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THE JESUITS.
To the Editors of the Columbus Times :
day, 3rd of September, you copied an atii
de from the N. Y. Albion, headed “ The
Jesuits.” That flimsy and venomous pto
duction contains many untruths, which arc
justly offensive to some of your readers, nnd
unpalatable, liecaose untrue, to a consider
able number of your fellow-citizens. The
Catholic body, in a moral sense, is not un
like the human frame : strike lult a solitary
member, and you affect the whole : wound
a single Religious •• Color”—“Jesuit” or
any other—attd we nil feel: and Iceltcg,
you must not be surptised if we complain.
I do not believe, gentlemen, that you would
deliberately dtaw the “sliort sword” of the
** French infidel,” and give us a moral
thrust, with “malice prepense;” or that
you would knowingly extend the cry of
bigotry and fanaticism against us, or any
oilier denomination of Christians. No: I
conscientiously believe that you would be
among the last to do so. Willi ibis convic
tion, I notice u-hat, under a different impres
sion of editorial honor and liberality, 1 would
pass unheeded. I therefore seek the light
to reply to said article, through your col
umns, and to correct some of the leading
blunders it contains.
“ When it is remembered ’’ lie says “ that
the ‘Order of Jesus’ is spread over Eng
land, where it possesses in Lancashire alone
three magnificent establishments ; that it
rulesdespotically behind the Episcopal seals
in Ireland ; that it has just stirred Switzer
land to revolution, battle and bloodshed;
nothing can appear more interesting, and
can come upon us more unexpectedly, than
its suppression in France.”———“One
cannot study too often the history of such
an Order ”■ “ And ns there are so
many who read too rapidly to reflect, we
must tell tht-tu before hand that the expla
nation of the power the Jesuits have wield
ed, tic., is found in the fact, that the human
mind becomes readily enamoied with mys
tery, and with the idea ot any influence ap
proaching to the supernatural.”
The above are a few of his blunders and
fallacies. The remaining bunch of errots,
rs lamentably gross.
In the wanton and unjust charges of the
Editor of the New York Albion, can be eas
ily seen the “cloven loot,” the “iron hoof”
of the English partisan, with his inherited,
deep-rooted, Anti-Irish and Anti-Catholic
spirit. lie says “the Jesuit Order is spread
over England.” In this much he tells
something of the truth ; and with this con
session, let the reader ask him, why then
does the Prime Minister tolerate them un
der his own eye, and that of a Protestant
Government 1 why even protect themselves
and property, their “ inagtfificent establish
ments,” in the Iree exercise of their peculi
ar religious constitution 1 Surely Peel does
not apprehend they will dismember the Em
pire, else he would expel them. Why not
the Editor write to his friend, Sir Robert,
and awake him fiotn his torpor to a sense
of danger? Oh! no: He loves America
better than England ? and therefore gives
her timely warning “ before hand.” Being
(he first dear object in his national affections ?
she must have the benefit of his first lecture
on “History.”! And though the folks at
this side of the Atlantic “ read too rapidly
to reflect,” yet with his invaluable “expla
nation before hand,” they may gather a suf
ficient stock of anti-Catholic “ history ” to
suit his grave, phlegmatic notions ; and
thereby, be secure, against those “cunning,
government disturbing Jesuits” ! And does
it come to this, that Americans, who boast
of et|ual rights of conscience, guarantied to
every citizen alike ; and who liave shaken
off the yoke of English bigotiy, together
with the galling chains of English tyranny
must be “told before hand,” by an mer
friendly Editor, how they must regard, Itow
treat American citizens—French, German,
or Irish Catholic, or Jesuit Republicans,
though they be ? This sapient, disinterested
Teacher ? should not forget that Americans
are rather a “wide awake” sort of people,
and can even sluewdly “guess” at the mo
tives of a self proffering adviser. Indeed,
they must be blind ot; stupid, who cannot
see'through this transparent Editor.
“Jesuit despotism rales (he says) behind
Episcopal seats in Ireland"! The Irish
Bishops and Priests are not Jesuits. Those
Prelates, like our own lamented Dr. Eng
land, nnd those Priests, like the Rev. John
Carroll of Maryland, and afterwards first
Arch-Bishop of Baltimore, who went t oith
Chase, Franklin, and Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, to influence the Canadians to
remain neutral during our Revolutionary
struggle—are all Patriots. It is their de
sire and glory, like England and Carroll, to
serve both their God and their Country.—
The Jesuits,, therefore, have no despotic
sway behind the Itisit Bishops ami Priests.
They are front and rear themselves in the
clerical body. It was they, and not the
Jesuits, who have taught Irishmen, by word
und example, the power of peaceful and mo
ral resistance to an “odious” and unjust
Government, which, neither the craft of Peel
nor the prowess of Wellington can subdue ;
which neither British gold nor British bay
onets can conquer. The artful Editor of
the New York Albion, awate of this, has at
tempted to draw off'the eye of America from
the naturalized Irish here, where they ate
the “sworn” enemies of England, and to
direct it to Ireland, to jaundice it with an
imaginary view of “Jesuit despotism lie
hind Episcopal seats ’’—where it has no in
fluence whatever. The Irish here are an eye
sore to England. The majority are Catho
lics. The Jesuit Missioncrs arc the most
distinguished, and also the most calumnia
ted in the Catholic Church : Hence the Ed
itor of the New Yotk Albion hoists his anti-
Jesuit flag, that he may spread the perse
cution of the Jesuits over the Irish Catholic
Republicans in this country. By para
lyzing the Irish arm here, you must per
ceive, lie kindly intends to strengthen Arner
iuu ! Surely, it requires more than ordina
ry face ami forehead, to dare so much, at the
Xi se of truth. “ Sinon ” like, by a glossy
he endeavors to deceive and to induce
the American people to patronize his Press,
and thereby , like the deluded Trojans, to
draw his metal “ Horse’’ through our cities:
“ Talibui msulii', perjurqnc otc Sitiotiis,
Credits m; capitquv Amis, Ueryroisquo coaclis,
(Anus tu que TyihduH, ncc l-.nru.-a u., Achilles,
Nun aum ilumuore decern, nou indie cuonic.”
