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THE B.AFTSMAB'S JOURNAL.
'CJ.EARFIELD, PA.,'
"Wednesday, April 4, 1855.
Justices of the peace, and others are
informed that we liave always on hand a sup
ply of neatly printed blanks of every variety.
" C" Those ct our subscribers who changed
their residence on the first of April, will not
neglect to give us notice, if they -wish their
papers properly directed.
Appropriation Bill. The House Commit
tee of Ways and Means have reported a general
appropriation hill amounting to $4,000,000;
$277,000 of w hich is to complete the new
Portage.
SPEAKES STBOKXr ON THE BAKZ VETO.
On the reading of Gov. Pollock's Veto of
the Bank of Pottstown, in the ITouse, Speaker
Strong launche forth in a tide of bitter invec
tive against the Message. lie argued that the
doctrines of the Message had long since "ex
ploded," and "were fai wearing out in this
state, and had entirely worn out in several of
the states." . We fear that like old Rip Van
Winkle, Mr. Speaker Strong has just woke up
from a profound slumber, with the remem
brance of his dreams fresh upon him,vhich as
Rory O'More says
" "always go by contraries my dear."
It strikes us if he will examine the history
of banking, back as far as Simon Snyder's
Administration, he will discover that it is his
policy which has "exploded" and not the doc
trines contained in tlie Governor's Messsage.
.What was the result of chartering a tremend
ous hatch of banks at that time, and what doc
trine exploded when the United States, and
Girard hanks were chartered ? We advise Mr.
Speaker Strong to give the legislative history
of the State a more thorough examination ,be-foro-he
sets himself up in opposition to the
policy of restricting bank capital within its
present limits.
' lite:: aky notices.
New Arrangement. We have entered in
to an arrangement by which we can procure on
& few days notice, for those who desire them,
any or all of the recent publications, together
With other "books of every description, at the
publisher's prices. Those who desire to pro
cure a copy of "Ruth Hall," "The Life and
Beauties of Fanny Fern," "Kata Aylesford,"
or any other book," or any of the monthly mag
azines, can do so by leaving their names at
this cilice. . We have made the arrangement
to supply, "as far as possible, the want, of a
good book store ia our County
, IIousirnoLD Words, for April, has come to
band, and is one of the very best numbers yet
issued. By the way, we observe that the pub
lisher, Mr. J. A. Dix, has formed a co-partnership
with Mr. A. T. Edwards, and hereaf
ter, in addition to "Household Words," they
win issue "jtct.vam s monthly magazine,"
with an entire new editorial manageineut. For
cither of the Magazines enclose ? G, to Dix &
Edwards, Xo 10. Park Place New York, or
to r.s, and we will obtain them for you. ? CS0
for a copy of either of the Magazines and the
Journal.
Life is the Forrest, by the Rev. S. M.
Cooper of this place. We noticed th:s inter
esting little woik some time ago, and the nu
merous inquiries that were made for it by the
friends of the author," induced us to make an
arrangement to "supply those who desire to
procure It. The book can be had at this
office. -
CLEAKF1ELD ACADEMY.
- We arc glad to learn that the Trustees of
the Academy have been planting trees, and
otherwise beautifying the premises, and that
they contemplate making other improvements.
We have every facility here for building up an
institution second to none in the State.- It is
now under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Camp
bell, who arc well qualified to conduct a first
class establishment, and who have proven by
their success, sico they have resided among
us, that they are talented aud accomplished
teachers,
. Located as our quiet little town is upon the
"West Branch or the Susquehanna, it possescs
no ordinary attractions to the student who
wishes. to derotc his time to his books, and
enjoy a salubrious and healthy atmosphere
There is nothing here to attract his attention
from hid studies, while he can enjoy the most
robust health, and roam over a vast field rich
in botanical and geological specimens.
To those young men among us who are fit
ting themselves for teachers, and who are un
able to bear the expenses of a collegiate edu
cation, this institution offers peculiar advan
tages. ' In fact, they can enjoy all the benefits
of a Normal school, and for a very trifling sum
can obtain that instruction peculiarly adapted
to their profession. It has been the complaint
of our County Superintendent, and we think
not without much reason, that a large number
of teachers are wholly unqualified to discharge
their duties. If they desire to obviate this
difficulty, and to prepare themselves properly
for the profession, they -should embrace this
opportunity, one which,' we can. assure them,
Is very seldom offered. Mr. Campbell, is a
practical and experienced teacher, and frilly
competent to give ell those instructions that j
are required inrdef todbtaia aproper knowl
edge of the profession. 5-
'OPEN ORGANIZATION.'
We hear a great deal of talk about an "open
organization of the American party," and we
observe that the cry has been caught up by a
number of sound American papers, which de
vote, whole columns to its advocacy. Now we
dont know exactly what is intended to be ac
complished, hut if any material change what
ever, is to be made in the present system of
operations adopted by the American party,
then we are opposed to it. We believe in the
old adage, "let well enough alone," and we
can certainly see no necessity for a change r-
As the American Organization stands, at pre
sent, it has been successful, beyond even the
expectation of its most sanguine friends, and
is fast accomplishing all that it was designed
to achieve. Why then change its policy ?
