Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-11
A REPUTATION.


charging a priest in Baltimore with hav-
ing undertaken on Sunday in Septem.
Der last to interlard his sermon with di.
rections to his flock how to vote, &c.
we publish the following letter from the
Richmond papers, which sets it at rest.
The writer is vouched by the Richmond
papers to be in all respects good citi.
zen, and reputable and reliable man.
1t struck us, on seeing the story, that ii
was made out of the whole cloth, if but
for the fact that any effort in September
last of Catholic priest to interfere in
politics with his church full of auditors
would have found its way into the news.
papers long since. For it will be remem.
bered that very large proportion of our
fellow citizens now watch every act of
every Catholic priest, and the doings of
all Catholic ecclesiastical bodies and in.
stitutions throughout the country, with
great jealousy.
GARD TO THE PUBLIC.-In the Penny
Post of Wednesday, there is a long letter
following passage occurs:
"But there is another thing that made
me a Know Nothing, and that is, that I
was carried into the 'culvert' by nv
brother German, Mr.. Henry Miller,
where saw the elephant large as life.
In the month of September last, | was
in Baltimore with him, and he took me
up tothe German Roman Catholic church,
where heard the priest preach in the
German language from ii o'clock to l,
on politics, with newspaper in his
hand, from which he would read, and
then address his congregation. He told
them in my presence and my hearing,
that thoss who did not come up ON the
next Sunday and pledge themselves to
vote for candidates that certain parties
were to nominate that week, (f6r the
Maryland election was to come off on the
following month Of October, would no
longer be permitted to claim Jesus as
his brother or Mary as his sister, point
ing at the same time to picture of Jesus
and the Virgin Mary. If bad not been
satisfied before, this would have been
enough to convince NE of the dangerous
influence Of the priesthood, and the unfit
ness Of the Roman Catholics to govern
this country; and that the two matters
of politics and religion, or church and
State, were too much mixed up with that
denomination of Christians, to command
my confidence in the selection of proper
persons to discharge the duties Of our
public stations"
l dislike to appear in the public prints,
but sense Of justice and right compels
me to notice the above calumny.
l was in Baltimore in September last,
on business. and staid at the same hotel
with Heckler. On Sunday morning |
left the hotel for Church, and Heckler
forced himself into my company, and fol-
lowed me through several streets, until
We reached the German Roman Catholic
Church. He was in such state of in.
toxication, that was ashamed to enter
the body Of the church, and I stopped
with him in the last corner of the gale
ry. There was no sermon preached at
all-the Priest only read Archbishop
Kenrick's Pastoral Letter, which had not
the least reference to politics, as may be
seen in the copy now in my possession.
1t is utterly false that any allusion was
made to politics, and the whole inven-
tion of Heckler, 10 This effect, is tissue
of falSehood.
/ can prove by many witnesses all I
have said above, and | now leave the
matter with the public.
HENRY MILLER.