The Portland daily press., 1869-04-15
A RADICAL CArHo1sc PR1rsr.p.r -,

a RADICAL CATHOLIC PRIEsT-Rsv. Faith
er Carmody Of New Haven, Connecticut a,
the late election, threw the whole weight Of
his influence against the vassaiags of his par
ishioners to the Democratic party. He repu-
dates the idea of personal afiliation with any
party, but the effect of his communication to
the New Haven Palladium must have been to
strengthen the Republican element among his
people, and he seems to have a strong tenden-
cy toward Radieallsm. Not only in politics
does he take different course from most of
his class, but, better still, he seems to dissent
in toto from the most of the Catholic clsr2y In
his views of the proper relations of naturalizsd
toward native-born citizens In reply to the
change made since the election in the New
Haven Register (Dem.) that he had exsrtsd
his influence with his people against Democ-
racy he utters the following just and forcibls
words:
1t is because we are of them, their fortunes
are linked with ours, their destines and hopes
and prospects are ours also, that we wish ?
them, because We think II for their best good,
to form no isolated part in our great country
but to mix themselves up like native born citi-
zens with all the great interests and questions
of the country. We are charged with being a
radical What zoe are personally Is of Veiy
small moment; the term is very indefinite
one, and we hardly know what to reply to it.
The Irish portion of the adopted citizens are a
liberty-loyiDg people, and we never could up-
dsrstand why they above all others, should
have the reputation OF tavoring the enslave-
ment OF any portion of Gods creatures, ex-
cept from their connection with party that
II 1t did not favor connived at this gigantic evil
The Irish nation, (for though allied to Eng
land 1t has preserved its nationality in the tru-
est sense intact,) has for seven hundred years,
been itself protest against slavery, whilst
being mainly Catholic, the children of the ma
tom should ever remember that the Church has
ever stood between the oppressor and oppress-
ed. In the college of the Propaganda at Rome
under the eye of the Soveren Pontiff, negro
youths study side by side with fhe sons of the
highest and neblest in Europe, whilst the
church herself has never considered color as
hindrance to ministering at ber altar. The
Register introduces the name of Jefferson to
sustain its position. 1t tis only a few days since
we CHANGED to meet a saying Of the Says OF
Monticello, and it is worth recording, as the
testimony of the great Democrat upon the sub
1ect slavery is a bondage, one hour of
which Is fraught with more misery than ages
of the wrongs that the revolutionary fathers
rose in rebellion to oppose" No wonder,
then, that we regret to see any portion of the
people to whom we belong have the reputation
OF being irrevocably committed to any party,
no matter by what name it goes, that favors
or connives at the enslavement OF a whole
race, for we hold thas when the c0lored race,
fulfilling the requirements that are demanded
o. us, are denied, nevertheless, the right Of suf-
frage which we enjoy, they are still, in a esr-
tain sense, held enslaved.