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T? 7 t i. - . i . J . -' 1 ism PUBLISHED WEEKLY BI WALTER 213 'Proprietor. " n'r.Tiiiii'm. invariably in TEBMS: t- Dollars p - SI 25 fr t the rate bf $1 00 AovwTBEMEns wui oe "- or less for the first A . ' , nf twelve lines (bre"er' ;nErtion. t nnd cenus 1 . , ,. if, the. num- & Ion, and cents ore" the num " Z " , focired : otherwise Vr of mseruuu, rr . . chars:ed x .harced accordingly. il ordered out -I 1 1 i'be made with yearly adver- i-..rble contracts a Tndicial advertisements x Orders aud Jo n f oing rates. x iu : cent- " nrkWcshallntaiothedo-- it r. i iiuv-ii"vu' . . - eigner ought .to JMrfwithin the United KXof ttae to enabla him to be- it! V" ' m..u,it length ot Juif . nrinciples, and imouea iu. m:i.- flcnaainteu 7:" r, nnt.il -he shall have law by Congress to prevent andto . foreigners, who are JZA y come, all .end back to the countrfron nhi ,:rJl foreigners of these cla& j?d to require such law, herea tcr cl 0dernTom utition therool. ; v.t- n or appoint Ihird. ee shall oppota rr r- t . ment of W"5"T Fedei 0r State gov cruments, or metm.) , mam- ijrorii citizens v - - SSiAlconteitwitii the eiyoyment of life. liberty and proSertv, under our institotions, wunout -feting to partSate in the enaction, administration, or execution of ouc laws, , 0 rmHnn Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the adoption of h an amended firm of an oath to "PP SSSfeion of the United States, as paramount, to all obligations of adhesiofi or allegiance to any for &7pSc?, power, potentate, or authority, whatever, uudO any and all cfrDiinistances. . , Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrin that no one of the States oT this Union has the right to admit to the enjoyment ofr suffrage any person of forapn birth, w"ho has not been first made a citizen of the United States, according to the "uniform .rule of naturalization prescribed by Congress, under the pro visions of the Constitution. - - Sixth. We shall oppose, now and hereafter,, any union of Church and State," po matter what class of relinonists shall seek to bring about such union. Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the vested rMitsof all persons, of native or foreign birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest interference with such vestedrights. . . " Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against all abridgment of religious liberty, holding it as a cardi nal maxim, that religious faith is a question between eai:h individual and his God, and over which no polit ical government, or other human power, can rightfully exercise any supervision or control, at any time, in unv place; or in any form. 'is'inth. We shall oppose all " higher law" doctrines, by which the Constitution is to be set at nought, vio- . lated, or disregarded, whether by politicians, by relig ionists, or bv the adherents or followers of either," or bv anv other class of persons. - ... Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the Constitu- of 'tion as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the rights as of the States, without diminution as guaranteed there . by : opposing at all times, and to the extent "of our ability and influence, all who may assail them, -or ei ther of them. " - . Eleccnti. And lasjly, we shall use our utmost exer tioas to build up an " American party," whose maxim shall be: Americans shall ktle their Coustry! I Reported Murder of a Soldier j Baltimore July 12. It wa3 stated yesterday that I an " old soldier, named Locis Loup, was whipped to death by a man named Morrell, Sergeant of the Guard, at Fort McHenry, on Wednesday night, the particu'ars of which, if true, exhibit one of the most wanton and heartless murders ever recorded". It seems that he was intoxicated, and 'misbehaved in some manner, which excited the ire of the sergeant of the guard, who knocked him down and beat him severely, and then put him into the guard-house among the prisoners, where he beat him again most unmercifully, leaving him weltering in a large pool of his blood. About one o'clock, yesterday morning, he was taken from, the guard-house, by the sergeant, dreadfully lacerated, and unable to stand, and tied up by his hands to the flag-staff. On having his hands tied, he cried most piteous! j to be let down, but his entreaties were of no avail, and, instead of softening, only in creased the anger of the cruel sergeant, who gauged his mouth with a stick, and thus silenced his cries! He was thus kept suspended for three houre, and : when lowered down, life wa3 totally extinct Loup .was a Swiss by birth, aged forty years, and has served seventeen years in the American army. P. S. Since writins the above. -wr havn lmkrl that high constable Herring yesterday afternoon pro ceeded to the Fort, and arested the sergeant, Mdrrell, under whose immediate direction the act which caused me ueain 01 tne untortuuate man. was nprn?ftiiH Coroner Benson held an inauest nvpr th nn,i tne jury rendered a verdict of death bv intemneiW. and exposure. The examination into the case will had at three o'clock, to-day, at the Central Police ciauon. supper. j Swindling Operation. V.UARLESTOX, O U1V 13. We P in th fnllrtorn. lt of interesting information from the Augusta Consti tutionals and Republic; of yesterday. Some of our own citizens may retain a lively recollection of some of the freaks of fortune played off in this city some tune since by the same Darties. W wp l with "Little Benny," and are glad to learn that his uiumuitrbuip 13 aoout to chanere hancK Ihe case of the States r. A :.:1j as a common cheat and swinrllpr. trii rt0 onri oftn e 1 . . . .. J - I iu a veraict ot euiltv. This is th ittA;;i- :u m, . . .V r. J.J o urJortunately tor such a musical prodigy, has' charge of the Infant Drummer ' Tn ho 1.: u.