Washington telegraph., 1856-02-13
From the N. Y. Express
Romanism and the next Presidency

Romanism and the next Presidency.
Romanism, IT Is now quite apparent. is buckline
on Its armor to enter the next Presidential exec
tion, In this country, with zeal and an earnest
ness peculiar TO all politico-reigfous enthusiasm.
1t no longer gropes in the dark. or harangues its
| comes boldly oat with the mask off, acknowlede-
| Ing Its purpose and declaring its intent -IHe
want to make Rome the District Of Columbia for all
ChrisendOha ~ exclaims the organ of the Arch
bishop. here. And incentive to action on
the part OF the faithful it is semi-officialy prom
J ised, that the next time the College of Cardinals
Is called upon to elect successor to the present
Pope, the candidate, possibly, may be taken from
1 the United States The Papal press responds TO
/ the appeal thus as it we're, from the very chair
of ST Peter. and follows up the programme with
such suggestions of its own, enable u.s. in some
degree, to understand the plan of the CAM
paign.
One of the most active subalterns in the Papal
army: IN this quarter, IS Mr.. darcy McGee,
the editor OF journal rejoicing in the anusineIy
absurd appellation of american Celtu The
Cet has unfurled the Romish banner. and entered
fol the campaign Of 1856 with about the boldest.
yet most commercially frank, avowal Of the OBJ
;ecs Its party expects to achieve, which has yet
met our eye 1t is the Jesuit-like policy of the
FIeemans Journal organ of the Commander
ln-Chief of the Popish phaanx.-nos to create an
impression that the Romish Church is to be a
party as such, to the approaching contest at all,
In order to do Its work. by stealth, all the more
effectually:-but the Celt, with less discretion
speaks right out. The Presidential Election of
1856. it assumes, should be regarded on all hands
as true test of American feeling" and sees no
reason why any of the apologists for that feeling
In "our own THAT is, the Romish) ranks,- should
any longer affect to doubt it. An appeal is then
made to Irshmen, and Papists, to prepare like
men and as good Roman Catholics, for the issue
but, lest our language, on this head, should be
mlslnterPreted, we quote perbatim:
~Countrymen OF ours. are you prepared for the
future, come what will Have YOU made I'D
your minds to suffer prpsciption-to beyet chill
drea for al unsrateful nation ITO live like crib
bed criminals and die without transmitting any
patriotic hopes OF holy convictions which your
Posterity may profess with impunity, or cherish
with pritef Answer If you can-have You so
determined or have you not q,
Beautiful spectacle, indeed Here is an Irish
man, occupying an influential position among his
Romlsh laymen, drumming up has 'countrymenI
against the American people, who have thrown
open their arms to receive them from beggary
and bad government abroad, and have opened to
them avenues of personal, political and social pro-
motion, which aIe closed against them at home
The Celt, by Implication tells his Irish Catholic
readers to look upon us GAN UNcaATEFUL NATION"
at a moment when, if its bigoted Editor would
but step into our almshouses and other charitable
institutions, he would see thousands OF his own
class fed, and clothed, and housed at large pro.
portlonal expense of Protestant tax payers 1t
may be very ungrateful thing for some Protes-
tant Taxpayers not TO build Popish aItars on
RandaiFs lsland,-a very ungrateiul thing. not to
permit government vessels to be sent out Oh
pleasure excursions to Papal Nuncos,-very un-
grateful not to turn the Bible out of our public
schools.-and to refuse to vote an annual appro-
prlation for the maintenance of Romsh schools.
All this we repeat, is very ungrateful,-but we
do not see Mr.. McGee, how it can be well helped.
until you succeed in carrying Presidential cleo
ton, and putting the American Party and the
American people under the ban,-"a people," to
use your own loving words, 'primed with puri-
tanlsm, and made riotous and arrogan, with
worldly prosperity" Again-the coming Presi-
dental election is to be held
"A war between the Know Nothings and Irish
CathoiIcs,-a war between the religion of the one
and the religion OF the other 1t is a struggle
between the Screen SaerGn,enss and the seventy
thousand false ideas which the fanatics disguise
with the name OF 'liberality' 1t is pitched
fight between the Catholic family as an institu-
ton OF the Church, and the rerired paSanisni which
virtually ignores ITS existence"
Ii Rome is to have her way then ::Church and
State" In its most abhorrent form. is to be
leading cement In the campaign. For the first
time IN tue history of our beloved country,
% the seven sacrameiits 80 are to be dragged
into the political arena-so that instead OF Slavery
and Kansas, and Missouri Compromises, and Will
mot Provisos, the Romish platform is to be
Baptism, Confession. Confirmation, Communion,
Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony
Candidates for the Presidency, We may expect
now, to be called upon to say whether they are
sound on the sscraments,-not whether they are
IN favor oi a high tariff a low tarih-a distri-
button OF the proceeds of the public lands internal
Improvements, a United States Bank, Pacific
Railroad, or any other OF the ordinary political
is-ns Of the day.