, 1863-09-05

[From the Catholic Telegraph, Aug a5th.l
There are many persons rho think that to
call man an Abontionl@t Is sufficient to es-
tablish their clalm to be considered Of supc-
rior intellect. It Is with them kind Of logic
made easy, and compensates for the absence
ofargument, and removes The necessity and
fatigue Of proving proposition. It is q good
void, when properly used. A man may 80 m
Z, Abo]itionIst when he is jealous for the re.
moyal Of evils Of any kind. 1t fs as good ~
applied to drunkenness and profanlty-but it
has no Significance now VIXEN applied to s1o-
very. That great nuisance Is already abated;
the slaycho1defA haze lett tar behind them the
emancipAtora Of the North.
The word has often been applied unjnst;y
to the editor u this paper. We never de-
served it. Always devoted to the cause Of
order, We never felt that ne could Justly assau
What the law. protected. But things arc
charged; Slavery Is abolished BY ths action
attempt to destroy the North, has only de-
stroyed himself There is no parallel case in
history, where the very cause for which war
is undertaken, becomes, in the PROGRESS Of
events, tho most fatal enemy to itself Va
haye seen ths scorpion when surrounded
BY enemies and unable to escape, bury
the hngs IN It's Own body and sting
iteelf to death: So has slavery acted-nos,
however, BIZ compulsion, but voluntarily.
We never raised q hand against It no word
Of any Catholic editor assailcd 1t so long as 1t
would be unjust and Illegal to do so-b1t now
Lnat II ls DEAD, Re VIII no1 consent to see It's
oooT 3esterl9e 81. On on re hleh"4ys. :. Let It ne
all its horrors in the graye-let It's memory
fade from the recollection Of men. It WAS an
Outrage against humanity, such as the history
" no ,s,,ns. S ni matina Goaq e3llnlt. Ihere Was
Hhass aEord y III - tean ta."clng 10 e|avey nun
.+1os,c,ar ~, ~, W tto f.st4,a aEn uoHn nJ q
shnw - ;n.,ies VI +, tus raGncin hto toere Was
drhtor who con1a not nay his .teaa3, poaqae e sne
~ s1.e1ican % eiavarg +Rsye ~ 10 eoltol out
~ Il voa ,'ons+.n.s sr1-sNfsna, ~ H. excuse
~ fhs a+1ica, - Ia ov,, ~ ~ ~ sa1 sel1are
~ III daath ,nhan .b;a taJ9 ~, ~ suo MemenI
tn,i rather th,n Ii*p.ss ~ @ n1hn7d ~ G1 is.oy ~
NJ master ~ ~1e sA3' A"A17S
Wei Il han fallen md rve ara c,11aa aboi;.
re.1scitntionf W ~ nrnrJ - 49,. "yuS ~ -
en nn1ar nfrrnrnstsreast ~ n+sd;t.L16 stss r.
mind md Heart liaI % 49, %sse,xe - ~ X
namr, We wiIl hasr ita stia,ns 1852 ;anf;,Ms tns
thrnnrh life and corx Il into sto-nf}t.Jl III.
honor. We strnpe1e IN n hn1V ran" "+ha "itn
sintsn II tx aanet,tv ar ~ ~ he nn re
tidr3itv ~ fhs hnshond a1 snI liz ~ t-sas us
nthar ve r1s;rtnin ~ sarso .uu mS " .t; ~ eaEn
noiro the Tioht of anv nun = r. 1uo.lI amotIatss "
1ahoEa 9ithn,s2 h7s norsa,,+ -. ~
W. maintain the rioht ~ ~. 1orapta - ~
disposal Of their children, and that no man,
shall deprive human beings m Of iastsactoa q t. tg' +
the Christian religion, and Of the means to
save their souls. Can any man be Catholic
"a believer In the Christian faith and eonsId-
'er the question otherwise? With the long
and shining list Of names, from the earliest
periods of Christianity to the present day, of
noEts, Sonlessots @ ana UpctoIs. os4slMn our
ground-or rather we should say, the ground
maintained by the Catholic Church ia every
age Of her existence. If the question !of
American. slavery was to bo submitted to-mor-
row to a general council Of the Church, tho
Institution would perish--sunken deeper than
favor would be as few and small as those
which hesitated to speak out boldly with
Catholic faith, when the doctrine of the In