Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-12-22


when placed behind screen to cast the ar
rows Of vituperation and insult, not only
against one individual but against whole
community. What do you mean by "just
contingency" Mr.. Frank? l am convins-
|. ed that when you publicly insulied me aud
all other Catholics, by writing an insulting
but, fortunately, ignorant article, to cause
animosity, that there was "a just contngen-
: cy" enough for you, to have at least the
manhood to place your whole name after
your production. There was contingency"
= enough to give your whole name After
! speaking sboutthe conceament Of his name
: and denouncing me as an unworthy oppo-
nent, he gives US the following poetical
| lines:
: "who builds church TO God and not 10 fame,
, Will never mark the marble with his name"
/. II tue reader can draw any conclusion
E from the above lines. in this connection. it
/. is that Frank does not wish to give his whole
/ name since it would then be known to whom
< the fame Of writing the learned productions
a was due. Frank do you really imagine that
r your productions do bring you fame? If
y you do, | am pretty certain that you are
!, the only one in the whole world that thinks
. SO.
! He adds "that it was malicious and
/ most audacious effrontery in this willy man
J., to recur to the memory Of parents" so that
8 according 10 Franks doctrine it is sin to
!. recur to the memory of parents. This is
It one of the new sins. | did not speak in
i. suitin0ly of his parents. l said Mr..
Y Franks shrinking condsct would disgrace
his parents, and say so now and any gen.
It erous, upright, liberal minded person, wheth.
J. er Protestant or Catholic, will say 80. He
It says that he believes that his parents gave
+. smile Of approval from their resting place
G on the weak effort OF their son. II was tru-
IS " a"weak effort" The wW to do harm
Il was strong bu! the effort was reak.
h He says, al did not ascrbe filth, begga-
b ry or bigotry TO any particular Glass;
y Your Specific" and generic" distinction
e will not help you out Of this difficulty, Mr.
J, Frank. The reader can see in your form
u er article that you were speaking of Cath
If olcs, in contrast with those Protestants that
n served under Stark, and that you did as
d cribe to them 6lh, beggary and bigotry-
lr Where is now your learned distinction be-
J. tween specific and generic distinction: and
l. where is the ground Of your charges, that
IS | misrepresented or misstated your insulting
l. assertion? "The hour Of danger (says he)
for this republic, is not far hence;" and he
l. suggests that may be among The number
re of those who shall sell their Inheritance fol
Judas sum! can see no danger only
y from the nobs that are now sometimes
y trampling all law, human or divine, under
g foot; who attack churches insult people at
is tending TO their own business. If there bt
any danger, il will come from such source
III Frank speaks about a priest quelling q
lr mob in New York, aud draws conclusion
of therefrom that priests are dangerous citi
.e zensl This is truly a LOGICAL conclusion
IS Mr.. Frank, if the priest had not endeavorec
III TO quell the mob (when he could) woult
I'd call him a bad citizen; but when he did us
,e his influence 10 quell the mob, the natura
s. conclusion would be tha! he was good cit
DC zen and used the love and attachment Q
his parrishoners 10 preserve peace. Frank
you ought to 90 to New York oftener ant
you would certainly become very enlight
ened. Frank, excited at the idea Of a prizes
having the audacity to quella mob, asks thi
ar important question. "ls it not time Al
ne American feeling should create itself unde
~ such state of things?" Because the pee
- pie obeyed their priest when he wished I
80 preserve peace and prevent bloodshed, tn
at American feeling is to be created So. the
is, according to Franks notion Of things,
rst priest, to be good citizen, must first pre-
Va vent the people from being attached to hin
and secondly, if he have any power to pre-
vent disturbances, he should not use it,
Ia: He tells US this example is not the only one
or there are (says hey many more of the sam
,le kind. Ii is very true, Mr.. Frank, the prizes,
have always done much to preserve peac'
| was in New York in the palmy days {
~ the Angel Gabriel alias Orr and III
ne "processions peaceably vending their wa
nd through Broadway" we're generally "wer
Ia. ding" their way TO burn or attack Cathol
rd church or insult priests. and cause disturb
= ances and the boys generally succeeded b
NJ striking or insulting foreigners, to cause
no peaceable procession to become an unpeac
;th able one.
Ky He speaks about fanatical priests. who's
nd aim and only desire is the oyerthrowing
Io the Republic. Prove this, Mr.. Frank. Th
W is one of the most illustrating example
'aii showing to what an insulting and mpude
IRE, assertion bad cause and ignorance wi
to lead person. Prove first that the prizes
le. are faEatics; so far from being fanatics,
- the political affairs of this republic. that e
ef- cry one who knows them as body. know
- them to take very little part in po
ard tics. Prove in the second place that Il
aid priests are endeavoring 20 overturn tn
Republic. His reference to Gavazzi ar
the quotation which he says is taken fro
ID the sayings of Lafayette are queer spec
Tou mems to bring before the public. The quot
ISL ton which he saysis taken from Lafayette
= false. You saw that likely in such boz
= as the productions of ofGavazzi, Marie Mon
lot or the Spirit of Popery. saw this quot
g." ton discussed before and defy him to pro
ing the authenticity of this quotation from q
the authentic source. As for poor Gavazzi Il
- whoie world knows him. He is the inve
Al n Al. Il. l.