The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-24
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u. R.I;oious Element IN the Ceo'ne.Ia i.
Mr.. Whallry with that indeias'gsoe S S;
viii for Catholic ,n% ny the close Of the SEES
SS;nn for a return Of the number OF ROMAN
S,o.hoi;cs actually being members ., TUG
C.%;net and may, we hope, be inouceo {
nett session to move for an aouit Cn.s.,;o.
turn of the name OF al ho~ ~. S;fsrent
C.h;r eta that have governed the EmPS9
s;cca the Act of Emancipation We Pass:
He has thus revived discuss'ou' DnS;
ne have no desire to avoio, ou 'no a..
gious Element. ; in the Several letters on the
pH;act In its Issues OF last week ana the
:t hefore. The first OF these letters ID
wr;tteD by q Galway gentleman. no I'm
,Ia;ns {. "the Illuminating position -, ~
which 5000 oooI 1T 1n IL, Kingdom are
ipiaced Inv the systematic exclusion Oh
Pres.nfative Of their religious opinions
rpn, H., Cabinet. The Irish people, who
are most nearly concerned oy THIS most u.
liberal State Poiley ;i, are oI because they
s.Ht;rue To murmur, despite the Legislation
~ the last few years. But let any OF our
re.ders reflect upon the fact now brought
under their notice, perhaps for the hrs'
time, and say whether IL does my oT r;"I
fnte a grievance of most undeniaoie kin"'
For NV own part, speaking as an lrish Ca
,ho,;cHand have not lived for twenty
cara in England without learning to aP-
Ireciate the good qua tiles OF my Engiisn
fellow subjects-i am not eeido" spsI -.
20 forget your Church and land reforms III
the presence of this dishonoring rehection
mon INV religion, which is, be it remem-
hsred. the religion Of the greater part o,
C%r;stendom, OF the most distingui neo
European sovereigns, AID o! mo,e IN; .n%r
ono near relative Of htr gracious Majesty
the Oueep.n On this letter the spcctato,
ramarks: .'That a man should be excluded
fron, the Cabinet because he IA Cathoh'
ia an oppression, but that ne snouiu Ce
Guided be cause lie - Cathoic woa'o "
follv." This decision unfortunately (owin'
=" che present condition of the Irish repre-
sentatiop) applies only to one person.
..o,,IS he a6surd TO contend that one o
two Catholics utterly unfit for high admin
istratiye duties shOuld be raised 70 IN
Cabinet merely to prove ere fesa nnsu y. al
Contend already, and we repeat our conVl'
49, that n the present Postmaster-Gene
al were not a Roman Cathoiic, ne wou
before now have been Caoineg Ministe
No instance can be cited OF q ffcIes ~;
rosseeeing such admitted capacity for ny
affice. combined with Parliamentary p
si,ion Of long standing and great innIene
Who hns been excluded from tie Cao'n'
He administers with admitted ability a
energy an Office, almost always ni.ne
held With a seat in the Cabinet, at a VI
when there is no office in the Governm'
that exacts NOSE vigpr, forest ht, ana ca
Reviewing tie resitiou OF the Ministry
the close Of thA Session IN m article
markablsIh ~ ~ ysansn ana cand ,hs,
m spasa Of The psincirai dspastments of
vernment there have been great Iaiu
admits that the Post Grace Is an aosol
eYceptiou. GAS no administrator," it 3,
.'Mr. Lowe cannot compare with Mr. ~
sell, who ia introducing improvement
the most practical and yet daring kiad'
terine the unit of postal weight, for ex
.e ple, In favor of the public. The pose-c'
the reduction of newspaper postage,
the substitution of tue ounce ior cue II
ounce rs the base of the penny post, are
as direct benefits by every man IN tue h
dom who can read and write" There
general conviction that the Caoinet M
an infusion of new blood. The ques
then arises: Is the ablest administrato
the .D Min,sssS If so e who may d,
that is ia because he is a Roman Catho
IAN Ulster Catholic" writing to the
tator last week in the same strain,
..It is to be particularly regretted that a
time when the delicate question OF Va
lie education in Ireland is about to be
sidered in the Cabinet, the opinion o.
irish Catholics should not be in any
represented there. beliese the q, sol
of the great difficulty would be much Mh
easy, il they are 30 represented. Mh
az q medium or as buffer, Lord Han
ton is hardly the right man in the
place" We are not quite sure tina
understand what TINS cor[ S;spo" anS
fer $" but no doubt there is much tru
what he says, though his judgment OF
Harrington is hardly just.
r. ~ FRANCE.
TIE Lyons Schools..-Mr. Jules sim'
been unable to shut his eyes any ion
the scandalous infraction of the law
expulsion of the teachers and the gu
sion Of religious instruction in the
of Lyons. He has accordingly VII.
the Mayor that he has learned .1s II the ts
and that the measures aoop.eo ~ ~, ~
nicipal council are a manifest viola
the laws of 1850 and 1854. He has CO
nicated, he adds, in the same sens