The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-04
The Celebrated carlist Cure santa-cruz.
From tho Buffalo Catholic Union. April "a !


Cure Santa Cruz, mot the Cure Of santa
Cruz, as SO many papers have it), the Car
list, concerning whose alleged atrocities
the telegraph and the daily press have had
SO much to say of late. We com mend thae
letter and the comment upon it, which We
take from the Journal de Florence, to the
notice of our readers. The fact of the Cure
being Catholic priest was enough, OF
course, to make the cable man frantic, and,
according to his idea of moral honesty,
justified that individual in setting afloat all
sorts of rumors derogatory to the priests
character, and in stamping him as man
who fairly revelled in blood shedding. The
Cures letter puts very different face on
the whole affair. All the terrible brutality,
the Wholesale shooting of prisoners, etc,
charged against the Cure, has resolved it
self into this simple fact: He countenanced
the shooting of too spies. taken IN the act
of violating the laws of war, and In n sec
ond offense, and convicted by court martial,
not only of this, but of the attempted assasi-
nation of the Cure himself. Thus is ex-
ploded another ''bugaboo' of Protestant
origin. We arc not prepared to say how far
the Cure is justified as priest in taking the
active part he does in this campaign on the
part of Don Carlos, for We do not know the
circumstances OF the case, the authority
under which he acts-that is n matter for
his ecclesiastical! superiors to determine
but, judging from his letter and the article
in the Journal, we take it that he is COM,
missioned by Don Carlos simply to super
| wise the action of the Carlist chiefs, 80 far
as to make sure that the most humane or
ders Of Charles VII, are fully carried out:
One of these, it will be seen, is, that all
prisoners taken by the Carlists are to be
! returned, which, of itself, puts a quietus
on the rumor that they are invariably shot
by command of the Cure Santa-Cruz. AS
we have repeatedly said, we are not ex-
treme partizans of the Carlist Cause; but
l 4 hat &c Inv
! falsehood concerning it to go uncontradict-
ed for We believe that the Carlists are
carrying on their war in more Christian
like and more civilized manner than has
been known of late.
The journal de Florence of April lst
| says:
The Drapcau Francois publishes series
of dispatches which indicate the passage Of
the Carlist forces through the principal To-
calitics of Catalonia without having en-
! counterod any resistance. Their head
quarters are at Suria, where they await the
arrival OF cannon and ammunition. Anvil
| lanova q ship was seen, which it was be-
lieved bIou sht them arms The band of
Militia had reached Mausalvas near Tole-
do, where they seized the war munitions
and also the public treasure. The Havas
Agency (telegraphic) says, today, that tho
Carlists took 100 prisoners at Repoll; the
whole detachment of carbineers was taken,
and with them l40 carbiRes and eight large
bikes of cartridges. SO far as concerns the
army organized against the troops of
Charles VII, it has no existencessave on
paper and the speeches of the Republicans.
The forced enlistment has failed completely
in Catalonia. New disorders have broken
ont in Barcelona. Eight prisoners had been
massacred by the mob; a battalion of
chasseurs from Bel jas had mutinied. The
city, completely controlled by th0Interna-
Il a
families are in constant fear the authority
ofGovernmeut amounts to nothing.
EEITEE FROM THE CURE SANTA Cruz.
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/ have seen in No. 1896 Of your journal q
short article in which you are pleased to con-
denim me for the acts of Justice that / have
done under the Instructions and orders of'my
commanders. The article treats me in a vile and
Infamous manner it puts me even below the
liberals; and this Is done without, your
part, any knowledge of the righteous cause,
the most just grounds that had TO shoot the
man and woman of whoa you speak. Do
you believe me, beyond doubt, to be tyrant
II man of blood and if you do not so believe,
why inJure man who has pnt himself in this
campaign God knows, as also do those who
know mel for nothing else except to serve
! from his heart, the holy cause of God, reli-
Gon, his King, his country, and his fellow
men /" a man whose heart noursbes no hate
nor desire for revenge, whose soul is panied in
dlschargipS his duty and executing he orders
of his chiefs. But what must dot Are you
the chief to whom 1 must account for my con-
ductf Go to the theatre, my friend; eat,
| drink, amuse yourself at the price of the toll
of the poor Carlists Meanwhile Manuel San
ta-CruH, with tranquil conscience, will continue
to do his duty in exposing his life amid all
kinds of dangers and fatig lie, and no oue will
! grieve after your fashion Tor what l may do.
You may be sure that pardon you but as L
am in duty bound to preserve my good name,
beg of you to insert this letter as soon AS re-
ceired, in yonr journal, to tho end that the
patriarch of Carlist Journals may in its turn
! reproduce it.
Receive etc,
MANUEL. SANrA-CRuZ.
The Journal dc Florence says:
! To sum up The series of abominaLle crimes
attributed to the Cure Santa Cruz, are reduced
as we have above said, to the execution of two
spies, taken in the act, and on second ottense
OF whom one, woman, had given to the enc
my information as to the existence of several
depots of arms, and had paid two men to as
sassinatc Santa-Cruz.
The priests word cannot be doubted, be-
cause he retains tho confidence of his chiefs of
his King, whose instructions are:
l. Respect all opinions.
>. Avoid the shedding Of blood.
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