The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-16

Mr.. JOHN WILSON Our OF THE LAND OFFICE
AFTER THE PoPE.-John Wilson, late Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office at Washing
ton, having been discharged from that berth
by President Pierce, on the discovery that he
had turned Know Nothing, has come out with
his card. We find it in the Washington Organ,
in the shape Of letter, three columns long,
addressed to the President, and levelled at the
Pope, the Catholic hierarchy and the Catholic
Church, from beginning to end, including
side blow at our Catholic Postmaster General.
It is the old story of Popish conspiracy to
subvert the institutions of the United States,
through the fundamentally of Archbishop
Hughes and the Irish Catholics. The scheme
is complete, and the gunpowder plot of Guy
Fawkes was small potato concern compared
with this tremendous Jesuitical conspiracy for
blowing up the American Union.
We have no doubt that Mr.. Wilson believes
all this; for If his facts and arguments against
the Pope's Nuncio, Bedini, and Archbishop
Hughes be simply intended to frighten the uB-
sophisticated natives, there is knRvery in the
trick, Of which we could not suppose Mr..
Wilson to be guilty. But, fully believing
what he says, it is evident he needs informa
ton upon the special subject concerning which
he would have us to understand he knows every
thing. We would, therefore, inform Mr. Wilson
that this fustian and fummery against the Ca
tholics has been tried and found wanting. It
won't hold water. The American party in
Louisiana have publicly repudiated, in conse-
quence, this anti-American doctrine Of The uni
versal prescription Of Catholics They are doing
the same thing, we believe, in Alabama and in
Masyla and if Mr.. Albert Pike, of Arkansas,
a prominent member Of the late Philadelphia
Council, may be credited, the abomiDation
will be struck from the Know Nothing plat
form at the next national assemblage Of the
Order. The subject was freely discussed at Phila-
delphia; but at the instance of Kenneth Ray
ner, the determination of the Catholics from all
public Offices was still retained in view Of The
approaching North Carolina election. There
are scarcely any Catholics in the Old North
State. On the contrary, the facts and princi-
pies laid down in Fox's Book of Martyrs are
the almost universal belief of the people of said
State And yet we believe that the American
party in North Carolina would have lost nothing,
but gained many accessions, by consenting to
graduate their creed in strict conformity with
the constitution Of the United States at the
late National Council.
The interference Of the clergy of the Catholic
or any other church in our political elections or
State affairs, asa balance of political power, is
certainly proper subject for an organized Pr
litical resistance; but the exclusion of Catho-
lies from all offices of political trust or emolu-
ment, is quite different thing. It is PERM
cious thing in every way, but is calculated to
do more damage to the party acting upon the
doctrine than to any other party. Mr. Pike is
therefore correct. This plank will be taken
from the American pls.form. Much has been
done towards its removal already, and the work
is still going on. In this view the letter Of Mr..
John Wilson ia behind the times, AMI is publ
cation by the american Organ at Washington
is an iDjudicious act of courtesy to an nnfortu-
nate politician.