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TO THE PtIBI.IC.
With a view to asoertain how far the people
ef Baltimore are disposed to sustain a paper which
is independent of Catholic control, I have, to-day,
re-published several artieles, explanatory of the
controversy between Bishop England and myself,
with a purpose of distributing copies among
those who are believed to desire the permanent
establishment of sueh a paper; hoping that their
attention being thus called to the subject, they
will feel the neoessity of subscribing themselves,
and using their influence to induce others also to
subscribe. -
1 do this, bacause so many persona hare en
couraged me to believe that public sentiment in
this city is prepared to rally in behalf of such a
paper, that 1 am confident all that is wanting to
secure an adequate patronage, is a very slight
effort mi the pert of tbeee who haw a commas
feeling on the subject
If the Protectant community ef Baltimore esm
forward, their example wiH be followed up by
the public, elsewhere, and the ueetulneae ef the
paper will be increased, in the proportsen of its
increased circulation
As yto, there are many loekiag on, awaiting
toe result, who would rayeiee to our saeraaa. but
hesitate to identify thtuit 'rvae With the mova
meut. for fear of its failure The timid atomfe
he encouraged, and the lakssaia arauusli ta the
importanee of the imwe which n that created.
When 1 penned my firs; cowmen; or Bishop Enp
land"? letter. I had not the most remote idea of
the extent t the plans. th orgsntoatum. ih< re
sources, or the dangers te he ensouutemd Tht
ireuminatior of the eubmoi has filler, wewitk ap
pre.herainti. ami nothing baa ammsfitfy wiek
induct rns ta threw myself mm toe roetr.-veny.
I an teem**, to ac my Wj, if I ub
•muuKM to umne wto UTI BO '*** intercut in
m thai in wlf, t*a with that view I invite all
tc ire willing to ltd me, to do whit they can
u> mil it. Respectfully,
DUFF GREEN.
TO TUB PUBLIC.
The delnotation of thii preee by the Whig
Central Committee of Maryland, devolves ipon
me the necessity ef explaining the oireomatan
e*< attending that satoa ordinary proceeding.
The undersigned adveoated the election of
Sail Harrtaon in IH6 Tha body ef the Whig
penVef this city preferred Mr. Clay. The lead
ing J. jtciai were ihaaatutted at the nomi- 1
nation ef General Harrieon by the Harris- 1
burgh Convention, and MM of them believed |
that he could be elected. The "Patriot" wa the
only Whig paper in Baltimore. Many of the party
desired the establishment of a aealous and effi- (
eient morning daily paper. The city is divided
into twelve wards, each of which deputed five
members, who sonata rated the Hirrisja Convm
tien, and thiaCoaveaboti appointed one delegate
from each ward, who, together with the "resident
of the Convention, constituted the City Central
Committee. Thw Committee were inatrueted
by the Conventien to make arrangements for the
eetablisliment of a morning paper. They appoint
ed a Sub-Committee, who called on me and said
that they had endeavored to do eo, but could not
—that they eenld find no competent person who
bad the means, end would undertake it—that
they applied among others, to the Editor of the
Patriot, who declined their offer. They aoid
that the party ware anaioua and much dissat
isfied at their failure. They wished to know
whether my services eould be obtained, and
what sum they would be required to advance,
I called at several of the principal printing offi
ces and obtained eetamatee, ehowiag that the ooat
would be about eighteen thousand dollars per
annum, and agreed to establish the paper if the
Committee would advance three thousand dol
lars to cover the losses, which must necessarily
accrue. It was distinctly understood that that
sum was to bo an indemnity and not a loan, and
it was further understood, that altiiough estab
lished as a party paper, the press was te be inde
pendent, and that i alone was to be responsible
for its management. With this undeaatanding,
1 prepared a prospectus, and it so happened, that
business called throe members of the Committee
and myself,to Annapolis, where the arrangemen.
was communicated to the members of the .Legis
lature. The agreement with the Sub-Committee
bad been reported to the Oity Central Com
mittee and unanimously approved. It was
thought expedient however, that it should be re
ported te the City Convention, and the preepeetu
ltlio' printed, was not published. The Whig
members of the Legislature took up the subject
and recommended the paper, in strong terraa^o
the patronage of the party. Copies of the pros
pectus found their way to Washington and wore
nserted in the Washington papers. I received
many flattering lucters, and especially from
Southern members of Congress,urging mo to pro
ceed. I was detained some days at Annapolis,
and upon returning to Baltimore, found that the
proprietors of the Patriot had published the first
number of the Log Cabin Advocate. 1 found, too,
that great efforts had been made to prevent the at
doption of the report of the Committee by the
Convention; that it had, in fact, been deferred for
consideration. It was however, nt the neat meet
ing ef the Convention, adopted with great unani
mity, and persons were appointed in eaeh ward ho
obtain subscribcns. The aesuraneee received in
duced me to commence the publication. One ef
the measures adopted at the organinatien of the
party, was to coll a State Constitution. The
chief measure adopted by that Convention was
the appointment of a Stat*. Central Committee.
