The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-01


hould not pess into tho haads Of Cesho-
TsSkysstc1s. ThicH DoataiSed sAe'Arss -. =.
,ouut n. tSia prooaading ~ ehees-ssse 81
be sos ostas as ~ e. az. ' act !. far
moro worthy Of Fepri@and trom sne svM =
nover than the Catholic sentencss otsex. y
communicatiop seeing that, thoughi 1esn n
alike tarn On. . purely EeMgiousl 9ues' i,
neil.d the Order. is injured in bis "civMl .
riahts, for such an exciusaon eueosa nss =
Character and position as citizen wnesS o
az the exclusion from tire sacramenss gu. &
tails NO loss Of status, even 40. = 1 D...;s. n
h ia furti,er TO be noted, that the eldest soh
in nuestion il an officer in the Prussian ar
nv for many years .standiogj 90 tnas Sno
Order not only demands that the .a'not
ehan break the solemn ptohm iiS,sn 1 shonld
be- educated a. Catholics, but aiso thas
The son. merely from worldly motives anu
At. his father's bidding (if the father w Wen
viuinge to- apostatize, WHICH ne
shoulS abandon the faith in which no wss
| born aud bred. If it were not, SO, daa.y
nroyed that all this is tine, one woulo nes
tate TO; believe that any body OF men eoo'o
have 90 Gar forgotten, what 10 duo from emo
honest man to apother'- ~ = b'1s
|sairit tr,i, ooqa JAPAN "a ~ -, Ind
ePef,ecat,oS IN japan. We have already
sxpresssd our opinion thas re: Sn4S ensh
it may eventually introduce greater iaciM-
ties for the Ypreai of the Christian relision
is not unlikely for the present to pro
duce rscrudesesneSe e p srs s;ms To- time
trustworthy iptelligence TO prove that, 90
Z far fronn having been set at liberty e Wa s
| at first announced, o great number OF tnS
: cbristians sent into penal exile were still
:. enduring the extremity OF Aunering an. anu
L ~ axv
;. more than 1900 Of these confessors nave
;. snnk ander these torments during the lass
y two vears, and we are'informed that 2,U
are still undergoing similar treatment.
r tha Catholics of England and France SO as to
D induce their respective Governments 20
of hiring moro ~efficacious representation 10
N bear upon the Government OF the Mikado.
., Diplomatic enquiries nave, lnoeed, oeep
of made already, but have resulted In nothing
a. The authorities at first endeavored 70 rep
A. rasent tina native Japanese Christians o.
n. noaIefs ctors or sed itious perscne, and mex
;t. to throw dust in the eyes OF the Occident,
l's ais by DEGREES Of an apparently noeIa
lis tenor. A recent letter nowet s;n ~ Enr
Ii Armbruster, of the Congregation o. foE
an eipn Missions, afirms that the persecutini
Of edicts still remain in. force, and are still
nlacarded in public places and that II ~
some places the rigorous treatment o. u"
- Christians has been sottened, IN othe
Oh places, and In fact, generally the state :
ng things remains exactly the same, N
trua that the pressure exercised by to
:.h Enclish and French charges d'GDGsrs 10
ne duced the central Government to set at hu
=. erty some Christians in December lae'
~ tl,as reversing the act of some provinces
in, authorities, but the persecution is stu g
*, ing on, and it 10 strongly asserted that tn
th head of the Embassy now In Europa
sss though lie did not decree the persec9sicl
,a;a has defended it upon principle: UrgeI
rat representations, therefore, soooia % mag
sS" in japan as we'll "a to the mbassy, If an
600 practical effect is to be hoped for, aud
W. anythipg ia to be done to rescue the
~ 600 confessors of the Faith from prob
st;c bic death and from certain ana extren
ous suffering. ~af ''-
{ to The New State Re1igion..-.The religio
cor aspect of the change which has COT
q is over Japan may be thus described SIN
r of soism has been substituted for Buddhis
wing as the State religion. The latter was
blic official cult under the Shogoon, the form
eize is the religion of the Mlkado. All t9at
mt" have heard of Encouragement anu eV
persecution of the Buddhist priests Jpea
no more than this that one form OF pags
nse- ism is substituted for another and, as
ionc have mentioned on q former occasion, &C
ught a.SJS S,,i,toism. which has existed
' Gao. 700 years. though it fell into discreait q
Kept Ngp ing the practical supremacy of the 81
No1 aeons 10, IN fact, dedication OF tue
loie 49,, rrearinence az the establish
uca- s:'o;sn Tbns also was a pretext for
N ust a s"",.;, =, the native Christians Of be-
lools o .ni,;acta Just as the ca
Prot Hn":.ss 500 the Roman Empire sufI
!, has VI ~ ~ 1870 ~ acknowledges the div
ere), ;t. ~ the Emnerors. SO are the nat
,ame Iy % 80 T.nou 'renrasented and TIRE
they "a n 49, hecanse they will not ioiru
urse, % Snr.tion a dd Raised to the sy MT
the aS' .,' y. HS;taSn III IA TINS evident /
de- ol quo 81 e. tha .JSnahese authorities
eject cosy ~ ,narGc;a al annniries Tint the me
send lePiy 70 % asxs;nst this Or tint japan
FOOLS. a,.,o''n;,v have been adopted ON polit
1t up .inn' .,S1 On ,,eljo jftis grounds. Sncl
Q be- : $1,000 sI,nnid be no longer Z
same able. and a strong representation or p
o ap- 49, = ths Erolis,, and French Cove