The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-16
TACTICS OF THE JEsJITs.


The Philadelphia News remarks: Success
full as the Loco Foco party leaders have been,
in enlisiing the Romish Hierarchy in support
of their party, il is becoming more apparent
every day that they have now resolved upon
certain line Of policy which shall not only
identify them more signally than heretofore,
as the special champions Of the political
Catholic Church In America, but which shall
give to the priesthood more extended inf1u-
ence over their followers, than they have
hitherto exercised. The Catholics will be
recognized in the distribution of the Offices
by the incoming administration, as distinct
organization, and the patronage extended to
them as such under President Pierce, will be
enlarged and extended by Mr.. Buchanan
This may be no part of the conditions on
which American protestants supported Mr.
Buchanan, but depend upon it, such line Of
policy is one Of the conditions on which the
Foreign Catholic support was given him, and
he will not dare to refuse compliance.
In pursuance of the policy thus marked by
artful demngogues and cunning priests, the
Romish papers, which have been published as
the organs Of the Church, are to take reeog.
nized position as political journals; and in
some instances will swallow up their "lay''
contemporaries. This has already been the
case with regard to the Missouri Pilot, the
Democratic organ in st. Louis. II has been
merged, since the election, in the Leader, a
Roman Catholic paper, the mouth piece Of the
Church in that city, as the Freman's Journal
is iu New York. The Leader is henceforth to
be considered the official Democratic journal
of Missouri.
This is bold scheme to unite the inhu-
ence and power of one Church with that Of
the Government. The object of the whole
movement is evident lis intended that the
espionage of the confessional shall not only be
exercised over the Catholic Irish, but that its
influences shall reach the Protestant Demo-
crat, and give the cue to the movements OF
the party The Leader, noticing the suspen.
sion of the Democratic organ, and its own
accession to the position thus vacated, let's
out the secret, and plainly shows that there is
a Romish design at the bottom of it. Read
what it says:
at was for the interest Of the Democratic
party Of Missouri that they should be united,
and no one was more sensible of this than the
proprietors Of the Pilot, who, in making a
sacrifice Of their just pride in the matter, have
done so, We are certain, from generous de-
votion to the good of the party. 1t would
not be in their power to make the Pilot what
superior fortune, not superior merit, will ena.
Bile us to make the Leader. We have singular
advantnges-a strong editorial force that has
grown up with almost mysterious rapidity, a
long, long purse, a hold upon the Democratic
masses Of This City ,ohich our neighbor could
perhaps nerer hare attained, and the greatest
advantage o: all, that of being the bsst abused
paper Of tie two"
In the italicized portion of the above para.
graph, the Leader, of course, alludes to the
Irish Catholic vote Of st. Louis, which the
Pilot, Protestant paper, could not sway or
control. Hence the necessity for the discon.
tinuance Of the Pilot, and the substitution Of
the Leader, the mouthpece of the Romish
Church of Missouri, as the official organ of
the Democratic party of the State. We may
look for similar line of policy in other
States and counties.