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Rev. A. J. McGewu Editor.
VICTORIA TEXAS:
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6 1847.
Christianity proved by Geology.
The Christian religion stands pre-eminent
ameng all the religions of the earth
for having withstood everv attack that has
been made upon it. No matter in what
quarter these attacks have originated
whether they hare come from the Philo-
sophical moralist who reasoning from his
abstract notions of the goodness of God
(notions by the bye borrowed from the
Bible) has presumed to pronounce the deal-
ings of the God of the Bible with his crea-
tures as inconsistent with the eternal prin-
ciples of justice whether they have come
from the carping sceptic who with his
qucrks and his quibbles has aimed to sneer
at the profoundest system of wisdom aJ
truth which the world ever saw into ridi-
cule and contempt whether they have
come from Uc gra nistorir.n who has p-
they were to give Christianity her death-
stab they pretended to find in the wonder-
ful developments of this new science evi-
dence to prove the Bible a fable and the
grandest of its historical truths but the
fantastic drcamings of the poet. They
gave their wonderful discovery to the world
with all that bold assurance and self-confident
dogmatism which was so characteristic
of their school and which by being receiv-
ed as the language of conscious truth con-
tributed in no small degree to receive that
ascendency nay almost supremacy which
they exercised over the intellect of thc age.
They assumed it as a " fixed fact" that
geology sustained their position that the
God of nature and the God of the Bible
were at war with each other and then
called upon the world to " crush the welch?
And who was there then of sufficient au
thority with'the world to deny the truth of
their "fixed fact? with any hope of having
his denial regarded? who was there so
bold as to hazard his reputation by coming
in collission on a qncsf of mere science
with the who!" French A demy of science
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tended to una in in i.g... .... p.s - and Umt oo f f whfch had bcen
her own peculiar nursling1 None from the
lists of science were foun ' of sufficient har-
dihood. It is true the Christian with an
abiding and undistriict'blo faith in the truth
of his religion denied their bold assertions
and declared to the world that Ihc enemies
of Christianity were manufacturing natural
laws which had no real existence for the
unholy purpose of overt rning a system
which had proudly withstood their former
assaults and would yet withstand and grow
brighter under every effort of human scru-
tiny or of talents to deso-oy it. But the
Christian denial wssunh' irdor.disrcgardcd
because he had no knowledge of gcologv to
make his opinion authoritative. The
French Academy apparently triumphed for
a season and the whole learned' world both
of Europe and America .ecamc tinctured
with infidelity; scarcely a great intellect
in either Hemisphere v:s free from the
contagioi England presented an almost
solitary option . -Ldmund Burke pcr-
iiys the . atcst ' .lellcct of the day and
America can boast a prouder exception in
her Washington. But the prevailing pub-
lic sentiment among the learned was that
Christianity was a human invention and
only worthy the regard and admiration of
the villainous and the silly. But their
triumph was only for a season. Their
boasted "fixed fact? in geology proved as
the Christian in the humble wisdom of his
faith in the Bible had foretold to be a false-
hood their law of nature proved to be no
lair and the further developments of the
science of geology have shown ever de-
duction of these wise philosophers to be a
slander upon nature. The present more
advanced state of the science enables us to
affirm emphatically that instead of being
opposed to religion it has done more to
sustain Christianity within the short period
of its existence (about sixty years) than
all the other sciences put together. It is
now hailed everywhere by enlightened
Christians as the warmest friend and sup-
poitcrof that system which-it was in its
infancy used as a most potent weapon to
destroy. And a corrcsnondinir change has
come oventhe public sentiment of the learn-
ed world. For the last fifteen or twenty
years the Jit. raturc of the world but more
especially of England and America has
been dec-dly religious. Among the lit-
erary men of England Bulwcr is the only
one suspected of being-1 me slightest dc-
Uut the most memorable coi.fiict Christi-
an:!; ever uad was with the supposed laws
of nature. And here too. her victory has
been the most complete. The enemies of
religion routed 'on every otlicr field gather-
ed all their force for one last struggle to
crush the wretch" as their masterspirit
Voltaire impiously called the blessed
oaviour. The charge broucht against
" "CnrislKUiity was a very imposing one not
only in itself but in the circumstances
which surround it.
