Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-14
uTweedle dunn and TwsedIe dee.v

The Richmond (vmginia) papers seem TO
differ as to whether Mr.. Wise, in his recent
speech at the African Church in that city, said
"tweedle dunn" or ''tweedle dee"
The Wing reports his remark AZ follows:
"If we are to have Pope, for Gods sake let us
have Catholic Pope away over yonder in Italy,
and not one Of your Protestant PRIEsrs, kneeling
at our love feasts.
Awriter over the signature of a Methodist
in the Enquirer, says the remark was this:
"If we are to have a Pope, for Gods sake let US
have q Catholic Pope away over in Italy, and not
a Protestant Pope kneeling at our love feasts."
Pray, what is the difference as to the point
made by Mr. WISE whether he used the word
"priests or "popc'" The (" kneeling at the
lops ,tsasts was the point of contrast.
Mr.. Wise prefers Catholic Pope in Italy,
to Protestant Pope here, "kneeling at love
feasts." Is not this an intimation that there
is something Objectionable in the practice al
lowed by Methodsts Of "kneeling at love
feasts ?" 1t means this, or it means nothing.
The contrast has no meaning whatever if II
was not intended as hit at the practice Of
"kneeling at love feasts." 1t is susceptible Of
but one construction, and that construction
is, that Catholic Pope resident at Rome, il
less dangerous, than Protestant Pope would
be in the United States, lneeling at love
feasts.n This is at least one Interpretation
of the remark, and it means that, or it was
"vox ct preterea nihil, nothing but windy
words. It Is easy for Mr.. Wise to give his
own Interpretation, if he has any other to give
to the remark.
But perhaps correct solution may be found
to the true opinions Of Mr.. Wise, by referring
to his recorded expressions, in his letter pub
lished in the Richmond Enquirer October 27th
1864, commonly called his manifesto against
the Known othings." Mr.. Wise there says:
protestant priestcraftis cousin-german to Cath
Ole; and where is this TO end, but in giving to
Protestant priests--the worst of them, mean
such as will sput on the livery Of Heaven to serve
the Devil in control Of political power and thus
TO bring about the worst union which could be de-
vised, Of Church and State !? The State mill pros
titnte and corrupt any Church, and any Church
ciH enslave any State. Corrupt our Protestant
priests as the Catholics have been, with Temporal
and political power, and they viii be as the same
Sold leaven, the same old beast, the same old OK
| going about with straw in his mouth"
Since writing the foregoing, we have received
the Richmond Enquirer Of yesterday, which
contains a letter from Mr.. Wise to that press,
in which he says:
| cat my earliest leisure reply, that the rumor
you allude to, that maligned the Methodist cler-
| ~ and expressed distrust Of and dislike to the
! Methodist denomination, in my speech at Rich
| o,s.ln, uI.ra IA lv fala
~ do protest and did protest. as
well against all Protestantas well Catholic priest
| craft and Popery--and Protestant Popes / dc
| dread more than do Catholic Popes,-Popes al
home more than do Pope in Italy"
Mr. Wise then denies that he "maligned the
Methodist clergy and expressed distrust and
dislike Of the Methodist denomination" but ht
does not explain his allusion to the kneeline
at love feasts.n That remark remains unex
planned by him.
In proclaiming, as he does In his letter tc
the Enquirer, that he has more dread Of Pro
tsstant than Catholic popes, does he not sub
stantially repeat the sentiments quoted above
from his manifesto and strongly intimate
that the overthrow Of the RonIish hierarchy,
and the success of the American party,
| would probably result in the installation o.
Protestant priestcraf, or Protestant popery, in
the United States? We will Ego as far as he
who goes furthest," in resisting any attempts
to form union of Church and State; but we
have no such fears on this subject as seem to
haunt the Imagination Of Mr. Wise. We have
no dread, no apprehensions, that the political
liberties Of our people win ever be crushed by
Protestant priestcraft or Protestant popery,
much less that Methodist clergymen win plot
the destruction Of our own institutions, whilst
"kneeling at their-ioyefeasts |"