The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22

pie taken, held aud disposed of ny o Protest
any any insulation known rs the st. Barnabas'
, home, ine child being aCatholic, and her FL,
| tner oein& well able TO provide for her, would
scarcely prove itself TO tho public outside.
mel, Inc prediction has been amply verified, a
| testants and Catholics alike. hnys ahown
The writer's denounced IN no measured terms
the utterly indefensible decision of this man
who handed the child over to the institution
| In violation OF every human right. So out
| spoken were they In their condemnation that
Judge Fauoher began to tremble, evidently
fearing that for once, at least, sectariauism had
carried him too far, and that his aston had
| outraged public decency.
~ will give no consideration to tho question
OF the ohild's father being Catholic and she
the Judge" rs reported in tho Herald, and
they stand there still uncontradicted. 1t Is
unnecessary to observe that man who, by
virtue of his office and by solemn oath, 10
bonnd to give unbiased Judgment, but who,
vertheless, could in open court make use
OF such words as those quoted, ia not likely
in the Herald, may be taken for what it 10
worth:
To tho Editor OF the Herald;
In reference to certain communications pub
!ished in to-day's Hara'a. desire to state that
on the part of the writer's. never supposed
that the Lady Superioress of the st. Darnabas'
House was Protestant; but did suppose she
Wae SatuOnC, ana That the institution was
Catholic institution. l also Thought the
clergyman who spoke for the little girl was a
Catholic priest, who had kindly intervene ed be-
tween the child's mother aud father. He stated
the girl was IN good place and did not want
to go with her father, aud this the girl herself
eorroborated. OF course, therefor the inv.
tation mado that 1 leaned too .uuoh 10 Pro.
1estant Craftsmanship Of child of Catholic
e"'ehts ID wholly unwarranted. Yours truly,
+. l.. FANCHER,
lOurs frn1vN ~ A. A.. VA,
etusion with the yet uncontradi cted words Of
the Judges decision, one cannot help coming
20 the conclusion that Judge Fancher's ideas
must be hidden in a very deep well. But how
tlck!ed the clergyman" Particularly if he
is Ritnalist. must be at being mistaken for
was Clergyman, though it is difficulty to i'm
agine one whose duties ought to compel the !
continual inculcation of the comma pdm epts |
Ihou shalt not steal, "Thou shalt not bear |
violating them, however much the representa-
tive OF the law may connive at his action. The
81: Barnabas' Home has come ba lily ont Of this
affair; the clergyman representing the Home
has come badly out of it: but Judge Faucher
has come ont of it the worst of all +; Judge Far.
cher, the representative of Justice, law, and
order. Such letters as tho above, oven if
Herald reporter, only tend to show in u worse
light than ever, to put 1t in the very mildest
form possible, the hastiness of the decision and
the lncompetoncy of the man who gave it.
As n matter of fact the decision has been
laughed at by the outraged father, who, for
the sake of legal form. appealed to law on
point about which there could be no question
in reality. Law, as expounded by Fancher,
decided against him. The man simply went
and took possession of his child in defiance of
an unjust decision. This Judge, who had bet
ter be less hasty, not to soy less sectarian, and
more honest for the future, may congratulate
himself on not having provoked n breach of
the peace and possible bloodshed. When Law
is administered to honest, peaceful, respect
able citizens in such fashion Us only to arouse
their contempt for it. what must it's effect be
on the evil dsposedf The more Judge Fan
chers we have. the more crime we shalt have,
the less confidence in and the greater contempt
for the law; that is to say, for those who ad-
minister it.