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% tho remoter causes Of these dreadful occurren-
ces. Can we err in affirming that these are to be
found in the new and exciting ingredients which
have recently been infused into our Political con-
tests Must not such collisions have been fore
seen, have they not clearly been caused, by thosc
who have thrust Religious differences into the
Political arena WHO have built up new party
on sectaran prejudces and national antpa'mes
whose meetings have resounded with lerce de-
nunciations Of the creed of a particular Church
who have boasted through their public journals
that their victory in this City has established the
glorious Protestant asceadency,' &c. &c


Even in Philadelphia, the origin Of the present
excitement is popular demand that the children
in the Common Schools provided for and support
ed by men of all crecds and of none, shall be 10
structed in the Protestant version Of the Bible !;
the Catholic Bishop only asking that MS people
all be permitted TO use the version approved by
their own Church. But no-Nativism assumes
that this is a Protestant country-not country
in which all men have equal and full Liberty to
worship God as they think proper-but land OF


Protestant ascendency,' and OF course Of Catho-
lie subordination. Can it be expected that such
assumptions, with such arguments as are used IN
Native meetings to sustain lhem would not N
view of the well known characteristics, both good
and evil, of our Catholic Irish population, lead to
violence and bloodshed VIC do not justify their
conduct-fa. from it-but we do MAINTAIN that
those who have famed into fame the embers OF
this Politico-Religious phrenzy have taken on
themselves a fearful responsibility. Let them
ponder it deeply!


u 1t is but just to say that the Native
American papers of Philadelphia utterly and
strongly rcprobatc the ou.rages Of "Wednesday
evcning-the burning Of Churches, &c. They
profess to disbclicve that it was the work of any
Of their party saying it was the act of few half
grown boys, &c. sc.