-f:- rm. t?UnDg D' our ers will recollect (some of them wu retain ri: ,, ,e th -a - n:r. ,7 lociuj- recouecuon concert was advertised which thZr Ane master Underwent in vestigation at the time, and tho aa., . nutted for trial, which has resulted t"tL V e arc elad to learn that thia . auer be in the hands nf g nm o,;v,- i . mt .;n i e , wuu, we 7 1 . ?AU reiJ Ior success upon the intrinsic merit nf buv, 11111 1 t iiprinrmanna n-nnnn j . . 1 br false "golden showers." ji i Bvunmv; i 1 1.LVSIXUI 1 " J1 intl" liTr nAn-rtmA JEFFERSON" ATrn TfrTr?i trrTxr. UnioT 7 8pecit? of &overnment has its specific prin tt: m2. Peculiar than those of tSL nrTn,;:,. " 13 a composition of the Horin 7Jf fcU?J5?gusn -constitution, with others tSSViam risht and natural Reason. To , nore.PPsed than the maxims nect tho T cnV? Irora such we are to ex- pect tne greatest numb oT emigrants. They (the w ltuuiD m ..lAeir youth s j;;;;;. offrt .b& iQ exchange V-Z r "Piousness, passing as is usual, ?rf,t0,a": proportion tothei; n" " re WltQ ra the legislation. 'They -t,7t.X. T v ;v ,uwarP and bias its direction Md: render. ,t a heterogeneous, distracted mass. I may anneal to ernrripnt f. -r- . - v-. . J " riucauon 01 these conjec- fW r . e condition of France, if 'MfaH iTST f1Am,eri?ins re suddenly import fed into that Kmgdom? . If it would be more turbu- l2?hT PP7 J83 stng, we may believe that the til v . "iUUOQ ot foreigners would pro- r ' w Jefferson's JXoteson Ya. Ml Y.OIu. 1. LIFE LESSONS. BT MRS. A. D. BAILEY. Oft when lovelight shines the brightest, And ray heart is beating lightest 'Neath its magic beam, rioats a little cloud of sadness, Half prophetic to ray gladness, O'er my fondest dream. . Twas not ever Ihus : I miud me, "When an opening blossom ohartaed me . Into perfect bliss, And bo undertone of sorrow, Whispering, "it will fade to-morrow," Marred my happiness. Song of bird, or streamlet glancing, ent. such thrilla of pfcaaure dancing ' UirotigU my childisn heart ' Tli at the very memory gleaming, Thrpugh the tinted glass of feeling, Still doth joy impart. . , But since then, so oft hath pleasure Faled in p:dn earth's richest treasure Dimmed in sorrow's nights .That my'hearit is always JSarmg Lest the present joy is bearing With its bloom a blight. Once a Utile bud I cherished, Iu its early fragrance perished On my stricken .heart ; x And as other jewels cluster , Round my home, its missing lustre - - Bids the tear-.drops start. Thus my sunlight still is shaded By the thought of beauty faded From my earthly way Though at times a brighter vision Tells my heart of joys FJysian, In love's perfect diy. And again that fresh young feeling, Sweetly o'er my senses stealing, Carries like angel-guest, Whispering still of thornless roses Skies where no dark cloud reposes Ever, ever bleat. From the Greensboro' Patriot. RAIL ROAD MEETIXG. The Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road r il-l? 1 a 'AT. " i company assemoieu in anuuai meeung . m in on Thursday, July 12, 185o. They met in the Young o uens nau ain 0., am u tion of the Hon K M. Saunders by calling Dr k,iw-lfi.ilr T Hill rr Tho llhoiw onn thff flTmninTiMent JtXTt V r " ;r:;v";rA i f er."tr Dr. D. A. Montgomery and D. H- Sturbuck, Esq., Secretaries. It appeared from the report of the Secretary or the Board of Directors, that a majority of stock was rep resented. Upwards of one hundred stockholders were present. J. M. Morehead, President of the Road, submitted Ilia illJllUttl L, gAiiiuiuu u y -i j miviauig vuuui- tion of the Company. The present financial condition of the Company can be iudsred of, from the following statements. From the Report of-the Committee of Finances, it appears that there were received, during the year, the sum of 1,852,904,66 Expended, Leaving an unexpended balance jof l,432,18r,22 420,723,44 400.000,00 Matte np of the tollowmg items. viz : 400 btate JLJonds, Funds in NewvYork, 12,707,49 G. P. Bank, Salisbury, " ." Charlotte, State Bank, Raleigh, Hands of Treasurer, 4,671,54 1,109,00 275,00 1,960,41 . Total . . 420,723,44 There is also due from indi vidual Stockholders, $94,150,00 , For transportation not yet collected, 16,111,75- 110,261,75! staking the present Resources of the Company, $530,974,19 There appears to have been received on the Road, since it first went into operation, September, lbo4, the following sums : For transportation of freight: $28,702,2 9 " travel; Z8,lbl,li " " mails, ' 5,121,20 Total receipts, $61,984,60 Expenditures-on Transportation account, $18,678,07 " ilisceUaneous, . 3,000,00 21,678-,07 Net profits on the Road, . $40,306,53 Besides the above, the Road did A large Amount of business for the Company, which is not taken into the account From the beginninar that this Road has made, as was remarked by the Chairman of the Fi nance Committee, we have grounds to hope the time is not iar aisiant wnen xne stock 01 xnis company will be f six per cent paying stook; .', Jllter organization, the appointment 01 a iommii- tee on proxies. &c. the Comnanv adiourned to 1 1-2 ?li. -o 1. t . 1 -x : o'clock, P. M. In the afternoon, various nfatters of interest to the Company were discussed, when", the meeting adjourned to meet again on Friday morning at 9 o'clock: . f The Comrjanv met on t?ridav mortHO'?. 