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f AO 140. lliMIlVTONi Nj C. FRIDAY, SETPEMBER11, 1835: VOL. 3. NO 36 .r . . . i . . . j ' . -. ' J'; . n. ,': , . - ;s'',V t.. . . -V. - . ; , , , ' , . - .i - 1 '. . 't . . .' ,...-. . If. .. '. - -N , - - TZ2XIX3S. ' Thbee Dollars per AsjftjM.' ijr aptanc& : ADVERTISEMENTS - Tot.Ke.?diDK a Hyuare uiscrtd at ONE DOLLAR the lirsvartd TWESTX 'IVU CENTri Xoracb ubse quent tuccrtioo. 1 ' ; ; r .iN"o Sulcfibur3 taken for les than one year; and all-win) permit their saVscriptioff to ruir over t yor, without ;gitn; iiaiioc, 'are'- considered bound for the soconil year,' and sa oii fov all sue cecdinx years.!. 1 -'' : ". V j" r: : . Ye.rly'alrirthf;rs; ivh' will agree to pay S10 per vcar, willbe klloUvdTM! pr-Ccnf. di.count,:on oil oti-r hrt suniV atid ,0. l sum inehfll;, so as not to n-duf? tht ir y.rlj'1iU fvlov S10. ' ITJ-WTMMTonii.efcoull.ahle $! Market Strcet,be-, tow th Court Mmih. 1 j - ' , -- peTrnitted to remark, thai the greater that jatr, they are Dot so m practice. Public testint 1 Who invested the latter with I voted headipf the unfortanate Catholic all to the uies and drudgery cf ihe GoVrrii excitement becorraea, the more rooLdelibU Pinion erects itself into an inauisition. I theDOwer and authority, to tamper with, I tlie rains aid Denjhies of a nrrmunirs. I mcnt 1 To mv miod. the exclusion (rora - r '. ' ' 1 v ' --.- . rfT i - - r' a 1 .1 i.-t . I 1 v-v 1 - inensnouia4e our ais- and exercises ns orace witn as much lan an Jcontroui me conscience oi tne vatno- STATK 4 2 233 ATS. . .- :' U . -i ,-.. . ON TUC TIllRt'i ST.CON.D ARTICLE. Mr.' Dry as s-ai tiart-d with Uv.4 reluctant as I Committee. I 'sciousnc59, tuat hit ta'nt alj'ct, afl:ii prosptrity of Nr the character,; and zens, would be tru f I? erate and determin cussion here." VVe, shourd" reea fd h as a sacred duty, instead of adding fuel to fhe flarhe, cvmponfre ianiasjites.-? ; - It is not my' intebtioiv 4.6 "dicuss'Vbe much vexed question,-among writers on public and. political lawv Vhow far a.free government has. the right and. power to iaterfcre in matters of religion," 0r to charge the framert ol oar Constitution, with , an arrogant and unwarranted as sumption ofower, in the adoption ol the obnoxious and intolerant Article, the a mendment of. which. ,form3 the subject matter of ibis grave and exciting debate. Sufficient for me it 13,- ibat ihey havtrex-ercist-d this power, j and tha among all the. wise and prudent regulations of our peace, happiness and securify which that instrmniMit coutaius, this alone forms, a solitary exception, a rtd aflbrds the only engine, wftii '.which the proscriptive de mon of bigotry, fanaticism, and prejudice may wreak its vi nnvance noon a Dortion of the free. eoual and ' inoffeiisire citizens 4 A . - youn' ds I am com- vvhiv surround me, and bf .to ' add re&s thisi.rnav wreak its vinfjeance M r, C ha i r rrra n , a c on Liutr on this ad impur-J of our country, and gut its insatiable ap is a'jKe-iue. nonor auu , punie, upon tne consciences oi me loiiow- CdrAlirta,H,a' well as ers of the' diviner God ' When Tread reputation of hr citi' y criminal 'indeed,-.'1 I feel a" grtat veni ration and respect for our good old Constitution' under, which, we have so lchg, j uid happily, lived, and believe rne Sir. I id have been unwil-. ling to have touched, or impaired any feature of that facred compact of our lib erties and righ's. save the one now under discussion ; and I may truly say, that this affection has been Imuch , "heightened and 'increased, by witnessing: the great. vener ation nnd rc5pect Iwhich' the old citizens of my cou nty, ( Carteret) entertained for this bond of 'union, and declaration of their rights, and the painful reluctance aticism, as fans the flame pf an auto de fe. j The certain" rdscription of the law, is to my mind tr less odious; and more tole rable, than that of vindictive public opia iqifihe one issilent andfidespotic iu its operation, whilst he other," fed and sus tained by the bitter '"prejudices and . pas sions' of our nature, is deaf to te v-'jicrof reason and justice, and