The Morning herald., 1876-01-03

ly applitical object, q policy vieN In
any society we know. Of, politics are
strictly forbidden, and as for the school
question It Is never thought of nor dis
cusssa, ~ 7 IN /, :. T IL
A gentleman who has been 50 literally
educated, as to be qualified to fill a Pro-
fessor's chair, and 50 rigid in morals, as to
obtain an Independent nomination" tor
Congress, ought to be above using the
cant of bigots, when speaking of the old
est and greatest Of Christian churches
Nothing is to be gainedby the use Of low
nicknames VIII any one point out, any
act of the Roman Catholics of the coun-
try, which even look like grasping politi-
cal power All over the land there are a
considerable proportion of that creed Re-
publicans; in Philadelphia they are both
numerous, and influential IN the Republi-
can party. Whether theJ will in obedi-
ence to the text of the gospel, permit both
cheeks to be smitten we know not. ' fl
The Catholics as class for the past fif-
teen years, have had nothing. specially to
complain of the Republican party organiza-
ton; hence their gradual aftiliation with
that party in many of our larger cities. 1t
is extraordinary that the effort Of an Eng
lish Religious Order, to carry the Gospel
and its attendent civilization into the dark
places of the South, should be tortured
into an effort to control the votes of the
negro. 1t must be matter of surprise
to the Provincial the Order whose resi-
dence is upon this Peninsula, to hear this
charge. So far from the Roman Catholic
Church, controlling the Irish Vote it is
one of the complaints of the voters Of that
race, that nearly all the Priests an:
Bishops of the Church, are totally indifler-
about politics, or like Archbishop Wood OF
Philadelphia, pronounced Republican
the first by the way, to fling out the Stars
and Stripes from the cross of his Cathedral,
when the Nation arose as Sumpter fell.
1t is well-known in this Diocese, that its
Bishops and Clergy, keep so absolutely
aloof from politics, as to rarely vote. Ii
is quite evident that the Republican party
or rather some of its leaders, are intent
upon inhaming the public mind with i'm
aginary dangers, hence it is the duty o.
every friend Of peace, and religious liberty
to increasingly show the airy, and unsub
stantial nature of the dangers eonjurec
| up, by the plotters of 20. A. IT," and the
political gamblers in, and out Of Congress
The sooner this appeal to, or depreciation
of the Trish Vote" or the German Vote
or the "Catholic Vote" is ended the bette
for our common country. There should
beno distinction, made between citizens OF
account of creeder country Their rights
are equal, and there should he no more
objection to the elevation of the one, thar
or of the other to any Office, to which
either is constitutionally eligible. .-
No American can. object to the electio
of citizen of Irish or German birth; but
every American has just cause to feel ih
dignant at being called upon to select OF
to vote for a candidate, because he is ar
Irishman Or a German. Every citizer
ought to lear this distinction in mind
that as a German, or an Irishman, he il
a foreigner, and Ineligible: but as ar
American citizen of German, or Irish birth
he is eligible. -
This is the true light, in which to loci
at the question, and we hope the quiet
orderly, liberty loving men of the Repub
lican party, will at once raise up their voic'
against the contemplated, and causeles
crusade against five millions Of their fel
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