What object is to be gained 1
But why is this call for an 'open organization?'
nave not all parties their secrets, and are the
Americans peculiar in that respect ? And
would you spreaad out all your plans and your
mode of operations, on a printed sheet for
your insidcous adversary's perusal? If not,
why is the organization to be more "open"
than it is at present ? Are not the principles
of the American party already known and
published to all men ? " Are they attempted to
be kept secret ? How then, would you have
it more "open," nnless by revealing to your
enemies your strength, and your plan of bat
tle ? When a besciging army is about to as
sail a strung citidal, does the Commander in
Chief, send to the Captain of the adverse host,
the number of his forces and the plan of at
tack, with directions how best to repel the as
sault ? Remember that we are fighting a wil
ey enemy, one that for centuries has baffled
the tactics of the wisest statesmen of the Old
World. We have, thus far, succeeded in the
contest, bat our enemy is not conquered only
obliged to retreat, and is now refitting and
preparing again for the struggle. Shall we,
then, spread out before him our plan ot battle;
shall we invite him to scrutinise it in all its
parts, and so mould his own system as to coun
teract all our efforts !
The American party, as it is now organized,
has already, in a great measure, achieved the
object for which it was Instituted, and we have
every reason to believe, from present indica
tions (which could not bo more auspicious)
that in a very short time it w ill be crowned
with final and entire success. Would it not,
then, be most suicidal policy to alter it in any
essential paiticular ? Shall we throw away a
certainty for an uncertainty ? In short, shall
we place ourselves, after all our struggles and
all our victories, now when we arc almost at
the summit of success, in the power of our
euemies,and be compelled to "fight all our bat
tles o'er again ?"
We fear that this cry for a change in its or
ganization does not come from the friends of
the American party. It sounds to us more like
the insidcous whisper of its Jesuit enemies,
who, having failed in every attempt to coun
teract or inpede its all conquering march,
because ignorant of its tactics and when and
where it would inflict the blow, now seek to
accomplish a change in its organization, well
knowing that when Sampson of old revealed
his 'secret' to Delila, his strength departed
with it! ' -
THE BANK VETO.
Gor. Pollock's veto of the "Bank of Potts
town," seems to be universally sustained and
commended by the press of the State: : It is
to be hoped that the members of the Legisla
ture will see in this enough to stop them in
their wild career, and cause them to beware
how they violate the wishes of their cons'titu
ents and sacrifice the interests of the Com
monwealth.
When the veto was read in the House, it
kicked up a terrible 'muss' among the gentle
men with gum-elastic consciences and capa
cious pockets. Among others, Speaker Strong
let forth a windy tirade against the message
attempting to argue that because Boston and
New Tbrk had more bank capital than Penn
sylvania, therefore it should be increased in
our State! What an illustrious idea? Who
but Speaker Strong, would ever have discov
ered that the interests of Pennsylvania were
languishing for want of shin plasters ! Does he
suppose that bank notes will develop the re
sources of Pennsylvania ? Why, if they were
as plenty as flies in a molasses hogshead in
summer time, the price of labor would not be
increased. The merchant and the banker it is
true, might enjoy the good things of life, but
would it assist the hardy sons of toil in their
struggle with helplessness and poverty.
When money is abundant and times are ea
sy, bank accommodations are freely offered.
Then loaus can be obtained, and bank notes
are plenty, but when hard times come, then
the bank managers must take care of number
one; they immediately contract, call in their
loans and stop their accommodations. Who
is benefitted then ? Is it the poor man ? '.
We hope and believe that Gov Pollock will
pursue the course he has adopted, which is so
evidently in consonance with the wishes of the
whole people. Let him veto every charter of
corporation, which is not ; indespensibty neces
sary, and he will be, as we long since predicted,
one of the most popular Governors Pennsyl
vania has ever had. ' ;
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
The Baltimore Conference has made Clear
field and Curwcnsvillo a Station, and appoint
ed A. M. Barnitz, to take charge of it. On
the Cleaifiled Circuit, Ciias. Oleavtr and W.
M. Siiowalter are appointed. At New Wash
ington," Dr. G. C. LixrrriCL'if, the former verv
able and eloquent pastor, is retained. ' At
Glen Hope, Presley B. Smith, is appointed.
; . Amebic ajs : Cities. The recent elections
have resulted in ..the election of American
Mayors In eighteen cities of this. Union- - Truly
Sam is "round." Ilis foot makes a big hole
in the old party platforms alt. the : way . from
j Main to California, and down to Virginia,
ATTEMPTS IT, BUT FAILS.
