Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-05-24

cause, he bears up cheerfully under 1t all; out
not so, if you exclude him from the pale of
human sympathy, and expose him to public
insult and moral isolation, in the midst of his
kind. 1t is vain To say, that this is no pun-
ishment for opinion sake. In country like
this, where Office has heretofore been open to
all, the exclusion would be more keenly felt
than in Others, where the privilege was not so
extensive.
But object TO this prescription Of Catho-
lies. Ou.accoupt. of their religious opinions, for
other reasons, which are yet to be given. 1t
is undoing the work of Martin Luther; 1t Is
unprotestantizing Professionalism itself, and re-
turning to the practices of the darkest ages OF
religious bigotry and persecution.
Monk" said a celebrated captain OF the
times, TO Luther, take heed to your steps, you
are treading path far more dangerous than
any that the rest of us have ever pursued; but
if YOU are IN the right road, God VIII not
abandon you" He did speak out, with a
fearlessneSs which not the bravest of Those
princes could themselves have exhibited, and
he lid pursue his path with faith far greater
than the trust of the old Captain, that being
in the right road, God would not abandon
him. Threats could not appal nor blandish-
ments seduce him, until at last, run out by
his perseverance, the Catholic Bishop of
Treves said TO him. Then, tell us, yourself,
what we ought to do TO settle this controver-
/ sy." Il" | must reply to yOu,'' said Luther
"in the word of Gamaliel, let the thing alone
/ for if this work be of men it will come to
nought, but if it be of God, you cannot over
/ throw it," Brave words these of the old
Jewish Doctor OF Laws, fit to spoken by him
and fit 10 be repeated by Luther. Well might
St Paul be proud to have been bred at the
feet of such a man; we'll did t his Judgment de-
serve to be recorded on the imperishable page
! Of HOW Writ to endure when the reports anc
DEGREES OF all other lawyers shall have passed
away and been forgotten They were the
first great words ever spoken in favor of reli.
gious freedom, spoken by Gamilial, to save
thy apostles from Jewish persecution, re-
peated by Luther to defend himself agains
Catholic persecution, and now let the Catho
lies, in their turn, use them to protect them
selves aginst Protestant persecution.
But, fellow-citizens, l went little too far
when | said, it was proposed to prescribe
Catholics from all offices in this country
There are some offices, which the sons and
daughters Of that Church are still considered
competent to discharge. L mean the offices
of Christian charity, of ministration to thu
sick. The sister of charity may enter yon
der pest house, from whose dread portals th'
bravest and strongest man quails and shrinks
she may breathe there the breath Of the pes
thence which walks abroad, in that mansion
of misery, in order to minister to dseas,
where it is most loathsome, and to reliev
suffering where it is most helpless. There
too, the tones of her voice may be hear
mingling with the last accents of human de
spair, to soothe the fainting soul, as sh
points through the gloom of the dark vale
of the shadow of death to the Cross of Chris
which stands transhgured in celestial light, +
bridge the way from Earth to Heaven; ant
when cholera or yellow fever invades YOU
cities, the Catholic Priest may refuse to tax
, refuge in fight, holding the place of the tru
Soldier of the Cross, to be by the sick man
bed, even though death pervades the air, be
cause he may there tender the mnistration
: of his holy Office TO those who need theI
most. But, if some of the objects of the
care should arise from the bed, which, bu
for them, would have been the bed of deatt
7. and should any such say to them, if he be
: Protestant, FL am going forth to proscrib
D your Church, to put you under the ban, t
r declare you unworthy of the common priv
: leee of citizens, and to degrade you as
caste, because l am afraid that you poo
!, priest, and you, gentle sister, will rob me {
a my rights and deprive me of my liberties
, what would they say TO such an address &
: this ? They might not utter the though
but would it not be the feeling of the lea,
i rebellious nature, if it were still human to sa,
f ''let him go, Ike the Pharisee of old, enjoy
: ing his greetings in the market place, and h
: chief place at the feasts, and thank his Gro
i that he is not a sinner as this publican" Blu
: what would you say, fellow-citizens, to sue
e a sentiment if it were uttered in your pre-
e sence You would say that it was a sent
. ment unfit to be either entertained or expires:
: ed.
ST But for what is it that Tam pleading. her
in Virginia, before an intelligent audience
a her sons, and in the year of our Lord, 1855
: For Religious Freedom, for Liberty of cor
1 science / can scarcely realize the idea, l al
7 almost ashamed to confess it, and yet it
t even so. If any man had foretold to me, tw
$ years ago, that such an heresy could be e,
t humed from the dead, and that the breath
e life could be so breathed into it as to give
: vitality enough to become living issue upo
the soil Of the Old Dominion, should hay
e laughed to scorn the prophet and his prophec
: And here is thing they tell me, to be fearec
d and certainly thing formidable enough to
T met. "Nulla Uestigia retyOrsuna."-"let the
(? be no steps backwards said John Hampde
e noble maxim, certainly, as applied to IL
e march of human liberty. Here, though,
: not step backwards, but retrograde marc
: of centuries, and from light into that darl
e ress again out of which we had once emerge
Il with so much pain and difficulty. If PEI
pie so enlightened, as had fondly believe
! ours TO be, can be induced to make such
e retrograde march as this, L shall begin to lo
:; my faith in human progress, and fear that Il
political refomer rolls the stone of Sisyphu
a which can never reach the expected goal.
: Mr.. HUNTERS admirable remarks on OF
n foreign population, we reserve until to-mo