It was first proposed that this Committee should
consist of seven persons; bnt ths {reposition to
increase the City Central Committee by the ad
dition of eight new members, with pover to any
right te act, finally prevailed. The announce
ment of the new members of the Committee javs
great dissatisfaction. I saw that there wera secret
griefs and private jealousies, which wore difficult
to be reconciled, and resolved, for myself, to have
no part or lot in them, but if posnble, without be
coming identified with either, to concentrate the
energies of all in the common cause, the success
ef which, I was anxious to promote, and hence
I resolved to appropriate some private funds,
which I had intended lor other uses, to the sup
pert ef the paper, and to relinquish my claim ■
upon the party for the advance which the v had
stipulated to make.
The City Committee having required the State
Central Committee to fulfil the obligations which 1
the old Committee had contracted with me, a
sub-committee was appointed to wait upon me,
and ascertain what those obligations were. To
this Committee 1 said, that my desire waa to
karmentoa the action ef the party; that I intend
Ed to do all in My power U promote t; that 1
regretted to And jealousies, private views and
iii.itroat existing; that for my own part I par
took of none, and wonld not become the instru
ment of either ; that the paper Would be free and
independent; that I wonld be rrapoasible te ao
one for the manner in which 1 might aoadnct it;
and that I wiahed it to be distinctly understood
that my object was to advance the public inter
ests. regardless of the cliques and under cur
rents by which we were surrounded; and that in
this view, I preferred taking my own private
means to sQUhUsh the paper, relying up n the
patronage which the puUto might Toluatanfv
give, and therefore release! the Committee hem
all obligation m relation to the prese. except the
ohUgau.m te support, in goal faith, a free proas,
devoted to the advanccmmt ef our common end-
This interview had the effcrt ef harmonimn; the
Cemmitteee; and m c.eitier. they volunta-
rjy proposed and adopted resolutions strongly
reeocimeodtng the papa* to toe patronage of the
party This statement it due to myself, as well
as/to a right understanding of the relation be
tween the Committee and myself.
1 now proceed to state the question t iwse
between us, and spun which they hav* denounced
me and ut paper. At a eeereentiuu of Bisbepa
f toe Cstoohe Church, beW m tow rate. they
issued a paateeul totter, from which the (snow
ing is ar extract:
'-Betoved Brethren, fise trom this csntamina
tjou, keep aloof from these crimes—refiert that
vou ere accountable, net enly te society, but to
tied, tor the honest, fearless, and independent
Kxe-cisraf sour even franchise; that it is a trust
confided to yea, not for TOUT private gain, but
for the pstoiw good, and the*, if yielding to any
undue influence, you either through favor or af
fection, cr the motive of dishonest gain, agaana
rour own deliberate views of what wfll promote
your country's good, you have violated your
trust, and you bare betrayed your conscience,
and you are a renegade to your coentry."
it will be seen that while this extract asserts
a truth from which no one will dissent, its ferae
depends entirely on its application. It requires
the members of the Catholic Chunk te vote un
der the high obligation of religious duty; and, I
believe, is the first attempt in this country te
exercise the power of the Chureh as a political
body. Extracts from the pastoral letter were
extensively circulated through the political
prese. Accustomed for years to guard tha cita
del ef public liberty with vigilance, and t ex
amine well the bearing of every new proposition
—I looked ea in silence, until Bishop England,
the reputed author of the pastoral address, came
out openly as the advoeate ef the existing ad
ministration. Under such circumstances I could
not bat consider his Colnmbus letter a supple
ment to the pastoral address, and these, taken
together, as an open attempt te bring the whole
authority of the Church into the field of politics;
and speaking upon the snbjeet, I said:—
If "from any cause, any religious sect should
combine and throw their weight, in a body,
in behalf of any pelitieal candidate, it is an
argument why others, differing with Asm in
opinion, should appose the candidate, whom
they may thas eombiae to support. And if
it should so tarn out that, under the inlo
enee af Bishop England's letter, or say ether
cause whatsoever, the Catheises as a body, should
in behalf of Mar. Van Bureu, it will he-
I soma the duty of every Protestant to unite, ant
only to resist Mr. Tan Burea, but to rerisf Cath
cUessm."
°To this Bislisp England took great exceptions,
and declared that this proposition to reoirf Cath
olicism as a political influence, was a proposition
to exterminate the Catholioo, and great esite
moot was produced in this city. Ths 0 antral
Committee appointed a sub-committee to wait
upon me, and I was told tbat they entertained
great apprehensions that the Whig ticket wsnM
bo defeated, not only in this rnty, but threaghemt
the State, in canaequenee sf my remarks, and
the relation which I bere to the party. To this
committee I replied, that, in the flrst plaee, I
could not admit any right in the Oenhml ©em
urittee, as sueh, to sail in question the manner
l in whisk I conducted my paper, and protected
against the form of proceedings which they had
adopted. I told them that, with the members of
the committee individually, it wosld at ail tames
give me pleasure to eonfer; that they were net
more anxious than 1 to promote the success of
the ticket, and that no member of the aesamit
party would make greater sacri
fices of money or of feeling to promote it. I
took the liberty of referring to the pest to de
monstrate this, and they admitted, in nay pre
sence, that the whole eonMbaticms ef the party
in the eihy of Baltimore bod not been tqual to
the sum whteh I had been compelled to advance
from my own private means in support of the
paper.
