The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-08
COMMUNICATION.

l{r. Editor-Yolir paper of the 25th ult. con-
which, in the first place, he charges me with not
being the author OF my former communication,
and says: Those Who know the lady will not
be prepared TO admit that she composed tho
epis'ie," etc. Nov. l would respectfully ask
'Sotero" on what aJit itbority he makes such an
assertion, as he and are entirely unacquainted,
and consequently he Is not the proper person to
judge whether have the ability to write the
article in question or not
l am sorry that 'Soltero" was induced to pen
friends among Protestants as well as Catholics,
and no one ever dreamed That tho heart of one
SO young contained so much venom and'it is a
great misfortune to his family that such long
ancestral line did not culminate in hero, or
Mt least gentleman. But it is rather siugtlar
that ''Soiteru' and l have the same opinion OF
each others ability TO write, for judging from
his former COMMUNICATIONS I do not believe
he is the author of the last one that appeared
over his signature, for the great<diHerence in
language style, and every other feature, Is so
apparent that child could detect the differ
ence; and the only hypothesis upon which we
can base an opinion that he wrote the article, is
his own assertion that he is Il Mlesian. Such
authority Strabo Diodorus and holp st. Je-
rome informs us that the MileSian branch of the
Celtic race were capnibhls who ate their aged
parents instead OF eIating them into heroes.
Physioogists and naturalists agree that consti-
tutionaI pccularities of nations, and even of
individuals, devclope themselves after genera
tions atld even centuries have passed away
So If ''Sotero" really was the author of his last
epistle, the ferocty manifested therein IujIst be
attrf5utcd to 4 fresh outcropping Of the spirit
''Soltero' intlrnates that I am "a rag upon
every BUSH etc. / was born a Lutheran, was
reared il that faith. and am still Lutheran
and whether or not his Insulting remarks were
Intended 10 wound the feelings of the cornrnu-
nifty at large, only those OF my humble self
personally, is best known TO himself. II his ma
iici0us shafts were directed against me alone
desire to assure him that my feelings an
scathcd, for
No gent}eTnan viii wound my feelings,
And no other can.
"Soltero" appears 70 he very much exercised
because hC thinks we did not know that Column
bus was Catholic. But just here let me say
that Columbus. with all his Catholcity, was not
discovered
can continent. John Cabot; At that time in the
maritime service of Henry With of England
was the fist man who had the honor 10 discover
this continent, and took possession of IL in the
t5nI7mbus reached tie main land yyrstheT
inforna ms OF the thirteen original States. mi
one fNtarylaud) was settled by Catholics, and AT
the time Of the Revolution there probably
twenty Pr0tcstants to one Catholic in this coun-
try for out OF the ifty-six signers to our glori-
ono solitary catholic fCharIes CarroI6 When
''Soltcro" says that Catholics were the first to
proclaim liberty Of conscience on our shores,
presume ne refers TO Lord baltimore. who al
icwed perfect religious liberty to the colonists
tuler his charter, but in doing so | must say
that he exhibited n very different spirit from
he was an adherent, which leads me 20 wonder
whether his LOrdship would have uterfered
with me for offering mp few simple prayers in
school, if | had been teaching in those days. If
Catholics are the liberty-lOving people ne repre-
cherish the names of Garibald, Victor Eman-
Duel, and the millions who for years have been
less gem OF liberty Instead of this, am sorry
to say that American citizens, who enjoy all the
blessings of civil and religious liberty, iavished
ont their gold TO sustain one OF the most ahso-
lutte dcsDGtisfnS the world ever contained and
the people over whom il holds sway. American
citizens sustaining deSpOtiSu! Truly a sight
over which angels might weep. We're not Amer
lean Catholics sending gJld TO = crush out the
life Of bleeding suffering Italy?
As the HesSianS were from IIesse Cassel, ii is
fair to presume they were mixture OF Protest
ants and Catholics IS most German nations are.
So much for that fling.
