The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-02
The Boston Investigator.

| - Boston, Massachusetts" and especially to
its number issued on the 22d ult., contain
ing an article styled /" Catholicism, it's De-
signs and Remedy" From a cursory glance
over one or two of its pages. it is evident
that the - Universal Mental Liberty" to
which it claims to be devoted, means Athe-
ism. 1t openly advocates Infdelity by
name, it speaks superciliously of Protestant
ism as being tainted more OF less with Cath
| ollcity, in all its various shades of opinion,
from Deism to Episcopacy," and blasphem-
ously alludes to 1.-THE GROWING absurdity
of Representatives,, the Holy Trinity" That
is the status of the Boston Investigator.
1s such a sheet OF are any of its articles wor-
thy of notice This was question difficult
to decide in the affirmative, but considering
it has enioved the pay lug patronage of the
Hub" through more than twenty-seven
volumes, that it represents school large
enough to support two other co-laborers in
| the same cause.-the Liberal and the True
Radical, and that some of its paragraphs
are quite suggestive, we have thought that
few selections might be interesting as
curiosities from a field unknown to most of
our readers.
The object of the article above referred to
is to form an anti-Catholic fusion of Infidels
out that the Catholic Church is no better
than she ought to be, and wants to be in
formed to the following effect
But how shall we arrest this monstrous foe
breathing her bold and bloody designs, CON
n,.YY.fr hAr. Afrn vrsrfh
and nllinS the atmosphere of liberty with poi
son and pestitence
Without waiting for reply from the In
dependent OF other slow coaches Of old fogies
who are behind the age, it informs them It
self, thereby showing that the implied def
erence to their wisdom was merely ironical.
Here's the solution:
In union is strength. AS similar fate awaits
all Professionals and all Infideis let them organ
ize platform which shall embody universal
liberation, free discussion, and untrammeletl
liberty OF speech.
.Give the Devil his due Nothing can
be fairer than this remedy. If Infdels will
to coalese with Professionals,
whom they accuse of harboring certain
. vestiges of superstition" Catholics have
no right to object to the :. union or it's
resulting g strength The universal tole-
ration, free discussion and untrammeled
liberty of speech, provided for, are all that
we ask. The very next sentence, however,
to the one quoted, is calculated to raise |
as to our Interpretation of its |
meaning. 1t continues:
Adopting the policy of Catholicism, the JUS
tlee OF which she has acknowledged in her
practice, and which she cannot condemn with
out condemning her history and principles, let |
them take adequate means for removing all !
Catholics, from political, civil, penal, chari-
table, educational, and secular positions, for |
abolishing all ecclesiastical revenues, for pro-
hibifing all converts and churches from having |
dungeons, for obigng all religious editces to
Keep their recesses open to the inspection of
the public, for requiring all nuns to have the
und"ubted liberty of leaving their abode at !
pleasure, for imposing oaths of Office and of
any person from holding governmental posi- |
tion, or any foreigner from becoming natural
ICED, who believes in the supremacy of the
Pope, or in his power to absolye from the obi
CATION of oaths, or who disbelieves in equal re-
ligious rights, or universal federation; for es-
tabllshlng the same censorship over the press
respecting Catholicism that Rome has estab-
lished in italy respecting Protestantism and
Tor maintaining it so long as she maintains
hers; for adopting every judicious and honor
able method to prevent the Church of Rome
from repeating in our country the horrors of
her past history, and at the same time protect
ing her in the exercise OF her mode of worship
and the tree discussion of her principles; and
for uniting every 1ntidel and Protestant speaker
and writer in one voice. to utter a peal of moral
thunder in the of America, which shall re-
vertebrate along every vale, and be echoed by
every mountain, till every freeman be startled
from his slumber, and Rome is fettered in
We think no Catholic could reasonably OBJ
ject to being removed from the penitentiary
or other ''penal position" but we confess
that it is not perfectly clear to US why the
other disabilities to be visited on Catholics
would be necessary to e" Universal tolera-
tion." The Church of Rome is to be pro-
tected in the exercise of her mode of wor-
,hip" if she can get along without any ra