Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-17


I Information gwen pstn the hItd paragraph
of5Retorm's' Communication, Is, II seeing, sol az
.ccpp4 hand. No@,with a(l duo tespcct 10 'lls
Iaal6otltyqy ifiiI'tlesig (&lIose name ptssao's
lS%onii Nil ajfIcplti6 come ut and ii Ills mi
5SFatr,1 must be berAIitdsto sayllat IN said In
formation ttereis gtfsF latket Blslorc9l kgo&ls
Ale. Might lBotrelat tic in( otad6t and lilo ms
formtdlothe lea.nedpag Bancroft and sAea'
lThetcthey Sill SEQ o very different portrait tile
early Catholic Missionaries Of this country, from
wAalt6e tfttTi following his iRfOtRsnl, basE'Sea,
Tho knowledge q theIt picty, lsotnIog, zeal, and
uniting Ipbot Is YET within tile memory icing
man, and itatlitlnse qualities ond slaeElls tqtly
with them pr6poltionate llegtto Of Influence, as
Tits natural They Should, | Think 'lustas' was
fslN Whcnhc said-'tliat sbelt influence was IL
proportion ID llltit numerical majority III The
sane paragraph II Is Osseltst-thpt those officials
consisted of immigrant priesthood ltOR Ffe9ce,
wlete lla IleSOlaton lad mosttaIei tbeltIopg es'
sbIlslIed and predominant llellgioa, and sent It's
oOtosa! ministers 10 sttt refuge and employment
in It's comparatively infanltaRctuatlfs here
In the above, with ono OF THO exceptions, theFe
Is slight historical mistake, Riskop Carroll, u
no w6s altYe could easily inform hisI how those
tQgftfal immigrants cane out here. and pEan--
'WhqibortLese nsebts DO foreigners ot,nOt pre-.
sumo not 10 ART hey Oro certainly Of efficient
stamp from ulclt predecessors, mid he who rules
llrm isno!Aqtltt born nor stie maiori'g9 those
p60 QGty,' might be mistaken, but | think thtteis
something like u contradiction in that scntcnre'
With one breath and in ono AMI IlIe same place
Affirmation and ucgatioa Is PeaICatc'l Of the same
llass Of individuals as lie place birth, hos~
have not misuuattstood lIls nIcaniils OF the
writer's words, II so, shall EcadS make tllp
pmtude honorable, when notified.
In Tho mex! pltagt0pb bOSe 10 complain tho
Sttst making nc say &bat ! did moi, OF what n
legitimate construction Of my words would wal.
rant, lnrSct meant anything HE combination
Of The spiritual with thu temporal. ] SHOULD de-
plotc, and te%uil, ind forever ward oil II could
The fatal day. lie declines, lie says, eHIetlUs In.
to contest with NE on tie merits OF dement's Of
Catholicism This Is lrtly strange. neyer inYi'
ted lin Of any other one " such a contest oRd
know myself but very poorly II ever do, Such
controversies me lefl to those who afo cOHl'
petent 10 conduct them, mud ntc never ellttusse'
TO The lay mralbcra u tho Catholic lodge,
The closing paragraph, Mr. Editor, Of yoit COT
tesposdsNrs letter, is tt1ty Sohhyoi q gentleman
anil u chtlstlat would 10 God thai such spit
il had been Macieed, then We would have no cot
tensions, OF church butiUgs church sucklnss'
chutch dissertations, or any Of those disgracefuI
scenes, no Know Sotbinss, winch by Tho byr
'Rrtotm endorses, RUl set PROCESSES himself
friendly 70 those whom they PERsStltti he Forsesr
slppoc, All article Of tileit cteell--"Wpr 10 The
hilt OIL RomaUlsp" St, you Ffs too much Of
Christian and an American 10 tplOrse that party,
sitting In lie dead and DIRK Of night, Ia crncayr,
having previously sworn, upon The holy Erangst'
ist, 10 keep secte, %hat they know moi. Can you
eouDtennace sncl swearing, such Liberty with The
adorable name OF Gud, Npsit, amsare you oan,
moi, You will moi, Talk Of blind instruments In
tho hands Of taCtionIsts, 80. Why, Sit tloSe nFe
sworn 10 To blind -Aml the oath Is illegal, Eosh,
and binds It's devoted victim in The Sbackles Of the
most ahjcot servitnie. Sacllm0st be the tytapni.
cal influence exercised over both mini md body,
tia, It isone Of The stapgesI alcoholics how an
American citizen can submit to bG so ttNnmclIed.
The slate Of society mus. indeed ue de4peFpt when
lis salvation u hoped Epr from such an orsanlaa'
ton, | nm mistaken II SO be yet SO degenerate,
Is 10 nsel theaid u tbo9e, WHO, in the lis Of Tie
piattstuth century, aud In the midst Of ttpubli.
can liberty, are attpllio ayoS 10 ttcfftl!o% cli.
atns the principles which they ntc 10 adopt III The
wots Of restoration Of out institutions 10 tIIeii
pristine ttf sou believe lheWl panty Silt II THESE
Nv good theio is no teasoa tot cpuealins them, in
tho shalts Of night and darkness, from tho light
and knowledge of lhu ptopls. who are, is 10 be
Rt4eHsl for The doaOf VI orr noble e'aetry, as
deeply interested III its welfare, US 0 S%oga sscrsl
MISREPRESENTATION
have, air Ly tcGSop Of the responsibility Of
tho sontce @lsnct they cnlunaied, EUd VI Tie
Journal by which lileY wUtp calculated, made tbeST
replies 10 itc implied Oh ICES Of yoHt correspond.
eDt's letter, lhavr M desire to proIoHs ~ hope
have nOt depatIsd ftoBl the dignity and courtesy
ShIcb ought TO be OlSoIrcl by Vllc gentleman to.
wards another, JuSTCS,
FEB, 18th, 1855,
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