The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-02
From the Republican Banner.
The,True Issue.


Mr. EDrroR-In all candor and sincerity, I ask,
is there a single American citizen either native or
foreign that can honestly and sincerely object to the
American platform whole any part of il? Is
it not just what every man who desires the well
fare Of this government oughtto approve; and is there
not good reason 20 suspect any one who does not
approve it, of being blinded by party prejudice
or in want of sincerity. And why should not a
foreigner approve it? If he has selected this as his
permanent abiding place, the ultimate home of his
children, does it not commend itseIft to him? He will
soon pass from the stage himself and is be so inn
polite, does he little for his offspring, is he
so selfish, as that, for the mere privilege of being
voted for himself, for any political Office he will
endanger these institutions in which his children
are to be equal benefciAries, to all intents and
purposes. The only Limitation as TO him is, that
the American people propose that they will govern
and make the laws that shall be equal and
jnst in which lie shall recevs the same freedom of
thought, of conscience, and of action, as any and
all Americans do; shall receive the same protection
of his life ealth, character and property that any
and all Americans enjoy. What more does he
want? What more has he the right to ask? This is
the Americans own government; they invite all the
nations of earth to emulate her free constitution
aud laws, and to be free and happy as they are;
aud il they cannot do this, any or all of their
good citizens who feel that they could be happier
here, than in their own goverhment-to such we
open national arms wide, and invite them to
participation of all blessings and DUAL right TO
all the advantages of our glorious couutr? all shat
can in any way affect their welfare and ba, nj.
ness; in word to all the rights aud privileges we
enjoy ourselves, except that we will make and eye.
cute the laws. Now what wrong is there in this
what harm, 10 giving equal participation in all
the advantages OF the land and in fact releasing
them from the responsibility and care of the gov
eminent?
This much as to the foreigner simply; but an adj
dtionai OBJECTION exists as TO Roman Catholics hold
ing offices III this government. The Roman Cath
Olc church In the United States is not all American
lasitution; it owes allegiance to the Pope of
Rome. The government OF this church Is at war
with this republican form of government Il is
despotic TO all intents and purp0ses-its objects,
aims and doctrines are, the su'jugaton OF the
world, and especially all republican forms OF
government-where liberty of the press of speech
and OF conscience is contemplated. The doctrines
OF this church are, that all denominations who are
not Roman Catholics are heretics The Law OF the
church is that it has the right and il il it, duty to
prosecute all herees TO the death ifneed be- and of
this necessity they are he proper aud only Judges
The membership OF this church are taught 10. and
bound to believe, the Pope the supreme mead OF the
church, with full power and authority to make all
laws spiritual and temporal for their government
that he Is Gods vlcegerent, having full power and
authority TO punish his members not only with ex
communication from the church, but from the
Kingdom of Heaven; that he has the keys OF heaven
can forgive sins Of all and any magnitude-can alb.
solve tnem from the crimes of murder, treason
and from perjury in violating any oath of allegiance
they may have taken to this any other govern
ment; and that he the Pope delegate this power
to whomsoeVer it pleases him, and that he has so
delegated ito his Archbishops, Bishops, Priests and
other Prelates OF his church. Yet more, that the
Pope has the power to make God or Gods at his
pleasure and this power he can also delegate to his
subOrdinates. These delegates are pretending in
the presence of their congregations to make BODY,
soul, and spirit of the Blessed Saviour for the pur-
pose OF being sacrificed for the sins of the church.
and this sacrifice be pretends 10 offer in the form of
bread and wine, eating and drinking them himself,
in presence of his church, claimi z that the bread
is the vertable body of the Lord Jesus Christ and
that the wine is the actual blood of the body
These Preates hear the confessions OF the members
Of the church, and forgive their sins, imposing such
penance on them as they see fit from day to day,
and on stated days, as he may think proper 1t has
been the course of the church OF Rome, whenever
and wherever they have had the physical power,
TO enforce obedience TO the laws OF the church, in
religious, we'll temporal matters.
The church has, whenever they have had the
power, uniformly put heretics to DEATH who did not
renonnce all other religion and profess faith in the
Inmates that be obtained from the records of the
past, the blood of millions of Professionals That
bood-shed has been suspended only because there
is sufficient force organized against it TO prevent
further slaughter. The doctrines of the Roman
Catholic church are Poltico Religious. The Pope
being Gods vicegerent claims absolute control over
the world of mankind in all things; in other words,
he stands in the place of God, and all human gov.
ernments and people owe him absolute obedience
in all things. These being the doctrines of the Ro.
man church, all who belong to the same entertain
opinions at war with our form OF government aud
in deed and 10 TRUTH by the very nature OF their
duty as Catholics bound to be the enemies of the
Government Of the United States Therefore,
while any citizen in this government belongs TO this
church, he owes a higher allegiance to the Pope Of
Rome, and is not IA BIT person To hold Office in a re-
publican government. IL is for this reason alone
that the Americans will not vote for him to fill any
Office. And this has been sly led by some n propo-
stOn upon the part OF the American party to estab
lsh religious test for office, in violation of the
constitution. How any man Of common sense can
come to the conclusion that this Is requiring reli-
! gious belief qualification for office, il matter
of establishment in view of the above facts, il they
are true, aud stand ready to prove them if they
are denied.
IL may be that persons Directing to the Anne rican
| organization on this ground, may not have taken
the true distinction between the worship OF God and
the government, upon this point and for this rea.
son will make one other remark in this connection
II is not TO the religion OF the Catholics we obi ct;
IL 10 their politics. Every Catholic on earth land
when say Catholic mean such as are Catholics
inde ID and in truth embraces the doctrine that all
OF er heretics that all who do not
belong TO the Roman Catholic church are in6dels,
and that IL is their duty onlY oppose and per-
seeute them TO death, but oppose all governments
formed by sucb and that in this they are discharg.
ing a bounden duty to the government of their
church III they simply proposed TO worship God
personally according 70 their mode OF worship and
TO confess their sins to the priest instead OF their
God--aRd get absolution from him instead Of their
Savior; IT they propose worship the p, ince Of
Darkness rather than the Saviour OF the world this
would be their constitutional right; but when they
seek to bring everybody else 20 worship with them
or by their laws put them 20 torture and to death
il they do not then cay they to be trusted
with the making aud executing Of the laws Of this
government
Il Is not allowable in this government that any
citizen may owe allegiance 20 any other govern
ment for il he does he is not a citizen Of this;
every Roman Catholic in the United States owes
aIagiance 10 the PoDe Of Rome the most despotic