The charge was that Geology (a science
then in its earliest infancy not having
as 3ct thrown ofF its swadliiig clothes but
which they pretended had sprung up sud-
denly to the dignity of an established
science.) proved the Mosaic account of Crea-
tion to be false that the earth contained
evidences within its bosom that it had been
inhabited by man ages before he was said
by Moses to have been placed upon it.
Here the laws of nature were brought in
direct conflict with revelation. Christians
n ere bound to admit that the laws of nature
1- . .im-Q fC fXA Tlitit'rtrm tpOJ
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As the editor of the Presbyterian is now-
absent on business it will not be consid-
ered inappropriate or vain we hope to in-
sert the subjoined notices of this paper a
few only of the many favorable and en-
couraging notices the Presbyterian has re-
ceived from respectable sources.
The Banner of Peace published at Leb-
anon Tennessee says :
"We have received the first number of
the Texas Presbyterian a neatly executed
paper containing very judicious selections
and several interesting articles from the
pen of its editor. It seems that the pro
ject of establishing a religious journal in
that new and interesting oinic is alter all
in a fair way to succeed. We would com-
mend the Texas Presbyterian to public fa-
vor; at the same time wishing our friend
and brother Rev. Andrew J. McGown.
success equal to the importance of the un-
dertaking and the wants of the country."
The Texas Banner published at Hunts-
villc Walker county says:
"Wc have received the first number of
the -Texas Prcsbj tcrian' a newspaper pub-
lished at Victoria Texas and edited by the
Rev. A. J. McGown.
We bespeak for this highly interesting
paper the favorable notice of the reading
community. We have known the Rev. Mr.
McGown long and intimatly and can safely
say that in Texas the cause of virtue lib-
erty and religion has no truer and few abler
advocates than he.
The Presbyterian is the only religious
newspaper in our State and being publish
ed further west and south perhaps than any
paper of the kind in the world deserves for
these reasons if for no other the. favorable
consideration of Tcxans.
Similar notices to the above have also
appeared in the Texas papers generally.
Militia Election. At the election for
regimental officers for the regiment com-
posed of the county of Victoria on the 30th
January the following persons were elect-
ed to-wit:
Charles V. Crcancr Colonel Comm'dt.
Abel S. Cunningham Lieut. Colonel.
Alfred S. Thurmond Major.
It now devolves upon Col. Crcancr to
lay the county or regiment ofT into two
battalions the first of which is to be under
the command of the Lieutenant Colonel
the second under the Major. It is also his
duty to divide the county into convenient
company beats and order elections therein
for company officers. The Colonel ap-
points his own staff with the rank of
Captain.
In Guadalupe county we learn that Mr.
French Smith was elected Lieutenant Col-
onel commandant of the battalion com-
posed of that county.
Tiik lati: Senator Barrow. News
by Wednesday's mail says the .Tov Or
leans Delta confirmed the sad u'dings of
the lamentable death of the hono-ablc Scn-
Corrcspondcncc of the Presbyterian.
Gonzalks Feb. 1st 1817.
Mn. Editor: The purposes to which
your paper is devoted must be my apology
if one bo necessary for directing your at
tention for a few moments to the town of
Gonzales. It is not my intention to advert
even briefly to its early history or the
many advantages which nature has cast
with a lavish hand around it. To do so.
would be an unvarying repetition of facts
well known to all "old settlers" on the
'Blue Moselle" of Texas and an intrusion
upon the patience of your numerous read-
ers. My design is to publish to every one
who peruses your excellent paper that.
Gonzales has nobly acted her part in the
cause of education. Hitherto the preca-
rious tenure by which residents in this
section of the state held their rude homes
purchased by unflinching fortitude and bold
resolution which has ever characterized the
"Anglo Saxon Pioneer" has prevented the
citizens from giving that attention and
support to the diffusion of knowledge which
their appreciation of its beneficial influence
upon society dictated. But security is now
given to life and property academics arc
springing up in every section of a country
too long desolated by the swdt;! and intel
lectual and moral culture is presented in-
vitingly to every male and female child.