9 o'clock, according to adjournment, and proceeded to the elec tion of our Directors which resulted as follows, viz : Charles F. Fisher; votes Francis Fries, 4 M.936 " R. M. Saunders; M24 Alexander McRae; 4844 There appeared to be 7.229 shares bf individual j.nere appearei svt in the meetmg. Ji. r uick, Xisq., 1 - i hnl r9 iU.. Llll. 1 T . A 1 v tuc kjuiu; a pruAy, uut tuu uuv wxz iu. noA 1 - 1UUUUU OI OH. U. T . blUUWCU. njcjvuuniun resolution was adopted d : . t v m ',l 'Mi. , justice to the Stockholders, the oro KoroKv inHt.riir.tfed to reduce jn.esoivea. '1'hat in n Directors be and thev arp. hereby instructed to reduce wic salaries ot all officers of the Company to ine lowest V i J L. i ,i a. ugure, wax will enable them to retain of, secure me services of efficient and mmnetent irien especially in the Engineering Denartmenf . . .. At the called meeting last March, a resolution wa aid ? le,. enquiring iBtoPf diency of discontmuing Sunday service 6n this Road. t . . . a 7 . - . - - A motion was made to take un this resolution but the motion was lost. J During the meeting oh Thursday. GFov. Morehead tendered his resisiiation as President bf the Rord : and also stated that he did not desire t be elected a Director. b. We have just learned that the new Board of Directors met, immediately on the adjournment of ine oiocknolders meeting, and organized by electing OHAKLEs F. Fisiieb, of Salisbury, President of the Road. HdCxiSTLVG Troops fou tide Crimea. Three men have- Deen arrested at Buffalo. N. Y.. on a chares of plitit- mg troops for the Crimea, to be in the British serviced An American Policy for KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY; 26; 1855; From the North Carolina Argus. RELIGIOUS PEK!sECUTI0K. In these days we hear a great deal of silly chat upon this prolific theme." The North Carolina Standard and other prints of that ilk have raised the howl of religious persecution against the American party, and every cross-roads politician grows eloquent in his dis quisitions upon the mighty topic. Those who occupy the American platform, say these interminable wrang lers, will not vote for a Papist, because of his religious belief; the Constitution prescribes no religious test as a qualification for office ; and, therefore, the American party, in refusing to vote for Papist, are guilty of religious persecution, and, consequently, of a violation of the Constitution. 1 j - This is the merest sophistry f yet' it seems to have imposed on some- indeed upon many. One heed only examine the argument to see that it. has not a leg to stand on. Who proposes to persecute ' the Roman Catholic for opinion's sake? Who has asked that he should be punished for his religious belief ? Has any one advised that he should be debarred from the privi lege of worshipping his Maker according to the rites .of . his jQhuccbX.-Not at all. Let him cling to his cus toms. Let him tell his beads, and enjoy his seven sacraments',, and his auricular confessions, and his transubstantiatipn, and his worship of reliques, and of all the saints kfhis calendar, and no- one wili molest or make him afraid. - Let him enjoy the most perfect religious liberty fbut if he want an office of profit and trust, this is quite another thing. The voter has a right to-eanvass his claims-to examine into his qua lificationsand if upon siich investigation it be found that he hold j "religious principles incompatible with the freedom or safety of the State,"' to reject him en tirely. -Is this persecution for opinion's sake? If it is, then it is just such persecution as is provided for by the Constitution of North Carolina ? The thirty second sectioHof that instrument declares that : "No person' who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the Christian Religion, or the" Divine authority of the Old or N?w Testament, or wh5 shall hold religious principles lncompiatible with the freedom or safety of the State, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust .or profit in the civil department within this State." jWill the American party think that the religious principles of the Papist are incompatible with the freedom and safety of the State. They believe that those principles, oblige him to hold his allegiance to the Pope of Rome as paramount to the allegiance which he bears to this State or to the United States ; and thus believing, they cannot conscientiously vote for him to fill any office or place of trust or profit in any civil department in this State, or of the United States. But is this persecution? It is folly to contend for any such position. I j ' The SJfndard is fond of quoting from the debates in the Convention of 1835, on the 32d section of the Constitution already referred to and quoted. Copious extracts from the speeches of Judge Gaston and-others havbeen recently given, to establish the proscriptive character of the American party and their principles. We can show extracts too in which those principles are discussed. Do the people of Cumberland county know such a man as the Hon. John D. Toomer. We presume they do', Ith th He dwelt anion"- thorn. He ahndo ,4 y o with them long, and shared their confidence to the ffuUest 'extent ; 'aod they know that the whole State of North Carolina con4in3 not a more accomplished I . . r. genueman, or a more virtuous citizen They know hint; to be a man of solid learning: and unbendmsr in tegrity, of liberal feelings and enlarged views. He was one of their delegates in the Convention of 1835; and while some quailed before the eloquence of a dis tinguished Roman Catholic who was ia the. Gopvcn- f A f-mnc: y, tn SfoS ,lr, orirI jafiW,fi the 32d section as it was, in a speech of great eloquence and power. ilSfany, who then, perhaps, deemed him a visionary alarmist, may yet live to admire the wisdom of his counsels, and the far-seeing, sagacity by which tWy were dictated. He conclusively shows, that no man has a right to clamor for office as for a thing due to him from society. But here is his language: "Let it be conceded, for the purpose of argument, that the 32d section establishes a religious test as a qualification; for office, and is susceptible of a practical application ; still it does not restrict freedom of con- science, nor does it interfere witn religious noerty. The people are the fountain of power all authority j flows from jthem ofhee is in their gilt they create it, and can grant or withhold it at pleasure. IPossess- ing the power of creating and granting, they may prescribe th4 conditions of the grant. No man has a nsht to office ; no person has a right tojhal which anoVier can lawfully withhold. The