The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-31

THE PRIEST HUNTER,
IN Irish Tale Of the Penal Times.
{ai4 BY II. ARCHDRACON, ESQ. ~ .
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AE1Iw mornings after the burial OF s.
N0uDd, the rector received . visit froI
n Dixon, one of his curates, q Young ma
NA pale, ptnched features, much asperit
- manner, and q fierce denouncer AM
NeosstOr Of his Catholic countrymen, an,
e-lsw- prescribed faith-in short, who wa
as-Aery aud intolerant biRot, as his an
Nsise was mild and tolerant.
II. Gordon" he exclaimed, in an eager
akasR voice, and scarcely waiting to b.
ssessa. you've heard, I suppose, of those
p aesous doings last night"
No, said the rector, in o tone strongly
ea0tRastiDg with his, "what must they
hws been, to agitate you 30 stronglys"
Why, the cabin of Jack Brennan, one OF
our last converts, has been fred, and him
saH and family nearly burned out Of it. 1
a.RRose we ourselves shall be attacked one
aRssasse nights, If things go on this way
never liked that man; ill-hearted-
nsss- and villainy are strongly imprinted in
hisro0nntenance. said from the first. that
1waa NO acquisition to our church; and I
nanou.a not wonder, if it were discovered
hat he were the incendiary himself. God
sesg1ve me, If am wronging him in word
On thought.
Oh, sir, sir" rejoined Mr.. Dixon, in a
vuses which his eagerness rendered as shrill
- u cracked fife, "th0se opinions would
oseM rather calculated to cover the crimes
% Popery than to express adherence and
desire for its determination, aud l fear
noch, that the leniency and shelter, SO Of
Tn extended to wilfnllS besotted Papists,
IlEthis part of the country, has tended ma
ssxialiy to make those followers of Satan
noudaring Ia their crimes. How are we to
rsss e1s abomination Of Popery from the
sfoNx proselytes are not to be cherished |
and protected ~
~ wish we had fewer converts, and
moro GbTis5iaas," said the rector, LAYING q
osrsngs aEnphasis on the latter word Gas
faw days. Of the utter want of all Christian
Selling on she part of our principal con-
yags,
Good God, sir, is it possible you would
ziah to les the country remain sunk in
6S2atry.n
al yield to no man, Mr.. Dixon,n said
IN. GOrdonewarmly, ain the ardor of my
'zasAes~ to lead my poor countrymen from
no error Of their ways; but / have strong
whether prosecuting men for a
.nesa, or holding out a bride to them for
,gD$easiag another, be the way to obtain I
sash desirable object. Persecution has {
Esase nartyrs-ner er q sincere convert
leek Tor the man too ignorant for conyic- (!
3snns aad whom worldly advantages, in apy
EAsPs, tempts to assume the semblance of {
E1need ne understands not, 1 had much 7
nSAeT see that man still cling to his old r
nssh, whatever might be it's errors, as he b
ma adds hypocrisy to his other faults, y
xAlte he still, III ninety mine cases out of Z
DDared, continues, probably, a cerer G
oisver than ever in the creed he has ont d
B~Saly abjured.'' C
Are you not, then, sanctioning. bv
Dasscation at least, the liberation and fos-
HEiDg Of the papistical IdOlatry In the landfn
$50 with the doctrines of Rome have b
? :ynpathys l but state my opinion OF s. 8
% snemciency OF persecution or bribery q;
, AFTER national faith. AS a clergyman 81
nd = magistrate, shall take every step h
lsn8 power to discover the perpetrators n
saaOS nights outrage, and bring them to q
theugh must, in sorrow, ad- o
- that such, outrages are the offspring of q
and ruthlessness of our nwn tt
eSsys as naturally as the reptile is eneen. h
aee2 in the slime.u
- Suppression to papists and rebels Good III
go what an expression from the lips of n ef
1nsssa- OF the established church, Have ii
sdsoS ehem PROSTATE at our feet, and-is it I'll
2rnof Of the forbearance and merciful- b,
with our pure religion. that re
- asgGoS and the sword have not been til
n11l1aea - those dislOyal and perverse re-
eeeze Oh the word, MS they would unoues- ex
o1Ably have been used, had we been the he
s-'e an
- You seem to forget in youNzeal, Mr.. fir,
enan, that, SO far from being at our feet. if
sAsseane papists had a we1l-considered Pc
nzsy, ratified to them in the face of the to
rid Guaranteeing to them the free exer- ha
- Oh stsssr religion-but we had better sp
9 peIseysr9 An conversation which we Sci
not AHe4g to agree in" ev'
= We arernot indeed, Mr. Gordon, as nv so
S2oed conRAGtion is, that if our present if 6
aPg laws wese but strictly and impar- LAX
ny enforcsd, the ploughslare of the true wa
"a would seon eradicate the foul weeds wa
4 tares of pepery from the lard and mar
20 it even otherwise, l, for one. would v
bar see IL waste, than so overrrown self
Z - ms PolsoRous rankne OF idolatry." ryiI
q. o0tsSf0, Rby oPinion mas been long re- of
Ssd, that we have been dealing harshly. Ellie
Asrly and mistakenly with our country And
y however we may regret their errors Mr..
~ mnch fear,p continued Mr.. Gordon. rect
n impressive and prophetic tone that ing
? present persecution Of the Romish lste
nch by oar rulers, viii recoil fearfully, from
aga to come, on cur own, which will, was
sE'nAeha be regarded among our del plea