The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-16


Priesthood Reading for this LO-
cality.
In late political conflicts which
have resulted ia the Acknowledgement |
of a nation of slaves, and which is
about to terminate in extending to
them the highest privilege of free
men, the right Of suffrage, the Demo-
cratic party has numbered among its
most faithful partisans the masses of
the Catholic Church. who have been
stesdfast in their opposition TO the
elevation Of the negro. Certainly
such has been the case In Wander
burgh County, and throughout the
State OF Indiana. But here and
there throughout the nation have
been worthy exceptions, One of
these, Father Farrell. delivered a
lecture on Sunday night week, in St.
Joseph's Church New York. on g The
South" The Church was densely
crowded, a large number Of Catholic
ciergymen occupying seats within the
chancel: gsf
At 8 O'Clock presioely the reverend
gentleman assembled the pulpit and
said that there seemed to be a misap-
prehension prevailing as to the nature
Of this proposed lecture, since a good
many expected him to enter into poll
tics, while he proposed to give his
views Of the condition Of the country
in general, and of the South In par.
tieuIar. It was to be the first of q
series Of conversations with his OWL
people, in which he would freely anC
frankly give his opinions. In regarC
to the freedman all he had to say is
that slavery was dead, and that the
best men in the South thank Goo
that it is dead. He believed universe
suffrage to be the best law for the re
. public, and he would say that mucl
for the information of New York ant
TOR the benefit of State Legislature
on behalf of the Fifteeath Amend
meat. that universal suffrage was the
/ Fundamental law of the republic to
9 good and evil. Continuing, the rev
+ erend speaker said that the South wa
not half so poor and badly off as it Il
/ supposed. He believed that in tn,
future the most loyal men in tn
/ South will be those who fought mos
bravely to break up the Union; the.
acknowledge it to have been a mis-
! take. a sad blunder and q miserabl
failure. There was no necessity TO
measures Of Acknowledgement or con
/ fiseation. The most dangerous mel
are those who don't know yet tina
} | slavery is dead, and who kept up
! fire in the rear of the army that wen
forth to battle for the Union.
The safest man to follow in Churcl
and State was the radical. Why? Re
form will come, aud the sooner i
: comes the better. If the Protestant
are prejudiced so much the worse 70
them, and it is no reason why Catho
lies should be prejudiced agains
Protestants. He had heard Catholics
clergymen and lay, say that Protest
ants had no principle of morality
That was q lie and wicked, as they be
lieved 10 God and the Ten Command
ments. They were preiudIced agains
the aboIitionists. who had been TIN
best friends the free laboriDg popula
ton ever had in this country. If tn
J people once know the truth they will
Tut prejudice under their feet. TIL
reverend speaker then referred to tn
prejudice prevailing against enamel
patton and granting the suffrage t,
, / the freedmen, and spoke earnestl,
against such prejudices, and he ais,
paid a glowing eulogy on the charae
ter OF the American people for havint
adopted short, sharp and decisiT
policy in this respect, the success o
which was wonderful. They haC
'rained'' four hundred teachers ant
five millions in money upon the Soul
for the education of the freedmen, a.
the only punishment America infict;
upon rebels. The reverend gentle
man closed with an eloquent perora
ton in favor Of the unity of the
Christian.
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