qualification for office has nothing to do with any man s conscience ; 7 he dislikes the conditions of Vie grant, lie may amine its acceptance, and no violence is 'done to his consipence. Tosome men, this construction of the clause may check" the unhallowed aspirations of unholy ambition ; but does not interfere with the right of worship, or religious liberty. This cousequence will not be deplo red by the ( pious Christian, who too frequently sees that the Pagantry of thworld estranges the affec tions from I higher obiectaT JVoble ends can be pur sued by noble, means, without making the , 'pomp and circumstance' of office the reward ot virtue, a cannox admit that office is the only incentive to patriotism, or-the only prize of honor;-! Inculcate on the minds of the rising generation the' sentiment, that officeris the only reward of virtue and of honor, and office holders and office-hunters will cover the country like a cloud, and blight the hopes of liberty. Should the Convention promulgate this sentiment, a population will arise, as desolating to our political institutions, -a a - At "1 -Wt 1. A Al a3 were the locusts, in ine aays oi jrnaroan, io ine fields of Egypt The constant strife for place and for power, between the sordid office-holder arid the; mer- cenary onice-seeKer, wm De as iaia to me ujmpie ot liberty as was the vindictive vengeance of the strong man of old to the house ot tne jrninsunes. Thus snoke that good and great man, Judge Toomer, nnon the fatality and nothingness of the claims set up by brazen-faced office-seekers to the right in the offices of Government, whether the people like their princi ples or not See Debates of the Conventi6n, p. 315. But hear him farther on the rights of conscience : - : We have heard much, in this discussion about the 'union of Church and State,' and about 'civil and religious liberty going hand in hand.' These are fine themes for declamation, and eloquence nas .mxroaucea them, on this occasion, with' such plausibility, as to induce some- persons to believe that they are connec ted with the subject of debate: -An impression is at- temDted to be made, by the use of these expressions, that our civil fights' are unimpaired ; but that bur re- i;nnns rifrhti are not ecraallv unrestricted, lhese ex- hftpn so adroitly used without this body, 1 . -1 1 1 ! J 3 "UTrtl. J -I iA that a prejudice nas oeen kauiuai, un;u uoa wuuu tho ore nf reason, and much delusion has been the UZl it stm oe conceded, ior xne saise oi argument,! that the 32d section establishes a religious a quaiificati01i for office, and is susceptible of . i i: n t ; Vioa will nonseouence, Hp nn abridgement of the fight to worship, no restric- tion of the freedom of conscience. In all well regulated Ciovernmehts. there are some restrictions of natural pw. c? - i.i rights spme restraints on civil liberty. There must i r anme. uuicuuci ui uiuiviuuai iikuw iwi of society and tb protection .of its members. To de .ahA nrftw A,fi Atheist nor the Deist shall hold De Some surrcuuci ya ..uiuiviuuai uguio iui Kiiv dujjij office, does not abridge his right to worship iri any .nlu.tr. floes not restrict the freedom of his conscience, it. lirtiit his religious libertv : lie i3 still left A1VJL VVVJ - O 1 1 fr tn worship', when, where, or how, he may please, nr not to worship at all. This section does not prevent an-r man from" manifesting his devotion, according to thp dietates of his'own conscience. "Without any in fraction of this section, he may worship in the spirit Of hOlIUeSS at W IVIUH Ul mc xiiug auu crauoi uuu r.r. vo mn v nrostrate himself before the Idol of Jug mmnt.!! or he may present burnt-offerings in the Temple of Dagon. It is said, with this construction of the clause, disability to hold office will be the pen- lntitnrlinarian indulsrence in freedom ot con- aivv v. o - I an American People. science ; but disability to hold office, cannot be consi dered a violation of right, and if so, it is an infraction ol a civil right, and not an interenc witli religious ".y.: .0nr Constitution Contains many infractions' ol civil rights, should exclusion from office be consid ered a violation of right It prescribe age; property: and an path, as qualifications for an office ;- but the beardless boythe idle pauper, and even he whose ten der conscience, is religiously scrupulous of taking an oaJi, have here no'advocate4The wildest enthusiast tor the natural rights of man the most vfiionarV lnend of licentious liberty make no complaint of these restrictions; but should we enter the field of experi ment and begin the work of innovation, let the opera tion be continued to the fullest extent Disguise it as you will, this .13 not ,a contest for religious liberty; no man can say that he has hn WstHftfl Hi tT.h r-;rri, of worship, or that he has"beri persecuted for Opinion's u X. struggle tor civili power by those who have been alarmed by a phantom, and ambition has nerved the assailants for the onset Some political knight-errant, considering this section a stumbling block in Jhe road to preferment, has conceived, in the spirit of Quixotism, that it cohceale'd" an ambushed foe ; and rushing to the attack with an ardor of chiv alry, he finds, instead of an enepy, a flock of harmless sheep. But it is said;xclusion from office, for such a cause, may present a temptation to the practice, of ujuxxj. wusuicijuc Limti wiu paiier ior ine bauble of office, can feel no interest in the right of worship, cannot appreciate the value of religious liberty, and is unworthy the consideration of the or ganic law-maker." . A ; We trust that the length of the above extracts will not deter any one from readingjiem. They are wor thy of the careful perusal of every citizen having a voice in the decision of the important questions now agitating the public mind: and we have made them for the purpose of showing that the American p arty, in determening, so