The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-10

able to the public service Of tho Catholic
church, and to the private devotions OF the
faithful. "Prmissio SnperiorHm." The
book is obnoxious because il contains the
Bull Of Pope Gregory XVI, promulgated in
/ 1899, prohibiting slavery in the Catholic
communion. The document 10 interesting
and authoritative, and We shall publish il en-
I tire as soon a. we can procure copy. l,
says of the practice of holding slaves that
il is "injurious TO the SOUS health" and
''disgraceful to the christian name,' and
that "desiring to divert this disgrace from
the whole confines Of christianity" by ''our
venerable brothers, their Eminencies, the
Cardinals" 1T "admonishes by apostolic au-
thority," that ''none henceforth dare to sub
iect negroes or Others to slavery, or be ac-
| cessory to, or aid others in doing So"
Those acts are further denounced rs Soften
SEES utterly unworthy the christian name, !"
and are by the "same authority rigidly pro-
hibited and intcrdictcd, whether ecclesiastical
or laical -
These books nrc sold by authority, and
are in the hands of Catholic worshippers.
What the house implicated in keeping these
prayer books on its shelves, will do, we are
not informed but understand, indirectly,
that they have referred the matter to the
Bishop, who has appealed to the protection
of the Mayor, and summoned his council.
The Committee telegraphed to Baltimore
that these books had been discovered, with a
view to the adoption Of similar measures in
that city, with reference TO such Catholic
dealers rs may be found to have in their
collections these dangerous and incendiary
books.
PIERCE on KANSAS. ask attention to-
lay to the report Of the special committee
appointed By the Kansas national commit
tee to call upon the President and confer
with him concerning the affairs of that ter
ritorv. The cold and heartless refusal to
credit the existence Of state Of affairs diff
ferent from that which has been officially re-
ported to him by his own paid underlnss
and the tools of the Slavery Propagaudists;
his studied and deliberately expressed con-
temptuous censure of the Free State men in
Kansas, and his insulting declaration that
the courts Of Kansas were ample for the vim
dication of the rights of al the peopeA his
impeachment of the spirit and loyalty Of \the
Free Settlers, as being more anxious about
their political opinions than they were about
the public peace and welfare, his declara-
ton that the policy which has embroiled the
territory in confusion and drenched its soil
with blood would still be persevered in. mad
and obstinate as such determination is,
and his refusal to concede that the wild and
| fearful fruits which have followed it are any
evidence Of its improperly and unwisdom
all this is what might have been expected
from craven tool Of the Slave-Power,
whose very desperation is the source of his
tirmness, and who lacks the manliness and
the character necessary to rise above the
level of mean and vulgar prejudice, even
after his insolent and fanatical masters have
used him up and cast him out.
Free Men Of America, look upon the por-
trait of your President, drawn BY his own
hand, for it serves as mirror wherein you
may also behold the countenanee of one
seeking to acquire the same position by pledg
ms himself to the same policy in respect OF
that unfortunate territory.
IRAGonNINE A. ~ ha ,a., o.