The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-23
M,rning Star and Catholic Messenger.
new ORLEANS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY q. 1873.

M1rning Star and Catn0lic messenger
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1873
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"Temporal right" The temporal right
claimed by the Pope against Henry VIII
was the right to refuse him divorce from
his lawful wife. In fact this was not q
right but duty. The Pope had not the
right to grant him his request. Hence the
"Reformed freedom ofreligion in England"
And truly the offspring was and is worthy
of its parentage-a reformed freedom" to
marry and divorce as many wives as SEN
sual caprice may demand.
"Babylon has fallen" If by this our
jealous Praise God Bare Bones means
Rome, we cay yes. Truly Rome has fallen
into the hands of the impure and become q
den for unclean beasts. But the Roman
- Church has not fallen. It has but taken new
strength from its humiliaticns. Its true
spirit has been aroused in increased force,
and to-day the Catholic Church stands
stronger, more united, more enthusiastic
than before the loss of the Papal tenn
poralties.
tsThe United States instrumental in the
fall" That is, the benefcent effect Of
America, Republicanism, has been, accord
ing to our "smart" neighbor, to relieve the
people of the Papal States from ecclesias-
teal government and plunge them into
monarchical one; to relieve them from the
happiest, freest political condition known
on this earth and subject them to the des-
potism of q beastly sensualist; to relieve
them from taxation which was merely
nominal and overWhelm them with bur-
thens of public dues which are crushing
them into ruin.
"Overthrowing the republic in America"
Let our imaginative compeer, read little
of American history and SEQ that Maryland
with its Catholic colony first introduced
the seeds of freedom in this country, that
Catholic principles created our republic
and that a Catholic nation of Europe nurs-
ed it into strength and permanence.
And yet this paper, the Republican, has the
impotence to address itself to the patron
age of Catholic readers. One half of the
community to which it appeals for support
is Catholic, and it unblushingly insults
them by the publications of such stuff, such
stale and senseless ISLANDERS as those just
reviewed. If the Presbyterian or the
Christian Adrocate of this city had pub
lished the article in question, we would,
indeed, have been surprised at their iguo-
rance and bigotry, but we should not have
been astonished at it as an exhibition of
impudence and bad taste. They do not
calculate upon Catholic support. They
are open and professed opponents of Cath
olicity and very consistently lay aside any
thought of Catholic patronage.
Yet here is The Republican,, coming out
openly, defantly, as a most uncompromis-
ing and bitter enemy of the Pope and the
Catholic Church, yet Disgusting its char
acter of a sectarian paper, and claiming to
be an organ for those Catholic republicans
whom it insults so grossly. Any Catholic
who can patronse such a concern, may
he good republican but he is not worthy
the name of Catholic. 1t is the enemy of
his CEsrch and as such he should try to
diminish and counteract it's influence in
stead of fostering its strength and feeding
its venom.