But I told them that Ikey bad presented this
question in a new aspect. I did net believe,
with the committee, that my strictures an Bish
op England's condaet would e:.danger the suc
cess of the party. Bo far from it, I believed that
it was one ol the strongest arguments that could
be urged against the election of Mr. Tan Buren;
but if the eommittea could satisfy me tbat Bisb
ep England's influence had already reaehed a
point where it was dangerous to discuss his ot-
tempt to bring the Catholic Church, as a body,
in support of a candidate for the President, k
would become my duty to resist Ma fefiacnoe
with all the means ia my power. I proposed,
however, tc disavow for the committee any re
sponsibility for my editorial course, and drew
up at oase a statement to that effect, which they
said was sufficient, inaawaeh aa presented (ho
question fairly to the publie.
In the moan time, Bishop England eoatinuad
to fulminate his anathemas against me. His or
ganized press throughout the country took up
the subject. He wrote eleetieneering letters, of
which the following is n sample:
The following ia the reply of Bishop Eng
land to an invitation to attend a pnbhe meeting
at Detroit:
PROM THE BISHOP OF CH V RJLWTON.
CHiKiwroN, 8- C. Sejh. 18, 1840.
Gentlemen—l waa yesterday honored with
vour invitation of Ang, 86, to meet the Ties
president of the United States,en the 98th tost.,
at Detroit.
The compliment which yeu pay him ia one of
those political movements from whieh I have
kept aloof, though I am free to confees my opi
nion is, that the adminiitration, if which he
forme to conspicuous a part, hat acted for tht
benefit cf our Union, mid dot! not doteroe tht
vituperation with whieh it it attaiitd.
It may perhaps tend to ahow tha spirit ef some
of Us opponents, when so humble an individual
as I am, and for so many years a eittoan, though
I must confess to the crime of having been born
to a distant land, and ef having voluntarily
eo ne hither, dare not express this simple opinion
without being denounced in unmeasured terms,
and the persons whose religiou 1 teach, threaten
led with wUnMiitUoa if it be diwowf 1
bora UT MUM there shell be found A majority
in favor of Mr. Van Buren in any district where
Catholiea are muiieroas.
I hare suffered inenlt and oppression under
the penal code against my religion m Ireland,
and f came hither, Battering myself with the ex
portation that there existed at least freedom of
Sought, and liberty for any citizen te express
his opinions that the public officers of tlia U inoii
were not truiltr of that mal administration which
was imputed to thera by their competitors. 1
hav® bwn ihtn ottcc cMvinccd of ®T im®~
take; and if at religion and its profcseors are
to be medo the victims of my imagining that in
our republic, Catholiea, like other citizens, had
liberie of political opinions, expression and no
tion, 1 would far prefer being again in my for
mer position; for the Orangeiem m Ireland is
merer compared to the insolence of those who
here "insult us be their expressions of kindness
! ind condescension, whilst they threaten us with
i extermination unless w* stoop to be their slaves.
I in aware, gentlemen, that they wlio are
i thus disposed in eur regard, de not form the
i American people, hut 1 know that they are nu
nreroua anSactire, and I sheuld regret for the
sake of our republican institutions, that they had
the power to work their will. They srould in
deed begin with the Catholiea, but others w„ sld
1 soon feel the effects of their success.
I I take the liberty of sending yeu a reuple of
' papers, which wilt show TOO the occasion of rav
j remarks.
1 hare the honor to be, gentlemen,
With grant respect,
Tour obt scrrnnt
f JOHN, Bishop of Charleston.
! It will be seen that he charges that I threaten
j Catholics with extermination, and that he ex
| premie says that he would prefer to be back
J again in Ireland, to the condition in which hs
represents that he and his religion would be
placed, If those whom he thus denounoee had
the pelitical power of this country.
Could he hare nude a stronger appeal to the
puaraos and prejudice* of thoee upon whom this
letter was designed to operate? It was saying
to thsra that the Whigs were more intolerant
than Orangemen, and that their condition would
be worse in this country than it had been in
Ireland, if General Harrisen should be eleeted.
Could wer.ls hare been used more ealonleted te
enlist ths Catholic Inch in the cause of the ad
ministration? That you may judge of the tone
of the Catholic press, I make a short extract
from their paper, published in Boston:
"Duff Green, a man than to whom is not at
tached a more unenviable notoriety, cannot be
found in the whole length and breath #f the
land, voluntarily steps forth the assailer of, and
not only slanders this nnireraally esteemed and
renerable Prelate, but recklessly launches forth
Ki, anathemas on ths whole Catholie communi
ty. as descrying not merely all the penalties of
OUTLAWRY, but as eren fit candidates of the
FELON'S CELL and the OIBBET."