When the above unblushing falsehood has
been resorted to, in order to blacken the
Jesuits, and through them their fellow Caili
olies, their enemies cannot prosper: Honor,
ami principle, aud inoral virtue, revolt at
such means.
Let us now follow him to Switzerland
and Franco, where also, he lays all the
blame on his victimized Jesuits. There,
as else whet e, he gives them no respite.—
“ Infandum jubel retiovare doldrctn.” And
what is the real cause <>( tho excitement in
these countries 1 Simply the following :
About January, IS4I, tho Government of
Argau secularized several Convents cstao
lislied in that Canton, expelled the Monks,
and appropriated the properly to the Slate.
The Catholic Cantons regarded this high
handed measure as a violation of the “Fed
eral Compact,’’ and n flagrant outrage on
the sacred rights of religion and conscience.
They complained—sought redress; hut no
compensation was ilfude. This tyrannical
inroad u|>on theit liberties, aroused the (.ath
olic Cantons to a sense ol present and future
danger; and they determined on a very
natural aud simple remedy—the thorough
education of their children ; believing truly I
['that “ knowledge is (lower,” and that when [
a people know their rights they ate (he more
willing and prompt to defend them. With 1
I the closing of the Convents, the door of a
•proper education was closed against the
Catholic children. Wherever an anti-Cath
! olic majority could he seen red, -the same
Convent S|K)liation might ngnin be enacted.
Lucerne therefore opened her own colleges,
and, with an eye to merit, invited the Jes
uits, the great Masters of Education, intake
charge of litem. The Jesuits accepted the
“ invitation,” and this is “ the head and front
of lheir offending.”
This moral effort, it self defense, of the
Lucernese, did not suit the taste of some,
who love Convents as the wolf loves sheep,
and who hate the vigilant Jesuits as the
wolf hares the watchful shepherd. They
would themselves pay due attention to the in
terest of the Catholic colleges and youth,
, providing they wero permitted to dictate,
{ und expel the Jesuits. Thus it was, an old
I Fox, “once upon a time,” advised a moth
erly Ewe that was feeding twin-lambs
| within the fold : If you (said he) would on
ly open the door, and go out nwliile to graze,
I pledge nty word and conscience, to take
care of.your little ones. The Jesuits knew
the Foxes of old, and would uot w ilfully
abandon their charge.
Annoyed at such a want of condescension!
the “ Free Corps.” ot railiei “free hooters,”
or “high binders,” mustered themselves
into service, and with the connivance of
their respective governments, moved against
” Lucerne,” to expel the Jesuits, nnd to chas
tise the Lucernese for abetting them. No
bly indeed was this army of marauders met,
by llio patriotic, gallant. Catholic descend
ants of “ Wiiliain Ted,” tho renowned
Washington of Switzerland.
With this w hole movement, the Jesuits
had nothing to do. Instead of being the
cause, they are the innocent victims of the
excitement produced by this lawless gang.
The whole disturbance, therefore, has arisen
from the fact, that Catholic parents thought!
fit, without permitting any dictation, to ed
ucate their children as they pleased, and
by whom they pleasul. If the tyrannical im
position against the tights and liberty o[ Lu
cerne, were attempted in this country,
against any denomination, in any Slate
within tho Union—the whole mass of our
people would tise as one man to repel the
outrage, sustain the persecuted citizens, and
maintain inviolate the sacred and inaliena
ble rights of conscience. Notwithstanding
this innate hatred to tyranny, and this innate
respect for conscience, American freemen
mu>t be told that they “ read h.story too fast
to teflect,” and must therefore throw away
their own hasty notions of liberality, nnd ac
cept the seasoned instruction, the veracious
“history ”1 of tho more gilted Editor of the
New York Albion. He tears for the “inde.
peudenco” of this country, and therefore
naturally desires to unburden himself to a
rash, “go-ahead,” “ unrrfleciing” people;
and gravely insinuates •• before hand,” and
before it is 100 late —that his own peculiar
friendship is not more likely to preserve our
libetties, than the enmity of the Jesuits is to
destroy them. Ah ! “ Dolis instructus. et
arte Pelasgi.”
Reverse for a moment the scenes and
change the actors, ia Switzerland : Let Lu
cerne be Argau, nnd the Catholics the
“Free Corps.” In this case, the Catholics
would be closing up the churches of the
other various denominations, appropriating
their property, and compelling them besides
to expel the Teachers of their children!—
In such a state of things, how quickly
would the note of present accusation be
changed to a different tune ! Then the
“Free Corps” would be demons, and the
“cunning Jesuits” converted into innocent,
persecuted Evangelists—would be Saints.
At least, the very truthful Editor of the N.
Y. Albion would inscribe them on his mar
tytulogy, and procure them a notable place
in anew edition of the “ book of Martyrs ” !!
Let us illustrate his tactics a little further.
A farmer said to a lawyer wits joined him
in lauds : “My ox gored yours; what is to
be done?” “Simply to replace it from
your stock.” “Oh I but I mistook ; it is
your ox gored mine.” “ Ah, indeed ? that
changes the ease ” ! Thus it is the poor
Jesuits ate ‘‘gored” by the great “ Durham
Ox ” of the N. Y. Albion : Ami not content
with his own butting, he is crying out for
additional aid: He is rabidly beating up for
anti-Jesuit recruits, and hopes that every
American, “ Whig and Democrat,” will
give ear to his bellmeing, enlist under his
banner, slick a “horn” in the flank of Hie
Jesuit order, and vigorously help out “John
Bull”!
FitANCK, beyond all the countries in Eu
rope, has come in sttonger collision with the
world, and has perhaps been more scared by
the blighting contact. From her Catholic
bosom, as .1 udas from the disciples of Christ,
a twin-race of Vipers (Atheists and Philoso
phers) issued, that turned back upon her,
and attempted to sling her to death , and thus
extinguish the vital spark of religion. Ro
bespierre, the chief “ Vampire,” did all an
incarnate demon could do, to elfect this ob
ject. “In every province (says Lcntpri
cre) and in every town, tribunals were
erected, which condemned alike the imio.
cent and the guilty.” “Such was the
influence of this sanguinnty Monster, that
France forgot her teligion and Iter honor at
bis command. But after be had seen tho
altars insulted, the churches thrown down,
and public worship abolished, he claimed
the merit of restoring to the Supreme Being
some share in the Government of the Uni.
verse, and appeared in the name of the
‘‘Convention,” as the Priest and founder of
anew religion, and decreet! with great so
lemnity, that a God existed in the wot Id.”
