Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-04
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7 CAfniqdy's hi de Grace.
! The are citcums c6s in liiejwhere sussE
stitut are of no a.. 49, one standS
in tll61ad necessity t sg Z leg amputnS
ted ), N emetic lor Gk6S Of patent meii.
cine although adn hiStered sScordinr -
prescription cannSt replace ~t1s Surgeon.
scalpel. This seems to have been forgotten
by DR.. @. .. Waters, since he became Dr..
Req. @. D. ". That he would pronounce
himself Entirely satisfied that the char.
acter ct Father CA.niquv has 1sysr been
saStS5!) dtly Sspagxsa Va syfdsos from fhe
fact OF his Go.nlpg hsforss the pnblic, to re-.
deem promise ke had made TO the Father.
az q substitute for The money, Or which be-
had little and which consequently he could
not give. But what lie had he gave. a Sol.
emn i4ssa mon just landed from the moon.
full Of the importance of his subject. intent
upon marking with q white dot, according
to old Roman custom, the thriee-happy day
spent at S. Anne, sl,e stood in admiration
before his, hero, measured him from head
t0,f0ot, used figures Of rhetoric to illustrate
his subjects and forgot all about thu main
question, the only que stion he ought to have
solved And such is the power of elo-
apence, that spark Of divine IRE stolen by
Promotions from Jupiter's high throne, thsat
O. great many among the audience went
away shifting their breasts, in sincere re-
peltance, for having one moment entertain.
ed disrespectfu doubts about Father Chini-
guy, the Luther Of our times The Doctor
proved to the satisfaction of every ''iagenuo
iniad'' that Father Chiniquy was fine
looking, winning kild of a man, Is French.
men, and chiefly gotnbo French, generally
are. His mild blue eyes, aquiline4 nose, to-
gstber. with respectable cerporosity, consid-
sFing the hard times. msds,a living portrait
which needed only the talent of our friend
Hall to-, commit, it to immortality. He
proved. not less isfactorily that, either
for not understanding the rotation Of crops
or for some particular curse, inflicted upon
them by their evil disposed papist neigh bors
who had good crops. the wheat of the poor
French converts faile a and then their corn
and buckwhca. were destroyed by the frost.
This latter fact was based ON the word Of
Drs Staple, Spring, Rice, and other worthy
Presby terian authorities !; for, the DR.. Rev
@. O.iW. not being acquainted with gombo
French, or Any other kind Of +, ench, conld
not 60 to see and question the converts,
but had to put up at once with the good
Father, who showed him in the course Of the
day some specimens Of misery, SO as to ex-
cite in him, heart-rending sensations, panga
which be. never experienced before, Q cir.
cumstance calculated to ,blacken somewhat
the white dot with which he marked that
great day. But here is what he saw on the
18th OF October Boys running, about
without shoes Or stockings, whilst he Che Doe.
tory had two coats and shawl on, and ev en-
pair Of over-shoes, and horror some Of
them wearing their bed-ticks, real walking
mattresses This, alone was sufficient te
convince the most obdurats sinners, excep,
perhaps No Humbug. Aud those weekly
prayer meetings, thing unknown to Cath
olics /! what q beautiful Introduction! When
Catholics 60 to Church, It is notprayer meet.
ing, it is only counting their beads, or thei,
knuekles when they have NO beads. The
Latin sentence written on crucifx, given
to ChiHiquy by the Pope of Rome, the head
man of all idolaters, was read at full length
as an illustration ut Chiniquy's good mora
character. The Doctor is fond OF Latin, i,
seems, and to crafty his refined taste, i
will quote o sentence which read once in
old Horace, who was no humbug, that il
sure AL led -1a5 81. >4.,rH -.s
es SET adhuc sub JUDGE lis est" a,.H
Which for the unlearned crowd may b.
translated in, o English: Doctor, your patient
is not cured yet; or, Captain, you have shot
Turk for Cossack Both will answer
| Tp Eva a r.root m n n =, thinrs bov no hoor nrOv,
ed which no body doubted but the letter t.
the Propagation of the Faith, where thu
whole difficulty lies, has been carefully lsid
aside. 1t was said moreover that Chiniquy
never begged AGENT in good times. Mos
happy truth all times must have been bat
for him. The Doctor who was to settl,
this vexed question has not proved tina
Chiniquy never wrote that letter by writ
ing said letter, Chiniquy was worsh pius
God and the devil at the same time, q thing
not limited at by the Doctor He did no
prove either that q man who bends tlit
hinges OF his knees, without any herald.
call, before his Satanic Majesty, is worthy
to be trusted. However let everybody b
satisfied. Those who are convinced ar
happy souls and their aims will do them ani
f. tier Chiniquy as mnch good as if tn,
cause were as clear as day. But be SURF
you will not make Presbyterian of Chin
iquy. You do not know the gombo French
instead Of pulling down orucifix and candle
sticks from his altar, he viii put robes ON al
his converts and put on himself that funny
shaped old cap worn by Papish Bishops.
commonly called a split hat. Now blessed
be the name of him who invented liberty
let everybody do as he pleases in this matter
all shall be rewarded for their good inten
lions. Having said on this subject perhaps
more than was agreeable to many good souls,
draw deep bow, as Frenchmen generally
do, to the French converts, wishing them at
parting, all sorts of prosperity, and, above
all, s7as- g-. No HuMBua.