New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-12
CATHOLIC ORG ANrs,l.

The Metropolitan Record aiyertises itsslf
weekly a. the "OfficiAl Organ Of tho Most
Rev. Archbishop Of New-York;" but, while that
Archbishop labors and breaches in support of
the War for the Union, this remarkable I" Or
gan" does all il can TO discourage cnlistmen,s
and weaken the Union cause. Its editorials on
Talking Patriots" Secessionism," &C., this
week, are oil such az must delight the soul OF
JEFF. Davis. There is another entitled - Is
Abolitionism Il Sentiment or a Principle ?"
from which we extract Us follows
That TIL. uEspce to the inution hiss It's ORIGIN IN
zen neLt merely aud hot Ia principle concu'iyey proved
b. the social coid1n Of the fee negro in lhr North We
81 BIN free bat he 10, as much s,ayei to the pTeadces
IA. sou,hl What sscihss to tho principle OF
snd un esa lecio 70 ar q, applies to bis Gaze, have
nids he net ecili'd RON all lnoilu!e occuston'
y with hBl ia. not an overw heinns vote pronounced
% @ i H., s bs MAN +, , s ws .
boon prohibited by one State fre entering within Sc bound
aFos aud not sufficient indications been given ia
state, satisfy candid mind tina, ems aon thereto ol
coi'd w I'D 20; BE- PeFmied All this goes to
rrove thar The oppoou to sh'ey based meey on 'ent
mems, aud not CO Principle
Let Us oppose TO these assertions o few ul-
deniablc facts:
/. In the States OF Mime, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont,
negroes enjoy political and civil rights the same
On Whites. There may DO some slight disparity
10 one or two of them, but we have no knowl.
edge OF any.
9. In the State Of New.York, s5i06 electors
voted in 1916 to give negroes the same polti.
cal rights as white men, and in 1860 the num-
her who 20 voted was increased to 1877, 500.
This, we believe, was clear majority Of the
Protestant voters ut that election; that the
Catholics cast nearly unanimous vote in favor
Of Prescription because Of Color may be credit
able or otherwise to them, Though O'Counell
would not have thought COY, but does by no
means prove the existence Of an invincibe
social prejudice. We regard the clamor against
Negro Suffrage as device of selfish and dirty
politicians to secure tho votes of the ignorant
and vicious.
3. The exclusion in this quarter Of negroes
from "all honorable occupation" is an over
statement, but the fact is sad enough. What
a stage of debasenent the term religious"
must have reached when it 10 used TO desig.
nate Journals which, instead OF rebuking and
seeking to remove this cruel and heathensh
ban, actually inlame it and use it % an OK.
cusc for kindred expressions
Yet, after all, what is proved by itl We
have seen just such hostility evinced by men
to permitting woinen-,ehite women-to work
at their trade. The hostility in either case 10
n proof oil the short.sighted selfshness and
greed of poor Human Nature-that is oil.
Certain of tho lower order Of Whites fear
that, if negroes are permitted to compete in
heir vacations, their own chance Of employ
ment or rate of wages will be diminshed-so
hey cry out against it. But negro may be
4 banker, broker, merchant, innkeeper, or edi-
or, if no will, and no one imagines these yo-
cations discredited by tho fact.
Finally, We protest against the assumption
hat because A. pcrsecutes negroes, therefore
D.'s hostility to Slavery is chased merely on
sentiment, not on principle" We trust such
ogic is not taught in Catholic seminaries, even
AouSa it 10 current IL Catholic organs.