Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-01
THE CATHOLICS AND SLAVERY.

The ClcSeland Leader tells of the following blum
der:
"On tho l4th dav of this month of October, c. NJ.
Clay and James 3. Clay were both stopping at the
Monongnhela House in the city of Pittsburgh. A
leading Pennsylvania Buchanan man calls at the
Mpn0ngahela, and requests II CLERK to "show him
to the room Of Mr.. Clay, Of Kentucky" The gen.
teman was shown to the roomuf Cdssius NJ. Clay,
aud as he had mover before met with either Of
the Mr.. Clays, did not miStrust but that he was in
the presence Of James b. After the usual saluta-
mons, the Buchanan Committee man intinated that
he had called for consultation upon political mat
ters of some importtnce-and proceeded to say:
that BISHOP HUGHES had green him authority
TO say that he htd any am,Ut Of money in his
possession, for the sHrceSS Of the Democratic Party
IN Pennsylvania, and The election Of Mr.. Buchanani
Mr.. Clay intimated to his vi-:tor that perhaps no
had mistaken his man. But, you are Mr.. Clay
Of Kentuck :" Yes. CdsSjUS NJ. Clay" Where
upon the Committee man shot out Of the room. as
if n torpedo had fallen somewhere in that neigh.
borhood."
Not at all unlikely that Bishop Hughes may tax
the bigoted dupes of his priestly iule for Buchan-
ans election. We presume almost every Catholic
in the nation who has a vote, viii cast it for him.
Every Catholic paper in the country is for him and
Catholic Priests in the past have not been over
scrupulous in regard to the means they employ 10
secure their ends.
And this reminds us of a communication We
lately saw, addressed by "A South Carolinian to
Bishop Hughes. The writer states that he is en-
tirely satisfied with the course of the Catholic
Church in America, especially since in one of its
great conventions, il decided it right for Catholics
to hold s~laves-That those who did so committed
neither sin against God nor offence against the
church. The writer though thus destitute of Ill
conscience in his treatment Of fellow beings, seems
very tender in regard to his obligations of allie
glance to the government. He appeals to the Bish-
op to know whether, in case tn Shareholders shall
find it necessary for their security in this ecclesias-
tically authorised slaveholdipg, to disavow that
allegiance, the church will absolve them from all
guilt in so dong. If the church will be thus ac-
com modating, he thinks it will by releasing the
disunionists from all sin, greatly facilitate tile work
of Southern secession, which he thinks necessary
and inevitable. Bishop Hughes probably will nos
reply publicity to this inquiry and perhaps will
very reluctantly grant to this devoted son of the.
church dissolution for his indiscretion in thus
publicly proposing the question.
We used to scout the idea that Catholics or pro,
~testants would ever use such means in this country,
but in these days of Rufianism in politics, of by.
pocricy and slayeholding in tho church and b;gqtry.
superstition and ignorance, among the people, this
is in some shape the legitimate work of the priest,
hood, protestant and catholic.
The UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND ITS PRo-
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