far as -they may have any agency in the matter, not to assist in the elevation of Roman Catholics to office, are neither bigoted, nor intolerant, nor proscriptive. No: they are doing what every free man has a perfect and unimpeachable right to do. It has never been held, either under the.new Con stitution or the old, that Roman Catholics are exclu ded from, office by the letter ,of that instrument ; nor did . the distinguished speaker so contend. He said the contrary was the case ;t but admitting, for the sake of argumentthat the 32d section of the Consti tution did contain a religious test capable of a practi cal application, the application of that test'would not be an interference with the rights of conscience. To the same effect were the remarks of Charles Fisher, Esq., an eminent Democrat, and a member of the Convention, from Rowan though he voted for chang ing the word "Protestant" to "Christian.7' Some were for striking out the whele section. He Wixs for re taining it. It might exclude some persons from office ; but it interfered iviti no man's nihil or religious rights." - The Iliglier Law. Much -has been said about the ' higher law" doc tines of the abolitionists of the North, which at one fell swoop, immolate Laws, Constitutions and Treaty obligations, at the shrine of Fanaticism, ufltder. the plea that the Bible teacheth such destraction. But we have a much more dangerous higher law doctrine prevailing in the United States, than this the doc trine that the Pope of Rome has all temporal as well as spiritual power over the minds of his subjects, no matter iri vhat land they may live or what other alle giance they may promise to pay. This we are aware it is denied by some Catholics. The rofu Mr.' Chan dler, of Philadelphia, denied it, iri his" place in Con gress, but that denied has been promptly met by one in authority in Dublin, and emphatically contradicted. It has also bsen denied by Our correspondent "Hiber nicus," of whose honesty of belief, we have no ques tion. Nevertheless the burden' of proof is against him and those who thiok;with him, as we shall pro ceed to showthe leading Cathlicwriters and Bish ops themselves beirigs judges : Brownsonm nis uathoiie ixeyiew says, "i never think of publishing any thing in regard to the Church, without first submitting my articles to the Bishop for inspection,1 approval and endorsement" He lurther says : , - . . : . , Kinrs and lords, magistrates and rules, sovereigns and subjects, are Under it, (the church,) in all things, alike in things lempohal and in things spiritual.-. Whoso denies this, denies riot rrierely the sounder opin ion, bct the Christian Religion itself, " This established, we demand to whom under God it belongs to keep, interpret, and declare, the law of Christ? Whom hath our ixrd constituted tne de pository, the guardian, and the judge of his law? Certainly the Holy Koman ainoiic ana Jiposwuc Church, and the successor 10 reier, as me visiwe neua t - y v- . I -!? L IJ Li. T. 111 4. J 4- or supreme cniej oj vie nurcn. n m uu uu say here that sue is its guardian ana juage. in sriwi' kis. The commission is to the Church, not the State; and nowhere can it be found that our Lord has made princes as such guardians and judges of his1 law, even in the temporal order.. He only gives them authori ty to execute it when declared to mem. .. - , ox t : : 1, j The Catholic uisnop oi ot. .uouxs, xuisouuii nun ue- clared as follows: " Heresy and unbelief are crimes ; and Uhetstian countries as in Italy and Spain, for instance, where all the people are Catholics, and where the Catholic relinon is an . essential part of the law of the land, they are punished as other crimes. The Popj Jiimscit nas saia : r ; . " The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defence 'ot liberty of conscience, , is a most pestilen tial error a pest of all others most to be dreaded in a State." Encyclical letter 01 jrope j-a, -o-ug-15,1852. The Boston Pilot has . uttered xms uurun auu State sentiment:. ;,' , ... ., .... . . .,. . "No good government can exist without religion and there can be no reUgion without an inquisition, which is wisely designed for the promotion' and pn tection of of the true faith.'' c, v. . . ; The St. Louis Shepherd of the Yalle7 X3 : "The Church is of necessity intolerant. '"Heresy she endures when and where she must ; but she hates it, and directs all her energies to its destruction, 11 Catholics ever get an immense numerical majority, religious liberty in this country is at an and so say our enemies so sat we. - v Brownson's Review of October, 18oz, says : " The liberty of heresy and unbelief is not a natu ral right. All the rights the sect have, or can nave, are derived from the State, and rest on expediency. As thev have, in their character ot sects, no .true to the true religion; no nght3 under the law of nature or the law of God, they are neitner wrongea nor ue- prive Ot lioerty u tne aiaus reiusuj wgiaui any rignisaii. ; Again, jit says, uctoner, xoui : - The sorriest, sight to us, is a Catholic throwmg np his Cafl, and shouting "All hail Democracy, .,: , Again, it saia : - - a K Tiit no a aoaprt. the. truth in the face of the AKW M3 V4U1 W Vl MfcJUW v - lying world, and instead of pleading for our , Church kU tha Ktate summon the State itself to plead at the bar of the Church, its divinely constituted Jwlge., .... ... . .. - . -:: - '. ' Tou ask if he fthe Pope) were lord iri the land, and you were in the minority, if not m. numbers, yet : owoi. TOT.at 'ho wnnld do with yoa x that we ill XXX uvnw, Tixxuiv w - . m , . ,. T. Vlpnpnd on circumstances. , xi n Wofif fiin nanafl nf Cathohcism, he would tol- erate you if expedient, he would imprison you, ban ish you, fine you, probably he might even hang you ; but, be assured of one thing, he would never tolerate you for the sake of the 'glorious principles of civil -a uL-vr furain savs :-" Wherever the occasion occurred, the church asserted her power, not in empty words only, but in deeds, to judge Sovereigns, Kings and Ckesars, to bestow ot to-takeaway crows, to denose ungodly rulers, and absolve their subjects : from their oath, of allegiance.' NO. 7. Crush it out. The order of tbe Pope to Arch bishop Hughes is Jo crush out Republicanism ! Hei-e is ail extract from the letter of Popej Pius to f John Hughes, on his late departure from Rome to the Unit ed States:; :,';,-:: -',,.' i. ,.; "If our Church isjo live.it, must he in America. Governments and States are . tqtterin here. Every thing, if 'Uncertain. Another year and a revolution may have swept all awcqi. My good Archbishop. I look to.you for the future. SPREAD ROMANISM IN AMERICA. CRUSH OUT REPUBLICANISM. Tlie Church may before a month flee to your shores?" .Add to all this the Oath which ii taken by those educated at Maynfooth, for the Priesthood, many of Tmmi me sent w.uie united fetatesL and settled as r-astors ov.erthe Caolic Churches .... f . ; OaiiQF the PRIESTS. ." I, AB-, do acknowledae the PPeTosJnsf oa nnirnr l lloliness!iiind the. mother Church of Rome, as the chief head and matron above all pretended church es throughout, the whole earth; andjthat zeal shall be for St Peter and his successors, aa 'the founder of the true and ancient Catholic Faith, Igainst all here tical, kings, princes, states orpowersi repugnant to the same ; and although I, A. B., further do declare not to act or control any matter or thing prejudical unto her, in her secret orders, doctrines, tenets or com mands, without leave of its supreme power or its au thority, under her appointed ; and beiag so permitted," then to act, and further her interests! more than my own earthly good and earthly pleasra-es, as she and her head, his holiness arid hfs successors have, or ought to haye the supremacy over all kings! princes, estates, or powers whatsoever, eitlter . to deprive them of 'their crowns, sceptres, powers, . privileges, realms, ; countries or governments, or to. set. up others in lieu thereof, tliey dissentingfromfhe motherjehurch and fier commands' We here rest, for the present, being satisfied that the position . assumed, that the Catholic people and Priests do ojve. temporal . allegiance as well as spir itual to the"Pope, and that theft allegiance to the lat ter is paramount to and over-rides thejir allegiance to any Protestant: State, It is, indeed! the worst de scription of "higfier law" doctrine and hlarmingly dan gerous to the liberties of the Republi. . . , At a future time, we will give tlfe Jesuit's oath, , and that of other dignitaries of the Churct, to further es tablish the fact that Political Catholicism, as used by Demagogues, in this free land, is incompatible with antagonistic to our Republican Institutions. From the American Organ. '- .r ' A CARD, f My attention was called last eyenin j to an article published in the Washington Union, denunciatory of the following extract, copied from an oration deliver ed by me on the 4th inst, to-wit : "The Pope's Nuncio to Spain, before the Cabinet of the President was known to be public here, declar ed in Madrid, that the present Post-Mo ster General, a Catholic would be a member of the Cabinet of General Pierce There is other and abundant proof to con-( firm the opinion that this appointment (was secured to the Romish hierarchy before the Catholic vote for the present incumbent." - . ' ' ' The Washington Union is pleased tjo speak-of this j extract as " a distinct version of a curfenL. calumny y and says, that the Baltimore Republican " is right in denouncing- this ""allegation (contained in the extract) as a stupid and senseless falsehood." r '" The Washington Union proceeds 5irther to 'lay of the allegation as follows ': 1 . - . , - " We know, of our own knowledge, and from sour ces which put the question beyond th$ possibility of controversy, that the above allegation (contained in the extract) must be false in form, fals3 in substance, false in general, and false in detail." ...... . -, .. . How the editors of the Union know anything on this subject, " their own knowledge," they have not thought fit to explain. y - - I saw, a few days since, the article referred to by the Washington Union, and published in the Balti more. .Republican, in which this last-named press in dulged in its accustoined blackguardism, and defied the, author of the allegation " to bripg forward the least, particle of proof ta sustain him in his charge ;" but I did not choose to notice any uumUhorized deni al of -the allegation, and especially when couched in terms which rendered the denial wholly worthless. There is b.ut.ohe fact in the history of the Wash ington Union, which entitles everything it may say to even , a passing notice, and that fact is, that it is the mouth-piece of, the President and of his Cabinet. Whatever humiliation an American citizen may feel in the admission, Ave are all neverthelesk, compelled to to admit, that. Frankling Pierce ti,, at present, the Chief Magistrate of this Nation,, and ihat the Wash ing Union is. the recognised" organ of his administra tion. Under this state of things I have to say, in re sponse to the Washington Union, that the allegation contained in the quoted extract from rty oration, was made both, distinctly and deliberately reiterated, in the firm conviction of its truth. tX . '1-.. .. ... I acknowledge my responsibility to the country, to tate the grounds on which I made the) allegation. In relation to the first branch of the allegation, purport ing " that the Pope's JNuncio in Spam, declared in Madrid, before the Cabinet of the President was known to the public here, that the present Postmaster Gene ral, a Catholicvonld ? be a member of the Cabinet of General Pierce," I , have to say, that the Hon Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolina declared sub stantially, and upon the authority of ithe Hon. Mr. Barringer, late United States Minister, jo Spain, what is contained in this, branch ot the. extract. JVir. J5ar ringer is the witness to prove the substance of this allegation, and his response will settle! that point. The publication of this card, will I trust produce that response from Mr. Barringer, Mr. Rayner, I knbw, will admit his declaration, made publicly and repeatedly hi this city. j In relation to the second branch or the allegation, which was " that there is other and abundant proof to confirm the opinion, that this appointment (of the Postmaster General) was secured to tne .tiemisn nier arch before the Catholic vote was cast for .the pres ent incumbent." Uiese proofs are necessarily circunv- stantial, it being obvious' thai the .contracting parties would not. puDiisn tneir owu iyittiuj.