.The editor of the Lewistown "Democrat,"
makes one of our squibs the text for a long ar
ticle, in which he undertakes to prove that
S3m Honsten is opposed to Know Nothing
ism because he said he "would oppose no law
making those who profess the Catholic reli
gion inelllgible to office." And who told you
Mr. Democrat, that the Know Nothings wan
ted to pass such a law ? They give us the
credit here, of being the "principal Instruc
tor," and" "Grand High Priest" of that order,
in this region, and wc can assureyou that wc
believe it would be the darkest day that ever
shadowed the history of Pennsylvania, when
such a iaw snouiu oe placed upon her statute
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books. Rather than see an v religious test in-
w
our nooic oiu estate, . we wcuia De willing to
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sacrifica all we hold most dear on earth.
There is a wide diffirpnpn hetw.fn nnn rn.
u3,ur,luu.iUC, pica:, ior uat reabous
v . At i r i a
they please, and a religious test incorporated
in the laws or Constitution. If we uuderstand
Americanism, it is the determination not to
vote for Roman Catholics, so long as we be
lieve their Church to be interfering in the poli
tics of our Country, because it is under the
control of a foreign power, and is antagonis
tic to republicanism. This, wc believe to be
demanded by that great first law "self pres
ervation," but we have yet to hear of any or
ganization in this State, calling itself Ameri
can, that seeks to incorporate a religious test
among our statutes, nor do we believe such to
be the object of the "Know Nothings," in any
portion of the Union. We know that it is the
great bug bear' which the opponents of Amer
icanism use to frighten the unwarry, but we
have yet to hear any member of that party ad
vocate such a measure. All they ask is an
extension, or a repeal of tho Naturalization
laws, and that Americans will not vote for
those who acknowledge allegiance to a foreign
. .
" JAIL DELIVERY.
Un .Monday night, ti;re.Tprisoncr.t, by the
use of a false key, cast of lead which they pro
cured in some way, succeeded in making their
escape from our County Jail. Having opened
the door, and passed into the yard, they very
easily sealed the wall, and left for parts un- Pm-ailm? the red-shirt mania m this nofgh
known borhood. The boys are going into it ftrong'. L'ut-
Aar-rt'n TTr.ffinn . . t t0US aD'J le'1 flitnR,J, 'J five l,cr cent bo
m,ui.vu uuu xuijii
U13 ma. a euarge oi norse Steal-
ing. lie was arrested in Kittannimr. Arm-
stroma-PntT- mui,
c - .j . wj.int tuiuum-
ted for trial at the-next Sessions on a charge of
obtaiumg goods on false pretences. He hails
from Allegheny Furnace, Blair County.
Robert Woods, was serving out a sentence of
six months for the Lirceny of a witch. For
the arrest of either Hoffman or Saiith, and
their return to this County, the Sheriff oners
a reward of $50. For the arrest of either of
them, and his confinment in any prison ia the
tate, a proportionate part of tho reward will
be given. For the arrest of Woods, $ 20 pro-
tided, the SherilTsays,41uit he gets his "poste
nor arrangement" well kicked.
TIIK NEWS.
The arrival of the Atlantic, with one week's
later dates from the Seat of war, confirms the
rw.n.a ,J.,.1. T. . - ,
" - iuoumuiui no i,iujiTirvi xk3sia,anu
the ascension to the throne of his eldest son,
Alexander II. His manifesto, of which only
the most interesting parts are published in the
European journals, declares that lie trill do all
in his power to maintain Russia in the high
position she holds, aud that he will pursue the
policy of Peter, Catherine, Alexander, and
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his deceased father.
The news of the Czar's death, has been 're
ceived in England with great rejoicing, as
coarse and vulgar as it was ungenerous. In
France, on the contrary as soon as the news ar
rived, Louis Napoleon posfponded a party at
th Tiipr: tt v :
..u.u fwLOiuiug a
uwuic uuu luaguauimous enemy .
The other portions of Europe are tumultuous
and restless. Switzerland has brok?n out in
to some ominous disturbence. It would be a
singular coincidence if that little alpine re
public, for the second time, as in '4S,sounded
the first call which started Europe into revo
lution-
or .uai.i jljiae. it is siaiea mat a
company has been formed who offer about
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three quarters of a million of dollars more for I
the Pennsylvania' public improvements th
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-j - - ..uuiu lamuftu I
company.
E""God save us from being a Christian!"
Jersey Shore Actcj Letter.
Don't be alarmed. The (trlovcn-foot" did
that long ago. He's selected you to haul
charcoal and brimstone.
COMMUNICATION.
Mr. Swoope: I think if you hal noticed
the remarks of the gentleman who represents
the twenty fifth Senatorial district in the State
s.f h f ,
...v- t.iimu hj quarter oi mc
panic ot JNorth America, you would have been 1
led to the conclusion thif iha a.Jc""S-,,le numerous friends of that
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interests that required 'bank accommodations
Desides the lumbering business. I refer you
to the 'Legislative Record' of 23d ult. where
we find that the Senator spoke in high terms
of this bank it was one of the most accommo
dating institutions of the kind in the State.
