The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-06-11

i wi CNcTy OuuOay ~ Tie tT0u0 10 oOoOs WV
OOO The amount of money spent In intox-
| icating drink every year exceeds the whole
public revenue by more than E2O.OOO 900
| Tue Government derives about E25 ,OOO,OOU
| year from duties upon Intoxicating drink.
| With these facts before rs 1t 10 not difficult
| to understand how great Is the political and
social influence Of sucb enormous capital,
and SO vast an organization penetrating
| into every city, town, aud village through
out the country. Neither is it a matter of
surprise that nine-tenths of the pauper-
ism and nine tenths of the crime through
out the country are traced by the
judges, magistrates and chaplains of gaols
to habits of drunkenness. 1t is estimated
that in Great Britain 60 200 persons annu-
ally die of the effects of drinking. A
chaplain of gaol, after thirty years. ex-
perience, declared that the majority of
criminals traced their own immoral life to
drunkenness either in themselves, or in
their parents, or in both. A chaplain stated
that Of. twenty seven men convicted. of
murder, he had only found one who had
said that he had had a good mother. The
managers of refOrmatory schoOls receive
the same evidence as to parents from the
poor children detained there. Managers of
schools too we'll know that one of the chief
causes of the abandoned state of our poor
children is the drunkenness of fathers and
mothers. There is more terrible proof of
the immortality which surrOunds public
houses and be er-shops to be found in the
evidence taken before the House Of Com
mons in 1884 but into this part of the
subject we would not now willingly enter.
A strong feeling against the growing vice
of intemperence has been created in this
| country within the last few months. Men
| are beginning to realize that while fortunes
are made by brewers and capitalists, the
people of England are yearly becoming
more drunken. The judicial statistics for
EngiaId and Wales with reference to
drunkenness, and drunk and disorderly
persons" are opening mems eyes, because
they prove crime to be on the increase.
The number of drunk and disorderly per-
sons has been steadily increasing. Thus in
1868 they were Ill, 465, and they have
augmented each year since, till in 1870 they
moment there is one house for the sale of
Intoxicating liquors to every forty-six men
above fifteen years of age, and one out of
every tbirty.two houses is public house.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson again brought for
ward his Permissive Bill on Wednesday.
Its object was to give power to q majority
of the rate-payers to close the public
lieve in any licensing system, only in pro-
hibitiOn. Every one foresaw that the bill
would not pass the second reading, but q
decided advance in tie cause of legislation
was made by the number of votes recorded
in it's favor. 1t is seventeen years since
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preached. On it's second reading in 1864,
it counted only 35 votes in 1867 it had
grown to, 81 votes in 1870 to 90; and on
Wednesday 124 voted for the bill. Arch
bishop Manning is giving his most earnest
support to the bill-Iablet.
Deputations.-On the Feast of st. Plus
v, Pope and Confessor, the Holy Father
received a deputation of eighteen Cardi-
nails, who waited on him in the name of
no Nrl1 f.,r tk,a;,
CALCULATIONS on the Feast of the Patron
Saint of His Holiness. Numerous deputa-
tions were also received. and amongst
others one from the employees, civil and
military, of his Holiness. On behalf of the
latter the Cavaliere Pacelli, Deputy Minis
which the Pope was assured that his SER
wants simply Obeyed the dictates of their
consciences in refusing to take service I'M
der the invaders Government, and that
they confidently anticipated the day when
Providence would enable his Holiness to
provide for their subsistence, and relieve
the distress which they had to submit to at
present in consequence of their resolution.
The Holy Father replied by saying, that
their determination to prefer their duty to
God before all the allurements of the world
would be an everlasting honor to them be-
fore men and angels, and would entitle
them to an eternal reward. It will be i'm
possible, added his Holiness, for the invad-
ing Government to maintain very long it's
domination of @ people that can show
| such spirit of loyalty, and such an in
vincible repugnapce to it's usurpation.
The Pope also said, that God hears sacriti-
ces and prayers, and that He will stretch
out His right hand to bring mighty things
to pass: ''M,ghty things which worldlings
know not of, because the shallow ness of
their knowledge blinds their eyes to the
DEGREES of Providence. If the action of
| Providence a dt.layad- ita intarnNsi tiOn
when it comes, will be the more signal.
My subjects, meanwhile, are affording a
great example of fidelity, and feel in their
souls that inward joy which the honest
discharge of a sacred duty never fails to
produce"
Archbishop. Darboy was born at Fayl-
Biilot, in the Department of the Haute-
Marne, January l6, 1918. He early devo-
ted himself to the priesthood, and distin.
guished himself at the ecclesiastical acade-
my at Langres. He was ordained priest
aud appointed Vicar Of St. Dizier in 1886
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