The Sun. — 1840-09-24 (London, England)

LONDON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1840.  One of the offences with which the Times charges the Dispatch, is a depreciation of Christianity. The oldest form of Christianity known is the Roman Catholic Church. Though there may be corruptions in that Church, as in the Church of England, it is undoubtedly a Christian Church, closely resembling the Church of England, venerable from its great antiquity, and its extensive influence over many countries. I It was the great instrument for spreading Christianity through Europe ; and in the barbarous ages did more to hurnanise the people, than ever has been done by the Church of England. If any Church have a right to claim the exclusive merit of being a Christian Church, it  is the Church of Rome, which, from the beginning of Christianity, has preserved the faith alive in its bosom, however mutilated. Now, it would be hopelessly impossible for the Dispatch, were it to try, from week to SvCCI:, to surpass the vilification which the Times and the Standard have heaped on that form of Christianity, calling its priests surpliced ruffians, and declaring that its services and its sacraments were abominations. Seeing those Journals have done that, it is clear that they have no respect in the abstract for Christianity but for a political and party purpose they espouse the cause of the Church of England ; and because the Dispatch has said of that Church a tithe of what they have said of the Romish Church, these two hypocritical journals decry the Dispatch as the enemy of religion. It is altogether a sectarian quarrel, and though the Dispatch attacks the Church of England, it is no more opposed to reli;ion than the Times and the Standard which daily vituperate the Church of Rome. The Livery of London must, on this occasion, be reminded that the intolerant persecuting sect, of which the Times and the Standard are the organs, have kept TllonocooD in gaol for many months for ss. 6d.; that they seek in every parish in the kingdom to levy a tax on Dissenters to put it into their pockets ; that tl:c Church of England is the keystone of the Tory policy, and the barrier a.c;tinst all political and social improvement ; that partly for its advantage the Ccrn-la,A are maintained, and jie,tice denied to Ireland ; that it has embroiled Canada, and actually devastated Ireland ; and it is to eratify this Church that the Livery are called on by the Tory Journals to reject Mr. IIAtIIER from the Mayoralty. Till we gee the call effectually answered we will not believe that' it is possible for the . Livery of Loudon to countenance, by rejecting 'ri HARMER, the most mischievous spiritual tyranny that ever was fixed on the necks of a leng-s fferirg people. The Tories pretend to have an exclusive veneration for the Bible. It is their rule of conduct. Whenever they cart find anything in it which  serves tile purpose of their tyranny, they quote it, and conclude that its authority must overbear human reason. Be it so for this occasion. We require to know what part of it authorises them to describe free discussion as wickedness. The Decalogue denounces murder, but it commands men to speak truth. It forbids bearing false-witness, which is daily done by the Tories ; but it commands men to worship the one true GOD, and prohibits them from having any other gods. The Church of England, however, worships CRANMER ; it is enslaved by