Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-30
HON. bAN1EE 5kNHER,s ADDRESS
TO TIE VOTERS OF THE SIXTH
COMPRESSION AL, DISTRICT.


CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
so~aaA Ho5ss. .srsu,. asa, 1855.
Nh. WrLLs-S;r: Not being able to attend the
meeting at Port Tobacco, on Tuesday last, 1 send
you the substance Of the remarks intended to have
been made had been present. will thank you
to publish them in your next "Times''
Yours, respectfully,
DANIEL JENlFER.
10 the Electors of the Sirth Congressional
District Of Maryland, embracing the
counties of 81 JMary's, Charles. Calvert,
Prince Georges. Anne arundel, Mont
gomery and Ho,oard.
Being TOO unwell to address you, as was
my intention on Tuesdsy last. when so large
. number were assembled 81 Port Tobacco,
] avail Of the esrlies, momen, TO express my
views upon the questions, 10 which the pub
lie mind ., the present tine appears to be
mos. directed believing that no man, who
allows his name to be before The people for
popular fovor, has . RICH. 10 withhold HE
opinions upon any subject, where, il elected,
he mag be called on 10 act. My nsme hav-
ing been before yon, ss candidate for Con-
gress for the Sixth Congressional Dis.rie,
Of Maryland, proceed briefly 10 express
mine. Nor do tegre. that this medium is
open TO ell, because in . congressional dis.
srict Of such extent as this, embracing seven
coun,iee, extending from the base Of the
Allegsnies to The Chesapeake Bay, opinions
may be held snd expressed in one portion
variant from those expressed in another,
whereby the people are often deceived ss
10 the character and sentiments Of the CAN
dids,e, whether nominated or Independent, !;
hence it is proper ,ha! the candidate should
place his opinions in such form as is ur-
mistskable.
The two most absorbing questions o! the
present moment are, the federation Of rel-
xion and the naturalization laws.
]. could scarcely have been expected in
this 19lh century, in this republican gov
eminent, end, above all, in the State Of Mary
land, that such question should have sris.
en-. Blu, this is truly the sge Of progress.
An ef1or, is being made to separate the mem
bers Of the Roman Catholic Church from
oil others IS objects Of distrus,, and as be-
ing UNIV or.hy the privileges Of freemen. Is
there man who has read 9, oil, who does
no, know the, The Province of Maryland
wss originally settled by Roman Catholics,
and that their frs, notable act was 10 pro-
claim federation Of religion TO oil denome-
nations Of Christians; end from .ha, day 10
the present SO j. has been 10 the fulles. ex-
tent, under the Proprietary government, and
under the State government Surely then
no native born Mary lander, whose ancestors
end himself have partsken Of the blessings
Of this immortal sci-,he corner stone OF
civil and religious liber.y-wouId commi,
the sacrslge Of throwing firebrsnd into the
midst Of people whose social intercourse,
ho,pi,able kindness, end general charity Of
good feeling ehs.ac,erizes the members Of
oil religious denominations amongst u.
Bu, il is said ,hs. Romsn Catholics are
under the influence and control Of the
Pope. Ny own belief is ,hs, oil denomina-
tions Of Christians are too much under the
influence OF the heads Of their respective
churches, even the Protestant Episcopal
Church, 10 which belong, where the cler.
~ have no temporal power, the lsi,y much
ecclesiastical. would no, place temporal
voice in the legislative branch Of our gov
eminent. Such wa. the provision in the
original Constitution Of Msryland and such
is ,e,sined in the new. ,ha, "no minister or
preacher Of The Gospel shall be eligible ss
senator or delegate" Thus jeslously guard
ing the State against religious influence
Here 10 . severance Of Church and State,
and % long a. that cardinal poin. is adher-
ed to, each lief, 10 &C, in its appropriate
sphere, no danger need be spprehended.
do not think we need trouble ourselves
abou, The Pope, for i, seems that bis hoIi-
uess has a. much Is he can attend to to take
care Of his own affairs at Rome, snd TO keep
himself within the limits Of tho Vs,icsn.-
But the Jesuits ere . shrewd, ingenious,
learned, persevering, indefa.ieable sect! II
Rodan, IN the "WsnJering Jew," is . fair
sample, they ere more than ell ,hsl-,hey
know more Of you than you do Of YOURSELF
But are there no Jesuiis out of The Roman
Catholic Church, ! very much suspect,
there not missionaries from oil the churches,
al homo and abroad, seeking 10 make prose-
!y,esl and if The Roman Catholic Jesui,s
gather in . more abundant harvest, it is be-
cause they possess those qualities in high
ct degree than their brother laborers. 1t 10
no, from those Of either church that the
people have any thing 10 fesr-,heir errand
10 known, their characters unmssked, their
voes,ion understood. ], 10 the political
Jesu;ts and demagoguee, sssuming ell sorts
Of phases, bringing into the political arena
whatever may distrac. and excite the public
mind, BY which their unholy ambition may
be prs,ified, regardless Of the consequences
10 ibeir fellow man. Who ill now ever
heard of sny man being prescribed on &C.
coun. Of his religious opinions, or objected
candidate fop snv ,,ffice in this con.