Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19

slaughtered their thousands in the steets
of Jeruss lem and with swords and man
ties yet dripping with gore, knelt humbly
around the sepulchre Of the imam Of SOL
ro"s,' whose mission upon earth was
"peace and good will to men," Come
down to later days and let the jenomina-
ton THAT is without sin, cast the FIRST
stone" ''Servetus asked only for leave to
continue his journey" but John Calvin,
the meteor blaze OF Presbytelianism, gave
his voice for his death. The Church o,
England disfranchised the Catholic, and
prosecuted with relentless fury every de-
nomination which dissented from her creed
turned loose the bloody Graeme and his
Dand
"The humtn blood-hounds of the Earth
To hunt the peasant from his HEARTH"
and scattered the bones of thousands of
her victims over ScotlaLd's heather. The
Puntans and Catholics fled from her OPP
preston to a home In the west The Pu-
:tan had scarcely landed in New England
when himself turned Prosecutor, banis he'd
the Baptist Roger Williams, and hanged
the Quaker, for the glory Of God and The
good of the church at the same time that
Calvert, the Catholic, proclaimed liberty of
conscience, and opened an asylum for the
victims OF protestant intolerance. Contrast
the Two. Both had fled from the tyranny
Of the English church; both had tasted Of
the bitterness Of persecution the Catholic
left the monster Oh the other side of HE
Atlantic its whips and scourges and hale
tiers came over with the Protestant. And
Z IL. e a.
teenth century. long after the morning had
dawned on the soil Of New England, where
the very waves that beat upon the rock
bound shores. and the winds which tossed
high her forest branches, Proclaimed the
emancipation of the soul from every form
and shape of despotism-ii then and there
could enact such deeds, VIVA. to-day would
be her record had she ia the muIky gloom
of the tenth century possessed The universal
sway and giant powers of the Church Of
Rome +? What hccatom OF human VIC
Tins would not have smoked upon her pro-
seriptiye affairs WHAT troops Of accusing
spirits would hot have flown upwards with
tales of horror to recount at MeIcy's
throne
no. it Is IN vain that sou attempt to
make ole religious denomination the
scape.goat to bear the sins Of all. From
the days OF the Diuids i'll the German
forests, every sect which possessed the
power has to some extent prosecuted and
oppressed all others. Array her in the
garb of all angle OF light. give her The sy-
rel' voice, crown her with chapets vi
howers,-the spirit of religious -bigotry
81 - L..
still.
Blu, come no& to Sec 10Th, alias, the
section. Opposition 10 any
Union between Church and State ; no in.
reference with religious filth or worship'"
When D. lsIell makes another coll.el,on
of the curiosities OF literature, shall look
for HE American. platform OF '56 OH the
first page. "No interference with relig-
ious faith or worship ?" SOLDIERS. said
Marshal OF France upon the morning Of
the election day, Ego to the polls and cast
every mar Of you who does not vote for
Napoleon shall be shot OH tomorrow morn
ing" "Roman Catholics" says the Amer
lean party "bow your knee and worship
God according 10 the dictates Of your own
conscience, hold spiritual allegiance to
your own church and to the Pope as its
head attend mass and take the holy sacra-
meht according TO the forms OF your Ielis.
ious faith ; but il YOU CO SO, by all the
gods a, once YOU shall never hold ali
office III the gilt OF the people, from street
Commissioners to the Presidency. You
shall be utaied as aliens and strangers in
the land which to tAou.ards Of you gave
birth you shall be placed upde, ban and
guarded with unceaslng vigilance as trail
tors a: bear. and UNIV orthy Of the conf
dence and trust of iIeemen." Is this
what you call mo interference with relig-
ious faith OF worship" care you com
PEELED to attend the chaplains service p
said passenger Oh boat q man Of war 10
a jolly Jack Tar. No" replied Jack,
hol exactly compelled but you .ee,
ii we did not attend we should lose on,
grog.' But the subject is too serious 70;
.es!ing. The Catholic does hold spiritual
10 the Pope aud to his church,
audAhele is nothing in our county con
shtutI0n or ~ the genius VI our laws
which foib,ds it. He has The right TO held
spiritual allegiance TO any prince, paten.
tate or power i'll Heaven or out OF Heav-
en-, and you play the part OF Caligula the
moment you attempt TO iaieIteTe with
him. Mans conscience is the "holy Of
holies" where the politician an the DIES.
pot may never enter. You may have fears,
and they may be tears ofreason or of fol-
iy, but the Catholic has rights. and "you,
fears can never be the measure Of hs
rights" But do the leaders OF the Amer
lean patty IN reality anticipate tue dan.
gers they would have you believe, from
the church OF Rome Are the cherish
ed institutions OF freedom empeT'llrd BY
the wiles OF PopeIy' As an American
citizen, proud OF my native laud, give .
the lie to the foul>mouhed SANDER. The !
little Republic of Venice, though but a 8
.peck among the nations, in the darkest
age the world la, ever seeh..when naughty
annarchs came croaehins at the feet OF,
he Pope when his voice was regal ded
~ nations and empires us the voice of
sd; braved the whoie.. force Of h'S power t
and triumph over him IN the sight of ali s,
j: now that be sits upon a
throne, Loidiug IN his hand
hade sceptie, surrounded by meianchols .
wrecks OF former grandeur, shall it be !
old that America tears aud dIeads his i