Thus, after he had sacrificed “ hecatombs”
ot guiltless Christians on the altar of Atheism
—sealed as the High Priest on the bloody
“Tripod,” be augured from the palpitating
entrails of llie cmbowe,ed, ami fioui “ the hu
man face divine,” as lhe bodiless head was
rolled oil from the block, that “ a God
existed in l he world.” I The speedy “ Down
with the tyrant” which followed, proved
that in this one instance lie did not lie, und
that in truth “a God existed,” as the aven
gcr of crime. Had not his death, on the
same scuflhid where he immolated so many
Catholic Cluistians, proved that the “Su
preme Being ” rejected his share in the Gov
ernment of France, and executed judgment
on the “ Priest and founder of the new re
ligion,” and brought France again to believe
thiit God and the “old Religion” were bel
ter titan “ Robespierre and the now ”
Christians, confounded at such impunity,
might begin to doubt that Providence hail
any “share in the government’’ of men:
And we persecuted Catholics in Ametica,
might think that the Arch-Infidel ondtpton
dain Atheist, and his anti-Catholic “Aid
do-Gauip” cl the Alb on, and bis associate
and kindred maligners, are right; and that
we ourselves, anil the Jesuits, are wrong.
But we are not the children of doubt. We
do not despair. Now, us well as in the
“reign of terror,” we have faith in a just
and good - God, “who.will render to every
one according to his works;” und we be
lievc: thut, now as ever, “ whom die Lord
will destroy, he first maddens.”
Fite other “half-twin’’ is Philosophy'—
so called. Being lather n sickly child, and
of a more tardy growth, it held on longer to
the skirt of “ Mother Church,” and by fond
ling and caressing attempted to si care Iter
ptaycr. Occasionally, it brought the offer
ing of a mere earthly science, decorated
with praise and flattery, and presented it ns
a candle for the altar, to dazzle and deceive.
It covered her all over with an external
coaling of favor and affection—the peculiar 1
token of its genuine lute! Thus, it is said,
a snake is accustomed to lick a small fowl, i
before he swallows it. Though the “ half
twin ” grew up with a slight constitutional
difference, it is easy to see that it has ever
shown a striking likeness—in features, in
! feeling, and intent —to the older brother, be
ing in kindled and descent the same; and
that it always itninodcinlely grieves fur his
untimely death, and ever drops a Philosoph
ic tear, to his memory. Had he lived, the
youngling would not he now waning alone
with the Jesuits. Both united, would be
“ terrible as an army in battle array.”—
The old boy with a dagger and his favotite
“guillotine,” ami the young one with a phil
osophic rial, a certain poison for Clitistians,
would soon dispatch the “French Bishops,
Priests, and Jesuits, alt: And then, having
no earthly superior, no defender of religion
to encounter —they might, wi;limit annoy
ance, “be found fighting against God,” aud
might then reclaim the liltie share Robes
£ierrc, in a freak of excessive liberality, at
wetl to the “Supreme Being, in the govern
ment of the universe.”!!
If the one had his exciting “reign of ter
ror,” the other hal its “glorious three days,”
and is again manifesting its innate thirst for
evil; and endeavoring that Catholic France
shall again *• forget her religion and Iter
‘honor,” her churches, her altars, worship,
and her God! Instead of Christ and his
.church, the Phiiosnplieis of France and
Europe would, if they could, again reinstall
“Reason” and the soft passion—the “Ju
piter and Veuns” of Robespierre—darling
deities, and worthy of such worshippers,
the Paganized I‘hdosnphers of our enlight
ened age.
The Jesuits, .ever watchful sentinels on
the walls of Zion, saw through their aim
und daring, and at once pointed to the grate
they were digging for Christianity. That
grave is the young heait of Catholic France.
Ureal intellectual labor, with foul, iniqui
tous means, has been and now is being em
ployed, to sink it to the lowest depth of infi
delity. Under the roof of the “ universi
ties, and by infidel Professors, this deep
hole or grave lias been commenced. In
union with the Catholic Bishops and secu
lar Clergy, the Jesuits are endeavoring to
fill it up, by claiming from Government
Christian Professors for the Catholic youth.
For this presumption. Cardinal De Bonahl,
and the celebrated Bishop of Chartres, the
gieat Bishop Hughes of France, were rep
rimanded by the State “Council.” That
“Council,” as the London Tablet observes,
“is very numerous, and among the mem
bers are persons of the most motley persua
sions. There are Protestants, there are
Jews, there are Philosophers, people of lit
lie creed, and people of no creed. And
these men are set out judging whether a
Catholic Bishop may or may not deem
such a step fit for his flock!” As soon
would a srntted Leopard consult for the good
health and long lift of a fawn, as this motley
“ Council” would consult for the liberty and
the perpetuity of Catholicity ; unless in
deed some external check kept them al bay,
and dictated the policy of exercising power
with moderation, when they want the num
bers necessary to enforce their atiti-Catholic
laws, and in crush the faith of a whole na
tion. Abbe Souchet, a learned Priest in
Brittany, put in his written word on educa
tion, and on the “ Universities,” in the shape
of a pamphlet, and he was imprisoned.
But there is no mild or middle course to
wards tho Jesuits. It is folly to imprison
them: They will not be idle even there:
They will work at their Profession, and
teach the Jailor, if they have no one else ;
and if a ptison full, they will form a con
gregation out of their fellow-convicts, nnd
induce all to fear, and serve, and love the
Almighty God. Great is this crime : Im
minent the danger to he apprehended from
these vigilant, ever-doing Jesuits ! It is fol
ly to put them in, ami yet something must
he done, else the Philosophers will be seized
with convulsions. Os the Jesuits, the Phi.
losophers seem to think and say, as the
Pharisees did of Jesus, their Lord and Mas
ter : “ What do we? for this man doth ma
ny miracles. If we let him alone so, all
will believe in him, and the Romans will
come and take away our place and nation.”
