Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-10

doubly prolific a. compared with tha hot
Ter class of educated and prosperoIs
Protestant women, and every one knows
also that on account ofthe emigration of the
young, men of New England in large num-
bers there is a great disproportion i'm the
numerical relation of the sexes very many
women never entering into the marriage
state at ALL But explanation is not reed
ed. The assertion is so horrible that no
sensible person viii or can believe il. un-
less blinded by prejudice. ID
might quote other tables Of tbn son,a
unquestionable because government au-
thorityl, equally significant with those
nave given III the course of this discus-
sion, but prefer to dismiss the subject.
n closing, ] would but allude TO two
points me reason of my not recurring to
the question of the Fathers allegiance to
the Pope, is, that I was unwilling to quote.
from memory the case of recent date that
! had in mind. | have written for the re-
port, but it has not yet arrived. 1t is the
case OF Roman Catholic Bishop I'm the
Northwest, who was recently forced to
translate, in open court and to acl1noyl-
edge the present binding force of the laws
OF his church, not only demanding hisal-
Ieglance To the Pope, but making il his
duty to prosecute Protestants Let il 90.
however, as the discussion is closed.
Rather Finnegan makes the assertion
that he has been informed two or three
Protestant churches Were seen by certain
gentleman in Romeayears ago The noto-
rlous fact is, that the Presbyterians were
forced to go out of the city proper to hold
their worship at all, and the Episcopal SER
vice. could only be held in the apartments
of the American Minister, covered by the
American flag. Even this privilege was
hemmed in by the closest restrictions.
The Father, in the very same paragraph
uses this most significant language in re-
fe renee to the reinforcement of the Pope
AZ temporal ruler Of Rome. "The. Bible
Will now be freely circulated, and Beecher-
ISM Isl and tourierism and Bellowism, chd
all the other tsnaS are sure to follow
Have we not herearemarkable confession >
FUSt, 1t connects the overthrow of the Pope
with the free circulation ofthe Bible, which
the Priest considers great calamity.
Therefore, if he had the power he would
coniessedly prescribe the free circulation
of the Bible. Americans take note of
this Secondly, it identifies the freedom of
such men as Beecher and Bellows to
preach and publish their religious views
with Pope's loss of power. Hence by nee
cessary inference, the Priest would if he
could, use other mean than arguments
and persuasion TO restrain what lie deems
erroneous religious teaching. He would
proscri6e and prohibit such teachers by
drCftrd1Y porfr. 4hfrdlyI il preAicts ~,
prevalence of all the other isJ1ts--i. g.. Tic
Protestant denominations, Presbyterian
ISM, Methodlsm &c, as the result of civil
liberty in Rome. Therefore, the Priest
would like to 21rOscrUe the liberty of these
Protestant Churches. Let any one read
the statement in Father f. s letter, and he
will see there is no escape from these
conclusions. And yet he brands the asser-
ton that his church is proscriptive as
shown in all history, as ''nlost foWu!
Let the people of America, ofTennessee.
OF Knoxville, read here in the plain CON
fession Of Father Finnegan what they
must meet if Roman Catholicism shall
gain supreme power in this land-proscrip-
ton OF liberty to teach any form of refi-
glon but the Roman-the closing of the
blessed volume of Divine Inspiration-the
return of medieval despotism! May God
preserve us from that day of darkness,
when a church, whose accredited priests
can write such language, shall gain domin-
ion over us! To the people of Knoxville
L say again, ponder this pregnant sentence
of Father Finnegan; and to the good Fa-
Their himself say with all good temper
udle!
ONE OF VERY MANY.