'Sotero's" knowledge of history is consider
ably at fault when he asserts that George the
Third Of England was u Lutheran. No Luther
1t net Know ~ that til laws 6f Engia.ld require the
TO belong to the Protestant Episcopal
Church. the established church of the realm,
and OF wFich The sovereign is the head and still
retains the title OF Most Catholic Majesty and
Defender Of the Faith, conferred by the Pope
himself upon Henry the Eighth:
We freely give France great credit for the
assistance she gave US in our Revolutionary
allies, ia their efforts to assist us were 'tctuated
by pure motiVcs-hy love for US and not hatred
for Protestant England.
But il matters not 10 nc. nor to any Of rs,
Revolutionary fathers were. Enough forus TO
know that with shoulder to shoulder ana hand
in hand they went through the struggle and
word. and for this they fought. and shed their
blood and mingled their prayers with those of
Wnshinlrton to that great Being who holds vic
tory defeat in the hollow of lis hand. They
torrat nor, 1chirtori our indeDendorcc and trans
Inlttcd it "A precious inheritance to Us, and " ben
/ discriminate between Catholics and Protest
ants-lrish, German, French, or patriots of lib
cFty from any other clime-may nv pen ami
the hand that holds it in grasp never write
again. and may toe mind that conceives such
differences OF public merit be forever obscurcd
in mental darkness. ..-
Ne would respectfully ask "Soltero" 10 con
trast the condition of the United States. Ciyiily
aud rcli3iously, with those other nations on the
American continent that were settled eNcfu-
they have remained Spaniards and CathoiicS,
and sec II he can conceive what causes the dit-
ff.aVH 04s4ry
in nation whose hag is constantly trailing IN
the dust, and whose people, We verify believe,
do not permit the sacred volume TO ne read IN
school or out OF it, if indeed they have schools
revolution and bloodshed arc tho order OF the
liam rise FROM the crave, ne would gaze 10 your
oycs until your eyebalis hcCamc scared, II YOU
were to TaIE to him about civil liberty IN the
:. Solte.o" has read something somewhere
about persecution, and l presume, in conse-
0ucnce of his ideas becoming confused, he has
shifted scenes and cOnfCunded names, for ne sN-
mae gg, s,e i'S - s! f,aTfRoi5mew = in flance, when
at tie midnight hour the bells were tolled as a
signal To commence the butchery, ana tens OF
thousands OF unonendlns Iaen, women anu
children were slain for no other crime than
NOrSnIppinE Goa aactf"iiIS 10 tiAetl JNil vi CV.i-
science ana history INFORMS US thtt "teh IeNe
of the massacre was communicated to the Pope
he ordered Te Deuin TO he sung ut st: Peters
ia France. Now we believe this is the peTSecu-
ti0n ''Soltero" refers to, ana inStea9 or hfFlng
been brought about by the English hjug- IL was
brought about by the IntrlHues or tatparihe uC
Nedisie and her advisers, with the sa9ctlon or
her advisers and the approval of the intaIhote
chair Pagan Rome slew thousands, hut Chris
tan Rome has slain her tens of thousands. and
prosecutions have continued for centuries with
rare Interruptions. 1t was in coInmcmoration
cf these that Milton composed his grand sonnet:
lvenge O Lord thy slaughtered saints, whose
bones
lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold;
Even them who kept thy truth 50 pure OF old,
When all our fathers worshipped stocks and
Forgot not in Thy book record their groans,
q no were Thy sheep. and in their ancient fold
Slain lg the bloody PiedmOntesc that rolled
Mothers with infants down the rocks. Their
inoaifs
The Yates redoubied TO the hills, aud they
To Heaven. Their martyred blood and ashes
Ger all Italian fields where stiu doth sway
The triI'le tyrnut ;.titat from these may grow
A hundred fold, who, having learned Thy way,
Early may fly 10 Baby yionian wo.
lsSoltero' labors to show that Lutheranism
had no existence prior 10 the Reformation, ana