The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-09-15
Dr. Won DOllingsr.
70 tho Editor Of the r.Sl,t:

~ ~s8Atot OI tn0 tablet:
-, s;r:-Many Of your readers will perhaps
startling accident which befell the famous
"; DoMnger-during one of his daily
Walks In the English Garden" at Munich.
cefsaln Journeyman carpenter Of the
name OF Delmeyer, who with all good Ca
In0lcs :! OH. holds fast to the great trnth :
:. .n Mhere the Pope is and the Bishops, there
doctor in the above named grounds. and in
passing him mnttered aloud, "Poor, poor
Dotiinger." The doctor STONED short.
asking the man "Do you know me ~ te
which the man in blouse replied: Seer
tainiy do, ! am sorry to say" "Oh! in
aeea J. quoth the doctor. "and why do = on
cause" replied the other, " We Catholics
pray and weep for you, having been once a
defender of our Holy Church, now you
nave become her worst enemy. You
Know" he continued, that the Ten Com
mandments amongst a mass of things, teach
US, thou shalt not bear false witness, -
anu you bring now constant statements
oiic Church, of which you do know and
must know, that they are false. Well may
i call ont 'poor, poor Dollinger'" with
this he left the proud, but subdued and
abashed doctor, round whom had gathered
several people, witnessing the scene. A
few remarks more may net be uninterest-
ing; It is commonly reported that Dollin-
clever son, would make answer, "Weil
well we know, he has two heads, but no
heart" Doliinger's change from bad to
worse was certainly effected under the
government of King Max. This ruler la.
6ored under the idea, now so prevalent.
that' to- make people happy, they must be
educated by philosophers, Liberalists and
hationaiists; In order to do this as quickly
as possible, lie used to engage all the most
celebrated Protestant professors from Ber-
I'm and other places for the three gpiversi-
ties of his kingdom. To ventilats all the
modern ideas the King would have weekly
gatherings of all the most celebrated phil
osophera and sceptics at his court; to those
Dr. Dollinger was invited, and soon shone
say his Office, associating with sceptics,
P!eterrlng latterly the study of Protestant
historians and their philosophical works.
qaarreiiing with the Court of Rome, where
MS predictions were known, and there
tore he was refused to be installed aa Arch
orou ght about his fall. 1t is a well-kpown
fact that only the so-calied Liberal Catho-
ics, souls without faith and discipline who
followed his rebellious banner, did 30 in
me beginning merely to spite the Catholic
church. Bismarck and his followers are not !
best pleased that the movement for q Nation |
u Church, inaagurated through Dr.. Dol. |
niger and OF which they thought he would !
'e the head and grand patriai cb, runs ont |
nto tho sand. The present persecution
'hows their small minds, their Ignorance Of
history, aid their rage that they cannot
,ring the great and venerable tree of the
catholic Church to the ground. Let them
ry to shake it. AS in days of yore-it will
'ling Gown rotten branches and dead
caves, but re-invigorate it with fresh
igor, as real Catholic life is now spring-
ng up In all parts of the German Emnire.
nd, We hope, in the whole Catholic world.
Yours truly, y