Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-25

arch, Ferdinand H., who has covered them with
So speak the Jesuts in Italy. How do they speak
in the United Statess You have only TO change the
word ngjssty for liberty and monarcAical for repu6
a .ss In the foregoing protest and you have the
herecdl for the benefit of the church. they
any politics heretica for the same purpose.
7 Not doubling that in the above remark, the ven
cradle gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr.. CHASD-
LER, intended to be personally offensive to me- and
seeing that the sentiment is calculated TO be offensive
TO- at least very respectable number OF the best
members Of this Congress, who are the advocates
OF the American party, cannot allow that gentle
man TO escape from the extraordinary position in
which his denial places him. He is not the first man
who, for the sake Of little premature wit, has
tured TO be garngly Inconsistent
The gentleman would "scorn to oppose the Know
Nothing darty."
What are the facts In the reply to the speech Of
the honorable gentleman from Mississippi Mr.. BAR
RI, who had vigorously assailed the KnowN Nothing
party, the Hon. Mr. BANKS made speech in defence
Of the organization and doctrines of the socalled
Known othings in which he referred, with much
power and force to the Roman Catholic question.
The gentleman from Pennsy lvania, a week or two
afterwards. put himself up as the champion OF the
Roman Catholic Church, to answer the said speech
Of Mr.. BANKS, and to defend the Roman Catholic
Church against the imputations, not only Of Mr..
BANKS, but Of the Know Nothngs. He refers to the
speech of the honorable gentleman from Massachu-
sets, in his defence Of the secret continuation TO put
oDa ne oao0 go r ahs 81 W GenyRs
70 us members Inc iui Iights " oiuIensnP. ~
says, in the opening of his speech II purpose
making some reply to the remarks Of the honorable
geh.eah rom s II p ln,;,toa II 's
recenty aoeresseu tis up ~ a ~ oo'
az Hs ~ 70 he Creed Of the Roman
Catholic Church." Let us remember that these
.preuailiag topics Of The day" which the honorable
m nv he Know. Nothinos. and this iacuIoaleyv
at,s;onn was notorious charge Of the Kao,g- Notf
;ans amonst the Roman Catholic Church And the
hnnora M senieman from Pennsvlyania took II upon
h;msaIf ~ srenw mbeleyinoD a. he said that an
attannnt AZ sncR reny az he charge Of the gentle
man from Massachusetts would suggest to a Catho-
H.; r. aac,ad from me- as the Oldest Of the few the
yerv fewp n know but one besides myself in this
House who arc obnoxious to any censures Justly
mada ara;nst nrofessors Of the Catholic relisonn
| The gentleman devoted an hour to the defence of
the Roman Catholic Church against the "inculpatory
allusion" of a speaker who defended the Know
| Nothngs" He enumerates, also, and answers this
Know Nothing charge:
at is charged that Roman Catholics even now adj
NIT the right of the Pope to interfere between snb
1 ects and their allegiance and between citizens and
their duties to the Republic in some other FORM since
the power to depose Kings is no longer possible !
deny it. have denied it for myself plainly, clearly
! specifically"
| It is generally understood that the making de-
fence for one party against the charges of another
party is oppost70 the assaling party This idea would
be even Carried further by the gentemans religious
dogma, which he admits che soho is not for me is
| ag9inst ,neo
IL ,ho ront,am,n ascorned n o,nose tho Know
Nothing Marty . against whom or what party. / ask
did he eve those denunciatory phrases which beslime
| the otherwise harmonious columns of his speech !?
| Such as the following:
aOf the cruehv Of disturbing the public mind with
such questions and DISTINGUISHING welldisposed citi-
zens shall not now speak / shall leave to other
times and other persons and in other places too the
| task Of impeacbinp and of developing the motives
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