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1 Vlalfonn and Principle oj
the (Jra-aniza
z -, -
lion
j r The ackuo
wlcdonioiit of that Al
"4 tr l imr vlH rul('S OVHT llie
um verso.
"t-HhonreK Hies over iim- rouiiciu m ,...i.v.-.,
- Uhneoiuhiets the attairaoi men, ami who,
Un i'very step by which 'e have advanced
iihrcliaraettir '4 an riiiucpcnxiem liauon,
il iiKtiii-niished lis hv some token of pro-
:Mk!entinl agency. I
W t it The cultivitiou and dev clojmient ol
ntiment oUprolouiully intense Ameri
'infeelin"; of passionate attachment to
j par rountrv, its history and its institutions;
;athniratiou lor the purer nays 01 our na
(.1 'Smal existence;-..?)!" veneration for the hero
i!f i-m that nrecipiiated our Revolution; and
' i iinulatpof tfte.. virtue, wisdom and pat
i , iiMii tJsjVatnc(l our constitirtion, and
. xureesslijlly aj)p!ie(! its provisions,
j ; HI The inaiiite.n:mce of the l':iiou of
,. . e Ignited States as the paramount po
cil irood ; -or, to use1 the languarge of
"iliiiiirtoii, -the primary object of pat-
f i -desire. - ;". .- .
' ' ' .
ht. Opposition to all attempis to veak-
, nf u!)vert it.
T , Jii. i'licoaiproiuisiii antagonism to every
me ol pohev that C'tdanirers it.
h -n i e i
In. I he advocacv ot an equitable ad -
. r ii I-;- l i-ir u i i
iiiniit ;ol all political (lillerences which!
Mini us integrity or perpetuity.
j. Itli. The; suppression of all tendencies
v. political division, founded on " geo
1 ""iphieal discriminations, or on tlie belief
, ' ,iilhm is a real tlifference of .interests
r i views" between the various sections
r , -'n Cnion. " ,
j!i. The lull rceognitioh of the rights of ; tee of common justice and of future peace,
- h vi ral States, as expressed and reserv- ; to abide by and maintain the existing laws
.! the Constitution; and a canhd avoid- ijipoii the suliject of slavery, as a final and
I the (General (iovernment, of all conclusive settlement of that subject in
fr!trcnce witli their rights by legislative i spirit and in substance.
n"n,li :M,ion- ' ' And regarding it the highest duty toavow
- U. Obedience to .the . Constitution of! their opinions, upon a subject sojmportant,
I nited 'Shites, as the umeme law of : in distim-t and uneuuivocal terms, it is here-
ctl
XV
1 1
vn,.
"in!, sacredly obligatory upon all its
and members; and steadfast resistance
. . .
i;
5juritT)t innovation upon its princi
. however specious- the pretexts. A-
-
;mr that ill all doubtful or disnnted nnint
; lvoniv ne legally rascertaincd and ex
.i . . , . : 1 "
s i 'imiftd by the judicial power of the Unit- 1
.f'0
Matrs
,.)
rr'd, as a corollory to tire above :.
habit of reverential obecliece to the
s (ilwillw,- v.. I r i
"ivim-i .aiionai. or MiimrMnMi im
t Hey are either repealed or declared un-
, :I ,
j. 'Mitutional by the proper authority.
A tender and sacred reo-ard lor tlm
' .f", i u staus"anship which are to be con
l'n 7Un'be,l from acts oil ordinary leg-
n w "ir iaei oi t leir; henur
' Wi ll i 111- I w. 1 a r .1 ; . - .
of the
uia,
; compacts and agreements;
and
-s nr nillSlilcn'il hv...
aim settled na-
i . ul mil hi i
i nr. l "
r e
1 mucin revision and
, modification
in:" wkiurnt ';!fluJun i"Ugration, and the
'-' t ot ""migrants. Ollerino- to the
nnl " imigraiu xv.ho. from lov. V UK.r
uc the U
oppression. spL-
"llDrotP,r 7 s ,a inendiy reception
afc. ;i -cuon Hut unqualifiedly condemn-
iiv iiil I nito. J ' - . " J
-f. ft.
S'msn U our shores of felons
riiK I'-'i'crs.
I - -1 nm, .
wot i r.- Ti . .
