The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-05-02

'"o'0 'hc Soui W u sSnSe vi itS uailScTs-
Man surely tcmpts divine providence too
bold and recklessly, and it is love- that
has withheld the Almighty from inilicting
prccxi>ting torment, which like a worm
would so gnaw the human frame, rs to
annihilate with slow wasting the vitals of
this less than brute creation. Were we
to elevate our souls, and concentrate our
thoughts to the magnitude of his munifi-
cence, there would ensuc an universal quiet,
the atmosphere itself would contain its
blessing, and watt its benign influence to
the uttermost parts Of the earth.
See your oriental grandear now, what
has it como to, it is there the sword is
washed in crimson, it is there the cannon
Is splitting out fire and abomination, where
the armament is shadowed with the va
por of death. And it is there that, the
blood veins of mortals are emplied in
streams, to swell the tide of the red ocean.
Suffice that the curse of God will be en-
tailed, and descend with the wrath of en-
tire consummation and the hurling of these
blood thirsty criminals into the fathomlcss
pit of eternal pardition.
Look at the many judgments Of God,
upon land and water, their rapid success
sion and see low many souls are cngulfed
in "that bourne from whence no traveller
returns" the rawlings Of falacy nre here
taught whom TO glorify for the life we en-
joy, and at a time when least expected,
the visitation Of sentence meets the terrcs-
trial pilgrim unrrepared.
What is the attitude of affairs in our
own beloved country, whose infancy was
nursed with the parental care of Wash
ington, Jefferson, and other philanthrop-
ic benefactors, see, they have hardly left
its cradle, and the promising youth is left
to the seditions of the world. Before our
lines are being invaded, the tall spires of
liberty are toltering at the blast of pollu-
ton, the collosal pillars Of our laws and
institutions are quaking to their very foun-
dation, and the very posterity Of our ben
efactors is being rceled into oblivion. In
view then Of impending danger that are
troubling our western orb, in the form Of
embryo symptoms Of ecclesiastical derangc-
ment, it behooves every true American to
be on the rampant, treading his watch,
and allowing none, but him that has the
proper countersgn to pass the sentinel ut
the post of our glorious Union. II on no
other spot of the wide world it could be
let pure and undefilcd religion pervade
our land, and recognise the only true
and living God. The laws of this ma
ton extend to every one Of its subjects
the privilege of a free exercise Of faith, yet
the liberty Of any sect assuming the pre-
rogative Of exclusive sway, is reserved
Roman Catholicism YOU no doubt have
already anticipated to he the theme, it is
the matter;-,his usurping demon or hep
tagon is gaining great ascendancy, and
it is this terrible scurge that is stalking
our hallowed soil, which has impregnated
the hellish designs Of idolatry. Let us de
nouncc this so called "Christ's Vicar Gen
eral," eAterminate him and his prcl.cy,
that is striving TO plant the absolute Sill
premacy Of the Church Of Rome on our
christian soil. Let warning be sent to
every living soul to avoid the seduction Of
these Catholic Priests. Let every leaf of
the field, every bird Of the air, be stamp
ell with the caution Of these Jesuits. The
present attitude Of Poperyis is indeed, alarm.
ing, every step that fraud and debauchcry
can, is not in keeping with this exccrable
Pope. We know what the monks of the
fourth century were, and know what they
are the present day. Watch Tie Traitors,
0dtch hem! The in!rigucs Of these men
had even to be discountcnanced in Romish
countries. They were expelled from En-
gland 10y proclamation Of 1904, and
Venice in 1905. They were banished
from France by an edict from the King in
1864, and also put down in Spain 1869
and suppressed by Pope Clement XIV.
1t is the greatest friend we have to dread.
| enclose slip from work just issued
from the American Press, which exposes
the horrors Of this antichristian sect, it is
the Jesuits Oath"
II, \. b., now in the presence Of Al
mighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the
blessed Michael the Archangle, the blessed
st. John the Babtist, the holy Apostles
ST. Peter and St. Paul, and all the saints
and sacred hosts Of Heaven, and to you
my glostiy farther, do declare from my
heart, without mental reservation, that
Ills Holiness, pope, is Christs Vicar
Generl, and is the true and only Head,
by the virtue Of the Keys Of binding and
loosing, given to His Holiness by my
Savior Jesus Christ; lie hath powder to
depose heretical Kings, Princes, States
Commonweaiths, and Governments, all
being illegal ,oiAout his sacred confrma-
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