"The Catholics in this country, if until now
ther hare [been] in doubt as to which of the
parties sf the day they may find not only a kin
dred sympathy, but a community of feeling and
effort, for the'attaiament of those great objects
of all human legislation, equal liberty, equal
rights, and freedom of mind, will now hare no
reom to hesitate. We think they will not low
tamely on and eoe their pastors rillified, their
faith insulted, their characters impeached, or
their persons threatened, without spuming with
just indignation, all fellowship and connexion
with such parties as can justify by its patron
are commendations, the authors of slanders so
gross and unmerited, as Duff Green upon
Bishop England and our Holy Religion.
These are indications taking with them their
own interpretation. In a former number, I hers
quoted Webster's definition, to show the distinc
tion between resist and exterminate. That dis
tinction is so important tea right understanding
of the question in issue that I repeat them'
Webster says:
RESIST. *. t 1. Literally, to stand against;
te withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to
oppose. To strive against; te endeavor to coun
teract, defeat or frustrate. To baffle, to disap
point.
Having seea the definition of the word "re
sist," I turn to the same authority for the mean
ing of the ward "exterminate." Webeter eay#'
EXTERMINATE, v. t. 1. To destroy etter
ly; to drive away; te extirpate. S. To eradi
cate, te root outj to extirpate. 3. Te roct out
as plants; to extirpate.
So much for Bishop England. New for his
Boston echo:
"OUTLAWRY." n. Putting a man out of
the protection of law, or the process by which a
man is deprived of that protection.
To the Catholics I wanld say, that the ques
tion in issue between Bishop England and my
self has xat been fairly stated by him or by the
committee. I am charged with threatening you
j with extermination, and of wishing to deprive
you of the right to exercise your religious opi
nions and your rights af conscience. The reverM
of these charges is tlis truth- | would protect
your persons and secure your rights of oon
science. I have made no attack upon your rali
gion. Ida not propose to controvert your reli
gious faith. What I object to is the conduct
Bishop England in endeavoring to prostitute th®
•uiritual influence of the Church to political pur
poses—to blend the Church and Staid. 00
should remember that a very large proportion of
the peopla of the United State# are Protestants.
That our knowledge of the Gharch of Rome is
derived from Protestant books; that we read and
believe baoks which it ia not lawful under the
rqjes of your Church, for you to read.
The well informed Catholics must know that
tliare is an abiding jealousy among Protestants
against tha abuses of the Catholie Church in its
exercise of civil power. To resist, therefore,
tha attempt of Bishop England to exertiss undue*
influence over Catholic voters, is to jMoteat yon
in your civil rights. It will not do for him to
nay that while he expresses the opinion that the
present administration should be maintained ia
power, ho leaves the minds of tr *" 40
choose for themselves. We knew that his effl
oini station given him an influence with a very
langs portion af Cxtbojle voters, more especially
whan his opinions are strengthened by an appeal
to their eonseienees, under the highest authority
knawn te the Ckureh in this country. We be
ieve that, with many, such an appeal is conclu
sive, and regelates their pelitfeal aetion. It
will not do, therefore, to eey that each men ere
left free to choose. Their renpect for him, their
ven emtio* for the Church, their W"t of infor
mation end individual preference*, ell conspire
to meke hie will, thus made knewn, the lew ol
their actions.
The pest history of the Chureh is full of pre
cedents illustrating the growth of usurpation by
your clergy. In Catholic countries these usur
pations have originated in the csslist between
the "jurisdiction" of the Pope and the local civil
authority. By degree* the local juriadietien haa
become subordinate to the foreign 'dominion.
The Inquisition has been the moat potent arm of
this foseign influence, and you, as Catholics,
ars no Ims interested than we are in noting and
resisting the approaches of this dangerous pew- ]
sr. Already has Mahay SagJsnd raise! the
.question i" this country, and assailed Mr. Ai I
'aras as turn . resident, and Mr. Clay as the Se- I
eretary of Btateof th# United States, charging i
them "with baring interfered in the coueerns of i
the Church, in away in which he neither could <
or ought." Indeed, he has gone so far as to ob- |
tain and publish the opinions of twe eminent
Cethelic lawyers, to prore that their interfer
ence with the eecleeiastical "jurisdiction" of tlm ,
Pope in this country was unconstitutional. De i
you not see that the exercise of this "jurisdic
tion" may become oppreasirc to yeu aa Catho
lics, and that you and your clergy are deeply
interested in asserting and maintaining your
civil rights, frea from any andue influence what
soever? The Inquisition has contested the au
thrity of judges, nobles, kings, emperors, and |
eren of tke Pope himself. It has set at defiance
the power ef the people, and its rictims hare
been profemiag Catholics, eren the most emi
nently pious, for pure religion, even in the Ca
tholic faith, hath inrited persecution end pro
voked condemnation. I repeat, that I speak
net of the Catholie faith. I speak of the abuses
that hare been praetised iu the name of the Ca
tholic religion, and in conectien with the fact
that there is nothing in the Constitutien of the
General Government, which ean prevent the
establishment of the Catholic religion by en
grafting it upen the constitution of any indij
vidual State, and that it is in the power of
designing men, wherever they control the le
gislation of a single stats, to establish the Inqui
sition as a part of its civil polity. You, the Ca
tholics of the United States, are as deeply inter
ested as we, the Protestants, in preventing this;
and to discuss how far tha purpose of Bishop
England, in uniting Church and State, foreshad
ows this event, is a measure which you should be
tlm last to condemn. It will not do for him to say
that the prejudices, which exists in the minds ef
Protestants are unfounded. It will not do for
him, in his character of Inquisitor Gensral, to
proscribe all investigation, and to denounce all
who may question the integrity of his purpose.
