Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-31

ing to the conclusion that the author is
either fool or a knave, or thinks the
American people an aggregation of asses,
we shall be astonished We are inclined
to think the "short anecdote fiction,
Matched from stale egg in the weak brain
of the silly Bishop, for the purpose OF ex-
hibiting Know Nothingism as something
almost as inconceivably wicked as some of
the dutiful disciples of Mother Church.
But, suppose the story true, is it any thing
strange that a poor devil having no idea of
religion, and not caring to have any, should
refuse to repeat the Lords Prayer Why,
we venture to say that there are thousands
of Roman Catholics who couldn't if they
would, and wouldn't if they could, recite
the Lords Prayer, as found in Protest
ant edition Of the Bible, for all the wealth
Of the Bishops church, SO terrible to them
are the curses of Rome to which they would
subject themselves by SO doing. But, is it
not very christian-like in the Bishop to hold
up an isolated case Of wickedness, as an
illustration of the moral state of the Amer
lean Party?
The offences of the other of this brace
Of papal saints-Father Hughes-are sta
ted in the following communication adj
dressed to the Hartford Times by a Cath
Ole:
MEssRs EDITORS Permit me TO state few
facts concerning the tyranny which priest
in this city is attempting to exercise over some
Of our citizens WHO see fit to send their chill
dren TO free schools, and the great abuse which
has and must still flow from the conduct of
this priest.
have two boys, and have for several years
past sent them to the Centre District school.
About year since, the Rev. Mr.. Hughes, of
ST. Patrick's church, called my attention to
this matter, and said to me that after the first
of January then following, all the children
connected with his church who were attend
ing district schools, would be taken away and
sent to the Catholic school. / replied that |
did not consider the Catholic school as good as
the one that they were then attending, and
that ! could not consent to the proposed
change so far as my children were concerned
He informed me, if / did hot make the change,
| should be denied the privilege of communion
30 long as | refused, and from that day to this
| have been denied that privilege. Here the
matter rested for nearly one year.
On the 18th inst. my wife went to the
church to attend upon one of its religious rites
Mr.. Hughes here asked her where her children
attended SCHOOL, She replied at the Centre
school. lie then informed her that if her
children continued to attend there he would
deny her absolution upon her death bed! This
troubled my wife exceedingly, and during the
night she had no sleep. She was greving con-
stantly.
This morning called upon Mr.. Hughes at
his residence He received me with a surpris-
ing degree of contempt, though | treated him
with courtesy, and only desired that he should
not, without any good cause, make trouble in
my family. | asked him what had occurred
between him aud my wife yesterday-that |
had called to see about it as she was 10 great
distress of mind. He made no reply. / then
asked him if he had assured her that she
should not have absoution upon her death bed,
if she did not take the boys from the Centre
School? and he replied that he had.
then asked him why he had taken this
course-why he did not come to me as father
OF the boys, aud not thus trouble woman? lie
said she was my "half," and that she should
be in this question: that he had appealed to Inc
on former occasion, and found that it was no
use. | then said " If you deny this rite (of
absolution) to my wife for the reason you give,
| shall write TO Boston, and New York, and to
Ireland if need be, to ascertain whether you
have right to make such denial and to treat
my wife in this way" To this he replied, "If
you do that, and it was not for your insignit-
canoe, you ought to be taken by your Two feet
aud your brains dashed out against that
church, p" Cooking at st. Patrick's stone walls)
Without further comment | babe lin d
good morning" and left.
Again, gentlemen, / ask, have we Chris
tian priest, or q tyrant among us2
Yours respectfully,
MARTIN CARNEs.
Hartford, Dec. 10, 1865.