The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-04
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The following paragraph appeared in late number Of
the Boston Crusader recognised organ Of the order"
Do not employ at your fresdcs foreign Catholics for
they are yper Irish Catholic be every
where at all the frstcass hotels and at the tables of pt
vae families They listen to familiar talk at the table,
over and walnu and this talk is all dvulged to
crafty priest at the confessional and applied when oppor
tunity comes
We will not stop even for passing ausion to the
emptibe twaddle and worn-out nonsense about Irish
Catholic servants aey priests and 'the confessional"
for the above pontedly answered by the Louisville
Democrat that we gladly make place for the remarks Of
able contemporary in preference TO any which we might
offer OF our own. The Democrat says:
This listening to- and dvugiug e. prigsto familiar talk
by Irish Catholic servants, if il be true is very naughty
very disg and though they be but foreign servants
they ought be ashamed of themselves But what shall we
say for American gentlcmen--wel-bred gentlemen, for
of the honorable and estimabe nothing broth
hood? How often they snugly at the fredes
and hospisbe boards Of their neghbors and friends
ce spies listening IT, and treasurng for future use in
their midnight concages, and elsewhere, the iam
Jar talk those politically opposed their secret order
At the business Of eavesdroppng the Ih girls
and boys can't hold candle TO well bred American
gentlemen OF the daik-lanteru oder. When you have
the former about you, you know who and what they
are and, If necessary, be your guard But
the know nothing into Your house, seats himself
in parlor partakes private board and thus IN
disguise Of friend and gncat may be- and dunb
is acting the pat Of an eavcsdtopper II the CONVEX
sation should chance to turn klow-nothuRs, lie aees
to be perfectly gnorantknows nothing, asks for ninrma
ton cocks his ear, the familiar family talk
among supposed friendsand sraghway meets his friends
tbs trder the street. repairs to the midnight
council and dyuge all for the and benefit of the craft
to be applied when opportunity comes Is it apt
illustration of the old saw the der reproviDg SIM for the
of this dakantern eavesdropping fraternity to
chde and lecture people, Irish servants Others for en
ing to and reporting private familiar talk 2
is, doubt, contemplate SANDER to that the
Catholic priesthood in this country have converted the
cssione chamber of nquisiton to arrive at
knowledge OF al the Preside chit chat going in private
families with view the better ia conduct dark conspiracy
against those OF the Catholic Communion. Al any
there much-nay, far moreo beieve tbat the know
nothngs themselves guilty of the low and dirty work
which the Boston Crusader charges upon Irish Catholic
employ in hotels and private houses If need be-
50 before remarked, be guard against the
latter but the knownothng creeps in dsguise--not
servant but trusted companion and member Of the social
circeand then goes out and cen enghten the brethren
without the least fear of detection and exposure People
who live in glass-bouscs should not cast stones"
Extract from the treaty betreen the United States and the
repu5lc Of Marco concluded Guadalupe H,dago, Feb
"Inbabants of the ceded territory shall be incorpora
ted in the Union of the United States and admitted
Congress shall determine according TO the prne-
Piles Of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all
rights advantages and mmunities of the citizens of The
United States; and IN he eqn time they shdt be taned
and protected in The faH enjoyment q ihef liberty property
and The religion they Profess
BY reference the article in the treaty above quoted 1t
will be perceived that this government has guaranteed
the Catholics Of New Mexico, Utah. aud California GER
tain religious rights and privileges Of which they
be Invested against their win without fragrant violation
of the pghed faith of the nation The whole Of the
tive Mexican population embraced in the territory oecd
by Mexico the United States othe Roman Catholic
faith with very few exceptions Many Of them sl reside
within this territory and have become citizens Of The
United States. What proprety or justice can there
be in wrestling from this class of our citizens those rights
which have been TINS soemnly secured TO them by treaty
stpulaions9 No but blinded Accommodating can
reconcile sncb procedure with reason justice national
honor yet there thousands of this sect rushing on
with headlong mpetuosi,y regardless of everything but
the qualification OF anacal feeling which would sap the
very foundations of the republic
Griffin tGa) Empire State