The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-19

spirit Of the hill ANcording to these
amendments the hlshelS we're to- 20 sueJn-
gated. not merely 10 tie Crown, but, still
worse, "a {6e con txtl 0f chose leading men
Of the xns go 5al:hsas. .s ana ahs re-
c I; hi had Eis 2mend Ysnts as ven a.
George Causing, and their tendency Was
g yest the power ct an Jeffectual veto In
the Hands Of the Ministry. The bill when
printed formed q considerable volume: lC
contained four or Ave different sets OF ha-
raising restrictions, and was, in fact, . bill
of pains and penalties rather than one OF
relief. It-epiOined NO less than six Oathss
adapted to the purposes of the several re-
stricticns, and it inspired all reflective and
sObex-minded Catholics with the apprehen-
sion that tho fifth resolution, which was
represented by it's authors as SO innOcuOus,
would issue in legaiized Persecution. The
oath to be taken by sspersOus in holy orders
protesting the CAtholic religion" was of q
weary length, and besides profession OF
civil allegiance, contained alleged teuets Of
the Catholic faith, all expressed inaccurate
", and some enormously. A second oath
to be taken by all ecclesiastics would have
bound them to abstain from correspondence
with call foreign prelates in all parts of the
world.n The final clause of the cumbrons
bill struck at the freedom of every British
subject, though sleyeied ostepsibly at. that
only Of Ahe Catholic bishOps and clergy. 1t
compelled every one, without distinction,
who should receive any instrument from
Shs See of Rome to deliver the same to the
Secretary of State, in order that he might
Judge whether it contained anything I" in
furious to the safety Of the Kingdom or the
Protestant establishments" The contra
vention of this clause was to be punished
with transportation to Botany Bay or Baf-
fn's Bay.
h Happily the Emancipation bill of 1913
was lost. The Commons were willing
enough t0impose additional restraints upon
Catholics, but they would not consent to
the clause by which Catholics were to be
admitted "to sit aud vote in either House
of Parliament BishOp Miner had the
honor of being expelled from the t'CathOlic
Board" for his unwavering opposition to
this insidious bill, and Mr.. Charles Butler,
who had been the gO-between of the Board
and the Wings, was disgraced by its vote
of thanks. The Irish bishops, meanwhile,
assembled to pass vote of appreciation in
DR.. Miners favor, and to declare that some
Of the securities contained in the proposed
measure were utterly Incompatible with
the discipline of the Catholic Church" and
that they could not consent to those regu-
lations ''without mourning the heavy guilt
of schism." Mr.. Whitbread had stated in
the House of Commons some years pre-
viously that, if DR.. Miner had been Gre
ated for the purpose of sowing discussions
amongst the Catholics themselves, and of
exciting among them unfounded distrust of
their friends, he could not have succeeded
better than he did" But Whitbread had
derived his Information from persons who
were hostile to the bishop, only because
they could not warp him to their own pur-
poses. The prophet, however, who o. was was
preciated according to his merits in Ire
land, where the integrity Of the faith was
more jealously preserved. The Irish Ca
tholic Board was actuated by very differ
emit spirit from that which, reigned in the
body bearing Q like name 10 London. They
met to rejoice over the defeat of the relief
bill, and to thank their bishops for having
denounced it as Mathematical. O'COnnel
proposed, in tie midst of an aggregate
meeting of irish Catholics in Dublin, vote
of thanks to Bishop Miner, and when the
name Of that undaunted and mitred cham
pion of the faith was heard, the whole
rose, every hat was taken of and
waved with enthusiasm, ladies came for
ward and signifed by curtesies their parti-
cipation in the general feeling. A meeting
convened for the same purpose In Cork was
attended by not less than 10000 persons,
and in it Mr.. Eneas mcdonnell used with
perfect justice the following words: " DR..
Miner has contributed more by his talents
and the application of his long labors to
the interests of Ireland and to the religion
of her children than any other individual
in the community. Well might he be called
the watchful shepherd; and, perhaps, under
Divine Providence, it is to his care aud to
his exertions that we can still maintain the
profession of our religion uncontamiDated |
by vile courtly influence" We ought never
to forget, even in our day, that if the Ca |
tholic Church among US is free from State
and control, we owe that bless |
ng5Inaer God, to Bishop Miner. Like !
the Seraph Abdiel, he was
Faithful found
Among the faithless-faithful only he;
Among innumerable false. unmoyed,
Unshaken, unseduced. unterrified,
His loyalty he kept. his love, his ZEAL
Nor number nor example with him wrought
Toswerve from truth or change his constant mind,
Though single.
DETERIORATION OF MoRALs.-A cores |
pondent of the New York Times, writing
from Florence, although violently abusive
Of those Catholics who oppose the plumber
ing of the italian Government, confesses,
in the following paragraph to the deterio-
ration of morals under the new regime:
AS much as we applaud Italy, and as |