" 'irali7'iti !l0nua modification of the
imf . ? ',ra,,zion Laws. , ' :
nui j he repeal bv the TW.ai.,.;M- .u
.1,1 Ti;"! SWes-of a State laws allowimr
'l' - fU V "7 '"'""lized to vote.
'dr "tt'VW ' by
...r. t.uponus our rulers and r,,, ,
? t -M.iig system ot rewards for political
punishments for
haa '"dependence.
1 .-J s fin.. . 1
tT" lue wild nunt alter ofllor
v ' i X p prizes tne age.
(iK.8e on the one hami. On
k'l! I II Ivn 1 .1.
the other :
uL-e 01 ine purer days
: 01 uie f.wv i. and ..-admiration of the I
maxim i --uce should seek, the man: I
and not mail the office,'; and of the rule,
that the J"S- -moderof ascertaining: fitness
for office is the'capabilitvv the faithfulness,
and the honesty of the incumbent or can
didate. - . j. ; . .
vin. ce to tne aggressive poli-
,,y and corrupting tendencies of the Roman
JatUolie Church ha 0ur country; bv 'tne.adr
vaneemeiu iu.au political stations
live, legislative, judicial, or' diplomatic of
. omy wno do , olWi -
-execu-
whether civiLor. ecclesiastical, ?Ild wlw are
Americans by birth, education, and trainin-
niff tuus iummnor the maxim: "Americans
j only shXll govern America." 5
j The protection of all citizens in the legal
, aim proper exercise ot their civil and relig
ious;rights and privilep-eS; the maintenance
f ir... :!, t. . "
me iiiii y?.everynian to the -lull, unre-
strained, and peaceful enjoyment of his own
religious opinions and vorship,and a jealous
resistance of all attempts ,v any sect, de
nomination or church, to o'btain an ascen
dency over any other in the State, by means
of any special privileges or exemption, bv
any political .combination' of its members,
or by a division of their civil allegiance with
any foreign power, potentate, or ecclesias
tic. IX'.: The reformation of the character of
our National 'Legislature, by elevating to'
that dignified and responsible" position men
pi nigncr quanncations, purer morals, ami
more unscllish patriotism. '
X. -The restriction of .-executive patron
age, especially in the matter of appoint
ments to office, so far as it .may be permit
ted by the Constitution, and consistent with
the public good.
XL The education the youth ,o our
country m schools provided by the " State ;
which .schools shall be-common to all, with
out distinction of creed or party, and free
from any influence or direction of a denom
iiiationaf or partizan character.
2nd, inasmuch as Christianity, by the
Constitutions of nearly all the States ; by
the. decisions of the most eminent judicial
authorities ; and by the consent of the peo
ple of America! is considered an element
of our political system; and, as the Holy
Bible is at once the source of Christianity,
and the depository and fountain of all civil
and religious freedom, we oppose every
attempt to exclude it from the schools thus
established in the States.
X'lL -The American party, having a
risen upon tile ruins and in despite of the
opposition of the .Whig and Democratic
i parties, cannot ie in any manner rcsponsi
! hie for the obnoxious acts of violated pledges
of either. And the systematic agitation of
t the slavery question by those parties, hav
j ing elevated sectional hostility into a-posi-i
tive .element of political power, and brought
our institution into peril, it lias, therefore,
1 . , r .
become the imperative dntv ol tiie Ameri-
1 r
can.partv to interpose lor tnc purpose oi
giving peace to the country andperpetuity
to the Union. And, as experience has
shown it impossible to reconcile opinions
so 1 extreme as those vwhi.ch separate the
disputants; and, as there can be nor dis
honor in submitting to the laws, the Nation
al Council has deemed it the best guaran-
by declared, as the sense ol this National
Council, that Congress possesses no power,
unde the Constitution, to legislate upon the
subject of slavery in the States, where it
does oV ma v exist, or to exclude any State
. . . .1 IT ' A -
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from af m ss mrilllo me unioil-uecause iv
constitution does or does not recognise the,
institution' of slavery as a part of its social
svsteni; and expressly pretermitting any
expression of opinion upon the power in
Congress to establish or prohibit slavery m
any. Territory, it is the sense of the Nation
al Council that Congress ought not to leg
islate upon the subject of slavery within
the Territories of the United States, and
that anv interference by Congress with
slavery "as it exists in the District ol Col
li mluM wm,l,l be a violation of, the spirrt
and intention of .the compact by which the , a
.. , , i 1,1 t'lio Tlictrirt tn ttlP I C
State ol Maryland iuc" .-v -
United States, and a breach of the national
aith."
