The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-23
STAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER SUNDAY FEBRUARY 49, 1873
ADDRESS

| ADDRESS
OF THE ARCHBISHOP AND BISHOPS OF THE
PROVINCE OF CINCINNATI TO THE ARCH
| BISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE EMPIRE
OF GERMANY:
Venerable and Beloved Brethren:
| We, the Bishops of the Roman Catholic
Church in the United States of America,
have contemplated with Indignation, anx-
iety ard sorrow the wrongs and snfferings
which you endure since the establishment
| OF the new Empire of Germany.
In former years, when assembled in Pro-
vincial Council, a Council which then in
cluded all tue Bishops of America, we adj
dressed words of encouragement and 81 m
patty to one of your illustrious colleagues,
the Most Rev'd DR.. Droste Vischering, then
suffering like glorious confessor OF the
Faith, for the discharge of a conscientious
duty. The great increase of our hierarchy
since that date, and the difficulty of com
municating with all cur Brethren in this
vast Confederacy of States and Territories,
have thus far prevented US from Offering
you the homage of our admiration FOR your
heroic frmness in defending the sacred
rights of religion aud conscience, against
Ubiquitous and uuprovoked aggression
and assuring YOU that our Episcopate. and
| as we believe, that of the entire Cath
Ollie world, is one with you in your noble
resistance to injustice, and your protest
against oppression. .r.
We must add another reason for our de-
lay. The severe protracted illness of our
most revered brother, the present worthy
incumbent of the Archiepiscopal See OF
Baltimore, repairing by order OF his ply 81.
clan absolute rest from mental or physical
exertion, made every one of our preates
shrink from the apparent discourtesy of
taking the initiative in what we all felt to
he q duty and au honor. But the Hines OF
his Grace of Baltimore still continuing,
many prelates have reqnestee the Senior
Archbishop to address you, venerable bre-
thren, in his own and their name, with an
assurance that the names of all would be
subscribed to the document when they have
read it.
| We cannot, Venerable Brethren, sup
press the expression of our astonishment
| that the chief minister of the Prusslan
Cabinet, at the close Of a war for the uni
flying of the German people, a war IN which
| iunumerable German Catholic soldiers ex-
posed their lives and shed their blood for
victory should be guilty of the signal in
gratitude of depriving them of their dearest
and most sacred rights as Catholics and as
citizens. This act of despotism we regard
as judicial blindness. The entire civil
lied world will, it seems to us, so regard it.
And the Premier will learn that the unity
of Germany can hardly be realized by the
ostracism of so large portion of her peo-
pie. He will hope in vain that the Catho-
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their bishops and the religious orders go
cruelty prescribed, while laboring de-
votedly not only for the advancement OF
religion, but at the same time for the glory
aud honor of the tatherland will not feel their
own hearts wounded by the stroke that
feels their beloved pastors to the earth.
There is nemesis i'll every arm, and in
every people, be it Catholic, or non-Catho-
lie, to avenge !. folly and wrong like
this.
you, as st. Cyprian said to confessors of
the faith in the third century: With the
entire Church, we eXult and give thanks at
the example of your fortitude and your
good confession" 1t is worthy of Him
who has called you to be princes aud guides
great Pontif whom he made in these evil
days the head of the Universal Church, and
who sits in the chair of Peter as on a rock
assaled in vain by the winds and waves of
persecution.
Be assured, Venerable Brethren, while
we write in the Catholic name, which
knows no exclusive nationality, that many
tens of thousands of German Prussian
Catholics, which we glory to behold in all
our churches, especially in this city and
ecclesiastical province, unite with us in
deploring the wrongs to which you are
subjected in their and your native land,
and who raise their appealing voices, eyes
and hands to heaven that You may be
speedily freed from penal laws, and that
you may not see your faithful people torn
from the saving faith of Cbrist-a loss for
which no evanescent human glory or hap
piness can compensate. Your devoted
brother in Christ,
II. 3. PURCELL,
Archbishop of Cincinnati.
j. MARK,
Bishop of Marquette.
\. NJ. ToEBBD, -..
Bishop of Covington.
c. II. BORGESS.,
Bishop of Detroit.
r. GILMoUR,
Bishop of Cleveland.
VIZ. MCCLosKEY,
Bishop of Louisville.
JOSEPH DwENGER,
Bishop of Fort Wayne.
SYLVESTER II. RosECEANs,
Bishop of Columbus.
Cincinnati, Jan. 90, 1873.
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