The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-16

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which a single person, by whatsoever nam ~
NAV he distinguished is entrusted with int eIcCu-
Eion of the LIARS, the management '''e
and the command Of 'ie army
sCourrsssoNs OF !, FRENCH CATHOLIC PRIEST"
tn ,gh;oh are added, g Warnings to the PEG
oftbe United States" By the same author,
edited By Samuel +. b. .Ho'Ss, II. M. Pro
tssqor. &c. &C., in the University Of the city
of .NSw York, paJliShedby d. Pan OStrand,
is the title of work for sale by Mr.. Owens,
N Gay street, and placed by him on our table.
Mr.. Morse, in his preface, says;
eThis work, the production of French gen
tleman, now in this country, who was but lately
a Roman Catholic priest, has been put into my
hands for revision and publication. 1t cannot tall
at this time of being deeply interesting. Some
points, indeed, OF the greatest political lmPor-
lance Tor they ada to the proofs of systematic
design in Europe TO make strong Popish party
in this country for what purpose it is not difficult
to conjecture"
The editor adds:
esThe public may rest assured that the author
is what he processes TO be- He is no fictitious
character. He is personally known not alone Ia
me, but to several gentlemen, whose names and
standing are we'll known to the community. His
testimonials, which he showed me, are OF the
highest character"
The whole work is full of interest, bearing
upon its face the impress of reality; and of it
may be said, that truth is stranger than fiction
His account of the manner in which he was en-
trapped by his conGessor; of his blind Piety, and
fanaticism of his uneasiness; of the confessional;
of his becoming enamoured of one of his Peni-
tents; of his despair; of his own exertions to
smother his love; the advice of his own confess
sor; his view of the clergy, and their intemper-
ance; their licentious conversations their morals;
his history of a young nun; her conversation; her
rescue; his regrets at being priest; the immo-
rality of the confessional; views in relation to
marriage; his desperate resolution, of his shut
ting himself up in a monastery at La Trappe;
his mode OF life; his account of the boldness and
success of Popery; essence of the confessional;
its use with men in political matters; continual
relations of priests with the female sex, from
their childhood; abominable instruction; impos-
sibility of young priest remaining virtuous and
performing this office in its extent; the manner
of entrapping women in the confessional; the
corruption of the clergy; purgatory; supersti-
tions; manner of living; indulgcnces; despotism
of bishops; customs of priests; and, his warning
to the American people, indicate the subjects
treated of, and make up small volume of 255
pages, replete with interest, which should be in
the hands of every American reader. The fol-
lowing are his closing remarks:
"When Louis XVIII, in 1919, granted his
charter, which gave some rights to the French,
all the true Catholics, and the clergy above all,
chafed by the recognition of the peoples rights
left no means untried to violate and distort it,
till they destroyed it by the ordinances of 1880,
During this long struggle of fifteen years, be-
tween absolutism and liberalism, my fellow
priests used all their power to revive their party,
especially on the great day of elections. Then
our bishops Creatures of the king) sent their
circulars, in order to warm our zeal and ardor."
EEAnd we, the faithful slaves of our spiritual
perc rs, used all our influence, made public pray
ers for good elections; we preached in the pulpit
to our parishioners-in the cateChism to the
boys-in the confessional to every body, the Lib
erdliSnl, (or the party Of LibertyO was guilty
hsTeSy; it was a mortal san to give ones voice
for this party, and we tried by every means to
dishonor and tarnish its adherents. The throne
and tie altar was the watch-wo' d, was the en-
Joined text of all our discourses. We required
In confession vigorously, from the electors, the
name and OPT ion of their candidates, obliged
them to vote according to our direction, under
pain of refusal of absolution@ If electors them
selves did not come to the confessional, we had
their wives and daughters; and we recommend
ed to them that they should employ all their in
aaence to make their fathers and husbands of
our party"
stThe Government w itch relied upon our zeal,
which knew that its interests were ours, institu-
ted many societies of itinerant missionaries
They went from city to city, from village to vii
lage, to revive the ashes of Catholicism and
preach servitude. They formed brotherhood
and associations of both sexes, in which they
enlisted the most devoted knights of their reli-
eion and royalsnl, the most ardent foes of iiber-
fy. And Striking circumstances, the last proof
of the truth of my observationsD all the deputies
named by the county electors were enemies OF
liberty and of the press, because those county
electors were under the influence of curates,
while in the cities the electors, more learned and
free, chose deputies, who were friends Of free
dom"
esWhen our partyt saw that all its exertions
were vain and useless, it introduced int the
court Of Charles X. about 1926, secret ecclesi-
astical council, composed Of the Cardinals de la
Fare, and de Latil, archbishops of Rouen and
Rheims, the archbishop Of Paris, NJ. De Grulen
and some pious laymen, worthy of their holy So
ciety. This council, called the Camarlla, di-
rected all the acts of the government, forced the
public functonaries to go to confession, required
from all the candidates to public situations an
attestation of Catholic Royalist principles deliv-
cred by the curate, pressed the unhappy Charles
X. TO name his stupid ministry of the Sth Aug.
1929; and at length to issue the fatal ordinances
of July, 1880. Thus has the Popish clergy
heightened the struggle of liberty, and compro-
missed the well being Of thirty three millions of
Frenchmen; thus it has divided them into two
CAMPS OF mortal enemies; thus at least has it in
gloriously crowned the long story Of its cruelty
and oppression in my unfortunate country"
Ila FL nj
priests have kindled again the flames of civil
war. They have sprinkled again with holy wa
ter, the guns ard pick-axes of the poorer and
slaYish peasants of La Vendee and Bretagny, to
raise them against the popular throne. But this
crime has ended after some bloody fights
On La yendee an army of thirty thousand SOL
diers, who at the present time crush this pro-
vince, the tool of It's priests; and the Clergy.