Xfll. The policy of the Covernineji of
the United States, -in its relations with
foreign governments, is to exaet justice irom
the strongest, and do justice to the weak
etst; restraining, by all the power of the
government, all its citizens from interfer
ence with the internal concerns of nations
With whom we are at peace.
XIV This National Council declares
that all'the principles of the Order shall be
herfcf forward everywhere openly avowed ;
and tnateach member shall be at liberty
to make known the existence the Order,
and the fact that he himself is a member,
nn.l it .0omtds that there be no con-
ceelmeiit of the places of. meeting of sub
ordinate councils. ,
E. B. BAKTLETP, of Kentucky,
President of National Council.
C, D. Desuler, of New Jesury,
Corresponding becretay
James M. Stephens, of Maryland,!
a i Recording Secretary.
QZF ADVEKYisiG-'It has enlarged
many a small business; has revited many
a dull bubriess;as repaWrtlrnany a lost
business; has preserved many a large bus
iness; has created many a new business;
DISQUSTIIIGI
4
1 tie vularar abuse hpnnoA tmn
mcri6ans by someof the nlignolrgan Us
enough toisgust vermah'ofgood seri4e.
There is a; lo f dirty f seumloiisr slieef
published in this city; conducted by men
.who could not elevate themselves i"abdve-trie
level of common1' blackguards which -indulges
in language which Would Kardfy be
tolerated within the .precincts 'of Billings
gate. :No Epithet1 is' too low, too degrading
or disgraceful to be applied to; "the Ameri
can -Jparty.' Its ' eoiitcmporaries usually
shun- coming in contact with' it as they a
.void a night cart, pr other vehicle of filth,
anil .decent 'men who have been known to
throw the slanderous thing from their
doors; with a pair of tongs ' disdaining to
touch it with their hands;- As;sonie ' fish
are said to thrive in troubled watertso -the5
paper of which vve are speaking, would ex
ist not a day out of the atmosphere of slang
and vituperation. It adminsters to the very
worst apetite of mankind and whether
speaking of the most enlightened states
man the purest patriot, or the talented fe
males of our country, it pursues the same
strain of vulgar ind disgusting abuse.1 ' It is
enough for man, woman or child to have
been born on theisoil of 'America to insure
the ill-will and contemptuous denunciations
of the conductors of that vehicle of false
hood and defamation whilst, on jhe other;
hand, they can se& no demerit in one of
foreign birth, and pan hug to their bos&ms
the burglar or murderer, if born in foreign
land. With, them no virtue, no honor, no
truth exist any where, but in the breast of
. J --.-. . .
foreign born, and no vice or- imorality is
found but with' the native American. If an
encounter occur between a native and for
eigner, the former is censured without ex
amination, and tlie latter excused. If a ri
ot take place, although5 notoriously com
menced by the foreign population, the na
tives are charged by, these contemptible and
malignant; falsifiers! with being the . aggress-'
ors. Facts are entirely omitted or misrep
resented to gratify their' hatred of Ameri
cans vnd their love for foreigners. They
would chanse their reliirion. ( it tney ever
had any, ) and deny their God, if it would
advance them in: the estimation of the for
eign faction. Whilst such men continue
in the control of a .public news paper, na
tive citizens can have ho justice at their
hand, and the courtesies of life and the
principles of honor, 'will continue to be vi
olated. But why is it that these vile and wretch
ed caterers to the morbid foreign apetite,
thus strain every jierve to depreciate and
vilify the American people ? They profess
to be native born themselves ; but if they
be so, they, belie? their birth place, and de
serve to be classed with' the lowest filth of
Europe that is cast upon our shores. "It
is a dirty bird that fowls in its own nest,"
says the proverb; arid it can be applied to
men as well as the feathered tribe.
" Where is the wretch, so lost so il.-iitl.
Who never to himself hath said.
" This is my owu: my native land.'
Most of God's creatures, human and
brute, have an attachment to " home, sweet
home ;" but now and then men are found
who discard all such feelings, and would
transfer their homes to strangers and out
laws, if they eould thereby recieve a tem
porary elevation, or secure a fuller pocket.
