The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-10

shares. Whilst Mgr. MermilICd is in exile At
terney, without legal trial or sen ence, lint NV
Spree H. 9a the
PRESIDENT of the, Swiss Republic, is an inmatss
Of the Mazas prison at Paris, Win plenty os
time to mediate on the inconsta haESof for r..
We have only to persevere in the courss ~
which we have entered, and Switzerland on W
the soan ba land Of liberty and
tendency, and will flourish as the hannv borss
OF dishonest hnanciers, of unprincipieG Lac
holders 9s and religions perseeu tors. We are
not already reached it, '-'' 10y o
AS for the old hospitality, the old honest,
and the old courtesy of Switzerland, thew nj,
have gone-if things continue as they are
they will have gone the same way as the mon
ey of the shareholders of the Credit Fonc;sr
SUISSE" whose founder, director, and condnc
tor tor lto smash), was that same NJ. Fornerod,
Mgr. Mermillod into exile - -
Ii there was not found q solitary Swiss or n
single Catholic with manhood enough to take
the part OF Mgr Lachat against that co wardly
ton of knowing that o foreigner and o Prot.
estant was not afraid to testify openly his re.
spect for the hunted Bishop in the presence of
those who were insulting him, :
By latest intelligence we learn that whilst
Mgr. Lsohat was enduring the outrages of the
300 maniacs, the foreigners who happened to
be on board could not refrain from expressing
towards the Bishop and said: "Monseienenr
allow me, althoug Oh Protestant, to present
you my card and to express the sympathy I
feel with you in what You are undergoing. I
am the Secretary General of the Minister of
Worship of Hanover; and have read in our
Protestant newspapers of the sufferings which
your lordship and the Catholics of Switzer-
land have had to encounter, but I never could
much baseness on the part of your prosecutors,
if had not witnessed it with my own eyes as
do ut this moment"
lie camp. Loyson is getting tired Of Geneva
and is wanting to be made the Bishop of Swift.
Zerland; ent before that can come about be will
have to effect fusion between his Liberal
CATHOLICS, who talk French, and the cold
Catholics Of German Switzerland. It is mp
hill work. He has gone to Berne this week to
open negotiations with the political chiefs Of
al taking place there Herr Keller taking the
chair, and all the prosecutors are there, i,clu-
ding the two priestly apostates, Gschwind and
Herzog. Loyson's plans are opposed tooth and
nail by Herzog, who aims at a nitro for him
self, and is gone into Germany to secure the
support of Bismarck. He is Jealous of the
reputation of the ex-Carmelite, and would
Catholics" ----.-
1t is said that Loyson has been asked to
preach at Geneva. If that be SO, it shows
that Herzog has been baffled for until now
ooA h0 b0o boch ioOkcu upon as his special do.
main. 1t was Herzog who took the leading
part in the demonstration made at Munziger's
funeral.
1t is well known that the President of the
Confederation was eager to welcome Loyson,
and gave public dinner on Wednesday, the
day he arrived at Geneva. The diplomatic
represen tatives of France and Belgium, of
course, received invitations, but the French
Minister. NJ. Lanfrey had the good taste to re-
fuse. Let rs give him credit for the same.
Unhappily we cannot do SO to the Belgium
Charge dAfaires, who found himself the sim
gle diplomatic parsonage that graced with his
presence the banquet given in honor of per-
ury and apostasy.
We trust that the Catholics of Belgian will
make reparatiou foe this insult to their breth-
ZEN in Switzerland. Tho Belgian nation has
shown us much sympathy; must it be that the
government of King Leopold II. is to take the
side of the renegades and prosecutors As for .
NJ. Ceresele, who plumes himself on his mod
eration," we can feel little surprise at his con-
iuct, Bon sang ne degenere pas" His faith:
,r was born and bred Catholic; but turned
to get good living as "pasteur"
Of course the SON must sympathize with apos-
tates As for the other gentleman, he who
without pretence oflaw, drove Mgr. Mermillod
INTO exile-he would have fallen off sadly from
hat renown if he had not given the warmest
If welcomes to the wolf that has got into &C.
1eva in the room of the true shepherd. On.
in the Lettres dc SUISSE"