Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-09-29

mean 10 investigate him, &c. HI
opens before US an extremely pleasar
: prospect. We doubt not that those VIII
e have care of him will find reason to advis
him, after awhile, TO change his diet.
IL the meantime. should wish to kno,
II am too arrogant and presnnptuous,
when ask him to point out the line o
part Of my letter which indicates, that 'rh
faith O. Catholics re Iuires them to Civ
, their allegiance TO the Pope of Rome, AM
to withhold it from the Government nnde
which they live" deny that the Cath
olics of this country owe any political al
legiance to the Pope of Rome and as
sert. as he knows is true, that there j, no
line or word in my letter TO him, which
"indicdtes" that they owe to the Pope o
Rome any political allegiance whatever
THIS is one "cnt out Of the whole 10th,
and made up to SUIT the market. Is shi
the first effort Of the editor at making hi
''meat" out Of me; and does he think, b,
this calumDy ON Catholics, TO justify his
party for their league against the Catholic
faith and Church? He pretends that |
cutter, and that knoD | utter vile and
unmitigated slanIer," when repIe seni
Know Noth'ngism as "a secret and organ
lzed opposition to the Catholic faith and
Church" About any other kind of Know
/ Nothingism than this, have not said a
word, and if he has no part with this kind
of Know Nothingism, he has no right TO
take exception 10 what have said. 1t is
only to this kind that have objected, and
/ if this kind be non. eristence. my remarks
| fell harmless in the air. ] believed such
conspiracy to exist, and as those engaged
in it were bound by oatbs to secresy, |
had no right to credit thousand denials
that such was not the fact, aud could not
credit such denials, in face of the oa,h>
which bad been published, and even re-
cognized as the true oaths, by some who
had taken them. But, time after time,
have Catholics. who have no secret creed,
and who are bound to profess their faith
openly, declared that ;they owe ana pay
no civil or political allegiance TO the Pope
Of Rome that their allegiance to him is
purely spiritual, as to the head of their
Church; and that .heir true civil allsgi-
ance is due and paid to the government
under which they live.
Catholics can have no possible interest
to act with duplicity in this or any other
Question of their religion. They expect
and receive nothing from the Pope of
Rome. to make them sacrifice truth, con-
science and their county. AS a man, the
Pope is TO them of no more importance
than any other man. that they should wish
to extend his temporal power; and AZ
heaa OF the Church, all the temporal pow
er thai is necessary, he enjoys IN his small
possessions, which leave him free from
subsection to any Temporal! ruler or govern
ment, and able to communicate, untrain-
meled. with every portion of the Church
The Popes themselves, IN their palmies,
days, and when their influence was great
est, never desired nor labored for the en-
tension oftheir temporal possessions. And
even against Catholic princes and Catholic
armies, they sometimes had to con,-nd for
the preservation or recovery OF portions oil
their very limited territories. 1t is then
very unjust to be ever repeating, as those
hostile to our faith and Church are ire
qnently doing this charge OF want OF f.
deity to the country and government, on
the part of Catholics, whose words and
acts have uniformly manifested a fidelity
as true aud trustw orthy as that of any 9TH
er class of citizens. The Catholic Church
is no newly devised religion. 1t has now
been in existence for over eighteen hun
dred years. aud Catholics in every part of
the world, in every country aud cline. and
living under every form Of government,
have continued to recognize the same dog
ma Of the Popes spirtua! supremacy,
ithout supposlng that this, in any way,
interfered with their civil allegiance TO
their respective governments or countries,
as citizens. Ii is very strange, while any
shade OF sectarian.m, or even noth'ngari-
anism, considered no objection to man in
this country, and quite compatible with
the fidelity If citizenship, the first and
oldest creed, the church and faith which
are identified with the history Of CHRIS
tendon from the days of the Redeemer
which alone have, under the banner OF
the cross, rallied all the nations ever Gen.
verted to christianity, which. amid the
deluge Of barbarism that submerged the
ancient Roman civilization, have been the
| ark of safety for the destinies Of our race
both in time and eternity which even
now counts two hundred millions of adhe-
rents; which, alone. amid the uncertain
ties Of speeulatons and opinions. the flow
aud ebb of errors symbolic the unity Of
truth and the abiding presence of God
amongst men that dis church and faith
should be here denied, desplsed and pro-
scribed, and represented as inc ompatible
with Republican institutions; as If the
church and religion Of Chnst must not
necessarily be compatible with any and
every legitimate form of government; fol
He said: "My Kingdom is NOT of this
world.
Some objec: 20 our religion because most
Of those who profess il here came from
other lands, seeking "ircedom to worship
God" They seem TO wisn for religion
OF American growth, as if the way to
heaven had yet to be inyented aud patent
ed. This is a vain aspiration. They
must be contented with the religion and
Church of Christ--with Christ aud Peter,
and those truths and institutions, which
Christ revealed and established, and Peter
taught and administered. Let them ex-
anime into the grounds OF Catholic doc
trine, and study the constitution of the
Catholic Church; let them study these
not IN the Misrepresentation, and evident
L., o;ven hv ,Ivprsari.s hut in tha "A neu