The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-07-09

WUIldH, OT CHtlu, "UIsHip anu duUTc the flrs
gin Mary, or believe in the immaculate con-
ception. 1t matters but little to me, as a
public man. They may have been SO born,
so trained, and so brought up. Nay, worship
0f virgins is an inborn instinct Of the human
heart. All men worship yirgns-not Virgin
Marys alone, but virgins with all sorts Of
Christian names. Laughter. When see
a virgin from the pencil Of Raphael, or a
Titan, or Guido, can scarcely help falling
down and worshipping il myset--as work
of art. rContinued laughter and applause.
On none Of these things do we make war, not
even on ihe secrets OF the confessional. IL
there be father or husband who permits his
wife or daughter to pour out the secrets Of
his family, or the loves Of their own tender
hearts into the ears OF the sympathizing, un.
married priest, might only wish was the
confessor. Renewed laughter.l All these
things are nothing whatever 10 me--ncthng
whatever 10 the American party. Let man
be jew. Gentle, or any thing else--all we re-
quire Of him is fidelity to the principles and
institutions Of his country. Other Catholics
than the Roman Catholics have emancipated
themselves from all connection with the ltO-
mish Church and the Roman Hierarchy. he
leading principle Of the Revolution Of l776
was independence and absolute inde-
pendencc-lrom all European thraldom, in
every shape or form. When, in 1888, the
treaty Of peace established our American In
dependence, the closest connection existed
between the Catholics Of the Church oi Eng
land in the United States and The Hierarchy
Of England, all under the Archbishop Of Can
terbury; but then there was an independent
movement among the United States Cath
olics o! the Church OF England To declare
themselves free and independent Of the En-
glish llierarhy; aud as our political fathers,
in their political declaration Of independence,
declared themselves flee and independent,
so the fathers oil that church, in their relgi-
Gus organization, declared that their forms OF
service. their ordinations, their rights and
rituals should be made in the United States
Of America. Thus, loo, with the large and
powerful denomination Of the Methodist
church. John Wesley was the head, the
father of that church: from him all ordlna-
tiOn proceeded; and even after the treaty Of
peace, he, beloved aud cndeared to the hearts
Of all Methodists, claimed for his British
church the power in America II had hItler-
to exercised when connected with England.
!" But" said the Meihudists Of America, " We
are independent politically, and will be re.
ligiously. Our church organization shall no
longer come from John Wesley. but proceed
spontaneously, free born, from the soil Of the
United States aud as We politically broke
louse from England, thus relignusly tie Me-
Ihodists broke louse too. So, too, with the
Lctherans of this country. hut the Roman
Catholics, notwithstanding these bright ex.
amples thus set by other religious denomna.
linns, have deemed and declared il 4 part VI
their relisun, or rather Of their politics, to
keep up connection with powtr aud au-
thoriry, spiritual aud temporal, over four
thousand miles from this CITY ot Cincinnati
Ia power aud authority On the banks Of the
Tlbcr, amid tie ruins Of imperial Rome
where their God IS not the Almighty GOd Ol
heaven, nor their heaven that blue, arched
canopy, studded with stars above, but hca'
ven oftheir own. aalid the nu,ures and statu.
ary Of the Vatican, where Some man-mer,
man-the srlf.siyled and self.constilutet
,iceserent Of the God of heaven, as IL the sue
cessor Of the Pagan Jupiter, rOlls out thun
/ der from his Olympus, ONLY, however, Il
i paper-bulls and accommodation. tLnul
applausel The head OF The Romish Charci
| il TINS not here III these United States o
/ America, bat alar oil on the banks Of th,
Tibyr. Its power. It's authority, its dignity
/ its representative Of God on earth, 10 use IL
avn impious assertion, is not here, but u
that distant imperial Rune.
t But say the Roman Catholics, "arant
ing all this to be- true. the Pope is only th,
1 head ofour church, our mere spiritual father
We louk up to him only as nan, haldiul
tie keys d st. Peter; lie is nn,hng ~ us n !
tempnral paint nf view, and We are baund i
all temporal matters by the law aud ennsti
tuition u our country; We can b. gond citizen
here. though subjects in spirit of this inpcria
aud Papal Rome" Now, | have TO say IL re
ply toall this. that allegiance u tie that ,loe
not adult Of this specicsot division Sn maj
can thus serve two masters Oh earth. boysl
~ is ihat which cannut be thus divided ani
subtliyitlstl; the heart and the Whole heaf
must be given TO unc country under Gad, an
there eau be no representative IN nearth what
ever Of that God. And. as to dividing nn
allegiance. our loyalty 10 our country, ,--as I
this matter Of two allrgancrs, which Rofna
Catholics claim and practice. temporal Il
their country, and spiritual for the Pape, i
we're tu make i Chuicc of either. in order
t govern all mankind. would far prefer th
t spiritual fidelity Of my subjects 70 any tenn
poral fidelity whatever. Whist Is tcmpora
allcgianeei Il i ~ best bur the dcsuiinn I
this body, this skeleton Of ours. this mef
anatomy this flesh and blood, iond for worms
and certain TO be dust. the consctration :
. these only to uur cntntry Bat what
spiritual allegiance; The allegiance u Ii
soul, the spirit. the inspiring. animating. VI
ial spark Of man They claim the soul fc
/. the Pore. and give the carcass to their cuur
. iry! But let the immortal spirit be con
/ sccratcd 10 our flag. our country. and tll