The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-16
DR.. Bellows. ON Church and State,

The assumption Of DR.. Bellows GnaC !. 40 S
in accordance With the nature o. ro Tra"-
chises to- Catholics as 70 Protestants 10
rathar amusinQ. Professionalism began
every where by disfranchising Catholics,
and placing them out of the protection OF
the law. Has our Liberal Chrls s.aa e ror
offices, civil and military in Great Britain .
the penal laws against Catholics In Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland, and OF the colonies ,
of Virginia, Maryl land, after the Protest-
ants got the hand saeGs' sse State
Massachusetts, and of what is now the CITY
of Boston, he should not forget them. HOW
long is it since the Catholic Relief OIL,
opening Parliament to Catholics, became
lawi Our preacher was "a sne enon,', a TO- re-.
member it.. Is he ignorant that the ieg,tl-
mate heirs of the British throne were e4,
cluded because they were CathonGs, anu
the succession settled in collateral crancn
because Protestants Knows he not tnaS
aven now none but Protestant can DC
King or Queen of Great Britain, that no
Catholic can be Prime Minister OF Tue
Realm, Lofd High Chancellor OF Englanu
or Lord Lieutenant OF lrelandI ne mus
excuse us if we take the conduct OF Fro.
testants in the sixteenth, seventeenth ana
eighteenth centuries, anu in Geneva, NorSh
| Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Holland, Great Britain, and the Anglo.
American colonies, to be q better eaponenS
| of the genuine nature OF Frotessan'.slN
than ia the conduct. of Protestants in the
United States of America, at the emo OF Enc
last century and the first half of the pres
emit. We cannot allow him so conveniently
short o memory t.'.' -,
} ton that, if this had been Cath0ilc coun-
try in the preachers sense, no Protestanc
couid have been made Chief Justice, much
! less President. No Catholic has been as
vet made President of the Uaatea STATES
, The great majority of the French are Ca
. thoI;c' and vet we have seen q Protestant
Prime Minister; the overwhelming MAJOR
. itv of the Austrans are Catholics, ana YET
: a Protestant is Chancellor and Prime MIN
lister of the Empire. There Is no County,
0 in the world, as far as we know, In when
n Protestants labor under q civil or pontical
n disability. 1t is very possible, were the
q majority in this country to become Catno-
9 lies. Protestants would lose none OF tneii
present religious, political or c.Vn rlsn. ~
% All thew would lose would be the power u
nnnressinc Catholics, or of using the Gov
p eminent against them.
10 "Nov. as an American citizen, say nothing
" against the equal rights of the Roman GashT
u lies and the Protestants. Botn may f ths mas
,e ssrv and the law may not favor or disfavo
ts either Nor can anything be done to proven
as Roman Catholics from usng sn0if II is aaains
th the spirit, but not against the letter OF sn
~ CONSTITUTION. At any rate, 1t cannot DC neipeu
Ie Only it may compel protessant s ~ Roma
ne Catholic interests-which would pe d oSP.o.
Mt ahe necessity, and lead, sooner or latel
ID through religious parties poh'aosS orrbe no.
he sibility-alas, such a threatened probaoiiity
do for the next generation, is at once to LOOK WIZ
all the utmost ana Of sitbsr Protes
~ ants or Catholics to mix up sectarian VI Sn n
-; logical or religions questions Will ""'i'"''-
eo State and city politics."
viii Dr. Rellows tell us in what respe
tic Catholics 90 AGAINST the spirit of the Col
get stitntion in voting as Catholics in defen'
sas of their equal rights as Catholics, or again
.en the wrongs their Protestant feiiow-citi.e
re- seek to do themf We have q perfect rig
es. to vote as We tkink pest 10. SI G'.',o,;,S
es, ests. and should be but sorry Catholics
Inu wa did not, provided we sought to promo
; 20 our Catholic interests by none OUT cons
le: .. tutiopal or legal means. We do not col
~. nlain of Protestants for seeking, Within !
in limits of the Cons. a,i"n y. That we CO,
a,,,s plain of them for is seeking TO prong .
PIT their interests in violation OF the Constit
a;t. ton. or the equal rights OF Cathoncs gu,'
eaSo anteed by the Constitution; as when oll
IONS tax us to support senS S W cSiiSren It
lug No violation of the letter or of the SPIRIT
aars the Constitution for us to vote for tno
car and those only, who will labor TO Ut
the that wrong, and use their lnnue snas W
lin cure us the eujoymenqt OF our i, freedom
,ekIv conscience. a,s :,
at bloodshed that are probably to follow
IT, iAi is not the first time DR.. Bellows
'u m Il out threat of that sort. We
sh.snsd at it, W 2ed S Ts s nos t PGs
de- hardship to be allowed to die for our
a ths ZION , 1t is not Catholics whom persecu
a but those who shall To be p so
ours so oeluoeu, VI o. ,aore nr ex;le us bee,
tue sln wsexercise the rights secured to us by
g nos Constitution. Yet if DR.. Bellows re
ture depreeates religious Is wa1 n,r ss sheu
a pa wise not 10 sp'a aanS 70 nroduce it.-N
dis warnings may 'o w
Holy Tablet
~ for ------'-
Morn THE CATHOLIC MovEMENr.-The fo
'g ed great national deputation has heen to
theti- g 1,;s;t the Prisoner in the Vatican.
nnb- AonutatiOn. COmDO6t