The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-06
IFrom the Cincinnati releeraph !

| IFrom the Cincinnati Telegraph
Mr.. Van Meter, whose success in kidnapping
| Catholic children in this country, while he wa.
| directing the Howard Mission, in the Plus city
OF Brooklyn, we have frequently noted, has
| drawn upon himself considerable public at.
| tention by pursuing the same honorable occu.
patton in Rome. The Protestant journals OF
Europe, however, do not look upon him with
that reverence and esteem which his apostolic
pretensions were wont to receive in this coun-
try. They don't place as much faith in his
professions ss the pious evangelical farmers of
the West, who relieved him annually of the
Catholic children whom he spirited away from
New York, by purchasing them at ten dollars
head, to be used as beasts Of blu den.
In the opinion of the London Saturday Re-
vieso, this child-thief and propagation of white
slavery is anything but religious hero. 1t
finds that he makes better subject of ridi-
Guile and laughter in 1aboring to convert Ital-
ian children to Professionalism, than a theme of
praise and admiration. 1t gives the following
horribly irreverent narration of late speech
of the thief Van Meter at an Exeter Hall
gathering. The Cincinnati Gazette should re-
monstrate against its irreligious scofin g at this
evangelical pioneer in the Roman capital,
since one of the members of the Van Meter
family supplies it with we'll seasoned CORES
pondence from the same quarter.
"a Mr.. Van Meter" says the Saturday Reriec
who has been laboring in Rome, was even
agreater attraction at the meeting of the Re-
self The moment Lord Shaftesbury told the
audience from what part of the world the So
ciety had imported this star, the noise and glee
was uproarious. He could not have been bet
ter received if be had brought the Pspe's head
in his hand. Mr.. Van Meter gave the usual
summary of the history of Latin Christianity
in its centre. The first great event in Latin
Rome as prisoner. Then came long blank
for 1900 years. Italy was down in the dust and
clothed in rags. At last the gates of Rome
were open again to admit life and hope to Ita-
". Two great persons entered the gates first,
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, with his
army and artillery. Secondly, Mr.. Van Meter
with a cart, drawn by a dog. filled with copies
When the audience heard that cruelty to ami |
mails and relief to Professionals thus entered |
together, they broke forth into great applause. !
We must do MIR. Van Meter the Justice of |
saying that he does not seem we'll pleased with |
using the dog as a beast of draught and bur- |
den, for he closed his long speech with the re-
quest that some liberal friend would give him |
twenty-five pounds to buy donkey. This re-
quest, like other pats of his speech was re- |
ceived with " Iaug hter."
II Mr.. Van Meter could study the history of
Italy during the 1900 blank years in which he |
thinks it was waiting for his advent upon his |
don key, he might possibly begin to have some |
glimmer of a sense that the Evangelical jo- |
king and fussy intermeddling of impertinent
foreigners will not do much to clear up either |
its religious or political difficulties.