The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-21

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y 'nose who are constantly making disp
O aging contrasts between the morals
!. catholic and Protestant nations,-betw
a Celts and Anglo-Saxons. The force
THIS statement can only be fully estima
when the relations of the Gazette is kno
towards Catholics and Irishmen. For va
1t has been in state of chronic opposit
TO Doth. No language has been too strr
or too vile to convey it's antipatby to
Church and its belongings. Hence the |;
portance attaching to what it Publishes
the side to which it's instincts are oppose
1t will be seen that as between Celia a,
Saxons the illegitimacy is as to "a n
cent and that in tue Protestant section
ireland it is double that of the Catho,
section. What will be thought of Il
Scotch Presbyterian Elder, who "looke
with such Ieniency upon system az ra1
! akin to that advocated by free lovers ~
socialists ~ ."
The most interesting and pernIax;,
subject of inquiry in Scotland. howaAn
Just now, is that of iuegitimacy. In Is53
the Registrar General startled the +hsN1D
glcai controversialists of Scotland hv ~
on omcial statement that of the 26, O66 birth
Ior tne nrst quarter of that year, 1850 Tor
were WEI t5ess - These
countries e"na ;,s In Sweden 6.5 of the births 1
%; France ~; Prussia, II; Austria r.
Al behind Cor before) Scotland excent TO- 10
lass Inc percentage of 1869 is 81. apainst
o. for England, and 3.s for Irelandi Scns
Land, ONE third more immoral than ISoG-
land with London thrown in. and tLusS
times as immoral as Ireland. whera &c
- scarlet Woman" reigns supreme. AftaU
I'll that is said against the aerarian a,d
h enian IRISH, 1t is q staggering fact that
MY y. arc only nan as likely to be born
1ngllsh rulers, and three times as nnl;LaI-
be so born as their Scotch fellow aeiJ
:cts. Ana 1t ls curious to observe tho
Inference in the Celtic and Saxon blood ;n
n!s respect. In Ross-shire the ilieoit;.
rate births are As per cent, in AberSsan
hire, adjoining, the per cent is from Is u
or tour times as great. The inhabitants
the former are mostly of Celtic descants
lose OF the latter are of Saxon origin r.,
ur parishes of Aberdeenshire (SaSon) the
legitimate births are "a per cent. in
oss- shire (Celtic), per cent. In IrsIIsn IA
e percentage of illegitimacy in the north
stern or Saxon land Protestant1 section
double that of the southern ~ Tait;a
nd Catholic) portion. - 0e''ic
More than one third of the women mar
d in Scotland give birth to a Child sir
' aa aiteI marriage. During the last
,3l4 women who were unchaste haforoa
Frage, or 90 IN every 1000 inbabtants
edinburgh contains 1891, Glasgow "a
;; any town or parish Of about 3Oo0
'Ple VIII nave about 257 women regis
ed as unchaste. These are excins;nS
'stitutes, of course, with whom they .u "
'er classed. There are Is, 600 Of tbase
Ills" in Scotland every wear.
he report of the Commons comm;tta.
the great majority of these illeeitio
les ess are round , among the working classes,
me register of 1906 such births- 10 10
mothers belonged to the higher classes
ne the average per cent. of illepitimo"w
", 1t varies from IL down to d. n
It principal towns the average is 90.
lurai districts lo.2. In the manufac,
ng districts (strange to saw the nar-
age is lower than in the sericultnraI
ricts. The percentage is highest too
lstrlcts where the highest PROPORTION n
people can read and write. ''o-' ~
TO the cause of this alarming cond;-.
' o, .n'ngs, one authority traces it to the
1g the working people, and suapests TO
he vast difference between tIis conn
nd ours in this matter The valIS nv
es OF classification here breed iso,o-
ana isolation breeds--as above. One
. -. >spnih VI making work.
men s understand the purity and deli
OF language that prevails among the
loy which word mean all above
'orking CLASSY; and on the other hand
Utmost impossible for the upper classes
aceise OF the coarseness and even Oh
" or speech which is universal amono
ofking class, even in the presence of
ana sweethearts." Even Unions
'&ceient parents use shocking Ian
= ln the presence of their children
Iamiiiarizing them to coarse and in
t ideas.n Oh" III
'ther case of illegitimacy is set down
haVloi. The working class cannot
I'VE OF the courteous respect aiwavs
ested towards ladies by the upner
suppose they were suffered to see
OF 1t And few among the gentry
any idea of the indicate freedoms
prevail in the ordinary Intercourse
and women of the working class
sc they would condescepd tie go and
=" idea" of it e' "'i"
j., e behavior en- during courtship is SO
tte OF restraint that the wonder ia
ieTe can be anything but iilegitimacy
Inis class: Every deed and word
rst to last is Legitimate. Daylight
ded, the dead of night and the yery
er OF the girl is sought The "bund
OF wales is prevalent in Scotland.
ountry is as full of it as-Bnrn,s
Only in Wales the nocturnal SIG
lerally means the entree of the lover
Scotland it sometimes signifies the
the sweetheart. In either case and
'uhtries, 1T is a vicious custom veil