Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-23
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the country; sometimes to business; always. to
family life, which is the foundation of society;
without special knowledge, except OF heavenly
matters; without children, which renders them
Indifferent Ito the future of the nation; without
women, which renders thom dangerous iti
and, finally, incapable of listening TO reason.
hecauso they fancy they share the pontitical
"Thati these servants of n God ever gentlc
and sometimes very severe, simultaneously
abusegentleneSs and severity; that full of indnl-
gence for the Indifferent, for their friends and
for themselves, they treat with extreme rigor
whoever has the misfortune to 'ottend them;' and
that. they more easily pardon wretch. who cuts
a mans throat chan one imprudent enough to
complain of an abuse. .'a
'''That the Pope and the priests who assist
hip, have never learned accountability nahage
ttie finances badly; that The unskitfal or dis
honest administration Of the public, RESOURCES
could be horne two, hundred years, when the
expenses of religion by thcsGP4rt Yereipaid'b
l3g, 100000, Of Catholics, but that it is neces'
Sary to look little clOseralter the expenses now,
when 3,124,6G8 subjects have. to. furnish the
whole. s. a.s..-. &. ) .a...-f.s ;F
'"That they do not complain of paying taxes
for that is necessatyeSvc they
would like to see!thG money spent on things
OF Garth; that the basilicas, churches and con
vents constructed or sustained at their expense,
citzens-for. after all, churches but imperfectly
take the place of railroads, highways, canals
and dykes; that faith, hope and charity receive
more encouragement than agriculture com
merco and industry; that public sympathy is
developed to the detriment Of public instruc
ton. -fi .--'-i
"Thc Justice and tho police arc too much oc-
cnpicGl with the safety of souls, and too little
with the safety of bodies; that honest people arc
prevented from dannng themselves by blasphc.
my, reading bad books and asspciating witlrr-
publicans, but Scamps not prevented from
assasSiuatng innocent people; that property is
protected as the person, that is badly; and that
it is very hard that one can count upon nothing
with any certainty hut seat in Paradise.
'rhnt they pay more than $lo,00n000 a
year for, the support,o oleAn army without diSci-
plinc or instruction, of questionable courage,
and destined never To make war except against
tho aggrievct; people; that it ssvery hard not
only 10 he beaten, but to pay themselves for
the rod; that they. are likewise compelled To give
hospitality to foreign armies, and particularly
to AuStrans,. who have'a lIca!y hand by virtue
I'of their being Germans.
"Finally, they say this is not what the Pope
promised them in his m0t~ p"0prio'of the 18th
September; and it is very Sad to find iniahlr
penplc fail to keep their most sacred engage
mentS"
When it is said that the rest of the book Is
devoted to anampHlication an Of the points glanced
at in this Indictment one cannot be surprised
that it Should lave given extreme offence 10
the nitramOhtanc party in Paris, Or that Tho
Xinixt1a Ri cute should hasten To clear th'
skirts Of she government Of all responsibility fol
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