The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-02


''laudatory" of the Catholic Church, we leave
intelligent readers to judge for themselves.
The Union, and American, after declaring
that "CArHoI1cIsM HAS DONE MORE FOR hU-
MANrrY TRAN ANY OTHER CHURCH" goes on TO
say:
"a church that can boast ofan existence OF tnir-
teen centuries passing through all the various VI
cissitudes of her eyentful career, unscathed, can
certs;nlv show. with all Ler strocious oaFbanty,
rna,.v bright spots which may be placed IN rvora-
he contrast with the Protestant church, with Its
thousand and one wrangling sects. Men are De
oioinp 20 see through the transparent gauZe that
wells this know nothing movement lhey are DC
pininr 10 ask WHAT HAS PEoTEsTANTisS DONE FOR
THE WoRLp? What has she done 70 61teV'ote ana
elevate edOtOl,trodenF lsTaE RACE AM b1
roR u.vtNs ACCEPTED HER tFAITH THESE Kew
FREND HYPOCRITES-THEsE scRIBEs AND
,u,v,srrs are trsadisq on a terrible Volcano Ihey
will find their TREAsoSABLE SCHEMES anu INFER,
NAL PLOTTING AGAINST TEE LIBERTIES or MAN "'eo
and condemned by the pure light Of Gods oca tr1'
and lore ,hich shines dyd robs ti e"sTy PHSdeto'i
of h,uaa,itv's heart. II Protestantism proves re
creant TO her high trust she will have 10 pass 'he
ordeal of enlightened public opinion ana be con
SiOrod 10 her merited obscurity Popery with all its
,.rimes against God and man, sdaFts itset TO tie
Zines end 70 circumstances, and thus saves itself
from being absorbed in the mass OF conflicting
elements.
Tbare ia the extract we have quoted-now
here is what the Union calls the accompany
ing comments" which we publish with pleas
ure, as it requests:
"As patriots We dislike to see this war Of reli'
Cious E.ctious-history tells too plainly how fierce
and bitter they arc. FSnaticism and passion leho
their influence TO prolong and embtter the connct'
Christ aud humanity are forgotten in the STRIFE
Whenever the storm comes, and from the present
aspect of Christendom il Is not tar distant, VII,
be easy 20 predict the issue. The cause OF fuhE
PROTEST NTISM has everything TO lose and
,otbi,g m ogin nv the contest She will surrender
ona or her cardinal doctriues-a doctrine which has
borne her triumphantly through all OF her nara
So,gbt hsttles-we mean the doctrine oil the Tlght
,f nrivate Indictment and the freedom OF the lndl'
yid,.l copSciance When she surrenders this prln'
cinla she will have surrendered one OF her most
powerful weapons-the only weapon lndeed WINCH
has defended her from the power ana ehcIoa'! ~
Inents Of the Beast When she yleios It sue WI, m
cease 70 be respected by the liberal minded ana VIII
either have to turn Catholic or die from inherent
1Yhapstion. Catholicism wants persecution de'
v4lons sympathy in her behaf-directs Afternoon 70
her good deeds and blinds the vision 10 her enor
rnes Do Protestants think there is any thlhg goou
in Catholicism? For ourselves We loathe her Claims
to infalibiity her mysteries her imPious preIen
sions her spiritual tyranny and all Oh that JpsS'ef
ard clan trap which makes her IN some respects
but little removed from the Pagan. We say we
osthe all these and still we in her much to ad'
mire-much that appeals to the head and heart for
appreciation" ,,.,o-u s..;rod
9Th the blood of martyrs, gorged win TaPi'e,
drunk with luxury and crime. But is it lair 10 ho'u
at church responsible for the crimes OF us T"e1S
the fswP Professionalism too has blots on her lar
,scutcheon Time, the great renovator, purge al
churches. and the divine spirit OF G. Instantly
cleanses and sanctifes and purtes the corruptlons
IF the Catholic as we'll as the Protestant More
charity, more berslity, more of Christ is the cry
of human nature, and what ever opposes tne Iree
expansion of these attributes VIII certainty la.
he touchstone of pow err and all forms OF in'oler-
ance will vanish as the mist vsnishes before the
rising sun"