The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-29

in warding off the dangers which threaten
the State and all social order, than in op-
pressing the Catholic Church, is made very
clear by the speech of the Social Democrat,
Deputy Hasselmann. The House was
discussing measure which had been in
troduced to check the frequent violation of
contract by workmen's strikes, and the
intimidation by which workmen were
forced to take part in strikes. When Has
selmaDn rose to speak; he did not hesitate
openly to threaten the authority of the
State and the proprietary classes. With
so 900 thalers, which he had already at his
command, he declared to the Assembly that
in spite of the measure before them he
strike which should not last less than four
months, and which he would know how to
legal executive. aYou are wronging," he
continued, "four millions of workmen, who
carry your muskets in time of war, who
fight your battles, who have served as
soldiers for three years and know how to
use their weapons. And when these men
are wronged, let me tell you, they do not
forget the wrong very easily. Till now in
Germany we have kept the conflict within
legal limits. We leave it to our enemy,
law. But in a neighboring country in
France, our friends have already broken
down the bridge; the deceived Proletariat
took up arms against the plunderers of
Versailles, against those bandittf of order
who have been executing their victims
during these long years, and rioting in
blood. But Germany will not be spared
this conflict between labor and idleness,
between Capital and Labor, between toll
and the greed of pleasure"
observation-disclosures men seem blind
to such dangers. The Church, which alone
can adequately help society to guard against
them, must be destroyed once for ALL. We
bear from the Diocese of Treves, that fifty
OF sixty priests have already been con-
demned to Imprisonment, that is as many
as have been ordained and have received
appointments since last autumn. The
sentence is already being carried out. The
Bishop himself condemned to pay enormous
fines cannot long escape sharing the fate Of
the Archbishop of Poseh. 1t is much the
same in other dioceses. The confessions
indeed to which the Bishops are subjected
are not attended by any great results.
There was very little to confiscate in the
Archiepiscopal palace at Cologne, as the
greater part of the furniture was long
since settled on the see. The personal
property of the Archbishop which the State
was enabled to confscate, sold for about
$50, and the purchased goods found their
way back again into the Archbishop's
rooms as loan. The sale of the confis-
Gated goods of the Prince Bishop of
Breslau, raised however sum of Ell $50.
Most of them were bought in by the chapter
and returned at once to the Bishops palace.
Things passed off differently at Munster.
An eye witness sends us the following
account: at became known in the city
that the public auction of the confscated
goods of the Bishop was to take place to-
day. About nine o'clock the auctioneer
and an officer Of the court and two work
men went to the Bishops palace to take
away the furniture and bring it to the
Sessions-house where it was to be publicly
sold. They had considerable difficulty in
securing the services of these two workmen,
all others had excused themselves on the
ground of other engagements, or on similar
pretexts. The work went rapidly forward,
tables, sofas and chairs, were brought into
the palace-yard; meanwhile great crowd
had been gathering about the place, and
before long the whole square in front of
the Cathedral was occupied by lockers on,
who very unmistakably expressed their
indignation at the proceedings at the
palace. All of q sudden, however, the
| whole crowd broke into cheers and cries of
Bravo!" The two workmen had aban-
doned the job and left the palace. After
applauding the men, the crowd vo-
ciferously cheered the Bishop. Fresh
and loud demonstrations of approval fol-
lowed, when a number of spirited lads,
from 10 to IA years of age, mostly scholars
at the Gymnasium Government school)
began to carry back into the palace the
articles of furniture which had been
drought out, or to hide them somewhere in
the court, while the discounted auctioneer
had to look on quietly. It was quite hope
| less to seek for assistance elsewhere. A
stalwart Israelite, who was offered couple
of thalers if he would lend helping hand
refused the bride with q God forbid u
| Eventually the auctiOneer, on instructions
received from his betters, had to announce
that the sale was put of for today
Hurrahs and cheers again burst forth, hats
and caps were thrown into the air, and al
that remained of the furniture was carried
back into the palace in the twinkling of ar
eye.'"
i FRANCE.
On the Ist instant two elections to the
NATIONAL Assembly were held in two diff
fereRt districts Of France, the results O
which seem 60 show that the cause of the
Republic is gaining ground. III. Ledru
Rollin was chosen In the department o
, Vaucluse, and d. Lepetit in that of VSenne
It it hardly necessary TO say that The
former deputy 10 an old Republican tht
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