Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-10


ScaIhe their oPpTessor. Join with 20
cOuuIIymeu at home 10 one cry Of hOrrv.
HgSiusI the OppTessOr in one cry Of :ym
p4thy with tn e0slHved and OPPRESSED
.'r u prous In ihs dn4t Save shall lie hurled =
Its Rsus aud blOtIeti tnIm the ~, rid'
i We csnuOI CLOSE our observations uPo-
the un5eeuiy. AS We aS Siiiy ATTACKS yot.
make upon the advocates Of abolition
Ri,hOut reminding you that you have buI
roRsd h turn Of thought from the per
SOUS WhO OppOsed Catholic emancipation
10 ireland. or Who were the pretended
friends of the Clthuli 5. SOme of yOI
must recOiltcr that il was the custom q
such persons to allege that but for ID,
'' vi ,leuce' and miscOn1uct" OF the aRi
t4tOrs, aud more tTtIculGT'y > Of our Ct al
] man, the P.otesLauLs " ere about TO emIn-
cipate the CtthOlIcs gradually. Twas b.
constant theme OF the neWsPapsr PRS
and ,Etn OF the speeches 10 the Houses o.
PArllmeut, that The yiO'ert AID miscO=-
duct # sgitatOrs prevented emlucipar iOn.
! Ii WAS tue hurlLen Of many pamphlets.
aud ezpGcially of two, which were both
written, under the title Of Faction UH
masked" by PfJtestants of great abiii'y.
T6ey asserted themselves To be frieT d
of E ma, ctpAtIOn IN the abstract; bat they
al eyed that il was impossible to graO'
\ Emancipation tJ persons whose LEADERS
mIscOnducIed themselves as the Agitation
dill They Rraiif. their ha, red tO-thr
Catolics rs you CRAFTY Jour bad feeling
toward the negroes, by abuse OF the CAtb-
Olic leaders As Virulent as yours is aRains'
the AbOIItionists But thry deceived no
body. Neither do y u deceive anybOdy.-
ESety human being perceiVes the 9ItIli >
aud folly Of your attacks upon the AhOII
tIUnisIs, and understands that those st
tacks are but the exhibition of rsncOr aud
m-ligniiy against the tried friends OF hu
manly.
You say that the A5oIiiionists are faua
Iics aud bigots. and esp cialIy rnJeFrAiu n
viruleuI hatred aud QuchrisIian 70 Il gAinst
CIthOliciIy A0d the Irish. We do not
mean to deny, nor do we wish to conceal
that there ATe amongst the AbOliti"nisis
many wicked aud calumni4tinE eHemies e
C .tboliciry and The Irish. especially Ia that
most iuIOierAnt class be WesleyAn Meth
odisis; but the best way to disArm their
malice is not by giving up To them the rIce
OF humanity, whI you, yourselves, take
the side Of Slavery But. on the contrary
by taking n superior station Gf Christian
virtue ia the cause Of beDevOlence aud
charity, ami in zeal Tor the freedom Of al
N InkInd.
We wish we could burn into your souls
the Iurpi ude attached 10 the Irish ia Am y.
lea by L ,rd NOrp+th's charge. RreUlisct
that il r, A-cts dishouOr not only upon you
but upon the LAND of your birth. There i
but one way OF a tciuK such disgrace, AMI
that is by beeO.IIng the most kindly to-
ward the colOred population, aud the most
energetic in working out OF detail. As we'll
as IN general principle, the TeliOrati0n OF
the slate If The m SCRABBLE b 'ndsmsn
You tell US, indeed, that many clergy
msu, and especially tue Catholic c!trky, are
ranged On the side OF the slsVthOiders -
We 40 MOI believe your accusation.
The Catholic clergy may endure. but
they assurehly do not encourage the slave !
owners. We have, Indeed, heard il said |
that some Catholic cltrRymen have slaves
Of th IT OWti but, It is added. aud We are
assured POsitvely, that no irish Catholic |
clergyman Is a slAveOWner. Al Bll eVenIs. |
every UAthuic know how distinctly slave
holding, aud especially slaVe trading. 10 |
condemned Oy the G tIhOlic Church. That
most eminent man, bis Holiness, the pres |
rut Pope, has, by an Ailucution published
throughout the world condemned all deal
inR aud traffic iu slaves Nothing can he
more disunct nor more powerful than the
P0pe's denuncistIOn of that most abOmin
.sbIe crime. Yet il EubsIsts in q more
nbOminAnIe form than his II Iliness c.u!d
possibly describe, 10 the traffic which still
txis's ia the sale It slaves, from one ) ate
In America to smother. What. then. are
We to think Of you, Irish Catholics, who
send Us aH elaborate viudicatiOn OF slavery
without the ight-st ceusure of tLst bate
fal GRIM a crime which the P pc has So
complete cOud mued-uAmeIy, the diA-
bOIicAl r tI-Ing of slaves for sale, and sell
Ing them to other States
If you be Catholics. you should devote |
your time aud best exertiOns ~ working |
out the piuus intentions Of His II lines.
YET yIu prefer-Oh, sorrOw and sham !
to volunteer your VIndlcatOn Of every |
thing that belOngs 10 tue guilt of Slavery.
If you be Christians at all, Feecllect |
that Slavery is opposed to the frst. the
highest, and the greatest principles Of
Christianity, which teach Us ''tO love the
great ami g,,Od u ID abIVe all Things what
sOever;". and the nexr, 40 love our fel-
IbW-man aa ourselves which cnmu1dnd-
Us to d" unto others as We would be
dJne by." These sacred principles art
in consistent with the horrors and crime~
Of slavery; sacred principles which have
already banIEhed dOmestic bondage from
civilized Europe, and which will aieO. ia
G.Id's own good TIM, b1nish it from
America, despite the advocacy Of such pu
ny declaiIners as you are.
IIIW bitterley have We been am cted af
perceIving by the American newspapers
that recently in the city which you inhalI-
il an opportunity was given q the IrIsi
tO exiblt beuevOlenee and humanity to
cOlored fellow creature, and was gwen 10
vain We allude to the case of the CIR.
Lavinia, who was a slave IN anOther STATE,
and brought by her owner into that OF
Ohio. Size by that means beearne- emit
tied TO her freedom, II she had but Oi,t
friend u assert 1t for her. she did INT
iriends-nay the great GJd Of HeaveE
bless themi We're they Irish3 Alas
alas mt one YOI Eneer at the secreta-
rie. BehD.d how they here conquer yoe