The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-01
CaIviniStic.

Tbis word signifies something unfair,
misrerresented, garbled, distorted TO serve
it's own end regardless of sound logic VI
historic truth. Now our Ifesoy.e, 81"
neighbor, though doubtless farther 'a'ien
into beresy than the illustrious and origin
al Calvin. still occasionally exhibits gen.
uine vein of his peculiar character's'ics.
Let Ms take for example an article III 'ts
last number commenting on one recen''y
published in our columns, in reference 10
nersecutions of the Church. 1t asserts that
catholic Governments have oppressed the
Church. and Protestants Governments
have not; and to point the assertlon'
cites the United States. We have yet 10
learn that this country is Protestant
There are certainly more Catholics 'han
Protcstants in it. There are some eight mil
lions of Catholics and perhaps five or SIX
. millions of Protcstants altogether, ana
they rapidly becoming Pagans. The rest
are simply Nothingarians, and great oea'
better than Protestants, for they are grad
ually becoming Catholics.
Still, persecution has history IN even
this exceptional country. Look at the
| Rlue Laws, Remember the Quaker per-
secutiops! Recall the9history of Catholic
Mary land, proclaiming religious freedom
and inviting Protestant refugees from
Protestant intolerance; welcoming theh'
warming them in her bosom until serpent
like they strangled her with their coils OF
malignant bgotry See Protestant North
Carolina and other Protestant States pro-
scribinp Catholics on their statute books
and forbiddipr them to hold office! And
then. at this present day and throughout
the length and breadth of the land, marx
, the touch of the bgot's hand IN the pubic
school prosecutions of Catholics. This IL
ms far AS the uncertain status of Protest
, antism in this country will permit 1t to g
y at this time, but so far as it can influence, l
:, il here AS everywhere and always, essen
IS TALLY prosecutor.
1t What the Presbyterian can have intend
+ cd when denying that other Protestan
countries are prosecutors, we cannot IN
y agine. 1t surely did not expect any OF II
: readers to be SO ignorant as not to kno
=, better. Has it never read of the number
n. of PRIESTS that were executed in Enl
< land for saying Mass Does it forget II
It, penal laws of that country against q
II, Catholics, lay as we'll as clerical DO
Id it forget the ferocious slaughter by Cron
Ii. well and his saints of tens of thousands
}" Irish women and children, and the cent
q rics of persecution of that country
- England Does it ignore the Catho
-, disabilities existing ut this very day
-. Sweden and Norway ? Did it never hear
ro. the total and relentless conhscation of eve
ell atom of Church property, and often or
nts dividual Catholic property, in every cou
try which followed the lead of Luther IN
al that grand Pandemonium of robbery call
II" the Reformation What is the prop
'"S name for the cool cttrontery with VIII
the Presbyterian dares to speak OF Prot
tant federation now at the very era VIII
- Prussia and Switzerland are robblng
, of Church and imprisoning the clergy
But all this convenient forgetfulness
facts is not equal to the disingenious dist
tee ton of words from their proper meaning
,rk saving, as our neghbor does, that Catho
ans Governments have prosecuted the Chur
his That is, it calls Robespierrc and Volta
His and Prim and Serrano Catholics.
rk' apostatcs Catholics AS well call
we devil an angel, becanse he is fallen
'"' But such is Calvinism.