Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-05-21
NO. XVI.
HATES 1T AND DIRECTS ALL HER EN-.
EPGIEC TN EEEE(Nr ITS DECIR ILCyrIQN

HATES 1T AND DIRECTS ALL HER EN-
ERGIES TO EFFECT ITS DESTRUCTION
Again on 23d Nov. 1851, that paper says:
"The church is of necessity intolerant. Her
esy she endures when and where she must, but
she hates it, ond directs all her energies TO its
destruction. If catholics ever gain an immense
numeral majority, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
IN THIS COUNTRY Is AT AN END. SO OUR
ENEMIES SAY. SO WE BELIEVE"
On the 22d Oct. 1885, the same paper says:
SWo think the Misses were never less hap
py less respectable, and less respected than they
have been since the Reformation,and particular
ly within the last fifty or one hundred years,
since Lord Brougham caught the mania ofteach-
ing them to read, and communicated the disease
to large portion of the English nation,of which
in spite of all our talk we are too often the SER
vile imitatoIs." rtef5 .,s
The Rambler in 1853, says
Religious liberty in the sense of liberty
possessed by every man to choose his religion,
is one Of the most wretched delusions ever foist-
ed on this age by the father of all deceit"
Brownson in his October Number of 1852,
page 456, says:
.'The liberty of heresy and unbelief is not
right. All the rights the sects have,
or can have are derived from the State, and
rest on expediency. As they have, in their
character of sects hostile to the true Religion,
na4jqhts un0er the lac Of Nature or the lag Of
God, they are neither wronged or deprived of
liberty, if the State rsfuses to grant them any
rights at ALL"
/ shall now close with two extracts from the
"Paris Universe" which Professor McClintic, in
his reply to Mr. Chandler, speaks of as leading
utra-montane journal. 1t says:
"a hereto examined and convicted by the
Church, used to be delivered over to the secular
power and punished to death. Nothing has
erer appeared to as more necessary. More than
one hundred thousand persons perished in con-
sequence of the heresy of Wickliffe still great
er number for that of John Huss; and it would
not be possible to calculate the bloodshed caused
by Luther and it is not over. z .a
"As for myself what regret, frankly own,
is THAT THEY DID NOT BURN JOHN HISS SOONER,
AND THAT THEY DID NOT LIKEWISE BURN LUTHER;
this happened because there was not found some
prince sufficiently polite to stir up crusade a.
gainst Professionalism" ~ ef
These citations will show which party has
manifested the ntolerant and aggressive spirit
which party is opposed to the cause OF civil and
religious freedom"
| offer no comments of my own, but leave
every reader to Judge for himself The price Of
liberty is eternal vigilance. The remark applies
to religious, as well as to civil liberty. All We
ask of the people is to be yigilant. Do not be
so engrossed with the ordinary business of life,
as to close your eyes to the important events
that are transpiring around you. Watch with
jealousy every measure which is calculated to
ubridge your political or religious freedom, and
resist it at the threshold Prevention is easier
than cure. There are some measures that are
so monstrous as to seem incredible; but history
tells US that bloody persecution has in former
times been the order of the day. Martyrdom
has been suffered, and the massacre of st. Bar
tholomew's did take pace,for religious opinions
sake. What has happened once, may happen
again. Let us, being forewarned, be likewise
forearmed Whilst we make no assaults on the
liberty of others, let us not by blind sense of
security, and culpable neglect of duty, suffer
our own to be put in jeopardy. Such is the
position of the American party. They feel no
disposition to interfere with the faith or worship
of the tra-montane Catholics, but they are un.
willing, by eleyatng them to positions Of trust
and influence, to give them the power to trainple
upon the rights OF Protestants.
have now completed my defence OF the A
merican party, against the charge OF being hos
1t will be for al impartial public to decide how
far the viudication has been successful.
/ propose to close the series, by two addition
al numbers. one of which will be devoted to the
examination of the grounds on which Mr.. Wise
stigmatizes the American ticket as "a n0ngrel"
or 'mulatto ticket, t,"-and the other to the claims
of the Democratic party to the titleFof the
"White mans party."i MADISON.
A LESSON FOR MoTnERs.-The Birmingham
Eng.) Journal prints the following account OF q
fiogging the Prince of Wales received from
poor boy: >cfc:sa. 'fss5 s-o
During Her Majesty's residence, some years
ago, at Osborne, in the Isle OF Wright, her chill
drcn were accustomed to ramble along the sea
shore. Now, it so happened on one occasion
that the young Prince OF Wales met boy who
had been gathering sea shells. The boy had got
basket full, The young Prince, presuning up.
on his high position, thought himself privileged
to do what he pleased with impunity. so with
out any notice he upset the basket and Shells
The poor lad was very indgant, and observed:
You do that again, and will lick you Put
the shells into the basket said the Prince, and
see if | DON'T The shells were gathered up and
put into the basket Now said the lad, touch
em again. old fellow, if you dare whereupon
the Prince again pitched over the shells. And
the lad pitched into him. and gave him such
licking as few Princes ever had. His lip was
cut open, his nose knocked considerably out of
its perpendicular. and his eyes of a color which
might well become the champion OF aprize ring.
His disfgured face could not long be concealed
from his royal mother She inquired the cause
of his Disagreement. The Prince was silent, but
at last confessed the truth. The poor boy was
ordered before the Queen. He was asked to
tell his story. He did so in q very straightfor-
ward manner. At its conclusion, turning to her
child, the Queen said: You have been rightly
served Sir. Had you not been punished sllfi-
ciently already, | should have punished you
severely. When you commit like offense,
trust you will always receive O similar punish
ment' Turning to the poor boy, she command
ed his parents to her presence the following
morning. They came; and the result of the in
teryiew was that her Majesty told them she had
made arrangements for educating and providing
for their son, and she hoped he would make
good use of the advantages which should be
placed within his reach" M
SIDNEY SMITH on SwEARING.-Sidney Smith,
when travelling in a stage coach one day, long
before railroads were dreamed Of was terribly an
moved by young man, who had acquired the po-
lite art of profane swearing to such an extent,
that he could not help from interlarding his dis
course with it, as though it were constituent
part of the language. As there was lady pres
ent, the matter was doubly annoying. After en-
during the young mans displays for some time,
the :'wag, wit and vicar" as one Of his Cockney
admirers called him, asked permission to tell the
company little anecdotes and thus comment
ed ''Once upon time (boots, sugar tongs and
tinder boxes England who, at grand ball.
(boots, sugar tongs and finder boxes picked up
the duchess Of (boots, sugar tongs and tinder