The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-27
rTTER FROM A CONVERTED CATHo-
TIC PRIEST TO REV. BISHOP HUGHES

LETTER FROM A CONVERTED CAIho
TIC PRIEST TO REV. BISHOP HUGHES
NEW YORK.
Rev. Sir:-The Scriptures have been liter
ally fulfilled in my ease. The time Is cohiius
saws our Lord, when they will put you ou
of the synagogue, and whosoever sheil ;, ~"
YOU. will think that he doeth GOD serVi,e
John xvi, ., 8. have been dehotneeu o.
1T and accommodated from the church
because 1 could not swallow down the error'
- ponerv The people Of Patterson mourn
al over nv loss to them but by your author
;,vI was exnelled from the pastorship OF my
al bocauss | could not believe the rope
., T.. ;nfaIIible-the Priest to have the pow
:. % carbon sln-the Virgin Mary to be I'M
s~nIsts--anL the wafer to contain the soul,
- blooJ and divinity Of our Lord Jesus
CI'-;., The pretext was "that | went to
k.ar pr1testant minister lecture on Popery"
th;. ( could do in Poland, my own country,
,v,tbout censure, but in this land of liberty
could not do it without expulsion from the
church. e.
The rulers Of the Jewish church crucified
Christ. and murdered and imprisoned his dear
Disciples. The same intolerant spirit prevails
70 this day in the Church Of Rome. All the
persecutions ever raised against Professionals
In past ages, have been through the Pilests
and Popss--take these away from the people,
and persecution of Professionals will forever
cease; and were it not for the benevolence OF
Protestants. thousands of our poor people
would perish by starvation. Civil and rell-
gious liberty is granted to Papists in all Pro
testant countries, but liberty OF conscience is
never granted to Protestants in Catholic
committeeman if st. ! aul or ST. Peter were
-. . he md
Rome, the same Gospel which they did eigh-
teen hundred years ago, they would be ban
ished out of all the Pope's dominions as her
etics; this shows that the Pope is more intol-
Grant than even the Emperor Nero, who,
though heather, a monster in human form,
permitted Peter and Paul to preach the Cos
pei of Christ there, fully Vd freely.
We say from personal experience, that the
Priests have no love or regard for their ilocks
but to fleece them of the last cent of their
hard earnings; they will administer no ord.
nance whateper of the church without being
geH paid for IL. They get all they can, save
all they can. and give nothing away to the
poor of their respective parishes.
And the Bishop himself, by intermed,l|ing
with politics-the School Fund of New York
and the affairs of the government, has
thrown thousands of poor Catholics, men and
women, out of employment; and not only SO,
but he has by his intolerant conduct, raised n
new party in this country, viz The hnop
Nothings who will rule Bishop Hughes and
his party with rod of iron.
l state from what know, and without fear
Of contradiction, that you are the avowed
enemy of all Protestant governments, wheth-
er republican or monarehical; and yon are
bound, as a Jesuit by the following oath, to
persecute all heretics and to bring all Pro-
testant governments if possible, into subju-
cation to the Pope of Rome; and you believe,
also, that no other oath 10 binding ON your
conscience, namely:
81 do renounce and disown any allegiance
as due to any heretical king, prince, or state
named Protestant, or obedience to their infe-
rior magistrates or officers. | do further de-
clare that will help, assist and advise all or
any OF his Holiness agents in any place wher-
ever | shall be- in England, Scotland or Ire
land, or in any other country or kingdom l
shall come to; and do my utmost to eXtrpate
the heretical Protestants' doctrine, and to de-
stroy all their pretended powers, legal or
otherwise.
have delayed this letter longer than had
anticipated, waiting to make myself better
acquainted with the English language, so as
to be able to meet your objections to my
opinions against the error of Popery;-and
now promise that if you can reiute my pres
cut arguments that shall return back to the
church; if not, shall, by the help of God,
live and die a true Protestant.
am yours respectfully,
SPOCHINSKY.