Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-17

Protcstants. What, abuse they could have heapeo
on them greater than they heaped on Catholics short
of cutting their threats, l cannot conceive. wen,
time has proved that all their fears were gfouil Hess"
Catholics went quietly and orderly, though thty
still lay under heavy disabilities. In 1879, most Oh
these disabilities were removed. Another PTotes-
tant uproar of course but still Catholics are not
within thousand leagues of dominion in England.
Now, with these facts before eyes, what are we
to think of the pretended panic which has been SUD
denly conjured up in this country against Cathohcs
and the abomnable agencies which are put IN oper-
alton to curtail their rights?
Think you that if Wesley were ailve ne Woulo
justify you in yokng yourselves to poreca' Partes
for any purpose? Never; | can prove to you
from his own words. Party spirit ran high i'll Eng
land in ITO In that year no writes to his people
as follows You never in your lives, IN so
critical situation as you are at this time IL Is
YOUR part to be makers, to be loving and ten
der to ALL but to addict yourselves party. In
spite of ali solicitations of rough or smooth words,
say not word against or the other slde Keep
yourselves pure; do all you can to help and soften
all; but beware how you adopt another's JAR Mark
all those who would set of you against another
Some such will never be wanting. But give them
no countenance: rather ferret them and drag them
into open day Was not the man inspired for the
use of this day and generatonl But are you not
in the same category with u.s. No more than he
was. He advises you not to go into alliances; and
I advise you to come out of them. But strange as
it may seem, according TO Wesley, might preach
against your Order while you may not preach in
How far it is the duty of christian minister to
preach politics, he admits that when the ruler OF
people is spoken evil Of without any color OF rea-
son, and when odum is cast on him by that means,
I'VE ought publicly to confute those uni ust censures
Now the ruler of this nation is spoken evil of by
your party continually, and therefore, in the jhdg
ment of Wesley, might stand up in the pulpit and
defend him. / shall not avail myself of the privil.
ege but Rs it comes right in the way, will say, if
the South is not satisfied with the present Chief Mag
istrate of the nation she deserves to have Seward
put in his place.
Thank God, no religious sect tyranizc over
another in this country so long as they all respect
the Federal Constitution. Until see then, the
Catholics treating that instrument with disrespect
it is madness to entertain fears of them and worse
than madness to form combinations against them
But how shall we characterize combinations against
them, when they numerically disabled from TAX
ing the reins of the government in their hands, if
they disposed to do it; and when they have
not yet manifested the slightest dsposon TO do So
it they could? 1t is mOnstI on and who are your
confederates? Why your CHER law gentry
who would shout halleujahs if your slaves siond
become your masters tomorrow. These have near
ly gained the control of the government already
They rose to power by their hostility to you. They
are moving to the Capitol in solid phaanX, with the
battle cry their lips Down with Slavery And
now when you must be united or rninc''-when you
need help from every quarter to oppose them you
cooperating with them, and making enemies OF
your Catholic friends at home! Worse still! BY
doing in IL wrong, unchristian, unrepubcan way,
what if done rightly would have bce; harmless you
have half of people against ;ie other il
bitter and fear impacable hostility. May God
help us! But am DEPRESSING
You afraid of the spread Of .Eoti?ansili Il ell,
until the marks of the br:ck bats ara >uacc' from
your own chapes, should SUPPOSE you would no;
forget that persecution churcn IS the Tol Ggcn
cy in the world to prevent It's .2T-:rlc Il is TX y-
tit sfs both expands and c!erale>
it. All the priests of the Catholic ch:trca IN the
Union would not have inspired among l'rotcstamtS,
-
inglsm has inspired in one. Mr. Wesley peaks in
point to the Hear him: | preached at the
new chapel, on Luke N %, { 1e know not what
manner of spirit We are Of and showed that, sup
posing the Papists be hcretcs wicked men, enemies
to US, and to cur Church and nation yet ought
not to persecute, to kill. hurt or grcve them but
barely to prevent their doing harm vol ~ p. 536.l
What harm arc they doing you? So much tor your
mode Of resisting Popcry. Now for Mr.. eseys
mode and mine:
In his address, entitled short method of convert
ing all Roman Catholics of the Kingdom Of Ireland,
he says, 1t is melancholy consideration TO those
who love Protestant interest, that small part of
this nation is reformed from Popery. They cannot
observe, without very sensible concern, that in
many parts Of the Kingdom, there still! ten nay
fifteen, perhaps upwards of twenty Papists to
Protestant. Nor can they any prospects of its
being otherwise, notwithstanding all the methods
which have been used, while many Protestants are
seduced from it. Then enumeratng the discoui-
agements which had paralyZed Protestant efforts,
&c, &c, ne pfOceeuS: but WnaL way can tne CleT-
gy take, with any probability Of success? There is
one way and one way only; one that will mot pro-
bably) but infaiby succeed. If this way be taken,
am willing to stake my life upon the of it.
And it is plain simple way; such as may be taken
by any man, though but small capacity. For it
requires no extraordinary height of learning; but
only share of sense and an honest upright heart.
1t was observed that the grand difficulty of the work
lies in the strong attachment of the Papists to their
clergy Here, therefore, to begin; are
at if bipOrV be
moved, whatever error or superstition is built upon
it will of course, fall to the ground
Now, this may effectually be done thus. The
Papists themselves allow that set of clergy were
holier, wiser than their own, namely, the Apostles.
They allow these both to have lived and preached
better than the present clergy of the Roman
Church.
Here, therefore, is the short and sure method
Let all the clergy of the Church of Ireland only
live like the Apostles and preach like the Apostles,
and the thing is done
There is Mr.. Wesley's plan which was to make
one Protestant succeed against 20 Catholics how
much more certain to succeed in country where
there 20 professionals to l catholic? Now as
though God would remove every shadow of apology
from you, for your confederation with the sons of
darkness to accomplish this end you living wit
nesses that far this plan has been tried it has
When you were little, humble, penni-
less, illiterate but rich in fah honest and upright
in heart selfsacricing, patient in labor and aboun
ding in iove-when you lived like the Apostles and
preached like the Apostles, (for all your learning
was from them) you gained over to your church
more Irish, German and Catholics in year. than
the Romish church ever gained members from yours