t, the words "and particularly a Roman
Catholic," were inserted by the direction of Lord Baltimore in
the official oath."

McMahon, the tried friend of Lord Baltimore, speaking on this same
subject, says:

"The proprietary dominion (Lord B.'s) had never known that
hour, (when there was opportunity to persecute.) The Protestant
religion was the established religion of the mother country,
and any effort on the part of the Proprietary (Lord B.) to
oppress its followers would have _drawn down destruction on his
government_. The _great body_ of the colonists were themselves
Protestants, and, by their _number_ and their participation in
the government, they were fully equal to their own protection,
and _too powerful_ for the Proprietaries in the event of an
open collision."

Thus it will be seen that in Maryland, as everywhere else, in all past
ages, so far as toleration is concerned, it was granted _to_
Catholics--never _by_ them.

THE CATHOLIC QUESTION--No. 5.

Popish aims at supremacy--Avowals by distinguished
Catholics--The order of Jesuits--Startling disclosures and
authentic references!--The strength of Romanism in the United
States!

The Romish hierarchy aims at supremacy in the Church and the State. It
is nothing more nor less than a great _political_ system, arrogating to
itself the right to sway the spiritual and temporal concerns of men--a
right it claims to have derived from God, and that therefore the Romish
Church is above all, and may rule all. Hence the conspiracy against our
government emanating from the Vatican, and planned by the Pope, his
Cardinals and Bishops, in the late grand council at Rome! They there and
then resolved on affecting the objects of the _Leopold Foundation_,
established in Vienna, May 13, 1829, to support Catholic missionaries in
the United States. Every member of this Society--and its branches are
numerous, being scattered over the whole earth--agrees to offer prayers
daily to _St. Leopold_, and every week to contribute as much as a
_crucifix_. The valley of the Mississippi has been surveyed and mapped
by the Jesuits, under the directions of the Vatican, and Popish
Cardinals in Europe are boasting of the certainty of their subjecting
this land of freedom at no distant day to papal supremacy! Rev. Dr.
JAMES, an eminent clergyman of England, says:

"The Church of Rome has determined to c