The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-11-13
sa SUNDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1870

= the rowdy and aggressive sort are becom
Ing moro scttvo and noisy. 1.-THE Primo
q OF Orange Lodge had An excursion latel
9 TO philadelphia, to meet some other blood
! Lodges; and In the city news of the morn
Ing papers we read such NOTICES as the fol
lowing, which we take from a late III
bune:
"Anti- Catholic Associations are formin
In the several wards of this city. Thes
, Associations, though not organized unde
, the immediate auspices of the State Politi
cal Reform Association, act in sympafh.
Some of the more raging of the Protest
ants, we observe, affect to take alarm q
the fact that the Pope of Rome actually
presumes to take the soil of this Continent
and map it into dioceses, and appoin
"agents of the Vatican" to govern these
dioceses; as if this were something new ani
almost incredible. 1t is the same stupiG
cry which reused all England about eigh
teen years ago, and caused the passage OF
the famous Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
making it penal offence for a Catholic
bishop of diocese to call himself, or sigr
his name as, bishop of his diocesan act
which, Of course, remained q dead letter; fol
the Pope of Rome and his agents. quietly went
on to cut up the sacred soil of England and
OF Ireland into diOceses, and even arch
dioceses, and to appoint bishops, who gov
erned them as usual. Well, here is . Mr.
| G. F. WinslOw, who begins to start that
same ignorant and helpless outcry here
now. In publication named Old and Neu
this individual expresses himself after the
following manner:
at may be steadily born in mind by Pro-
testants of all denominations; that no OPP
position on their part can check the on
ward and jealous tread of Romanism in
this country, so long as it may be parti-
toned into diOceses by foreign political
power, asserting an infallible right to do
what it pleases with all the nations of the
earth. The agents of the Vatican, who
| govern these diocesses, even if Americans
BY birth, forswear allegiance to our coun-
try when they swear fealty to Rome; and,
| as much as they love their native land,
they love Rome more. They are but mis-
sionaries and propagators of their faith;
and there is not q bishop or priest at work
in their appropriated fields, even in the
pray towards the Vatican for his daily bread
and the breath of life, and who does not
permit his patriotism to be absorbed in his
devotion to the mandates of the papal
chair. Indeed, it is but too evident that
the authorities of the Vatican believe them
selves already strong enough in the United
States to defy the intelligence and ability
of the American people to oppose their
superstitions, dogmatism and political as
piratiOns."
Now ,ce are not one of "the authorities
of the Vatican;" very far from it; but we
do notwithstanding believe ourselves strong
enough to "defy the intelligence of the
American people to oppose"-any one of
the things mentioned. The thing cannot
be done, Mr.. Winslow. Your great country
is partitioned into dioceses, aud is going to
remain 80; and those who choose to be
Catholics within these dioceses, will have,
we suppose, their superstitions, dogma
tisms and even political aspirations, with
out leave asked; but if the KnowNOthIngs
think this sort of thing must be checked,
let them just try.
Of course, there is nobody pretending to |
drag Mr.. Winslow, or Mr.. Beecher, or Hor-
ace Greeley, or Us, into the circle of these
or dogmatisms, ETC., or within
the Jurisdiction Of these "Agents of the
Vatican" If we choose to stay out of all |
that, we can stay out and be id.
Touching TIP same question, which lie
we fand reported certain
meeting of the "Presby terrain Clerical As
sociation," at which the topic discussed
was "The Limits of Christian Charity in
relation to our Treatment of Roman Cathe-
lies" The report is evidently Incomplete;
but it winds up with the remarks of DR..
who, after declaring that tive
cannot love our Roman Catholic brethren
too much," closes thus:
"There can be no fellowship with the &C
cursed Things OF darkness. There are no
doubt a few Christians in that Church but
that does not alter its real character. The
organic body is corrupt, is rotten. The grain
of salt does not redeem it. With the few
Christians in its communion we can hold
fellowship, but with the vast body we can
not. There is an undue liberality preva-
ent in regard to this thing. Opposition to
his Church is the merit standard zoe shall
.ars to set up !" Mis country, tile mert contest
This is all right, fit be meant as a re-
usal of Christian fellowship. Perhaps the
might feel it their duty to refuse
hat kind of Fellowship with Plumley. But
he unwholesome part of these remarks
zones last. Can these people make any
greater Opposition" to the Catholic Church
han they do alreadyf Do they not preach
gainst it, and write against it, and ex-
libit frighttul engravings against it, What 1
nore7 What is to be the nature of the
lew opposition which these crusaders are
'reachingf What is to be the device on
heir standard And how is the new con-
est to be wagedf Not prescription, we
ope-not disfranchisement, not penal
avs, not the wrecking of churches and of
onvents. Above all, we bar revolvers.-
riS1t Citizen. +.