Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-16
3.970,r00
10000
ton alone there sboHId be here so1S
while 10 fact there were only

nate ratio within the last Ten years
1872 1854
Population United States, 17,Oe9,453 25,OD0DOO
/ Roman Cath. pop, by A.
raaItaes Of those dates, 100000 2,000.0 900
Showing that in ~ they were 0ne~tbirteeDth part,
and 10 ~ between twelfth and thirteenth part
Of te population, which ratio Of increase viii require
fifteen hundred and sixty years before they can 4a'e
a numerical prcp0ndeTance, a,id Know N0taipgiStn
will have become a bye-sord before that number Of
days shall have rolled around, We OpIBe> ItIs ratio
however y surprising, aud encouraging 70 Protest.
aBtiGta, for the famine in Ireland and the Revolutions
tbe Continent betzer1i ~ and ~ drove az ga
orfHousy increased emigration 70 our shores. very
large proportion Of which WAS iSothan Catholic ne
might well have expected, therefore, much larger
increase than there was III fact, without any surpIs
much css alarm the ratio Ofjncrease Of that sect
in the country having been shown 70 be itnperespn-
bic AID indeed dsc0uragiHg 70 them. We shall con-
slider whether their organization is effective
az compact wide spread A. is continually asssr
ted by the directors Of public opinion, vino know
nothing" saTe their omD exceeding bthesS tor oceS
which Democrats unworthiiy fB. We are
unable lay before the public specific details on
this subject the Others for our leisure has not
allowed TO search for reports and statistical state
Of difficult access and have therefore used
only those authorities readily accessible 70 every
but this do know that according TO the official
list Of the Roman Catholic Clergy printed in the Al.
for 1854, the whole number Of Jesults-ihe
terrible, much dreaded Jesuts, in the LEed States,
is 1855. That according 70 the eDeLnys Own state
nent Of his forces they consist only of one hundrsd
and etghtyce Jesuit priests, and that ali the decen-
cy, patriotism and pety Of this great country is now
exercised nightly TO keep in order this terrible army
Of Jesuts, Who overwhelming every thing Spy
ing every thing, sneaking into every thing ia the
most unaccountabie mean, lying Je.uiticAl
What may DC their pecnnary resources We know
not but If large the wosrt aplrelerisions
Of their eIienes they surely still he feeble and
powerlcsa before the mighty array 0f Protestant
strength. We only refer to two-and those not the
important Of Protestant associations. The tnir
ft.k,
shows that during the 1853 they received 81
542. A. and distributed 1913, $50 Bibles and Tesla
rnentS in uIirty-oie different languages. That So
c;ety had ia direct communication with it IS % AUX
iares in every part Of the Union, ari il al there
1000 Societies all actively Zcd in the SANG
work, employing 10000 agents. The Methodist
Missionary Society alone appropriated for the
1854 the sum Of $4,000. These two Protestant
organizations, therefore, contributed and expended
$55G552 III their various operations. 1.-THE Ca;ho-
lie Church in this country has any machinery of
comparable efficiency ought to hear o. IT. or to
the proof thereof Is mere any force it can bring
into the field against the innuInerabIe Bible Tract
Sunday School,, and Missionary Societies which
Professionalism offensive weapons:
50 much then, for the past. present. and future
Of Roman Catholicism in the United States
The facts and figures we have cited prove unar.-
swcrably. we think these three positions. ]. That
the present numerical strength Cf RonanisTn Is too
to be considered politically. =.
That from the ratio Of its increase have nothing
70 apprehend TO its future position 3 That It's
organization, however efficient st; be inferior
to that of Professionalism. If these true then
where stands the party of patriotism and pie;y:
What excuse they offer at the bar of public
opinion for cutting such capers before high Heaven
Danger to liberty Is but pretence ana such a mis-
erably hinsy one, that few will be found bold
enough to il the Of this crusade /
aganst the vested constitutional, inalieable rights
Of our fellow citizens For disguise, conceal, desig-
nate it YOU will, this Is but the old hate-the Old
bigotry of sect which from the dawn Of histery has
Taged more wars-spilled more blood-lost more /
ives, aye and damned more souls than any mo- /
i've controlling the mind of man. Our fathers well |
this fact, and eternal safeguard they de-
Jared not religious liberation, bu religious liberty
md equality. This fanaticisn which - Knows moth !
ny" Of right and justice Is not the offspring Of the
Revolution, but the lnea descendant Of witch burn
Puritanisu-nezt Of kin to ;
he Blue lawsuit brother the doctrine Of !egiS-
alive salvation, and righteousness By act Of Assem-
by, preached and Practised by Cotton Mather and .
lis descendants. 4
The sons of the sires of &C. indeed They are
truly to be considered the .nuliSh offspring of
ne donkey of Boston Unitarian ndelity, out of the
Id mare Of Federalism-incapable Of propagation
Kindly vicious, obstinate, unsighty with all the
rorse points of sire and dam. But the true ground
{ patriotic opposition TO this movement is, that
overnment has right TO interfere with opinion
r the expression Of opinion save when such ex-
ression by word act interferes with the peace,
God order safety of society. The whole history
age bears unvarying testimony to the inehciency of
smporal power to subdue prornlIgate spiritual
octrine. The blood OF Martyrs is the seed of the
hurch" is an axiom based on universal experience,
nd the mental and spirual'constutiJ Of man. Per-
ecutIon has yet erad;cated keresy, Power has
OF yet been able to establish creed. 1t may be
fectual in crushing out crime and vice, and imDor-
lily, but when it attempts TO grasp the immortal
Consciousness ofrgh it is vain it is palsed before
mghtier force, divinely planted and common to al,
ew and Gentle, Protestant and Mormon, and Ro-
ian Catholic. fSuch consciousness may be ero-
eous sinful, but it is useless to seek to meet or
ontrol it by any other means than truth through
eason. Persecution too, is shortsghted and fool
n at this day of the worlds history for least of all
it calculated to accomplish its ends. Roman Cath
licism may bend while before the storm, but so
the calm succeeds it will arise more lu1uri-
mt and stronger than ever. Look at the history OF
onscience in own day. Has Professionalism
cen less attractive in Florence or Romanism more
epulsive in London on account of the penal enact
1ents against them there? Have not in our own
ountry, the deIision, the scorn, the insult, the
lood and fire through which the deluded followers |
10 Smith have been compelled to pass by our
wn citizens, been the very life and strength and
oul of that singular fanaticism? Had it not been
Dr. the unreasoning violence of opponents. he had
led miserable mpostor in an obscure village, and
Iormonsm persisted in its birth :: but the bullets of
he Illinois mob made martyr and q saint of a
elon and scoundrel-the fires of Nauvoo enkindled
be affairs of new religion and Utah and Mormon
SIN now among the prodigies of the age.
Professionalism and patriotism alike rejected the
rofered aid of narrow minded fanatcism and sell
Sh0eSs he of religion and of country will