Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-10
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his article uncaled for, and that it was covert at
tack upon foynine-heths Of the readers OF the Re
porter Had d. been acquainted with the circumstance
Of the case then would have been well to have gvento
the community that knowledge, and no one wotia have
read it with greater pleasure than myself But without
any knowledge of the matter he calls upon the DeHocr
10 come up to the requirements OF law and h0nesyand
give the excited public, the truth the whole truth, and
nothing but the TRUTH Certainly this is very cool.
Whilst would agree with you, Mr.. Editor, in believing
that there sides this affair would be very far
from impeachng the Democrats integrity and honesty
until knew about the matter than d. processes to
do He should be very careful and not bear false wit
ness. Is #.. s3EsEtG#E
To the matter appears much worse now, than It did
before Ds communication, and think il would have
been much better for the Catholics if he had taken
up his pen in defence Indeed all through his article
there is apparently so much Of the stop thief and fish
and Nero policy mentioned by himself that cannot
help being inclined to made the application. True he
speaks Of the prudence and piey OF the venerable
priest of Choconut All this may be true, but it does
help the matter. No doubt d. believes that the Holy
Father Rome Pous TX, is just prudent pious and
venerable the priest of Choconut yet in the light Of
and of the nineteenth century he carried off child of
Jewish parents to bring it Hp in the Catholic faith
The greater part of his article is proselysm, in
Tins" He is very eloquent in comparing the outrages
on Catholic feelings with the Mortar casein speaking
of the desoated hears saddened hearts and of the ia
natcism of free land, in open defiance of our
uaunted religious equality. feel sorry that have to
spoil all this fine outburs Of natural eloquence (or ii
truly naturaD by matter of fact Instead of Catholics
being invariably its Victims, in proportion to their
number they seldom than Protestants. too
can give n this county and other places of Pro
being coerced to the Church Of Rome in such
way to appear almost incredible truly this is among
the foreign populatonthey fear to encounter Ameri-
These not only facts Of observation but of per
sona experience Liberty Of conscience has not been allow
ed where persons having been convinced of the
of Rome have been forced back to her. by too
wicked to be named here especially they refused will
ling return even in this free country, t. say nothing of
American and English Protestants in the City of Rome
BIT have no fault to find with the Church of Rome
for pr0se yting if she only does by lawful did
the apostles ave persuade men, They prselyted Jews
and heathens Rome proselyte heathens and herctcs,
and Prjte4tants pIoseye heahens and RomaniSts The
Apostle saws " Knowing the terror of the Lord per-
suade men," BIT the priests know thl their Chqrch is
melting away before the light Of our Bibles, and the in
uence of free Institutions hence this cry of prose
lytsm. ... ......s
Experience" he says has long ago demonstrated
pro>elytng Catholics" | do not know how D. got his
information this point, without he believes that sin
certy lwels alone with him and his Indeed if there
are any hypocrites they the other sde-persons
who for the sake of peace keep the heretical faith with
n and profess the Roman.
Mr.. ID. speaks of malignant British press. know not
what it has been except be in spreading the truth
the Mortara chlda subject extremely painful the
Catholic Priesthood These as body never love free
press hence there real freedom Of the press strict
y Roman Catholic countries. This is indeed sad pic
tre for where there free press there is real lib
erty.
No wonder that the priesthood sensitive in rel-
ton to the Mortara 1t indeed sad bIunder in
Plus X and it has done TO show the true spirit OF
the Church of Rome than many barbarous acts.
think ID. mistakes the altogether he to insn-
uate that the law which forced the child Morara from
its parents merely law of the State, and that the
Church had nothing to do with it, My impression is that
il is law OF the Church reaching to every place where
the civil power will lend its aid to give Had
been law of the State the Pope would have been inu
enced by the remonsrances of France and other Catholic
powers whose influence at Rome is unbounded. But
if be law of the State must be the will of the Holy
Father whose ,rW is law at Rome If the statute is
cruel one, then the Holy Father must be cruel man,
and christian: and if he is christian how can he
He exat the tolerance of Rome (dont laugh
above Massachusetts, New Hampshire London and Gene
He cannot be in earnest in this there is part Of
the history Of these places when their religious nole-
could in any be compared with that of the city
OF Rome. admit that religious intolerance has existed
in protestant countries but this is matter Of the past
this spirit borrowed by them from the Church
Romr only ono Protestant country is intoerant
and to that country has gone up from al
most every Protestant Church in the world But Rome
is still ntolerant may be in the recent Mortara
and all the dust raised about what Massachusetts,
London Geneva ,rere hide the truth from the
people Intolerance is principle of the Church, black
spot its character which Fulers soap can when
Your correspondent close up his article with quite
burst of eoquence the full benefit of which we will give
! to him.
With this short defence will leave him, trusting that
will not be called again from my other abors to
defence of the truth yet willing to give reason of
the hope that is within me. Yours,
Liberty Corners, Feb. 5. WM ARMSTRONG.
A LETTER from Washington in the New
York Erening Post says: +" Mr. Buchanan is
reported to be in great rage in consequence
/ of the treatment he has received fl ON those
he has served so we'll He just begins to dis
cover that he has only been used by the South
as tool and now that they have no further
use for him they fling him aside as unceremo-
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