The true Democrat., 1855-10-02

church of England, as by law established in spirituals and temporals. The above penal and anti Catholic law of England, enacted after six months confusion and debate, on the lying and fallacious pretext of the Pope's aggression and conupting tendencies of the church of Rome, too clearly demonstrate the cordial sympathy, feeling and sentiment existing between Capt. Albert Pike in his apology and Lord John Rus sell in his Durham letter. for the persecution and prescription of millions of Catholics, both here and on the other side of tho Atlantic.
 Fares cum paribus facme congregantur,
 'Sa hcet Pafc0 c0napoaaere neagna.
 Itmight seem strange to persons acquainted with human nature HOW the language employ ed in the Durham letter of 1851, corresponds to a nicety with that used by the lovers and admirers of British sbigotry here, if they did not know and understand the NATURAL | ITCHING MEN have for notorety and relation ship in high places, for which nature never des- tined them But apart from all this, what were the FATAL aggresslons and CORRUPTING TEN DENcIEs of the church of Rome, so fippantly repeated in the Sreets and highways by every wiseacre who expects by deception to gain la- zy living at the expense of honor, truth and justice? The spiritual administration of the Catholic church in Eng land and Scotland was for a long time committed to vicars apostolic, or Bishops in PARTIBUs INFIDELIUM, removable at the WILL and pleasure of the Pope-thc Pope as the executive and chief Bishop of the Catholic church spread over all nations, and in whom alone the power of all appointments to sees resides, issues bull or rescript with the advice of his council of cardinals, or senate appointing the vicars apostolic, Bishops in oR- DINARY to the titles of sees now restored, and from which they cannot be by the canons of the church removed at the will and pleasure of his holiness. This is the act that shook the walls of St. James for six months and made Exeter Hall resound with the fanatical cry, Lora Jolln leading with his famous Durham letter, of papal aggression and the corrupting tendencies of the church of Rome, because for sooth his holiness did not think proper to ask permission of her Majesty, the head of the Pro- testant church of England, to appoint Bishops in their native land with a permanent residence. There is not word in the bull or rescript of the Pope, interfering with the civil and temporal allegiance which Catholics in England, Scot land and Ireland, Gncluding Bishops and prlests) owe her Majesty as subjects of the united kingdom. No, the Pope teaches the gospel of His Divine Master, "render to Cesar the things that are CeSars and to God the things that are God's,' and therefore as the spiritual head of the Catholic church upon earth, he never nterferes beyond the limits of the papal States with the allegiance which Catholics liv- ing under every form of government justly owe in all parts of the world to the regularly con- stituted authorities of states, kingdoms and empires. If there be a few smart people in the world who, from their education think other wise the Catholic church is not responsible for tbair hor ,lor, take them for their guides-ne sutor ulLfa ere. pdam, let euery coJbler keep to his last Iwould look upon that man as insane, or fit subject for a house of correction who would advise me as Catholic to take Capt. Pike for my guide in those things that belong to religious matters, when he gratutously asserts that 1 am Lound to admit in the Pope the power of regulating my conduct in civil and political affairs in this country. A greater calumny has never been ut tered by any political or religious man, not on- ly against some millions of American citizens, but the great majority of the christian world Capt. Pike could not have been himself when he made the assertion, for in truth there is not a school boy in Europe that would not laugh at the idea as the most preposterous and absurd. have much respect for Capt Plkes talents in things not religious, but notwithstanding that respect which freely entertain 1 defy him and all his contreres, united together, to point out single instance where practical maeneJer of the Catholic church. or confessing one, as he is pleased to baptize him in his apology, has proved faithless or disloyal to the oaM he took to SUD- port and defend the constitution and laws of the United States. Name me one Captan and I shall give up the cause; name me one if you dare, and shall aid in having the trait0r brought before twelve of his equals into a court of jus tice, and if found guilty of perjury, commend the judge, that honestly does his duty in deli vering him over for term of years to the safe keepngof the respected guardians of the peni- tentiary. l have not done with Capt Pike, have to show him and his ANTI-REPUBLIcAN FRATERNITY that in going out of his way to form religious creed for HIS NEIGHBoRs, he has acted too hberally and partially towards the Pope in giving him powers in political matters which his Holmes disclaims and Catholics re. ject with indignation. Capt. Pike expresses great horror for religious controversies but not one word of contrltion for the unprovoked in- suits he has gratuitously offered to the religion of the great bulk of mankind. Religious con troversies no doubt, do more injury than good, if conducted with the view of advancing any po- litical scheme or novelty to the prejudice of truth. In this sense they are disllled by every honest man as well as by
 PETRICULA.
 Little Rock, Sept. p, 1855