Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-05-05
5t.iGrtllQnrQuG.
ssrownsOn Or EEGnac Politics.


IN the election of 1876 almost the entire
vot" of the Roman Catholics OF this country
| was given Tor the Democratic canGitatc5.--
The relations between papal Catholicism aud
false Democracy nave i'll general, for long
tlme past D'ch ln'lih'tc. .hnt, "hIie There IS
no conclusive e''ue"ce tiiat thcSc b"ndS are
ab' III 10 De 9eherAIiE Sundefed,a large nnrtIon
! oi tne oathoiIc leaders are Ee,y much dls,at-
lShcd win tue connection. HE kl"d OF an
Administration MI Buchanan ha" si:en the
country, Ill the itst NAN ol ms '3rlh, does not
SUIT them, and they are speaNlnS ont quite
freely on the suelcct. INC weekly organ OF
That churcil III New OH, the freeman's
journal, lWh'ch worked hard Tor the D@mocs
!".I III I0on'l carry took s'roHS GeoNhi a.
Saihst Tue Lccnlnptoh, and Other Vicious
SchcineS ol thc PRESIDENT, ana has sIncn con-
tihuea 10 pe ooIu anu lhSpaflhS III IT'S dcnun-
clatlohS oi the administration. Other Gath
olc organs nave assumed asihliar attitude To-
"aruS tlc present Governments lor one reason
on another. Among These Is the Cathollc lei
egrapN. oil CihCihhatl, which now declares
that II Is very hard Tor any Catholic TO be u
Democrat.
TO these occasional complainings we should
not give much heed, were not some of the
leading writers of that ecclesiastical ,onucr-
ton not only earnestly rcpudining and de-
nouncln@ the Administration, out also strong
! ~ presenting reasonable grounds for thus re-
being
One Of the CHEF Of these writer's is Dr. o.
A: brownson wh0 very cIaborately treats Of
,hT SUBJECT IN tlG last number oi iI Quarter
~ heVieT, uhI'Nc some othrr fomanI'tS,
however hroWi"o" Goes ',ot seek refuge from
huc!'ah'ii oy iice''S " bo',ElaS. ho'h are
10 MN alNe dangerous, ana equally TO bc
Sm"''"ei. 10 "rc""S .'oy'lt ITO less IMAM
charyodiS, ana warns MS readers to look out
lot each. we "iVocnted' ne says, with
reluctance, lhdGtd' thc ceIcVatlon OF Mr.. Bllch-
anah IN leoo' Dat our worst apPrelehSlonS
nave Dech reallzed' we can hardly call to
nind single StatesnanllNe measure that he
mas recomfnehaeo' nor wise act OF much
magnitude his administration has perform
cd. VI the Lecompton mIamy, he speaks
IN terms OF merted rcprobat!on, affirming
that the only safety Is Ill stict adherence
TO the pfihclpIc oi state tights, falling OF
which, the course OF our fepuDllc Will be
through Dc'hocFatic y ADsolutlsm' IN the dI-
rectloh oil C@sarlsn, hastehin9 the day wheh,
ny c'P "a"'' inc PRESIDENT Will make
himself parVehu Emperor.
On the other hand DIR. Brownscn shows
up, in plain yet entirely conclusive and ln-
answerable argument, the absurlity Of the
sguattcr sovereignty doctrine Of Douglas
thus:
I'VE do not aaree with Mr.. D5uelas in his
doctrine Of souatter soyercigpty. or the ler-
i.otivc canacitv Of = Territorial neonle 4
Territory nnder our system is neither State
organized. nor an incboate STATE il has no
existence but what il derives from the Feie-
raj covernment. M righs or noyery Int
those conferred on il bv Co,cr,ss Will
Territory it has no autonomy, no substantive
political existence. The power of Congress
over it is no doubt limited, but by its own
constitution, not by the rights and powers of
the Territory. II Congress has t! G right to
lcgslatc on the subject Of slavery il may del !