The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-07
John Mitchell on the fapal Governmental Docu-
mept for the TimCs!

From the sheIbyville Expositor, Sept. 10, 1884
john MITCHELL, an Irish Refugee, man of dis
tinguished talent and Catholic is publishing in the
''Ctzeu," series Of letters addressed to Archbishop
HUGHES of New York, in which he shows up the
great Prelate and the Government of Rome in a
most striking manner. OF the latter he says:
Americans, and those Irishmen who, in Ameri-
ca, see and know what freedom and justice are, had
better consider q little the nature of the Papal
government, in order that they may learn to regard
it with utter execration as one of the worst and
meanest despotisms that now deform Europe.
"Think, then, of Government in which all Of
fees OF trust and emOlument are filled by clergy
men and monks In which one of the 'congrega
tons" the congregation Of the Index, with Car
dinal for project, and monk for secretary, pre-
scribes to every Roman what books be may read,
and what not under paius and penalties lin which
another congregation, called lnquistion or Holy Of.
fee, has cognizance Of all heresies, blasphemies,
bad books, ordinations abuse of sacraments, accu
satious Of sorcery, and in general, of everything
that interests religion and the faith Pin which the
dungeons Of San Angelo, and the galley, and the
penal labor of the Marshes and fines, and imI rison
ment await those who may be convicted Of reading
any Of the twenty thousand books named in the
Index of prohibited literature including the writings
In which certain bankers have a monopoly to sell
some Of the necessaries Of life in consideration Of
lending money to the Pope to pay foreign troops for
crushing his peoplef Need / say moreg That
these facts, neither your Grace, nor any one OF
your three Graces can venture 70 dispute; and, TO
me, aud to every American, and TO every taymas
have met with, they furnish ths exact idea not
only of bad, but of the very worst Government
in the world-except only the Government Of Eng
land in Ireland
II the Roman Catholics were IN majority in this
country, we should soon see them attempting to
take the reigSs Of civil government In their hands
This Mr. MITCHELL believes, win be seen from the
following paragraphs. He Is quoting from PAM
phlet edition Of the Archbshops letter to Gen.
Cas-, and commenting thereon
.sTwo ill.favored sentences occur In your pam
phie,. In page 4 you speak OF
"The constitutional character Of our own beloved
country, which has so wisely, for its cireIaasG"ee'
eliminated religious questions from the deliberations
OF Congress"
And In page "a
s'For nv own part think that as We have no es-
tablished religion at home, which, IN our eircxn.
stances, Iregard as great benefit, &c"
VIII your GrAce tell US what kind Of circumstances
would make Religion ptOPef queshou toE OoEoth'
ment: and wou ID make established religion use
fulg You will not telif Butt collatng your guar.
ded language with the too candid aspirations Of the
Shephegd and the Repiewwl supply the want. That
which makes Il "wise" 10 eliminate religion from
Congress. which makes Il benefit to have no es.
abIished religion here. Is the circumstance" that
Cath olcs are nov In the minority. II there was
an established religion IL would no be thsirs--if
there we're persecution they would feel the lash,
not lay Il on.
II misinterpret you in anything. Il sll be easy
for yoa 10 write letter and say plainly III you can
that you think h wrong and unjurt TO punish here
tics for their hsresy under any circumstances. =
and that yoa bold Il 10 be part OF the functions
ofsny Government Catholic or Protestant, 70 com.
pei people bypenalties 20 conform 70 an established
religion. Bat no. you vii never say that, never.
And believe it IL now clear that yonr Grace u
VII not cay all your clergy, but your Grace Ger.
tainiy would zcaloasy bring any hereto o. nlsoe-
lever 20 asts-da to morrow 20 the Park, cir.
cumstances we're bat hvorable-thst e 70 say-ti