Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-01-31
From the N. Y. Express,
The Coming Presidential Campaign
Rome and Africa in Loague-Plans Of
the Campaign.

The Papal Hierarchy and the Black Re
publicans-Rome and Afrca-the respec-
tive Gencral-in- Chief of which may be said
TO be Archbishop Hughes and Senator Sew
ard are industriously marshaling their for
ces for the next Presidential Election. Their
tactics are different, but their warfare is d.
rected to the attainment of a common end
the defeat or overthrow of the great Ameri.
can Party.
Rome works in the dark. Africa seeks
to carry the day with "Shrieks for Free
dom" Liberty in Kansas" and preten-
ded friendship for the foreigners. Rome
exhibits sleek and meek front, and con-
ceals its hatred of America and Americans
in the cloak of stimulated affection for lib
erty Of conscience. Africa grows hoarse
on ''proscription of foreigners" and de-
nunciations of the Ozark Lantern" and
Rome, in return, is silently but industri-
ously drumming mp voterssfor the. candidate
that is known TO be most hostile TO Ameri-
canism, and the American Party.
Rome goes forth to fight in disguise--a
wolf in sleeps clothing. The ablest of
her clergy, we see, are doing now what they
never did, systematically, before this coun-
try addressing the people in lectures, os-
tensibly on some popular, secular subject,
in order to insidiously nfuse, through that
channel, Romsnist ideas, and by conse-
quence, ideas hostile TO American Republi-
canism, and American Freedom.
Thus, we have the Most Rev. Archbish-
op Hughes lecturing at Balti,nore--Bishop
Spaulding at ouisville-Bishop Ives at St.
Louis-Mr. McMasters, and Rev. Mr..
Brownson, at Albany--Mr. McGee,at Bos-
ton-and SO on. All these gentlemen are
thorough going Romanists. At least two
of them-the Archbishop and DR.. Ives
were over to the Pope recently, and en-
tering upon the Presidential campaign in
the United States with so much vigor, it
may be reasonably inferred that the move
ment has the special sanction of the Prop
, uganda. Nay, there is no inference about
it; for the Freemant Journal, the acknowl.
edged organ of the Rev. Archbishop, open.
ly declares, that the darling aim of the Pa
pal Church, is to snake Rome the Distric
f Of Columbia for the whole world" Ont
| great stride IN that direction is the forma
tion Of a C0ncordat with Austria, BY tht
the terms of which, that monarchy has, il
point Of fact, surrendered to the Sea o
Rome, almost every vestigc of national inde
Y pendence. That Concordat makes the Ro
| ish Bishop sole judges of what books shal
be read in the schools, gives them power Il
prosecute 'heretics," and exempts the cler
: gy from responsibility to The civil power.
n Flushed with victory of this charaote,
!, \ and grown mor1 insolent and presumption
$ than ever, TTe have horde of bishops an
IS priesn sent over from Rome (aiter the set
tlenent Of the Immaculate Conception there
as III TO electioneer for similar advantage
in the heretical United States. The wa
L. is appropriately begun by the commander
al in-chief--the Most Reverend Archbisho
= by an attack upon law solemnly enacte
ir by the representatives of the people, in tn
i New York State Legislature, followed b
r. Rev. Bishop Timon, against the America
~ (not Roman) Catholic laity at Buffalo, b
e. Bishop O'Reilly, in a not dissimilor, OF
or slaught upon the friends of the lamenle
es Father Brady, at Hartford; and next r
re Rev. Bishop Spaulding, in a series OF stud
ny ed misrepresentation of secular history,
the cities of the West. In most of the,
n. encounters the American press have give
l. battle TO the Beast, and the Beast has con
a off second best. But he is snake that
70 sco;ched only, not killed. Beaten to-ds
l. in one shape, he will rally tomorrow, Pr
of teus like, in some new form. Just no,
at he is leaving the confessional, and the pu
pit, and the altar, TO meet ''people' in Il
he rostrum with his popular Lectures. 50
-e; These popular Lectures, we have unlorr
lat ly found, begun with some plausible and {
H. fectual appeal-say for "the poor" or T
We "Religion" but end with q stab at America
ch ism, sneer at Professionalism, kick at o
common schools, or malignant misrepr
sentaion of American Republicanism.
rk Depend upon it the Romish Hierarchy
,r- not come down from the pulpit TO meet st
ri people" for nothing. 1t is not the habit
n the priests 10 meet "the people" in Ron
tie in Madrid, in Lisbon, in Mexico, or an
W. where else that the Papal power enjoys
he unchallenged pre-eminence. These pop
ka, lar lectures" by bishops, priests, and de
nd cons have suspicious look about the
of which ought to put the unwary on th
he guard. Rome wants to be represented
an Washington by a Papal NunciO, and
Ike bave haya plantv of dcmaooynes and nohi