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Letter to Editor
September 3, 1861
Daily National Democrat
Marysville, Yuba County, California
What is this article about?
An Irish Catholic refutes a slanderous claim from a San Francisco letter alleging a Catholic dignitary instructed followers not to vote for continuing the Civil War, asserting that the Church does not interfere in voting and declaring his support for John Conness.
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A Slander upon the Catholic Church.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:-
Some fellow, with a jaw-breaking name, says in a letter from San Francisco to yesterday's Express:
"I am assured by gentlemen who have good opportunities of knowing, that a high dignitary in the Catholic Church has declared that not a Catholic shall vote for the continuance of the war if he can help it."
Now, sir, I consider the above a slander upon the Catholic Church. The assertion that any "high dignitary" in the Church can say how a Catholic shall or shall not vote, is a Know Nothing calumny, and I wonder that any paper, having any claim to common decency, can admit such stuff to its columns.
I assure you, sir, that I can safely say for the whole of the Irish Catholics, that they have no master to tell them how to exercise the glorious privilege of voting. The Church tolerates no such interference. They will each and every man, vote as seems to them best. For my own part, I shall vote for John Conness. I had intended to do so from the start, and my intention is made more fixed by the noble appeal of Eugene Casserly and, published in your paper.
AN IRISH CATHOLIC
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:-
Some fellow, with a jaw-breaking name, says in a letter from San Francisco to yesterday's Express:
"I am assured by gentlemen who have good opportunities of knowing, that a high dignitary in the Catholic Church has declared that not a Catholic shall vote for the continuance of the war if he can help it."
Now, sir, I consider the above a slander upon the Catholic Church. The assertion that any "high dignitary" in the Church can say how a Catholic shall or shall not vote, is a Know Nothing calumny, and I wonder that any paper, having any claim to common decency, can admit such stuff to its columns.
I assure you, sir, that I can safely say for the whole of the Irish Catholics, that they have no master to tell them how to exercise the glorious privilege of voting. The Church tolerates no such interference. They will each and every man, vote as seems to them best. For my own part, I shall vote for John Conness. I had intended to do so from the start, and my intention is made more fixed by the noble appeal of Eugene Casserly and, published in your paper.
AN IRISH CATHOLIC
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Religious
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Religion
Military War
What keywords are associated?
Catholic Church Slander
Voting Freedom
Civil War Continuance
John Conness
Irish Catholics
Know Nothing
Eugene Casserly
What entities or persons were involved?
An Irish Catholic
Editor Democrat
Letter to Editor Details
Author
An Irish Catholic
Recipient
Editor Democrat
Main Argument
the claim that a catholic dignitary dictates voting on the war's continuance is a slander; irish catholics vote freely without church interference, and the author supports john conness.
Notable Details
Quotes A Letter From San Francisco To The Express
References 'Know Nothing Calumny'
Mentions Eugene Casserly's Noble Appeal Published In The Paper