Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-07-29
Wilmot a KNOWN othing.

Wilmot the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, has at last condcscended to give his
American friends an answer to the questions
propounded to him by the State Council Of
the 25th of March After waiting for nearly
three months, it would seem that David has
gotten his harp in tune. He touches, howev-
or, but a single chord which vibrates respon-
siye to the heartfelt longngs of his would-be-
admirers David is wonderfully oily! The
sound which emanatcs from the foreign chord,
is so finely rounded. that it requires pain
fully sensitive ear to catch vibration, which
would CRATE harshly on the tympanum of the
rawest importation. Verify were not the
days of the al rich Irish brogue, and sweet
German accent gone by-we would incline
to imagine that David had hundred foreign
votes in his minds eye for each word he ut.
ters. However, when David comes to the
Hierarchy portion of his strain, he fully COM
pensates the feeling of his admirers from-ne-
cessity, for any light which he has given
them on the foreign question. Every, yaria-
ton possible, which that string is capable of
producing, is pressed out of it, and he evil
IDENTIFY thinks that he has succeeded in con-
vincing himself that he writes sense on
that subject. The most unlettered of the
ignorant masses of the Catholic church, about
whom he talks so much, would discover the
childishness of his logic. According to his
mode of reasoning, the Catholic church is a
Hierarchy, composed of Gods yiccgerent on
earth, Bishop, Priests and Priest ridden La
ity. The Pope makes his viii known to the
Bishops, the Bishop to the Priests, and the
Laity are controlled by the Priests. Now
David says, that the early and authoritative
teachings of the church are in opposition to
slavery This is true, and it is equally true
that the authoritative teachings of the church
are the same at the present day. Remember
too, that the teachings are authoritative be-
cause coming from David. David calls Gods
vicegerent on Garth It's the Pope. Follow
out his argument. The authoritative teach
ings of the Catholic church arc in opposition
to slavery. The Laity are controlled by the
authoritative teachings given them by the
Priests, in whom David says '.all power is
concentrated. This proposition being correct
and David says it is-the Catholic masses
necessarily voted against slayery-No, ac-
cording to David, they voted in favor of sla-
vcry-also, either the Catholic masses disre-
garded the thunders of the vatican-the au-
thoritative teachings of the church, tho coun.
ell of their Bishops and Priests, or they vo
ted for John G. Fremont, but David saws
they did not vote for him-therefore. the,
voted as their own judgment dictated
Again, Bishop Young of the diocess of Erie
Pennsylvania, voted for John G. Fremont
The Priests following in his wake instructed
their congregations who in a mass voted will
Bishop Young for who? John c. Fremont
No, David says they voted for Buchanan anc
Slavery. Such logic would disgrace fou
year old boy, and yet this would bee -Governo
expects to gull the honest yeomanry of Penn
sylvania with such stuff. David knows, tina
the number of Catholics in Pennsylvania i
small and expects to arrive at the Guberna
torial chair by panderng to the vilest feelin,
of human nature. But it won't do David
the time for such insane appeals has gone by
aud as for yourself individually, you are il
tAe hands Of Packer, who gill 20 efectuaily