We, the Protestaut people af the United States,
have opened our doers, and permitted him te
some among us. He is suspected of harbouring
deep designs against our peace and your liberties.
It will not do for him, a stranger,whom we have
made welcome, to denounce us,when we propose
to enquire inte the truth of these suspicions. That
he is suspected, he admits. Instead of argu
ments t prove his innocence, he gives us inso
lent denunciation, and thereby confirms eur ap
prehensions of his guilt} and it is a striking fea
ture of this conteversy, that,as it was in Spain,
so it is here} to resist the authority of the In
quisitor General immediately brings up the idea
of the "call" and the "gibbet," The power, by
which he BOW acts, is denunciation. As yet he
cannot go beyond this, but he has an organised
corps throughout the United States, more effici
ent in propertion to its number than any other
political body in the country, and that influence
has been brought te bear with all its energy, for
the purpose of crushing this press. It is intend
ed that I shall be victimized and held up as a
warning, admonishing all other editors of the
danger of daring at any time te question any
act of his, whatsoever. It is now no longer de
nied that an association has been formed in En
rope under the especial auspices of the Emperor
of Austria, and umder the guidance of Prince
Metternich, for the spread of the Catholie reli
gion in this country; and it has been directly
charged that the objects of this association is the
overthrow of our frea institutions. When we
see the combinations which have been formed ia
Europe, and the hearing which they have upon
public liberty— when we look hack upon the
history of the Roman Chureb, arid mere espe
cially on the history sf the inquisition, and con
sider the persecutions of the Moors and of the
wealthy Jews of Spain, we are admonished of
the necessity ef eonstaut vigilance. I confess
that new views have been presented te my mind
The danger is startling, and the people of the
South especially have great cause for alarm.—
The Inquisition is an qrganized pelitical body.
It actswith a deliberate purpose. IU approaches
are slow hut constant Backed by the pewer of
the Holy Alliance, It is not surprising that they
should entertain a purpose of obtaining a politi
cal control in this country. With a large sur
plus population, whose condition would be great
ly improved thereby, they oaq pour jn upon us
a tide of emigration, which, taking possession of
ths northwestern States, will become appropri
ate instruments in the hands of desiping men
for converting our government into a despotism.
This, once established, ths Rowan Catholic re
ligion will be established with it, and all tho
horrors of tjie Inquisition must follow in its train.
Bishop England is already the Legate of his
Holiness, the Pope, clothsd with full pewer to
i ; • • r I i. VI.
' build up a national church in Hayti. u
letter in reply to Mr. Forsyth, he asserts th#
i power of the Pops te " legislate " on the subject
i of slavery and the slave trade, and insists upon
i the obligation ofsuch "legislation" upon Catho
lic communities. The Pope has already required
: the Jesuits to dispose of their slaves, and has,
I upon one oecgsion at feast, attempted to exer
i cise a civil jurisdietion in relation to private
, property in the United States.
Who does not see in these things the elements
i of power, which may hereafter desolate our
, land with the flames of civil wfr, for the pur
: pose of overturning our free institutions. And
i it is for sounding the alarm in th# sight of these
> dtngers—it is for proposing to discuss tho truth
• ofjthese piopopit|<W,tft J have been denounc
' ed and proscribed by a committee copetituted
r of Protestants, politically opposed te Bishop
I England! It is true that the names of miny of
' the Coiomittoe were |ttaphed to the address
without their knowledge or approbation, and
' that, notwithstanding the address censures my
E conduct, it is believed the deliberate judgment
1 of each and every one of them approved of the
' position I bed taken, both as it relates te the
political interferenee of Bishop England, and
J of the modification of our naturalization laws.
These truths give greater importance to the
; questioa in iaeue, between Bishop England and
myself, end I am constrained to ask myself, if
such things be in the green tree, what will it be
t in the dry?
( To the ministers of ourboiy religion I would
sayt Do you not see in this, that a fearfcl blow
' has besn stricken at your rights and privileges?
I Do you not see that the rights of conscience,
the liberty of speech, and the existence of the
| Protestant Church is involved in theiseue? Do
. j you aot see in it the proof that your great ene-,
i ray has already aude fearfcl advances, aid that
the overthrow of thia press will demonstrate to
the satisfaction ofEuropean despots, their abil
ity to destroy our institutions; that it will give
new zeal and activity to the exertions of the
enemy while it paralizes, it it does not entirely
prevent, resistance?
