Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-09
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
WAsnlsoros CRY, March 8, 1855.
FRIDAY. MARCH Q, 1865.
yEsPAsIAN ELLIS, Editor.

Editor Of the An,sricam Organ
Sin: Az YOU have published to the world, In the
leading column Of your paper OF this date, that !
am an Irish Catholic" and as such was import
ed to arouse the Dutch, Irish, and Catholics OF
Alexandra TO action" hope you will insert In an
equally conspicuous place, this, my denial OF the
same.
am not Irsh," but American, in birth and
feeling MY grandfather and father can boast the
same birth-right.
am not an " Irish Catholic" was bred in the
Methodist faith baptized In the Methodist Church,
educated in Methodist institution and have the
honor to bear the name of one Of the founders of
Methodism, who suffered much in behalf of religi-
Qua federation.
am an American Protestant who hates pro-
scription, and is willing to allow all men their con-
stitutional rights the chiefest Of which, is the right
to worship God according to the dictates Of con-
science.
] have the honor to be, &C.,
CHARLES WESLEY CARDIGAN.
We invite attention to Mr.. Charles Wesley
Carigan's denial that he is an "Irish Catho-
lic," and freely grant him the full benefit there
Of if any benefit can accrue to him therefrom.
We had been informed that he was an Irish
Catholic, and, from his adherence to the cause
Of Forney Pierce, and the Pope we had no
doubt Of the correctness Of our information.
But 1t seems that he was born and bred a
Protestant, and glories in the name Of WESLEY,
the father Of Methodism. Now, it seems to US,
that Mr.. Charles Wesley Carrigan makes his
own case out far worse one than we had made
itfor him. As an Irish Catholic" there would
have been q manifest propriety in his sustain
ing the present administration, whenever and
wherever it was proper that his influence
should be exerted.
But that an American born citizen, educated
under Protestant influences, and bearing the
honored name of WESLEY, should become the
standing advocate Of the present dynasty
rambulate the country, and harangue the people
Of the District Of Columbia, the State of Vir-
ginia, and other localities, az such advocate
can only be attributed to some moping cause
unknown to us, who are outside the walls of
the Treasury Without knowing that noping
cause, it is gratifying to be able to record, as
fact in history, that Mr.. Charles Wesley Carri-
gan did not convert the people of Alexandria
to his present faith! Mr.. Charles Wesley
Carrigan may, for aught we knoo, be solely
moved by patriotism in these efforts to bolster
up the waning cause of foreignism, dema-
goguism, and Romanism.
]. He may, for aught we know, be sincerely
impressed with the belief, that the great anal
gGmation movement, in which he participated
last September Give do not err at Carusi's Sa-
loon, is destined to preserve the liberties Of the
people of the United States, under the guidance
and direction Of his holiness Pope Plus the
Ninth, and through his chosen instruments,
Forney, Pierce, and Seward. Ifsuch be the hon
est opinion Of Mr.. Charles Wesley Carrigan,
then is he right in arousing theDutch, Irish, and
Catholics, to aid in such work of devotion to
his holiness the Pope. We dissent from such
opinion however, and whilst we do not assume
to judge Of the motives Of Mr.. Charles Wes-
ley Carrigan, we may be permitted to say that
IL looks to us, as If he had placed himself in
the category with those, who put on the h~-
cry of Heaven to servo the devil in"
The last paragraph of Mr.. Charles Wesley
Carrigan's note to us intimates that the
American party" which he opposes, is not
willing to allow all men their constitutional
rights, the chiefest Of which is, the right to
worship God according to the dictates Of con-
science" Now, we have no knowledge Of Mr..
Charles Wesley Carrigan, except from his re-
ported speech at Carusi's Saloon, and from the
information Of others, but from these sources
we infer, that he is man Of education and
respectable requirements, and if so, he must
have been able to read and comprehend the
avowed purposes, principles, and designs Of the
American party, and If he comprehcnds them,
his intimation above quoted, is malicious
libel upon our party.
The idea that we seek to deprive any man Of
his constitutional rights, or to prevent the free
exercise Of his conscience, in matters Of religi-
GUS faith, is not only false, but prepostcrous.
II is for Mr.. Charles Wesley Carrigan himself
to say, whether. he meant to insinuate, that
the " American party" desire to deprive any
man of his constitutional rights, or his rights
of conscience and religious worship, but we
have to repeat that any and all such insinua-
tons from whatever quarter they may come,
are inconsistent with truth, groundless, and
gratuitous We oppose the temporal power
Of Romanism-and we believe that, IL unre-
sisted, Romanism viii destroy not only polid-
cal liberty, but religious liberation.
In no age, in no country, has Romanism toll
Grated religious liberty, where il had the power
to crush it All its advocates in Europe and
America proclaim, that Professionalism is heresy,
and that hcretics should be destroyed without
mercy. Romanism distinctly, emphaticaly,
and universally denounces Professionalism and
Protestants, and threatens their extirpation.
Yet Mr. Charles Wesley Carrigan, upon the
assumption that the American party " is pro-
scriptive, when IL only seeks TO irepent pro
seription, and that IL is intolerant when 10
only seeks to prepent Intolerance, sustains the
apologists and defenders Of the tyrannical
Romish Hierarchy
E We shall republish the letters Of Hon.
Kenneth Rayner in pamphlet form during the