North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-03-03

Not very long ago, a religious polemic
Of the Roman Catholic creed made the
prediction in Chicago that in twenty y>five
years America would be Catholic coun-
try. The term catholic was used in the
seEse of Romanism, and not in the broad
and comprehensive meaning which the
word really imports. 1t is therefore
thought that recent occurrence in Au.
burn, New York, looks not encourag gingly
to the fulfillment of the Chicago prophecy.
In Auburn, the Roman Catholic Bishop
McQuaide attempted to turn out priest
named O'Flaherty, and to install another
named KavanauSh. The people of that
done, and, when the bishop himself came
to celebrate mass, the congregation rose
up, took hold Of the apostolic robes, and
led the right>reverend wearer thereof out
Of the church. A large meeting of Ro>
man Catholics was held subsequently,
which condemned the bishops action, and
declared determination "not to submit
to one-man power any longer in the United
States"
This was clearly the outbsrst of spirit
Of rebellion against ecclesiastical authors
ty. 1t goes not merely to the autocratic
authority Of missionary bishops, but to
the authority which the church herself
assumes to exercise. 1t is the natural and
the inevitable outgrowth of free and self
regulating institutions in the Roman Cath
olic mind. Its tendency is to assert the
right Of individual judgment against &C.
clesiastical authority, not only in the per-
sons Of bishops, but in the councils of the
church behind them; and not only in
matters of government, but in matters of
faith. Is such tendency one to encour-
rage the opinion that America is likely to
become Roman Catholic country?
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
look across the street and see in front
of Senator's house the carriage of an.
other Senator. The pair Of blooded hor-
ses cost some thousand dollars. The gil
ded harness in keeping. The close, shin-
ing coach is one of Brenton's best, lined
with silk velvet and graced with the choi-
cest and thickest plate glass. On the
coachman's seat sit two of Gods creatures,
called men one bright mnlatto, the
other white man, and both in livery.
They sit in solemn silence under their gay
robe of furs and white gloves. Directly
the door Of the house opens, and two la.
dies carrying poor mans fortune on their
backs, descend the steps. The footman
swings down and opens the door, with an
easy grace the master cannotimitate. The
door closes with bang, the footman
mounts, and the coach rolls away. Well,
it seems but yesterday that the owner Of
all this came here poor man.
We remember the fairy tale where the
old witch touched the pumpkin aad turn
ed it into coach, and touched the rats
and turned them into horses. And so the
ugly witch Of the lobby, touched the pOev
man, snd out of fraud came the coach, and
out of theft came the horses, and swindle,
drives, and stealings oil and burnish.
Like the which, could touch that man
with this .elicate little pen of mine. and
carriage and horses, coach man and foot
man, would all disappear. For honor
and honesty would claim their own, and
the very clothes would fall from the backs
of wife and daughters.
Don PIATT.
'Tis not hard for an Iowan to guess the
name OF one of these Senators