The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-06-14
The P0liticO Religious Question.
THE NEGRO VOTE AGAINST THE CATHOLICS

THE NEGRO voTE AGAINST THE CATHOLICS.
From the Observer (P,esbyterian).
When the fact stares us in The face, that
the votes OF religious body are controlled
by It's priests, and these votes are so u>ed as
TO give TO that religious body a preponder-
ating influence in the political a fairs Of a
city, State or country, lis The duty OF palri-
otic citizens TO be on their guard against
such encroaehment.
'tAnd the more zealously must that body
be watched, if its principals and practices
are known TO be hostile to civil and religious
liberty. Romanism and freedom are ene-
mics always and everywhere, and eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty. Even Italy
is shaking off The domination that 10 now
silently bat steadily fastening itself on our
backs. 1t is wise for Us to be awake 10 The
danger"
The O'server, likewise, gives prominence
to a communication arguing in favor OF me-
gro suffrage, in order 10 counterbalance the
growing power o. the Roman Catholics in
the North. The writer says.
81 will not STOP TO poin, out the fact that
the Papal Church has been persisteatly
aiming al political power. The man that
does not see and know it is blind. The
man that does not recognise The danger
with which it menaces our institutions, is
either ignorant or Indifferent. Nor will
take space 10 show that the imported
Romish vote is the element which gives il
power Romanism is kept strong by
immigration. This immigration prom ses
TO be larger in the future than even in the
past. Already in our great cities it holds
he balance OF power it may, whenever
there comes nearly equal division Of great
parties, hold il all over The country.
Il have just asserted that the negro vol e,
when II shall become a Vole, will be Pro
testant. The religious history of the negro
race has deep meaning. Romanism has
never been able TO do anything with the ne
gro race. The efforts of Rome 10 establish
itself in Africa stand out as perhaps the
that under The the very best circumstances
for success, that The history of religious
missions presents. God has so ordered il
that like total failure should characterize
her efforts in this country. II she made
none, II was because there has been no
room for even The attempt. With some
uncomfortable exceptions in Maryland and
Lou isiana-so small in number that We
need not take them into The account-;he
whole negro population is Protestant, fixed
and puaItsrablv Proiestani -
SHOT BACK
GEom The Freemaa's Journal CaihoicJ
The Presbyterians are very uneasy
They exhibit enlargement of the pupils O!
the eyes, aud itching of the nose. They
have been making what they call deliver
ances," but they are such deliverances as
the inspired prophet spoke OF they have
brought forth wind only
They say" "lhe man OF sinn troubles Them
We know-and so do many of their own
psople-lhat men OF sin abound among
them. The man OF sin" is in their view,
the Pope, or Popery itself As dying
spasm they try, once more, the old sing
song of abuse of The Catholic Church.
They have been delivering" on the martyr
in their annual assembly. They are alarm
ed al the strides Of Popery
Some religious" body, lately Pfeshyre
riau or Methodist, wanted 10 make a fellg-
ious matter OF insisting on the admission o.
negroes 20 the right 10 vote They wanted
them, they said, TO couute rbalance the Irish
and German Calholics They claimed the
negroes as Protes,ants But President
Jahuson, who has lived all his life in slave
States, told set of negro preachers tha,
The negIo thus claimed as reliable Protest
anrs-,o the number OF :.four uilons''-
"liTe in open and notorious concubnqge -
Is that what makes them reliable as Protest.
antsi
There are, however, two bodies each
claiming 10 be the presbyterian Church, in
these States. One claims 10 be the genuine
Jacobs; the other 10 be the original Jacobs
They splu and BACKED each others eyes,
in quarrel, nearly thirty years ago on some
notions none Of them knew ANYTHING about.
The gisl OF il was, that one parry held it
was in the eternal DEGREES Of God 10 damn
some men eernaly, and ii was foolish in
these 10 Try aud save their souls. The other
Church" we believe, held that some peo-
pie ought 10 wish 10 be damned eie rnally |!
These played out" Presbyterian minis
ters think they can get up a persecution OF
Catholics! Poor fools! That persecution is
fast coming on in this land, but Presbyieri-
ans or any other sect protesting the name
OF Christians will not be as the dust in the
balance toward promoting il The time is
not just yeti
We recomend 10 these feeble folks o..
Presbyteranism, 10 put blank cts round Them
put their feet 10 the fire, and 10 take Fahu.
stocks remedy. If it don't do good, il can't