Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-05-23

gade lrishman, doubtless, is permitted TO 60
about unmoIes,cd, and Notwithstanding
the English populacs to the preparation Of
The grossest ontragcs asains, their Catholic
neigh bors. Attended by an armed band Of
%rnflians, aud by a 'eomnn who pr-'ends to have
been IA nun, the veproba,e yayabond parades
the English towns, making fabricated dis.
closures of the Confessional - playing the
priest, while the ,coman plays the p%eni,ent. in
mockery of an Institution held most sacred by
seven.cigh's Of the Christian world! The dis.
gnsling exhibition is app'auded, aud the sour.
rilons disclosures swallowed, by the brutal
lied working c'asses''! And now, see the up.
shot Of these beas,ly proceedings, and how
beautifully it demonstrates the Improved popu.
lar SENTIMENT
The Catholic Church of Ashton. under.
Lyme was attacked. The principal window
was nearly demolished. Murphy himself
headed the mob who were armed with clubs,
evidently made for the purpose, as they We're
nicely Gu, and graduated. HIS body. guard
was composed Of a set of young rough col.
Tiers, chiefly from Slalcybrilgc, They escorted
him to and from his lodgings, brandisAing
their weapons, and daring any one to touch
him. Murphy walked in fron,-two ronglls
before lin, and one on each side. He carried
a loaded revolver which lie kept pointing
about, rs if watching for an assailan'. Al,
nina o,,lo.1, ko po.,J,I - <, A,,c'
Church, where, pointing TO ,hs Cross on The
top, with his revolver, he babe his men pull il
down. This-Ihe Crus, being 100 ~hjgh-'hcy
could no, accomplish. They then kicked al,
the gates, which finding too sl.ong, they went
round, aud smashed the large window with
briCkbals and stones!
The above is taken frcm a++.anAnn journal
which details also the Iewd remarks of the
abandoned wrelchcs, TO the Catholic servant,
girls and Faclo.y workers whom they hap
pcned TO meet. What sort of '-Improved senli-
menl'' is that which, in defiance of all author
i'y, subjects The wives and daughters of
Catholic citizens 10 outrage, obliges the
fathers and husbands TO hold themselves in
constant watchfulness, nigh, and day, 10 de.
fend their property and their lives, and the
honor Of their families; TO defend their priests
from insu,, and threatened violence aud their
church editices from dissertation and demo'i.
ton?
''Improved sentiment! Among the masses
of the English people there is none. We
,I,niI,,, rN ms, n,n -, sI,,,, a,,, n.4.| -.
of this improvement. We defy any in,elli.en,
person TO live among The people Of England for
SIX months, and come out from them wllhoul
the conviction tia, they are the mos, btu,alizcd
and depraved peasanlry Of Europe 'Tis true
indeed that they are .rca, a, sounding their
owu trumpet, like some Of the same. stock tia,
we ken nearer home and they have sound
ed i, so long and loud, tina, ind"Ien, people find
il easier 10 lake them n, their word than 10 in.
vestigaie the fA'>ity Of their prciensions.
For a thousand years The ear of The word
has been panied with the everlasting din OF
Anglo.SaXon improvement. And, for a ,hous
and years, that improvement has been confined
(wiIh respect 10 the masse-) TO The considera-
'''' VI 'S '"fS'''iiS VI i'iEiFh oCeb>lchh
and mutton, chop over all other vianls 10 the
cultivation of Mangle.wntz'e ; and to The FAT.
tening Of ''Sonih- Downs. If the ,alen, Of
Ceiling and keeping, were a cardinal virtue or
an evidence of fine sentiment, instead of The
low inslinc, lhai it is, then, indeed, We might
be disposed 10 listen 10 the self lauda,ions Of
the Anglo Saxon, whose mistaken faith in
material things, a quaint poet thus sum
mariZas - #
lie wonld rather believe that the chief end Of man,
Is TO keep what he gets, and to get what he cam.
In this debased, degraded, corrupt, class Of
Englishmen-the masSes-the great majority
into the hope of finding an auxiliary for The
removal Of the corrupt Irish State Church
Because ii is al once The fruit and The ensign Of
their omn corruption
And from The English Aris,ocracy-,ha,
bloa,ed corporation Of incnrables - what is 10
be expected +? Just his. By The law OF primo.
senitnre, the estates descend TO the elde>,
sons; the younger ones mus, be provided with
-PuStSs "iNIc tuAhllp's llSlHHS
may be had, icithom The incumbronce Of brains /,
What better pos, Tor them than the fat State
Church, ~ which the parsons only duty is 10
read, once a week, from a printed Book of
Sermons, a pions address 10 his clearly be.
loved bre'hren"-consisling (besides an inter.
esting family of the Parish CIe'k, the Sexton,
and a prose'yiing schoolmas,er-aII expressly
imported" Every Irish 'Iord', and almos,
every English one, takes a slice from the sue.
cnlent Establishment, covering up The fssnre
made on the beast, Chat i, may be operated on
again, after the manner Of the AbysSinians)
with bovine excrement Aris,ocratic sons.
%sons.in law, brothers, and half brothers, con-
sins and half cousins, besides a tribe of poli-
teal supporters, hare a material interest in
keeping up The Substitution and if our lead
era will but think for a moment with mia,