For such persons we have no sympathy.
. Bait. Clipper.
The Virginia Cattls-Tbade. Trie Ab
ingdon Virginian, speaking of" thesale of
cattle in that vicinity, says :
" Tliere are a ffreat many cattle in tins
nd the neighboring counties, but the' scar
it v of money I holds speculators off, and
we hear of no r sales, ror tne last. lew
years cattle have been at too high a notch,
drovers have suffered in the flesh, and hence
they are unusually backward in buying.--
Rut one drove! has as ytl passed through
this place, and that comprised .about four
hundred head of a little the ; poorest tock
we have ever seen travel this road. There
are a great many cattle for sale in Russell,
most of them in fine order, and we under
stand they can be bought upon favorable
terms." j
Singular Fact. We arc informed that
a piece of beef, suspended a few inches a
bove the ground, in the ship-yard at Ports
mouth, where Ahe Ben Franklin was . dis
charged, turnen. black in a few minutes.
The Franklin is the vessel which brought
the yellow fever to that port.
The Board fof Aldermen at Charlottes
ville, Va refused to adopt regulations cut
ting off communication , witn ;rt orioih. ana
"Portsmouth, ;j - 1 p V S -'"''
Accordinff to the recent census, Ottawa,
Illinois, contains a populationM.fMd.-.
- f ht Norfolk? Herali jstemporarny
pended on account o the tever -
fiSAHGU; KUOWOTHIHGS;
I Several geh tlemenat Independance,Nre-.
as, having - addressed the IIox. Sam Horsr
ton,; (not Samuel) desiring tphtjnowhis
views on the- subject of Know Nbthingisrn,5
oam repned at- considerame length, under
date of 24th July last. He acknoweledffes
me corn wiinoui nesnaxion or reserve, and
.1 . . C ' ' ' '11 t .1 t
mereiore r we suppose wnu ne tne. ivnow
coining candidate lor tlie presidency 4 he
following are "extracts from nis letter", ... ' '
The movement, . meaning ' the Know
Nothing movement I regard: as onegjovi
ihg out of a great crisis in the affairs of pnt
nation, and, the precursor of a sound
healthful and. vigorous nationality ; ''Ayjiicli
will be commensurate to solve and r carry;
out the great principles of free government,
an& to prevent the' liberties of the country
from being destroyed by the raaciiinations
of demagogues and factionists, whilst thev
continue to chant the syren song of no-:
danger." At the same time they,, cry out,
"beware of the dangers of secret societies."
It is true that secret soc feties have I always
been dangerous to despots and tyrants.
They ha" ve even denounced arid proscribed
Masonryr. The Pope wLtK, Ather poten
tates, have crushed the ancient " order in
their dominions. In our own country, we
have seen its portals leading into its sacred
temples, for a while closed arid deserted:
Secret, societies; were then "denounced.
Thank heavens, that cloud of fanatacism
which ' for a while overshadowed it has
been dispelled bv the light of reason, and it
still continues to extend the bldssings'of
its principles to thousands of 1 disconsolate
w,idows and . orphans. . .. ;; . ;
The cry of Jlbolit ion has been raised by
the anti-American party in the South, for
no other purpose-than to alarm their fears
and strangle the Ameriean feeling.- p -
rHave not the. two parties for years pass
edi, charged each i other with being identi
fied with the Abolitionists, as it suited par-
"A miiir-iti wl or linin
. 1 .r . - atl ,,.',1 t w 1
orivpn thpir nlatmrin In the word. I ner-
ceive by- the , inteligence of the day, that
one of the oldest Democratic statesmen, the
standard bearer of the -party, .Gen. Cass,
has approved the platform of the' American
order as proclaimed to the world by t he
convention at Philadelphia. " 1 "
From '50 to '54, abolition seemed lo have
died away. Its notes were seldom beard ;
or if heaad, not heeded. The compromise
of '50 had silenced agitation, and the last
Congress at its meeting though composed of
nearly three hundred members, claimed
but four avowed, abolitionists in both Hou
ses. qNow they are formidable in numbers!
What has produced inis wonderful revolu
tion? Was it not brought about under the
present Democratic adminstratiOn, which
came into po wer by a greater majority than
any preceding one, where there was a con'
test? Is it not powerful ?
