Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-17
WHOLE NO. AIS.
From the Louisville Journal.
3 Forcign Allegiance. 3

so far as the great American principle ID con.
cerned OF not supporting for,o oAaco Roman Catlo-
lies who regard themselves - owing supreme ale
glance to the Pope, We caro- not whether the
Catholics IN this country are many or few Wheth-
er they are many or few, the principle h invuner-
able. Even II there were but hundred men In
the United States acknowledging their highest
allegiance to the Pope, the mallness OF their
number would be no reason why they or sny of
them should be supported for Office. No man is
fit to fulfil the functions Of Office in the United
States unless, In his own view his first allegiance
is to the Constitution which he ID sworn to support
II is absurd to tell us, that, because there are but
few persons in our country who hold TO the power
Of foreign tyrant TO absolve them from all obli-
cations of allegiance to our constitution and laws,
we ought to have no objection to supporting them
for Office. We wouldn't support such men any
sooner than we would support traitor, and We
wouldn't support traitor even though he were
the only traitor in the land. 0A
The principle of electng men who believe In the
power Of foreign potentate to require them to
d.obey the constitution and laws of our country is
in itself palpably and monstrously wrong. In OPP
posing it, we do not necessarily imply the exist
ence of any fear in our minds that the Roman
Catholics are either strong or increasing in strength
in the United States. Yet undoubtedly they are
tudes, poured from foreign countries into our own,
are almost entirely Catholics They make yearly
vast accession to the Catholic power. Yearly
the Catholic proportion of our entire population is
in consequence, becoming larger and larger Al
ready the Catholics of the United States number
themselves by millions; and the Pope of Rome, by
issuing his orders through his archbishops, and
thence through his bishops, and thence through his
priests, cast the whole Roman Catholic vote of
the United States in solid and unbroken mass,
for whatever men or whatever measures he pleases,
and thus exercise, even now, an influence In our
politics absolutely fearful He can speak word
from the Seven Hills, and his whole army Of hun
dreds Of thousands in the United States wheels and
fires at his command. The existence Of such a
power in the will of foreign despot is tremen-
dous evil and an appalling peril, even when the
Catholic numbers in the United States are not
greater than at present; and with the increase Of
numbers comes the increase of the peril. There
is reason, then, o great reason, mighty reason,
why no man, holding higher allegiance to any
earthly power than to the United States, should
be elected to Office in this country.
The influence OTTOMAN Catholicism over the Sag
Nicht press Of the United States is daily becoming
greater and more manifest. Hundreds of anti
American editors who have always been Protest
ants, are seeking every opportunity to dispsage
Professionalism In comparison with Popery. If they
do not openly attack Professionalism, they sneer
at it. We have this moment before US very
prominent anti-American paper of Kentucky,
which gays that !" the mass Of the Protestant
clergy have lost faith in God and TRUTH and
that they are calling aloud upon the flesh and
the DEVIL If such is the case with the mass of
the teachers of the Protestant Church. it is to be-
presumed that the laity are no better It is not
to be supposed that the mass of the followers are
better than the mass of the leaders So, then, in
the view of our anti-American editors, the mass of
all the Protestants Of this country have abandoned
their faith in God and truth, and surrendered
themselves up to the flesh and the devil When
the press of great and powerful political party is
induced to use such language as this, surely it lis
time for Protestant Americans to take heed to the
political aggrcssions Of Romanism. r4Foa