Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-19

speakinq. From all directions come the
notes of preparation for attending this
monster meeting and all who attend will
be richly repaid.
The Proposed Chnrity HOsPitHl.
No institution more elOquently appeals
to our sympathies than a well conducted
hospital for the care and relief Of the sick
or those suffering from casualties. No
project is entitled to more grateful oonsid-
Grafton than the establishment of such an
institution. It is a matter of surprise to
strangers and visitors that the city Of
Cleveland, with a~pOpulatiOn Of 6O,OOO, has
no hospital for the reception Of its suffer
ing poor. A proposition has been made to
the City Council, by Bishop Rape, Of the
Roman Catholic Church, in which he offers
To donate a certain tract Of land for hOspi-
tai uses, to be under the charge of the Sis
tiers Of Charity. He asks that the city
shall pay for q certain number Of beds, for
the use Of patients who are not able tOpay
for themselves, the Sisters to ~oficiate as
nurses. Any appropriation Of public mo-
ney, especially If it is to be annual and
permanent, should be closely scanned and
the interests of the citizens consulted.
There are several points in the presentease
to which we would call attention
Il is highly creditable to the Bishop and
those associated with him to establish an
institution which is to be under charge and
control of a sectarian organization like the
sisterhoed Of Charity, if the patients are
to be of ike faith. But so long as nine
tentbs 81 the funds Of the city is paid in
by Protestant taxpayers, it is unjust to
can upon the Council for the payment Of
some thousands Of dollars for the purpose
of supporting a Roman Catholic institu-
ton. We are told that those in charge are
so liberal that they viii not stop to ask the
religious beliefs Of q patient, but that, if
he expresses q wish for a Protestant min
lister rather. than a Catholic priest he
can have one. This show of Hbcrality is
greatly ezpatiate1upon b ythe Plain Dealer
and Herald, the former from political, and
the latter from personal sympathy with the
Catholics. Bullet US see how liberal this
offer really is. The city is requested to
take q certain number of beds, at say, 50 per
week, for those patients who cannot pay.
If q conscientious Protestant patient
should be taken to one of these beds and
should express a desire for q Protestant
clergyman, the Sisters would be bound by
their pledge to grant the request. But if
the patient should be deliriOus, or so pros
trated as to be incapable of expressing his
wishes, although the fact of his holding to
Protestant belief be known, will the Sis
ters. Of their OWE accord, send for q Prot
estant clergyman Certainly not, if we
may Judge by the practice in other hOspi-
tails under similar management, where they
force the ce~remOnials of their own church
upon the patients, through the ministration
Of q priest.
Arsin: Even if the Protestant patient
Is provided with a Protestant clergyman,
.be rules of the institution will forbid the
~emplovment of any but Catholic nurses,
Notwithstanding his expenses may be paid
from a fund nine-tenths Of which is con-
tributed BY Protestants. We need enter
into no argument to prove the self-evi-
dent fact that a Protestant patient would
greatly prefer having his wants minister
ed to by one clad in the garments such IS
his mother or sisters would wear if they
we're by his bedside, rather than by those
clad in the peculiar garb OfNuns and dec
GRATED with the emblems of their religion.
which would thus be forced upon the sick
and helpless man.
Ifthis hospital is designed to be truly
unsectarian, as its prOpOsers assert, why
will they not have a Protestant ward, tt
be under a Protestant chaplain and Prot
estant nurses? This would be truly iber
al and charitable, and there need be NJ
clashing in its administration. Such
plan, skillfully and scrupulOusly carried
into operation, could be heartily suPporte'
by those Of all religious belieis, KHo"lH
as they would, that no ones conscience VI
convictions would thereby be outraged
The spirit of our institutions demands
that we respect the religious scruples o
all. and this rule is binding in regard Il
the poor and unfortunate, no less than tn
wealthy and powerful. We have no RICH
therefore, to force any unfortunate pa
tient into the care of those who wear sec
tartan dresses, decorated with emblem
painful to his conscience.
We trust for these reasons, that tn
Council will take steps for the establish
ment Of an un~sectarian hospital, rattle
than one thus Objectionable in its man
sgement.
Grierson's Great Raid.
The splendid raid of Colonel GriersOl