(John, 11 ; 47, 48.) If the Philosophers let
the Jesuits “alone,” their almost superhu
man merit, their moral miracles in religion
and science, will induce “ all to believe in
them.” The “Roman” Catholics, enter
ing upon their just privileges and rights,
will then somewhat interfere with the
“ place ” and power of the Philosophers, and
then (who would imagine it ?) Fiance, ill
fated Fiance, Philosophic France, by being
Loth learrnd and pious, will be ruined 11 !
Such, in tiutli and reality, is the drift and
meaning of the anti-Jesuit warfare. Power
and Place, bread and butter, are tho major
and minor propositions in the Philosophers’
syllogism ; and with such premises in view,
the expulsion of the Jesuits is hut a natural
conclusion —an ultima ratio.
On the great, important subject of educa
tion, the Jesuits are quite at home : They
are absolute Masters: They arc adorned
with all the intrinsic honors and acquits
meats that genius and studies can impart:
The “helmet” of faith and science covers
their heads; and over their hearts, conse
crated to the Lord and his Christ, hangs flic’
shining breast-plate of religion, and piety
and virtue. Thus equipped, they wield an
intellectual weapon, tempered in the glow
ing furnace of divine truth, am! are thete
fore an over-match fur the whole combined
army, the “ allied powers ” of Infidel Phi
losophers. Besides, they are fearless, alike
[of danger, of banishment, or death. In the
presence of irreligious Kings and Ptinces,
they crjgigc not from duty, like trembling
courliers: They are the disciples of Jesus,
and boldly speak tho truth. Firm and im
movable as St. Peter, they say with him :
“ Why did the Gentiles rage,and the people
meditate vain things ? Tiie kings of the
earth stood up, and the princes assembled
together against the Lord and against his
Christ.”—(Acts, 4 ; 25.)
For thus preaching to kings and princes
as freely as they would to peasants, the
Jesuits arc traduced by.corrupted eouitiets
and libertines; and by the whole train of
dependents and place hunters, who ate
afraid to cough, lest they might disturb a
royal feature, or prevent the digestion if
gourmand-Philosophers, whose very felicity
und brief immortality arise from their stom
achs and palates, and whose glorious motto
is: •’ Let us eat, drink and be merry ; for
to-morrow we die.”! Though the Jesuits
have stood irt the breach as intrepid Mis
sioners, and even wherever danger threat
ened tho Church of God, extended Chtist
ianily at every sacrifice apt! peril ; yet,
alas! there are some “ goodly folks,” who
take sides with the anti-Christian, and help
hint to cty out ‘Cunning Jesuits !”, “In
triguers!” “ Disturbers of Kings und Bun
cos !” With a holy effusion of religious
zeal and patriotism, they do not set it pie to
tell you, that the “ Pope and Cardinals arc
coming to take the United Stares, and de
stroy our liberties! ” Yes, and “If we let
them alone, the Romans will come und lake
away out place and our nation ! ”
Couple this ruse —with all the anti-Jesuit
accusations, and you have the old system of ti
rade, elevated to the dignity of anew science;
which, in accordance with the spirit of the
age 1 shall entitle— the science of compound
nonsense ; nr the philosophy of sheer humbug. (
I'be Editor of the New York Albion (let not!
bis merit bo concealed) tills the new chair’
with admirable ability and skill; and is now j
anxiously looking out lor new scholars, and
new Editorial ushers! A ready propensity
to shake at the very name of Jesuit, Pope,
and Popery—ia a “sine qua non”—requisite
for cand dates: If there be a good disposition
to do so, and yet only a mere shivering incli
tftion felt —a lew preparatory lectures from
Sparry, of New York, or Beeman, of Troy—
will stir up incipient dullness to the shaking
point, and will insure admission. Indeed the
new professor, wishing toadvance the “many
who read too last to reflect,” assures them
‘before hand,” that his establishment is now
open, and himself at their service. And
furthermore, to “because all to all,” be it re
membered, that all who wish to eat their
bread—not In the strength of their arm, or
“the sweat of their brow,” but in the length
of their pens and their longues, can directly
apply, and may he sure of encouragement.
From this simple review of his Editoaial
“history” of the Jesuits in Ireland, in Switz
erland, and France—his Philosophical repu
tation and bias —together with his excellence
as an untruth historian, is clearly established.
I cow recommend him as a distinguished
Prolessor —well qualified to direct and ad
vance the studies of all aspiring Alunchaus
emiles!
And why, it is often asked, are the Jesuits
thus marked out lor persecution, beyend all
other religious orders, and beyond the secular
Priests of the Catholic Church. Three
causes mainly contribute to this effect:—
First they more zealously reprove vice and
error, without fear, favor, or exception : Se
condly. 7 hey are. envied; and thirdly—they
ate not sufficiently known. They are more
zealous and exact in observing the admo
tiitionof our Divine Redeemer, who, God as
he was, diffnot trust himself to man ; “for he
knew what was in man,” John it, 25, and he
has said to all the disciples in his Ministry:
“Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of
wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents
and simple as doves.” Math., 10, 16. From
a rigid observance nf this precept, they are
the best judges of human nature, in the
world. Indeed, they “know what is in man,”
they scan the latont wiles of men almost at a
glance, and therefore are seldom duped by
deeivers. They readily see the “snake con
cealed in the grass"—the coiled enemy ot
religion and virtue, and instantly give the
warning—“cavernThey can quickly de.)
icct the “wolf” in a sheep-skin, no matlodj
how glossy and long be the fleece, and seldom’
if ever, refrain from pulling off the mask,
and showing to the innocent, and unsuspect
ing fold of Christ—the Itiile, and shape, and
design of the inside animal. Wander not
then, that evil designers, and evil doers—
whom they detect —admonish, repr ive, cor
rect, or expose, as the case may require—
should occasionally sally forth, and assail
them with vituperation and slander. For
this cause was our blessed Saviour accused;
and even his miracles—lns casting out dev
ils, attributed to the power of “lielzobub!”
“The disciple is not above Ins Master”—and
therefore the Jesuits and others who are re
viled without cause, should rather rejoice with
the Apostles: “And they indeed went from
the presence of the council rejoicing, that
they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach
for the name of Jesus”—Acts 5, 41.
