Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-07

ArchSI, oV BayItY On the vice Of Iursm-
ptFRacF.

AfchsI, % BayIeY On the Vice OT Iutem-
BeFRacr.
The Washington correspondent (M.) Of the
Baltimore Mirror, referring to the Appointment
Of the distinguished bishsp Of New Jersey To the
Metropolitan see VI Baltimore, aud to the salts
faction aud delight with Whl0h the announce.
ment has been hailed by tho Catholics OI the
archdiocese, aud especially by such Oi thom Al
are enlisted 10 the cause Of total abstinence from
all that intoNlcates, makes the following utter.
estinE comments, intorspetsed With impressive
admonitiOns OF the learned Bishop!
This eminent pfelate 10 we'll known Us one
Of the ablest defenders and most jealous propa.
gandists OF that saving principle. 10 the great
national TetUrmatOry movement which, within
the past year, has made such wonderful progress
through bout tbs Catholic communities Of tho
United states and UanArA, he has been one Of
the leading spirits, always occupying an AL.
Yanced position. His eloquent uileTances have
never conveyed any doubtful OF uncertain mean,
ing but, on tho contrary, having no cOInprO-
misses 10 make with iutemperancr, ne has ALWAYS
spoken In emphatic and unmistak lbls terms.
Lot me recall some Of his more recent Impressive
warnings, which are most OppUTtune ut this
luncture:
"The dreadful sIn Of IntempeTance, tsays
Bishop Baylsy.D destructive alike to body and
soul, as We all know, Is making tho most fearful
rayaErs among our people. Il may he said to
DO the chief cause Ut all the social evils ani dis
comforts under which they labor. / am deter.
mined to make us5 Of the must severe measures
against all VII care addicted to this scIndalOus
and destructive vice and II they continue In the
practice NJ II, they must do II as Outcasts from
Tho Catholic Church, Who have no tight to tho
name Ot Catholic while they live, nor To Chris.
tlan burial when they die
Again
Among real Catholics thOrS should be no more
need OF temperance sOClotieS than Of anti steal.
Ing societies or purity societies But among the
Irish race there Ia such q iOndness for stimu-
lAnts, and such "A readiness In abusing the use OF
them, that they make an exception 10 the gen.
eral rule, lntSmperancs In the use Ot iutuXi-
eating drinks has consequently become the one
great evil among them. II they Wuuld he TEN
peTats they would become the best citizens Uf
this country. ThOy hardly ever do anything
wrong except when under the influence Oi
llQunr."
with one more bTier paragraph close these
striking extracts from recent declarations OF
Bishop Bayley on this important subject:
81 have urged upon the clergy To do all In
their power 10 bTrak Up lou gFOg shops, and have
ordered them to refuse ChrisiidR burial To those
who die Of It's effects, as we'll MS Ia those who
sell liquor 10 dTURkdrdT
In the more prominent and enlarged sphere
Of duty to which, by the grace VI aOd aud the
favor u Plus TX, the good aud glfted Bishop VI
New Jersey has been called, he will undOu bted.'
ly do much, by the incubation and enforcement
Of these views aud sentiments, to give new
impetus to the cause Of temper tnce, and thus
push II onward TO . grand aud glorious success
lot our Catholic Total Abstinence Societies,
then, and especially such u them as have been
struggling, under adVerse circumstances, To bear
RlOit the banner Of temperance, take courage
and be Of good cheer brighter day Is dawn
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