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The Blind Leading the Blind.

1t is wonderful into what follies pride
can lead men when, rejecting the infallible
authority of the Church, they set up indi-
vidual reason in itsNplace. Certain ones
among them, more domineering than the
rest, always assume kind of dictatorship,
and the others, while protesting against
the Pope, rely implicitly upon these self
elected Popes. A marvellous instance of
this kind fell undes our notice the other
day, while accidentally glancing at the
contents of a Protestant sheet.pnblished
in this city. One of the articles was head
ed, !" How to conceive of God in Prayer"
and . little Investigation into its contents
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Irish Feuds in America.

Under the above caption we find, in the
New York Times, an editorial of some in
genuity, in which the recent ARRAY at Elm
Park js handled and the blame sought to
be attached to the Catholics.
We will not recur to the facts of this
ease nor sift the testimony, though it is
sufficient, apparently, to convince any I'M
prejudiced man that the riot was entirely
created by the Orange party. 1t will be
enough for us to examine the case for the
Orangemen as made out by their Special
Attorney, one of the leading organs of
the Republican party in New York, the
New York Times. Che case as there stated
contains such conclusive internal evidence
of weakness that it is q virtual confession
of judgment, and renders it unnecessary to
go farther.
It argues that ga certain amount of
lawless organization there must have been"
of Catholic laborers from streets and works
on the route of the procession would have
been impracticable. They were the aggres-
sors." Yet Immediately afterwards it says,
I" the fact that they suffered most will not
divert the current of popular sympathy in
their favor" The idea Of an organization
to put down the Orangemen being defeated
and worsted in New York, where the Ca
tholics are twenty to one, is simply pre-
posterous, and proves nothing but weakness
in the cause that would advance it.
"The actual criminality," says the Times,
l" is all on the side of the Irish Catholic
mob" This being rather hard PROPOSE
ton, the Times somewhat cleverly goes on
to propitiate favorable hearing for it by
blaming the Orangemen for the circum-
stances of their procession. 1t says:
The actual crimnality is all on the side of
the Irish Catholic mob But, on the, other
hand, an Orange procession on the Twelfth of
July, with badges and ribbons which recall to
the Irish Catholic mind bitter memories of his
native land, and with music which a natural
association of ideas renders offensive, and,
therefore, irritating to class numerous in
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Pao7EsrANTs NOT CONSISTENT. - The
GAssstian Union, IN the following paragraph,
biteite. Protestant friends. Il wishes them
sesadhera - closely to it's declared position,
fearless or ssnsequences, a. Catholics do.
EsssysS
We call special attention to the fact that
RDmaniets ehxink from none of the logical
results of their fundamental principles.
Hskg appropriately the almost certain
Fejection>ok their doctrines, does not cause
them 20 abandon, even in the minute ap-
9fications, the snbjugation of conscience
By the Church, and reliance upon the arm
OF the flesh to do the work of the Spirit.
TSo many Protestants, however, begin to
make exceptions the moment that their
general principle involve practical Difficult
siesA Thus the Church of England, reject
ing "Popery," maintains . multitude of
ninosAPopes for the " protection of reli-
gisn@ Thus the American Protestant,
jealoEs of all civil interference with the
rights of conscience, yet insists that
Christian country 1nust give young twigs a
HpteAkant bend, lest the land be one day
rOFeShhadswed by the leaves of a tree which
ara net for the healing Of nation.
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% FpHxRAI. OF THE LATE MOST Rev. Dr..
NEsRy---We learn from the GGlscay Vss-
SsE6r that the funeral of the Most Rev.
Drs Derry, late Catholic Bisiop ofClonfert
s3Snaius were conveyed to Woodlawn by
train from Donamon station. On the arri-
7nl 81 the train at Ballinasloe, the inhabi-
saats naanifested q strong desire to "wake"
TIE remains in their town for the night,
5nt this was refused and the clergy
hnen present induced them to abandon an
fntantion which they had formed of bear
hg tie coffin forcibly away. At WOodlawn,
Be coffin, which was of solid oak and bore
be-, inscription: The Most Rev. DR..
erry, hord Bishop of Clonfert, died at
hms, on the 18th Of June, 1870, aged SO
ar pocession was formed, two-and-two,
tho clergy singing the Aiserere and the
oxsisr psalms prescribed. Amongst the
energy present were Most Rev. DR..
GaaaAy, Lord Bishop of Fillmore, Very
Rev. Dr. French Whitehead, Vice-Presi-
Thomas Burke, v.G.; Cionfert; Rev. Ulick
j. Burke, President St. Jarlath's, Tuam;
@ev. Patrick Lavclle, PIP, Cong. The
reRuIars from the converts Of Lougbrea,
Kskor, and Bullagh, together with the
Monks Of Mount Bellew, were also in at
nandence. Immediately after the hearse
Seaewed, the carriage of the late deeply la
mented prelate, occupied by his lordship's
Srosher, the Rev. VIM. Derry, and the
Most Rev. DIR. Conaty, Bishop of Kimore:
next the carriage of Mrs.. Burke, sister to
she deceased Bishop, bearing the Messrs.
