The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-05
! Exploded Sianders.

OF tnlS nelBnDOruOOu, anu perhaps Va O'A-S-
portions Of the country, startled their ner-
vous readers with new horror discovered
at Madrid, in the shape of human remains,
alleged to be those Of victims inundated
by the Inquisition. Here was. Cathohe
atrocity for you-not' in moderate amount
either, but by the ton. Large deposits had
actually been formed of nothing but human
bones, al of them broken by the rack, and
many of them charred by the auto dd fe.
Moral How shocking, these Catholics are,
wherever they have power
Well, the truth comes out that the bones
found were not those of men, but of mules,
horses aud donkeys, and this Golgotha OF
horrors was not the old burning ground of
the Inquisition, but a part of the site OF a
former patent leather mandatory, where
the animals killed or dying in service were
buried.
But how 1hany of the sectarian press are
going to notice the correction? How many
are going to tell their readers that upon
Just such evidence as this certain atrocities
of the Spanish civil government, perpe-
trated during an era of bitter political eS-
element against Moors and Jews, and
always protested against at Rome, have
been magnified and multiplied, until they
have taken the shape of the Spanish In
QUESTION, as it exists in the popular ina
gination of countries that know nothing
about it?
+ In reply to this question:; VIC are happy
to say that the number of non-CathoHc
journals that will Justify the truth on such
topics is increasing. In this very instance
the correction comes from the PdH Mall
Gazette, and was communicated to that
journal by Protestant gentleman at Mad
rid. Yes, the days of out-and- out lying
lying without prudence or restraint--are
passed. And the reason is very clear: it is
because a clear exposure of the lie-is too
damaging.
| Take the Inquisition lie, for instance.
I When intelligent and candid nop- Catholics
find even one item of the manifold fraud
! brought to light as in the case above cited,
they naturally feel sentiment of disgust
for the unscrupulous bigotry which circu-
lated such trash with such evident relish.
And they have q much better chance now
than formerly to be illuminated on sucl
| questions, for. the reason above given, that
tie, secular press is becoming far more toll
| Grant of the truth in their regard. And
Who's. c,l,-,:~~Li~-, ~ '-,I -
| comprised In the Protestant version of the
| Inquisition shall have been exposed to
public scorn by some unimpeachable Pro
! testant authority, as it certainly will be
what powerful reaction will take place il
the minds of all men whose convictions
have been materially influenced by it
1We have been Systematically taught, ,
they will sag, " to hold Rome in horro
through these tales of the InQuisition, anG
similar ones. We find these mere lies
why may not the rest be so Away will
n religion which SO ISLANDERS and villife
its fellows! Let us examine the one from
which such vile prejudices have SO Ion;
kept us aloof."
Thus Islander, which so often Injuries TO
a while, generally recoils upon it's origina
tor to his own disgrace, attracting love ant
sympathy for its victim and the case o
the Church forms no exception. The OLE
stale lies Sc long been fi1stcnc1
upon her by INSCRIPTIONS enemies are nov
pIOCcSS III utGSCtlOh anu uIshlSSul iron
the popular mind; and the reaction in he
favor must be great in proportion to TIN
injury inflicted. -
Therefore We may predict that lying
hereafter, will not be so bold and reckless
1t finds that the world is not so we'll dis
posed to tolerate it in the religious line as i
has been, that the truth can find champion
who will be heard face to face with the liza
among his intended victims. Too man!
such exposures will betray his real charac
ter to all honest men, and thenceforth hi
vocation will be gone. In spite of an.
amount of caution, however, his day mus
soon come, because all opposition to th
truth is built on lies, and cannot live with
out them.
To BE GREAT WE MUST BECOME LITTLE.
In the recently published life of Mme Louis
de France, we find the following passage: