The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-18

certainly be scouted by an English Parlia-
ment and denounced as atrocious. Kerr
Bebel, .au ultra. Liberal, aud hostile ito,
be "ludicrous and ,gibbering absurdifg,p
against which he felt 1t his duty to protest.
Tried at the barssof EDgiish Libcralism,n
says Che: Dolly Telegraph; .'the y esuitdnhi-
Iition Bill 10 indefensible.p The Spectator.
brandsitas an utterly useless and rldicutous
measure, and adds sa.fH How English Lber..
ais, and particularly tLiberals; who deny, the
right OF the State TO religious prsfessioaaor.
beliefy oan approve such q Jpolicy,is tor IN,
.nniDteligible,e r siuse;Ggible only y son,t 1.-The
ground that.their hatred and dread of Ca
tholicisuf overcon1es their political pri ucis,
pies. ~ An able correspoudent of one of
our da7lyapapers Says :; Ii ~, % o.
One or two mem bers; who voted with the
majority on the occasion, and with whom /
nave spoken since upon this, subject, have
told me that they u pderstand the Govern :,
ment to be in possession of proofs positive
and 'oVerwhelming with respect to the
tIeasonaele' and revolutionary agency of
the Jesuits. But I cannot help thinking
that were this SO, such proofs would have
been produced to justify tho panic which
passed the Bill nor is it greatly to the
credit of mem bers that they take 30 much
on trust where the Government is con cern
ed, and vote for the persecution of their
fellow copntrymen on the strength Of N.Y.
0SAtouo uAuSo anu Vague IuCT1mlnaIlOnS.
The Gibbs and flow of intolerance among
nationsprogressing on the who'e in civili.
cation are very curious, aud defy all caicu-
iation. Who would have supposed that
Germany, with its 10000, 900 of inhabi-
tants, would DO persecuting 755 poor
Jesuits, while Abdul Aziz, in spite of the
bitter opposition Of the Moslem priesthood,
is making concession after concession to
the Franks and native Christians, and set
Ting the feuds OF the rival sects Of rayahs
in Bulgaria, Moldavia, and Wallaclia in a
spirit Of justice, SO that the Christian reli-
glen in Turkey may be at length declared
Among the sixty-three members Of the
Catholic party in the Reichstag, there were
many, OF course, who acquitted themselves
nobly In the task Of defending the per-
secuted Jesuits. In our last weeks issue
We mentioned in particular the names of
herr Mathnkrodt and Herr Windthorst of
and recalled the services OF the Jesuit Fa-
theirs during the war. The latter Of these
members asked very naturally why pro.
Ject Of law was not framed for the expul-
Sion Of Catholic deputies from the Assem-
ply. The reasons which told against the
Jesnits told with equal force against them
also. They were Of one mind with the
Fathers; they had the same holy faith
they bowed to the same authority; they
had the same glorious ends in view. But,
unfortunately, the Catholic members did
not present an .nnbrokeh front. There
were some among them who voted for the
government measure, and thus aided in
Keeping mp the menstrous delusion that
prevails among Professionals in general as to
the character and designs of the Society of
Jesus. An impression is abroad, aud has
now become traditional In the Protestant
mind, that Jesuits differ from their Catho-
lie brethren that they are scheminc.
political, crafty, false that their, one aim
is dominaiion in the State, the family and
the Church, and that they are the servile
promoters of Papal supremacy, and the
gloomlest of all tyRants over human
thought.
Now writing, as we do, for English Cath. |
olics, there is little need Of our combating
these errors. But we regret to say that.
they have been fostered in Germany, and
indeed throughout Europe, by the confer
epces lately delivered by Dr.. Dollinger,
who spares no opportunity of calumniating
the yesults and ascribing to them the most
pernlclous influence over the counseis of |
tue Holy Father. Coupling the names " of
the Pope and the Jesuits," he makes the
mbined forces represent all that is retro
grade in theology and civilization, thus
provoking tue attacks of their enemies and |
the hands of Bismarck, Wag-
ener and the anti-Catholic majority In the
Reichstag. Without the indirect but |
powerful aid of DR.. Dollinger, Bismarck
would scarcely have been able to bring q
religious affair within the jurisdiction of
the Reichstag, from which such m atters are
formally excluded. Without his moral
support Herr Wagener's proposal Of the
10th Of May to bring forward project of
law against the teaching and action Of the
Jesuit body would not have been carried by
q majority of 2O5 to IS. But for his writ
inge and opinions propagated orally, the IL.
Iumindti of the ReichstaG would never have
to 80 very exceptional q piece of
legislation. The mass of the Protestant
population in Germany is not, it would ap-
pear, averse either to the Catholics or the
Jesuits. The number Of petitions present.
ID in favor Of the Jesuits was 1858, with
;etal of 400, 900 signatures; while the num- i
Der of petitions presented against them was !
'nly $50, with 10, 00U signatures at the most
The loyalty Of the German Catholics,
,revions to this law, was so indisputa6Ie
hat we are amazed at the Government risk :
ng it's popularity among them by entering
without prOvocation on course of active /
They have nothingto gain by
UGH proceeding, and much to lose. They I
lienate the affections not only of the Jesu- t
is and.the religious orders, but of the en- t
Tofh halt