The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-16

words y was c % the States TO regulate the right OF u
a. rational legislature dspea on ne pn of Ae &4ies
Let Us examine the second principle Of this new or
the exclusion ef foreigners nom al places Of honor
Proni and trust What has been policy n this respect
IN lIIA the Continental Congress while preparing resist
anee 10 Great Bu issued address 10 the Catholic In
haeans o. Upper Canada lt desired to enlist them in
common struggle against the mother country In this a-
dress Congress adopting the words Of Montequieu says
Ia atreo State every who is supposed free agent
~ his 49, ts = ~ go gose,Hp,eH thereiore the
their rcpreseatatlres,
II also invites them TO unite with as in ono social CONF
and 70 choose delegates to represent thcm in tho
Continental Congress"
Ia l776 Congress appointed commission 10 repair To
Sanada and strive TO effect union between Il and the
Lhpa loiohlea instructed the commissioners in the
strongest terms, 10 assure them ho people OF Canadal
tat II Is our earnest desire adopt them into our Union
as sister colony and 70 the same general system
OF mild and equal laws for them and for The
next development Of policy in relation TO foreigners Is found
IN the Declaration Of Independence which rectes among
other wrongs Of the King thar he has endeavored pre-
vent the population OF these States for that purpose ab
srueung the laws for naturalization Of foreigners Sc
The constitution provides for immigration 10 the
Sni'ea states Thus far the policy Of the country
has been IN favor Of immigration The first depart
ure nom It WAS the ALLEN aud sediuon lagsr The
alien law founded upon suspicion and dislike 10
the Immigrant and imposed odious determinations upon
him. These laws We're soon uamped from the stautc-book
amid the fierce execrations OF the people The blow
aimed at the immigrant Is years after and under far differ
ent circumstances. The couptry engaged in second
war doubt distress darkness hung arms and our
existence country upon trembling equilibrium
The unsparng enemy, with than Cossaek barbarsm
bad sacked and burned Capitol and in ashes
had scattered our archives to the winds His cruisers then
darkened coasts and his legons were tracked by pill
ge anu eonhagraton In this hour Of portent peril and
dlsnay convention met IN eastern State; and for
WHAT ITO withhold the resources of New England and
make separate peace Yes in this troublous and
mendous moment while the foe spreading devastation
every side, marching by the light of burning
villages and threatening blot from the very map
OF nations convention met in eastern State to humble
1nlas -
resolutions Of that convention will read il to you
" No person who shall hereafter be naturaized shall be
eligible as member q the Senate House Of Representa-
uyes OF the United states capable Of holding civil
office under the authority of the United States"
Yes; this is leading resolution Of this convention
Need tell you what convention this is Others have met
but other to paralyze the Of government when
our soil was dshonored by the tread of foreign foe and
our common flag struck at both the land and the
water This is the Hartford Convention which is ncnr-
ndined BY public in the pages of history like
the blood spot upon the robe Well comes this war
fare upon natralized citizens into this hall borne in by
the member from Massachusetts Mr. BAKsll 1t began
with Adams 1t estered in the counses OF the Hartford
Convention and it should not enter here borne in by
neal hands Sir this fact reads instructive lesson
The finger Of history has moved round the dial plate and
u resting where II rested forty years ago.
The third principle is prescription Of the Catholic rsli
gion Is not the imposition Of disability and dsfranchise
ment prescription Why disfranchise the Catholic
Do you expect affect bis conviction and change his y
gion Can you dig down to the conscience lay bare m
subtes chords and remodel the spiritual substance2 This
the Pope as the member from Massachusetts, Mr. BANs1
ntimated2 What there in the Catholic creed warrant
this imputaton In 1859 Nr. Pitt then Prime Minister of
England before he would relax the disabilities OF the Irish
Catholics propounded to the great Catholic Universities
the following inquiries:
Has the Pope, OF cardinals or any body Of men,
realm of England.
Of the Church of Rome absove dispense
his Mastys subjects from their oath of allegiance upon
apu nrpYf Whn
>. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic
faith BY which Catholics astied in not keeping faith with
opihon in any transachon, either OF public private
nnture@
The universities Of Paris Louran, Acala Douay, saia-
manca and Valadoid declare that neither the Pope,
cardinals, any individuals in the Catholic Church,
have any civil authority they dispense with
oath Catholics justified In not keeping faith In
any transaction, either Of public private nature
Thus will be that all the universities promptly
and unequiyocaly declared that Catholics under
civil or temporal subsection to the Pope The Catholic
bishops in Great Britain in the year 1896 declared that
mo power in any Pope council in any individual
body Of men invested with authority in the Catholic
Church, can dispense with any oath by which Catholic
has confirmed his duty Of allegiance to his sovereign
any obligation Of duty or justice TO third person.
The following of the of the Catholic Church
Cursed be all Catholics who will not obey the lawful
commands of all Protestant authorities sptua matters
excepted who will not fulfil their duty, in every
spec 10 their lawful Protestant King and country These
facts find in the works of Bishop England a man of
splendid intellect stainless honor and royal scholarship
The archbishop and bishops OF the United States
vncial council assembled at Baltimore May, ls43 thus
wrote 10 Pope Gregory XVI :'r
" 1t be concealed that bitter enemies the
name OF Chrisand alas they manyendeayor, with
all their ability, The citadel faith destroy
entirely To snecced in this they cast suspicious against
among the people, that their Catholic fellow
citizens although oreathers poured their blood
water TO assert liberty against Catholic oppressor
in order TO make suspected by the and OBJ
noxons to it, ho under political and civil subsection 10
foreign pncenamely the Roman Pontifand are there
FORE faithess to the republic, because they tour
mes) aic asseyt, reduced under this subsection"
Gregory XVI n reply, BY letter Of December O. l8f3,
expresses warmly the pleasure the letter Of which the
tents.
How long is II since thought the Catholics unfit for
citizenship Surely the Continental Congress did not
think co. when they instructed the commissioners TO Upper
Canada TO declare 70 the Inhabitants that hold sacred
the rights OF conscience and promise the whole people
solenny the free and undisurhed exercise of their religion
and to the clergy the full perfect and peaceabe possession
and enjoyment Of all their = and also advised them
TO deliberate concerning the establishment Of form Of
government and union with the United Colonies upon
terms too similar 70 those upon which the other colonies
unite The Continental Congress surely did think
whep in address the Catholic inhabitants Of Upper
Canada, they said
We too well acquainted with The iberaty Of senti
ment distinguishing nation 20 imagine that difference Of
religion viii prejudice you against hearty amlty with U.s.
You know that the tanseena OF freedom eleyaes
those who unite above all such mDded in
hrmities Tho Swiss canons furnish memorable proof Of
this truth. Their Union is composed Of Catholic and Prot
estant States living IN the concord and with
another and thereby enabled snse they hrayey
yndcated their freedom 70 defy and defeat every foe that