The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-02-27
Equality.

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the world by disobedience mans reason be-
came enfeebled by his separation from the
intimacy aud council which he had previ-
ously enjoyed with his Creator, and, con
scious of his own imperfections, is ever
striving to return to the position from
which he fell. Hence his heart is ever rest
less, dissatisfied and disconnected with the
present, and always DESTROYS of change, in
the hope that something good may come
from it. But from the very imperfection
of his reason the change is too often made
| in the wrong direction rather than in the
right, while selfish, unprincipled and de-
signing men, availing themselves of this
restlessness of the human heart, are ever
advocating changes calculated to subserve
their own interests under the speciOus pre-
tenceFof reforming the law, OF improving
society. There are now, as there always
! have been in every age and in every land,
men SO intensely devoted to the happiness
of their fellow-men that they seem to evince
a greater interest in the reformation of
| others than of themselves. Whatever
change they advocate is always foSthe pub
lie good. They are always proposing some
| thing for the prosperity of the country,
the liberty of the people, or the improve
ment of society.
| High sounding words and glowing prom
Uses cost them nothing, though the first are
as empty as the last are vain and imprac-
| ticable. When the devil took our Blessed
| Redeemer up into q high mountain, and
showed him all the Kingdoms of the world,
and the glory of them, and said to him !:
GAN these will give thee, if falling down
thou wilt adore me-" he knew well he was
promising what he had no power to give
for he was liar from the beginning. And
so it is with the whole race of the so-called
philanthropists, they are promising results
which they know we'll can never be carried
out. Liberty, nationality, vote by ballot,
universal suffrage, the right of private
judgment, ETC., have been at various times,
and in various countries, the cry of the
lant2lropists, but have been invariably
followed by tyranny, civil war, demovaliza-
ton, corruption, error, division, etc. The
great pronunciamiento of the philanthro-
pists of the present day is Equality-equal-
ity of races too, which some desire to ex-
tend SO as to embrace both sexes and every
age. If such a state of things could he
carried out. it would be q violation of the
law which God impressed upon nature, and
the law which He gave to man, and would
produce unutterable confusion in social
life. But the attempt to carry it out is
vain and impracticable, and it's successful
result impossible.
| When God by His word created the
world, He showed the boundlessness of His
power by never duplicating anything He
made. Everything He made had an indi-
viduality of its own that distinguished it
from every thing else. No two leaves on
the same tree, however like, are equal ; ne
two pebbles on the sea-shore, however like,
are equal no two children of the same
parents, however like, are exactly equal.
There can be no equality even in any one
race, for though their general qualities and
characteristics may be the same, no two
individuals possess them in exactly the
same degree. There can be no more equal
ity in the capacity, dispositions and tastes
of men than there is in their complexion,
shape, strength and size, for the universal
diversity that pervades all things in the
world is as boundless ass the power that
created it. As an argument equality is
worthless, as result it is simply impossi-
bic. IT,.
Principles that are falseDin themselves
can never be followed by consequences that
are good, for good can come only from
truth. Teachings based upon false prin-
ciples are always attended by evil conse-
quences. The principle of equality is
steadily sapping the foundations of society
among us. Reverence, veneration, author
ity and obedience seem about to become
obsolete terms. The number of those who
neither love nor fear God, nor respect His
law, is on the increase. Marriage, once
regarded by all Christians as holy sacra-
ment, which gave authority to one and
prescribed obedience to the other, a solemn
covenant which death alone could termi-
nate, is fast sinking to the level of an
ordinary business transaction, which can
be dissolved when it becomes inconvenient,
and in the arrangement of which the inge-
nuity of each is too often exercised in
securing the separate rather than the united
interests of BOTH Husband and wife seem
gradually ceasing to be one flesh, and are