The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-12
communicated
Intolerance VS., Intolerance.

From the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph, Feb.
ruary g. 1860.
sour religious city contemporaries, and
non-catholicsi generally--even Congress
meu-are much troubled in spirit, and suf-
teriug terrible pains in their orthodox
bowels overa few unexplained words flash
ed over the cable to the effect that the Ro-
man Government has summarily suppress
ed Presbyterian meeting-house in Rome.
Epithets of ''popish intolerance. bigotry
aud tanaticsm," are hurled mt Plus IN. in
Il gloriously promiscLOus manner. Now,
we would say TO our indignant fellow
editors and countrymcn generally, keep
cool; don't annihilatc the Pope before you
know what you are doing it for. The At
lantic Cable has much to answer for--much
TO account for in the way of hasty, harsh
and uncharitable judgments.
There is one item in the news furnished
by the cable which should have satisfied
any rational person that the motive of this
suppression was not religious but political.
The minister who had charge ofthe Church.
Rev. James Lewis, is under sentence of
Punishment. Now, they are not in the
habit of banishing people from Rome be-
cause they are not Catholics. In all proba-
bility i'm no city of the world will repre-
SeutativcS of SO many different religions be
found. The fact undoubtedly is that this
Rev. james Lewis, Il cordial hater of "POpes
and POpery,' was connected and acting
with the Revolutiouists in Rome striving
to create disturbances, and upset the tenn
porality of the Pope rs the most ciicctual
way--in his opinion-of upSettiug his spir-
ituality, and thus, under the guisc of relig-
ion. was guilty of Il political crime, for
which he has been punished. But, so
closely were his political and religious
characters united. the most eifectua and
only way of furnishing him, and counter
acting the political evils he had given life
to, was to close his church and send him
away.
1T may be all right for ministers in the
United States to preach treason from the
pulpit, but it can not be tolerated with
safety outside Republic. The Pope has a
right to defend his government against all
enemies, religious rs well rs temporal. We
are confident he has done no more than
this in the present case
The Dayton Journal and the RciigiDHS
Telescope are requested to copy the above.
Some papers are very eager to publish news
and kilograms that disparage Others. But
when such news or tclegrams prove bogus
when the true and just reasons of events
and measures come to light, the same papers
are silent; they lack the manliness to re-
move the evil impressions caused by false
or mutilated reports. DO they who are sc
loud-mouthed and indignant at what they
call POpish intolerance, think there ha,
never been any intolerance in our country
Have they forgotten the horrors pcrpetrateC
during the American broils and that ultra
intolerant midnight expedition in our OWL
city? What would have been the lot'of d
Catholic priest, or n Protestant minister
had he ventured to preach against Lincoln
or Lincoln's administration and what
would have been done to his church, had II
been made the harbor of revOlutionists
Some people busy themselves exceedingly
about Others. though they have so much tC
correct at home. Y