They are envied : When Sanazzaro, an
Italian Poet, was asked by
society he frequented—tvliat was his opinion
as to the best remedy for the weakness of
sight, he replied—“that envy was mure likely
than anything else, to quicken the power of
vision.” llow rigidly true is this with re
gard to tho Jesuiis. Their learning, their
science, their virtues, their piety, their fanM
all envied by those, whose opposite vices
are the more visible and hideous by the con
trast. What inferior merit cannot equal, it
is the common failing of degenerate huirani
ty—to envy and defame. Like bats, there
are men who are blind and retiring by day,
and are only conspicuously active and annoy
ing at night, when darkness favors their ap
pearance, and enables them to flutter their
brief moment, without being entirely dazzled.
While the noon (lav splendor of the Jusit’s
talents and character is left untarnished, thtir
enemies retire fiotn its glare within walls and
crevices where piniug “envy” lorges the
poisoned arrows—that are to be shot at brllli
ant genius, and at unclouded fame.
What a striking illustration of the sway
and power of “envy” is to to be found in our
own country, especially every .fourth year.
Had ihe Pres dents ot our Republic, and
they who share their patronage —never risen
above the level walks of private life, their
hiddenlmerit would not be tarnished; the
envy or rival aspirants and partizans, would
not then defame. Elevation is often bought
at a very dear rate. To bo successful, even
great and good men must be coutent for a
time lo lose character, which, if of intrinsic
value, will pass uninjured through the politi
cal ordeal, and in the end, like a burnished
diamond—will shine with greater lustre.—
Thus, after long and laborious studies ; after
making every requisite sacrifice for the sake
of God, and the good of man—alas ! for the
sake of religion and truth—it is through the
blue veil of “envy” some men view the Je
suits, and consequently no reproack is too
great from their assailants—no lie to mntrue.
But the time will come, when their enem.es
will be entirely forgotten; but themselves,
because the genuine benefactors and friends
of mankind, in a religious and scientific point
of view—will be honored and revered—even
by the children of those from whom they now
receive the most unmerited censure—the most
unjust abuse.
They are unknown : This is perhaps the
greatest evil they suffer. But for it, they
would be seen ‘with other eyes, and in a
different light, and great would be their re
ward of gratitude even in this life. That
they are not known, and therefore grossly
misrepresented and injured—will be a
greeably seen by the following happy il
lustration from Bonaventure Girnudeau—
“a curious fact that happened at the death
of a German Jesuit:”—“This Jesuit, whose
name was Tanner,a man both pious & learn
ed, was going from Prague to Inspruct, in
hopes his native air would establish his
health Unable, however, to bear the fa
tigue of the journey, lie died in a village
on the road. The Magistrate of the place
immediately repaired to the house, and in
taking an inventory of his luggage, found
a little box, the extraordinary s'ructuro of
which made it appear mysterious and sus
picious, for it was black, and composed of
wood and glass. Dbt how great was the
surptise and astonishment, on the first who
looked through the glass at the top, drawing
back in aliriglit, and exclaiming : “1 re
Bounce thee, satan.” The same affect was
produced upon all that were hardy enough
to look through the glass. The fact was,
they saw in the box a living animal, black
enormous, and frightful, of immense length
and with threatening horns. The terror
was universal, and no one seemed to know
what to think of so horrible a monster; when
a young gentleman, who had just finished
bis course of plulusopy, observed to the as
sembly, that the animal that was in the
box, was much larger than the box itself;
that in the present instance the contained
was larger than the container, which was
contrary toevery principle of philosophy,&.
could not be according to the older of na
ture ; whence lie concluded, that the animal
was not material, but that it must be some
spirit under the form of an animal. This
observation was rscctvcd with universal ap
plause, and every one was persuaded that it
was the devil himself that was in the ‘.ox.
01 the person who had carried the box with
him, it was concluded, with some evidence
that lie could not have had it hut for some
bad end, and that he could have been noth,
ittg but a sorcerer. The report of his ad
venture spread far and wide, and urnueuse
I crowds of people came to the house, for the
purpose of having a peep into the box; and
each one said to all he met: “ 1 have seen
the devil to day.” The judge condemned
the deceased to be deprived ot Christian
burial, and left an order for the curate to
perform the exorcisms of the church, for the
purpose of expeiling the devil from tho box
and driving him out of the country. The
sentence of the Judge extended no further;
but the politicians of the village carried their
reflections to a prodigious length. The
witchcraft of Father ‘Tanner, according to
them, was common to all the confraternity;
and, therefore, they thought it right and
just, that a sweeping sentence of banish
ment should include them all, according to
Virgil: ‘‘crimine, ab uno disoe omnes.”—
Whilst each one was busy in giving this
wonder, or rather scandal, his own interpre
tation, and the minds of all were in inex
pressible agitation and ferment, a Prussian
Philosopher chanced to pass throgn the vil
lage. The inhabitants did not fail to en
tertain him with the news of the day; but
when he heard them mention the Jesuitical
conjurer, and the devil confined in a box,
be laughed heartily, both al the news and
the news mongers. Being, however, visited
by the principal inhabitants, and earnestly
pressed to come and see with his own eyes,
the wonderful thing be would not believe
on their relation, he yielded to their solici
tations; and on the magic box being shown
him, wandering he exclaimed : “Is it possible
that the late invention oi the Microscope
should not have been heard of in this part
of the country? This is a microscope—a mi
croscope, I tell you.” But nobody knew
wlmt lie meant; the term was as little under
stood as the thing itself: some began to sus
pect him for a sorcorer, and would have con
demned him as such, had lie not quickly
destroyed tho charm, and disipated the illu
sion. Taking, therefore, the box, he re
moved the cover, in which the lens was en
chased, and turning the box upside dowq,
out come the little horn beetle, and crawled
upon the table. The Philosopher then ex
plained the optic mystery in a manner suited
to their comprehension. New admiration now
succeeded the first, and the animal appeared
as laughable an object on the table, as it had
been frightful in the box. All suspicions
vanished: ti e judge tore the sentence;
each one returned laughieg .home. Bu-
however, were luund, who pub
litnßl this adventure, mentioning the box
and nee sentence of the judge, but forgetting
to say a’hy thing about either the Philosopher
or ihe iheHiiicroscope.”
