The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-31

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we stated, = few Days ssDce, certain very
the Roman Catholic priesthood OF thlf
country with regard to Slavery and the
Rebellion. ThOAe facts seemed 10 rs -
important and significant ~ 70 challenge
the eravest public attGntion. That they
are facts, substantially, has not, so far .
We have seen, been directly coDtroverted
in any Of the structures which orr articles
intimate that making such statements
on our part in1politic, which 10 quite posA
sibls, and that our party will suffer f0f
them, which may or may not bo -. some
impute 70 10 PFOscSiptive and sectarian inn@
pulses which We utterly disclaim. We
have had ten articles arraigning the .oon-
ecclssiastics 81 this country Tor every ons'
that even alluded to their Catholic fellows
craftsmen. We have no shadow Of desire
10 exalt one Church ut the expense Of am
other, nor to excite prejudice against any,
We call attention 70 the shortcomings of
the Roman Catholic priesthood respecting
ing 10 reform. We mean that European
Catholics shall know The fact that their
American brethren to-day form the chief
bulWArk Of the Narrowing, Woman sell.
ing 'institution" In this country. We hope,
to evoke remonsfrancee and counter action,
from the Montelemberts and Dupanloupe
of the Old World; at al events. we shall
call their attention to afew additional facts :
I. The State Of Maryland was first law
fully settled by . Catholic colony, whoeO-
iefenjoys the hi9h honor df havin4 beons
the first to foundGa' ssttlement in America
on the, proclaimed basis Of. perfect toiera--
ton Tor all forms Of Christian faith and
polity. Several Of its lower counties are
largely il not preponderately peopled by
native Catholics. and the Catholic e one oH
the strongest denominations In the Statef
not only in numbers hut in wealth. That
State he's just ahakea OF the incubus a.
Slavery, after an earnest. protracted strug.
gle wherein nine-tenths Of her Catholic
people native - well a. Irish- born, } and
We believe al her Catholic clergy, have
stood for Slavery throughout. y
| Now it serves no end here to babble of,
Democracy" !" and standing by the Dsma
ocratic party for the native Catholics o4;
Maryland we're ere Manly fsder9lis.s under
later day, and Wings of tAe scAoo' Of Gay
and Taylof. An their instfncts, traditions,
leAnineD, are 00ainss partisan Democracy
yet they have G1nco l6eO gone solid for what
II called the Democratic ti6ket, BECAUSE.
and only because that lathe sids o. slavery,
They have 60 other affinity With whatcaA
itself DemOcracy. slgl. fut
II. Miasouri was likewise frs. settled
under Catholic auspices, and slavery thuas
planted on it, soil while IL was stili de-
pendency Of Spain. She, too, has had =
tsrribie struggle with the rebelliors fendy
which-she has very nearly exercised, and
winch she win enc long h:ve utterly cast
great body q her Catholics, and especially
Of their priests, have beee. . they still ar6i
on the side of slavery and ita adjCncts, re-
sisting emancipation, and thus affordinG
aid and comfort to the Rebellion. MissOu.
ri viii soon be aFree State; but in spite Of
her Catholic priests rather than By means
of their exertions1 1Et8asf 1s.
LII. In al the wide region controlled by
the Rebels, we have never yet heard Of one
Catholic priest who was not on their side,
| recognizing their fnact1oparies a. "the
powers that be- who are ordained rof
God.' The Archbishop of Cha rlestop il
now the Confederate envoy st the Papal
recognition Of Mr.. Jefferson Davis az =
chief magistrate that has been accorded by
any European Government. But when
territory revertS from the Rebels to the
! Union, tas in the case Of New Orleans
which we have held uncontestel fer nearly
which its Catholic priesthood copsiders our
authorities - 'the powers that re- whom
they are reliSi0usly bound to res pect and
defer to on the contrary, they generally
remain bitterly, though not tdemonstrative-
ly, Rebel. And, whereas all the Catholic
clergy within the Rebel lines are active
Rebels, we know Of scarcely one under the
CRion flag who is any more loyal than the
law requires him to be. As q BODY, their
influence Gis0Ourages eDlistments .ic our
armies and tends to enfeeble and para.yze
! the prosecution Of the War. @
Are these statements fdispu.edf Il i
denied that the empire just estab ished in
Mexico, in defiance Of the undisguised Te-
pugnance and the traditional policy OF thie
1 country, is under special Papa blessing
4 and glidan0e3--that itss Emperor visited
I Rome on purpose to obtain them prior to
setting foot on the soil of the Ne.- World?
Does any one doubt that the crippling 81
the power Of the United States. through
the triumph OF the Shareholders rebellion,
Is among the means whereby tie success
of :ha. experiment IS expected-a. Rome
az well as elsewhere-to be assured ?-NeQ
York Tribune.
Dun TAxAr1oN.-Mr. Golden IN lis re.
cen. speech at Rochdale, Erglan1 brought
olt a poir. on the subject Of Anercan f.
nances, which is worthy the a..e. sioa Of
| those pru.ent people who desire hat the
war SHOULD be carried on without expense.
He eaid: Is
People exclairn about the Aia4rican e1>
| rerdftwve friend told me n b. her dAV