Deeply impressed as I have ever been
with the importance of having our schoo's
or academics based upon a correct system
and conducted agrccbly to those rules and
regulations which will give to parents the
most reliable assurance of advancement in
expanding the mind and refining the moral
sensibilities of their children you must
pardon me in manifesting some exultation
at the high stand which Gonzales has taken
and will endeavor to maintain. With that
alacrity which the utility of the project
rendered highly commendable the citizens
came boldly to the breach saw the defi-
ciencies of a system dependent solely on
on the caprice of every instructor whom
they in the absence of a better might cm-
ator from Louisiana Alexander Barrow.
His remains were conveyed to Wishington
in the evening train of cars frtm Balti-
more on the 29th December in charge of
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iLtffcroii.Uni&arcdrilh infidelity and in the
Irtrwr lict nf ill AGO lllcn. . . ". -
"" r' """"Ruishcd tor IcarniniT
JwV::5n th sclcnccs' bu! ;a 'ng!e man can be
.ouno anu even nc.ecIamed by hJs
! io dc me inenu 01 me uiuk
No name of note in America cu 1 c
-1 . . . be found
against Christianity. Such is the ci.
in the public scntimeut of the world and
-as geology has brought about in some dc-
?roc this change we shall in our next
show what facts geology has established
ni linn thftn ..!..:. t. -
1.. auburn uic iuosaic account
of creation.
Patrick Henry Calhoun son of the Hon
.-v . '. .n-- - .loiin c. Lalhoun. and lain airl tn n
nces under which this charge was n-'cs- has becn.clccted Colonel to the 2d
brought against Chistiauity-nnd spc if in rcfiInen.1 of New York Volunteers. The
these there was not ground for the dceo 1 cni: ..:"- " us. tcldercd to him without
.sensation not to say alarm with which it
ws received by the Christian world.
About the commencement of the French
revolution a cluster of brilliant but not pro-
found philosophers Mho rose above the Euro-
pean horizon regarded Voltaire as their
great head and master and bound to his
supremacy with an oriental devotion mis-
taking brilliancy of ujt for extent cf learn-
ing these men claimed to be stars of the
first magnitude and entitled to give laws
on science politics and theology not only
to France but to all Europe and the world
and by a strange madness of the human
miadf this claim seemed to be everywhere
aclMOarledged. TJie infant science of
Zl(i!lU' .?.oneI Calhoun has earned
"ujgutjrt in thc armv
Robert H. Herndo7 Cdiior of the
" ; "iai exPosion of some dam
aged powder.
a" mar-
Senators Archer. Crittenden aniTRcvcrdy
Johnson and Messrs. Garret D.ivi.s Gentry
and others of the House of Rcrcsciita-
tives. They were met at the rafroad de-
pot by thc Vice President mcmlers and
officers of the Senate together will many
members and officers of thc House who fol-
lowed thc corpse in mournful procession to
thc capitol.
Cur.muNG. Within thc last month a
number of valuable emigrants from thc
other States have entered this section of
country by the way of Port Lcvaca and
Indian Point. This is a wise course on
tKo pari nf emigrants to western Texas as
it avoids a long and disagreeable and travel
and expense.
Cactaix Gillkspii:. Thc remains of
this lamented young man whose name is
inseparably associated with thc nlorv of
the Tcxian Rangers passed through this
place on Sunday last in thc stage destined
- interment at San Antonio his recent
home. x. ; . '
11 "'tended we think to erect a
small monument over i.- '
. -n
The cause ajionc the You. It nmu.
be very evident to all who cast their eyes
over thc country that the young are great-
ly neglected on the subject of temperance.
And yet there is our hope. Unless the
rising generation can be trained up to love
and embrace our principles we accomplish
but little. We judge that less is doing
man formerly; for we fiud less on thc sub-
ject in all of our exchange papers: there
has indeed been nothing of consequence
for thc past year. We judge so also from
the reduced interest in the circulation of
youths' papers story and song-books banners-
&i. Cannot a new interest be ex
cited? Cannot pastors of Churches and
Sunday School teachers be brought to feel
eugagedness in thc work? Should every
Sunday School be a thorough temperance
Society the children all be in.stnir.fpr1 in
the simple principles of temperance and
Jospph Bruen jr. of Lexington Kv.
was smothered to death by smoke in his
room on thc night of December 24th
(Kr We Underafanrl n numlmr f Ti"".:
geology h-g been iwrwd-inlo existence by grants have just arrived at Port Lavaca
these men and always on the watch as on their way to Castro's CoJonv. '
Govcrnnr 1!rlu'mvlc r
. uhk ui ltimenm.;
ned man m his message to the Uitn
recommends that a imn shall not h nJ
Jed .ogo secrily willl0t tho co J S HJST.J XXSZiZ
lus wife. the nlcdrrc. how errpnt. Imn l. ..!.!