The above is a lively picture of the man
ner in which the Jesuits are regarded by the
ignorant; and even by many, who are well
informed on other subjects, but willingly lis
ten to hearsay in this,case, without ever laking
the trouble to hear both sides—to investigate
and assertaiu the real truth for themselves :
they consequently do b th-themselves and
the great injustice. Readers be not
deceived : You do not knsio the Jesuits.
Through the New York Albion, some have
seen the “ horn beetle,” and perhaps have
been frightened at the “ monster,” and may
have called the. Jesuits, as “ Father Tanner”
was called—“conjurers,” and even worse.
The want of correct information is indeed
ilje “ lens” through which the Jesuits are
viewed as fearful deformed monsters in so
ciety, where they are unknown : Remove the
“lens”-—upset the “box” of prejudice—let
out the “ocetle monster” —the creature of
imagination,—and then you will see tho Jes
uits iu their own character—undoubtedly,
and as a body —the best scholars—the best
Christians—the best missioners in the world;
and consequently —the best benefactors to
mankind. In proof of this, I could fill vol
umes with the testimony of the most en
lightened and liberal Protestants. Ol that
renowned but persecuted body of Priests,
Lord Chancellor Bacon said : “ialiscum sis,
utin ain noster esses —since such thou art
icould that you wert ours.” This noble tri
bute of a great man—to a great “ Religious
Order,” is superior to, and far out weighs
all the cant aud slander, which all venal or
ignoranl Presses can v< mit forth : The Eu
logy if tlie immortal and impartial Lord Ba
con, will ever be valued and admired, by the
learned, the intelligent and refined. The vi
tuperation ami falsehood of a hiretung de
fatner may have admirers too! A cand and
and enlightened reader, even though he “read
ton rapid to reflect,” need not, however he
“told before hand,” which of the above
guides to character—is best for him to choose
—and beet to follow.
Deceived, as many unsuspecting readers
may have been, by the Editor ol’ the N. York
Albion, and such maligners—it would not be
a matter of supprise, if, in the reaclon of opin
ion and judgement, those whom he deceived,
should imagine him as the “ beetle,” and the
many untruths he has written against the
Jesuits, as his “hornsVlevving him thro’
the “lens” of his own distorting news sheet,
they might hereafter regard him as a moral
“monster,” and know him in future by the
merited arul distinguished title of the “Horn
Beetle Editor!” Writhing under the
feeling and smart of his wicked delusion—
they might mistake him in h ; B office, for the
“ devil in the box:’’ Some in their fright, and
others in their wit, might even be disposed to
say : “1 renounce thee satan !”
The advice of an honest Jew', in regard to
the Apostles, contains a valuable and instruc
tiv3 lesson for the Editor of the Albion —el id
genus omne —and all of kindred bigotry, in
regard to the Jesuits:” Refrain from these
men (said Cainaliel, Acts 5, 38 3i>.) and let
them alone: for if this counsel or this work
be of men, it will come to nought. But il n
be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest per
haps you bo found even to fight against God.’’
Slander and even external force may be used
against the Jesuits, but still, they will re.
main the unkonquered disciples ol Jesus:
they may be swept fora rune by the advtrse
storm of frowning and remorseless bigotry,
and be lashed by the angry waves M human
passions; but their yoke, as the voire of their
divine Master, will be yet louder than the
ternpbst; and the oil of their charity—contin
ually dropping on the troubled waters of So
ciety, will gradually spread upon the highest
billows, and subdue them to a calm unruf
fled sea.
T. BIRMINGHAM.
Columbus; Ga. Oct. 3d, 1845.
COMFORT TO IRON-MASTERS.
The profits of the railroads in F.ngland have
created a perfect mania amongst the capital
ists and others to engage in that species of
improvement. Under tire influence of tiiis
feeling, Parliament at its last session granted
charters for the construction of some two
thousand three hundred mdes of railroad
This will require, it is estimated, some two
hundred millions ol pounds sterling, and all
tho iron which can be made in Great Britain
lor eight years. The business is pushed for
ward with a spirit and euergy, which noth
ing but a great reaction, and the withdrawal
ot so much capital from other pursuits, will
effectually check. That this will be the case
can lie scarcely doubted. And so sensiole
of this itave the bankers and bn Iters become
that in their recent circular, they intimate
their anticipations of such an event.
But, in the mean time, the consumption,
within her own limits, of all tho iron made in
England? us well asilie demand for the same
article on tins .continent, for a similar purpose
must afford a protection to our iron manufac
turers, better than a duty of twenty five dol
lars per lift. At any rate, it affords the most
favorable opportunity to reduce the present
high protective duty to the proper revenue
standard. This can now be done in conson
ance with the great principle of justice to the
whole country, and without inflicting anviu
jury even'upon the class of our citizens who
have so long enjoyed n bounty from the policy
of the Government. Every thing is propitious
for the reduction of the tariff) which is de
manded by the country, and which must be
made.— Constitution.
POLITICAL,.
From the Union.
THE BOOK!
VVe have not yet had an opportunity of
perusing the correspondence with Jesse Hoyt,
which has been superstitiously published in
New York, nnder the auspices ot the notori
ous Win. L. Mackenzie. We lay before
our readers, this evening, an article, made
up of extracts from the “New York Morning
News.” We have read some of the letters,
which have been copied into the “Tribune”
and “Express.” VVe have glanced over the
remarks ot several of [the papers upon this
mrion-t correspondence. VVe have read over
a lew of the short notes, occupying not more
than two pages, and cast our eye over tho
geDeral appearance of the book, which was
put into our hands at too late an hour ibis
evening to appreciate its contents.
