Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-09
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WAsHIssToE, May Z, 1855.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 1858.
Editor Of tie Star:
Mr. DEAR Sin: have just read your paragraph
with my name at the head, in the Star OF the sd
instant When designated the Star as one OF the
organs of the Jesuits, had no idea that IL would
be taken amiss by the editor. thought II would
be considered rather as compliment The Union
to have taken II very kindly; so far at least
| as not complaining can manifest it. But, If you
do not like It. take back the offensive words with
pleasure, which acknowledge were not necessary
In my address TO the citizens Of the District Of
Columbia. wish as far as il Is possible, 70 live
peaceably with all men"
In that paragraph you say that you have inquired
into the causes Of my removal, and have heard that
LIST, have Of late gone actively into politics. Now,
as to this, the charge is untrue ID 1t reasonable
TO suppose that a government clerk would be per-
mitted to 60 actively into politics in opposition
to the administration and never be reproved or
admonishedl never had the slightest intimation
that my warfare with the Church Of Rome was con-
sidered politics" and was therefore, distasteful
to the Executive. But I assure you have done
nothing more Of late than had never ceased TO do
for many years. The next thing, say you, is, that
have accepted two Offices under the Corporation
of great Importance, &C., the duties Of which I
could not properly discharge IL compelled to do my
duty to the government.
Now, it strikes me that the government has
enough Of its own concerns TO look after, CUBA,
&c., without meddling with those Of the Corpo-
ration Of Washington. The latter will, think, be
fully competent TO Judge whether or not perform
properly the business they have done mo the honor
to confde to me, when shall enter actively there
upon True, have been, for few months per-
forming the duties Of Trustee Of the Public Schools
and so far have heard no complaint from any
quarter, Of any neglect OF duty. Indeed, there
were no grounds forcomplaint, as we seldom meet
oftener than once month--and always after the
Departments are closed. Also our visits to the
schools in our respective districts are required to
be only monthly; and, if these caused me to be
absent from my desk an hour each week-and 1t
was certainly not more--was that matter TO be
complained of against one who was rendering,
without compensation, an important service to the
rising generation Of the Metropolis Of the nation
one, moreover, who has not been absent from his
desk more than dozen days during the last fifteen
years.
Nor was there, indeed, any complaint whatever;
and, as 70 the other officethat Of revisor Of the
code Of laws which is to be prepared for this Dis
trict, we have not yet entered upon the duties,
neither lit yet known when our services win be
required in this business, or how much Of our time
win be occupied
But, I" Tiirdzy.n All, yesl Thirdly" That is
it. "1hirdly" is the very thing! confess to
Thirdly in part You say:
AuHuiy, Nc ua5 louS utoH Cuutcutioub unu
litigious man in religious matters, devoting him
self with heart and soul to the work Of prosecuting
and nalignng religious sect, entitled to as kind
treatment at the hands of the government of the
United States as any other Sect and his superiors in
Office were no longer disposed to ,rnish out of the
public Treasury the means (his salary Of enabling
him so to employ himself"
Now, have to say Of this, " Thirdly, that, to
the charge of being contentious and ltgious
vhn krnvv
me, from Maine to California, land thanks be to
God, have friends good and true in every State in
the Union will promptly stamp it with the epithet
of false and calunaniots. never was concerned
in law suit, or angry disputation about any reli
gious matter in the whole course of my life. The
last thing that could be induced to engage in,
would be contentious discussion Of religious topics
AS to what the Jesuits and their allies Of the Ex
ecutive Departments call "persecuting and ma
igning" the Church of Rome, and for which you
have, it seems, ascertained-at headquarters, of
course-that was removed, that is to say: my
defending the great principles Of Professionalism
the right Of private Judgment and the right of all
to read the Bible-and arraying in opposition to
their pretended Democracy and love of the liberty
of conscience, &c. quotations from their own stand
ard authors, the DEGREES of councils and bulls Of
Popes, showing that the whole constitution OF their
church is Numerically opposed to liberty Of con-
and State, education by the State, the right of the
people to form any association the proceedings Of
which are kept secret from the priests, &c, and
which contend that the Pope has the right, BY vir
tue of his spiritual Office TO control the temporal
as well as the spiritual and ecclesiastical affairs of
all nations, while the great object Of the Jesuits is
by means of their schools, &c, TO bring all Chris
tendom-the whole world, indeed--under the iron
yoke Of Popery 70 all this which the Foreign and
ra In ID q n
maiigning' their church, plead guilty.
To this great work, which consider the great
cause Of all mankind as well as of our country,
have devoted myself with heart and soul"
and ell ether means could command yet, with
out neglecting my public duties therefor in any
degree and hope to see the day when the po-
litical liberty of this country win be made secure
against all the Vaccinations Of the Jesuts and their
coadjutors-and when also the Church Of Christ
shall be 80 firmly founded In this glorious coun-
try, that the gates of hell (the papal hierarchy
shall never shake 1t or make 1t tremble.
Yes, / acknowledge have labored " with heart
and souln to this end. To this end, IL Is true,
have expended no small portion Of my salary. To
this end, have denied myself the comforts and
sometimes even the necessaries OF life. do not
deny the charge Of making expenditures TO this
end out Of my salary. This, II seems, the allies Of
the Pope discovcred-indeed, 1t was no secret at
any time, from the beginning, twenty years ago
and they were no longer disposed to furnish out
Of the public Treasury the means (my salary Of
enabling me so TO employ myseif What was IL
not my orn, for which rendered an equivalent to
the government; and had / not right TO dispose
off as pleasedf
Whatf-and has ii come to this, that the Exec
utive Departments Of the United States erected
into Roman Inquisition TO denounce and prescribe
all public functionaries who shall dare 10 raise their
voices against be suspected Of entertaining sem
timents adverse to the tyranny and usurpations Of
the Church OF Romef And then, forsooth, they
have the effrontery to call themselves the Demo
cratic party instead Of the Papai Inq,isition in
| the United States, the true name.
Yes, sir, here plant myself and this shall be
| my theme The Executive Departments Of the
| United States haze mad< common cause Nth the
Church Of Rome--smtaining its tyranny--its usur-
pationsits opposition TO the liberty Of conscience,
to private judgment, to the reading Of the Bible
by all who may please to do 90, TO freedom Of the
press, and TO public schools and sustaining the
claim Of the Pope 70 regulate, "by virtue OF bis
spiritual power Il use the words Of De Maistre,
to interfere with and regulate the temporal affairs
OF all Christian nations, and deeming the oppos-
Il