but too seldom fails in .eekirtg to assert and; sustain the principle for whib, it contencTs, tu over whelm in one cominoi ruin the antago nist principles of )ts feeble and persecuted victim, and the faircharacter and reputa tation of him, who is i'ili.nit?ly Cijtint-iu-ed therewith. UKn this sutjvct ihi- peo ple haveiIabored tinder a gross delusion. H avert and eanh havi been moveu to a larm their icars Vjid excite their feelings, rBisrrpresentatibns and false stiterhents of the Roman CUthoiic doctrines, . have been spread tor and wide- the ignorant and credulous bate been threatened with a subversion of their religion -the t ress, the demagogue, aiid te., fanatic have lent to nroduce this wide prt-judjee, and it has from the Pulpit, the Muster and ElectioneeringTgrounds, thaf the dogmas of ihe Roman Cathoiic Church, are re'pjete,' Avith" treason and conspiracv againjst the government of these United States! How miserable and contemptible must be that, cauif, in the minds of all honorable nien, wt.ich arid unwillingness to 'have one singlet mv humble judgm this feeling, and thj whifh. they eviriceM, feature of that match- hs instrument, '.altered or impaired "In nt, in therxitence of 1 great repugnance to innovation and chantre, the cautious pru dence in seeking after something new. and tho reat tenacity .with: i vhich we their might? aid spread. error and been proclaimed lie Who made biua a judge of the er ror l, and heresies of the Catholic faith? A!a ! Sir, the very .system of persecution and oDoression. which is so loudly char- In acceotirc office, he must acknowledge the King a the Lead of the Church, and thereby reidiateihe Pope; he must re ceive the hily Eucharist from the hands ! of those whim his conscience taught him ged uion the Catholics, is practised in a i to believe 'tiad no authority." and in a forrfl by the Protestants, ten times more . manner totally repugnant to his long-che lyrainical arid despotic ; because iu a risht-d notions of that sacred rite : and to xovirntnent constitutea like in is, a prver- nose ttie 'scene ol tbis warfire upon con- 5i if uc ne nusi ueny tne doctrine oi iran- substanti.itioti The Catholic in England does deny issaprcmacy of the King, and th-refore maybe slid to refuse toacknovi ledge an 'unqualified aitfgianct ; but in this free and uanov contitrv. where no suuand decettion of th? o'.:bi c onmio 8 j a ainojut to tbe vilest and m st profcri. 'tiv'tjTranay Wneresir, is the biessed charny of thU Gospel, winch at us ad vent, yroclaiiried peace and good will to ail iriitikuiJ I Waere is that Chr Stian spirit 'i mt-elfness, forgiveness and love, .connection between Church and Stale ex whicn iss) teauleously illustrated in the - isu, and there is no Keligion established hold on to the !we thers, as well ass that provision . which proclaims that no person wKo shall deny the' being. of.God, of the t ruth of the Protestant Religion, or the divine authority., either : of the old, or new, Testament, or who skill hold Rcligi ous principles' incompatible viih the free dom and snfety of the Slate, shall ' be ca pable of holding any office, or place of trust, orpront, in tne civn oepartmeni, wun in this State," I pronounce an anathe nin a political excommunication-far more, terrible: and grating tothe ars of a freeman,- than .were .4,the thunders of the Vatican? in by-gone days, to the blind and ignorant devotee, at the shrine of 'Papal power and 'supremacy. - Against. whom is this mighty excitement directed ? Tt is useless. Sir, to disguise1 the fact it lis against the Roman Catholics ! They are .openly and loudjy denounced, a? de nying -the truth of the Protestant Reli gion, .and holdi-is Religious vrincivtes in- compatible with the ireedom and safety ot vcomraission oi rope uBBooui-iuBoeu men thv .lived in men's souls,' ' they e raging uevoiution requires for its support, a resort to an ex pedient so degrading to our nature, and so revolting to every christian, feeling. Sir, if the Catholiq' were some monster human shape, a foe to virtue, and at en mity with God and man, human language could not bestow