Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-06
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VIRGINIA ELECTION


The American Party lest a holiday and
gloTificatiap, by net celebrating Its vIcfory of
| the First of Nay. In Philadclphia- We carried
! our candidates, thouEh by reduced ElaJerities,
and our neighbors of the Penasvlpoaiaa and
-4rgas called ii defeat: but the fusionisfs hay
ing carried Virginia for WISE by a reduced
| majority, our facetlous cote9poratses call
that result triuanph of Civil and Religious
Liberty, When <1Sam'' retained Philadel-'
pbia. according to their logic, has back was
broken; when <<Ssm'' did not succeed in OBJ
| tanning Virginia, which he never possessed the
logic is reversed and the broken back of loco
focoism was healed, There is something Of
the ease and assurance of WILKES MIcAwBER
in this, hoping for something TO turn up,''
But lei rs look at the reasons why, upon the
blasted heath of the Old Dominion the weird
sisters of the iocofoco press s.thus do go
about with their iterations,
.'Ail hail, Virginia,''
s.The hurlyburiy's done''-ssthe battles lost
and won - and now we have ga drum. a
drum!'' Rejoicings for whats The Old Do
minion has acted wisely: How2 Let lis
Look into the seeds of time
And say which grain win grow and which will
The Pennsylvania publishes a call for a
meeting III Independence Square last night at
which the Democrats of Philadelphia were in
vited to celebrate the recent glorious victory
there for the sstriumph of Republicanism over
the dark lantern oiigarchy of Know Nothing
ism, - and says s'every man who valueS the
privileges handed down to us by the Fathers
of our country, should be present" Yester-
day was |sgala day in honor of the valiant
sons of Virginia." What have they accom-
piished! 1t is stated that there were 10000
Irish iaborcrs on the public works in that State
who voted at this election for the first time; and
all of them for the Wise ticket; that there
were from 5000 to 1000 of these laborers on
the Blue Ridge Tunnel; that in Augusta alone
$40 Irish laborers came to the polls and voted
TOR Wise, and on the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, in S. w. Virginia, there were sever
al thousand foreign votes cast against us. Are
these the causes of the sEgala day. and great
reioicings? The interference of Papists with
our institutions and their desire to control our
elections, originated the American Party.
Why are Papist doctrines dangerous in our
country. Our Fathers handed us down good
government, but the Boston Pilot, a Papist or
gan says:
No good government can exist without religion,
and there can be religion without Inquisi-
ton, which is wisely designed for the promotion
and protection-of the true faith
The PenusylUaaian tells us that Civil and reli
gious Liberty have been triumphant in Virgin
ia; but Pope Plus TX, in his Encyclical Let
ter of August Is, 1852, said:
The absurd and erroneous doctrine or raving in
defence of liberty of conscience, is most pcsti-
lential pest of ali others most to be dread
cd in State
The Shepherd of The Taliey, Papist paper
published in St. Louis in 1851, said:
If Catholics ever gain an immense numerical
majority religious freedom in this country is at
end.
| The Rambler, another Papist newspaper
held the following language:
| Religious Liberty, in the of liberty pos
sessed by every man to choose his religion. is one
of the most wretched delusons foisted on this
| age by the father of all deceit.
The democracy are called upon to join this
s:gala day. and yet Orestes A. Brownson in
his Review of October, 1852, said:
| The sorricst sight to US is a Catholic throwing up
| his cap and shouting ''all hail Democracy -
One Of the privileges handed down to us by
| the Fathers of our Country, which if valued,
should have induced attendance in Indepen-
dence Square, is the system of Common
School Eduction, and yet the Shepherd Of The
| Talley said, Oct. %, 1852
We think the masses never less happy less
respectable and less respected than they have been
| since the Reformation, and particularly within
| the last fifty one hundred years-since Lord
BRoUcHAM caught the mania of teaching them to
read. and communicated the disease to large
proportion of the English nation. of which in spite
| of all talk, too often the servile imita-
| tors.
While the citizens of America are asked to
rejoice over the triumph of Civil and Religi-
Gus Liberty, obtained by the defeat of Amer-
| canism in Virginia. and Mr.. Wise would ele-
vate Papists to power in preference to Prot
! estants, hear what the great Irish orator, Dan
| iel O'Connell said:
declare my most unequyocal submission to the
head of the church and to the hierarchy in its diff
ferent orders. If the Bishops made declaration
| on this bill, [ would be heard speaking
| against it, but would submit at unequivecally
| to that decision. They have only to decide and
they close my mouth, they have only to determine
| and obey. l wish it to be understood that such
| is the duty of all Catholics.
And again this same opponent of civil and
| religious liberty by Papist Interpretation said
to the people of this country:
| You should do all in your power to carry out the
| intentions of his Holiness, the Pope. Where you
have the electoral franchise, give your votes to
none but those who will assist you in so holy a
| struggle
! And is the victory of such sentiments tri-
umph of Republicanism in free America Is
it proper that all who value the privileges
| handed down to us by our Fathers, should be
present at Gala for the success of such alb
| horrent principles We will not quote from
WAsH1NGrox the many warnings he has given
us against the insidieus wiles of foreign in
! huence, but in this connection, we repeat the
warning remarks of petition of the citizens
of Albemarle, Amhest, Fluyanna, and Gooch-
| land counties, Virginia, drawn up by THOMAS
JEFFERSON in 1877, as appears by his writings,
just published, by which it appears that the
author was of opinion that none but native
/ born citizens of the United States should be
| eligible as jurors in ssgrand or petty civil or
| criminal cases
ssAnd your petitioners further submit to the wis
| dom of the two houses of Assembly, whether the
| safety of the citizens of this Commonwealth, in
their persons, their property, their laws and gov
ernment does not require that the capacity to act