.SuEke, his lOFtiship's nephews. Next fol-
lowed the carriage of Peter Paul DAILY,
DaIysgrove. Immediately after followed
Ehs carriage of Lord Ashtown, and num-
Der Of gentleman, and at least one hundred
zDa FIFTY jauntiDg cars, occupying at least
1xaile and a-han Of the road. The remains
VseHo walked in the church on Thursday
might, and were visited by the entire
yc0ple of the surrounding districts. On
Friday the remains were consigned to their
lAes resting place Ia presence Of the gentry
sind people for miles around Longhrea, and
tAee oaaYgy Of. Clonfert, Tuam, Kilmacdon
1sHgA, Galway, and other diOcesses. Mr..
MSan, Assistant Barrister, adjourned the
9eurt {Qadrter Sessionsl until three o'clock
10 peTmis suitors and solicitors to attend
TIN funeEal.
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The War.

Though we of this country have very
little interest in the principles involved in
the contest now pending in the old world
itself. Whether Prince Hohenzollern OF
some other gentleman shall be King OF
Spain whether or not Prussia must give
guarantees of non-interference, are ques-
tions about which our people do not trou-
bic themselves, but the price of cotton, OF
Western produce and of foreign fabrics, is
a matter of direct Importance, and that
price must be greatly influenced by any
considerable war. The demand for cotton
must be diminished, while that for provi-
sions will increase, and the supply OF
foreign manufactures of certain kinds will
be greatly curtailed in such an event.
+. For time some nations may profit by
the wars of others, their manufactures and
shipping interest may be built up, but
eventually they must all lose by the loss of
SO much production. All those millions of
men whose skill and labor are thrown
away upon the use of arms, or in support
ing the war more indirectly, are withdrawn
from the productive operations of life, and
the world at large loses just that much of
profitable labor. Some nations are more
direct sufferers by this loss than others, but
eventually all must feel it in the. scarcity
of products and the increase of prices
War, then, is a general calamity physically.
It is undoubtedly sad evil morally. It
is unnecessary in this community to ex-
plain the Generalization resulting from a
great war. It pervades all classes of So
ciety and contaminates all the pursuits of
life. War gives responsibility to violence
and lawlessness, while the bold and I'M
scrupulous rise to prominence. Rapine
and dishonesty go unpunished, crime of
every kind grows audacious and selfishness
becomes the fashion. After the war We
find shoddyites at the head of society,
commercial skill replaced by speculation,
politicians transformed into thieves, and
government itself made an engine of mono
poly and private greed. We have seen all
this in our short war, and the consequences
are much worse in longer and more extern
sive ones. The arts perish, colleges are
deserted, ignorance and poverty assert
their squalid empire, and the nations
become comparatively depopu-
lated.
War, however, like most other ills, is not
with good. 1t is a necessary
scourge. The very poverty which it causes
is far less evil than the spirit of luxury
and extravaganza which takes possession
Of wealthy and prosperous people in an
period of peace. Az long as it
IS strictly intet -national, the4orms of civil
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!. .ThEsyyAR ON CArHoLrcs.-Our readers
nnst have remarked countless instances
vAsre tho policy Of the Republican party
AID tho utterances 6f its oracles have
ahswn nistakably the hostility Of that
RAztx g. the Catholic Church. We are
obliged - notice two gross instances in
this number. One Of them is an attack
uRen the Irish Catholics Of New York by
thf New York 1ssss, the other is an edito-
IIk in. last Friday's Republicans Of this city,
= ntitied, In the Vatican"
IN the FIRST place, that agticle is impious.
The mitred dignitaries Of the Church, )"
= says, fare still in tardy discussion con-
ssrning aome musty, abstruse question on
niEecaes or what not" The attempt at
knAildiah sarcasm in this sentence does not
40 sheinfdelity and impiety which makes
hs s&Questions that sgitate the world.
Then shows ITS malignity. When the
sands ofalapoleon are tied, it says, liberal
ealians viii march straight for Rome, and
The Papal soldiers, without the French,
m wonld offer but mild opposition to the
1nth usiastic cohorts of Garibaldi." How
hopeful in the cause of the Red Repubh
Sans How forgetfal that the God of
armies has other resources than French
snanpai
1t could not wind up, however, without
blasphsmy. Doubtless Pope and Cardi-
aals, it says, "put their trust in the Lord,
in which case they do we'll, but at the same
time, in. the words Of one of our Reyolu-
ssoaary heroes, they would do better to
keep their powder dry" We were not
aware that Oliver Cromwell was one of our
e evolutionary Heroes" but though the
advice from that prince of hypocrites to his
ARMY Of brutal fanatics was in keeping
Fxith their faith, when addressed by q
zorldIng and an infdel to the vicegerent
Cd God on earth and to the venerable pas
sors Of the Church of Christ, it is simply
aasphemy.
a Our Republican neighbor has thrown off
,SAe mask of anonymous correspondence,
and comes out with its Know Nothing and
anti-Catholic bigotry in open editorials.
