Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21

etAnt. With language perverted by Q
command or mutilated by reticenee shall
not ascend the pulpit Of Notre Dame, I
express my regret for this to the intelli.
gent and courageous Archbishop who has
given his pulpit to me and sustained mo
there against tho bad will Of mon Of whom
shall speak at tho proper time. I express
surrounded me there with its attendance,
ito symapathies- was nearly going to say
its friendship. Iwould not Be worthy Of
the auditory Of the Archbishop, of my con-
science, nor Of God, If I would consent to
act before them in such role. Iseparate
myself at the same time nom tho convent
in which have resided, and which under
the new circumstances that have happened
TO me renders 1t for mo . PRISON Of the soul
In acting thus I am not unfaithful to my
VOWS. ! / have promised monastio obe-
dience, but limited by the honesty Of con-
science, tho dignity Of my person and my
ministry. have promised under tho ben
eft Of that superior law Of justice aud Of
royal liberty which is, according to the
Apostle ST yaasss Ne proper law q tho
Cbristiap. S s y S { stssSs>
!1t is16rthdniors pssssct praac;tica ofsthis
hSlye liberty ythats i same 70 AK ~ he
obj etsnow aoss;;t ha( Ten Year, agdh
tA6 SdHnf a1sntl luaiasA ftseof al hul D
el1at1on- i shall not venture 70 add ~
ofQ the illusion ~ youth ~, in excha1
fd smg lecfiAoes, an today o6er@d
CHINA I haye mol emily III right, but It's
aEs IS !e,,e 49, present houIs
OF the-nosts3 i3olS1tss da1k. and decisive
crisis Of iil,ezist Snce iers below. aFSr the
first time in til tree huSdtsd years an Ec..
menical Council IL not only oonvoked, but
declared necessary; such il the expYessionn
Of the Holy Father. y It 10 not in. suoh q
moment that q preacher of the gospel.
were He The last Of all: cdfi consent Is ~
main az the mute dogs Of Israel, unlaithful
guardians, whom the prophet reproeches
as unable to bark. Canes mutt, nom utllken.
tes lattdts.' il, Tho saints wore never silent.
/ am notupa OF. tthe1nJ sbut nevertheless I
belong to their zAce .f}i. .eancsota,n s,.,.,sss
and have always been ambitious to place
my steps, my tears, aud, if necessary, my
blood, in tina tracks which they haYa Left
Il raise, theylpe before The Holy
Father SRI The Counelt my prot estetion
as Christian and . preachsrA against
thesp docGinss md c3iceS calling th6h-
selseaBplpA1 bat which lrs. not Chi isttd6
and whidhs int their ssnnoAchpents, always
most audanio1s and me1es bSnsfuI, tend Is
chngss the cdr ioonq Of tie Qhnrclk the
swell A6 The lrn a. hef teaehinei
apt y the spirit % hef pidy. Iptsst
akaabt The dyoeee fmFioA1 ass2 isE-
s{{ntS Mr. 4 81 sought "a tcsonpGsh'6e-
tween W ohsseh kho;s q aar &C.
'eerdine q 49, t1(sl aey Of the
whom We Also have come duties and attacks
me9ts., i, protest against this more radical
aid dreadful opposition to human nature
which b attacked and made to revolt ~
tAS6e false doctrines in it, most iudistruc.
tible and :hohtst oaspiteti on, mi :prQtest
above all against the saorilegious perver-
tiuE6 thei Word Of the :6on Iof God him
seal s1ha spirit andlths lettsro Of which srs
equally trodden under foot hH;the phA,jset
ism of the new law. It Is my most pro-
found conviction that If France in par
ticular and the Latin races in general arc
delivered over to to social, moral and rsli-
,gious anarchy, the principal cause IL with.
out doubt not in Catholicism ITSELF but
in the manner which Catholicism, has
during long time been understood and
practised. I appeal 10 the Council about
to meet 10 seek for remedies for the e1cess
of our evils, and to apply them with al
much force as gentleness. But II fears in
which do not wish to share come to be
realized, if tho august assembly has not
more liberty in it's deliberations than it has
already in its preparations; if, in word. it
is deprived of the essential characters Of
an Ecumenical Council. I will cry to God
and men to call another truly united in the
Holy Spirit, not the spirit Of party, and
representing really the Universal Church,
not the silence of some mon, the oppression
of othsra = tH.Fors the heart Of the daughter
Of my. people am i hurt; I am black; ~
tonishment hath taken hold on me. ID
there no balm In GileadH Il there no ply.
stefan there? Why then il not the health
Of the daughter Of my people recovered3"
Jeremiah viii. In fine, appeal to your
tribunal, o I.o,d Jesus! Ad iuun. Domino
.Jesu tribunal dppello. It 10 in your presence
that, I write these lines; It 10 at your feet,
after having prayed much, reflected, suffer-
ed and waited much, that I sign them. i
have confidence that ii men condemn them
on earth you approve them in heaven. That
is sufficient for me living and dying.
En-. HYACINTHR,
Superior of tho Barsfooted Cafmelites of
Paris, second preacher Of tho order in the
province Of Avignon.
PAn1s-PAssY, Sept. 20, 1860.