What first broke ft down and built 'up
the Freesoil and abolition majority against
it? What it not the Nebraska Bill? Does
any one acquainted with the facts doubt it ?
Was not that measure concocted in a se
cret caucus of seven persons? It surely was
and endorsed by the President and by his
iufluence carried through Congress, in vio-'
lation of the platform of both political par
ties, proclaimed at Baltimore. Had not the
President given reiterated pledges that he
would discourage the agitation of the slavery-
question in and out of congress and else
where ? Were those pledges redeemed by
him? Was not this measure the first thing
to renew agitation since 1850? No candid
man can suppose the contrary. '
if m
Ths teachers of the modern school, who
claim to be the only Democrats, or patriots
in the country, admit " that some , mod
ification in thft naturlization might be well
enough. They take care not to say how
far they are willing to go. And they- "will?
ing to extend the period ; of probation - to.
twentyone years. If they are not, J am..
If such laws were parsed, they could not
affect those who are' already naturalized,
and who enjoy the full benefits 'of our in
stitutions, - ! ;
Nor wrould it pregitdice the claims of
those '"who might have reached the, Ameri
cans. If" not on their own account, they
should, at least, hail it on account of their
(Children. The foreigners who have been
naturalized in our country 'are generarlly of
a class who would feel it a poor compliment
paid them to placenivicts and paupers on
a footing of equality witbthem; or to say
that such beings are entijleoTto-4he consid
erations which are due the naturalized citi
zen. '- ' r - ' -1 . '
-1 am . in favor of excluding, from our
shores persons who cannot come to the
country with a certificate from our consu
lar agents in the country which they leave,
representing them as persons of good char
acter ; or it they pave Jbeen guilty or politi
cal offences in their country," tp state the
same, that a proper allowance might be
made by Our government. Iam becoming
suspicious of the teachers tn these days of
ULTiLiTARiAN politics. And before I enlist
under the leaders of modern democracy, I
wish to know of them whether they -stand
on the Jackson or Calhoun plaiform. Be
tween their platforms ' there' was an essen
tial difference. - Jackon's was the, constitu
tion and the, Union,; This is the platform
upon which I stand, and if, as has been as-
seneu, me Aiiiencan, pmjr a ti"
battle over, and victory won', 1 shall only
bc- mortified lo ' witness, at my - period of
life, after having looked j iipori so many vic
issitudes of my countr :'t6enanttA-'t
merican "feeling triuiriphi;" One, c'orisolatiori,
at least, Vill bB left mIhttl
rimpha of Aroericari prineieis".werev rever
berating throughout the Union, rf Vassi
lenL When those, principles are said ' to
be in eclipse, Tcorie forward with cheejr-
, .... - .tn! -. -
AitWAio i,Wii tii'iC 1-, itm : ?-r :.' 4 " v ' "
?uci q si,ya- dlrect christian Princes, but also corect them
tiomof my country' is only vto be rseenred l H r jP .- --'"; - K ucl- "em l
by: adherence ;to l the principleslof the-'A- ?f Punishment, even Jo the extetn V of strip- .
mericanorder; -,
jiKiP la?m. .A:nti-Aihericans.
pased-On the. supposition, that all councils t
will be brokenup. from the fa ct that some
Withdrawels have and may. continue to lake
place. In all cases, xVfthm my knowledge,
where withdrawels have occured; a : greater
4iumbetverc added to the order thanen fin the "Index Expurgatorious,t for denying
Occasionallymen have joined thel Oie jdirVct temporal authority of' the. Pope -order
from motives' winch did little credit , F . , . - ; ,1 010
tp its principles, and remain members - for uvI,u lal domimonsv; But,
months. t.Their motive can 'only be judged j PeU?rmine asserts and advocates," with
by their action. They remained quietly I gTeat aeuteness, the, indirect temporal au
na, nominations; were made, ,in which thoritv of' the SoVcicigii iPontiff if hich" is
much desired to be: 1 hose persons soon ; I ' , ' - t 1 '
after-AvithdreW from the tfrder, denouncing j X oinmonly. received . opinion. o(L the.
it as an " unholy,rdark, lantern society." ! Church of Rome. - He says expressly anat
In many cases, seceders Jiave regarded ' the Pope hath the "supreme power of dis
themselyes as highly qualified teachers of! posing of the temporal concerns of all Chris- -the
lie wlangled politics in Texas. But not : ,,- 1 ,u , " , , i-
nr.u-A v.i-T-T-m. ..:.. --i - ti:... i xm and t.haLv"although he cannot;ordm-
democrr. tu -mnt ,0to i
pre
epoch in the anals of our country.
