Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-29

teuing for the great sclashtof arms io in tb
i East, the Southwest Is. not TO be overlook
ed; and while We await the news of the fal
of Hicksburg, I'VE may CloolsS hourly 70
startling intelligence, from the,A Army. of th
Cumberland. sMuFfreesboEo5 is probabl,
no longer the head queFters of Gen Rose
Grams. Action il noW:.the word all alou,
the lines, and from the East and Souti
news ofbattles will, within the next fev
days. be borne on the wires. May the 60,
of battles give. victory 10 o1rinoble armies
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THE CATHOLIC 6nUREH AM
f5sLAsVERY. HI ts-'
Another Article from the, Cineinnati
Catholic TelegERph-BlshoPs Par.
celI's Organ. 81 'IS5fgj +
To calm the anxiety Of some, and miti.
gate the ferocity of7others, we have with.
drawn as much as possible, without com
promising our position, from the discussion
of the slavery question. 1t appears, how.
ever, that the friends of the system are
determined to run it into the ground-the
only way to cover its enormities. Political
education, and the unWillingness of the
Church to interfere with vested righLs, and
consequently abstaining from discussing
the propriety of its renewal by Legislative
meaus, have made many believe that it
was improper to entertain a Thought preiu
dicial to the right of slaveholding. This
state OF things has been changed by the
lovers and defenders of slavery. We are
relieved from our recoguizance, and are at
liberty to speak aud write, pro or. con, as
our sense of justice directs. .rII :.
Now, good reader, you may be as preju-
diced as you please, but no cause was ever
gained by anger or bad will, but by clear
reason and honest truth. Let us reason
together. Would you like to be slave
Is there any power in thp Church or out
OF the Church, in the State OF. out of it,
Wnlcn you would consider competent in
authority, before God or man, to make you
SLAYER Would you exchange your lib
erty for anything else thisworld can offer?
SO precious is the blessing that you would
sooner die than forfeit it. Liberty is. then.
a priceless boon. 1t is the glory of the
man, the guardian angel Of his homestead,
the bright inheritance of his children.
When the head of the family is on his
deathbed. the thought which most occupies
bis mind, next to God. is the welfare of
those who are soon to be orphans. sci;
Who can tell how deeply in his heart
their image is enshrined 2s Fear not for
them, some friend replies to his aching
gaze-fear not, the Sisters of Charity will
protect and cherish the little ones But if
he should leave those children slaves!
Who then will protect them7 Who will
stand between them and the uplifted hand
of the. .taskmaster2 Ah stand aside, Won
Sisters of Charity, you Priests of God
stand aside-your ministry ceases here
your church is poWerless- these are. thy
slaves body and sont-tha one must Iahor
without reward-I refuse to provide means
to evangelize the otherl HoW,Rood read
er, would you like, on your. death bed ito
hear such words as these2 And this is no
exaggerntion weuse not word too much.
Is this the disposition you would like to
have made of your children when about to
leave them orphans2
by the law to provide for them. Well, If
So s0ould you like gour children to be thus
PROVIDED for2 G sr.-syf .....f
You may be as prejudiced as You please,
my Catholic friend, but We defy you to an
swer the foregoing questions without be-
ing compelled, in the same breath, to con.
demn slavery as a ,monstrous evil You.
dare not kneel down and say to God: ftOhi
God, do unto me;here and hereafter as
wish to do unto the slave-keep me in
eternal bondage" And yet you will per-
slst to crafty senseless. prejudice against
tue negro, at the expense of your own
sense OF Justice, of propriety, and in utter
contempt of that honor which every man
is presumed to cherish as .tthe Immediate
jewel of the SOUL" You repel, with indig-
nation, the idea of slavery as applicable to
you, and by monstrous inconsistency in.
sist on its application to others Z, sgi1
Let US now look at another feature of
slavery We find the following in the
Nashville Onion:
= ga female slave was recently sold in
Richmond for $3,o8O. She was entirely
whitei hence the remarkable price COM
mauded." g
Eere is specimen of the kind of Chris.
tianity which slavery recommends. Such
induced by friend TO visit q slave sale in
New Orleans. In an assembly of some
i've or six hundred men, We saw a young
girl in whom no tint of the negro could be
detected, except by a Practiced southern
eye, exposed to sale, standing on a block
so that her person could be observed by
all. Overcome by the horror of her po-
sition, she Wept bitterly aud attempted to
cover her face with. her hands, bnt was
rudely ordered to forego even that slight
effort of nature to guard her modesty.-
She was sold for nins hundred dollarsii
What do you think of 4 system, my
Catholic friend.swhich jastifes such scenes
as these2 Is the editor of the Telegraph
to be denounced aud abused because he
raises his voice against the perpetuation of
an institution which insults humanity so
grossly, aud dares to appealto Gods holy
Church in naturalization aud support of the
iutolerable wroug2 Is this the kind OF
civilization which onr blessed Savior came
to sestablish2 You say you are Catholic.
Return home and and read approyingly to
your wife or sister or daughter such details
as the foregoing, and then show. your
chiyalrous regard for Woman, kneel down
before some memorial of the Immaculate
one, and say 1withat the archaugel-sHail
Mary full of Grace, tho Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou among women Think you
she will be propitious, that mother of di-