Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-09-04
THE AIMS OF CATHOLICISM.

NeW L Ork, Is tue leautlS OatHOltc paper
in the United States. 1t is the organ Of
Hughes 1t has now entered
upon the eighteenth volume, and for ten
years past, has been edited by Mr.. Nc
Master, who continues to publish it. Iii
conducted with ability and under rules of
marked circumcpectien and propriety, COM
pared with some of the publications which
that creed makes useful to its purposes
The editor understands himself and the
interests of his church, and with the shrewd
cunning of Archbishop Haghes as his pi-
lot he performs his services quietly, but
with marked success. He manages to
keep the barb of the hook concealed, al
though occasionally, even with all the eau
ton exercised, it will protrude beyond its
coneealments.
In recent number of the Freemans
Journal we find cautious, but decided
avowal of the aims of that paper and the
Catholic Church in this country, and we
shall transfer several extracts to our col
umns for the purpose of showing our rea-
ders that catholicity is awake and active
in pursuing its insidious designs upon the
institutions of the country. 1t says;
Our aim is to show Catholicity to the
country as the fountain and origin of all
that we prize in the traditions Of our ad-
yanced civilization, as the public conscience
for which our society calls, as the balance
wheel that is to give business and irresisti-
bic force to our 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 fair field that
Europe has denied to the Church, the open
door that no man can shut the ripe har-
vest now nodding over the reaper's hand.
After this declaration of purpose, he
says:
This number of the journal will be read
by converts to the faith in different parts
of the country, whose first knowledge of
Catholicity was gained from the columns
of this paper. The words we now write,
will be read bymany, not professedly Cath
olics, who have first learned in our columns
what the real relations of Catholieity are
to the institutions and highest interests of
our country.
Of this latter class the Freemans Jour
nal says:
These men are henceforth with us. They
may think themselves undecided as to the
illogical dogmas, which it is not the prov
ince of newspaper ordinarily to discuss,
or they may find themselves too busy to
| give religion as such, the immediate atten-
ton it claims, but, through their patriotic
principles, they are with us, intelligently,
against all enemies, and they will carry
the conserving and fortifying ideas Of
catholic morals into their functions as eiti
Zens.
The new allies above referred to, who
are undecided as to Genealogical dogmas,
but who, Through their patriotic princi-
pies are with us, and will carry he con.
se,ring and forGtying ideas of catho2ic Nor.
ais into their functions as citizens" are the
political demagogues who fawn around
the catholic affairs, for the votes of those
who worship there. 1t is through sucl
instruments that the Church of Rom,
hopes to find it's way to the heart of tn,
government. Its progress may be slow
but we can see that it has great confdene,
Of reaching the end. The Protestants o
America should thank the Catholic pres;
for giving notice of its intentions upOr
the institutions of the country, when j
proposes to carry catholic morals into tn
functions of citizens The warning is
fair one, and it remains for the Protestan
to decide whether the fountains of govern
ment shall be thus tinctured with Papac,
or not
The journal proceeds in very solicit
GUS and earnest appeal to protested Catho
lies, in this wise:
Where are the disinterested and the in
telligent among Catholics? Our work i
their work. Catholicity and its glory ant
it spread are to them the same as to US
Where are the patriots among Catholics
They are not hanging by one foot to tn
country, nor have they shut themselves u
to prepare for the end of the world The
may have children whom they love an,
whom they deserve a happy and gloriou
country. Let them write this on the pain
of their hand, that, if Catholicity prevails
this country will have success surpas
sing what the world has seen. If Catho
/ LEFTY, through their supineness, does nc
spread, the country must fall in ruins; bu
in success or in ruin, there is no medioC
/ rity for the American people. 1t wer
t better that children be not born on thi
soil than that they live in such a populf
ton as would survive the decay of CathC
licity in what is now the United States.
! In these brief extracts there is much |
engage the attention and thought of til
Protestant American 1t is clear that I'll
= Church of Rome. in this land is on pi
A.; grimage to political power, 1t knows i
own weakness when left to the principl,
. and moralities of its own creed, under Il
: light of intelligence. 1t understands flu
e well that it cannot hold position witho,
y political aids. Even in Catholic Europ
n it could not exist without government SUI
ports, and hence it sees that it must ha,
= like aid here, or utterly fail. 1t is no
Il struggling in Protestant America for ext