A vast responsibility " devolves upon us.
Ve are. acting in the present, but for all fu
ture generations. We ure'accmntable to our
posterity. We have received a heritage
from our fathers. Shall we regard it with
care, and transmit it unimpaired to our chil
dren ? Shall we remain American? Shall
we remain national ? or shall we surrender
ourselves to demagogues and party leaders!
Or shall we sell our birthright for a niess of
pottage?
AVe have a high and holy duty toper- i
form lo our country, and if we, as Ameri- in the Congress of the United States, the
cans, eanjiot maintain and preserve our free- j .let reminds its readers that two Popes
tlom, is ; it possible, or even probable, that ,u , , , - ... , .r t 1 ,"
we will find a safer depository in the hands ly celebrated for -deposing temporal
of foreigners, or the satellites'sf a Pope ? sovereigns have been , numbered with the
whose system of religion pursues all Ameri- j saints themselves, to wit : Gregory , the 7th
can-Protestants;. with denunciations while .
iiving, and denies their bodies burial after
in Catholic .countries. Is it a crime, or
even a fault in-: Americans who seelc to re-
sist an influence so adverse to -the pnnci
1
pies of free .govenment ! Is it proscription
to . fortify, ourselves against all en'croach
meiits ripon religious jor political freedom ?
If it is wrong, then I am wrong. If it is right,
then I will maintain the right.
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
SAM HOUSTON. . ,
t From the Louisville Jdurnal.
E0MAN CATHOLICISM.
The disposition of the anti-American or
gans to: hide-or misrepresent the truth is
surpassed only by that of the Romish priest
hood. The latter, to this very day, impos
es restrictions upon printing and reading
the scriptures and other. writings, and locks
the daily ..worship of God m a foreign and
dead language.' The former, by their as
sociation with the latter, have caught the
trick of corrupting and concealing truth and
do not hesitate to say that "the highest au
thorized exponents of Catholic doctrine, in
Europe aiidf America, have for ages disavow
ed the dogma that the citixen of any gov
ernment outside the Papal States owes the
Pontifieial Potenate, directly or indirectly,
any. temporal allegiance whatever."- The
Louisville Jounval in its editorials and Col.
Marshall in his speeches have proved again
and again that the Papacy asserts a spirit
ual jurisdiction directly, and a temporal ju
risdiction indirectly, in this year of our Lord
1855, over the souls and bodies of all the
faithful of every clime wand country. But
w are willimr ta nroveat still anain, andH
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now invite attentioo to the process : ;
1st. The fourth Lateran Council was at
tended by a larger number, of dignitaries
than any other known in church history.
The third eanon of this rcpuncil enjoined
that. "Heretics shall, after their condemna
tion, be delivered over to the secular pow
ers. The temporal lords are to be admon
ished, and, if it should be proved necessary,
cdmpelled by censures to take an oath in
in public to exterminate heretics from their
territories. If the temporal lord shall refuse
to putge his land from heresy, he shall be
excommunicated; and, on his neglect to
give satisfaction, &c, his Holiness shall de
nounce the offender's vassals to be absolv-
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ed by law from tha Obligation of fealty."
TMs cannon has. never been disavowed by
anyPope or Council ; and the church, which
is "always arid every where the same," must
still accept it as4iuding. . 1 C f . .
2d. Gregory the 9t1ivin 1239, excommu
nicated Fredrick the 2d, aridabsolyed his
subjects from allegiance ; arid Irrnocerit the
4th. Boniface the 8th.Paul the 3drairdPius
the 5thi each subsequently performed sirh-J
ilar acts; and-these acts have never been
condemned or discountenanced by the in
fallible and unchangeable hierarchy or by
any -of the sovereign PontiiTs to, this
day.--' ' -3d.
Baron ius, a celebrated Papal writer
of the very highest authority at Rome, says
emphatically that "all those who take from
the Church .of Rome and from the See of
St. Peter one of the two swords, and allow
only-the spiritual, are branded as heretics."