Upon him more despica ble epithets, of clqtbe him wilh-more. -hideous deformity than that which the spi- . P J ' 1 1 1 : ! i i . . ,5 f . r it oi wnu onu senseless Digony unu i.tua ticism has invested him with. , What know the. mass of he people of the true doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church? What know thev jof the character and tried work' ofonr fa our great respect' for their dear bought experience-and unskill ed honesty and integrity, ! wrll.be f nud the surest 'cuararityt forjhe" pernelnitv 61 our.libe'rtv and-' independence Oor old Constitution was the work and nrwduc tion nf no ordm.nrw the times tat fHritjdj came' fresh from Ih with the full consciousness of the yalde of our liberties otd. rights they fwt'tfte necessity of -preserving; them, inviolate and. manfully. wetrt jtn work, to efiev-t this great and patriotic object, i; I 'need npt say that the world has'seldom seen aaasSeiikb1 lasre of men, more distinguished lor thdir talents, their patriotism, the purity of their ' r . r linow. mat io r was conceived ot. acres oe- this reputation, and the integrity of their who composed the stprlirnt hniWsf V and haracters, than timse Congress of I lalifrfx. and by whom our Constitution wnsTorm ed ; and as hurniliiting as the refle'ctipn inav be to the nresent venerations and to ; whatever nameless motive it may be ?t tributed. I verilv believe, that not orje- ihfd of the peopltKof North Carolina ' would have bcenv found willing io have committed the. destinies of our good old State, and the fofrjiation of ' an; entirely new Constitution, toj an, unlimited Conven tion. Nay Sir, iii these times of trouble and distrust, there: would not be found on this floor ten advocates, in favor of the exercise of this unlimited,- power, and of the State. Who are those who profess tt?enh ? Vo they the Protestant Religion and whatare the I fore Protestantism tests of Protestantism ? What-is the Pro- venerable and Apostolic Church, ' dispen testa'nt'reliirioir and what tribunal is to sed the light of divine trutn to a oenignt (kWmmeits'orthordoircharacttir? Whv ed and sinful world? Do they know. Sir , the Sbnkinff .Qnaker-who. in the that 'it is founded upon the Prophets and Knn.Wt'fftiliMr nf h i rt lil iv rKn 1 1 A nnstles Jesus Christ himself, beina thf fwhauapDears to us) fantastic i apers and chief corner Storle?" Do they grotesque aniics, are pieasing.in jjiesignt mat u is one m iue uiuesi, mm ui-jsw vir of God, is firmly convinced that his. re- rable Christian churches of whica we ligous opinions constitute the perfection have any authentic account, tracing its of Protestantism : -and the host 4 of dissen- descent, 'and deriving its authenticity from tore ' a nrt'f li icmnt -hr H" tro tm-v,f1 thft A'nosiles themselves Do thev know from the great sheepfold of the more stan that it implicitly believesin the divine au dard sects, with equal propriety and right, thenticity of the Old and New Testaments, lay claim to the same purity, because at and that this is thejRock,,upon whichP n last it i n mpw mntteT nf oninion. . 1 1 is" built? The Catholic believes that would respectfully ask if the Presbvteri- Christianity existed! before the Old Testa n T'r.Unt.nl Mpth'ndi5t Unnfist Vp menL and that the new Revelation has tho Prrkt'Pfiinnt Rplicrinn ? - I fnaV that come down to us in . its purity through In Rit'LMnT fnr 'snmft Stan dard of faith, the traditions of the Fathers these tra'di lhat'lhese will be ound td . differ from tions too. he has incorporated in . his- Re each other more essential Iv. than does Iigious faith. . And I would ask, if these hftf and doctrines of the- Saviour- of iue-br I tw. the charge be nines a slander up woi Id I Vrhere is to be found that gold- . fn his religious cna racier, and is unfound en rule of doing unto others, as we would ed in truth and fact If our Protestant ha?e otaers to do unto us ? The Protes- friends would turn their attention to their anrj in hi bund aud neadiong eagerness j own denouiinations, they would find more aud'z. allo proscribe the doctrines of tve-1 to regret and less to