Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-08
letter, who hos character TO sustain and main.
talp, and therefore callnpon him 70 Prove wat

letter, wllo hos Character 10 sustain anu main.
tain, and Therefore call,pon him 70 Prove wl!at
lie has said by cleat, indsputsble facts, mo man
otehataclet or Of charity, will Iscklessly make
charges, without being teady 10 sptssantiase them
lsoIicil,his readiness, and pledgemyself % isl re-
f6to;ion. SOME other reason, then, must he as.
Signed iot eesjsepce Of these rtejudiees, which
ore rampan, eytrywlIete through the county, 10
The counry's little sooA'
Ptobobly Il "3sorni' had turned his min,l''se'e
towards lie north pole, and in his fight happened
10 look OH Massachusetts,, anil on her ministers
protesting In The name Of God against an act Of lie
Senate Of lllc United States; no might then find
some medling with political understanding
little oside TO The Legislature for instance, %has
does he find ,llere' Why nothing, but sixty min
listers Of the Gospel sitting esther representatives.
No political eomtaatoaw the teetesidsiieal, Of
course \ Turning his flight west, no comes TO CHI
caso and sees Thirty Q! her ministers equally Ia.
dsnant rs their btolhtIs OF Mass, al The passing
Of the Nebraska bill. Mind YOU, they are indig
nan. aS ministers Of the GOspe.; no meililIs, Of
coutse. t
Now IL Bishop OF o.y other Otthollc should
ask share Of The school lax, the cry Is at once
raised Ecclesiastical influence" Why sir a pe'
titiUner and beggar are different things from In
luencc, and II is 10 the former Characters that the
Catholics have oppeated. asking and snpp'lrating
honestly aud legally .ot what they considered their
right. Ate they 10 be blame'l Tor this' DO lon
deny them This tight, permitted even in despoi'c
countficsl
But il yop will mol grant Them this tight, and II
you will mol find The cause Of The existing feeling
anywhere, Il hove shown yoa, think, conclu
siyely, that you were mistaken in your invention
ofn,) Just listen for moment. ana will tell
You where We might find something like clue
TO II.
Yon know The Influx Of immigration 10 this
country, AMI that HE majority OF them ATE Catho.
lies, you know this; we'll then lei me whisper into
youl ear these two woEds-. EOteStaNt ascendancy.
This might be in danger, as being likely TO ue
outnulnbered- from their intercourse wish
theif Protestant brethren, who thereby learning
something Of The (aithof Catholics, they might
sill! gam accession, il not III members. at least in
friendly feeling and sympathy; and lest Caiholi'
city should steal upon in The end they ale flight
ened with the bugOtat of--'Ont Liberties in daN.
ger,' and all such iraddie.
This, Sit, appears 10 me The rell tine cause Of
the stale Of these things, which every gOod cit.
zen must demecals.
The spiritual allegiance which Catholics o%e
10 lie Head Of their church, is not intensified BY
time or place, so that in fomet times aS well es
now, It will ever be the same.
This pslt Of your letter has no existence in the.
oty OF in practice, II may therefore pass us not
pertinent 10 any reality.
1'heotIler parts Of your correspondents letter,
Mr.. Editor, are, certainly deserving attention. It
must be confessed the immigrants have given
cause OF complaint By their impudence and iut.
buIence. Tnt lei us SEQ what class OF Immigrants
ate they, and who ate 10 blame. Lei US he just
and charitable 10 al, and we need iear no nan.
Feb. q, ,'55. JUSruS.