Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-07-21
dg9ailg empire.
Prophecy and FaIaIment.


A friend has called our attention to a re-
matkable letter from our old correspondent,
| cleveland" published in the E0qurer OF
February 25, 1861, aud especially TO its clos
ing paragraph, which we here reproduce:
II asked leading Republican lately, what
they would do for raliying cry should a
separation OF the slave from the free States
occur without civil war, and the North be
thereby With ut the slavery issue2 1--WE will
| get after that other abomnation, the Catholic
Church, and drive it out We shall then have
free and Protestant North And he
added "the religious sentiment will be more
powerful than is that against slavery.
We shall not want an exctable issue, after
that of slavery shall have passed away" Such
is to be the programme Of Republican iu.
cendiaries"
The same friend, besides referring US to the
action of the Presbyterian Assemblies at
Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, aud other places, di-.
reefs attention to an article in the New York
Independent, of June 29, contributed by Rev
NJ. Hatfield, of Chicago, in which the Catbo
Lie Church is declared to be the next thing II
btabolished, now that slavery is killed. After
thRnkings6A0d that the cruel war is over, the
Rev. HatfeldT1yG .'a ~
ut seemS an sas,iaGious ;bi9e ,Sapone to
mar the joy ofthis glad day BY any anticipa
tons of coming evil But if / do not misiudge,
the hour Of National deliverance brings with
It peculiar duties and perls, and it is OF these
desire to speak little to the readers Of the
Independent
"One woe is past slavery is dead in our
country. And now that this enemy of God
and mao is destroyed, we must prepare our.
selves for an inevitable and decisive contest
with the Church of Rome. Already black
and wrathful cloud darkens our skies, and
threatens to break in desolation and ruin
upon our country And the fact that
majority OF American citizens fail to discern
the p impending calamity. adds greatly to our
prophet, and lay claim to no special sagacity
IN anticipating the future but, to my mind,
1t is most evident that we are rapidly drifting
toward another struggle not less fearful than
the one through which we have Just passed
The irrepressible conflict" between free.
dom and slavery made it impossible that our
country should permanently exist partly free
aud partly slave, aud there is an irrecon-
ciabe hostility between the principles and
spirit of the Church Of Rome and the genius
are to exist, II at ALL as the home OF civil
ouu iShklouo hVepOs huu iuo
Of this Church, and her history for hundreds
Of years past, show her tale cruel despot
ism ip deadly conflict with civil and relig gious
liberty"
Slavery has not got cold in its grave before
the sgtators opeI up on the Catholic Church,
just as 'Clevelaud" predicted would be the
care. The Pittsburg meeting suggested that
the Loyal Leagues" be converted into PRO
testank Leagues" Whethar that nrocesa nj
change is going on, we cannot say but the
temper and will are with the psrtS that is
more anxious about other peoples business
than their own. Those who have led OF have,
we are inclined to believe, blown their anti
Papal born before the army Of philanthropic,
mora, religious and political reformers were
ready for action. There is some distraction,
just now, about negro equality and negro
suffrage Wait until the negro shall have
been permanently assigned his status on
level with the white men, and then let the
Pope and anti-Christ look out for a storm OF
FIRE ard brimstone-O On Enquirer.