Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-02-21

suance OF right guaranteed 10 every man,
10 vote as he closes, what right has any
one to complain?
! IF the efforts Of The reformers 10 resist
this bigotry, intolerance and persecuton,by
the sword, was so very praiscworthy, as
Mr.. w. admits, where is the crime OF tLe
Know Nothings, IN resisting The same big
oiry, intolerance and persecution, through
the ballot box, Are paper pellets so much
more cruel and unfeeling than ledden bull
lets =? Are wooden boxes so much more
savage than metal blade; Is resistance to
tyrany so much less a virne now than it
was four hundred years ago?
Does Mr.. W. doubt whether the Romish
Church Is as intoIerant now as 1t was ct
the time oil the Reformation II he does,
let him read The anathema annually fulmi-
mated by the Pope and bis hIerarcbs, in
which they declare, that ttey "excommu.
nicate and anathemaize all Hussites, Wick
liffites, Lutherans, ZuingIians, Ctlvinists,
Huguenots, Anabaptists, Trinitarians, and
an other apostates from the faith; aud ali
other here.ics, oy whatever name they are
called, or Of whatever sect they be-
Does Mr.. Wise suppose the Romish Church
is less perstcuting in lis disposition now,
than at the Reformation!
If he does let him read the oath taken
BY every roman Catholic bishop in this
country. IN which they swear. at their con.
secration. that "heretIcs, schismatcs, and
rebels to our said Lord 0he Pope) or bis
successors, / will, 10 the utmost Of my pow.
er, persecute and oppose" Let him read
the oath OF the Jesuit, in which he swears
"to do my utmost to eXtirpste the heretIcal
Protestant doctrine and to destroy all their
pretended powers. regal or otherwise."--
Has the Romlsh Church relaxed in its Big
otry; If Mr.. Wise thinks so, let him
read the creed Of Pope Plus " which Is
maintained by all orthodox Roman Catho.
lies, and be will find the 18th article to
read thus: "The true Catholic faith, oct Of
which meme can be saved, l now freely
profess and truly hold" SC. Is the Ro-
mish Church less grasping in ITS claim TO
absolute power, not only in spiritual, but
IN temporal affairs If Mr.. Wise doubts.
let him read the decree of Pope Leo X. in
which he declares "aI power in earth and
in Heaven is give 10 the Pope and, conse-
quently, ;he civil power is subject TO the
Papal Jurisdiction"
Let him read the thirteenth article Of the
creed OF Plus w., which reads thus: II &C.
knowledge the holy Catholic and Roman
Apostolic Church. the mother and mistress
of all churches and ! promise and swesr
true ODE dience TO the holy Bishop, the sue
cessor of st. Peter, the Prince OF the Apos-
ties, and Vicar of Jesus Christ" Let him
read the January number, 1854 of Brown
sons Review, published with the sanction
and approval of the Romlsb bishop in this
country-and he will find the following: -
eve cannot say the Popes have lost, far
less abandoned, the power they formerly
exercised over temporal affairs. They may
not assert the power now, because now II
cannot be exercised with its proper tempo
raj consequences; but because they do not
now assert it, we are not 10 conclude that
they do not possess it, or that they do not
hold it by Divine right" In the oath OF
the Jesuits, an order that is swarming in
our land, and who have the control and di.
rection of many Of the institutions OF learn.
ing throughout the country, the following
language is used: "He Ohe Pope) hath
power to depose heretical kings, princes,
States, Commonweaths and governments,
all being illegal without his sacred conir.
nation, and that they may safely be de-
stroyed." IL do renounce and disown any
allegiance as due to any heretical king.
prince, or State named Protestant, or obc-
dience to any of their inferior magistrates
or officers"
MIR. Wise, in speaking of the Reforma.
tion, says, "The translation Of the Bible
was the chief engine in the good work.
If this be so, is it not still the "chief en-.
CINE" in keeping alive the principles ofthe
Reformation, and maintaining IN their puri.
ty the great doctrines of mans salvation!
And ought not Protestants TO resist every
attempt 10 prevent its dissemination, and
its being read in the native tongue Ought
Protestants TO be willing TO tIust with pow
er those who would deprive them OF this
comfort to the dependent this solace to the
afflicted, this charter of their SOULS saliva
ton /. Does Mr.. Wise doubt whether Ro.
man Catholics would suppress the reading
Of the Bible by the masses If they had the
poweri If be does let him read the bull
issued by Pope Gregory, in 1874, in which
he says:
I'VE confirm and renew the DEGREES re-
cited above delivered in former times bya-
postolic authority against the publication.
reading and possession OF books
of the Holy Scriptures translated into tho
vulgar tongue"
Does he not know, that in some Of the
schools IN New York, where they have the
control, Roman Catholic teachers have en-.
tirely discarded the Bible' Does he not
know that there have been instances in our
own country, out of which have grown ri.
ots. of priests making bonfres Of Bibles p
Does he know it was for this that priest
named Bapst was tarred and ieathered in
Ellsworth. Name?
Now, are the followers Of srch church,
the believers in such doctrines as these, fit
persons to make laws for free and Protss.
iant people? Are they fit agents to admin.
lister our institutions; II is because the
Know Nothings think they are not-and are
determined, that so far as they are concern.
ed. thew shall not do it--that Mr.. Wise
charges them with wishing to deprive 9th.
ers Of their "civil privileges, for religious
difference"
Mr.. Wise says "the argument Of Know
No,hings is the argument of silence" Let
Mr. W. wait till the May elections come OH
in Virginia he will find that The Know No.
things will use their tongues when they sp.
proach the ballot box. And although their
minds may not be Wise in his estimation,
yet they will be firm and decided.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.