The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-07
aB,rnlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
FEW oRLEAHs. sUNDAY, DEoENBER Z. ISIS.
Courageous Attitude Of the Catholics Of Bavaria.

entered against b1emarcke. pOIlcy, VeeGl-
ees Of which are now also seen in the
Kingdom of Bavaria, by the Bavarian
Patriotic Farmers'Association at its general
Convention, held at Deggendorf, Goth
ultimo. I translate the protest from your
city contemporary, the Kathohsche VoIks-
i. The General Convention of the
Bavarian Patriotic Farmers Association
declares openly that it cannot by any means
discover that it ia happiness for Bavaria
to belong to the present German Empire
for not only Bsvsras indspsnde 81 out sas
people are more and more becoming the |
prey Of the new Empire. |
2. The General Convention is therefore |
filed with most righteous indignation in !
ness to further extend the competence of the
"Empire." Shall we patiently suffer the
gradual absorption of our countryi Shall
We allow q condition of things to be created
according to which some few persons can
deliver up to ruin our hitherto happy
Bavaria, against the clear and positive will
Of the immense majority of Bavaria's peo-
plef
increase of the burdens imposed by the
Empire, the Kingdom, the country, the dis
trict, the municipality. IF for the moment
An increase of taxation is artifcially
avoided, ewing to the French milliards,
where are the milliards which will render
the same possible in the futures Or shall
we increase our income in order to be able
to carry heavier burdens7 Or does the
happiness of a nation consist in signing
under oppressive taxationf
4. Liberty" is the winged word by the
use of which it is sought to make the sad
acquisitions of these latter days palatable
to us. But we find liberty there, where it
is not pleasing to us; where 1t would De
when, in view of the constitutionally guar.
anteed liberty of conscience, the reciting of
nearly every Our Father, ETC.. needs the
permission Of the police, is that freedom
S. Our children, for whom we have the
common property Of the State. Would
otherwise the most arbitrary manipulations
be made with our Educational establish
n,entsa Would we be otherwise forced to en-
trust our children to schools which directly
insult our convictionsf Would otherwise
the daring act be perpetrated of doing
away with the convent schools, which we
have learned to love so we'll, and which are
so extremely cheap, or of putting dihcu!-
ties in the way of their being established,
and of giving us In their place godless
and infidel mixed schools
6. We acknowledge openly that we hate
from our inmost soul q military system
which considers itself of primary import
auce, and everything else of secondary
Importance, SO that it takes away the best
even
such as that of the lowest time. Surely
the people are not COR the military, but the
military is for the people; just IS the peo-
pie are not for the Government, but the
Government for the people.
2. We therefore expect, !. That not q
hair-breadth of Bavarian independence, al
least inasmuch as there is any left, will
hereafter be sacrificed. 2. That not only
any further bnrdenipg of the people vii
be avoided, but that the burdens hitherto
imposed will be as much as possible
of costly officials. 3. That every possible
liberty will be accorded us in the manage
ment of our own affairs, especially those o
the municipality and our institutions, q
likewise in the appointment OF our own ON
ments supported by our money, especial!
the popular schools, shalt not be giveI
over to an infidel spirit which We hat
and detest; at least we expect TIA
liberty of education will be left Us.
That our sons will not be taken ava.
the same by military system, by requiring
too great an amount of actual ser
vice, but that they will be enabled to assie
us after we have brought them to man
estate by much care and great sacrifices.
That the so called Prussian Church la,o'
wbich wa as Catholics condemn, will moi
e., by o circuitous route, effect an eEtranc
into Bavaria.
8. In view of all this, we bind ourselve
to cast our vote in the coming elections 70
no one who does not entirely agree with Z
in the points enumerated above; and W
will not in future consider any one mem
Der of our Association, who is afflicted wit
obsequiousness to the spirit of the ag'
Seeing that the " liberal" defenders Of OF
f. patriotic and Catholic cause have hithert
not only been useless, but have, on til
contrary, done incalculabie damage, "
look for salvation only from the 50 calle
extremists" those fearless, uncompromi'
ing men, who do not know what con IN
promise of principles means, but who 81
deavor to preserve truth, liberty and rigl
entire and unimpaired, or labor with
energy to regain them.
9. We invite all patriotic and Cathol
associations of our fatherland to take NJ
tice of this our declaration, and as muc
ss possible to adopt the same.
10. We wish that this our declaration
made public and be circulated as extei
sively as possible. The whole world cha
know that we will not allow anybody
deprive us of outright of being and remal
ing Catholics and Bavarians.
Such, Messrs. Editors, is the fearless pr