The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-03-31
THAT BRING GLAD rIDlNes OF GOOD rHIkGsI"
SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 81. 1879.

NFW ORLEANS. SUNDAY
far belo,c that of the soldier or sailor, or eyen
tie thiefand murderer in prison. They re
gard the pauper as public evil, tho cost
of which is to be kept at the lowest possi-
BILE point; and they deny the obligation of
such legislation, as might have a tendency
to amend the condition of their h0rdes of
poor.
have in all this fulfilled their duties rs leg
islators and governors is a question into
which we cannot enter. But the conduct of
the Established Church, ,uhich has for centu
ries looked upon this scene of famine and
nakedness and poor-house imprisonment,
.oithout an effort as a Church, to fx1fl her
Christian Obligation to the poor (not only
that, but has robbed the poor of the means
which Catholic charity in previous ages
provided for their relief, and appropriated
those means to fill the purses and build up
fortunes for the Episcopaliah bishops and
clergyj. is such as no language can with
proper severity stigmatize The English
poor have been increasing in comparative
numbers and destitution from the Reforma-,
ton to the present time and during this
period, the confscated revenues of the poor
in the keeping of the (Episcopalian) Church
have been increasing. What possible af-
inity can that Church, as such, have with
the religion of Christ, which, while it ab
serbs the liring Of the poor, repudiates all
care of them?
"The Church Of England turned the
poor out of doors, and took possession of
their houses and their goods and, whilst
revelliDg in the enjoyment of these ill-got-
gate, are suffering the e1tremities of sick
ness, nakedness and want. If they euer
reach Abraham's bosom, it scil not he from
any instruction or help given them BY the
established Church. But whether they do
or not, who can doubt that it will be lees
tolerable for that Church in the next world
than for the rich man who neglected
Lazarus3
"If our tone seems harsh towards the
CHURCH of England, it is merely because
the facts justify it. 1t is the more just TO
select that Church for remark, because it
emhodies What is regarded as the fower
of Protestantism. The members OF that
world for wealth, liberality, learning and
many high qualities. 1t is fair to take
, the N as (drornble sample Of the fruits ol
the Reformation.
"a natural result of the neglect of the
poor in England by the Church, has been.
J that the poor in that country are regarded
, differently, and treated differently from
, what they are in any other nation. (The
United States, as far as Professionalism in
, tiuences it, is fast falling into the same
! wicked neglect of the poor.) What is moi
deemed the duty of the Church has ceased
: to Ire regarded as the duty of individuals
r The poor are restrained to the limits o
0 walton, or of being carried back by the
: authorities to their own limits. They ar'
f not permitted to ask aims. They art
b turned off the lapdin England, and obliget
y to take refuge in the cities, working a
e wages which barely sustain life, to swell
e.. t,,. hn
are, without judge or jury, convicted O
# poverty, sent to the poorlouse, where hus
d band and wife and children are separate
e and put to hard labor. The sererify Of thi
IS sentence is fully as great as that whic
i, awaits criminals lis really in many case
= much greater) under the present improve
l. system of prison discipline. The poor ar
2, regarded as burden upon society, to b
l. diminished, or got rid OF, by any course sho
m of murder. TBey are not deemed to hav
r any claims as fellow-meu or fellow Chris
,r tians in q Christian land.
So "It was reserved for a clergyman of til
,e established Church to work up this feelin
at and these views, into a system of philost
at ply. The sum of the Rev. Mr.. Malthu
" work on population is thus given in Ii
of own words: "A man born into the wOrl
IN already possessed, if he cannot get subsis
t. ence from his parents, on whom he has
t. just demand, and if the society does nj
to want his labor, has claim to the sndlle
ne portion Of food, and, in fact, has no bus
ne ness to be where he is.' Rev. Mr.. Malthl
further says that those who have Il
be- ground and property have right to {
a what they please with their own and th
to I'VE are bound in justice and honor 10
ed nadlly to disclaim the right Of the poor
ey support. This includes ali the poor, Il
r malmed, the blind; the sick, and sufferiI
We of every description. According to NJ
or Malthus the law is, that all persons vi
n come into the world must support ther
be selves, or those who bring them in mu
as support them; if they fail, or die, in &
ny attempt, they but execute the law Of u
ch ture upon themselves.
C. "Can inhumanity 60 a step further
ne Can disobedience and contempt of t