criminate in the Ca Cattivhc Ciuir-h and" its Evaugeiical ct- thpli- Church, than their overwrought factiej, -'cannot have iorgotteu that the i- and phrenzied zeal will -permit them to ble !aiid its saving truths form the tfxt j believe. Why do those things which we book of ttieir common faith and hope.' ' ought not to do, and leave undone those ijwoato ask you, Mr.. Chairman, if the j things which ought to be done? I would mass" of the people in your section o. the; not have it believed, Mr. Chairman, .that State have any just and true notions and ; while I advocate the unrestrained rights conceoYions ol the character of the Pol e? ; of conscience, and. ihe abrogation ofall Have noi bigoiry, Miiiticisia ana preju dice, there too, dressed him up in thfgarb ! ot a 'fiend an enemy and reviler. ol the ; Protestant Religion, and a foe to religious freedom and the rights of man ? Ublhey kniw ihat he. is. a good old man the greUt shepherd alike of the Civil a:id Re ligious rights of his people.- dispensing to them the wholesome and salutary reg ulations of Church and State, and is ven rable for his vvars as he is estimable for his piety anil learning. It is said "that the jCatholic owes an allegiance to the Pope! which is in conflict with hij allegi ance to the Government, and iherefore in compatible with life freedom and safety of the .State. This declaration, Sir, is. more specious and altraclire. than true for it is efroneous in fact, and those who know any thing of our Republican form of Go vernment and its happy Institutions, must at one glance, see the utter. absurdity and futility of such an, assertion. ' The allt giance dutj to the Pope isjiot of a civil cnaracter, out is merely a spiritual oorai- ence in matters purely Ecclesiastical, and doejs not detract from, or come in collision with,lhat obligation of subjects to Govern ment, which, as citizens, it is their boun den duty to render. The ame spiritual dominion is exercised by the Protestant, Bishops and Elders, and the same" spirit ual obedience and submission are exacted the one, and the exaction of the other, is a violation of bis rights; and if he be tcis poor deluded being, occapying thi noo descript position in our community, our Protestant zral micht be inaniferd in more stric: ronfoimiiy tothe fb.irity of the Gospel, by sending to, them th Mis sionary heralds of the Cri?.1o call thtm buck from the errors of b?T v. ay, to -lead tlvra n p ire fountain of living water." an. I to leserch iheWi to aljuir the bt-rcies f ihir -mother Oiurch 1'' -For. if their Church he not nf God' it canoe prosper it will fill wit cut the iid and perecuf.i m of nun ; b it if it be'r.f God. persecution b-com s im.iiv and protani- ty, Ixcaufe he lias dlared thai h will be with it "even unto the endof the world" Common charity. Mr. Chair--man, should induce us to believe th con trary, but it is mich to be feared. tVit a bitter spirit of malignant jealousy and see tarian rivalry, has rather xirompled and engendered "this onrharitahle and sense less persecution of our Catholic brethren, than an honest desire to promote the cause of the Gospel and the dissemination of its divine truths. Why do I say sot Be cause,' sir. such a course of conduct, it in conflict with the religious doctrines of thj. Prntf-stJint fnith r!r nnt rnrrl"TVith ihlf - - --- " - . - - - - I civil disqualifications on .account of reli ! charitable disposition und tender commit- . giou3 opinions, that I entertain any uo- oration winch they evince ere for (he. ' friendly feelings, or could be-guilty of the .Heathen artd those vho deny the existence s-ighte st disrespect to any Protestant de- tof.God,' and is an implied adnission of nomination tor. "L perceive jhat God is the wen Icrrcss. fallibility aod wanroff ruth . -no resptcter of. persons, and. the divine of their own faith. The first settlements Author of our Religion came. to bring of this country were produced, and the "the glad tidings, of salvation" "alike to bror.d foundations of this great "Republic the Jew and the Gentile." V Is'thp. pefse- were laid, by this same spirit of religious cution of the Catholj;fur"conscience sake persecution to wards oar forefathers, which required of us in' tlie Bible or by our the : bigoted zealots of this dayf nay sir. of faith? Or are we -riot, like the Pharisee, this hour, are now evincing agaiost iha conscious of our own self-rigbteousness, Romarf Catholics, -It was a boasted , birth-, and glad that we are hot, like (to us) that, right to be born in a land of Civil and sinful; "and perverse - denomination? : Religious freedom--the rfSecutcd of all . Whence arises the diversitv in our faithr- climes were invited to this asylum of thtf the dissention in our religious opinions-- oppressed, where each ' man- might ftit the great variety of our Sects oud' the down under his own vine. and fig-tree" want of conformity among ourselves to and worship Almighty God according to . any uniform standard of orthodoxy? the dictates of bis own conscience ' Re4 , llay it not be found inv the" uncontrolled straints upon conscience, and civil diqna . exercise and freedom of conscience and lifications in "consequence thereof, were" opinion in the untrammelled adoption . of denounced as violations of the great" foti' 7 a reasonable and -popudaf "construction of da lnentaT rights of man taxation withoul . the 13ble, and in rbe want 'of unity jn ad- the eiijoyraent "of its coromhant ciil' hcring to that .excellent Catholic rule of rights, was . pronounced odious and op referrinj. all disputed and doubtful points pressive our Pulpits. Legislative HalVs" of faiih und interpretations to a Council and' popular Assemblies, rang in tucee of the great, the learned and the pious. nrumpt t tongued," against this violent in And yet. Sir we who have no "common ;asion "upon our civil and religions rights, and uniform standird' of faith, require of until this noble and indignant spirit, rip the Roman Catholic, before ;he can be longer controlled by the ft ar. ofsuch orH. nermifted to ninv nffiee.ihat he must not pfessif'e power, produced our fcreat and icii of the members of the respective Protes- deny the Irutfc of the Protestant Religion! intgnty uevoiution. xnen, sir, ta'nt Churches f and vet. Sir. none of these This lyrannj and despotism of opinion four own weakness and inability lo b ell hare flourished during the ex-1 the storai' and thougu! it then no h the Catholic from them all. and thaUhis traditions are not entitfed to our faiiky he part of the peop'e which is always least confined la its appro- sphere. I will not fc -i the surrender on of that sovereignty, to be feared, when; " nriate and legitimate Btop to enquire vhence arises this meian choly state of afiaiirs, .but; will only. re mark, thai to tnymind it atfords onelbf the strongest arjurrjcnts. why the ancient and well established l)rdcr of things should be, as littleupstasth necessity tf our situation, ald '. ihe'chahge in our great Protestant family will be discovered what evidence nave we, of the divine au to be so' divided against itself, as to be un- thenticity of theOld and New Testaments? able of themselv?s. to conform 16 ariv oni- With what weapons could we combat the form standard, or rule, which, in the pje- inhdel notion, that-these sacrea oooKs-are nituae oi its power, it may prescriDe ior i spurious in meiruivuie Luaiaucuuuu.i. others. ' What are the truths of the Pro- the productions of mere mortal men, un- I'e slant Religion ? A belief in the Trin- aided by inspiration from above ? Sir, uy, inthe divine authenticity qf ihe. Old when the Protestant demolishes the Chris anrl Tmv TetLamenLst the 5anctifvinrjf in- tian character of ihe Roman Catholic ---r . rc - . .i -. l i- . . , m flt,vn..a nf iha fi rl tt V n. h a rivt Ranltem (.htirrh hp flPStrnXTR hlS DWI1 POOeS OI i &c. - These Sir, constitute the standard salvation hereafter-r-he cuts up py tue and fundamenml truths of the Protestant' very roots, the saving faith upon which religion, and form the leading articles of he stands he reviles and abjures tie what is denominated the Protestant faith. Uame sacred Trinity, and Holy Ordinan- If it V admitted that these are the 'truths ces, which in his own Church, ne proies of the Protestant religion, theNCathohc I ses to worship and thus acknowledging their supremacy, iu the dispensation of matters purely spirit' ual and Ecclesiastical, the duty and alle giance due to the Government from them, as faithful citizens, were in the least im naited or disnensed with.' This doctrine. which, on this side of the Atlantic, is erant a doctrine. - fraught with so .much injustice1' to the Catholic, becomes a more grave land se rious charge ih U the Kingdom of Great Britain, where, from the peculiar chara6: tef of her Institutions, its tyranny and op istence of the dark ages, but' in all com ing time, !l.HU hardly bo credited, that in the enlightened period of the nineteenth century; there could have been. found bi gotry, vfanatirisfrr and prejudice enough to have cherished and supported so intol- reast eresy 10 seek the aid of a Catholic King th current of popular good-will and affection ran strong in far6r of our Catholic Lrctbrf a of France and the dominant political paTty of oaf country., evcTJ after ihe attainment pf Independeoce, was openly ana.ionaiycnar- - ged with being under French influence. - - Honorable gentlemen on this floor are It was not even wnisperea mm, sir ma red to recount the bloodv deeas, me our vaiuouc irienas sou auirsrmcjiuiuevi ecu-1 reiicious principles ir.coropajio.e wuu uc pression is most sorely leu; ana pernaps, j issertion of its existence ihere. Is prepa cruel mnrtvrdnm! snd horrible DCrs their infh-1 freedom and safety of lbe Conntrr. and iJJW XMfc&4 W - " - - I . J riated zeal, and bigotry, have inflicted on Rhe charge then, would have been deem- . t TV . . - . V T ' r I . J 1 I nn.'.l- in iroil r. rM Jl me l'roiesiant. is in is. sir. a lair unuru uasc niu uwsuuic Sifthe as; legitimate argument ? Have we met to- made -irithout reference io the dissimilar- gether here, to administer-the law of re- Hitical condition. Uur State, - rich m she is in her I'xhau v. can. possible requile. talent "and worth as st'ess mineral proauc -tions and internal resources, has hereto fore been little appreciated ; and' to me, does not deny it-: he religiously believes them all, but- he is to be excluded from office,. because in the plentude of his faith he believes morehis faith -does not stop shaft at .the right place it is too l3tittt- dinarian, "for the. freedom and safety-of the State." . The 1 absurdity to yhich this train of reasoning will lead us, conclusive ly shyxys the utter inutility of retaining this Article, and the cruel system if legist lation, which" holds out tojthe unwary and - . - - - - ignorant, a snare-to trap the conscience same Bible, whic ittf ih'the civiHand political Institutions taliation' Why-do gentlemen; who on fofthe'two coaritries. .- t other occasions sbonf their patriotic pa in Englarid, thereis ah union of anvhat all men are by nature free ana Church and State, and the King is recog- equal, and that in this boasted land of li nized by law as the supreme head of both ; berty, it is a natural and unalienable right and the Catholics acknowledge the Pope to worship 'Almighty God according to as the supreme head of their Here! Sir. is an obvious con premaCv, wnich-is repudia ing either i the King or ingratUade. W bo periled his life, his fohunrand hit', all, in the establishment of civil and reli gions freedom oo this aide of the Atlan tic? Need I, sir, 'mention to this Con vention, the name df Lafayette rnd with him, his associates in deeds of -' noble da ring, in behalf of that sacred cause, Ro rhamliMu. Pulaski. De Kalb anoTothcrs th fTatholie defenders and supporters of flicufor su- now to give a practical illustration of the ! civil and religions liberie, whose gallant ted as belong-! sincerity of.their declaration? Have the j exertions in xm Revolutionary siruggir. the Pope by j l'rotesta tils been guilty ol no excesses i io maintain innc .iwiituanc mb.. . according lc.il wiIL not condescend, Mr. Chairman, to man, give tne ueio me asferuon xuuv hP hidonne ml l': IflP CrUCl Der- million is uuh-ciuuj v wjv - - cognize iier sacred; and cnrisiian cnarut connectio u m'jjiis'aiMj, nnwrru mr: m- vi niv.u oiur. terT The Catholici believes in "a : future j testant Episcopalian .Church and thetate, will preponderate. 