The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-25

anything that assumes the name or form Of religion
So knaves coat their political pills with professions
Of piety, and down they 60 And we the result
Now, is not this an unmitigated outrage? Nor can it
be said of too many eccesastics here in America that
they innocent regarding it. A lamentably large
number of them do counenance, do foster and
age this nefarous practice For not each and every
one of these socaed religiopotca journals to which
have referred, nursed and spoon-fed into rickey
existence by select cotere Of clergymen And is
1t not considered crime worthy Of cursing, oense
aggravated that nothing less than accommodation
is sufficient to punish it-excommunicaton accompanied
by thrilling platoon of shuddering anathemas-for
any to dare to expose the lies of these debasing
sheets OR to stand up and speak word in favor of
freedom of oppressed humanity This is fact a
sad and sorrowul one. And it is more than time for
intelligent and independent men to turn to it their ser
Gus attention
We have before us several copies of paper called
the Banner Of the South. Its motto is Re1gto ct
Potria." And it is edited by the Rev. Abraham Ryan,
under the immediate patronage of the Bishop of Savan
nah. With here and there sprinkling Of endurable
literature its pages given bodily to the glorfcation
of rebellion against the American Government and the
specification Of human slavery. Now, all this is done
mark you, in the name Of religion and the Church. Is
not such magnificent mission for either one or the
other? Talk about Divine TRUTH or Christian charity
or human philanthropy, after that
We notice one article which runs through no less than
three numbers It is designed to be of purely polemic
character It's title is, Give God His Pace" In it
occurs the following passage:
"Is not the legislation of the best government the world
saw libel law Are not our legislators and
politicians in the MAN, Missionaries and knaves? Is
life of our politics? Believing as we do that the
South had right and and principle her side IN the late
war, feel that should not let the radition and
oR1Es and GLORIES Of the struggle pass into oblivon
So it appears that the thousands on thousands Of our
brave and gallant brothers who fell fighting for the
stars and stripes" all entered eternity in the act ofght
ing against right and principle" Is not that
comfortable reflection? And is it not pious and
beautiful doctrine to be cooy and persisteny taught
by Catholic clergyman in the Of the Church. of
religion, and Of country?. And is not the very same
holy and beautiful creed pamed off, under the names of
morality and faith on two-thirds of people all
the country by sanctied knaves who edit socaed re-
lgous newspapers? This is borrowing the robes of
heaven to serve the devil in" with a vengeance.
1t is, we repeat than time to unmask this vii
ainy and expose its real character Let get the
of the men who tell us that it is mortal sin to
be loyal and true to the Republican Government and
institutions of free America Let us learn who they
that declare that to love and cherish slavery is one
of the first duties we owe to God and man Out with
their names, whether they webs of envsnomed
fsehood in editorial sanctums knot the ropes around
the necks of the victims of the Ku-Klux-Klan?
We would like also to know if, because we separate
Copperheadsm from religion, the Internal from the
divine are we therefore nfdels ?? Does refusal to
swallow the Shiny denominations of holy hypocritical
rebel newspapers merit eternal damnaton?
We begin to think that our souls are more firmly