He had himsclf,when not a Senator, but mere
ly a "hog driver,'.' been accommodated at this
bank to the amount of fifty thousand dollars !
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a coniess mat, nue yourself about tho extent
of the lumbering business, I was 'astonished.'
I had no idea that a sum so large would be re
quired by a single individual in the 'hog busi
ness,' particularly in this State. The Senator
Knows more about tne trade than I do and I
presume he Is correct.- '
When you next have occasion to say some
thing on the 'Bank question' don't forget the
hog driving interest. I would ' suggest that
you recommend to tho Committee on banks to two of them, and if they consider them worth any
report a biB for tho Charter of "the Hog dri- &,ns' wo ara -Pad7 to Pay M w agreed.
vers bank" to h U.a t uL lltlA61!: containing later
ovuiv-nuCIO IU U1B I
iweniy una senatorial District.
. " Tours truly, : ' ; jmut;
Coming garden making time.
Prevailing Small Pox, in Altoona.
Interesting our outside. Head it.
Confirmed the death of the Crar.
Left us winter, yesterday. Prehaps."
Mizzle three of our "jail birds,' on Monday
mgnr. t -
Up in tne figures wood in Chicago. Selling at
sixteen aoiiars a coru :
Waiting anxiously oar lumbermen for a 'raft
ing fresh.' Its bound to come before long.
Mad the man that got his coat tore.
lie ought
to have ltore' the jackass that did it.
Green for one editor to ask another to tav a
1 1 "Il C Ji 1 Y 1 . "
1 printing uiu, ueiore -railing, looks equally.
Postponed the Prohibitory Liquor Bill in New
1 I nwtm-WT until t H A VnAn AF U I
I ' " luuurenvu 3 illltl T-W B OH II1C
Madison Bank of New Jersey. Look out for them.
A family fizht between the Pitubursr Union
and rst- There's a good deal of talk on both
nir,. Pome of the nanera th.it 8Unnort01 P;
for the Presidency are bow calling upon him to
rcsisrn '
Dead William 8. Archer, of Virginia, formerly
a Lnitca Mates senator, and a distinguished
statesman.
Ontrw if Hits is Snrins. 83 the Almanacs trll
us, what the dickens haa it been for the last four
months f
Being debated the l'ri question in the House.
It is to bo hoped it will soon be settled one way or
me omer.
Wanted some seed potatoes at this office, in cx-
cnangc lor subscription or advertising. rotch
irreai exewnunt amonr the marsv-wnro-ie
. . ....
last week. The borough constable was about with
a 'sharp stick.
Accident. A man named Bullock, was severelv
injured. on Saturday hist, by a timber-stick rolling
on hisle. He is recovering,
Appointed Via. Robinson, of this place, to the
ouiov oi roaier or u eints and Measures tor I lear
ncm County. A good appointment.
hngit day Tuesday. It really looked n little
line spring. i;ut w.s nave been fooled so often
latelj-, that its better not to be too sure.
l.rpeal f the License Li vs. The Senate has
l';SC(l bill as far as the eighth section.
It
i "u uuuuuua-iiij uccome a law.
Lofd feather and lad lijuor. The Green Day
Advoca, says that au'lndian was found dead from
'the whiskey freezing in his stomach !?l
ilojii'-tC our despatches from Ourwonsviilc Is
there nothing going on at all up there this week?
xoii i ncgict'i 10 semi us inc item.''.
lu operation the new ?undav Liquor Law. ' It
commenced the first of April. Landlords and otii-
erliquordealers. had bcUeVkccp their eyesskined
i par.
In a qnande-nj Squibob., lie want's to know
I ,low in thunder Clearfield 'got so near the North
1 ole. as we have no Prihg, and not much pros
i pCCt Cf Summer.
ujfel ilc, eUop that 'strutted down the
hoard Walloon ennday. to tho imminent danger of
his suspenders and the 'stu-mach" of the man
what wears the corduroys and red shirt. .
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.-:ivt;irr. .-v new secret socuriy nas sprung up,
in opposition to the Know Nothings, calling them
selves 'm lid Cats." It's no use. Thev-'ie bound
to come down on the report of '-team's" fusee.
Is it trim that the only two surveyors in town
rcfusa to run off lots because, as they alledge. the
Council is composed. of Know .Nothings? If so.
we shouM like to know it, aud wc II have- a word
or two to say on the subject.
J question Heat is the arrangement, under
the late postage law requiring all letter?! to be nre-
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liui'i. in regariuo .uemncrs oi tne IjfglstiltV.ro and
Sit.t. I tflt..... T 1 - t . - .
vuitcia ; at. uuu lu U3 m isu ii'icrs tooci in
ttnreigliborhooit.
L'imt ronir it those papers that arc soliciting
an eschnngo. We have cut down our list and mill
not enlarge it. l-.very exchange costs iis-"I.Ma
VCnr fViramr nanitp 14 n ' .1 T ' ,. .1 . 1 .
I "7 . , -. . j . v. . v.mn .UU'.IU. U II U t IlUL IS 11
mole tnan some of them aro worth.
