, 1859-12-01

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What has Caused til, FIRST cor,no+;,,
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
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it is well known to our readers that the
French Colony at st. Anne, Kankakee County,
Illinois, has. under lhe lead Of Father Cainiouy.
the priest Of the parish. been engaged in a long.
animated aud bitter contest with The Catllolic
bfshop OF this Diocese, and TINT majority Of
Tue people Of the parish hare Withdrawn them.
SERVES from their formvr connection with the
Catholic Church. In this wur for liberty Of
conscience, Father Chioiquy had the syupathy
o1 The BRIDESMAIDS Of oil the West, and ,Ilcv
na'e more :han once extended to him their uid.
n2o he not appeared before the public cxcept
as the defender OF the spiritual rights Of his
e"'f' be would hare had an cnviahle reputation.
oat iasteflE, the Inhabitants Of kankakee Coun-
y nave becn surprised b. ,Esther Chiuiquy in
ano'ae' chaFacter-that Of meneicaut begging
LOT us parishioncrs- Had lis Efforts in this d.;
Ie.on peeh confined to The neighborhood in
"A'sn US ana tue wants Of his people are
uo"1' aoa IN WINCH he might have found all
VIC 1e''s' 'nal honest mca hare right to ass,
~ one would hare been astonishcd by his ap.
peh's' Hut from Chicago the Rev. Father made
us way eastward, aud the greater his distance
from home. the more importunate became his
appeals Tor aid, aud the more harrowip. his
ta'es Of distress. Lately our exchanges hare
contained so many notices Of his eGorts--his
stories OF the poverty aud destltution Of his
peop1e-of their danger from hunger and cold
o1 'he uncertain tenure Of their little posses-
e'ons-of the blood-thirsty rapacity Of their
ne'ehboFs-of Catholic pcrsecution-oft the sin
cefity Of the conversion Of his ftcck In protcst.
ant doctrines-of the likelihood that their
church would be taken out Of their hands-tbct
with many doubts Of the truth Of what daily
meet our eyes, nc sent gentleman to st Anna
on Monday last, TO spy out the uakedncss of ,be
load, to iaquire into the material wants of +b,.
people, TO ret at the secret Of their emhsrroxs-
1nents. and to faithfully and honestly repo.t for
the public the result Of his inquiries.
WHAT TIE PEOPLE or xAxr.kpr ru,xr
As result Of the operations md cxareer-
atcd statements of Father Cbiniouy in The Enst.
csn cities, the charitable fcc,;n.. or +1,c nco,,
were ut once enlisted. aud som CONSTITUTIONS IN
money, clothing, boots and shoes stan,e ooo1s
Of every description, groceries. nror;a;ons. IN
fact, about every article which a neon1e in n
naked and starving coudi,ion miobt mod ,,o-
gan 10 pour in upon them. In 10 last satur.
dny, MS Was understood. about ss.nM in cosh
100 boxes, averaging .75 to 800 nouods IN
weight, Is bbls. weighing about ..t,, Mound.
eacA, 8 large trunks aud 2 bales. nil or 1t.,,
filled with goods of almost crer,. dsscr;n.;on
which would prove Of use In n u,ted co,,m,,,;-
ty, were rcccircd in Kankalce c;tv far +b.n M.
In the provision line up to the samc t;ne ,h.re
had been received II mn nounds r,d, ~, ,,e
every kiud Of meats. yra;n. cir. ana tb;e T.,
community who were daily sh;nn;no Grain -
our market Ly the THOUSAND hu.bc,x and ,t,or
products of tho so,l :, ILL.,, rrono..;a ".
,no-,r-
~ '"s e's'HeaA VI AaakAkee De-
e@' ~ "1'ise from Their trends IN New York
und other Portions of the East fnouirinr a1,out
Lie mar of kuntsto. ona ,&,.; 49,. ,
scr;n,;o,s ,e-....
W 1e"s3 An" s'otu1os we're being
1~ ANA "As~"A A@AIAh A4A IGlttls NuQ even fE-
gueating 11em TO come East aud dhecomr The
guests of 1tc;r fr;apa. fp-;,,, .,,a ....;tIs ~.
.,,, ,.nr.1, ~ '~ '.'' ''o's oe1'
~ spn'oi'' tnesc s'os'ee, so
Eeaesa'ts circulated through Tue press and other
soaFees' anu seemingly gaining entire credcacc,
became very nnnDrjnv and da1naciur In lin ren
utatun Of tie county. ard we're thus ru]cu-
1a+,a IN data. .,,.,,,, ..sh. .,,
"'o ~'"'eti'*''eu eot'1os
inv ~
borders Of this land Of famine.
1rnder1l,;s st,+a y; .b;,r. .,o ,oo,, ~ ~.
IT,. 80 :, ~ '.
A"~es .s'' uenes.'es e''"eo upon 10 'es their
Fotcea be Aeafd IN tue matter, and consequently
nublic meeting Of til. business men and lead
ing citizens Of thc cnrutx v-,e c,,.oa md 1,o,a
=, ~. c.,,.. r,.... ~, Ae~
~ ~'J y, 1A1ee w
ea'uFo.s lash 70 lake measures 10 correct the
damaging stories iu circulation in rcrnrd IN The
coudit:,n Of The iuhubitauts Of Tint eountv
r,,...n tn ,rr,,au, no,:.e ,n,oa- IL. mill, ,u,,,
p'es@as no's tarookn 'he pn1''c !oafna's.
e,ss: ras md ,e,sea, ,,s . ssce. w., .e ~
The cour. oast Ia tAc cy Of Eantakce, ou saturday, s
in. IN rrn,,,on II. nax, and d,,.rs.. :,
han.a >ee county. ....
ahe hseas ,s.,'ss 1S - ~ .Ae eon o. VIZ. oes'
aAn' 49, eaalstan. aoo -. D fA.1f scefstasF.
,a,,c BY Msx M Tnrc..e, W. ',' w,ef ,', I"t
NO. n,.,ud .,5 o,n.r. '''''"
tn mo'ion Of P. Worcester. ESQ.,. 1t unanimously
t,-4cad That Committee ofdve ,e apn,ed to p.r,An
m u s .'a,r .ivsrss I'll s,* u Null.
poot an1o corsee 1he e5t1ay ttcss circulating
10 osr ennniy: she onso,i,.e jsse IL a.
as' peiata W tne@ pahne1 .ad fsoe'a' e'1snlass'.
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