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law can Is pteSev Ws1l II q ~
minscy il benishSa n. 81 y ! y p ) p ~
struggle. While csrtain \. 1T X
courage, hardihood Rndl pst1i ~ - q
veloped. While Rome fought - - =.
doors her people were virtaous "A AGGf
when her Iegions occupied FIR distaat l6n1g;
with her arms, and the sounds o. stx16s
came from distance that removed ~
sense of peril, her pstricians dey0tsd their
energies to the preparation Of enteft1jn>
ments and debaucheries, they forgot t1Gfr
manhood in the womanly passion for lew
elry and fine dress, and whom Alaxiq ~
preached Rome he found . nation Of -,
but no men. They fed before his axuay
without the semblance Of struggle. leayr
ing noimpedimenti in its way but the tbzl
of their warlike ancestors. : " ~
Too much uroaneritv'i in fatal b, : ua0r1A.
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The Fenians and the War.

1t appears that Fenianism is snufing the
battle from afar of, and that the oaors Of
the French Prussian war are a. the scent
of hartshorn in its nostrils, producing .
decidedly stimulating effect. It is to have
general congress next month. In tho
meantime the Irish people themselves are
| taking most active interest in the matter,
and the telegraph informs us that q mass
meeting of probably one hundred thousand
people has been held in, Dublin to endorse
the action of France -
Fenianism has been greatly laughed Il,
and deservedly so, for Irishmen put them
selves in false position by joining any
secret society, being, as they are, essen
TALLY Catholic. But while Fenians ouxht
to be ridicnled, Fenianism, apart from itsi
feature Of secresy, is q serious matter. It
is in earnest and it has power. Its persist
ence shows it's earnestness, its strength Il,
not to be calculated by the number Of the.
misguided leaguers who enter its lodges,
but by the millions who are Fenians yet
will not enter the lodges. There is now .
certain amount of unity in Ireland. That
variety of dialects which was q constant
source of clannishness, has been obliter-
ated by the conqueror, and the English, in
forcing their language on the country, have
nication, have thrown open the daily news.
paper to them, have in fact forced spon
them genuine bond Of unity in inforrIaa-
ton, in sentiment, and in action. Ireland
is now one harmonious people, not q thou
sand hostile clans
Irishmen are, then. all Fenians. il Fe.
n1anism means Irish nationality, though
they blush at the folly of these zealots,
who wish to help their country while dis
regarding and disgracing their religion.
The hope of the Irish patriot now il that
England must become involved in thereon
tinental war. Inthat event, we mag saEely
say Ireland is free. But the Engiish are
as fearful of war as man is of are in o
powder magazine. Their rapacity has
finally brought them to the point that they
are almost as much slaves to q we'll
grounded fear as their victims are TO an
unjust force. They can hold down their
captive but they can do nothing else.
Uncle Sam is pretty much in the Same fix
with his Confederate Ireland, and the two
glorious Anglo Saxon communities present
the spectacle Of couple Of bullies who
have each caught q tartar. In their selfsh
desire to own slaves ON q grand scale, they
forgot that the white race was not adapted
to the slave side of the institution.
What is to be feared for the Irish ia that
they will not have Sufficient patience toilet
events take their course. By an eager i'm
petuosity they may precipitate conflict
which win find England unentangled in
the war. Better far to bide their time. :
when her pride or her interest viii make It
essential to undertake hostilities. In tine
meantime an attitude Of patient ana de-
termined watchfulness will go far to wrest
frors the tyrannicai enemy some concession
that will greatly ameliorate their situstion
and strengthen their hands for the eventual
conflict. Far better this than an imuetu-
osity that will ruin ALL
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LAYING THE CoRNER-SToMR OF A NEW
CHURCH. The cornerstone Of the new az.
AIMS Roman Catholic Church in East Twelfth
was laid on the 10th inst. with very imposin1
ceremonies. The procession was formed &c the
old church in Eighth street, and was preceded
by the Seventh Regiment Band. Rev DR..
STAIRS, Vicar General of the diocese. r,reacbed
the ceremonial sermon. e
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every largo city--this IL not Q thing which
challenges our admiration.
political rather than religious. It typifes
Epglish supremacy in Ireland, and the acces'
sion OF the Higning dynasty in England, quite
e, %ach e. any principle Of
maxim than "Down with tho Pope" In Ire.
land II y on tho Orange Organization that
English authority may most confidently rely
supplies the sod1 to political movements having
for their purpose tho perpetuation Of the colo.
