Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-06
BY PRIESTS AND ARlsTocRATs, enemies Of

La Fayette AN old ass In 1885 the Roman
Catholic paper at Boston denounced him as "a
man whose memory is abhorred BY all good and
patriotic Frenchmen."
Such was La Fafyette's opinion Of Catholics,
and such the opinions they saw III TO express
about him. But / need not have referred
20 his authority Archbishop Hughes has sup
piled all that is needful to establish the dangerous
nature of priestly interference with politics. His
insolent letter TO yourself and its arrogant assump-
lions, must be fresh in your memory. In still
later letter to Mr.. Brooks, who had charged him
with interfering TO procure the election Of VIM.
IT. Seward, he denied the specific charges said
that be had never voted In New York save once,
but added that Mr.. Seward was gentleman for
whom he had the highest regard, and that 1t would
afford him great pleasure 10 SEQ him elected Presi
dent Of the United States, Archbishop Hughes
Ia no imprudent or impulsiye fool-he does not
let his feelings get the better Of his Judgment
he does not utter opinions which he has not DELHI
erately weighed. He knows as well as any man
in this government that the election of Seward
would dissolve the Union and the inference Is ir-
resistibe that he is working for that object, and
desires to attain it. He knows also that the ex-
preston Of preference by himself is equivalent
TO nn order to nine-tenths Of his flock to sustain
that urch traitor to the Republic. The ignorant
and uneducated mass, whish emigration has poured
upon our shores, know no higher duty than obe-
dience to the prelate Whenever their votes will
DO of service to Mr.. Seward, or any one like him.
they will be obtained !; and then " farewell long
farewell TO all the hopes republican institutions
have awakened Do you ask what he has to gain
by disunion?
answer, the establishment Of the Catholic re
ligion In ut least one-haf of tho confederacy, Foi
a prize lees brilliant the Church of Rome would
deluge the world in blood. Call to mind the many
instances in which kingdoms and provinces have
been granted to individuals on condition Of estab
fishing the Catholic religion by the sword and
doubt it it If you can Divide tho Union, and even
il civil war did not follow, it would be much easier
to bring in emigrants enough to control one-half
than to control the whole. If war did follow, as
it certainly would, the Catholic population Of the
North Is already SO great that they would find lit
tie difficulty in making their own terms. Their
assistance would be indispensable, and however
dear the purchase, 1t would have to be made.
The Roman Church has suddenly become less
astute, and more scrupulous than history has
ever painted It, if il cannot see the advantages 1t
has 10 gain by disunion, or hesitates at any nqui-
ty to accomplish its ends. The business Of the
Pope's Nuncio Cardinal BedinD among US win
probably remain mystery. He came under
pretence of having BEEN appointed Minister to
Brazl-traversed the Northern States holding con-
sultations with bishops aud priests, anslsuddenly
returned to his master, forgetting his nilsson to
Brazil. This conduct was neither accidental nor
objectless, and taken in connection with Arch
bishop Hughes letter to YOU soon afterwards, and
his declaration Of friendship for Seward 10 too sig
ni6cant not to excite inquiry. Bedini and Hughes
are not men likely to furnish us with positive
proof of their Vaccinations. We must judge
from other circumstances and apply the history Of
the past to the present. What the church has
done we know, and we cannot too carefully guard
against what it may do.
The one vote Which Mr.. Hughes says he has
giyon In this country is worthy Of remark. That
vote was given in reference TO the common school
system Of New York, and one Of its objects was to
exclude the Bible from the scholars. At what price
would you be willing to part with the privilege of
that book What earthly induccment
would make you consent TO It's exclusion from
the hands of your childrcng Forget, If You
choose, that it contains the "pearl Of salvation"
Lay aside the story of the atonement the stainless
morality, the sublime simplicity, and the lofty eo-
uuence which gushed from those whom associa-
tcn with the Saviour, had raised from the hum
blest walks of life, to be the teachers Of world
take only the Old Testament, and where else can
the statesman, the poet, the orator. the patriot
find lessons OF higher import or wider usefulness
In the very first line Is embraced all we can con-
ceive of the majesty and power Of the Deity In
tho beginning God made the heavens and the
earth.n No other volume ever hid its parallel
none ever will. And SO Ii Is throughout the Pen
tateuch. In the stern laconism OF those five little
books, the scholar may find studies for life time
more than double the three score years and ten
which have been assigned 10 man.
The whole law Of nation condensed into ten
brief commandmcnts-the history Of the most mo.
mentions events often recorded on less than sim
gle page the creation Of the world the garden Of
Ellen; the temptation and the fall; the deluge
with is sinnvenging waters; the Tower Of Babel
With its confusion OF tongues the captivity Of Is
rael /, God appearing 10 Moses in the burning bush
and inslructing him in his task; the ten plaques
which swept over Egypt, leaving mourning and
desolation behind; the Exodus the pillar Of cloud
by day and Of fire by night the waters Of the Red
Sea dividing and forminga wall Of crystal on either
hand for tho Israelites TO pass then tumbling to-
gether and piling an ocean on the pursuing hos,
the journeying through the desert; the tbr.nder.
the fire and smoke around Snai's brow ;.na Moses
leading forth the people at the sour, oftha trum
pet to hear the voice of the Lor' .nd las,Iv The
great leader law-giver, poe historian and deliv.
ercr, ascending the Mo- ne az Nebo 10 look upon
the promised lana shich he might not enter--all
ihese, anu ha' more, each in itself furnishes the
inaiena 'o volumes The breyity OF the Spartan
y y ..ning 70 that Of Moses yet the events arc
w avs plainly dcfned--the narrative always uii'
obscure. Nor is Il In Moses alone that the hsto-
rim or the orator finds his highest model. There
4 no book TO equal the gorgeous imagery OF job
the solemn aud sustained majesty OF isaiah--tne
plaintiye pathos Of Jercmiah-the fierce and fiery
eloouence Of Ezekiel, or the thrilling melody Of
the harp Of David.
Without an acquaintance with the Bible no style
can be perfect, no knowledge complete. Every
voice that speaks through its pages L touched with
/ living coal, aud yet the head of the Catholic
Church in the United States openly boasts that tho
only vote he ever gave was 10 deprive the growing
generation Of this hook, with all its treasures ITS
consultations, and lis promises: And you, ~, nave
,ssed YOUR arm 10 strike down those who are
seeking TO prevent the accomplishment Of his pur-
pose. Yoa win not question that the motives OF
most OF them are pure and patriotic. Grant that
they are wrong; that they haze not adopted the
hest means of attaining tho desired end Still that