The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-06

liant specimen of forensic eIoquence Three orators spoke
thr 81 lse aeiee lhe SmysFly
church. ve,o HpeS efsndsa the freedom OF fI,.lrue,on
Al the very outset the Presse the separated
himef from The majority BY proEraiI%e o. leers-by
~, ~ I iilt M b Ltbsd &; @
coos iusVion Is free obligatory and sraaitoH. iosruc
ton ofganized IS vast network Of telleenal workshops
asgraanzlns ~ he morat Iie y fisee. lhen M has9
rrt ~ bis scb W. yiyeI
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D"' 90 hot oo'l.o""u you Vo'e"'ns - 'ne
piisS,n9Su3 WIN ''re Onu'cn no ,ii"ie 'hah con
iouio 'ne hlist'etoe WIN 'ne oaA. iou are 'ile
parasites Of Inc Ohufch--you are lne ieprosy oil
lne Chprch. lghatius was Inc enemy o. the
Nhufch" fon are not lhe peneVefs put the seeta-
''ss OF rehslohs wnich you 40 not understand
you are the wire puilers ol sahcu'y: 10 NOT mix
up the Church with your aflairs-wlth your comb
nauons' stfategies and anoltions' DO not call her
your mother TO make her your slave. DO not NEEDLE
with her under the pretext OF teaching her politics
and more than all do identify yourselves with her.
see the injury you are doing her. See how she is
perishing since she is. possessed by you. You
make yourselves little beloved, that you will nm
ish by making her hated. In truth, tell you, she
can well do without YOU Therefore, let heraione.
When you will be no longer with her, the people
viii come back Leave her in her solitude, in her
selEdenial and in her hulnility-that venerable
Church. All this makes up her grandeur! Her
solitude will draw to her the crowd her self.denial
is her power her humility is her majesty
. You speak of religious Instruction, that before
which we must bow ourselves, and that which we
must not disturb 1t is the Sister of Charity bv ,he
bedside of The diving. L. is the Brofhsr of Mercy
giving Liberty TO The Slave. IL is Vjrcent ~
Paul picking IN the foundiing. il is the Bishon of
MarseilIes amidst those infested with tbs Plagns
1t is the Arch. Bishop of Paris. accosiing the fr.
midabe faubourR of St Aneine. raising his. cruci.
fix above civil war, little caring for death. proved
be brought rsaee. That is the veriiabe religious
instruction, The real, profound efficacious and
popular religious instruction, that which tuckilv
for religion and humanity, YET makes more Chris
tians than you unmake. Bur we know You. we
know the Clerical party. 1t is an old party which
has had its stages Of service. 1t is thai which
stands sentinel al the gate OF Ortbo,o1Y Its lha,
which has found for ruth, those two marvellous
conditions, ignorance and Errer. Ii is that which
forbids Science and Genius 10 go beynnd the
Missai, and that wishes 10 coister Hp ihonght II
| dogmas. Every step which intelligence has mad,
IN Europ1, sne has made IN spite of it, History il
"fllteh IN Inc history OIL human progress, but il il
"fiueh on Uhe oack OIL tle ieai' IL has opposed
l'SelI 10 an
Us II tiat caused Ffnehl 10 De sconrged fol
n"'iHs Sad iiat ''e S'als' uiu hotlaiL II Is thai
pu', oa'ieaheiis seven H'leS 70 'he tof're' io
.asls "hii,nSu c .nat He liuihpei oi "ufius was
T'si ~. Jug seeIet Vi tIe
,h ',.'.i P'eSeeu'eu lor i'aVfs
80 10. D. se D,o1u by 'yShua'
,b, ''io '''N u
was hsrssv I, ,,a. ,ba, ,,,,,;,h a,,L.,,',,'
pa,c.I in, ,h. rsIi.;;a =
name of observation-disclosures. in b, aan,s ~
and rsHcion On, IN t,,,h ,,,I,oa,,.s ,,1,, i
who cali vonrseIyes the C,,hoiic n.s,. s,,d NM
are tia Clerical ma ,,v ,ve t,,o,,, ,n,, n, I.a
while human conscience has heen risro ,,,,
YOU. and has been asking von ,,bs, yor s.;gh
For a long time vou, have be,n trv,no !, ,., n,
human mind.
And YOU wish to be the TEACHERS, And there !,
not a poet, writer, a philosopher. a thinker tbs
YOU accept. And all that has been written. dis
covered, deduced, illustrated. imagined inyents,
by genius the treasure of civ;I;zaIion The sc,t,
inheritance of generations, the common patri,nop,
of intellect, YOU reject, If the brain of bnm,n;,,
were there before your ewes. at vour, di,cret;on
open as the page OF a book, YOU would make bn
blunders, Now, acknowledge it, In fine. there i
book-a book which is, from one end to tbeolher
of a superior emapation-a booI, wbicb is for m,
universe what the Koran is for IsIamism ,yh,, II,
| Vedas are for India hook which contains n
human wisdom. enigbtenel bvi divine ,y;s,I,,n,.-.
book which the yeneration of nations c,Ils N,
book The R,ptr, We'll Won, osnsr,s H.. .;sa,
10 that. Thing u6be,rd Of Tho pones ,,,,.,
prossr;bsd ,ls Bible, Wba, am ss,o,,i.t,naa, ;,
wise minds wbat a dismay 10 simpIe hearts !, 40,
the seal Of Rome placed ,tpon the Rooktof f;oa,
And YOU claim the right Of teaching, Now h,
sincere, and let us understand ourselves ON mi,
right which YOU claim. il is tbe RIGHT ol not s,cb
ing. All, you wish MS TO give Won nations n in.
struct. Very well let MS examine vou, pnn;Iz
let us see vour fruits What have von dons f.
Italv? what. have Won dome far sn,;n9 r.
trieS vou have had them in hand =, ,,,,,r -
mand At your school un5sr yonr ,Ifo.. ~, ,,,
nations illustrious aiming The ustro,.--aDJ ,,h,
have YOU, done with them? / will tell Won -
Thanks to YOU. Italy, of which NO linan xvb,