The true Democrat., 1855-10-23
Tor Jhe True Del It Will Not Gtieru

The editor of the Gazette seems to or., over the silly delusion, that he has convio. Petricula of lie, because he does not stoo,, | notice every ignorant and gratuitous statem,, which he thinks fit to make about CatboI;. | and Catholic doctrines. Now, as Petrio,I seems to treat the learned editor so conten,n uously, shall give him the following rece,, by which he will be able to make that l. stick
 l. Prove that Reilly was an Irishman. Z. That he was practical Catholic--that h, deserted during the war-that in desertnc did not violate the laws and discipline of fl Catholic Church. 3. That McNamara was apriest in communio, with the Roman Catholic church, and not sp, pended, and acting in violation and disoIo dience of her canons and discipline.
 After proving all these things of Reilly aDi McMamara, and the hundreds of others, whom he says have been shown, then the lie will sticL but not till then. Gratuitous assertions will no yer make 1t stick. It is too soft and slipper q kind of material
 And now Doctor, supposng, for a momer, that all this about Reilly were true. Wb,| then ?
 Is this Reilly or the hundreds of brave Irish who fought and bled in Mexico, to be consider ed as acting in compliance with the doctrine of the Catholic church ? Do you look upoI the body of Catholics, or the renegade as tl correct criterion to judge of the soundness {, Catholic doctrines
 An, Doctor, that kind of logic will not dc It would be just as reasonable to concluj. that all the American army in Mexico wer. towards because some few of them gave then. selves up ingoriouSly, and others come y7r. ming home with the same loads in their mrs kets with which they started Others too e7 hibiting wounds so located that they nevn could see them with their oocn eyes. Just a logical to conclude that all the volunteers wer roSueS, because some of them plundered no only churches and private homes, but even tn stores of the United States regular armv.- Doctor, don't talk about Mexico, never men ton the namo. You say you prefer somethin nearer home. Continue, then, your usual din dong of islanders about nuns, and thus prov your notive gallantry; for there is not the slight est danger of their taking up arms against yor Continue to prattle about priests and Jesuits al Bishop Byrne, and then exclaim with indigns nation" Who ever persecuted or prescribe the Catholics p Or "who proposes or dc sires to do SC? ?"
 | But you ask information about the oath ( the Jesuits, and the cursing of heritics on tn day before Good Friday If I thought yo were so ignorant, I could have given you tn. much information myself without having re course to the "priestly correspondent" If yo consult tho Institute of the Jesuits, vol. Il page 30O, you will see that the oath you pul lished is a fabrication, and one of foreign birt too. It came from beyond EaqZand: and I al surprised that you, native American, shoul have recourse to foreign fabrications, partcula ly as you can produce them at home in sue abundance
 The constitutions of the Jesuits are befo the world; every honest man can see them if l will. The liturges of the church are als public. No dark lantern secrecy about then and, if you have caudor enough, and |" FAI PLAY," you will consult them and see that, il stead of curslng heretcs, the church prays all sinners, heretics and all stray sheep, tn they may be brought back to the one fold, al the one shepherd.
 To more fully affirm that the oath the C. zette heralds to the public with fendsh gust is bogus, present the following from the n tonal Intelilgoncer of last February.
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