The sun., 1864-11-22
A Catholic ArctbiaAop On Thankasivins.

'essSuC ArCuohnOp on Ibeuka9Svm9.
The Right Reverend Archbishop PrncrLI, Of Gin.
cinns, has Issued pAssor,l address to the clergy
and people Of his diocese n reference 10 Thanks-
giving Amer resting the fsct that the Prendeut Of
shs United StAtes md the Governor Of Ohio had sp-
pointed the 24th Of November as . day Of Thsnts-
giving, humiliation nd Prayer, the Archbishop
dshnos she duty Of his people - follows;
we Catholics have largely shared in tho bless-
ings Of health, abundant hsrvess, and exenp npt' on
rom we rava o, n war which God has granted 10
.he Ieop,e Of the North. Our nns have as largely
mcr'tod The chastisemeus which bss overtAken our
errng brcthren n the South. and which hAs cost
,he me blood of ~ many thousands Of orr own
.fave soldiers who en- ther pleasant homes
to check the advance of the fe, and con-
nne The deadly s,r.fe to the batuc.nslds on
wh'ch II mhdly originated. Our hopes OF future
happinss ON the earth vain peace, the pros
perty' the progress IN srtA sieuces and religion,
wheh have distinguished us among all the nat ons
of the earth for four score and eighs years and
which, under tie Divine blessing, arc mainly at.
ributabls u our CONSTITUTION and Union, be not
continued by the maintainance OF that Union and
ne ehminstion OF those decis which Christian
civilization and our own experience have shown US
the Constitution contained. II therefore becomes
our solemn duty to oi scrve with no ordinary fer.
vor the national holiday, and NJ We canno, ENJOY,
pendencc, except In the society Of our fellow
cit zcns We should pray for and promote, by every
means In Our power their welfare as well ~ our
own.
We confess that u has greatly psinee Us TO hear
that certain rash, irrcverent and thoughtless men
Of our communion have denounced and cursed tho
govern nment, the administration and their abet-
tors. Now, God commands us N bless and curse
not. And when bad men curssd The supporters
Of he government did they not reflect that they
cursed the moro than hundreds Of thousands q
Catholic voters and Catholic soldiers Of our army
who defended that government in the field,
S.d Sh Ass .s no: .es% sss BY ss1s1 Ssqd b.
prcssors scross the oceAni Did they not reNec,
tbnt " political salvation ever 10 reach far
distant and beloved island, IL must come 70 II from
theas United States which they would sever
There 10 no justifying cause or reason b curse
the government or administration. They did not
eomm-nce this war. They could scarcely bring
themselves 70 believe that II wAA serousiy COM
mencod, even when forts hsd ALLEN and the hlocd
Of our people wss shed BY the hands Of the South.
And whom force bad 70 be repened by force, when
armies bad 70 b raised, and therefore sroops TO bc
drafted TO- raise tho blockade of nvrs and stem
she tide Of aggression. what more did our govern.
mcnt do tban was done in the South? Where in
The North wss the conseripuon enforced % ruth
lcssly and - indiscriminately ~ In The South
Where was the citizens property confscsted, with.
out conpensa ion, for the alleged uses Of the gov.
srnmeni, - it was In the South We have con-
verssd with Irish Catholic refugees from Georgia,
nom Arkansaa, from Alabama, and other southern
States, ind We know how they were stripped Of
Hcr money huo tud1r ciOthee, ana caoe into prison
when they refused " 60 into the ranks o( the Con.
federAte army. Many an Irish laborer told US in
the hospitals, here and elsewhere, that when tho
war broke out in the South and the public works
were suspepded, they were either violently con-
scr pied, or had to enlist or starve.
We do not sdduce these fscts 10 excite unkind
leelnes against the South. but 70 PIT 70 shame tho
lournslsts Of .he North, especially tho FRsENAss
JOURNAL and the hsraoroLITAs RRoonp Of New
York, who irstigsted our too confidlng people TO
Dvl words and decdA aud the people them solves
who patronizei such journalists, and wero dupsd
and deceived by their malignity.
II 10 time, therefore, that the election ,s psss
hat oil shoud return 70 their sober second thoughs
md that We should rally round tie constituted au-
b orit,es-the POWERS" which the Al ostle com.
Insnds US to obey, thus presenting an individual
rons 70 the euemy, 70 re-estabsh the Union, with.
'u; which there be panscea, present or pro.
ps tive, for the is We suffer. The South, behod
As Us thus Of one mind, will, we aevoutly trust,
1ssten 70 mako pesce and We on our side will
'how them that we sre ready and willing 20 make
sTester sacrifices for peace and union with ,hom
han ever We msde for war
JoaN Il. PURonL,
Archbishop OF Cincinnati.