The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16
Record of German Persecution, Etc.
PETITION or TnE pIsuor OF PApERpoRN

ance with that of the local court, namely ths
fine can be paid for the person who is finet
even against his will and knowledge, as til
State, with regard to money fines, is in til
same position as any other creditor. There
upon the Bishop pu blished the following d.
which is most widely circulated
Public acknowledgment and Requsst-A
soon as received the news of my deliveranc
~ ! htnonght could make no better return 70
the touching affection which procured my free
dom than to offer up the Holy Sacrifice of th
MASS for all my unknown and noble benefac
fois' ,h at the same time, thought it no
| iair mat the innocent should suffer on my &C
count, and that the Exchequer should be en-
riched IN addition to its severe laws. But a
the local court, as we'll as the Court of Appeal
mas rejected my petition, nothing remains TO
me Out to return my heartfelt thanks to m,
mock, and earnestly entreat of them not I;
| show their love for me on future occasion b,
@ similar act. 1 would rather be imprisoned
myself than see my flock gradually Empower
1Shed by paying such heavy fines for my sake
The suspense in which have been for month.
~ q martyrdom to which prison would be
preferable end if I die in prison with my
| captive brethren my death, for the cause al
| justice under such circumstances, would ory
| aloud to heaven, not for vengeance on my per.
secutors, but for their conversion and ssiya.
tion." '
Meanwhile it became known why the Bishop
las been threatened with Imprisonment. The
sentence was not carried Immediately into ex-
ec9tlon. as We know, through the means of o
Iaoy OF rank, who presented petition to the
emperor, which obtained a reconsideration of
MS case His request was, however, not grant
ed, and the sentence of imprisonment for six
r Weeks OF Inc payment of fine of 200 thalers
renamed as before. Previous to the afore-
mentioned publication of the Bishops, nm nn-
known friend had paid the sum Of 200 thalers
For how long the Bishop will thus be freed
from prison against his will remains to be seen.
cent person can pay the penalty due to a guilty
one, has called forth the following ironicai
question from condemned priest:
On the 3Oth of last month, in consequence
OF having read the Bishop's Pastoral, / was
condemned to eight days imprisonment and to
pay the costs of the lawsuit. AS am suffer-
ing from an affection of the throat, and as
9ei3g IN prison may seriously injure my health,
take the liberty of asking the Court of APP
peal kindly to let me know whether on the
strength of their decision in the case of the
bishop, may get substitute to take my place
in the prison, as member of my CONGREGATION
has offered himself for this intention as Well az
to pay the costsf"
THE ELECTION OF PRIESTS BY THEIR CoNGgE-
CATIONS.
The new law giving Catholic congregations
the power to elect pastor in the place of one
turned out by the Government has sustained
q severe shock. The first experiment Of this
kind was made at Grasdarf, in the Province of
hanover. On the day appointed by the Gov
ernmeat for the election the parishioners ap
peared in great L.mbers and unanimously de-
clared that they would neither elect nor ac-
knowledge any other pastor but the one an
pointed by their Bishop. This event throws a
ment. According to the new law, the Govern
ment can only propose an election if ten indie
pendent members of the congregation demand
IT.. 1t seems extraordinary that in this case
election. Either they were afraid or had
changed their minds, or the Government did
not wait for their demand, too confident that
Ten people PIE, would be found in the parish to
ment has sustained a severe defeat.
THE BISHOP OF ERMLAND AND BISHOP RE1NxRNs
AT KoNIGsBERG.
Bishop Reinkens, who is now making the
circuit of the province of Prussia happened
to arrive Mt Konigsberg on the same dav IA the
Bishop of Ermland, who had come there to
give Confirmation. The whole Catholic popu-
latlon had made arrangements, in spite of this
Time OF trial and persecution, to receive their
Bishop with all due pomp and ceremony
Reinkens however renamed, with a few of his
followers, quite unnotced. The Liberal papers
comment upon this in the most foolish manner
and infer that the solemn reception of the
Bishop was only fanatical demonstration
against Reinkens. The Catholics have shown
that 1T was in no way owing to fauaticism, and
that they should not pay any attention to what
was done for Reinkens by his adherents they
bad sufficient reasons for showing their Bishop
all respect and honor, and it would be taking
too much notice of Reinkens even to show
their contempt for him.
THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF BISMARCK.
The attempt to assassinate Bismarck is uni
versally talked of and the attempt to throw
the blame on the clerical party is shown by
the seizure of the priest who passed before the
horses, as they say, to stop them but still
more unreasonable are the grounds upon which
the houses of the priests are being searched
Ia Salzwedel an officer of state, with four gems
darmes, searched the house of the priest to
lind traces of the attempt. The assassin, Kull-
mann, from Magdeburg had been in salzwedel
more than year ago, and was said to have
there belonged to Young Mems Association
also, at the same time, the delinquent had
been to confession to the priest at Salzwedel.
his affords pretext to the Government to
attribute to this priest knowledge of the
'rime now committed. According to this,
'very citizon in Berlin might be subject to
laVe his house searched.
ARCHBISHOP LEDoCHowsKI VISITED IN HIS |
PRISON.
The Hestphdlian Mercury reports the follow
ng account of visit paid to Arch bishop Ledo-
howskl in his prison at Posen " l have Just
eft the cell of the captive Bishop and Confess
or Ledochowski, and l never remember in nv
lie to have seen a more noble and imposing
ight-it wins the respect of all-than that Of
Prlmntp u Poland bn hoe