The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-23
Religion and Politics.

Some friend has rlaid upon cur desk
political hand bill that was found floating
around the city the day before the elestiop
Just concluded. The contents of this pub
LEGATION are credited to the Christian Adco-
ease, a Methodist paper of this city, and
upon q cursory examination of the last
issue ofthat paper, appears to be a reprint
of one af it's etiitorfsfs. That number was
the last pfsEeH1g sis election, hhH the ar
ticle, taken with its reprint and consider
ing it's nature, may fairly be considered an
electioneering effort.
It says G;tZf8 ts,TfAI1 ,@ttfitIt
Here, then, is the broad, emphatic assertion
that every Catholic in New Orleans is opposed
been denied by any Catholic.
Yet we see that several of the candidates for
election to the position of Aldermen are OF this
class OF avowed opponents" We hope the
people viii leave them high and dry beyond
the reach of popular favor, unless they disa-
vow the sentiments which haYe been attribu-
ted to them. la- fae -a i'.'
The Christian Advocate thus makes war
directly upon Catholics as candidates for
office. A Catholic may vote, as yet, but
he shall not hold office. Is our community
ready for such doctrinef Of one thing
at least, there can be no doubt; the animms
of Professionalism here shows itself to be
the same as N the days OF Calvin, KNOX,
Cromwell, and the Quaker Killers OF New new
England. Proseription-bister, malignant
prosecution, Is us sp'ri' now as ~ was
men, thoush circumstances uo NOV 1us' ~
this moment favor its being carried to the
extent OF sword ana -g'ooe''
I Not only does the same black spirit of
remorseless prescription display itself, hut
it is accompanied by that same twin sister
of unscrupulousness as to means. Puritan
ism does not stop short at misrepresenta-
ton and deception when the good of the
"saints is to be advanced. The article
of the Christian "A duocate, we regret to say,
is o notable instance in point. The AdUo-
cate well knows that we and other CathO-
lies are not opposed to common schools, yet
coolly takes for granted that we arc. s2-5a
We saw and have offenh reitetated. that
owe, ar. tnor,vrhlv o,,oese,I. to the common
scboo, s,,sten INF NOT 10 col, common schools
We have often stated our perrfect willing
raas eo sae the commou,scbools of tbercitv
81 in oi,,e,ration for Pratestant and
nom Catholic , and the Christian iIAdyocate
must be well aware of the. fact Yet, it, in
genaously DISCUSSES that fact, and ASSUMES
that opposition to the system ,isJopposition
toithe existence OF the schools.
. .J,sa Fbe s.s,,.ra,,s ,Le.aet,v & 1tbeE CASE.
we afsospe,v DESTROYS that the sc5n mon
schools shal continue for for the use Of the
Protestant .populatioD. Weabsiiere that
tfis naruraf moran fruit of those schools is
religious indifferentism, and that this is
far more innocuous and more approaeha-
Sble by truth than the wilfuI error and ma ma
lignant hate studiously iuculcated at most
Protestant sectarian institutions. Thou GIL
we are aware that some Catholics differ with
us us on this point, and think that false re-
tain that the common schools are much
less ip;urious tn religions and moral char