Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-05-23
A Commentary on Democratic
Progress. -

ty, has placed itself in opposition
to the extension of the el,ctiv
franchise and the only reason urg
ed against this right is, that it vii
give to the colored race the right tt
! assist in the selection Of publ,
officials in this republic; and tn,
objection TO giving these men o
color this right is, that they arr
black, and therefore necessarily in
capable of exercising the right o.
suffrage intelligently. Now is this
. trueF Let us consult high Demo.
cratic authority on this point,
Our attention has been called by
a subscriber to q book, entitled
"A BUCKEYE ABROAD" written by
Hon. Samuel S. Cox, formerly a
Democratic member of Congress
from the Columbus district, and
published in 1854, by Moore, An
derson d. Co., Of Cincinnati. Mr.
Cox has always been regarded by
his Democratic friends, as good au-
thority on questions connected with
the rights of man, ard their fitness
for political and social conditions
in life. Mr.. Cox gives a lively pic
ture of what he saw and what trans.
| pired in the great st. Peters, where
the Pope of Rome was to ofiiciate
in Sistine Chapel. After describing
the interior Of this great Roman
Catholic Chapel, and after the SER
wants had seated the Cardinals, Mr..
Cox says
Directly, buff soldiers, with gilt
helmets and drawn swords, rush in
to guard the door. / thought, at
first, that there was a sudden insur-
rection, knowing that in matters of
power, as poor Plus has learned,
"there is but one step from the Cap
itol to the Tarpeian Rock" But
choir strike the high notes
the doors beyond open, and--"Vo-
ilaP the Vicegerent of God appears
in his tiara and cloth of gold = (
Around him swarm ministers of ev-
cry degree and shade Of color. He
lneels the rustic of red Cardinals |
shivers in the hallowed air, and all {
kneel. Then he ascends to the {
fine looking, full faced Q
man, graceful and dignified in his ,
Power he seems to wear |
rs Il familiar garment. How gra- !
ciously he extends his hands to the I
Cardinals, who severally leave their
seats, attended by their attendants
in purple, carrying their trains
They, bowing, kiss the hand, or, as {
| was informed, the diamond bril-. I
liant upon the Pope's ring, as a to, ,
ken of reverence. An inferior Or
der PROSTATE themselves, and tip {
their labia at the shoe of His Holi- I
ness, upon which is a cross of sill t
YER In the meantime, seraphic mu- t
sic from the Pope's select choir raw t
ishes the ear, while the incense titi- II
ates the nose. Soon there arises d
n this chamber of theatrical glitter, a
| plain, unqVcstioned African, and v
10 uttcrs the sermon In faoile Latin G,
ty, with graceful manner His o
lark hands gestured harmoniously I'll
With the rotund periods, and his d
wart yisage beamed with a high II
rider Of intelligence. He was an I'll
Abyssinian, I-..., b,
''What a commentary was here up nc
n our American prejudices The to
cad Of the great Catholic Church, &C
Trounded by the ripest scholars
( the age, listening to the eloquence du
the despised negro; and thereby 8:
to the world the com co
on bond of brotherhood which ne
nds the human race. l confess tlC
lat, at first, it seemed to me a sort pc
theatrical mummery, not being lei
miliar with such admixtures Of 8
'ciety. But, on reflection, / dis be
'rned in it the same influence sic
hich, during the dark ages, con. qu
rred such inestimable blessings riy
n mankind. History records, that ro
ON the time when the barbarians ca
veTan the Western Empire to the La
me of the revival of letters, the ini
lilue1ce OF the Church of Rome faI
ad been generally favorable to sci. ms
nee, to civilization, and to good til,
oyernment Why? Because her wo
pstem held then, as II holds now, bel
i distinctions Of caste as odious. he,
he regards no man, bond or free, ON
hitc or black, as disqualified for oh
le Priesthood. This doctrine has, en-,
} Macaullay develops in his intro. ly
uctory chapter to his English his. mi
ny, mitigated many of the worst tb,
'ils Of society; for where race on
over race, or baron over al
llein, Catholicism came between sil
EN-, and created an aristocraey al alb
'gether independent of race or ro
judaism, compelling even the he- ca,
ditary master to kneel before the
'iritual tribunal of the hereditary Is
'ndman, The childhood Of Eu. of
pc was passed under the guardi- fro
ship of priestly teachers; who the
1qht. aS tha seanA In Sistine Chan. on,