, 1864-05-23

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oath. The safety Of the nation demanded
the enactment Of such laws. An occasion
has not yet been presented here for their
application but, as there is reason to be.
lieve now that we have in our midst many
disloyal persons, VIC think the time has ar
rived for applying the test at the ballOt-box.
Let alldoubttul persons be sworn before vot-
ing. If any refuse to take the oath of ale
glance, reject their ballots. understand
that this course will be pursued in Thurs
ton and other counties, at the election on
the 9th proximo. and it should be adopted
here. No allegiance, no vote, should be
the rule in every precinct 10 the Territory.
a CATHOLIC PAPER SUPPRESSED.
The Metropolitan Record, published in
New York, is commended to public favor
as A Catholic Family Paper and is sup
ported in good part out of the treasury of
that city through the favor Of her Common
Council. II must be deemed capital read
ing in JEFF. Davis's family, but not in that
of any loyal citizen. Here is a specimen
of its editorials:
ADDRESS OF THE rIEBEL1 LEGIsIA-
,ruEE OF VlRGINIA.-We recommend TO
the earnest consideration Of those who still
suppose the South can be conquered, the
eloquent and thrilling address Of the Cen
eral Assembly of Virginia, that grand and
gallant old commonwealth, the mother Of
States and statesmen, the birthplace Of
Washington, of Lee, and Of jackson. The
def mt tone in which it treats Of the efforts
to enslaye the people of the South. and the
eloquent language Of denunciaton ih which
it refers to the bsrbarous. system Of war
fare pursued BY the minions of the Wash
ington despot, will meet with an echo in
the heart of every man who loves justice
and hates oppression. We trust in God
We shall never see the day on which the
glorious old commonwealth viii be subdued
and given ever to-the spoiler and tie plup-
derer; to tho Buffers aud the Schcncks; to
the licensed burglar aud incendiary, melted
and encouraged BY "the best Government
on the faee Of the carth.''
As to the freedom and indepcndcnce Of
the south, we have no apprehsnsions, her
Peapieeea never be conquered, and. il that
reSe possible, AJrGk0m L;;aeoia is not he
man 10 accomplish Mut suLjagatioa.
The address Of The Virginia Assembly is
a proof that tile resolution which animated
Virginia all through this war is as unbrok-
en- as ever, that there is no faltcring, no
wdyering. In the eloquent words Of this
great document TIga a tqkei no step
6dekrdrd." 'l " s4
~ Grand old State may VIC
never see the day when you shall have to
bow beneath the yoke Of the oppressor.
If that day should ever come, then would
the friends of freedom, The lovers Of true
heroisin and manhood, mourn over the sad
fate Of great people, who fell While fight.
ing for liberty and Independence, fell on the
same soil that gave birth to Washington, to
one whose name should have been sufficient
to save the great commonwealth from tle
tread Of the heartless invader,
Gen, Rosecrans has suppressed this jour
nal IN his Department. and bere is a portion
Of bis order on the subject: eel
Theatteution Of the General commanding
has been called to various articles Of al,
incendiary, disloyal and traitorous character,
in a newspaper entitled the Aetropoltda
Record without ecclesiastical sanction called
"a Catholic family newspaper" published
In New YORK, March 26th, 1864. The
articles on 9 Copscription," q the Raid upon
Richmond "Clouds 10 The West" and
"tho Address Of the Legislature Of Viz
ginia," contain enough to satisfy tho Gen
erai commanding that no reasonable free.
dom, nor even license Of the press, suffice
for the traitorous utteranccs in those mr.
ticles. They are libel on the Catholics,
who, as a body, are loyal and National,
No man having drop Of Catholic charity
or patriotism IN his heart could have written
thcm, expressing as they DO hatred for the
nations efforts to resist its own dissolution,
aud friendship for those who arc trying to
destroy the great free Government under
which so many have found an asylum from
oppression in other lands. The Provost
Marshal General will cause to be seized all
numbers Of the Metropolitan Record CON
tanning these articles, and wonders of them,
if found guilty Of having sold or distributed
them, knowing their traitorous contents,
will be punished. ~. + I
Wat. says there is dog IA the wilder.
ness. That's what makes the sheepish cut
Of the GuzeIte bark SO much. Barking
dogs never bite. ba7s'l'e '1e a4eT
sOllapod says there Is mot much left Of
the Star Contractor. That's another lie.
We think there Is enough left to whale
him, and dare him to a trial. " siii~
Tho editor of the Seattle Gazette COM
plains Of long articles. We did not know
that he was trOubled that way. q
The Seattle cesspool Is stlll running !
Ollapod conducts the outlet. X sid.a9
Tie individual requiring contract for
peeling potatoes, can be accommodated by
sending in his credentials.
The stray COW Of the Wilderness has got
a calf! II Is a nondescript, and resembles
0llapod Of the Seattle Gasefte. 5ss
Isssss 'sa INSPECTOR.
.CApr. FINcH. Of the Eaise Aadgsoa,
has ourthanks for late. Virtcsia and San