be the results in a few years! Wherever
the YoutW Temperance Advocate is cir-
culated there wc believe the interest is
Kept alive and the iuveniln niTnn ; c.
pered. Wc would strongly urge "it upon
ploy and determined to remedy it by adopt-
ing a more independent and it is hoped a
better one. A school for males and females
has been established and is now in suc-
cessful operation in our thriving "village"
under the control and supervision of a
Board of Trustees who are clothed with
authority to dismiss thc teacher and employ
another whenever such a measure would
advance the interest of thc school. This
power conferred with unanimity by thc
citizens assembled en jnassc upon the
Trustees will be a guaranty to all that a
competent instructor will always be em-
ployed who will be constrained by thc su-
perintendence of thc Board of Trustees to
discharge his duty. Thc female department
is conducted by Dr. and Mrs. Isbcl whose
kind attention to thc young ladies under
their charge in connection with every ac-
quirement requisite to prepare them for a
task so responsible has given universal sat-
isfaction to their patrons. The department
for boys is under the management of Mr.
' Guff a gentleman who Ins recently set-
tled in our midst having emigrated from
Tennessee his native state and possessed
of an education as thorough as varied and
classical as the best institutions of the
'Union" can afibrd. His scholars arc at
present in thc most part quite young and
devoted most exclusively of course to the
primary branches of an English education;
but every one who is desirous of receiving
instruction in the most difficult branches of
Mathematics Belles Letters and all thc
sciences as well as in thc Greek and Latin
languages would I venture to assert ac-
quire it as rapidly and satisfactorily under
thc tuition of Mr. Golf as under that of
any man in Texas. This sir is not an
idle or exaggerated compliment I never
waste my time and paper in that way.
It is a fact thc existence of which I am
anxious to impress upon the mlmi c rv
P- 1 friend of education because the
diffusion of it may yield a rich harvest of
golden and imperishable fruit upon our
"Western Frontier." I cannot close this
hasty written scrawl without noticing thc
indefatigable exertions of thc ladies oT our
town in thc organization of a Sabbath
School. Ever zealous in every scheme of
benevolence or undertaking calculated in
its results to refine and elevate thc rougher
sex they have at last triumphed suita
ble books by their liberality have been
purchased and in future the Sabbath
mornings will be passed by old and young
male and female within the sacred pre
cincts of God's Temple in attempts to im-
press upon thc budding mind his goodness 1
and unbounded mercy. Such sir is a brief;
and very imperlcct sketch of thc advance
ment of our "town" in a moral and mental
point of view; if you believe that the in
sertion of it in your columns would be of.
any utility or interest in the absence cf
more important matter I will feel gratified
me temperance community every where. at having called attention to thc "lights"
Amidst other things let not the circulation which though just beginning to dawn imv
ot this little paper be neglected. ere long shed magnificent lustre around
Temperance Journal j "Old Gonzales." J. L. A.
From thc Galveston Chilian Jan. 30th.
LATE FROM MEXICO.
The U.S. stccincr M'Kim Capt. Pils-
bury from the Brazos Santiago for New
Orleans put into this port on Wednesday
for coal and some slight repairs. Thc Mc-
Kim left thc Brazos on Saturday evening
and brings informatioa which changes the
aspect of affairs somewhat although there
is yet much room for conjecture.
Thc prospect of an attack having passed
off the forces at Saltillo have been greatly
reduced. Gen. Hool's division lately from
Paras remains for the defence of thc place
while that of Gen. Wortii lias been ordered
to join Gem Scott at the Brazos to be en-
gaged in the new enterprise which seems
to be contemplated. Gen. Worth had al-
ready arrived at Matamoros when the M'-
Kim left and his whole command was fol-
lowing and have probably arrived there
before the present time.
