Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-03
THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST.
Feb. Z, 1863.

in this City, by the Principal of the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, c:tablied as !.
neutral family paper but it has recently, under the
garb of independence" thrown off its neutrality
and entered the lists Know Nothing organ The
tendency of of its Editorials of late whatever
their object-has been to sustain the Wing cause
coupled with that of Know Nothingsm and some
of these articles, though now and then covert in
their illusions, calculated, wherever they obtain
currency and belief to work gross injustice to the
Democratic party.
In paper of the 7th of February, copied
from the Washington Union sundry questions in re-
laton to the Catholic Church, and in doing SO We
said: &c We are as much opposed as any reasonable
man in this country can be, to the Catholic religion
we are Protestant and expect thus to live and die;
but better Catholicism than n6delity-bctter that
than war between races and religions in this free
land" The Post of the 10th February copied the
questions referred to, and offered replies to them
but was careful to suppress, so far as it coud-to
keep out gifts columns the remarks of the Standard
above given, which accompanied the questions.-
The object of these questions to show, a mat
ter of simple justice to asSailed and prosecuted
Church, that neither the Catholic Church.
Catholic organizations, priests or aymen of that
Church have at any time attacked the Constitution
of the United States the institution of slavery
whereas of the Protestant Churches have-aU
the signers of the famous rather infamous
monstrance of the Clergy of the free States against
the Nebraska bill, being Protcstants. The Post
adds:
We have for time disposition in
certain quarters to make the impression the south
people that the Catholic Church is friendly
to section of the Union than the Protestant Chur
cheS. The questions contained in the foregoing eX
tract manifest insidious and jesuitical design
effect the object. If they anything in
the world they this, that the decline of Pro-
testantSm and the increase of Catholicism i'll the
South, would conduce TO the preservation of orr
institutions. In the of the Protestant Churches
of the South repel the insulting nSlnuation. We
deny the inference attempted to be established by
these professors of Protestanism, unfavorable TO
the Protestant cause.
Now all this is very well in its way, but it has
application to the Standard. We do nothing ' in
sdiously we have no "jesuitical designs" We
have been sworn, under the cover of darkness
and between two days, to prescribe and pcrsecute,
and hunt down men because they happened first to
see the light in ireland in France; because, in
the exercise of a right guaranteed to them by the
Constitutions of the United States and of North
Carolina, they endeavor to worship GOD according
to the dictates of their Own conscences We repeat,
neither the advocate the apologst of the
RomSh Church; but the facts stated, that that
Church is sounder on tie Yuestt0n of starery than
n1jority cf the Uurches Of the free Suites Of this
Republic We have nothing to do with motives
we refer to facts which cannot be successfully de-
MED This being the case is it good policy for the
people of the South unite with the abolition Cler
,vmen and the abolition Churches in the free States
ust referred to, in crusade of persecution and +!
abuse against the Catholic Church? We may be !
opposed as we should be- to the spread of Catho- !
icism-we NAV resort all just and Constitutional
means to prevent that spread aud to foster and ad
the Protestant faith and the Protestant nstit
ions of the Southern States but let not in do
ng this, perpetrate the gross injustice of reving
Church which has never far as the record speaks,
either assaied the Constitution of the country or
he institution of slavery; but which, op the contra
v, if we may judge by the writings and sermons of
is bishops and priests, holds slavery to be God
established and Bible-sanctioncd institution.
The same number of the Post from which we are
uotng makes the following ''insi lious and Jesuit
al" fling at the Standard-for constrained to /
,elieve that under the circumstances and taken in
with the other article, the insinuation
vas intended for this paper:
"There are, know, some few at work, endeavor-
ng TO change the sentiments ofan immense majority
the people ofthis State in regard the pernicous
Doctrines imported among us from Europe They
re earnestly contending that there is danger to
ur institutions from foreign socialism and ngrdrian
sm on the hand or from foreign priestc,aft and
bsoL,tism on the other. But, word for it, this
fort to toreignize and Ron.0nize North Carolina,
7ill prove as hard task the stone of Sisyphus
nd must recoil in terrible appropriately upon its
uthors. Undertake to convince the Protestant po-
ulation of North Carolina that French and German
fidelity, and Italian and IRISH Romansn are en-
lenty favorable to free institutions What folly ,
hat absurdty What ignorance the character
f our people appears in such presumption!'
If the foregoing was intended for this paper, or
,r the Democratic party of this State or for any
ortion of that party, pronounce it false in it's
pplication and false in fact. We have heard-we
now of no one in this State who is endeavoring to
foreignize and Romanize North Carolina We call
pom the Post to single out and name these people
no thus at work Who they?
The Post appears to be vieing with the Star in its
forts for the lead in the American or Know Moth
e cause. Has the Post observed the fact, as given
the New Hampshire papers, that negro preach
is at this time traversng that State denouncing
he Democrats, advocating Know Nothngism, and
sailing Popery and African slavery as equally sim
il and opposed to the rights of mang
We have heretofore offered no objection to the
utilization of newspaper by the Principal of the
lstituton of the Deaf and Dumb. A neutral pa
er may, perhaps, be of service to Redistribution
rats couId harm hut MO 40 ol>...I