The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-31

y government at this period OF the
worlds history, where man may en-.
joy any religious opinion and use his
abilities openly to propagate The same.
70 this fact-wel known the full
length and breadth Of the mundane
sphere must we attribute the fungus
growth and eKcresoenoies of q thou
sand denominations, many Of them at
war with The dearest and most sacred
principles of the government itself II
The majority Of the scots referred TO
are not Of exotic growth. they are wa
tered by the influx Of foreign tide,
whilst he Church-'lhs only true
church" as we are told /, tejoiees at
The confusion Of tongues, and the pros.
pect Of day not far distant when il
will geatber harvest from the grow
ing crop.
Nothing is to be feared, go we are
told, as long as the masses are eduua-
ted in liberal and enlightened rep,ib.
lioan education, and the soul Is free
from mortgages--to the Mother" or
any other church. But those who ar
gus thus, forget that The most dan
gerous and ipsiduous enemy to civil
and religious liberly--tbrough her SO.
cret emlssaries Of foreigners and aliens
is buslly At the Luoksterings in the pc.
litioal arena, with all her monied pow.
er and influence at work 10 elect
President of tbs United States
Whether be favors The doctrines TN
der which the race of man, groaned in
chains Of bondage to The day Of the
Retormation-or not Is not a ques-
ton for us to consider here. What il
a fact friends and fellow citizens! The
parsons Of the divided Protest.
ant branch of the miscaled Christian
religion, are at war with themselves
DISCOUNTED and divided. Let them fight
as the kilkerney cats true religion ia
not injured or disgraeed by It. On
the other hand, there Is no division n
solid pbalanx Of wealth Is presented
with q quantum suHeit Of ignorance
and bigotry 10 back it, and this is
backed again by the most powerful
hierarchy the world has ever known.
What doctrines are proclaimed by
them Why first and foremost Is,
that Professionalism tout Of which our
beautiful fabric Of civil and religious
liberty has grown il cheat, Il delu.
sion and should DO put down. That
he church alone has a right to edu.
rate the public mind Hgre is a vile
sheet published within the borders Of
our own State---in our Commercial
Emporium, With the appreciation of
Ihe Archbishop and the suffragan
Bishcps--a paper dressed in religious
gsrb; las vile 0 political sheet as can
DO found J with this motto ut its head,
Our Catholic schools---they must be
maintained Y
Bear with us American citizens, to
give an extract from that paper, which
$ fair sample Of the aggressive and
offensive stuff, that it weekly spawus
orth. Il on the subject Of School
Books
"Why, asks ap Upper Canada pa
oer--the Examiner-why do Catbo-
les publish works on Geography ex-
oressly for tho use Of Catholics school
Because we reply, the greater portion
IT the works published in the English
language for the use Of schools, have
'een compiled by Protestants, and are
therefore, full of the most monstrous
les about Catbolicity, and every PEG.
'le that has not joined in the great
lpostacy Of the XVI century. 1t is
or this reason that we require Geo
yrapbles carefully revised and cor
'ected for the use of schools" and it is
or this reason We refuse to put into
he hands Of our children, the work of
Protestant historians, such as Gibbon,
Robertson, Hume, and others, the
charms Of whose style cannot, in our
opinion at least, atone for their glazing
of truths, upon all questions
wherein the interests Of religion are
We deny that either OF the three
great historians referred to, were Pro