Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-03
TOO BADl-TOO BAD,

worse OF them than | do-thcy are NOT NC lIHkS
Roman Catholics Horrid as are their "'f as The
they are not as shocking those of the StIoa<
NOT so revolving to revelation or to oani
| amy, or TO decency.' ' 70 iaor
| Can it be possible that such Ianeua,o -,
| mated from Mr. Rayner? DORIS tb.t ''S eaa
heve 1t to be true? Will he, after mann. 0e
! re-assert it? The Oh rich of {; ,src> 1i'cl0n
nay worse than the Mormon organiz.t;ou f'"'eG
'''"i " oe: oi th'cVes, Poysamists, and murI.,,.
worse than the vile establishment or 'S
anu brigham Dung, which IS, of all fraud, AMI:
pos'u'es' the most consummate and blaS,I,.
known among men Since the DAYS of th. ,%
'ioh"hhied! Can II be credited that spci - -"
Lafayette, and Charles Carroll and William. =, @'
oorh ana raised as they We're in that {; ..., ''
nave hved and died in ignorance of the .x:. ~'aU
this depravlty and corruption charged Inv II. ID u
or! Or IT informed of it, will any one li; IL
Hey would have concealed it and continual - '''''
hcs! These are plain questions; who will
them9 answer
We copy, in connection with the subject ~ -,
lowing excellent article from a late nnn,ta,
Hartford Comm Courant, under the head Of ,.s
persttions, east and west: Gu
:. council of very grave and learned ,,..,..
under the direction of the Supreme Ponriff o."e1
fact winch occurred nearly nineteen i,ur,flS 'Ne
ago, and to decide whether that fact should e%fS
celVed as dogma of belief-that fact i ,rLa, re-
Mary, the mother of our Saviour was hars %nTNr
III sin. We all know how facts are prnvrT I'' 'Yfa
iAtioiai men. we all know what kind of TESTING,
is employed to prove historical 'sS'"ody
took place in past ages But it seems ti. - ',Ll'
inaccurate conception of the Virgin Mary has h
settled not by reason testimony but h.. - ~"
clsion OF the Church As that Church claims tIs
ilai!ioie ana as our Holy Father, the Pore, has ~
dered, on the strength of that infaiiibilitv ri"
to be believed and received we can nov. f uo5La
assert that Mary, the mother of Jesus. and ,har
OIL Joseph, was herself born free from the 1.;,. =.
Original SIN inherited from Adam \ c,nfr'.i
oeIleI ana null OF practical results and sayi,p ff
Inc assembled prelates were not uuani,onna
this decision. The Archbishop of paris ,It
that SO important dogma should not be rrc,aI>i
as doctrine OF the Church without the assa,t 80
General Council. Now the question h,re sr,,,,
among outsiders, whether the decision .vouId b
been made had minority of the prelates rori
against 1t, and how far church can be called inf
ilole mat places an important doctrine on the vor
OF taiiible men: However, that is none of our bui
ness. - Jul "u'''
The world can perceive the motive of this dacr.o
it mas been done TO sanctify and excuse in bart tina
WORSHIP OF Mary, as pol ton of the great atonp,
ment Of sin. e'N"' "'O"S'
Now turn we to the West At about the sam.
period when the Christian world were ralI =,
worship this woman because she was NOT born "
SIN a meeting was held in large CITY in the nuj>
OF the American Deserts in which another Ponrjf
under The claim of divine inspiration. uttered T..
cree IN favor OF the dogma of PolygaIny as S,.Ior
-" ny oiVine authority. Elder Hyde, speakirgas
ne ASSERTED by divine authority declared that Tsp
the son of this dcfed Mary was poivoan,1.
tiaG &c was at his own marriage at Cana in (iaiiu
when water was made wine the miracle beng
wrought 6y his authority bridegroom Fur.
thernlore he picked out Martha and Mary at R,th,
ny, and Mary Magdaene and others of The wonrn
that attended him, his srices! They call him
haooonl or Master, which according to Elder
IiSde interpretation means "husband' and Elder
dydeS claims the nfallibility of divine inspratonu
me same manner as his brother Plus the Ninth
Toes. Thus those two facts cai TO he proved
w e are SAID to live in the enlightened are of the
Norid-we boast of the improvem cnts of human
eason and the freedom of human will We talk Of
''oSreSs ana advancement. But is there not As much
superstition existing in this age of Improvement as
Il any former period of the world? Have not de-
ighihS men the same power over the human mind
hat they ever had? We meddle not with anY
abstract belief until that belief begins to take
old OF his relations to society and to public morals
' hen dOgmas, on the one hand conduct to = de
eioeice on foreign power for their reception: o. on
nc o'hei' lead 10 destruction Of the noratcs that
ihd men together iii society, then are they to be
epro6ated?"
Elder Hyde speaking for the Mormons, uses Ian.
uaSe IN relation TO the Redcenlcr OF the world
Inch, according to all our notions of Christianity
Sposes him as a basphemer to the damnation Of
ell and this blasphemy is INDUCED in with the
lew OF reconcng men and women to :, condition
hich Will enable Mormon elders, under the cloak
religion, t" crafty their passions, and to establish
sort OF Turkish harem OF the soil of this free Pro-
stant country. Worse than the Mormon< take
back, Mr.. Rayner-take it back. The shade, If
arroh and Gaston-thc wrongcd spirits of those
oo!e Catholics of Maryland, who fell fighting for
lie liberties of these States in the war of the reyo
ton, appeal to you to recall those words
There are but few Catholics in North Carolina
Dc more, probably, than two thousand out Of
opulation of over eight hundred Thousand. The
ganic law, in framing which Mr.. Rayner in 1885
I've an affirmative voice, toerates and protects them
their faith and entities them to hold office They
uid do us no harm, if they would are weak,
and to great extent dcspised Let us do
EN- justice though the heavens should fall The
'od OF the country revolts at the idea of tramp ing
EN- down simply because their religious notions
e erroneous and unpopular
We have indeed fallen upon harsh and unctarita.
e times. GEORGE WASHINGTON and the true
10 uttered no word of bitterness against Catho-
IS or adopted citizens but
These DAYS are dangerous!
Virtue is chOk' d with foul ambition
AND charity chasd hence by rancour's hand
~ The Fayetteville Argus and the Wilmington
craid are complaining that the North Carolina Rail
ad y not central opd hot &c o,orot;opc tbuSa