The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-02

moody OF Fhadepna becomes as black IN the lace as
the negro he pousy hates at our daring to advocate
for the colored people, the right of suffrage. Well,
heaven help us though not being deeply read in theology
will ask few questions for it seems that the editor
Of this whitefaced city paper has been imbibng such
heavy draughts of Democratic fluid during his long and
exceedingly limited pilgrimage in America, that he has
forgotten his Catholic catechism
Does not the Catholic Church consider the soul of the
black valuable to God the soul of the editor
himself? Does not the Church admit the negro to his
fullest rights in receiving the Sacrament and must not
Il Catholic kncel down at the altar with niger
even though he was as black as pitchbesidc him. and
receive the body and blood of Christ on the most
perfect equality? Are not negro priests being ordained
to-day in the Church and sent out missionaries? The
Catholic Church. then, docs not recognize color Just
for prosecuting unfortunate people? The
Church secs in the black man human being possessed
of soul dear to God that of the most dainty eau
casan and soul that will be placed as near the great
Infinite himself perhaps the souls Of his white per-
secutors? To all these questions the " Catholic press
must answer ycs-must for it is the doctrine OF the
Church This intense hatred of Radcaism, and abuse
Of for wishing to give the black his rights does
not proceed from Catholic spirit 1t proceeds, then
from political (copperhcad) spirit Those pretended
Catholic papers then, using the Catholic Church
cloak, underneath which they adyocate-what they
were privately started for-the Democratic party. As
journalists we do not pretend to be either Catholic
Protestant We have said BEFORE we say it again.
All we aim at is, to make THE IRISH REPUBLIC truly
Irish national paper We defy the editors Of these
mscalled Catholic rags to point out the article in which
we have assailed religion 1t will not do to cry nfdel
and ant-Cathoc, for readers intelligent men.
We dare our assaants to the proof We do not deny,
but we have said things against Individual
preates, who have sold country for English poage.
What we have said was TRUTH and truth we will stand by
though the heavens should fall
This poor little political hack tries hard to persuade
his three dozen readers that unfriendy to the
temporal power of the Pope, and therefore enemies of
the Catholic religion!
To this hour we have never written a solitary line
either for against the temporal rule of the Sovereign
Pont 1t is mainly question for the people of Italy
ninety hundredths whom Catholics themselves
and better ones, too-which they may very easily be
than the wretched hirelngs in Philadelphia who drag
their religion through the dust to further their party
purposes. We are no lovers of monarches anywhere
and least of all in glorious Italy And, therefore, to
represent us as assisting to set up Victor Emmanuel on
the ruins of Pic Mono is simply to lie. We hope and
believe that these vexed questions in the Roman States
will be settled with the respect due to religion and its
recognized ministers. But we also hope and believe
that there and throughoua the earth justice and liberty
will soon prevail. And we of one thing, that
the people of Italy have just sacred right to their
country and their freedom as the people of Ireland
The ignorant and unprncpled scrbbler who dares to
assert that the existence the Catholic Church depends
on the reign of its authorized Head few acres
around the city of Rome and who ventures to make such
an unwarranted assertion to bolster up favorite party
In nolitics foul caumniatnr and the worst