Washington telegraph., 1855-07-25
Letter from Converted Catholic Priest to
Rev Bishop Hughes, New York.

ReU. SIR: The scriptures have been literally
fulfilled in my case The time is coming saws
our Lord. when they will put YOU out of the
synagogue and whosoever shall kill YOU. will
think that he doeth God Service John xvi . :.
nave been denounced as a hereto and excou-
munlcated from the church, because L could not
swallow down the errors OF Popery. The people
OF Patterson nourned over my loss to them but
BY your authority was expelled from the pastor
snip OF my flock because j could not believe the
Pope TO be infallable-the Priest to have power
to pardon sin-the Virgin Mary 10 be immaculate
and the wafer to contain fhe soal. body. bIooC
and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ The pre-
text was that went to hear Protestant minis
ter lecture on POpery:'-this could do in Poland
nv country without censure but In this land
OF liberty could not do it without expulsion from
the church.
The rulers ofthe Jewish church crlsciiied Christ
ard murdered ard imprisoned his dear disciples
The Intolerant spirit prevails to this siav in
the rh"rcn OF Rome All the prosecutions ever
raised against PrOtestants in past ages have been
through the Priests and Popes-take these away
from the people, ard persecution of Protestants
will Forever cease: and Were 1t not for the henev-
Olence OF Protestants, thousands Of orr poor peo-
pie would perish By starvation. Civil and reli.-
iOus liberty is granted 10 Papists in all Protestant
countries bat liberty OF conscience never gran
ted to Protestants in Catholic committeeman If
81 Paul or St Peter were now 10 rise from tie
dead and preach Rome, the "a ne Gospel hir
they did eighteen hundred years ago. they would
ne iiauIsiie.' out o; ali the Popes dominIons as
heTetcS this shows that the Pope is more intoI-
! Grant than even the En- peTor Nero. who though
a heathen- monster i,t human orm permitted
Peie- a.d Pa'si TO preach the Gospel OF Christ
iueEe fully and freely
We say froni personal experience that the
Priests have love regard Tor their focks but
20 fleece then OF the last cent OF their hard earn
iusS: they will administer ouace ,ciaieucr OF
E sls.. vvitE1of ,,oy
get all they ca7 save all they can and gre moth
III. away to ths pu'sr o: their respective parishes
! And the Bishop himself. by Intermeddiins with
Z rniIiics-ti:e School Fund IsI New York-and tie
affairs OF the Government. has thrown tho sands
Oi poor Catholics and women ont OF errl oy-
ncnt: and not only but he has BY his itoeran.
conduct raised q new party in this country. viz:
Tie Knotv Naaiags- wao will rule Bishop Hughes
and his party with a rod of iron.
! state from what know md without fear of
contradiction that you are the avowcd enemy of
all Protestant governments, whether republican
or EiOnarctiica!; ais! .O are lsouni as Jesuit by
ts'': ioowIn@ oasi;- 20 perSecute all herelics. and
Io DTiTiS all Protestant 20. crnmes- II possible
into sU.,i',aton TO the I'ope of iso.ne: and YOU,
believe, also that other oath is binding on yonr
conscience, namely s
i do reiso5Hce ard disoyn any allegiance as
due 10 any iere.ical king. prince or state named
Protestant oberIienoe to their inferior rnaois
tEsses oiEicers- 90 further declare tha. " iii
hep, assist ami advise ali or any OF his Holiness
agents IN any place wherever shall be- i'm Eng
land Scotland or Ireland. or IN any other country
or kingdom shall come to- and 10 my utmost to
extIrpate the here;ieai Protestants doctrine. and
to destroy ell their pretended powers, legal OF
Otherwise
| have aelaYed tins letter longer than have
anticipated, waitiI,+ 20 make myself better ac-
quainted with the English language. so as to be
able to meet Your objections to my opinions