The true Democrat., 1856-09-23
foiltlcai Duties and Rights of Catholics. THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY.
 The Cincinnati Commercial Fremont paper, had rabid article denounciug the Catholics as poorisplrlted set for adherng to the demo- cratic party in the present conflict The Tele- graph of that city makes the following manly and straightforward reply
 In reply to all this abuse it is only necessary to state that Catholics have made no alliance. never dld and never will, with any political party. Catholics are guided in their political as n their religious duties by correct principles and not by their interest. They mako no bar gains to which God may not be straneer- They are not whigs one day and abolitionists another. When you know man to be Ca. tholic, you know where to find him. His posi. ton IS unalterabe. The vindictiye may do- nounce him and the fool may shake his "c can and bells'' at him, but though he is not unaf tected by the islander of the one and the ridi- cule of the other, he has strength of mind suf. hclent to disregard them both. We. therefore take the liberty to state in reply to the advice ol the Commercial to the Intelligent members or the church." that there is no gentleman in thls community whose advice is 80 likely to he dlsregarded by intelligent Catholics, as that of the Commercial. The reason is this: He nrae. mere temporary motives-think we ought to desert party which diSown our religion. and such like assertons-but motives of exned;en. cy have no influence whatever with ns Wo do not care straw what individual democrat. may say of us; We do not care if they consider our religion disqualification for office-it ia not by such reasons that Catholic voters ara mnuenced. They have s,0orn to support the con. st'tut'on-a'ey haue an oM,fashtonea yenerat,;o, J0r an oath-they do not male up Meir mind. occora'ng to the gsddy settlements of e crord- aud n'e rery name cf CatAolsc ,ohaci teu inherit IS inconsistent 'a aoih that sectional pat,yotisn, wh'c,' 'ooad suPplant justice ona 1aw by oeo. grag"'cat distinctions. We know we'll that de. mocrats have done our church much injury in ,hiS city; we cannot forget how few of tho leaoerS ot the party here have descended to the meanest efforts to damage our hospital and cnarlties put this would not justify change ln the political principles of those Catholics ascend higher and complain of the petty intol- erance of the administration in refusinS ,n celve the Papal Nuncio, thus eiyino t6e;r .,,- probation to the hue and cry with which rsa republican hounds and fanatics. of Avery str;na pursued him through the land; but howevar wa may regret such conduct, it surely sunnl;as ro sufficient reason to the "intelligent members of tne church" to change their political creed - oneh the editor of the Commercial can adduca arsuments to prove that Catholics should aban- .. uon .he democratic party because its members Iaihk the Catholic faith disqualifes for in iresldential office, we think he rrnay as W. cease his invectives, unlesst Ne1tb
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