Fmall business for men to carry political prc
jif4ices intrf'privato lifo. When we enter the so
cial circle, pontics should be forgotten. Xo man
ought to bo proscribed for hi political opinions,
s '""S o " is a rejpecraoic and orderly citizen.
vt grsfi oi.U:ii at our friends who arc "raft
ing ,n Dcttcr save time and monev hv n-sitr.
lcies instead ot -pins? There is'jjt the least
da,Vper of thcn thawing out. unless its twenU--dc
- ir V1 l,,au 11 13 UP ,n iais
ffrt'Ps tvartnftr ri.trn thn : 2 .. r it.
Increasing uonnlution that cF IT..l. t.m'in..
It is now 40,tiUl). nnd it is stronirlv intim.itod ih.t
Brigham Yoaag, -s'iaisf. will" bo the cause of a
goodly number befcg added during the ensuing
J V. K "y uwuui oi ii. lirignam s some
punKins in mat line :
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u r 'l"-1 "" viuuon i'emocrat, last week.
it contained .Mahaffey's exposition, and that illus
iroua iuuiTKiu.il can nave the gratification of
Knowing mat it was tne hf.it article in the sheet.
it s a -magriucent production after all. The f-
tener we see it, tne Dcttcr we like it.
Consistent, very Senator Crab, on the Rank
question, in imitation of the 'thing' after which
lie s named, he has been moving backwards, for
wards, side ways, and in all directions. JIo'll cer
tainly inanngc, in some point, to hit tho wishes of
nis constituents.
High the price of a vote in the New .Tor
Legislature. A thousand dollars wero Iat. lv .iflW-
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uioruue. me purcuaser Uad Defter inn. tn
I cnnsyivania, where he can procure a cheaper ar-
ti.cle" miSat buy some of the posies at Har-
"5, .y ana oreecne, lor about "three p8.
77y re7. i.. rT en . t . I
-.w..Vt.s wiv vimruciu .ICaaCIHT. 1 ho I
liuaiccs. lu il'lUUM
on to tho imnrovpment thv
are now making, should erect n. siihstantifil . I
commoaious uaaition to tho present building for a
. v Muva I
rlll ? . IMt,ttwn eaibe made with
proper management, one of the very best in the
Still Native and lictiwr Mother Mnor On
of our friends who has recently been down the
river, informs us taat tho old lady is as ' fraxious"'
as ever. V,e supposed so. She could'nt make a
Sd tw In 3 . 'kUt' L3 a11
and Uiere was no trosnfl. nf n iiKK.(r. ... .. .
teason
r " "'"i1 " I
jocice. inose who desire to nroenre a ennir nf
L. 1 ;r C I 1 ' . 5 ' i n 1 rr. -T . . .. I J
mi- iu turrai or "iue ariats and Sunerings
" cu uccominouatca at this office.
ins dook. is written by the Itov. S. M. Cooper of
Piare- ana wo uavo no doubt will have a lare
KSi5rittr:wSfe
and other culinary utensils none of 'that smash-
ing of crockery, 'pitching' and swearing that usu-
ally distinguishes -'moving day" from all the oth-
er days in the year. Happy peoplo !
wfcEaaiiijJ. J V Alii 11. I 111 t I W t I nil I
Grand ran ojf. Just as we are going to press I
r streets are full of people, in a state of consider- j
our
able excitement, produced by a horse running off
breaking up the wagon to which he was attached!
and making a grand wreck of Mr .T Hi.r.i:in.
IJ...l - .,.:.4.,l.kl. J m, -.w......w o
: "J uoor. ine norse, w believe.
was not injured. No bodv killed, hut .i .1.1
. a- . r , . " 7 uvai
w luunreu vu aeyerai pocKets.
isomnusnonea.. t he new Justices of the Peaco
ueany an uitcu tbeir commissions, and are
urcpnriugior ousiness.- Come of them who have
nMIl 1 pru in ri ri n n krnnlr. 1 1 ... .
. 1 s. . ' . -t .v.ivn
...vu.u UI.UA. 1UUK 1L.1 I I IRA. ImA.
uow m aucuu 10 iu ana we nave no doubt thr
will preserve the peace, nrotect tha Hrh. f
"'"""i uiscuarge launiuuy all the other du
ties appertaining to that verv risr.nn;i,i
portant offioe. . . ' r " "" lm
Tinni inn nt the i, tVi lnf x i '
xri. . . , ; . vm now
xin. v-uricspunueni. te Deiieve we've nubllshed
OBIUltDUl lUfl UailV pBpCrS. lh
ev r.stn B0nt V
to some other sheet the "Jerney shore Newa Let-
t0J, lor.example, where fhoy can make taetn pa J
's"-"""oi -i wr roio: .
Frotax the Pittsburg Weekly Gazetto.'
