Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-14
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MEssAe, EnlT0ks.--Il lhe auth0I dt tHe alIle4e
stsdea,tn,tla In yont paper Of Thursday last, OF
any Of your tea'lets who may have been misled bf
his t1tsSonceptioh Of my notice ofthe Know Noth'
;nes will do me the favor totetetto the paragraph
n my communication IL which have made .alIu.
sion 10 Arch. bishop Hughes and Monsieur Kos
suth, think lis choFse Of aniRtcnttOn onmy part,
10 institute parallel between Them, will require
no tatIheg lefuiuton. have, 10 10 suEc, mentions
ell them in tts same sentence, and in connection
with the same subject but mention Is as d'atinct
from paralIul an affirmation often is from reality.
So, il yom correspondent sees proper 10 record
them as titls Of tcatllet,' tie fault is IN his
avn petccption, not in mine. fon Onpeaf TO have
viewed This matter In the same light % do, aud
SO, ttua', will every unparalleled mini. IL IN
the otRtthanl, had chosctt 10 rank the a'Sl'
Bishop amopg tie political as well rs the eec'e'''
a,tcai aslaIors OF the day, as did not whaleVef
Jus.uS may infer 10 tho contfsty, SIN Inclined 10
think hjfjscnsSon with General Cas-, aud sum
div Indications Of elTeYesceNce attributed 10 him,
Reconsideration in the Fteeman's Journal, would
have sustained me in my assumption. 10 This con-
ttoyetsy you may likewise refer your readers, conf
dent as am, that will eSoneTate me from tue
accusation Of injustice toTatdS tile Jealous pIelatr
Thee is all olaaphotisn ne saiOf ultra crtp9am'
and when we find Churchmen and Congressman
Of losgetleads, its Application to them nPpsaF'
peculiarly appropriate. With 'Jnstus spp'"gE
or Kosuth, have no desire to interfere, although
10 oppoSc native and generous CteduIItY to foreign
presumption and imposition, might place me OH
the pupulat side Of the question.
But your correspondent has evidently mistaken
The ,ttift oil my argument, OF have been untoFIu.
,laIe Ia exposing il. meant no tePtoach to Tue
Catholics asa sect, OF 10 foeignetsAs citizens, Uut
On the coa,taty, made suggestions which lmosin'
ed would conduce 10 thu advantage Of each.
respect The one, and would cherish, aud have JUS
tice done TO tAe Others. Even Jusias admits such
to " my profession, thOughe doubts It's s@ce''sY'
without, however, assigning any ssaSon but lbs
osnconieclute, TT 50 doing: ce'sainly have ""I
dealt more hAtsbIy with them than he has, wien
he accuses them Of 'Mpadencc and turbulence
have sid tie implied effort a! political "sce'''
,ecy, OH the part OF the first, was, in my eSt'na'
ton, shadow; have proposed to extend to tie
last all lie privileges we ourselves enjoy with
only such restriction on one, ss%e cleetlnIly and
wisely submit to- But, tof their sakes, as well Hs
tor OUT own, 1 have enlesYotch 10 show low al!
have been injutousIy affected BY foreign influence,
inttoduced into Church aud State before these to
whornit was sonf1si, wcie qualified TO exetctSc It
Alright. II attempted any parable! al all, II was
no, between individuals, such as Atch.Blshop
Hughes, and K, ssuth, but GGtWeen institutions, In
which the elements Of concord atc likely to he
disturbed by foreign inyasion,- -between UallEo|''
csn as know In It's AnIe rcan aspect and purity
unttInmelled b. foreign interference unaSsa'1si
by domestic dolbtot lelIousYi when ita head, IN
this county, was brother 10 sigret Of our dccla
ration Of independence, himself catholic, and
both honored oS Americans in birth, In SENTIMENT
In resistance to oppression, whether Of person. OF
u conscience anil Catholicism as IL Is now
Sioinizsl II may SO express it, as OUT political
Institutions are likely 10 be, By ztAo's, ctfng per-
haps, mNe ~ ignorance than in intentlol'' %ho
have b.ouehtfroM Eutope suggestions AMI pm
cpcs whch, ii petMtte,! 10 prevail, would ttnna'
form re!isOn 10 intolerance, AMI liberty 10. !tceIl'
tions1c3s.
.Jus.vS admits Hhete has been greater hatHonY
and peace existing between all denominations Of
this county formerly, than al present., thus coufIt
ming the fact of my assertion, but, he asks lis
the want Of these at present. owing to foreign CO.
clesiastcaI influence ans%et yes; for although
/ admit that al the time 10 which we both refer,
,thete wete, as he asserts, 'more bishops Of for
eten birth than now, in this country deny that
their influence was in accordance, anu Justly too,
with their numerical majority, and ! owe 10
Catholic priest, himself al American, OF tespscA'
billy, goUl sense aNl active pety with whom !
coRyeted 6ll the subject few years in advance Of
tie result lie predicted, The conviction he rather
exultingly, forced upon ne, that such YVES not tue
case. These officials, as he informed me, oMd as
NY own opportunities Of observation had led NE
to tenlaik, consisted OF the elneaRI priesthood Of
Ftanue, where tho revolution had ptOsIatrd Ileir
long established and predominant religion, aud
sent It's cast out ministers 70 seek refuge aud cI'
poymeut IN its comparatively infant SaUctuates
here. 10 these they Brought spiritual instruction.
and The administration Of holy 'eS, but no Access
sion Of activity in the ptOpasaOnOf faith they had
been taught to consider as IequiIng not the aid Of
secular instsumentanties. Tie Bible, the Cross,
The mass, and the prayer wete the chosen agents
Of SonyersioN with which they were fImlliat, not.
as noS, the lcn, tie press, The pamphlet aud tie
Journal. 'Tothesc pious cSiIss wete added supes'
numstplies, often supetaunuatCd, who were 10 he
.ptosI9ed fov, ftou oyctIiowins cIsutcheS bbIo1d,
wLete the supremacy Of the Catholic religion wos
iucoatesbIy established; sdOott:nes familiar and
undtspatedi Its influence unlouMed; lis yoia'leS
sabmIssiYej lis extension cOnGdel to missionaries
appointed fOt the purpose, Whose laOo's had as
yet been unemployed on our soil, where The DEC.
t1de had already found secure footing; while hsse
hTshes Offices Of the institution, better adapted BY
previous education, aud confidence in tue PteYs.
lenre Of helt sect 10 tie duties Of the cluIsIst,
than ofthe feld, bestowed their talents and eAe,.
tons tatlet OH The instruction and preservation Of
the Aock entrusted 10 lheir cafe, than 10 its ill.,
ctease. uool, pious aud learned men, wete they,
said my informant, but dtones III The cell, Whist
We wanted working bees, 10 foam ablOad atsd gath
et ftom the fields Of watering faith accumulation
f9t theRloSing hive; and these, lie added, we ate