Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-21
Frnm the Bnnalo Exnress.
The Aims of CufhoIicisrn.

ted States. It is the organ of Archbishop
Hughes 1t has now entered upon the eight
zenith volume, and for ten years past, has been
edited by Mr. McMaster, who continues TO
publish it. 1t is conducted with ability and
under rules of marked circumspectlon end
propriety, compared with some of the publ
cations which that creed makes useful tolls
purposes TIE editor understands himself and
the interests of his church, and with the shrewd
cunning of Archbishop Hughes as his pilot, he
performs his services quietly, but with mark
ed success. He manages to keep the barb or
the hook concealed, although occasionally, even
with all the caution exercised, it will prOIrude
beyond its eOneealmeDts.
In a recent number of the Freeman'S jour
nal we find cautious bat decided aYOwal of
the aims OF that paper and the Catholic Church
in this country, and we shall transfer several
extracts to our columns for the purpose of
showing our readers that catholicity is awake
and active in pursuing It's insidious designs
upon the Institutions of the country. 1t
says
Our aim is to show Catholicity to the country
the fountain and origin of all that prize in the
TRADITIONS OF our advanced civilization, as the pub
lie coEscieuce for which our society Ills, as the
baance-wheel that is give business and irresistible
force to future.
Our aim to demonstrate the virgin soil and lofty
institutions OF our country to the Catholic world,
as the country Of the future, the land OF hope, the
HSiu mat Europe denied to the CnufcD,
open door that man shut, the ripe harvest now
uodding over the reapers hand.
After this declaration of purpose, he says:
This number of the Journal will be read by con-
yerts to the faith in different parts of the country
whose first knowledge of Catholicity was gained
from the columns of this paper. The words
now write, will be read by many, not protested
ly Catholics, who have first learned in our col.
umns what the real relations of Catbolicity are
to the institutions and highest interests of the
country.
Of this latter Glass the rreeman's Journal
says:
These men henceforth with u.s. They may
think themselves undecided as TO theological dog
mas, which it is not the province of newspaper
ordinarily TO discuss, or they may find themselves
too busy to give religion as such, the immediate
attention it claims, hut, through their patriotic
principles, they with US, intelligenty, against
all enemies and they will carry the conserving and
terrifying ideas of catholic morals into their tunc-
| tons as citizens.
The new allies above referred to, who are
undecided as to Theological dogmas, - but who,
Through their patriotic principles, are with
US, and will e0iIL caTrg the conserving and for
titying ideas Of catholic morals into their flrc-
tions as citizens, are the political demagogues
who fawn around the catholic affairs, for the
votes of those who worship there. 1t is
! through such instruments that the Church of
| Rome hopes to find its way to the heart of
| the government. Its progress may be slow,
! but we can see that it has great confidence of
! reaching the end. The PrOtestants of Amer
! lea should thank the Catholic press for giving
notice of its intentions upon the institutions of
! the country, when it proposes to carry catho-
! lie morals into the functions of citizens. The
warning Is fair one, and it remains for the
! Protestant to decide whether the fountains of
| government shall be thus tinctured with Papa
cy or not.
The Journal proceeds in very solioitous
and earnest appeal to professed Catholics, in
! this wise:
| Where are the disinterested and the intelligent
among Catholics. our 1Uork is their tCoTk. Ca
thohcity and its glory and spread are to them the
same as to us. Where are the patriots among Cath
! oics? They not hanging nv one foot 90 the
country, nor have they shut themselves up to pre-.
| pare tor the end of the world. They may have
! children whom they love and whom they deserve
happy and glorious country. Let them write this
on the palm OF their hand, that, if CathOcity pre-
valls, this country will have success surprising
what the world has seen. If CathOlicity, through
their supineness, does spread, the country
fall in ruins but in success or in ruin, there is no
| mediocrty for the American people. II were bet
ter that children be not born this soil than that
| they live in such population would survive the
decay of CatnolicIty in what is now the United
States
Ia these brief extracts there is much to en-
! gage the attention and thought of the Protes-
tant American. 1t is clear that the Church OF
! Rome, in this land, is on "a pilgrimage TO pot-
ical power. IJ knows its own weakness when
! left to the principles and moralities of its own
creed, under the light of intelligence. 1t un-
derstands full well that II cannot hold position
| without political aids. Even in Catholic Eu-
! rope, it could not exist without government
| supports, and hence it sees that il must have
like aid here, or utterly TAIL. 1t is now strug-
ling in Protestant America for exis ence, and
its only hope IS through the demagogues of the
democratic party, who will aid IN carrying
catholic morals iueo the functions OF our citI-
zens. Having leased itself TO the democratic
party, the Catholic Church is justified il ex-
acting this service at the hands of those who
use 1t to advance their political and personal
ambition. 1t is for Protestant citizens to pom
der these things well, and act upon the hints
they derive from catholic sources.