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_THE KNOW NOTHING ALMANAC 3
DECLARATION OF THE “IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.”
i BISHOP HUGHES IN ROME.
Tun great, but still more pretentious
convention of the Cardinals, Archbishops,
1}! Bishops, Grand Representatives of Monkish
Orders, Plenipotentiaries of Papal States,
Hed Princes of the Church Militant, + John
i}? Mughes, and others, assembled in Rome,
ii some time during the year 1855—but {¢ is of
i no consequence when, precisely—and came
ny to the sage conclusion that the “ Blessed
Virgin Mary” conceived without sin | The
ne manner and evidence of this event, the
: great dignitaries do not condescend to an-
nounce, specifically, either to the *here-
tical” or papistical world. Suffice it, that
hy: the Pors and his party of private friends
have said so! The old gentleman, whose
official cognomen ‘is “Porx Pius 1X.,” un-
dertakes to cram this fanciful dogma down
the throats of his subjects in America, in
ha the following apostolic letter, the senten-
tious and arrogant tone of which we com-
mend to the especial attention of enlightened
Americans. The facetious old fellow, laugh-
ing in his sleeve all the while, irreverently
and sarcastically says:
“We declare, Pronounce, and define that
the doctrine which holds that the Blessed
Virgin Mary, at the first instance of her
conception, by a singular privilege and
grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of
the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of
\ mankind, was preserved immaculate from
all stain of original sin, has been revealed
by God, and, therefore, should firmly and
i constantly be believed by all the faithful.
i Wherefore, if any dare—which God avert—
to tink otherwise than as it has been de-
fined by Us, they should know and under-
stand that they are condemned by their
own judgment, that they have suffered
shipwreck of the faith, and have revolted
pi from the unity of the Church ; and, besides,
by their own act, they subject themselves to
the penalties justly established if what they
think, they should dare to signify by word,
writing or any other outward means,”
The above was probably written by the
secretary of the Convention, and afterwards
duly discussed and eventually endorsed by
the gentlemen assembled to decide upon a
subject which has agitated the two Catholic _
Churches (Grecian and Roman) for centu-
ries.
We would call particular notice to the
fact, thatt Archbishop Hughes endorses the
interdiction of thought, as promulgated by
his “ Woly Father,” the Pope of Rome, You
must not think—you Catholics residing in
this enlightened country—you must not
think contrary to the assertions of the
Pope of Rome!
We have been among some Catholics in
New Orleans, Baltimore, and elsewhere,
who will scoff at this arrogant assumption
of power over the minds of men; but Mr.
Hughes has a way of keeping down the in-
tellect of his flock, and many of the Irish
Catholics (his countrymen) of New York
will not dare to think, or, if they cannot
help thinking, they will not dare to say they
disbelieve the assertion of the Pope and
his conclave of Cardinals, + Bishops, and
others.
Truly, the Church of Rome is a long time
coming out of the fog and Egyptian dark-
ness of by-gone ages; and if she is laughed
at by enlightened men and women, when
she attempts to bolster up her poor weak
limbs by “ immaculate” crutches and cranky
crotchets, she has only her simple old self
to reproach,
i; ——_»——____
3 distinguished Methodist divine, Dr. Lovic
i Plerce, father of the Bishop, shows clearly
his views upon the principles of the Amerj-
* can party,
: Montgomery (Ala.) Times of the 18th of
August, 1855,
‘Rey. Dr. L. Pierce, of Georgia, has writ-
ten a letter to the editor of the Southern
Dr. Lovic Prenca ox Asuricanisa.—The Recorder,
annexed paragraph from the pen of that Nothing party. The Doctor says: ‘TI un
in which he notices the Know
proud of my country, and I am, by a sort of
moral instinct, a native American. Ihave
always believed that we had Opened the
We copy the article from the | door of immigration too Wide, and would
find it absolutely necessary to close up a
little, and Lam sorry to-see that so many
oppose it as an anti-American move, For
myself, I believe the hand of God is in it,
and that the principle will prevail.’ ”
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