Gen. Taylor who had joined Gen. Pat-
terson at Victoria has bcen ordered back to
.Monterey to take charge of thc trcops em-
ployed in garrisoning that place and other
points on thc Rio Grande lie expected to
make thc journey with but a very small
escort and some fears were expressed that
the Mexicans might molest them on the
way. Gen. Patterson with the forces who
had taken possession of Monterey at the
last accounts was about to march for Tam-
pieo. Gen. Scott is at the Brazos Santi-
ago. The Kentucky cavalry. 4th regiment
of infantry under Col. Whistler and part of
the Jhl infantry arc at Monterey.
There were two regiments Curtis':. Ohio.
and Drake's Indiana volunteers at Mata-
moros and about one thousand men at thc
mouth of the Rio Grande when the Mc-
Kim left; also about eight hundred men.
believed to be Pennsylvania volunteers in
the shipping just arrived.
The impression is general that a new and
important movement is contemplated and
thc point of attack seems to be Vera Cruz
though Gen. Scott and the officers of the
army arc entirely silent in regard to their
designs.
The Comanches are troublesome in thc
vicinity of Comargo and Ceralvo. Their
depredations arc confined principally al-
most exclusively to thc Mexicans and thev
have permitted Americans to puss unmo-
lested when it was in their power to rob
and murder them.
P. S. Since our paper was made up we
have received from our friend. Major Col-
quhoun. at Port Lavaca a very interesting
letter giving in substance thc above news
and some additional items to-wit: that
Gen. Scott had assumed thc chief com-
mand of thc army; that Col Harney had
arrived at Matamoros with five companies
of dragoons also Duncan's battery des-
tined fur Tampico. Robbers were numer-
ous between thc Rio Grande and thc moun-
tains. Wc learn also from Maj. C. that a Mr.
Bunton. a man subject to fits andlatclv
from North Carolina was found dead in
thc streets of Port Lavaca on Monday
morning. Tcxian Advocate.
(ovcrnor Briggs.
Every thir from this gentleman on the
subject of temperance (says thc Journal of
thc American Temperance Union) is deep-
ly interesting. At a meeting of the Berk-
shire Total Abstinence Society holdcn at
South Egrcmont. Massachusetts on the
20th October thc following letter was re
ceived and read :
Pittskikld Sept. 11) 184(5.
'Dear Sir: I have vour favor of the
1 ... .
in inviting mc t attend a temperance
meeting of thc County Society at South
Egrcmont on thc 20th inst. The Council
meet on the 1st day of October and I must
leave on thc 30th in thc morning. 1 shall
not be able to be present.
'But I can assure you that you with
those fast friends of temperance that co-
operate with you in thc promotion and ad-
vancement of the cause have my best
wishes. Though I have been twenty years
engaged in it thc cause loses none of its
interest. On the contrary as its fruits
more and more dcvclopc themselves in so-
ciety and with individuals its importance
magnifies. As temperance is a business
for life so those who arc engaged in the
great reform which has accomplished such
wonders for men should consider them-
selves soldiers for life. We should not for-
get that the object to be accomplished i?
the same as when thc object first com-
menced: and that thc same moans which
have dune so much should be persevered
in until triumph is complete. If men drink
intoxicating liquors they will become in-
temperate and be ruined. If thev will to
tally abstain they arc safe. In these two
simple propositions thc destiny of individ-
uals the happiness of families and pros-
perity of communtics arc involved. The
unnatural morbid appetite of the unfortu-
nate drinker and the sordid interests of
thc maker and vender of the instrument
of ruin stand in thc way of" immediate and
complete success. When wc look back
and sec how much has been done wc see
no cause for discouragement. Take thc
county of Berkshire and the proportion of
our people who are practical tctotalcrs is
much greater than those arc aware of who
have not carefully looked at the matter.
'Let the friends of thc cause take cour-
age and persevere using such means as
wisdom and prudence shall dictate. While
no compromise is to be made with the cup-
my by those who adopt thc principles of
loiai ausunencc it siiouid be always hnmn
in mind that firmness and kindness ore not
FICOITI WASHINGTON.
On thc 4th January thc President sent
to Congress the following Message recom-
mending the creation of a general officer
to take command of all our military forces
in thc field. Thc message has excited
great interest and we copy it at length for
the information of our readers:
To ihc Senate and House of llcprcscnta'
lives:
In order to prosecute the war with vior
and success it is necessary that authority
should be promptly given by Congress to
increase the regular army and to remedy
existing defects in its organization. With
this view your favorable attention is invit-
ed to thc annexed report of the Secretary
of War. which accompanied my message no
thc Slh ult. in which he recommends that
ten additional regiments of regular trodps
shall be raised to serve during thc war.