- ,.vcaK vurvuiu stantial prpofs are not unknown to- Jhe reading com munity, but have been the, subject of comment ' at various timesnd by numerous presses within 4ihe last twelvemonths. One important circumstance yvas published in theAinerican Orgaii some months agd, and has not, to i&f Jifloige, been beenftiuctedl' xnat ciruuiU9uuiv;, tu uuuitciy tsutUM ai wio time, .. t - -AY it- TS xi : T sylvania waited npon. Greneral Pierce, on hearing that judge camppeu was to nave a seat in nis cabi net, and remonstrated against .such a selection, de monstrated by facts odA figures, that he jhad npt. the couhdence or theemocracy of pennsylvania-rand that General Pierce responded OTbstantially as foU lows, to-wit : " Gentlemen, it is too late--that matter was arranged before I-,wad made. President . . - r There are hundreds m this city who can testify that such was the ; response of General Pierce, as publicly statec ai'theltme.:.; : , -.- "... !.' I know nothing personally or. this occurrence, but as editor tf he American Organ; I gave, it months ago to the country, and I am not aware that it has been autAoxitatively' contradictecL":""T - ! - Other cireumstantial proofs' to the same end, may ere long be..fqrthcoming.r i Meanwhile'the respanse.pf Mr. Barringer will doubtless, confirm the first branch bf ' the alalidian.iekaDlishe' fact t beyond Wa troversy, that the Romish hierarcyjaew of. the selec tion of a Catholic for ,a post in. the Cabinet,' before the American "public were mortified and astounded by the official aonouhcemant of this calamity. ; Vi: t .;.;,TESPASIAN ELLIS. At a recent - election' in Louisville . Ky . , the Know Nothings., wet.e triumphant, by an ovemhelming : ma- ,;jonty. '-jA,:iuz-:'ic; viiU "; . THE LA WJOF NEWSPAPERS , 1! SucrlbeW whodo'not give Vxtrws notice to th tontrary are tonsidercd "wishing 14 centihu their tub' 6Cjiption--:i. , . ' s ' 2. If the subscribers order the discxmtlhuance of their papers, the publishers may continue to feend them till all cash charges nrepnid. "yf '5'? ff ' 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa pers fromhe. office to which ithey nre direct eds hey ar held responsibl uhtill they have settled their bill, and ordered their paper dkoontinued. . t """4: If subscribers remov.e to other places without in formmg thermbligheT, '&nd 4he'papci; is sent to th former direction,' they are'h'eid responsible.- 5. The courts have decided .that lefuaing to take a paper or periodical from- the "office, of reworing end, leaving it uncalled for, is "prima facie'.' evidence cf intentional fraud, r . - i rm l JlJ.r,, Til i Ait. '"t Exn" - "OETrtEiix -1 receive(f VburVotc of 'yesterday, by which I am invited to address a Mass Meeting" of citizens, to be held here' on' thell3lli inst., for the pur- 1 pose of ratifying the platform of prhiciptes .recently adopted at Philadelphia bv the. Americau party. -.; J I hare been so long withdrawn, from tho tumoiLof publfc life, and so little accustomed, of late; to swallow the dust (not always Olvmpie,) of the political arena, that I must decline making . A public address . on tho occasion you mention. Besides, I should doubt very much my physical ability to address a large crowd in the open air,rat this very hot season of the year, for a time long enough to express my, views satisfactorily to them or to myself. .:.. ' i - ' ' t; ' " ' Among the great objects of ' this party, 'are- (as I ; understand) to redeem and exalt the National characn tor, to secure to' the native American the predonii- . nance and cpnt ol in the government of his country, to preserve the Constitution inviolateto secure tho integrity and perpetuity o' the, Union, and to estab lish upon a firm basis the constitutional righjts of the South, without impairing those' of . any other section of the Union. ' These are certainly objects of ardent desire to every American patriot and statesman. - The great questions of foreign influence and South ern domestic institutions.arc those which now agitato and injuriously disturb our country, and they should be met and examined in a spirit of enlightened patri otism, with a due regard to the Constitution of tho United State's, and our own rights and safety. . With rerpect to the foreign influence which has prevailed for several years; and is now prevailing, and ' has been attended with such pernicious results to our national character and peace, lam; and havo long been, sincerely opposed to it, in all its various phases and ramifications; whether it be manifested in the employment of foreigners in high diplomatic Ptationa, or in the persecution of poor clerks,' and in the sum mary ejection of postmasters, whose official : incomo " may not much exceed forty shillings per annum. : I think this is a game utterly unworthy of a suc cessor of the. illustrious Washington, and must, needs contract to the smallest; dimensions the mind employed in such ignoble pursuits. .. : . The rights of citizenship have alwayarbecn regarded by all enlightened States as of great value and impor tance. To be