TO THE REV. DOCTOR O'CONNER, RO
MAN CATHOLIC BISIIOP, ETC.-
Sir: Your letter of the 10th inst., in reply
to a corrcsponaent, on tne subject of Roman
Catholic church property, as held in this State.
under a special law in your favor, is trulv re
markable. And 1st, in regard to the Pope's
temporal rowER. You say, "I w itt enter into
no controversy on the Pope's temporal power.
If what has been sai$ and written on that sub
ject within the last half century is not enough
to satisfy any one that ire admit -no temporal
power in him outside of the small territory kuoivn
as the States of the Church, I will not attempt to
supply the deficiency. I admit nvy incompeten
cy to counteract the benighting ivjluanccs under
trAtcA those labor who will insist on the contrary."
Wc understand this language tomean. (1.)
That you for yourself deny utterly the Pope's
claim to temporal authority in any land, ex
cept the narrow district of Italy known as the
"States of the Church." And (2ndly) when
you say if e, and speak for others also, we un
derstand you to mean that no such doctrine of
the Pope's temporal power is held by your fel
low Bishops, or by the Roman Catholic Church.
And (3Jly) you have even gone further. You
arc pleased to denounce 'these who insist on the
cont rary, 'as' laboringunder benighting influences,
which you are utterly incompetent to counteract,'
and therefore you will make no such attempt !
What arc wc to undo rsrandby this language ?
Arc you at length brought to contess the "
flighting influences" undier which Pope Pius la
bors, aud under which all your IIolv Fathers,
the Popes, have labored ? for they have noto
riously insisted on the contrary. Of the facts
you are very well aware. In what uncompro
mising terms Gregory VII, and Boniface 111,
and Pius V, and Innocent III, and Leo X, and
Paul V, and Sixtus , and Pius IX himself,
"insisted an the contrary," cannot le unknown
to you. Surelv Sixtus V is denounced bv vou
I as laboring under the most "benighting influ-
ences" when, in his Bull against lleury, King
of Navarre, and the Prince of Conde, he said,
"The authority given to St. Peter and his suc
cessors by the immense power of the Eternal
King excels all the power of kings and rinces
it passes uncontrollable sentence on them all.
Y e deprive them and their posterity forever of
dominions uni Kingdoms. Uy the authority ot
these presents we do absolve and set free all
persons, as well jointly as severally from any
such oath, and from all allegiance whatever in
regard of dominion, fealty, and obdience; and
do charge and forbid all and every of them
that they do not dare to obey them, or any cf
their admonitions, laws and commands."
What means it that from the time of tho
Emperor Leo I If. down to that of Henry IV of
I ranee, no fewer than sixtv-thkek memirc u
wore excommunicated and deposed bv over
forty Popes? aud this number not includin
subordinate princes, royal dukes, and others
similarly treated. (See the list m "Lrnce's
Free Thoughts," p. 50.)
To all this sad chapter in history we have
your word for it, th.it all thes? tyrannizing
claimants ot a temporal power outside of "the
States of the Church-' were lutoting unj.
most "benighting influences
"I grant," said King John of England, 'thai
I ought to obev his Holiness lu spiritual mat
ters but that this submission should reach to
my temporal jurisdiction, and lesson my pre
rogative, I cannot allow." To which Cardin
al Pandulf, the Nuncio of Innooeut III, repli
ed, "that tins distinction with respect to his
Holiness' authority was unsound, and that His
Highness ought to obey the Pope in temporals
as well as in spirituals. ' And then lolloped
that scene immortalized by ShaKspcare i
Thou canst not, Cardinal, devise a name
bo slight, unworthy, and ridiculous.
To charge me to an answer, as the Pop'. flanJ
leu him this talc, and from the mouth of Lug'
.au luus muca more tnut nu Italian priest
Shall tithe or toll in our dominions.
ISut us- wc. wilder Heaven, are-supreme Head"
r-o, under liiui.tuaf, great supremacy
Where wc do reign, veo will alone uphold.
Knout tne assistance ot a mortal hand.
So tell tho Popo ail reverence set apart
x o mm aaa Lis usurped nuthoritv.
King John, Act III. Scene 1
Then followed the thunders of excommunica
tion, tho closing of churches, refusal to bury
the dead, &c, till the lnglitened monarch
gave, up his crown ana sceptre to the Pope s
i uncio, who kept them five davs before re
storing them in the name of the Pope !
Can there be anv doubt m what sense this
Popo, the same who declared Magna Cliarta
void, claimed temporal power outside of the
States of the Church?
Says Thomas Aquinas, "The power of the
Pope is the top ot both powers, so that when
any one is excommunicated for apostacy, his
subjects are, ipso facto, freed from Ins domin
ion and lroiu his oath of allegiance.-'
Baronius, your standard author, adds:
"There can be no doubt of it but that the civ
il principality is subject to the sacerdotal."
These uiguitarics and doctors of your Church,
therefore, you pronounco to have lecn hope
lessly under "benighting influences," and vou
plainly join with us in thus condemning them.