To the people of the South I would say:—
Pans-, for a moment; pause, in your false se
curity. Look out upon the fearful elements
that are combining tor your destruction. Read
he history of the persecuted Jews of Spain,
and think for a menaent what would be your
condition if the same ■•'# and the same spirit
that guarded the Inquis.uon there, were instal
led in power here. Neither age, nor sex, nor
station, nor innocence, could protect (be weal
thy victims. To be rich invited denunciation;
to be accused was sure to bring condemnation,
because condemnation was followed by confis
cation. Think what will he your condition in
the midst of a revolution, instigated by the Ho
ly Alliance, and accomplished by the Pope's
Inquisitor.
To the North, I would say: Look on this yio
ceeding. Think not that is is a measure to pass
away with the excitement of the Presidential
election. The resolutions of the Central Com
mittee, and the proceedings in this ewe, will
constitute an important item in the reports to
Prince Metternich, from his agents in this coun
try. It will be held as conclusive proof of the
influence which they have already obtained,
and will excite them to renewed exertions for
the accomplishment of their ultimate purpose.
It presents an important question for your con
sideration. Will you fold your arms unmind
ful of the causes which led your pilgrim fath
ers to dwell ia the wilderness?
To the foreigner* who hare been welcomed
to o*shores, who hare been admitted to the
right of naturalization, and become indeatified
with us, as American citizens, as well as those,
who are now in the country and awaiting their
term of probation, we would say; that the right
to beeome aa American citizen is a boon.
That it has been heretofore granted, because,
in the condition in which we were placed, the
people of the United States deemed it ex
pedient to invite the persecuted of all coun
tries, to seek an asylum among us, and because
we have heretofore considered that those who
would leave their native home and cross the
Atlantic, were imbued with a love of liberty,
and of our free institutions. But this regulation
was an act of kindness. It was a gratuity on
the part of the people of the United States, to
be given or withheld by them, at their plea
sure. I have bee-i charged with wishing to deny
to you tha right of citizenship. I have made
no such proposition; but whilo I would give to
those now in the country all the benefits of
existing laws. I would appeal to you to say
wbe.her the abuses, which have been practised
in the ignorant exercise of the elective fran
chise, do not admonish us, that the time is come
when we should modify our laws, giving to
foreigners, heieafter coming to the country the
right of voting: The time once was when to
say "I am a Roman citizen" was a protection
against oppression.
What advantage is it now to kave been born
a citizen of these United Btates? The hired
soldiery, whe plundered our property, ana
war upon oureountry, are, after a short probation,
admitted to all the rights of native-born eitizens.
Is it not right, that in view of oar altered cir
cumstances, the increased facilitiee of throwiag
upon our choree the ignorant and pauper popu
lation ef Europe, we ehould pretect ourselves
against their pestiferous influence? And is it
right that you, te whom so many privilege# have
been granted, should take offence because it is
proposed to put aa end te abuses, which, all
must see, endanger the public liberty? Are you
not conscious ef the increasing evil? Are you
net interested, deeply interested in arresting it?
Do 'you not, in gratitude owe it te those wlto
have adopted you into the American family, to
exert your influei.ee te do o; and is it not an
insult to your understanding; is it not disparag
ing your patriotism, when demagogues appeal to
yeu and to your prejudices, as foreigners, te
enlist your influence against a measure, is ne
cessary for the preservation of public liberty?—
Do 1 not giye a stronger evidence of my respect
for your opinions, end my confidence in your pa
triotism, when I call upon yon to unite with
;pe if aceempUb' n ß this great reformation?
To the poople of the United States, I would
say, that this controversy is not of my seeking.
It has fallen upon me in the independent dis
charge ef a public duty, It is pginful and un
pleasant. But believing that the present mo
ment, and the pocuhr
are calculated to promote a modification of our
existing naturalisation lews, I propose to de
all ip n7 power, as an editor, to accomplish
that end. Believing that a large majority of the
people of the United States cencur with me in
opinion, and that the public will sustain me in
the conscientious discharge of this task, I remain
Their obd't serv't,
DUFF GREEN.
]CW YORK ASD PHILADKIiPHIA
RAIL ROAD LINE DIRECT.
THROUBH IN SIX HOURS.
Pirn Trenton, Prfnceloa, New ® r J u sl" w,c I !^'. l^S < Y a l* c,
ac by eomjowoa.
me Dele ware m crfMMGDIOIJB BTEAM BOAT,
will be in readiness at Jersey Ciqr to eon-
IBUBEity passengers serosa the river without
Intention, taking the Baggage Onto* oa beard. Leaves
Morning lias at " of o tlook, A. M.
0. 8. WaH PUot Idee at 5 < P.M.
SUNN AT urns.
Morning Lisa at o'elovlr, A, M. *
0, B, Mil Pilot Line at 5 " *■ M.
