Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-29
fFrom the New York Freeman's Jonrnall
AN ExCEPTIONAl BISHOP.


j Roam the world over, weldo not think l ll
| a Bishop can be found, with faculties
from the Holy Father, like DR.. Mortar
| ty, Bishop, of Kerry, It's true indeed
that scandals must be, in every age,
The scandal of the Catholic Hierarchy,
among Bishops, at this day, is DR. Mo.
riarty, Bishop of Kerry. We never
heard of the man till we read his odious
and revolving declaration, finding fault
with. the. Almighty, that, eternity was
not longer nor "hell hotter" for the
roasting of all the Fenians. DIR. Mort.
arty has never retracted that horrible
utterance, so far as the public are
aware LAS the utterer of it, he proved
himself Bishop that had thrown away
the essential grace of charity. He
made himself the poor lacbey of some
fine English ma lady, at the lakes of
Killarney. We do not speak rashly.
If we were to die in an hour, with our
last confession made, we would say
that DIR. Moriarty, Bishop of Kerry, ex-
pressing the horrible sentiments he did,
is not fit to bea Catholic Bishop. He
is not fit to say the Holy Mass, that
requires Catholic chaaty-which he
processes he does not possess.
Is there not enough of virtue in the
noble Hierarchy of Ireland either to
bring this man to his Catholic senses,
or else to appoint for his Diocese an
Administrator with Episcopal power!
1t is certain that one such Bishop over
Catholics, in Ireland, will destroy more
souls than generation of open and
direct prosecutors. - !
I When we commented, some months
ago, on his hard and uncatholic dam
nation of the Fenian-about the short
ness of eternity, and the too great cum
fort of hell, we were prepared to meet
much objection to our remarks. 1t
surprised us to find how perfectly our
comments met the Catholic mind of
clergymen. In what we say, now, we
may offend these same Catholic priests.
If so, we regret it. But we will say it,
nevertheless.
Dr. Moriarty is a very weak man.
God forgive whoever recommended this
innate time-se7wr as fit to be Catholic
Bishop in Ireland Dr. Moriarty has,
now, added to what might, possibly,
have been forgiven as foolish outburst.
He follows up his vindictive policy
we call it feeling The poor, honest
fellows, Allen, O'Brien and Larkin, were
executed at Manchester Every one
felt that they were hanged because they
,cere not Engiishn,en. TWAS political
murder. These poor fellows had their
lives sworn away! So it was felt eve
rywhcre. If there had been faith
enough among American Fenians to
have celebrated Mass, in New York,
for the repose of their souls, we would
have attended it. We would have done
anything required, to testify our con-
viction that an English jury brutality
found them guilty of being lrishmen
Cardinal Archbishop Cullen permitted
solemn high Masses for the repose of
these gallant young fellows to be said
in his diocese. So did the Archbishop
of Cashel. 60 did all the Archbishops
and nearly all the Bishops of Ireland.
So it was done at Rome course with
the permission of the Cardinal Project.
All this xyas no endorsement Of Fenian.
ism. 1t was recognition of the Irish
sentiment that England had murdered
three young men for being lrishmen-
and that these murdered young men,
dying as Catholics, had right to Cath
olic prayersl
God grant the Irish Catholics of the
Diocese Of Kerry speedy relief. one
way or other, from DR.. Moriarty.
FRED DOUGLASS TO Ha PEopLE.-In a
late speech at Akron, OHIO, Fred. Doug