, 1870-04-04

ally independent Ia the Catholic must cer-
tainly, for The moment 1t least, Claim IN the
intettetA Of his fai.b) no religious body has
the righ4to use, or rasher 1tusc, the machinery
OF the State for ecclesiastical purposes.
hare dwelt somewhat 1t length upon this mat
ter, because the newspaper discussions have
tended to involve it in almost hopeless con-
fusion.
The views here 1Hesented are u believe,
these also Of the great majority Of our Catho-
Lie citizens. There is doubtless no lick of
men among them who are swayed by religious
fanAtic1sIn and prejudice. Just IA there some
people not entirely FREQ from intolerance md
prejudice among the lrotehtants But it must
not be forgotten that the Catholics, too, arc
subject to the benign influence OF the liberal
spirt iEcorlorated in our institutions, and arc
Icing elucatcd by this spirit Ii we'll rs by the /
sp Of the ef efnt 1e1sn hss g e. not e
rshns Teli .u in tbo+e Aea 81 the e'S F4e;est.s
and free-thinker. Whoever is in the habit Of
meeting o1r Catholic citizens in their daily walk
aud conversation finds that, On the whole. they
are AZ hteral and tolerant ~ those who expe.-
ience greater horror in the presence OF croas
than 1t the sight Of the little crack in the hoof
Of the Evil One. Those who have stumbled
about along the upa aud downs Of this csasgy
and gibbous planet ~ much - you .nd have,
know tlAt it ID simply STUPID 10 hold any man
practically answcrab1e for tho strict logical con-
| sequences Of his professed belief.
t You nnet fear God, love Christ, and get
along liz best you may" " i an old saying in
Presbyterian whether he really believes that \
| portion df tue SONS OF Adam are eternAlly pre-
destined by the Father Of al bounty arn endlesa
toftnre in hell, while another portion is equally
ptedestinedt to unmerited b1ias-he viii tell you:
:sYes, 10 It is written; that ia my faith"
But ok days il every week, and threa-fourths
Of the seventh, be believes and thinks no
tuch thing he communes with his fellow
men, as though, after all, in spite Of the doc
t,ine Of predcstipation, they, too, had
| Of their honest ives. Similarly. present tho
syllabus TO pious Catholic, and ray TO him ::
Here are the express and unequivocal dec
la1ations Of the Pope: You live in republic
do YOU hold the doctrine here Set FORTH" He
| VIII probatly answer: "Weu, il the Pope haH
declared it, it must be 30, I suppose" But in
| his intercourse with his fcllow-itizena at the
, polls, etc, Lie thinks and cares no more abou1
! The Syllabus than about the Twelfth Con,
} rnandment or the Seventh Book Of aosea. Il
q king should assail our republican institution,
4 ha would fight for these Institutions =,
! vigorously Al the descendant Of Pun
9 tau Roundhead, and on the Fourth o
e 1uly. ho reads the Declaration Of lnde
4 nationalist. never drearEng that there u in tn
. words OF that document anything At al incou
. patible with the encyclical uttersnces Of Fu
But ate! s~ .rEroprisstsiy asks 3nds ,as
10 tLau is their due is that any reason why '
l. should withhold from them What they iussl
10 demand, aud why should We hold on to moi
D. than il our duo:" And, he might have adde'
i what concern hASo We with the question
n use Of their right sitter NE hare awarded It
co them whether or not they will send their Ii
G. drcn to the echools after their sec
Iasization? What business hsyc We vi
aS The covert plsns 7 81 a.,asn th0e If Tho ,hsi,
bsfors n VIZ sa ~ s'@pts irnis non .oI Id
re prffor," " Secret purposes and silent thougl
he are beyond the jurisdiction Of an administra'
'ut OF the law" is an old maxim Of the cisil law
Ihe well aa a recognized principle Of the Engt
ND and American common Law. II at later Ut
ere the Catholic comes with demand for m
ose thxn lis 1iglt@, that demand must he ~
nj | 1natily denied !; but for the sano reason
ON must in fairncss now meet the Protestant "
.his a denial, when he asks us to malntain him
en- roteensio1. where he has wrongfully enter
ugh II does not become us to accuse the Catnol1t
'uc the clandcetne purpose to attempt WA
O. wrong, willie VIC ourselves arc notoHo1
Ald c,,iltv Of exactly the same, or, rather, gI
ieu M u wrong ~ against Mm.
Sou lie whose hands arc in the pockets OF
u neigh1ors in not \ very proper ind,S1aaa
tlce. wntu tho public against that neighhora
her honest intcption. And will add right he
: tho Protestant school-house whose walls are
TON mcnted with mortar wsteTed VIII the y
ZEN. Of the poor Catholic lAborer, whose chil!
Sc are afterxard turned from its doors. vi
re II bricks we're bought with money. part OF :"
~ H. wss isnominiousls stolen from the pocket
tbat the Jew and infdel, is i poor place for rea
usce the Rbe with pious face, expressive 0!
sup- assurance that thus only can public NOR
H., Ic saved from tic peril Of utter dessEue
his- and tho public conscience rescued from
our danger of having its voice stifed for
neu laughter and applause-]
TUG Gentlemen, the coming election involve
Y, u assertion or tlcnial Of simple, clear,
supe, putable right, not merely the right, o.
.opea catholic, tic infidel, or the Jew, but tho
!, u Of Ill citizens OF whatever creed. It il
. not, ctninentl. the duty Of the GertnAna to y
tate tate: it that tits right is protected and enfc
abont Whenever the German nation IL CITED +
\ &C. near before the tribunal Of history, ther
,eatea be in the catalogue OF it's sins many uesr
'atno against human freedom; but al these
we're viii find their proud atonement in the fac
sisss, ;l1, there il one freedom whose banner the
aught o;a.,co iiinmense apnlause.
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