NAL relation. Everywhere it 10, in the British
sense "loyaln e. well as Protestant or Or
foremost and brightest name in it's calendar.
Here the case lis pretty fairly stated
against the Orange party. That party il
acknowledged to be political and completely
auti-Irish in it's nationality. It is admitted
that the occasion of the procession, the
circumstances of banners, music, etc., were
intended to commemorate terrible battle
on the soil Of Ireland, and to triumph in
the English victory Of that day. Can any
thing more aggravsting, more offensive,
more insulting be conceivedf
Yet in what puerile style does tie
Times dispose Of its own admissions!
Irritating g it il, however, the Irish Ca
their spiritual teachers and guides as to re-
epect the Law, and to concede even to Orange
men privileges which they mover hesitate to
take for themselves. A. interpreted in this
Orangemen 40 the Twelfth Of July Is to Irish
Catholics.
What make-shift! Who ever heard of
st. Patrick's day being obnoxious to
Orangemenf Is it considered so anywhere
in Irelandi Lis it there the occasion Of
riots and bl9odshedf Is It regarded as .
taunt to the Orange faction or az having
any political Significance whateverf Ger
tainly not, neither there nor here. It has
two-fold character, one religious, the
other patriotic. As religious celebration
all Catholics observe it; as patriotic COM
memoration many Protestants join with
them in honoring it. In its patriotic or
national aspect it simply means that the
participant is an Irishman, not that he is q
monarchist on q republican, not that he is
q loyalist or fenian, not that he is par
tisan ofone government or another-eimply
that he is an Irishman, that he wears the
shamrock and loves the Green Isle.
Did any mortal ever hear before of it's
being obnoxious to anybody in partisan
sense If the Orangemen don't like it,
the reason will be found, not in it's ma
tidhal OF political, but it its religious
character. In this city, we know that Pro-
testant Irishmen join with their Catholic
friends in celebrating the day, the same0
probably the case in every other city in
the United Statos, and it is known that in
Charleston at one time the day was celebra-
ted almost exclusively by Irish Protestant
gentlemen.
All this shows how broadly patriotic the
festival is in its meaning and spirit, while
it shows also that the New York Times is
bard put to find grounds to abuse the
Catholics and vent it's Know Nothing
bigotry-so proper to it as leading organ
If the republican party, and 30 fully
sdopted by that party everywhere.
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In noticing recent publication, the fol-
lowing suggestion is made by a cotempo-
rary, " The work contains ak chapters, and
would have been improved, We think, If
half dozen of them bad been Omitted.n 4
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In reply would say, In general, prayer
should be offered to God the Father, through
Christ the Mediator and by the aid Of the
Holy Spirit.
Now, the anxious heather enquirer hav-
ing been illuminated by the learned Pagan
philosopher who has dabbled little in
Christian doctrine as an amateur, the scene
changes and the fierce browed bigot, the
vindictive Iconoclast stalks upon the stage.
He gives us q lesson on "images." He not
only rejects pictures and crucifixes as being
contrary to the commandment against
worshiping craven images and likenesses,
but condemn, "mental pictures" I" You
should not and cannot lawfully have before
yoursmind in prayer any such mental pic
ture of God OF Christ as when you recall
the figure OF face of an absent friend" The
reason given for this dogma is most singu-
lar: Gas for the person of Christ, we are in
profound ignorance of its appearance"
" The so-called portraits of Christ by the
masters are purely creations Of the imagin-
ation;," and any representation we could
devise would be equally incorrect. It fol-
lows then that the Apostles who knew his
features perfectly we'll might lawfully have
a mental picture" of him before them in
prayer, while it would be unlawful for us,
and that the same practice would become
lawful for US if it should turn ont that some
of his portraits are CORE. The force of
this "unlawfulness" is not very apparent.
But as for any Visible representation Of
Christ by pictures or crucifixes, dsathema
sit! Our pious teacher, in his horror of
worshiping craven images, won't have them
at all, even when there is not the slightest
intention of worshiping them. If he had
been sacristan of the Temple of Jerusalem,
those glorious figures of Cherubim and
Seraphim would have soon been doomed to
the fate of all such nominations.
Happy for mankind it is that bigotry is
a mere frenzy, which can never prevail
against the good sense and good taste of
the race. Fortunate it is for the world,
when the blind reject the control of their
true pastors and insist on being led by the
blind, that all, leaders and led, fall into
the ditch together and disappear from the
path of that progress which they would
otherwise impede.
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old lines, at the commencement ct every eisor'
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va- worse han sens eiess practice. The peoTxe
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