Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-05


our THE LiGHT, HINDER rIE PROGRESS or efEit.
IzArIoN. AND ARREST EVERY sTEr OF HUMANITY
TOWARDS rrHrR MENTAL, MORAL. OR PllYsie Al
IMPROVEMENT. We may snrelyarm ourselves
IN the armor Of righttoHsnes against sucH wi
ONES ON EARTH A. THESE.
Your own illusions, gentlemen. must be blamed,
if indulge ia any egotism, by saving that when
entered upon the duties of the Mission II the
Court of BrnzI found the lnbors al my prede
cc--or~ especially Illustrated hy The archives of
the Legation He was dead bat the good which
he did was not all inferred with his BONES !
was made hy his works IN that Mission To inquire
frelingly for the remains of the laborou-. the
learned, the successful negotlator Mr. Tudor
He died in Rio de- ,laneiro whilst Chnrge 81 the
United States of North America, the grontest
Republic ia the world. at the Court Of Don fe-
dro l., and after lie had negotiated our treaty Of
omity aud commerce with that Empire. Tn
oRly sanctuary his corpse had found tcds n hosp
table gr1re IN The b1rging ground rhich Gfeaf
Britain had secured safe for nERErIcs, her sub
iects in land broad enough surely for MN OF
oil perslfasions to die in The Sabbath eone,
aud heard the bells chimingfor church. Where
were | aud my family and Ar 'rean friends IL
attend Divine Worship 2'here no ground
consecrated there for us. We were reminded On
the ord's day OF our homes III our own blessed,
happy land Of universal tolerance IN religion
but there, in n lnnl of commercial friends by
treaty we had no religious allies. and were in
deed strangers in strange land their God
tras our Good, but their country was not our coan
trg no WORSHIP ~. We we're eofnpolled 10 e.
10 our closets 10 pray, If We did not accept the
hospitality again of English subjects, 10 kneel
with them in their temple which ther maternal
Government had caused Ia be erected for tber
special privilege. Thus for the grave aud tue
altar we were indebted H. our mother country,
and not to our own.
And here cannot fprhcar 10 pay just tribute
t. Great Britain for her care Of her subjects
abroad However high her hnnd against other
nations, however strong aud nnyeldlng her grasp
of dominion over other people, she cateth t"r mr.
otrn at home. and to 1.-THE nttermost parts ot the
earth" Her "drum beat is heard everywhere,
and wherever it ~ heard it Is sound af pfotec
ito ! TO her title 0nfS- however feeble aud how.
over distant they may he trom her central leHef.
1t i, better for the bafbafidnS IF any tribe that
milestone were hung about their neoks thu for
them to hurt one of Great Britan's proteges.
Then are uERErlCs, as peH as IRE nnd fuey
have their sanctuary and their grape gardS where
the nYENAs dare not howl. And 1t is due abbe
to her subjects to say that, in Brazil, they we're
hnspitable to u.s. and gave the use OF both Their
holy placcs-thc temple and the burying ground.
But ought we To- be behodeu 10 ANY Govern.
ment but our own for common rights OF humanity
like these ;"
So it seems that Mr.. Wise, less than eighteen
months,ugo, thought the intolerance,o the church
he now cuogiscs, in the matters referred To mani
tested an amount of ignorance aud bieotry and
superstition and barblrity and brute force not
to be toierated that the effect Of this intolerance
was ITO corrupt our nature. shut out the light,
hinder the progress Of civilization, and arrest
every step ofhumanjty towards either mental, mo
raj pr hy-ical Improvement Not only are these
the results of Catholic predomnanee, according
to MIR. Wso's experience, but its votaries are
"haIburians" to the living, and "hyenas' that
"howl" around the grave yards Of the dead.
After paying these compliments to the Catho.
lies Of Catholic country, MIR. Wise becomes
suddenly lured away from the subject by the re-
collection Of his own exploits in Brazil. and tells
how near hc came to ruzing the palace of the
Emperor, taking that functonary prisoner and
bringing him homo to the United States; gives AT
much length his opinions of the de-potisms of the
old world; the last war with Great Britain; the
Martin Kozta case, aud various other matters i;
and then, in winding up, seeming to remember
what it was he commenced writing about, recnrs
to the subject. after gloriication of this eoun-
try, with the ejaculation:
And is this our state of fearful, wondrous pros
peritv, aud zee not entitled to be protected in
the privileges You 50 meeky claim for The hum
bleet of mankind throughout Gods iootstaol Of
earth Ne not have THE RIGHTS OF cen
SCIENCE THE RIGHT OF WORSIuPPING 6Op-tho
right of burial according to decent Christian rites
ON that foot>tool except in the land we call our
country, or in that spot we call our home And,
If we may send the missionary TO the Heather
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national laws, and IT we may persuade them To be
Christians, may not much more sohrrv go to
the powers which profess TO be civilized and con
fcss Christ, and ask them IN foiiom HIS Dirine
example, Surely our Government will need no
constraint from public sentiment to compel il to
administer the very spirit of our civil nlstitn-
tious--that spirit in which they must live aud
move, and have their being
have, gentlemen, hastily written this reply
to your invitation. and it goes 10 you without be-
ing transcribed or property corrected. 1t is but
a brief Of my views and tut an impulse Of my
feelings on the topics touched. beg you, if YOU
think it worthy of publication at all. to that
it be printed correctly, and To accept ii as the
best response which my engagements will permit
mo to make to your kind and complimentary IN
vitation. am heartily ruth yoa in your plan o I
american protection, and
Very truly, your fellow citizen,
HENRY \. WISE.
TO show still further the spirit that actuutel
the meeting to which Mr.. Wise addressed th,s
letter, and to enable the reader the better 10 au-
derstand the spirit and import OF the letter tsef,
we quote from the proceedings after it read
The following among other resolutions were
read:
Resolrel, TX. That, in the judgment Of this
meeting the time has come when the govern