The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-30
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Fiat.
The efforts of the malignants to excite
of Catholicity from the start
ing point of the New York riot has fallen
perfectly fiat. It is a dead failure. Inc
effort was far more energetic and general
than the public is aware of. The perusai
of our exchanges show us that both the
anti Catholic pulpit and press through
out the country teemed~ for some
days with that one theme, set out in every |
light of misstatement, exaggeration, ABUSE
and appeals to vile passions. Not only
in New Orleans, where Protestant
sheet spoke of the event as Catholic riot
when Catholici.y alone prevented 1T from
being riot-but throughout the Unlon'
and especially North and West, the whole
power of active Professionalism inside the
pulpit and outside, was exerted to arouse
an anti Catholic storm, and failed signalIy.
The popular pulse did not respond to their
touch. The day has passed when the evil
passions of men assume religious phase
| and seek for ecclesiastical leaders. Inc
| hitter denunciation aud bloOd-thirsty IN
| yective of the white-cravated fraternity
have fallen upon unsympathetic ears anu
the secular press has in some instances
been crusty enough to bid them "shot
up.n Their impudent appeal has scarcely
awakened an echo in society outside OF
their own class and the little amount OF
enthusiasm evoked shows how small that
class has gotten to be. Puritan'sm' IN
stead of showing it's power in this assault
has only disclosed it's weakness.
} There are many who talk loosely OF an
approaching persecution. They are al
ways imagining that the Know-Nothlne
excitement is to be renewed upon even
more bloody and permanent basis than Do
fore. No doubt, such a consum nation
= would be most devoutly welcomed by
t large class of the American public, heade'
= by such Journals as the New York lime
q and such periodicals as the infamous issue
T of the Harpers' Press. But the genera
y Americans public has no idea OF such
Q thing. They know that all these charge
d against the Catholic Church are lies, just
ir we'll as do the preachers and Publisher
20 who circulate them. There are few nov
ID a-days, whom these can catch with sacn y
and musty chaf. They can rely no long
IS, upon dupes, and the class of pure MALI
is nauts is too small to be available for mu'
to harm. There are too many men In u
N, country who have formed friendly reiasio
lip with Catholics and favorable views OF the
he character to permit of the possibility OF
on working majority for their persecution.
no No! the persecution which we are
ing fear in this country is not one OF force
3or of seduction-not one of Protestant
IKE but of infidelity. There will be no
we who shall dare to make us afraid but
of secret society, the public school, the Of
his room, the theatre, all the finer weap'
not and substle devices of the devil will men
/ is, forth sustain the more treacherous perse
per. ton against which the Church will hav'
we combat ss it does in all other Cath
ring countries. For after this signal defea'
IS Professionalism on its own chosen field,
NM this fat fall which its schemes have
Is of countered we may well call this Cath
E en-
rents country.