The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-17
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. IT.
Archbishop Hughes out for Pierce.

3llolHleu VI IuaI event, ana 10 confirm the
strong suspicion, and we may say belief, on the
part of many, that that appointment was the
price paid for the Catholic vote for Pierce in
the Presidential election.
Archbishop Hughes, of New York, recently
made a speech ut st. Johns, New Foundland.
at a dinner given by the Irish Benevolent So
ciety, on the occasion of the conservation Of a
new Cathedral. The Rev. gentleman seems
10 have been quite the lion of the occasion,
and to have been exceedingly laxative. He
responded to no less than three toasts, viz: the
Pope, the President of the United States, and
the Archbishop and Bishops present. OF Presi-
dent Pierce Archbishop Hughes was especially
Mandatory:
''He had, he said, "the honor of knowing him,
and he was proud to say that there was no ground
OF rcproach against him. He adheres to the gene.
raj, universal principle Of freedom upon which the
Constitution of the nation PROCESSES TO be based"
After remarking that "the distinguished individ-
ual who now occupies the position of Chief Magis-
trate OF the American nation is worthy Of the office
he fills, he declared again that there no ground
for Teproach against him, against the party ruth
VhoDa he acts" adding:
''He, 1.-THE Archbishop was well aware that parch-
ciples OF them written in the human heart; and
in the United States the principles of the Constitu
ton are in the hearts of the people. Cheers Glass
egislation-creed legislation will not be tolerated
there, oud and prolonged cheerng;l and if an at
tempt should be made TO carry out such legislation
If law should be carried in Congress with
such object, he had confidence an the President
that he uoaLf refuse his signature TO t."
The Archbishop concluded follows:
But 1t should he observed that, UbdteUeT faults /
The AmeTica1s may haye it would not be right TO |
take the conduct and proceedings of certain classes
or parties indicating the tone OF public feeling in
the nation. One might be led to believe from the /
tone aud writings OF some of the newspapers that /
there was a revusion in the feelings OF the people 4
the great Duik Of the people, aud that they would |
r. ice 20 all of Us Catholics walking out from
among them. That however, would be a great
mistdke-they would be very sorry to see Us 60 |
Loud cheers They not so forgetul or re
gariess OF the national interests TO desire such
an event; for they have wise and able statesmen |
among them; besides. they do not forget that they
themselves are the offspring Of emigration Their |
ancestors were not of the aboriginal tribes who !
swayed it over the soil ere emigration began; but
they emigrants So they do not wish for sep
RraIion; they would be sorry to see US leave them
And | tell YOU this. have not the least notion Of
going. Laughter and cheers And further tell
you that if they have any wish for a separation,
lei them pack up a quickly they and CO. |
Roars Of laughter aud immense cheering, which /
continued for several minutes and in the midst Of
which he resumed his seat
With all his cant about religious federation,
the fact is notorious that Archbishop Hughes
does 90 into political discussions, and does not
hesitate to endorse the merits of party; not
content with his care Of souls, he aspires to the
control and direction of bodies, pointing out,
inferentialy, which way he should like TO see
those of his own religious persuasion cast their
votes
Whether this distinguished Catholic prelate,
whose master is in Europe, speaks thus posi-
lively of what the President of the United
States will do in certain emergencies, from au-
thority or not, we DO not pretend to say. Pos
sby he gets it second handed from the Post
Master General, who is one of his flock. But
no one can question the unbecomingness, to use
the mldest phrase, in minister OF the Gospel,
al a religious festival, composed exclusively of
foreigners to 60 out of his way to declare his
allegiance to the party with which the Presi-
dent acts. Such course shows at once how
entirely the Archbishop is controlled by pOLiti-
cal purposes.
" If the Americans have any wish for a sep
aralIon, let them pack up as quickly as they
eau and 60, SAYS Archbishop Hughes, urged
10 fraukness and the incautious avowsl of his
real sentiments by the vocferous cheering Of
the audience. We do not think that the party
with wuich he acts can return the compliment
that there " is no ground of reproach against
him. for they must assuredly see that he has
made as great blunder as politician in thus
incautiously developing his cherished seuti-
ments, as he has a minister, in intermeddling
in such a partizan manner in politics. In ref
erence to this point, a Baltimore paper tells the
following anecdote, with a moral, which we
cannot forbear copying. The application is
excellent:
Some years ago there was, in a certain city which
shall be nameless, private theatre. What plays
were enacted on one particular occasion, e not
now remembered, but it is reported that part OF
the evenings entertainment consisted OF song,
formerly quite popular, entitled, The Ian flady OF
France" TO be sung by an amateur vocalist whom
we shall call Smithers. At the proper time the bell
raug-the curtain rose, and Smithers made his APP
pearance lie was a tall, gawky specimen OF hu-
mauity dressed in huzzars uniform, 80 much too
short az ho'h ends that beyond the limits OF his
martial development, his arms aud 'gs protruded
20 such an extent that they appeared TO have taken
SECOND growthn Struttng forward, with con-
scious self satisfied smirk on his face, and clat
terirg sabre dangling awkSardly by his side, he
halted al the iOctig his aud, after no dug imper-
ously 70 the one ldl,r composing the orchestra
con .Al.nced. IN a nasal draWE
"A landlady OF + ance loved an officer Ills said.
Suit.nr the action to the word, he struck his
breast 10 intimate that he was the officer Ia cues
ton. aud the auditory, approaching his gallant
confession. Immediately favored him with round
Of sutlause Smithers Observation-Disclosures
about linn highly haitered, aud then, signalling 20
the music again struck up
"a landlady OF France loved an officer us said
''Giye him round" shouted burly stentor
seated among the groundlings, aud straightway
Smthers received another burst Of applause. smith
err stopped again bowed first 20 the rght-neKt
N the ieft-and after making profound jack knife
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