Our impression decidedly is, that it is one
of the most shameless, iutatiious productions
that has ever emenaled from the American
press. Why the private letters which have
been published, and some of them written
twenty years ago, should have been carried
by Mr. Hoyt to the custom-house—why they
should have been kept there for so long a
time after the chairman of tho PoindexTer
committee had onca laid his long and bony
fingers upon all tho papers In the custom
house—who assisted Win. L. Mackenzie in
arranging them, connecting them with inter
mediate explanations, and editing the in
famous work—are circumstances yet to be
explained. Mr. Hoyt has not, so far ao we
are advised, explained iliese circumstances,
as far as lie understands them; but, of course
he will come out aud clear his skirts of all
participation in the infamous work. We
cannot believe that he who was not only
raised by Mr. Martin Van Buren in his office
—the friend of Messrs. Butler and John Van
Buren—but indebted to Mr. Van Buren for
Ins office as collector, was innocent of the act;
but we must believe that he will spare no
effort to account for the publication, and un
mask the guilty perpetrators. It is suspect
ed that Win. L. Mackenzie found the letters
in the custom-house, or was guided to their
discovery by some more cunning scoundrel,
and employed hours when be should have
been discharging bis duties as inspector, iu
stealing copies of papers, which, in strict
honor, he ought never to have inspected.—
The whole plot is shameless and withering
to the character of evi ry man who was con
cerned in it. It is founded oil the most pro
fligate abuse of private morals. It cuts up
every species oi confidence between man and
min, by the roots. Let no one who was con
cerned in the transaction ever be trusted.
We have not read the pamphlet, we repeat;
but we have read the letters which some of
the whig papers in New York have publish
ed; and we confess we do not perceive the
corruption which is said by tbe whigs to run
through them. We have perused, with great
care, the letters of Mr. Martin Van Buren,
which the last New York Express gleaned
from the mass, asoneol its precious extracts,
nut there is nothing in them of which an
honorable man has occasion to be ashamed.
We are iflrther advised by a gentleman who
has read the whole, and .was aware,
weeks before they appeared, of the
through which they were to
is nulhifl|tm them calculated to any
sprious the moral of Mr.
Hoyt’s curre^^uidence.
It Is evident, nhwever, editor, his
aiders and upon tho
political effects it upon the re
publican York ; and ,t is
amusing to see t^courses which
the whig lakenfca noticing the
work. i'he • \ork whoso
editor the most
from tliodflKh of private
pulpit—pttlishes
Iracls from the correspondence. The editor
of the New York Express splits hairs, and
play 6 the easy casuist upon the oceasiun
He re-pubiishes the letters, under the affect
ed “impression that the owners ol the letters,
assisted iu giving them to the world, or that
they were custom-house documents, surren
dered by that owner to the public.” So far,
(continues ihe Express,) w e feel that we are
acting right. When we know more, we shall
say more.” Exquisite critic! divine moralist,
he is/ The “New York Courier and En
quirer,” (lo its honor be it said) takes the
following manly aud gentlemanly ground :
“It is a sound axiom, iliat Ihe receiver of slo'en
goods is no belter than ihe tturf; and lo publish any
portion ofineso le'lera would, in our opinion, pul ub
on a par with the individual who lias thrown l hem be
fore ihe public. Any editor who would publish them
would, it is io be presumed, have done ail that Mac
kenzie lias done. Certainly, no person pretending
to entertain toe feelings of a gentleman could possi
bly loan his columns to such an iiaquiiious proceed
ing. Thai some papers have, and will publish them,
no one cun doubt who is familiar with the character
of a portion of the press ; bui, most assuredly, no
respectable press wilt tons proclaim its editor” any
thing but a gentleman.”
Our colcmpory of the National Intelligen
cer devotes a very long article m this morn
ing paper to the pamphlet; aud, whilst it ap
pears to have a very qualmish conscience on
the occasion, and declines a publication of
the letlers, yet, by the very mariner ot notic
ing it, whets the prurient appetite fur me for
bidden Iruit.
Fiotn the New Yotk Morning News.
MACKENZIE'S PAMPHLET.
About the dirtiest piece of small knavery
that we have ever heard of m party politics,
was perpetrated yesterday,, in the issue of a
publication under the name of William L.
Mackenzie, consisting, in pari, of what pur
ports to be extracts from a mass of private
letters to Mr. Jesse Hoyt, from various per
sons of more or I ess prominence in politics
for the last five-and-lwenty years. Garbled
ud libitum, and plentifully garnished willi in
sinuating italics aud astonishing capitals, and
accompanied with a running coimnenlary,
Ireely compounded of second-handed men
dacity and original scurrility,—these aie
spread out by the author, and ushered forth
with congenial relish and pleasure by the
Tribune, as tiiuugh they were marvelous and
vastly.important revelations. What propor
tion of them may begeuuine, and what pro
portion ficticious, we have no means of know
ing; nor is the contemptible pamphlet worth
the trouble of inquiring. Whichever of them
are genuine, were obtained by a felony—by
breaking into a box ol old privgie papers,
lelt accidentally behind him in the custom
house by Air. Hoyt, late collector. The
pretence insinuated, that they were from cer
tain “fifteen volumes of correspondence,”
taken possession of by the Poindexter com
mittee, and tlience, in some unexplained
mode, coming into the bands of the publisher,
is a pure falsehood, and a mere cover to the
still more criminal way in which they were
procured. iThe letters, as published, are
private—free and careless correspondence,
running liar k for nearly thirty years—includ
ing hundreds of matters wholly disconnected
from politics—even some from a lady—and,
on the.rown mere showing, stamping with
the lowest degree of shameless rascality the
publisher and his accomplices or prompters.
Who these latler are. is yet to appear.—
When discovered, if they have ever before
pretended to l ho right of associating with
gentlemen, it is very certain that none will
ever again permit them the privilege.
No one will believe in the genuineness of
all these soi-disanl Idlers. While the mam
bulk and basis ol tbeui may be genuine—
the genuine results of one of the moslscou
ilrel thefts—no one can know which of the
or what [ nssage or words ol them, mav i
may not be iulerpoli ions. Such forgefjt
would be scarcely a sensible addition of eith‘ r
crime or disgrace to the theft aud publica
tion.
