The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-04

can organization conceals from the people &c
the prejudice of their rights and interests, any
proper" and legitimate Subjects" of free pub
lie discussion-they expose to the whole world
freely aad fully the measures and principles
they advocate Some of their business pro-
ceedings, ike those of all other party organi
cations, are secret. The party of which Mr.
Allison is member, has now in active opera
ton In this State, private, secret organization
of State, county, and civil district committees
the business proceedings of which are in most
part carefully kept from the knowledge of theiI
American opponents. His censure of Amerl'
cans here, stultifes his own consistency. de
grave)y tells us in this connection, that $50 I'M
portant was the idea of publicity considered
by the trainers of our Federal and State Con-
stitution that they made it obligatory on Con-
gress and the Legislatures to publish journal
of the proceedings, so that an enlightened con-
stituency might have an eye upon the course
of theirIrepreentatives." So they did. But
both Houses of Congress are also left at liberty
20 keep secret such of their proceedings as
Gin their Judgment may require secrecy"
But, to recur to the question why the French
Republic of 4s could not stand Mr.. Allison
introduces into the discussion two-edgec
weapon when he springs this inquiry. We
have merely space now to invite attention to
the co-incident existence of these two impor-
tant and suggestive facts-that France, with
all her national refinement and high state Of
civilization, cannot sustain REPUBLICAN form
of Government, and that France is ROMAN
CATHoLol
We pass over, for want of space and time,
at present, his reference to the formation OF
the Jacobin Club in France, which he assumes
to be analogous to the American party in this
country. We merely remark now that the
two cases are not at all analogous. The one
existed in Catholic country, and was one OF
those rank and monstrous ont-crops OF mingled
despotism and anarchy, produced by the over
pOwering oppression imposed upon the masses
of the people by monarchial government,
with the aid or connivance of that Church.
When long continued oppression and its va
rious pernicious influences, could be endured
no longer, and its bonds had been burst by
force, it was natural that the impulsive deter
mination to be free, without experience, train
ing or example to guide it, should run into
wild excess towards the opposite extreme OF a
cruel, resentful, revengeful RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The political influence of the Church and
nobility is represented as being combined
against the masses, so that these two higher
classes" comprising only one-thirtieth of the
nation. had succeeded in obtaining the owner
shin of more than toO0-tkirds of all the landed
estate of the realm, and paid only 0ne:tourtA
of the taxes-while the mass of tie people
twenty -thirtieths of the nation, owning
less than one-tIird of the landed property
were forced to pay three ourthS of all the
taxes.
The American party, on the contrary, is
Protestant in its origin and all its sympathies,
and strives to prevent the malign influences OF
despotism and superstition from gaining too
firm foot-hold in our midst before it is too
late. 1t advocates no principle or political
measure that may not readily be made known
to the public. We challenge our opponents to
show when and where such political party
ever brought upon itself disgrace
and ignomiuy as al enemy to the public well
fare, except in CATHOLIC COUNTRIES, where the
Jesuitical policy of concealing PURPOSES as
we'll as business proceedings, has widely cor
rupted and perverted the popular sentiment.
But, Mr.. Allison, strangely enough, objects
to the majority ruIe-whereby, he says, stake
a vote in the order and a majority rules, and
then they go as one man, while the minority
in the order and the outside vote might con-
stitute large majority of the whole commu-
nity," DC. Now, how did Mr.. Allison get his
nomination for Congress two years agoF-
Was it not by the majority rule, within the
party. or that portion of it represented How
often has it happened that partial represen-
alton of the Democatic party in q county or
district for which nomination was to be
made, has left the "outside vote" with the
dissenting minority in the premises majority
If the whole community-yet such considera-
ions. we believe, were never before regarded
Is calling for partiEan inquiry or criticism from
INV quarter. Mr. A. must be hard pressed for
objections.
We cannot now dwell upon his iabored and
lengthy argument to convince his readers that
the Catholic Church does not teach or recog-
nize the doctrine of the temporal power and
authority of the Pope outside Of his own tenn
poral dominions. Suffice it, to notice few
facts very briefly: Brownson's "ReUisD" is
endorsed as "ExcELLENT," in published letter
printed on the cover of every succeeding
number, signed by twenty FIVE Roman Catho-
lie Archbishops and Bishops, in which they
avow their purpose to be to encourage him by
their appreciation and influence" to continue
his 'literary labors in defense of the FArrH,"
Of which they say he has proved himself most
''INTRRPID ADVOCATE"
Further: Mr.. Brownson has declared in
this excellent" Catholic Review-"I never