We have always regarded these influences as
benighting whether at home or abroad wheth
er at ltonie or in rittsburg and on tins very
account, we have honestly and conscientious
ly, as in duty bour.d, warned our fellow citi
zens agaiust coming under such 'benighting in
fluences,' either in the state or in the schools
Ttnf nf lnirth stmnitplv tirl Kiii-li1nK- nnAn rrli
we find you on our side, conceding; this most
" "e"j o-J - J 0i.,
irnnnrtant noint. allowing us timtr i.nlilir fe.li.
7 C3 "V 3 r- - w
tnonu, that whoever (in your church or out of
it) is found insisting on the rnora power cf
th Po,e, in other lands than his own, is under
sncn. "enighiing influences as you would lam, if
Possl"le, counteract, but cannot
What, then, is the position of the "Roman
Catholic Bishop of Pittsburg," in regard to
the power claimed by the Pope ? If you had
1 . . ... 1
simDlv claimed to diller from the TTltMrn
in-
tane faction on this point, and to side with the
Gallican party against the Popes, Councilsand
Cardinals, who have "insisted on the contrary,"
wc buoum nave naiica 11 as eviaence oi more
liberal view's in the head of this diocese than
rhnoA rK;AL Ti.,,.. 1 T,1- T T 1
r I ni , a l.ilf. ' . . . V 1
you have undertaken tocouhem all as ir-
rec,aimawT darkness, we wonder if our sen-
6es liave not deceived us, or whether indeed
J"cu ar.c getting a step toward the light. .
: Or, peradventure, are we to understand you
a a new dma has been decreed by Pope
l'ins, along with that of the 'Immaculate Con
ception,' and that he.vcefouth he who insists
on the temporal power of the Pope, is to bo
regarded as so irreclaimabh benighted as j'ou
allege? Then what becomes of the boasted
unity and infalibilitv of your Church? I can
easily see how absurd it must seem at ltomc
iu this day, to maintain the old doctrine of the
Pope's supremacy over the kings of the earth.
now that the pauper Pope is so powerless, ana
must owe his throne and his very life from day
to day, to the arms of a foreign prince. But
what then becomes of the tripple crown, or n-
regwe representing the Pope's three-fold sover
eignty the second circlet, given by Pope Bo
niface VIII, about A. D. 1300, to signify the
union of the temporal and spiritual sovereignty
and the third cirlet, added by John XXII,
or Urban , to show the combination of the
Pontific, Imperial and Royal dignities ?
But in what position then do you find your-
"elf? Baronius, your.own Church Doctor,pro
uounces tov, Michael O Coxsob, a hebetic!
Hesays, "All those who takTfronTthTChui
rch
yji nuiuc, ana irom me see of St. Pet
. .,vi u:u oeo oi oi. I'eter one of
the two sirords, aud allow only the spiritual aro
puts the question, Are heritics rightly punish
ed with death ? Jin. St. Thomas answers f"
2. quest. XI, art. 3, in corp.) Vts! beans.
niin.iriA.
But your disclaimer is too serious to be dronl
ped. We must ask further for the meaning
When, so recently, one of our Pennsylvanta
representatives on the floor of Congress main
tained this position as the doctrine of your
Church, it was generally ascrilx-d to the igno
rance of ecclesiastical affairs info which a poli
tician might easily fall. But when a Bisuop
and one who his proved himself not lackin"
either in knowledge or in tact-recent, too
from the court of 11 onie, and from the con
clave of hicrarchs met under the special eye
of tha Pope himself, retnrns to his diocese, to
promulge tbrs doctrine, what arc we to infer?
Mr. Chandler's speech in Congress has sure
ly drawn forth replies numerous enough, and
well enough fortified by aH the facts of history
to have refreshed the memory of one, who, in
this free land, might have forgotten, for a mo
ment, the antecedent of his own politico-religions
system. And tpe could rather say If
what has been said and written on the subject
within the last half century, is not enough to
satisfy any one that the Pope doc claim temp
oral power outside of the States of the Chareh
wc will not attempt to supply the deficiency.
Neither shall we attempt it.' Our people are
not so easily brought under "benighting influ
ences"' as to take the asertion of Mr. Chandler
even when so remarkably endorsed by your
self, as wiping out the history of so many hua-
drcd years, and of so many various lands
history which every child of our common
schools can quota against you, if, indeed, the
class books have not been expurgated V suit
the demands of ywir Church.