'It argues stntpnf TPtvarrta" nriA niinUhmpntW that-! thal.the Kin?. 'Jpon his coronation, when Christian chantv, to visit the s dom. Our country cannot loo oltcu. re member, and too highly "appreciate thrs important services, and let as not slander love he. rejects the J 1 , ( n is me sianuaru ui their common faithi and deriving, as. he f subiecis of The same realm. mn!f hie nnlir sniiini'ii l-nmv fd tp ot their iitfen-nt- KeliPiou8 oersuasions t)r ; expose l ... u.u . wu tinii.vu.. M v o .1, c r I. h thisl nreiii h euons the Protestant bDiscoia!i- seculions, and moral der.iavity oi euuer - w.m. uuv uxa . .... , , 1 . I i . - - f I J.,L.-UI . i::.-iU Z.J;t . f truth ; r. I -. i .i iT it i ir the Wit nnd lh li-. St-Ct. In hv.Tnnp rtavs. for Ihe DUrtXJSe OI vciiciuLiie cuurtu, ue uumiva mi , . liuiihi.i -.. ... .m...., - , --- j -j - 1 . i - . '', - .4 , r . . . . : . U I i .S. . . . T ... . . . , (Km . uuiirhini. , 1 Am . nn Man fin nnffS III IIS- ana autnenticuy, wniist nereiuses iu ir . im.mic nr me, i opr. ou luunwir mu. "u6iuS kuuU ni-jjwi - - ... a.a -w . - J --..i - . ..L- ; . J.. . p-a-.j .u d ,..(,; n ...u:a u;.iad,. r.f tri i tht memorr ol the illustrious aeaa. . ny want of i impntiug to their religion, a motive so' of" ins oi tneiriieny variani irmii wic .uc " therighteous will be saved and the wick-j askecUr Archbishop or .Bishop" Will forefathers upon ihe Roman Catholics 01 ;so noo.y anumn.u.ij r,,u. pd Inst, and thntthA whViw not entire-.: von io the. utmost of voitr Dower maintain these UniU-d Stale?. As well might you ' ( fowler J Mr. Bn,a s FpecdLmezt eccij ly estranged from God, will for a time. o-! tne iaws of G-d, the true profession of the declare a war of extermination against . Indian Case. At the late term (fijls SSffi ro hr 'aw? -And will Jews because jSnded hXnurnen of; wisdom; bemere brutulfulmenit tfae,Catholic like this,he ha a ichi to believe his. to r you prerveio the Bishops.an Clergy : blindness of .their infatuation and relent- lnmbat.an Jndian fl SstS and reS offbe notwithstanding its exist- bethe true and Apostolic Church ; and of this Realm; and to the' Churches com-; less persecution, muidered e Redeemer cuj iar in tere V1- ,. Inirtan But alas' how: simtlaf is their cal tjneja'tion. why alter, or amend t ? thereligious prml -gesot others, but mere-- privileges as by law do and sha. apper- against the .Uhoac Uurtbf nny stood 1'" '.-ilS:- J'in ih Wran mfeoh W ;ifsuchhem them, or any of them tike upon ourselves the r awful res pons.- " tior tyrant sect umfchantiy claims lor it. bound to answer onoatb"Allthis I pro-: "Xht TheJ on had 'JrSSfe? " tions.' hit, and fiberal eiercise of pow- it wi.h such, :detef mined ipertinaciiy. and own - TThe Cathofic s charged with ad-1 mise to do. , .And moreoTer ha is com-, "ffJJ aVain4 which the rd befor the SUte fcctirt wiffcTr the cif er . and miny of its wise, and wholesome evince so . much reluctance to part with vocatingtbe heret ca Lopin ion., that the pelied to repeat and sobsenbe the decla-, posiolic a Jit where tL ilWed felc- vrafVn-- tegulaf ions p whilst the'rutbless and up- itIf ilhano.efiectjt U-nselessen- Pope,is nfa liblejlth.s as an abstract as- ration against Popery, eordins to the j ' .PF hall rjtltprvaii? xrciorT I rriVue. when Judge Higgins tid thnl' Serciful element; lhas struck the Mivii g cumbrancejo the ConsUtuUon;and inthe sertioo; i ilse. .If the doctrines of .the suwte of Charles And this. Siris not x b rLwi for w IlribVcl . Sbie" th &r dumh and speech- minds of many gives doubt and uncer- Catholic Church conform to the sacred all-the Catholic, before he is permitted : sir. never did effect the object for which he From this the c ?'e Li dTsrS tainty;tb me coLruciion of that instru- word of God, andfthe traditionV of the to enjoy office, was required to pass .throM it was intended-u seldom fails to create hnI ! .ffiSkofe menvhicbabove all others, should :be Fathers, all whoiere. that hose sacred the fiery oroeaLof tr; Corporation and j a strong and led by the' dehfcViJ? "left iTaS ge- certam, and -well defined. But I 'be- sources ot divine truth are exempt . from Test Acts; which may safely be. R of its victim, and .instead r"3 3'" IVt tL qdcon 6e W thetSnrT- lievethat it wa intended toiexefude the erron must, like wise, "admit the infalliLi- npuncedaa amounting to aa. odious, aodUppy object in rt. inforiated fcn?s. it turnbro , Hiuc.iu w t.vv.j II J . V w . , , - - t - U..