{bp-Par* in Hhtr <Mi <'' w
New York, BtS A.M., and Ml.i l*. fc.
Phi'tdolphia, ®
JUH'T received per late*t arrivals,
9000 pair men's thick BROCANB
9000 " Kip MONROES
1500 Boy's Ultck BROOANS
1500 " " Kip MUNROES
9000 " Ynnth's flee Muns. and th'k Brosens
1900 " Men's " sewed and pea" BOOTS
1800
.3800 " Wom'n fine and cent see* aew'd k pag'd
WOO " Mlssae " " , d ° -
And a large assortment of Children s SHOES, e
every description „
100 doeen Men's Rama end Par HAT*
100 ' " White end Blsck Wool do
100 " Pur, Seal, Otter. Nutra, Moskrat, Co
eey and Hair Ssal CAPS, men a. id boys
*0 ease* Bilk, Oeuoa and Gingham UmbreHas
60 doc. Pine Palm Leaf HOODS, with a flae
af SONNETS, Bliee Ttirenl, Blocking, he.
esd (ureal# by I
PENDHXTER A ALDBN,
No. (ntf Baldwore St., (Bp startrs
•apai.ll 4
PRICK TWO DOIsIsARS I'ICRHOTTI. ■
i - -3; /irt
If B 1C"
I T^F 1 * ?|| J|
ill t iii
CAUTION TO PURCHASER?,
rillin Medicine had rirrn used fat more than seven
JL years before an effort wan made to imitaie it.—
The great demand and its wonderful success hare indu
ced a great namlier of persons to imitate it i various
ways—upwards of fitty different mixtures have been got
up in imitation ol' it, "which is a convincing proof of its
being a medicinb of great value.—Boms ar selling Snr
saparilla and other syrups, imposiiigtliem oil the ignorant
for ths Panacea, at reduced prices; others are mining tlie
geneine medicine with niolasses, Ste., making J bottles
out of one; thus retaining some of its virtues; otlwrs ate
using tlio genuine Pniuicea in their bottles to perform
euro# to obtain certificates to give tlieir own a reputn ;
lion, ko. Soma have even resorted to perjury. These
imitations and adulterations have ia many instances
protracted the suffering of patients in diseases where
the genuine Swium'a Panaco awould huve proved in
stantiy efiloacious. I therefore deem it a duty 1 owe the
public, to assure them that the composition of my Pana
eea is not knewo, nor win il ever communicated to nay
other person iu any wav whatever; and that all other
mixtures represented to bo mint, ate fraudulout im
noailjoas.
The GENUINE PANACEA may be had wholesale
and retail, at the proprietor's own prices, of
ROBERTS k ATKINSON, 3
Lata Henry Prices.
Sole Agents fsi Baltimore, at the earner of Btlliuiore
and Hanover street.!.
(fe?-Who have also for sale SVTAIM'S VERM I FUG E,
along with which will he given a pamphtat 00 the sub
Jecl of worms.
ap 30 Raw
PKTEKtP VEGETABLE PILU.
From the Ne is York Examiner.
WK would call attention 10 the advertisement ia
our columns to-day of I'KTKlif' VEGETA
RLE PILLS. W undersiand by the best niedieal au
thsrity, thai there is no preparation of I lie day which en
joys >0 enviable a reputation. At the south and north,
their suoeess has besn unbounded, and wherever intra
duced wo believe they havogiven the most pereeet satis:
taction. Wo hava this day bad an interview with one
of our citizens, Henry R. Fax, who tvaa recently cured
of a most ramarkable and obstinate cataneous eruption,
where the whole body was covered with large loath
soais nlaers, and even tito tonsils of the throat eate
away—and hy using these PILLS daily for six weeks
was entirely restored to health,
PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS.
They do'indeed restore the health of the body, be
oauso they purify and invigorate the blood, and tlieir
good eifecta are not counterbalanced hy any inconve
nience; being composed entirely of vegetables, they do
not expose those who use them to danger, and iheir ef
fects are as certain as tbey are salutary, they are daily
and aafely administered to infancy, youth, manhood ami
old age, and ts women in tiro most critical and delicate
eircumstancos; they da not disturb or shock the aflinral
functions, bit restore their order and re-establish their
health; and for all the purposes which a Vegetable Pur
gative, or certain cleanser of ilia whole system aro re
quired, they stand without a rival—they are allowed to
be all that can be accomplished n medicine, belli to
power and innocence
snle by G. K. TYLER,
General Agent,
Corner of Boot Balhniere mul High streets
. nd by all the Druggists in Baltimore, and in Washing
n, Georgetown, and Alexandria, . C.
If law
"SOUTHERN STEAMBOAT LINE,
BETWEEN BALTIMORE NORFOLK, f PORTS
MOUTH.
