The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1869-03-07
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this city, which D1ana yes 70 c0ndcnse more
error into smali-space than any similar
eattempt that we have seen for "a long time
The nrst error is In the 4irst Line, and is
in the ,slepartrnentof Of good Tbe
Ronislf priests, . says the article, g are very
.actiye at Brownsviiie.n The priests referred
i to do not style themselves RomisA, but Ro-
nlasae Catholic | The adjective Roniish is
intsnded as in the nature of a nickname
This II z fayorite weapon in intellectual
encounters among rade1boys, and is gener-
ally adopted by all parties with equal
skill but among grown people it is usually
dropped as being inelegant and damaging
to both sides, without profit to either. 4
Does the Prcs5yterian think to increase
any of the Christian virtues of it's readers
while arousing the uncharitableness eng
gested by the word Romishs The Presby-
terrain will find, on examining Sir Walter
Scott's novels, and even in historical works
of considerable dignity, a variety of nick
names which had been appliedto the disci-
pies of Calvin and Knox, 10 what pitch
Of peiiteness would the Controversy arrive
If We should decline TO style our neighbor
the Presbyterian, Of its readers Presbyte-
Eians,. .bnt scoffi6glg use in place of these
elected titiesthe substitutes which are thus
SO classieafly furnished to our hand 4 =. i
Ia the following extract there is quite
a batch of errors, historical and geograph-
ical, ss4s- ~, s,asfs+ 3 ,te
With singular disregard of that charity
which begins at home, they are multiplying
schools on the Protestant side of the river,
while ut Matamoros, on the Rcmish side, the
Mexicans are left to provide for themselves.
At home! Does the Pres6yterian really
suppose for moment that Catholicity is at
home in Mexicoq There is probably no
other Christian country in the world where
the Church is as little at home, as much
hampered and restricted in the proper ex-
ercise OF its powers as in Mexico. If the
Presbyterian really knows anything of such
subjects, it ought to- know that the control
of the Pope in that unhappy country is
almost nominal. This is not owing to the
nature ofthe Indian population. They were
ever tractable under the influence of the
original Missionaries, and rapidly advanced
to that humble faith and sincere piety OF
which they still show such Interesting
traces. But enemies of the Church took
control of the Government. They were not
Protestants indeed, but 1t must not be for
gotten that the Churchhas violent enemies
who are not Protestants. Bad Catholics
rebellious sons, banding themselves togeth-
er in secret societies, revolving against au-
thority in practice while yielding kind of
submission in point of Faith--such are the
most formidable and inveterate enemies
whom The Church has to encounter, and
such are the men who have carried Mexico
into a practical sehism which retains the
name of Catholicity merely to 4lis<srssse7 Is.
The Protestant side of the river ~ Will
our neighbor show. us his map4 We were
not aware that there was Protestant side
to the Rio Grande, If:this country is to be
classed as sectarian, when it iadignantly re-
pudiates such a designation, it can be fiei-
ther Protestant nor Catholic, but decidedly
1t is rather amusing to
note the quiet assumption by Protestant |
writers of the fact that this nation is Pro- |
testant, when 1t is evident that Protestant
ism has lost the hold on popular sympathies
which it once had, and is rapidly sinking
out of sight in the world of thought aud in !
fuence. I..s.... .ss 80 IIE
The concluding clause of this little<11las-
Eerpiece of inconsistency is as fallo1 -
The affectionate zeal which Rome ,fisptavs
or the education of Protestant ch1ldren seems
10 amount almost to weakness
Does the Presbyterianl mean that the Ca
'holic schools of either Brownsville or New
orleans arc not intended for the education
# Catholic children There are in the pa-
ochial schools ofStIris city nearly seven
thousand children, among whom there are
lot probably one hundred Protestants-
'erhaps not ten. Is the policy different
n Brownsville
At any rate, Catholics do not call on the
oyernment for the exclusive support of !
heir schools to give efficacy to this affec- !
onate zeal towards Protestant children.
an our neighbor say as much on it's side 2
not the public school SYSTEM SO violently
dyocated by the Protestant press and 1,t,Iz =
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