True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-10-10


tThe Pope i Tho propsr, authority to
decide fiT me whesher slie Constitution Of
this connsss Is or is nos repuguaufio the
laws If God
Thus writes O. 4, Brpwdscn, the great
cxpeAent ef The Psbaey in the Fsited
States. ,'If Fever tbeiibertics offldscoap-
try are .caisnscrea,s wrbte Lafayette,
tlts silIbe shtphshl She Influenza e Po-
pish priests What a s. nnsueary N the
Prophetical declaration Of the apostle OF.
Liberty, isthc bqla avcwal'of, tbis Amor,
iean chaRpioniof the PapsI hierarchy T.
We laugh at the POWER IF tue: Ponce We
dismiss With contempt the fears, excited hy
the pFetedsions Of his epissaries in this
country! But arc we quite right in not
needing the encroaehing spirit Of Roman
ism, which, prcsauing ou the freedom Of
speech recording to. ali men who i've un-
der the benign shadow Of our institutions,
thus suhOrlinates our noble constitution
to the isr9l'le authority oflthe Roman
Pontiff? With what boldness are We told
that the palladium nf our liberties---.hat
immortal Instrument which was written
BY pur fathers IN letters oF blood, and san
ctiGed by patriotism without parallel in
The history IF The world d--has no authori.
ty With the adhetnn,s Of ,tbe Papacy, ,ex-
ccpt what the Pope, in hissoyereisn pleas
ure chooses to allow til 1t ID time. Ger.
taihly, that imericans came up I, the help
of their glorious Constitutions against the
defiant, though covert hosdIityof the Ro-
mislEcburch ~ a.
We are not accustomed to raise false al
arms, or 10 discover peril to our institu
tions in the mad theories of the day. But
weabclicve that it is the duty Of every low
or of his country-of every friend of hu-
manity or Of civil and religious liberty, 70
rebuke such sentiments as the above
Brownson does not speak for himself a.
lone, but for the catholic hierarchy !.
His aggressive spirit is shared by the
church of which he is probably the abest
advocate il America. Ipdeed, rob Ro-
manism Of this intolcrant spirit, aud it los
es its identity; imbqe it with the free ini-
pulses, the liberal Inspirations of republi
canism, and it would cease to respect the
tpsE pixEr of the Pope, AM nj longer
bow to the mandates of his iusolent repre-
sentatives in this country. Hence it is
plain that Ronanism is ii1mical to Auier-
lean liberty; thetwo cannot co-exist-one
or the other must fall. We are now in
the thickest Of the fight; we are not ap-
prehensive of the result. Republicanism
is essentially militant and being based up
on truth and resting for support in the CON
sciences Of men, cannot fall. liomanism
is aggressive; but being eyii a.d false in
its very nature, its strength lies in the Is
sorauce and superstition Of the masses.---
The intelligence Of the people is its dead
ly foe and it is paralyzcd in tile presence
Of truth. What change Of success, then,
awaits it in country where education is
free to all; where intellectual light and
free discussion make perpetual progress
among the peoples where the national pulse
beats ever to the call of civil aud religious
liberty2 The papacy may flourish here
for time, and even attack with lmpInity
the CONSTITUTION of our country, but it can
make no Substantial progress while tue
press stands sentinel at the portals of Free
dom Temple, and exercise that ''eternal
vigilance" whiehisthe "price OF liberty
IN, Y. Mirror.