ASA*,, FESAFE- FCGGFAE
rmHE PUBLIC are respectfully intomi'd ilia
JL the Baltimore Steam Packet Company will, Willi
their steam-packet GEQRGIA, aad two elner safe an
comfortable Boats, kedp up the Daily Line (WITH THS
U. B. MAIL) betweea Baltimore, Norfolk and Portsmeu*
aad ia eannection with the Portsmouth and lloanok
Rail Road to tlio South, and forming some eo"iac'" :
from the Souih to Baltimore.—And an soon l (the 11-
teesary arrangements can he made, will have 011 a kta
of Roots for speed, strength and cainfort, act to be
surpassed hy any Boats in the Union.
The pnblis art therefore cautioned to pnt 110 trust m
the malicious falsehoods circulated hy the Agents of the
ether route against this Line, (thay keep out of view
tkeir own mishaps aad defionoieaj hut may rely 011 the
iMtmeals made hy the above Liae.
T. RHBPPARB, Treasurer
Sept. 184t. dim
OUDRIDGrES' BALM OP COMMBIA
FOR THE HAIR,
lis positive qaalites are as follows-.
Ist—For infants keeping the h end free Warn scuf aud
causing a luxuries grswth of hair.
2d—For ladies afler cliild-birth, reetering the skin te
its natural strength sad dimness, and prases ting the fal
ling out 01 the hair. , .
3d—Fat say person reeoTeriagfroan any debihty, Hie
sameefeet is prodaced. .
4th—lf used is infaney UU a good grow* is started,
may be preserved by attention to the latest period ot life
sth It frees the head from dandruff, strengthens the
room, imparts health and vigor to the circulation, aHd
prevents the hair from changing eolorh;td getting grey
t glh_lt names the hair tc surl beauutnlly wlieu done
up in it over night. . , _
ClO-No ladies' toilet should ever be without ft.
IW—CWdrea who auy meauß f(>ntrtt cted ver
una in the hand, are immediately and parfectly euicd ol
them by ita nse. It is .nfallible. ...
For sale by aaarly all raapectablo dramists. Apply to
Comstock fc Co. 2 Fletcher street. New York.
■old by ROBERTS k A TKINSON, Druggteia,
oy is rgupgH (f Hu(ver u g Market streets.
BALDNBBB A BEAOTIFWL HEAB OF HAIR,
jg raudcßt ornsincßt belonging l® tlio human frume,
Howstrangelv the loss of it changes the countenance
and prematurely brings oa the appearance of old age'
which sanses many to reeojl at being uncovered, and
sometimes avan skua saciety ta avoid the jests and
asears of their acquaintance; tho remainder aftheir lives
is nonseoaently speat ia retirement.—ln short, nat even
the loss of property Alls tho generons dusking yonlh
with that haavy sinking gloam as daes the loos of liio
ehair. To avert all tbaao unpleasant circumstances
OLDRIDCE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA stops the ksit
from falling offoa the llrst applisatioa, and Vew bottles
restarts it agsin. It likewise produces eyebrows and
whiskers; prevants tha hair from turaing gray, nmkstl
air kaaatihilly, and frees it from tfUrf, Numerous ceg
ckoalas of the first respectability in support oi the vie
uas af •Idridge's Balm, are shown by ths proprietors
ftp-Rod the following
ROBIRT WHARTON, Esq., lata Mayor ol Fhiladel
pkia, has oertiAed, as may he seen belsw, to the high
ehacacter at'the IWlowiag geaUemen:
Tho uademigaed da hereby certify that wo have used
die Balm off Columbia discovtred by J. •Idridge, sn.l
have rouad it highly serviceable, not only as a prevea
awe sgslnst lite falling off of hair, hut also a certai
nptesa ve. WM . THATCHER, Sen.
Methodist Minister in St. George charge,
No! 86 North Fifth street.
JDHN P. INGLIf, 331 Ar.'h st.
JDIIN . THOMAS, M. 11.163 Raoest.
JOHN 8. FURRY, 101 Spruce ot.
HUSH McCUHDV,243 Sooth Tth ou
JOHN CARD, TUB., 123 Arch at.
I will certtialv rais# Ita virtnea ia the esiimaboa ot
tho ouhlio whoa it to known that three of the abovo aro
mlrS thS Mfyoan of >(, and th. others not lorn it...
[From tho Mayor.]
• of Pe*nyi.vnia, )
City of Philadelphia. )
f, MINT WHARTON, Mayor of naid city of 1 ml}
adeiphia, do hereby canity that Iwu well acquainted
with Maaara. J P >ngi> s > John 3. Fury, and Hugh Mc
Curdy whono naai are signed to the abave certificates
SSUtaSS? are ge.U.me. af character c. r.H
bility, and ai aueh full erod honld ha g.van to tha said
C *Tn Witoiaaa whereof, I havt hereunto aot my hand
Mdoat sad tha seal of tho eity to he affixed
L. B.] hi# sixth ksy M.yor
oxrrrtON —Nona son bs gsnums witheuta splsmhd
oroefptata Mgmvhag, au which ia th. Fall, ol Niagara,
i iw I.L.iock's the Amonoon .goat's nemo, Ac
I "..to h! bSbRRT" * ATKINSON, Druggist.,
I Bala by Corner of Haoover and Market street#,
i ~ aal
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