholic Church. Some
proof this Of the identity Of the present with
the original principles Of the order.
But the question very naturally arises, why
should the Jesuits attach 50 much importance
to the elevation Of the Virgin Mary to an equali-
ty with the sona One reason was, that in the
many magnificent pictures of the Madona,
present visible, tangible, lovely object Of adora-
ton could thus be presented to the vulgar, and
thus captivate their senses rather than their
judgment, another, and far more reprehensi-
bic reason was, that It Fixed another remain
from the great / AN, and better compOrted with
the taste Of men devoted 10 mammon and plum
der and power, under the hypocritical garb Of
religion.
lis a singular fact, and going far to show
the immense power Of the Jesuits IN Protestant
America, that in the recent ccnvocation a.
Rome to settle this question, with one solitary
exception, outside Of Italy, the United States,
with Archbishop Hughes at the head Of the del
egation---was as fully represented Is any other
State, even priest-ridden Spain and Catholic.
Ireland included. Some further proof this, we
should say Of thestrength Of the order in these.
States.
The Immaculate Conception was unanimous
" announced Is dogma Of the Church, and
every one pronounced hereto who dared gain
say it.
Thus BY solem Cat Of the supreme head Of
the Church fourth power has been added to
the GOdhead, and to that extent has Diety been
degraded
We shall not say to what extent the atheism
and illuminism that evidently pervade the order.
Of Jesuits exercised an influence in eFecting the
final determination of the Council, whereby the
God Of Heaven is measnrably ignored. But.
one thing we do know, Il IS such triumph Of
the order, and such an syidense Of their over
whelming power, not only here, but everywhere
as to demand the serious consideration Of every
patriot,
Many things might be sid against this anti
scnptuTal and sacriligions dogma, but these we.