Of thc additional regiments of volunteers
which have bccncailcd for from several of
the States some have been promptly raised;
but this lias not been thc case with all.
Tho existing Jaw requiring that they
should be organized by thc independent
State governments has in some instances
occasioned considerable delay and it is
yet uncertain when thc troops required can
be ready for service in the field.
It is our settled policy to maintain in
time of peace as small a regular army as
the exigences of the public service will
permit. In a state of war notwithstanding
thc great advantage with which our volun-
teer citizen-soldiers can be brought into thc
field this small regular army must be in-
creased in its numbers in order to render
thc whole force more efficient.
Additional officers as well as men then
become indispensable. Under thc circum-
stances of our service a peculiar propriety
exists for increasing thc officers especially
in the higher grades. Thc number of such
officers who from age and other causes are
rendered incapable of active service in tho
field has seriously impaired thp efficiency
of the army.
From thc report of thc Secretary of War
it appears that about two thirds of thc
whole number of regimental field officers
arc cither permanently disabled or arc
necessarily detached from their commands
on other duties. The long enjoyment of
peace has prevented us from experiencing
much embarrassment from this cause but
now in a stale of war conducted in a for-
eign country.it has produced serious injury
to thc public service.
An efficient organization of thc army
composed of regulars and volunteers whilst
prosecuting the war with 3Iexico it is be-
lieved would require the appointment of a
General Oiliccr to take command of all our
military forces in thc field. Upon thc con-
dition of thc war thc services of such an
officer would no longer be necessary and
should be dispensed with upon the reduc-
tion of the nffiiy to thc peace establishment.
I recommend tint provisions be made by-
law tor the appointment of such a General
Oiliccr to serve during the war.
It is respectfully recommended that carly
action should be had by Congress upon the
suggestions submitted for their considera-
tion as neccssarv to insure active and effi
cient service in prosecuting thc war.befbro
the present favorable season for military
operations in the enemy's country shall
have passed awav.
JAMES K. POLK.
Jan. 4. 1S47.
The House of Representatives on the
2d Jan'y by a vote of 115 to 48 refused
to levy a tax on tea and coffee.
A bill for the raising of ten new regi-
ments has been introduced in thc House of
Representatives and it is thought it will
pass both Houses with little opposition.
Another bill to provide for expenses of
diplomatic intercourse threatens to become
a source of discord .equal to that which
arose on the Missouri question.
Thc first section appropriates $30000
for diplomatic expenses: thc other sections
arc as follow :
Si.v. 2. Be it further enacted That
there shall be neither slavery or involun-
tary scrvituclc in any territory which shall
hereafter be acquired by or be annexed to
thc United States otherwise than in tho
puni.-hment of crimes whereof thc party
shall have been duly convicted Provided.
always 1 hat any person escaping into the
samcj from whom labor or service is law-
fully claimed in any one of thc United
States such fugitive may be lawfully re-
claimed and conveyed out of said territo-
ries to the pcrsou claiming his or her labor
service.
Six. 3. And be it further enacted
I hat thc sum of two millions of dollars-be
and thc same is hereby appropriated out of
any money in me trcasurv not otherwise
appropriated to enable the President to
conclude a treaty of peace with thc rcpuL-
..o ui i.iuAitu iu oe used bv him in thc -
event that said treaty when'signed bv tho k I
authorized agents of u governments" and
uumg rauiicu oy iUexico. sha ra fi.V tho
expenditures of thc same or anv part
thereof; full and accurate accounts of which
expenditure shall be by him transmitted to
Congress at as early a day as practicable.
The Rev. M. Hobart Seymour in a
eeeu ueuvcrcu a lew months bact on oc-
casion of his return from thc Continent and
a five months' residence inthe Papal States
gave his opinion of the amount of moral pow-
er yielded by thc Pontifical Government
in the following words: "I do not hesitate
in stating my full convictions frorn all he
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I'luiisuiii inu usciui mcciin.
With great respect I an" truly yours
GEO. N. BI11GGS.
Swiss soldiers at Rome and artillcrv of the
Austrian forces on thc frontier thc Papacy
would not be twelve mouths in existence.
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