Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-07-26

READ! READ The following extract we
take from the Presbyterian Critic, religious
ounal The Critic is edited by Rev. STEW
ART &pBINsoN, and Rev. THOs. E. PECK, gen.
tlemen of eminent liety and enlarged liberal
religious views:
"There is no demand whatever for great
national movement against the Catholic
Church. The recent excitement in the coun-
try has been in the main, the result of cor
rupt movement OF unpriucipled politicians,
TO excite the Protestant feeling of the people
and to ride into power upon the tide. They
have run foul of the great maxim, which
they have so conspicuously set forward among
their principles, as if for the purpose of ex-
posing the prohigacy of the whole move
ment, by violating in practice what they
praise in theory. 1t is absurd to deny that
making the mere religious sentiment of a
man the reason for refusing to vote for him,
is violation of the great principle of reli-
gious liberty. 1t is allowing a principle of
discriminating the political aspect of vote
to be sound and just; which would be wicked
and unprincipled, if embodied in a law. If
our neighbors make their dislike to our Pres
byterian sentiments the ground of their re(u-
sing to vote for us, it is perfectly useless to
disguise that we are under political response
blity for religious op.nions-that, quad hoe
we are suffering for them. The obiectional
feature in this view of the case is, making re-
! ligious opinions unattended by any vicious
ness of action glowing out Of it, ground fol
an universal discrimination in political affairs
affecting permanently large masses of citi-
zens. This is our first and great objection to
the American or Know Nothing party; it is
violating the very principle of religious lib
erty, which it processes to conserve and ha:
adopted construction of that principle which
strips it of all practical force, leaving it dead
letter in the statute book, and abandoning it:
control over the political action of the PEG.
pie"
| The Christian advocate, Methodist Jour
nal published in New Orleans, has in a lat,
number, a leading article equally explicit anC
sensible, from which we make the followin,
extract
The proceedings of the Convention latel,
assembled in Philadelphia, whose platform
published in another column, were watche,
h' WIN oiOht ibClNSt- I1NtttolSiStlNd
matters were early introduced. An attemp
was made, principally by Southern men, t
throw them out. But the Catholic test
was affirmed, and finally reafirmed 9Th
Roman Catholic Church, is named distinctly
Resistance to it is propounded among tn
f things crelendss-rl the things agenda If W
5 read correctly, every Catholic is prescribed
| lie may be an American-native, good an
patriotic; he may stoutly and practically den
r the power of the Pope in civil matters as a
inference from the ecclesiastical. Yet, f.
, his religions sake he is barred "advancemer
n to all political stations-executive, legisla
y tive, judicial or diplomatic" This is a tie.
: to which our religious principles and repul
J, lican instincts, the spirit of institutions an
the liberty of conscience, as interpreted b
the age, are all opposed. No party holliu
: it, however excellent by other principles hel
r in combination, may expect to pass the col
sentative people of the United States, esp,
: cially of the South. 1t cannot bulge a step
. it cannot stand with this milestone about i
. neck.