-U l J l i - al nrnir ntmn .. Thot Hprnandl (HrM aQaiUOIUU HIC DOWPf ana BCIITHV WDnuci iucj J' chin i no i.- nnnn ire i- icnrruin a .ninniirs mm Liiif .finuviiifii ni i iiiw ol iuc vuuivu k.- auu lie wiiu auiu uu i j . j t i . ... ... i j . ... . . . w . v ir" . a - . - - - " - - j " ...... ' t if, it is a gratifying; re- office, and such is theerierallyeeeived ters in holy imngs in strict conformity to illustration of tbajralf pinibq throughout ,th this jli vine daw, must necessarily-in- his tV - of our institutions; xohstmction instead of. diminishing the acts partake of infallibility. This, is a revonition Jr exclaim, rwe ne er 1 1 Jike'agam." ,put . Section, and an apti i tne1 and congenialii Srtf this m-eat and rhlihlv r "J n public sentiment, has; been e fleeted, hot by thV bavonet aiid sword, but by theebn ttiiuliohaf exercise of theffee, and uncon trolled opinions, :f a'majority bf our fel i , lo w-rftizens.r ' ,-'4 V' s . r.. -We are 'told by! the..geptleman from ' ' rte, (Mr. Edwards,) that a great and ..raoT$nary .'-xcjjment;7idea.'bur C'jttff, upon tblsr eubjecf j 4 and . i may be Swoscriptive odibusness of its character raises in nign ana, ooia reuei iiiyrauny aud oppTession, and.exhibits to" the liberal and unprejiVdicemind, the groundless fears and mrsebneeptidns of ottr forefathers upon the subject of religious freedom.---Th z a rtiple' jn its judicial construction -may ha ve failed tomans wer its purpose, but as has ben trnlviemarkedrnore remains to be oone? for tfaough they are free by the - - . . ' w '' 2-- - Jr . - . ; -.. . - - ,. -. '. - - .. doctrine which tbe;mbst puritanical of the Protestant secis. cannot aeny. and instead, of being a reproach and ground o perse. cution to the Catholic; it holds 'un in bold relief his faith in ijhe. sacred tcripiuresii and his belief that ti conformity to tbev""di tih'eT commanda.lAereinVoh sure eternal lifeCT And Uwould ask , SitV. to whom is, the Catholic -responsible .for bis faith I 1$ it to -bis God, or jta the Pro w,m a vinlniiAn . f K riaM nf t-nnA ta ts tiroffress' If thks snint is permiued science and a repudiation oLsome .ol the j to prevail, prooaniy me Teneraoie genuc fiyorite and iong-cberisbeU- doctrines ofinja from Warren, (Mr. Macon) was not bis Church; they Jequired him to jeceire soi wrong the other day. when be de- ihe Sacrament of tbe.LordV.SopDer. ac etardmz idk the: rites of , the -.Church of England, and they enjoined upon Jiim tbc 1 claredj?iat he did not believe that the Re volution of 1633. bad done any essential good foxv sir, from that has sprung the absolute necessliy of takings the ioath of! bigoted intolerance, which 1 ao sorry, to allegtance waA.supTenacjft and ofj maksg the declaration against transabstantiatipn. Here then, sir, is the test of bis allegiinee, and thecreation'of that iape.iusi 17 vi I periff, wbiclLbroaght doira uporctbe de- 4-Kn r!ov Lf eA tr tKi fTPneratlOO. and thU floor. If the Catholic h eicladed from lb f fiP nf honor nd ?ri-!ament. ij there a- ny justkc pr .honesty, b rabje'etiug bin , in the- case. The demurrer1 was sastaai ed by the court, and the - case referred, back to the State, -- ,; ' : f - ; We have prorured fhe opiniotr deliver-1 rd on 4h is occasion by Judge Mt.kAK. It is strong and lucid in its exoskion of the case evincing the soend jadgmenl "and clear intellect by-which the. ionneT .... r i- t t J--. decisions ox ice j uage . uaTe vrza goished.' .It also importantasi irtgird the relation! existing between the" Slatf ana X eccrai.vyvcxHiarBi. . r r ' -1 . jr -. ?3 ': . - - -
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