The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-09

STUPID ENGLISH BIGOTRY.-The nature of
the opposition to the Catholic faith has TO
counter in England is illustrated BY some pro-
ceedings at a recent meeting of the Brighton
Board of Guardians. 1t appears that there
was an old man named humphreys in the work
house who had become Catholic, and desired
that his registration should be changed in or
der that le~mlght have the advantage OF the
ministrations of n Catholic priest, the Rev. Mr..
Crispiu. The guardians, "after some delbera-
ton" instructed the governor to inform
Humphreys that "havinE been entered as be-
longing to the Established Church his request
could not be granted, but he could take his
discharge, and if readmitted as n Roman Catho-
lie he would be permitted to see the priest"
In other words; if Humphreys wanted to enjoy
freedom of conscience he should starve for it
during whatever interval the Board might
choose to nterpose between his discharge and
his readmssiou. Humphreys seems to have
had some of the stuff in him of which martyrs
made, for he took his discharge. Another
of the inmates named Donovan about the same
time met the Rev. Mr.. Crispin i'll the street and
pr0frSsed "A desire to become n Catholic. Mr.
Crspin sent him some religions books, which
fell into the hands Of the governor, and the
discovery of this second detection appears to
have produced the utmost CONSERVATION among
the guardians. Donovan w&s brought before
the visiting committee, and under the intiml-
dHtiuu of this awful tribunal, the man seems
to have made paEtal rctractiOn of his state
mcntS to the Rev. Mr.. Criepin, stating that ne
had IA" real desire to become u Catholic. The
Rev. Mr.. CTiSpin- appealed to the Poor Law
Board AGAINST THIS iutolcraut conduct, and the
visiting committee defend themselves in a doc
umcnt now before us. II rare specimen OF the
rhetoric and logic of Bumbledum. They sub
stantially Justify their proceedings on the
ground that ''thc Board of Guardians, whist
DESTROYS Of according to the inmates OF their
wOrihouSr that liberty Of conscience III reHSt,
Gus matters which each member of the Board
claimed for himself, would never allow them 10
be unduly subjected to an influence which they
have neither capacity to understand mgr pow
CT to resist" gentleman named IrGland-We
blush Mt the prostitution of the national APP
pellatiUn-deCared -ts=
That every member of the Board would
ed the inmates for expressing themselves to the
particular minister of the denomination TO
which they belonged, but for Roman Catholic
priests to be continually interfering in tho al-
ty of the Board, the mildcst statements maue
was that they were simply untrue } or MS
own part he did not think priest was 10 DO
believed, for if he told lie he con}d get ans
sin cancelled by confessing to his superior ana
could then lay down to sleep like an hunesU
mau."
In these enlightened and tolerant sentiments
a guardian named Ashdnwu fully concnrreu'
adding that "-Roman Catholic theology per
mitted priests 10 fClI Il lie to further The m
trrcst. ofthcir Church, and that 1t was ihonEhV
tn he rather ucrItUrious." Another gentleman
thnught Mr.. Crispn the most Troublesome
priest in town. Catholicism would appear 10
have easy battle to fight in Brighton puli
thanks to the troublesome priest II Wohlu
seem not to lee n losing one, The irdIgnatioE
of our friends, the guardians, is sufficient PROOF
Of that Ork Examiner.