The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-07-25
FREMONT i CiTHOLIC.
The PrOOG.
From the New York Express.
KNOW NOTHING MANIFESTO
AGAINST COL. FREMONT.
The Proof.
COL. FREMONT'S MARRIAGE-HE MUST
HAVE BEEN A ROMAN CATHOLIC.

There is point now made one of great i'm.
portance in the Presidential election-by III,
denial on the part of Col. Fremont's friends
and by authority, as we understand it, from
hlm-that he is, or even has bern, a Roman
Catholic. The point is Of this Importance
~ political eiew, first, because many Ameri-
cans who support him in Nrw England, espe-
ciallv support him upon the ground that be is
antl-Roman Catholic-and second, because il
he ever has been Roman Catholic, he denies
the fact, and has oStensibly changed his reli-
gIon. The Rev. Mr.. Beecher saws. in his hide
PeRdence, apparently by authority =
"Until he was fourteen, Col. Fremont was
educated in the hope and expectation that he
would become an Episcopal minister. At SIX
teen, he !" as confirmed in the Episcopal church,
and has, ever since, when within reach Of th-
church, been an attendant and conmunlcant.
And since his temporary soourn in New York,
he has been attendant 10 DR.. Anthon's
church until recently and now be woFships at
Grace church. Mrs. Fremont was reared
strictly in the Presbyterian Church, and united
with the Episcopal Church upon her marriage
with Col. Fremont. Their children have been
bapIised in the Episcopal Church, &c, &c
These are strong statements-there is prodi-
gious wrong somewhere, and We propose TO find
out where
There are two periods in mans life when
Iris religion, or the irtling for the religion hp
was educated in, first discloses itseIf-the first,
when he marrrs for life the second, when on
his death-brd 1t is adnitted-aHd nowhere
denipd-that when Lieutenant Fremont uarri-
I'd Miss Benton, Father Van Horseiah of Wash
inGton, Roman Catholic Priest, Of character
and high standing in the church there, married
them. Nobody compelled Mr. Fremont thus to
90 10 Roman Catholic Priest. He went there
Of his free will and choice. True, it is
said, that in Consequence of the social infu-
ence of Senator Benton, in Washington, no
other than Roman Catholic Priest could mar
ry The runaway pair; but it IS not proven. and
it is not true, or If true, ii DOES not vitatr the
fact that Roman Catholic Priest cannot under
the ordinances and councils Of his church, unite
aIess one 0f them, at least, proirsses TO be OF
that church.
To understand the laws and she councils, and
the cGstoms Of the Romish church, we must
taks.our readers little way into the thrology
OF that church.
Marriage is With the Roman Catholics sac
ramput. The Protrstants have bat two Sacra-
TDPDtSs Iie hDiiidti octtaOt4NS ''S-o >
apong them is ratrimony. Hence. Roman
Catholic Priest wonld no more administer tn
sacrament of matrimonv 20 a party not OF his
church. than he would the Lords Supper, or
confirmation, or baptism, for mairmony Is, IN
th- Rouish church last as much sacrament as
the Lords supper. The highrst written au-
tbority of thr Romish church is the famous
Council of Trent, and there il IS decretd -
DECREE.
Cd. Whosoever shall say That the sacrameniS
of the new law were not all Instituted by je-
sps Christ our Lord or that trey more or less
in number than seven that IS to say. baptism,
confirmation, the Lords Supper, Penance, eX-
trpme unction, orders, and natrlmony or that
any one of these seven is not truly and proper
ly a sacrament. let him be accarsed.
Marriage among most ProtpStantS-not all
however-is bot civil contract, bat in the Ro
mish Church it is an obligation, 10 be taken on
.lv before priests-it is a sacrament. lhe no
mish Church is rigid. and strlcter in IFS rul" o
marriage than any other religious denomlna
. ton. Marriage in that church Is an indIsSolu
biz, tie. and never to BE- loosed even hr the CIV
il Law of divorce The marriage of hereto
hv the priest is a crime, excerpt under some Spe
c:al papal dsppnsation-InSt as much OF
crime as IT would be to administer the Lord
Sspper to hereics. When Colonel Fremont
' therefore, voluntarily went before Father va
: Harseich. and asked him, as Priest al Rome
I 10 marry hiu 10 Protestant woman, he mus
: have been. or.prptended 10 b., Roman Catho
nc. and must have promised to bring up the of
n spring. if any, in the Romish Church. h'
II promise Col. Fremont fulfilled in an adoptr
daughter. now grown woman, for he educate