Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-07
The Panal Consplraey.

issue Of June Sd there is an editorial
which, with the Jesuiticsl arguments 80
familiar to readers Of Roman Catholic
literature, seeks to justify the authorities
Of that church in their crusade against
Republicanism and Proiestaptism on this
continent
We do not intend to be drawn of into
discussion Of the merits and dement's Of
churches. A newspaper is not the proper
place for that in times like these. The
writer Of this article, though not pre-
fessor Of religion nor a member Of any
church, has the greatest respect for re-
ligion and all sincere professors thereof,
when they are content to practice and
enjoy their religion without warning
against the religion Of others II is the
glory Of our free institutions, that What
ever persons religion may be, be or
she can enjoy it without molestasion or
question. Thus may il ever be. II is
the apprehension that an attempt is
being made to crush out religious as
vel as civil liberty in this country, that
causes as to raise voice Of warning in
opposition TO the Macmillan usurpalion,
and to set the conscientious portion Of
our people to thinking, so they may be
prepared, when the Rebellion is crushed
and the Union restored, and We are able
to do so, to expsl from the continent the
Power that threatens our civil and relig-
ious liberties; and to oppose all inJta-
eness which may be giving aid and com.
fort to the Usarpation, whether at home
or abroad.
While We do not intend to discuss the
merits of any system Of religious faith,
we must notice few Of the
jesuitical arguments Of the Times which
it uses to justify the propagandism, intel.
erance, and sggressions Of the Roman
Catholic church
Says that paper, "Wo presume that
like followers Of all other religions, they
are anxious for proselytes, and would
extend the limits of their church so "a to
embrace the whole human family. This
natural desire, springiug from pure and
holy motives" &c, &c
So far as this desire does spring from
pure and holy motires, we respect it, and
fully eoncede the right Of that church to
gain proselytes by peaceable and legiti-
mate means We respect the sincere
and unbigoted Roman Catholic as we do
the professor OF any other religion; and
there are multitudes Of such. Our con.
domination is for the hierarchy the
ecclesiastical authorities Of that church
who claim infallbility for their supreme
i head and mathematics all unbelevers in
that iufallibility as heretics, end, as such,
subjects Of temporal aud eternal damn
alton; and who, also, use all their ener-
gies for the mental aud spiritual enslave-
ment Of their laity, for their own aggran-
dizement, and, worst Of all, for the sub
jugation Of the world to their whitening
ard desolating sway II is to the intol-
erance and aggression of the Papal au.
thorities and their monarehical allies that
we are opposed. and not to the religious
freedom of the conscientious and un-
bigoted members in private position in
the church
In the same way we are opposed to in-
tolerance and bigo,ry and violent propa-
gandism in any other church or sect 1t
is the principles su bversiye of man
hood, liberty and progrsss-that We war
against not any particular church.
When we are convinced that any church,
society, league, conclave, clique, or other
body or power, is endeavoring to snbvert
this Government, dissolve our Union,
and destroy our civil and religious hber-
ty, We shall war against the malign inhu-
enee as we have done and are doing
against Slavery, Southern Aristocracy,
Roman Catholic Propagandism, the
Macmillan Usurpation, and Northern
Sham-Democracy.
In order to shield tho Roman Catho-
lie clergy from the charge Of conspiring
against freedom, and particularly agains
this republican government, the Times
attacks the Protestant clergy fercel,
and accuses them of "mixing religion
and politics, dragging the cross c
Christ before political asssmblages,
''Parading bleeding Savior before th,
rude and vulgar gaze of drunken rovdie
at political gatherings in order to manu-
faeture political capital" 'prostitusinl
Gods holy house, erected and conse
Grated to His worship, to the base uses o
party" converting the temple of tn
living God into place for money
{ changing politicians" "desecrating tn
, sacred pulpit by making it the aren
and the forum of political discourses;
! forgetting Christ aud Him eruci6ed I
$ preach the negro and him glorifed.
These are the stereotyped and ''reguls
: : lion" epithets and phrases which th
d bogus-Democratic press have long Zee
using to villify the Protestant minister
of the country, when they have though
proper, in accordance with the promp
ings of duty, to denounee Slavery, tn
sum and substance of all villainies an
eaormities.
If ministers only denounee the mino
sins and Peceadilloes of mankind, and a
! low the giant crimes like Slavery an
a. Treason to escape condemnation, W
g think they had better vaeate their pu
" pits, no longer disgrace the cause of n