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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.
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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.,
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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:" '
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