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MISCELLANY,
WRITTEN FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
Gov. Troup and Romanism.

extracts from the "Sons of the Sires," bu,
some very remarkable statements in the re-
markable letter Of Gov. TRoUp to DR.. SLAP.
PY has precedent claims upon our attention
The letter to which we alude was first
published in the Albany (Ga) Patriot, and
copied, by the Press in its issue of the
18th July.
Or. SLAPrY says of the venerable
Governor that "his letters show that his
mind is as clear as crystal water" &c, and
Georgia's "most intellectual statesman and
purest politician" says that the "Catholic
Church has existed at all times without com
plaint"!
The greatest difficulty with us, on read
ing his letter, was to arrive at any satisfac-
tory opinion respecting the mental condition
or historical attainments of this Ant-Know
Nothing "Dan" of Georgia.
We tell you, candidly, gentlemen, you
had better recommend to the notice of your
readers the Importance Of reading "Romam-
ism at Home" by "KrnwAN," and also a Sc.
ries of letters to Bishop HUonEs by the
same author, before you rely too much up
on the assertions Of an old Georgia politi-
clan, even though he be TRour in himself.
The following historical account of pa
pal SlaugLters," taken from the Crusader,
will show that the Catholic Church has
not always existed"without complaint "
Waldenses prosecuted, tormcnted, burn
ed, cut to pieces, during more than two hun
dred years, 100000.
Albigenses.-Threc conspicuous cities,
viz: Beziers, Lavour, and Carcassonne, re-
duced to ashes. Heretics and orthodox
Christians slain promiscuously during the
ringing of bells, which utter the agonies of
two hundred thousand men. Over those
ruins and amid that blood the priests sing
the hymn of Veni Creator Spiritus-
Number Of slain, burnt and destroyed, 2OO,-
600.
Eve Of ST. Bartholomew the name
of the Pope's infallbility Paris is set on
fire and pillaged. Priests and frars walk
the streets repeating rosary, and cry out at
every Gloria atri,-Murder ! Murder !
King Charles TX, amused himself from the
balcony of his palace, by firing on the per-
secuted. Number CT killed, murdered, and
butchered, 10000.
Destruction during thirty years in Ger
many.-Number of individuals extermina-
ted aud tortured, $4,000.
Protestants in Cevennes, France. under
Louis X1V.-Number of individuals de-
stroved, $4,000.
War Of the Ussites for the Catholic doc
trine in Sweden and Poland.-Number kill
ed 10000.
Drowning of women in the river Seine
on Good Friday, by order Of Charles ks
favorite, 500.
INoCIsITIoE.
It lasted upwards of four centuries in all
Catholic countries, especially in Italy,
France, Spain, and Portugal. St. Dominick,
Peter of Castlenau, and Torquemada, raised
thousands of funeral piles and caused thou
sands of tortures; they invented the tor
ments of water, Of the rope, the wooden
horse, melted led, burning pitch, and boiling
hot oil; red.hot irons, ropes covered with
soap, wheels, poisoned cups, sharp nails,
heavy hammers, cutting blades, burning pin
GERS, liqui6ed metals, hidden knives, subter-
raneous dungeons, water and fire, fire and
lead, hunger and thirst, frost and burning
heat: they ara weary Of torturing: the
earth is peopled by crime, terrors, revenge.
cursings and fright: Europe is scattered
over with human limbs: America is cover
ed with human corpses.
No one was ever able to number the VIC
tins Of the Inquisition it was impossible
to represent them either by numbers or cy-
pliers; however, historians, who have trans
mitted to US in more especial way the
memory Of these hellish saturnalia, all agree
in asserting that, for upwards of four centu-
fies, more than ninety millions of men dis.
appeared from the earth through clerical
persecution.
- Hence we are satisfied with placing in
our list, Italians, French, Westphaiians,
Swedes, Bohemians, Huugarians Spaniar ds'
Peruvians, English, Poles, Dutch, Luistan-
ians, of all classes. sects, ages, and sexes,
burnt, tortured, hung, quartered, drowned
and burnt alive, 80 900. -
Now, editor Of the Freeman's Journal
compare the whole amount of your list with
ours {those who perisbed by the hands Of
the reselutionists,) and say yourself which
Of the two parties, that of the terror ;of or
in France, or The Iaqnisition Of four cent1.
ries throughout the earth, has best perform
i But this is not al, sir = tsare vet rstaa;n.
a slight difference TO be cosrscsed, s and ne
begof Jon 70 give q sntion Is tho
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