a Roman citizen was highly prized by the great apostle of the Gentiles, pnd he did not hcs tate, with a just pride, to claim his rights, and invoko the majesty of Rome as his shield and safeguard. . This right was frequently bought at a great price, and bestowed for eminent services ; and so jealously was it regarded, that he, whC falsely claimed it, incur- , red the penalty of death. In England it is treasured . as a rich inheritance, of .which its possessor is justly proud ; and from the remotest, quarter of the Globe, whether from Libyan sands or Siberian snows, the; Briton turns his expiring gaze, "to the fast anchored Isle," and dies the more content, if his head is pillowed On his country's flag. ' . - AVhy should not American citizenship be regarded; with equal or greater devotion and affection ? Be, cause it has, of late years, been huckstered and hawked, about and made an article of trade in party politics; until it has become so cheap, that eAery renegade and outcast of a European jail, or poor house, has had it thrust upon him to qualify him to do some vile party . work.. " ' "' " '. :. , . - It is said that when Napolean Bonaparte wai about embarking for Egypt he met some young Amer icans, and cQrigratulated them upon being citizens of. the Republic,, and. countrymen of Washington : fend: no doubt their, hearts leaped with joy and Swelled with honest pride at such a salutation. JNbw who so poor k as to reverence thi3 once honored name?,, 4 The Goths have seized the capitoll. .Native citizens are thrust out of pfficei and tieiewly manufactured, gentry are substituted-; arid before the crowned heads of Europe, we impliedly admit oar inability to fill the posts of honor and of trust with native citizen1?, by appointing foreigners who misrepresent our country, because they . do not understand and cannot appreciate'tbo spirit of our institutions! , . . Our flourishing cities arc filled and controlled by . immense hordes of this kind of population, and inn-? delity and agrarianisra boldly show their hideous vis- ages. . I complain of no man on account of his reli gion ; that, is a matter between his god and his con sciencebut we have a right to insist that their priv-, ileges be exercised with due regard to , the rights of others, and in subordination to the laws of the land. ' I should very much regret that an assylum should be denied in our country o all who are oppressed by political or religious tyranny ; who Bufler cither for the sake of religion or liberty. All who sock our shores from proper motives, and who will respect our institutions, I 6houkl willingly take on probation. I would extend the term required for their residence, and require such guaranties as would exclude vagranbj ' and convicts. The well meaning and worthy foreign er should himself prefer, that he should be discrimin ated from the base arid dishonest, and that he should haye the benefit pf his character I ;... t ; With regard to. the other question the domestic in stitutions of the South; I think the political sky is lowering and threatening.- For myself, I do not hes itate to eay, I regret that matters did not rest upon the great compromise of 1850. ' i Being a whig of the original panel, I hope the A merican pary will not be held responsible for theso " hasty remarks, which .are prompted rather by a de desire to treat your invitation with respect, than by any belief that they are worthy of muqh consideration. " Very truly and respectfully, . , I am your fellpw-citizens, - JNO. H. BRYAN. To Messrs. Little, Miller and Harrisok, Commit tee. . ! .. ' ', . . ' Raleigh, July 18, 1855. GehtUuien: I feel obliged and honored by your in- . vitation to attend and address a meeting, to be held . to-morrow, of the friends of the Ameriean party, to : ratify the platform of principles recently adopted by. the i jTational j Council at. Philadelphia.-; I cannot, for reasons" not necessary. to Je stated, comply with your , request although it pains me to feel pbliged, for any reason, to refuse what is desired at my hands by so ' many feltoy-citLBens, Who have strong claims to 'my 1 respectful jpii, .: j . v . .. : : , ' - -s One thing, however, it is due to yon and to myself . to say. and that is, that I am influenced by no hostili ty to th Americari Vparty-or, its principles. On the contrary cpneur in almost ev.ery position laid down1 by the Phuadelphia. Cdunciltheir- platform, in the t&e;jnain, meets, my hearty approval and if I live; and am able , to, get ta thepollion the second of An- j gust, I shall ' most ccrirJy and inost. willingly, cast . nry vote for Mr.4ohepard, the nominee or. ine Amen-; can party in this CwigreBsional District." ' 111 "' lam veryTespectfuiiy; r-.K- - r . ' -r, -. .Your friend and fellow- citizen- ; ., : ; , ; r ,r.GEO.E. BADGER. To Hf W MjaxEK and othersj Committee. ; ' Senator, Brown afmms that Secretary Davis, in a recent speech in Mississippi,; 'fttfmUted the appoint ment of Keeder to have beeii' a" mistake, and intimated clearly that it would be spwdDy corrected by the ap pointment of. hia euccessor .The convention gave 1 1 i 1 ' ' it x ?x it' t.i T 1 empnavc tesiimony mat n wougiifc uu p- pointment 'not lit to have been made, by loudly ap- phjuding the" Secretary's intimation that he would bo t-i : -i .1 i - speeauy removed. .... : . .. - . ! sTius concession appeases senator Jirown, wno says that "if the President removes Boeder, I will freely -forget his appointment" In the meantime llecder returns ' to JCansas, . where be reigns over tverybodv except Stringfellow, nor is it probable that lie will, reply to the mquiries of the administration into his' land bargains, until after, the, Mississippi elections. The promise to" remove Reeder has been made by auy thoritv. Let us see whether it will be complied with. ; . .. .. r ' , AmeritanOrtjan:" ' i . . 7 ' -7'
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