The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-30

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party embodies the Catholic, the inf
dels, &C." This is the first error of the
writer. What has he lived pilgrim In
this wicked world fors2 years and each
ed the brink OF the grave without
knowing that the Catholic church has
nothing 70 do with politics? The
writer either wilfully propagates lie,
or he Is totally ignorant of the ques-
tion he treats; for the sake OF charity
VIII presume the latter.
desire To put the question To any
fair-mlnled and unprejudIccd Ameri-
can: Have the Catholic priests OF
America ever been known to turn their
churches into political assemblies and
their -pulplts into party platforms ?
Have they been heard to utter the Ian
guage OF unholy strife, whereby to
stimulate the passions of men? No,
others might do it, as Others did-but
they never raised their voices In the
churches but to preach "Christ cruel
fed" and to sue for grace and pardon
before the throne of God. The mission
of the church is to proclaim glad til
dings of peace to man, not to preach
strife and hatred among breth rem.
Hear on the subject the Catholic
bishops assembled in the Third Pro-
vincial Council of Cincinnati, May,
1851: "The spirit of the Catholic
church Is eminently conservative, and
while her ministers rlghtfully feel a
deep and abiding interest in all that
concerns the welfare of the country,
they do not think Il their prouiace to en-
ter into the political arena" Further
on they say: "The Catholic church
has carefully preserved her unity of
spirit In the bond of peace, literally
knowing no North, no South, no East,
no West. She leaves those exciting
questions (of politics. where the In
spired apostle of the Gentlles left 1t,
contenting herself, like him, with in
culcating on all classes and grades OF
society the faithful discharge of the
duties belonging to their respective
states of life, knowing that they will
oAA hoNO w AChhSA a. oGlACO "
God for the deeds done In the flesh;
that this life is short and transitory,
and that eternity never ends. Beyond
this point her ministers do not consid-
er 1t their province to go, knowing well
that they arS the ministers of God, who
Is not God of dissentIon, but of peace
and love-"
The political parties are ignored in
the Catholic church; she is neither Re
publican nor Democrat; and the sur
mise of Mr.. r., that because a man Is n
Catholic he needs be Democrat, is
radically false. AS the Catholic
church never yet refused admittance
to a Republican on account of his pO-
lItical creed, she never denied it to a
Democrat. 1 know numbers OF Catho-
lies who are Republicans, and know
numbers also who are Democrats: their
political belief does not stifie or influ-
ence their eligious faith. The argu-
ment o. " II. Is reversible and might
as well he spilled to any sect or de-
nominate In this country. To take
one OF oui argest sec as an instance,
it does follow iat because some
members OF the Me hodis 'hurch are
Democrats, the 81 arch is n 'cessarily
Democrat.
discover anotl er erro. MIR. Ran
kin's letter: "Among theC Iio les" he
says, "there are some goo peoI le, but
as body they, IL we MAJ Judge from
their former deeds of tyran ~ and per-
secutIons unto torture an death, are
dangerous people," i do not know
Mr.. RS religious belief; he says he Is
temperance man; l hope he practis-
rs the temperance of the bottle e wee
little better than he practises temper
ance of speech In his assertions, at all
events. / see no reason for him to de-
nounce so bitterly our church. trust
he IS not of the Tennessean alderman
pattern, who considered it doing an
honor to the Deity to take his double
barrelled shotgun and shoot any id
Catholic he might meet :" but uuJloubt-
eily Mr.. II. Is of the no. Catholic-need-
apply kind. 1 trust he does not be-
long to the whitewashed-God and
man deceiving-race, who are now ant
then seen "with faces as long as their
dark lantern, with the whites of theiI
eyes turned up in holy fear lest the BIZ
BILE should be shut up by the Pope >
but undoubtedly he is believer IL
Fox's book of martyrs, Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress, or Caria Monks dis
closures.
Among tie Catholics there are som
good people" Strange admission MI
L., We are very much Obliged for tn
compliment. VIII you please tell IL
who are tic bad on $? who are tn
good ones? VIII you please tell Il
tohdt you knO,o about the Catholics Gn
their doctriRe9 Do you know the CON
mandment of God: ''Thou shalt NJ
bear false testimony? and that oth'
warning of the Master Judge not, an
you shall not be Judged"
'fThe Catholics, as u body, are a dal
gerous people" What do you mea
by dangerous people? Who are the
among Catholics? Do you mean Il
men who helped to fight the gre
wars Of our revolution, such as Lafa,
cite and a thousand more? Do "
mean such rs Gen. Sherman, Phi
Sheridan, Rosecrans, Thos. Franc
Meagber and others by thousands, wi
again fought, bled and died for the S
cred cause of our national integrity
Do you mean the sister of charity evil
enters yOnder pest-house, from who
dread portals the braVest and stronge
man quails and shrinks"? Do y,
mean the Catholic priest who, VIII
cholera or yellow fever invades yol
citles' refuses to take refuge In hIgh
holding the place of the true soldier
the cross 10 be by the sick mans be
even though death Iervades the al