The main object of the whole appears to
be to aim a blow of malignant vengeance at
a number of the leading friends ot the ad
ministration in this Rale, the stimulating
cause ol which is evidently the removal of
the latS collector Van Ness. Mackenzie
was appointed by Mr. Van Ness to a place
in the custom-house, and went out of office
with him. So far as we have looked into
it, in its application to the more prominent of
those, we do not see that it is calculated to
mjuie them in the public estimation. Some
ot tbe persons attacked—Mr. Van Buren, for
instance—this publication of their confiden
tial private correspondence is calculated to
raise still higher than they have stood before
in public respect. There is nothing m any
of these, free and open as they are, in the
unsuspecting and unreserved confidence of
such communications, that any friend of that
gentelman need wish io blot. Nor, though
he is made the object of more tierce ami
pervading venom of abuse, is there anything
in the letter ascribed to Mr. B. F. Buttler
which that gentleman would not hesitate to
avow before the wurld ; or. which, fairly and
truly unders.ood, would detract from liis long
and well-earned eminence of position in the
confidence and regard of the country. The
same is true in rcgarJ to the oilier more
prominent persons into whose letters ive
have looked ; and we perfectly agree with
more than one whig gentleman, whose de
clarations have been stated to us, that they
see nothing in the book amounting to much,
after all the dust which has been raisedaboul
it.
From the N. V. Evening Poet.
“The Book of the Day —The streets
are placarded with an announcement under
this heading, of a publication which purports
to give tho secret political history of New
York for some years back, and to contain
the “lives and opinions of Benjamin Franklin
Buttler and Jesse Hoyt, with Anecdotes or
Biographical Sketches of Stephen Allen,
George P. Barker, Janob Barker, James Gor
dim Bonnets, Samuel R. Betts, Isaac VV.
Bishop, F. P. Blair, Waller Bowne, C. C.
Cambreleng, Moses L. Cantine, J. I. Cod.
ditigton, Win. H.Crawford,Edwin Croswoll,
Isaac Kible, Cornelius VY. Lawrence, Isaac
Q,. Lea te, Charles L. Livingston, Edward
Livingston, Win. L. Marcy, M. M. Noah,
Thaddeus Phelps. Elijah F. Puidy, Roger
Skinner, Peter W. Spicer, Samuel Svvarl
wout, Enos T. Throop, L'lshaeffer, John Van
Buren, Martin Van Buren, Prosper M. Wet
more, Campbell P. White. Levi Woodbury,
Silas Wright, Samuel Y'uuug. and their
friends and political associates, by Win. L.
Mackenzie. Cook & Cos., publishers ; Bos
ton”
Not having read the work, wc aro only able
to speak of its character from the accounts
of it, and ext racts, which we find in the Tri
bune and express—the only journals that
have been unprincipled enough to make use
of private papers obtained by a fraud of llio
must atrocious and damning character ; for
this work is a collection of lhe nolessaid to
have been addressed to Mr. Jesse Hoyt,
while collector of the port, by various persons
of more or less political eminence, during a
time of unusual agitation and excitement in
the public mind. How far these notes are
authentic—how far, if authentic, they have
been mutilated by tbe scoundrel who has tho
effrontery to place his name on the title-page,
and to what extent, if both authentic and un
inutilaled, they involve the reputations of the
individuals so unwarrantably and malignant
ly dragged before the public—we cannot say.
Those are points upon which we shall not
remark until we are better infortnod of the
particulars. We are told, however, by per
sons who have looked into these papers, that,
if true, they contain nothing culpable on the
pari of many of thedislinguisbedpersons who
ate abused.
But there is one aspect of the business to
which we are bound to retcr. Wc mean, the
utter and unparalleled disregard ol all moral
aud honorable principle by which the confi
dential papers of private Individuals are pub
lished to the world. We think we have
never heard of a measure or more despicable
piece of knavery than lies been resorted to in
procuring and printing these documents.—
The editor insinuates that they were seized
by the Poindexter commission, and transmit
ted to Washington, where, by some inexpli
cable chance, they were brought to light
Yet this, we have authority for saying, is a
positive falsehood. The private papers of
Mr. Hoyt have been stored away in a box in
a private room ot the custom-house, under a
strong lock and key. Mackenzie, about two
years ago, was appointed to a clerkship under
collector Van Ness, and put in tbe exclusive
occupation of the room in which Mr. Hoyt’s
private and legal papers were deposited. It
is said that other clerks were removed from
the room, at Mackenzie’s instance, that be
might indulge his searching propensities un
molested and to the full. The probability
is, therefore, that these papers, so far as they
are gettuine, have been stolen from the box,
and so feloniously made public. Os this pro
ceeding, and of the publication of letters ob
tained in this way, we agree with the morn
ing whig paper, tiie Courier and Enquirer,
with which we do not often iiavo occasion to
agree. It says:
“it is insinuated in a preliminary notice,
that these papers were obtained by the l’oiit
dexler commission, ami carried to Washing
ton ; and in that way, by some unatowed
means, have seen the light. We do not be-,
lieve this story, and rather imagine it will turn
out—if, as wo suppose is undoubted, the let
ters he genuine—that they have been feloni
ously purloined from a locked depository in
one ot the rooms of the custom house, where
they were left for safekeeping by Mr. Hoyt,
and are now given to the public from a min
gled leeling of personal vengeance aud mer
cenary speculation.
“In this shape the publication is infamous
and should be denounced by all who value
the inviolability of private papers, which, even
more than the inviolability of persons, goes
to make freedum secure.
“It is a sound axiom, that Ihe receiver of
stolen goods is no better than the thief; and
to publish any portion of these tellers, would
in our opinion, put us on a par with the in
dividual who has thrown them before tbe
public. Any editor who would publish ‘.hem
would, it is to be presumed, have done all that
Mackenzie lias done. Certainly, no person
pretending to entertain the feelings of a gen
tleman, could possibly lend his columns to
such luiquitlous proceedings. That some pa
pers have, and will, publish them, no onecau
doubt who is familial with the character of a
portion of the press ; but, most assuredly, no
respettable press will thus proclaim its editor
anything bl‘t a gentleman.”
From the N. V. Evening Gazette.
A pamphlet, of some 150 closely printed
pages, purporting to be published at Boston,
and prepared by W. L. Mackenzie, has been
sent to us for notice, ft can receive at our
hands no other notice than one of earnest
and unhesitating condemnation, it is a col
lection ol private letters addressed, through
a long series of years, to Mr. Jesse Hoyt, by
intimate personal and political friends—let
ters which cannot have come honestly into
the possession of third parties, and of which
the publication stiikes us as a gross violation
of all the decencies cf life—of all social and
mitral obligation.
It is no apology for such an outrage, that
like outrages have been committed before—