Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-08

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WAC - >som tn satiss article. put
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Ss6d and heart Of the writer. The artcle
Is h,.A.A : p. c.sAsA|i'-'-oA The cath 1
ol5ts r. ~ 4
Thu Catholics are increasing rAp1d!y, very
4<pi1lv. no desbt shout ti'ae.aaeu u ycd
hsd satssdsd - your own legitimate wesk, |
ma mad Aoeksd a. faithfully during the
6ve vears last past q have the Catholics,
80 you'd nave inessaaed - Weor asS6st.-
TLe Catholics. priests and people, stuck to
tbe;r work" I'll aa il, and always 1t ill.,
Had you done likewise, il would have beso3
more cfsditabls 70 yoursslves, md much
tettef for the Interests Of Pro.sstanlism. -
ne Csthtlic bslievss the teAcliinE Of his
Church. and labon TO spread ito influence
And Who bllmes him for that Would you
not increahs the influence and numbers u
your Church, Yoa claim 10 be honest.-
So does the .Cathelic. You say you are
sincere. 'oo = be. you believe be u in
error, and talk about sighting him. HeOe-
lieves you are In error he tffes to convert
you. 20. but II he gets the power hill
force me-" Well, il he were to-that's pre-
eissly What you tslt Of Doing VIA; lim.-
W0oki it be Any worse IN him than Il ID in
you. I" But the Catholics are seeking to
ut the oontrsl Of THE Governmsnt.v Well,
suppose they are-which the ASso6stI is
certainly not inclined to affirm but suppose
they are. and come out e honor bfishe,hh and
say II you have not been aiming Il, a leass
indirectly, 70 do the very .se,ne thing -
Don't get mad. Il VII do no good. Anger
is no argument. Honestly and cendidly,
lse MT Pas1tanism, . represented ~. you,
been trying, for years, to accomplish the
same snd : Z The Axlvseats tsGlses no charge
but simply ssks question or two
- Foue course - ministers, The Duzne Of
your press. and the course Of larg. portion
-amajority, pcrhsps-of your people dur
ing the few years last past, is we'll known.
The effects Of Il arc phinly TO bs Sect. Al
this while the Catholics have worked IN
the esmps, on the Relds, in the = tVs, in
W hospitals. md wherever sls1 sAey rould
find Al opening. They desired y increase
their it0mbefs and influence; they labortd
r, ssrnestly and constantly for that parpsse :
nor have they labo,sd in vain Why did
you not pursue . similar course? Had YOU
done %. you would have hsd less to com
plain Of; you would have increased In num-
bers and 10 influence and hundreds aud
thousands of men and women Who have gone
into the Catholic Church would never have
done 70 had you and your colsborers Il
ways maintained in principle and practits .
pure non secular Church. 49,
You did not do this aud the result is,
you have lost moro than vii be speedily
regained. Don't blame the Catholics, blamr
yourselves; yonrs is the fault and yours
will be tho sorrow. The Adpocats il not
Get for the defence Of the Catholi ~, however.
A large portion Of their teachings and us
ages it does not receive. The Asicocate is
Protestant to the core, but its religion is Not
Of the quarrel'ng and fighting kind. The
weapons Of its warfare are net c0rnGt. II is
willing to do Just TO Catholics, desires 10
treat them kindly, and il called on to debate
sny point Of doctrine, or any usage with
any Of them, 70 do 80 respectfully, kindly
and with desire only TO elicit truth. The
Catholics, for the greater art. have during
the Few years last rast, acted consist
emily. There have been few excsptioEs,
but exceptions do not form the rule
They have acted consistently, and that's
moro than Puritanism has done, whether
it wero represented ny Oong+ekationalists,
~ unitarians, by Presby terians, by Bap-
tists, or by Methodists. And Puritanism
prevails extensively in I'll these sects, in the
East and North. They have acted copsis
tently With their professions, while Pp-
titaussn did not. There's the difference,
and difference which led to widely differ
ont results. Gentlemen, these are stub
born facts, and the more you butt against
them, the worse will you hurt your heads.
.
Consider we'll whether you had not bet
ter leave OF that Pharisaic prayer, God
thank thee, en- not - othcr men," and
adopt that o. the publican, "God be mer-
ciful to me sinner /" Then, Just SO far
o. the Catholics can be- put down." by
the faithful preaching Of the pure Gospel
Of Christ; by holy, upright living; by
humble, penitent prayers, offered in the
name Of Christ, for things agresble to the
win Of God. and offered in humble subnis-
sion to that will; by the exercise and
manifestation Of the spirit Of Christ, the
the spirit Of love, Of pity, Of gensIehess, of
meekness, Of patience aud long suffering.
Of forbcarance and forg,vness, why. just in
so far will the -Adrocate aid YOU, You may
depend upon that. Aud then, il ws cane
not put down the Catholics in that way il
We cannot. or will not, preach better, pray
more fervently, and more acceptably, live
more holly and u,.blamably n We cannot
evincc higher degree Of Christian attain
mcnt, be more upright and constituent than
they, and do more good than they, Why W.
will have to let them alone. do let = poor
sin cusred world have the best form ard
manifestation Of religion it can get; and il
in this We cannot surpass the Catholics,
let them alone. ati &
Since the close Of the rebellion, thirty.
6ve new national banks have been organ
ICED in the southern states, with an aggrt .