Posted on 07/02/2020 7:08:53 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
The Catholic Archbishop of New-York, having recently distinguished himself by an offer to die on the scaffold rather than register the names of the couples he married, has now come forward to explain to his faithful people how divine a thing is the right of Popes to govern wrong and to beg the money of American citizens for the support of a Government which has filled its prisons with political captives, makes the sale of the Scriptures a felony, and hires foreign mercenaries to compel with the bayonet the love, and fidelity of the subjects committed to its care, as the Archbishop would have us believe, by the same God who moved the Christians in the early times of our faith to make each other partners in their worldly goods.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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It appears that the NY Times, while being biased towards this 1860 Roman Catholic Archbishop, was prescient in describing its own high& mighty self 160 years in the future; “An orator who can reason from the punishment of Ananias ..., is hopelessly beyond the reach of argument or satire.”
Et tu, Brute?
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 9th.—Twenty men, well armed, left for Carson Valley to-day, escorting the Pony Express. They will proceed to meet the expresses, by the way re-establishing the route, and leaving men and animals at the stations. The Indians have fled from Pyramid Lake without giving fight, and the volunteers called out to chastise them will disband.
A Joint Electoral Ticket Proposed in New York.
NEW YORK, June 30.—The Mozart Hall Democratic General Committee recommend the formation of a joint electoral ticket in New York, and failing in that to support Mr. Douglas for the Presidency.
The following are the resolutions adopted :
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend the nomination of a joint electorial ticket in this State, to be supported by the united Democracy of the State and to which we would invite the suffrages of all who desire the downfall of sectionalism and the well being of our country; that such a concert of action is eminently in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, which regards rather the triumph of principles than the success of individuals, and is the best means of preserving our Government from becoming the mirror to reflect the "irrepressible conflict” of Black Republican leaders.
Resolved, That, if, however, it is impracticable to accomplish such a union, and if the contest in this State becomes one in which the cohorts of Black Republicanism are found united on one side, and national men are divided under separate banners on the other, it is clearly the duty of the National Democracy to rally around the standard of the strongest of these detached parties on the field, and as we deem that a preponderance of the popular masses are largely in favor of Stephen A. Douglas, we would in that alternative, and to prevent the calamitous results which would ensue upon the success of Lincoln, sacrifice any we might have, and give Mr. Douglas our support.
Resolved, That we view John C. Breckinridge as a high-toned Democrat, eminently national in his principles and entirely deserving the confidence of the American people; that we respect the ability and talents of Mr. Douglas, and without deciding between the fitness of these two candidates, we shall rally to the standard of the latter, in order to save the State from being made the means for the triumph of Lincoln and the party which would inevitably plunge the country into all the horrors of disunion and civil discord.
From Washlngton.
WASHINGTON; June 30. —The Indian treaties recently ratified by the Senate were those with the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, the Kansas or Kaw Indians, and the Delaware Indians—all residing in Kansas. The treaties with the two first named tribes provide for the allotment of lands to the members of the respective tribes in severalty, and the sale of the surplus after the allotments have been made; the proceeds of such sale to be applied for the benefit of the said Indians.
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WHOLESOME PUNISHMENT.— The Magistrates at the different police stations have revived a law which has slept so long that most persons considered it dead, that of punishing negroes who are arrested on minor offences, by ordering them to be whipped. It is found to operate like a charm, and has had a tendency to make the unruly of the colored population more orderly in their conduct. Negro men, who previously were arrested on the same charge almost every week, after receiving one dose of the lash, take care so to act as to keep out of the hands of the police. On Saturday Upton Brown, a negro, was brought into the Central police station on the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Justice Hiss ordered him to receive ten lashes on the bear [sic] back, which were promptly and effectually administered, and Mr. Brown left assuring the officers that he was satisfied.
VIRGINIA DARE. —The first ship for the Richmond and Liverpool packet line, now on the stocks in this city, is to be called "Virginia Dare." Virginia Dare was the first child of English parents in the new world, born at Roanoke, in August, 1587 and named after the District of Virginia. She was the grand daughter of John White, who was Governor of the colony, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to found an agricultural State, which sailed from Plymouth April 20, 1587, and reached the shores of Virginia in July of the same year. White's daughter was the wife of Mr. Dare, who was one of the assistants of the Governor, and Virginia was born about a month alter the arrival of the expedition.
I am grateful that the Pope lost his temporal kingdom. His focus should be on the spiritual.
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