North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-01-25
The Abolition Crusade on the Ca tholic
Church.

The New York Tribune proftsses to feel
especially disgusted with the Roman Catho
lie clergy because they do not giye their days
and nights to prca ching the gospel OF me-
gro equality. 1t is asserted that The Catho-
lie clergy are especially "diSl0yal," giving;
little or 10 support to the war. Tner crime
therefore, appears to be thct they have not
advised brothers to shed the blood Of broth
pei Of Christ, according to the tenets of their
church, instead of the gospel according
10 John Brown. For these hcinous offences
they arc arranged before the bar Of public
opinion by no less saint than Mr.. Horace
Greeley, whose paper has been for years the
organ of all the iniidel, free love F!uriertcs
in the country. From all that we know we
Judge that the Catholic clergy are emnently
deserving of Greeley's abuse. We cannot
conceive Eow any clergyman who, i'll these
degenerate days, breaches tie simple gospel
OF Christ, can expect exemption from either
lenunciaton or abuse. Not to fall down
and worship the Black Idol is treason in the
sight of the insane f,lloweTs of "isupartia |
! freedum.o So far as our information extends
! the Catholic clergy have Kept themselves re-
narhably trre frrm all connection with the
war, and he questions it has raissd. They
| have simply 9 nfncd themselves TO the re
! i'gjous aal spiritual interests Of the people
under their charge, and left poltl.aI Questions
| to be decided IN another arena. This the
! Tribune does nat Ike. Ii wants the Catho
c cathedral to rcSound every Sunday with
violent declamet1ons in favor of negro eqaaI-
ity. 1t w"uld like to see the clergy pro-
claiming Wendell PhijIip's doc:rne OF the
sublime rlnging # the races :" in a word,
it axis thom 10 take Hsnry Ward Beecher
rs .heir model, and ningiing profanity, wit
ana buiIo,ncry wish s,cred things, turn the
house Of God into an Ethiopian Cvucerl
| Hall
| 1t is not probable that the Catholic clergy
will consent to crafty Mr.. Greeley in TN S
rcsrect. However widely Proteatanls mayd,t-
Ter with them inmany points yet we knowtha,
! rhn'ands have had their respect for the Cath 0
! ic church vastly increased since thee ,mmanc
/ nent of The present war, and it is said that
never before were there so many accesson>
| to 1t from Protes tant sources PauI le heart
SICK Of the eternal dngd3ng of brutal war
| tu'mnatinns, naturally seek sumo church
where the spirit is Gained and the heart cle-
waited by the genial and glowing human ity
| that p"rTaaes the peaSeful teachings Of Christ
| But the Catholic church have committed The
| u"pardnnabe sin, IN the eyes of ali true
| Puritana, is not supporting with all their
nigh, The Present war. aod just 50 soon a.
The Puritan steS his way out Of the Catholic
church beware. Oace get the Abolition par
| y laboratory for the manufacture Of lie,
turned vyan the Catholic church, and the
| monStruu- :aI>ch3ol about slavery" " Will be
| speedily cci,ps"l. The Aboiltloni~ts have
long been thrca'cnng to fight "P"pery" as
soon as they get sid of "'ia7ery," and as the
latter, they now say, is dead, thev are al
Ieady >harpening their weapons for thejr
new crusade. GrtcIey's rote is the bugc
blast tn arnu-e his speckled COHORTS TO ac-
uons,-N !. Day Book.