We take your declaration as so in the faca
of all the well known facts, that we ask, What
can you mean 1 You, who have just returned
from a fresh sight of the two swords of the
Pope, representing the temporal and the spirit
al power, and of the Tripple Crown, signii'vin"
tho Pontifical, imperial and Ktyal dignities.
vou are not ignorant that this is a fundamental
claim, 'ixsisr.Ei on,' in most direct and weigh
ty terms, and with most terrible fulminations
by the Court of Konie. I might cite the caso
nearer at home and on ou! own American con
tinent, fresh enough in the recollection of our
citizens that of the Pope's allocution ia tho
Sacred Congregation agaiust the Republican
government of New Grenada or the case of
like assumjt.onof Pope Pius in Mexico,
to dissolve former marriages and annul
laws or the very recent and flagrant casa
of the present Pope's Bull against the Bishop
ot lima, lor asserting in a published treatisj
that in questions of civil jurisdiction, (under
their republican government) that of the civil
power is paramount to that of the Church. (See
his 'Defence of Civil Government against the
pretensions oi'theRomau Ccurt.' June 10,'51.)-
But are we to regard you as, indeed, o ut
terly at war with the Papacy as to take tho
position cf a heretic, and to brand Pope Pius
IX and his Cardinals, am all the line of
Popes and Councils, as lyi':j hopelessly "tin
der benighting influences" in insisting on the
temporal power of the Pope?
Much rather should wc: believe .this, than
suppose for a momeut that you arc cither ig
norant of your own church doctrine cud fcistu.
iy,or intentionally disingenuous. . Could it pt s
sib'y be, that you should use such language
in public defence, or for popular etl'ect, with
out really disclaiming the doctrine of tho
Pope's temporal power ? Can't it be, that
while your express declaration is, that you
-iadmit no temporal power in t'te Pope outsul:)f
the States of the Church," you mean something
else than to deny his having or claiming tern-"
poral power anywhere except in his own imme
diate kingdom in Italy Does anything lie ux
der the words, which does not appear' Oar
American people are accustomed to take our
plain English in its plain sense. They aro
anxous to know the truth on this great buo.
jectrin which th3 interests and independence,
of other governments are. so seriously involv-
cd. And you will dome the justice to be
lieve that I seek only to elicit the truth, to
understand yourself, and to serve the cause of
truth and freedom.
Our blessed Master sai l to the Rom in Gov
ernor, "My kingdom is not of this world."
Again we remind you of your very words, B
admit -no temporal power in him (the Pope) out
side of the small territory known as the States of
the Church.' A"0 temporal power ! You and
vor.r Church admit nonj. Pius IX declares,
July 5th, 1847, "We have chosen Pius V. a
our patron. - This Pius ., what was his doc
trine ia Queen Elizabeth's time I "Ciru,"
says he, "has constituted vie king orer all na
tions and realms, to pluck up, den roy, scatter,'
demolish, and build." The said IJiieen (Eliza
beth) tec deprive of her pretended right to the
kingdom, and cf all digiii.'y, dominion and priv
ilege whatever, end absolve all nobles, subjects,
and people cf the kingdom, and whoever hare
sworn to her, from their octh and all dctt.
whatever. Mag. Bull, vol. l!,p.324,Lux. 1727...
This wc take to be a claim of 'temporal pow
er,' and a sufficiently haughty and preposter
ous exercise of it. But this, and such like,'
wc should understand you, from your lan
guage, to repudiate and to asciibc to 'benight
ing influences.' What benighting influences,
then, but of the Papacy, whose claims he as-'
serted, and strove so emineutly to carry out?
" 2iU temporal power," you say. Nono
whatever direct or indirect. "lie admit"
none ! How entirely are we agreed, then, on.
this important point ! "
Alas ! for the Popes, Bishops and Doctors
who have labored and arc still "laboring un
der such benighting influences," as to "in-,
sist on the contrary" !
But what then of the Bishop's oath to the
Pope "I shall not sell nor give away, nor !
mortgage, nor enfeoff, nor in any way aleni
ate the possessions belonging to my table,
even with the consent of the chapter of my
church, without the leave of the Roman Pontiff",
and should I proceed to any alienation" of -them.
Iam willing to contract by the very?
fact, the penalties specified in the Constitu
tion publised on the subject." We are not'
ignorant of the shifts made by your Doctors;'
on certain occasions, to avoid the fair sense cf
the terms, and to declare that the Pope claims-
only a spiritual supremacy which nevertheless
must include a "temporal power" to carry in
to effect the spiritual. But you admit no tem
poral power in him. If you hold any such
doctrine under cover of such language as you
have used, wc must charge j-ou with using
terms even- wav calculated to give a false im
pression. . And if this be your doctrine, that,
tho claim of spiritual supremacy docs of needs
include the temporal, then we must charge
you with seeking temporal power for your
liord the rope under guise of mere religious
claims. Then we understand the calls your
make for special' legislation for the Roman,
Catholic Church," on the plea of your religious
policy.' And then, too we understand how our
legislators have been misled ty granting ou uiot
right of holding in your own name, as Bishop:
but still in your own moot all the churcb.pro-,
pcrtv of your Diocese. M. W. J acobcs. .
. . i rwt tore r . .
Allegheny City, cn , iq-j-j.
rF- flrv. Pollock has signed the bilf to
incorporate the "City Bank of Philadelphia."
Wo presume, of course, that he.,had poaitwe
evidenco of being indespensably necessary, '
uha.um; as ii r.K ETics. AjOok, then, I beseech
you, at the imminent danger in which you stand
"-" ujvt in iuui i ueoiojiicai fte