'Arid SuarezV another eminent Papal writer,
answers-affirmatively the quVsRon "whether
theTsovefeign Pontiff, in virtue of his spir
itual authority, can, not merely advise and
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PlnS them ,of royal powery ilVneed be?.
thThe inost .renown edVexpouirder of
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f"U indoed- considered by Pope Sextus the ;
J ?tn' af uic?Iife dyed Jn the - wool, of
f ortimdoxy and .was actuajly? therefore - put
aru. "espose temporal princes in tne same
! manner in whic- rhe .. deposes Bishops, he
can, nevertheless, change , their kingdoms,
and take away from one and confer on an
other, as Supreme." Spiritual,- Prince, if -that
is necessary for the salvation of souls."
jOth. The Dublin Tablet,-the most highly
accredited organ of Romanian in the Brit
ish dominions, as recently as. theT month ;of "
Febuary, 1855, 'affirmed- substantially , the
same doctrine. After repudiating the speech
of the temporizing Mr." Chandler, delivered
and Pius the 5th; and the Tablet then . al-.
leges that the deposing power does actually
exist at the present day, and v is ; publicly
tanp-lit in everv State, that considers itsplf.
free. i i, -a z- :-r-
Gth. In his Review for. A pril , 1 8 54 , - Mr.
Brownson writes his" belief that the Cathol
ic dogma revuirs him to maintain at least
the rnuirect temporAl authonty'ol the 1'opes
or to torswear his logic, lie asserts, that'
the "Church must have right to take cogni-'
zance of the fidelityOf subjects,' and "there-;
fore of the manner in which princes dis
charge their duties to their subjects and to
judge and to declare whether they Ijive or
have not forfeited their trusts, and lost their
right to reign or command the obedience of
their subjects," "the deposing power, then,
is inherent in her as the spiritual. authority,,
as the guardian and judge of the land under
which kings and emperors-hold their crowns
and have a right to reign." ; "The Church,
as the spritual powerhas jurisdiction in all
matters that touch our consciences the
law, the glory oi God, or on supreme good.
Then she has jurisdiction oyer all our
livesand all our acts. "If the church is the
j spiritual power, with the right to J declare
the law of Christ for all men and nations.
can any act oi me ovaie, f m cuiiiruveuiion -
ol ner canons, oe regarueu as lawi uic
most vulgar common sense answers that it
cannot. Tell us, then, even supposing the
Church to have, only spiritual power, wnat
question can come up between. man and
man, between sovereign and sovereign, be ;
tweeu subject arid sovereign lorsovereign
and subject, that.does not come within f the j
legitimate jurisdiction of the Church? None, j
Then the power she exercised over sover
eigns in the middle ages was not a. usurpa
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and Avho so resists it rebels against "the King
of Kings and Lord of Ixrds j" - Thus writes
Mr. Broynson. But this is not all or half,
of all. The same honest and logical writer
denounces the Gallican theory, held by a
small fraction of the Papal Church, as half
way Protestantism adopted and,, cherished
hi th'et spirit of a cowardly arid time-serving
nnlirv in onnosition to the Vicars of Jesus
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C hrist. And he says that "in proportion a
we wish to save reliffion and society; we
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to the Holy Father, and, instead of weaken-.
ins: his hands and saddening his heartby
ourdenial of his plenary authority, reassert,
his tennral as well as spiritual nreroiTatives.
"We have no hope but in God, and Go.d
hclns "us only through , Peter, arid Peter
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helps us only through his successors,
Mr. Brownson further declares .that - the
Gallican heresy, was 'never accepted at
ic, and that he seeks no tto be a Catho
lic ashey are,at Paris, for Rome,7 not Paris,
holds thcHiair of Stl Peter, He quotes the
larifiiage of2VUrnseigneur Gousset, the, dom
inant French Catholic prelate, "that a Cath
olic can never admit tinit they who govern
o L-ino-dnm or a renublicare subiect to no
c.nAvic.iA authority in temporals: i ana
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in the January number of the Review, for
1854 he avows that tne ultramontane - doc
trine, is the true 'Roman Catholic doctrine,
for the fearless and energetic assertion Cf
which the Churin is indebted for the won
derful increase of . Catholic ity during th
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