Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-31
Father Burchard,

In my article of yesterday I have
attempted to show that Catholic
Italy" and "Holy Rome" where
Auricular Confession is a never-fail-
ing duty of its inhabitants, vice, and
crimes of every description arc as
prevalent as inthe most God-forsaken
lands IN earth.
Father Buchard tells us that San
confess" from the mighty Monarch
on his throne to the humblest of the
Catholic faith. And, after the remis-
non of sins by the priest, this reno.
waited multitude goes forth again into
the world with hearts of virgin
purity, fixed, and determined to walk
the path of virtue. If the beautiful
picture, as painted by the reverend
artist, were indeed of uufadinp
c%olors; ii the results of the confession
were indeed of such efficacy as the
reverend lecturer would have us be-
lieve, the Catholic nations, ave-, all
nations, should by this time have be-
come nations of saints; aud among
c0nJeSSlag Catholics, crimes of every
t'icii "iiiOIiS lliCll, anu lcWu-
ness and drunkenness among women,
should be utterly unknown. or, at ali
events, of very rare occurrence.
The current history of the dav, the
records OF the various tribunals of
justice, the inmates of p%enitentiaries
n prisons, the culprits vending
Almost ~dally-their way to the gal
lows, h inmates OfhOuSeS o%fproStitu-
ton, the trequenters of low dens Of
iniquity, the children of vet infant
| years in the poor-houses-all these
speak to our reason, in language not
to be misunderstood, that Auricuiar
Confessions, so far as they and mil
lions of others are concerned. has not
had that glorious result upon them as
the reverend orator would have us
believe 1t has upon all coEfessing
Catholics. To the man or woman of
pure and virtuous life, the confess
sional may indeed make him or her
yet better and purer; whilst to the
haDitual evii-dOerS, the pi0ps sinner,
the confessional is but like a house Of
refuge; Il place Of SAFETY Il sort of
heavenly shop on earth, where a men
with polluted sonl and hands reek-
ing with innocent blood, may 20 and
by the 81" divine and sacred ritc of
"Aurlcular Confession obtain from
the father confeSSor" a bran new
and pure heart, fit to commune with
God, the angels, and the saints; and
ready with clean hands and white
washed soul, for renewed acts of vio-
lence and bleodshed. And when at
last his race is run, and the last
glimmer Of q villainous life is about
to be eXtinguished upon the scaffold,
the father confessor" is there by his
side, receiving from his diving lips
the confession of many horrid crimes,
and, by the duly delegated power
from Jesus Christ, he, the priest, abb
solves him from all sin, and by the
same mysticallv but duly delegated
divine authority, the man, conceived
in crime, bora in crime, lived
in cri ne and dying in crime, is
metamorphoSed into a saint and
presto! he enters the portals of
Heaven and everlasting life, side by
side, with the purest and the best of
Gods creatures hat eve trod the
earth
Is this right? Is this just in the
eyes of "a Just God? Is the soul of the
foul criminal to bask i'll the same
heavenly glories with the soul of the
pure, meek. innocent and piouS Faith
er Buchard? l cannot, will not be-
lieVe it. SAM.