The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

octtet, IS every honest person m0eC
10. No honest person can imagine
1t his duty TO persecute his fellow
men, directed by no matter what
political or religious;
and at that rate, we /
should cease to denounce the Ku-
klux outrages, under the pretext |
that the men who wear its mask, as |
they certainly can aver, are acting |
to the belief thSt they |
are doing what is right; otherwise |
and at that rate, also we should, sus-
pend at once our hostiIities on the
plains against the red skinned MUIR
derers and maFuders who claim II
their right in good faith and honesty
to chase the pale face from his hunt
ing grounds and to ecalp the recall
eitrants.
/ pity the man who will tune his
honesty TO the air Of each an argu-
ment. The peuitentiary or the lnn-
attic asylums are fit shelters for such
maniacs- / doubt whether Mr.. Il.
would feel justified in praising
much the honesty of Q man who,
when stealing his horse, would tell
him that che acted according to his
belief" j claim that no honest man
will persecute, or in any other way
violate the laws of morality on &C
connt of true or false and erroneous
principles with which he may be
imbued. You mnst give a man
some share OF common sense, Mr..
R deny, therefore, the conclusion
of Mr.. r., that because Catholics
believe the principle-out of their
church, there is no salvation, it il
their duty as honest men to perse-
cute Protestants. No; notWith-
standing ell ms assertions to the
contrary, which he never proved as
yet, I assert what / have already
proved, that Catholics never did
per secute, and ] add, with no little
| pride, that persecution is no logical
conclusion of the principle: "Out
of the church there is no salvation"
The Catholic church in prOclaiming
the principle shows the divine char
ity with which she is animated for
the salvation of souls, for, if, as !
4 have before proved, God revealed
but one religion and commanded all
to hear and obey the same, under
.pain OF damnation, is it not charita.
BILE to tell people SO, lest otherwise
they should lose their souls, by fol.
lowing the religions of men, which
can never lead them to heaven
Suppose that you and I, Mr.. r.
were about to undertake q voyage
from New York to some European
port, and that we had concluded Il
sail on the same day, but on differ
ent vessels. AS we are about Il
: embark, 1 discover 8 leakage In thu
vessel on which you are to sail, o.
: again l ascertain that she does 40
!. carry the means of meeting ever,
peril, disaster or accident OF q Ions
voyage; foresee, in q word, from
various sources, that she is not pre-
pared to encounter the foul weathe
and that, at the first tempest, sh
must go down and inevitably wreck
. On the other hand, feel that tn
? ship ON the deck of which / stand
3 Is equipped in the best of manuerl
, with spare sails, spare cordege
, spare spars, and spare stores-th
extra material with which TO ref
} l or sustain herself should she b
, crippled in gale, or dismasted in
: hurricane while at sea in q word
3 feel that am safe in the midst Q
l the most violent tornadoes, and this
l shall finally and surely reach til
!, harbor of safety. Is not my dut
4 plain? Would it not be very kin
!, and charitable to forewarn You G
8 your danger, and have you to sal
on the best-rigged, ON the only vel
. rugged vessel? And how does q MA
l religieusly speaking, differ from
4 ship going to sea!
Such is the charity of the CathC
: lie church! Catholics believe firm
1 ly that she is the only church i
D which there is salvation on III
J. grounds of faith which have light
:, ly touched upon in the forepart G
3 this reply, bat while she warns meI
Y and generations of men, of the ap
1 proaching danger, she does not pei
4 secute them either in their bodie
!, or in their souls.
t l believe with Mr.. r. that all me
!, are imperfect, but 1 claim that th
h church of Christ is perfect. Whe
:, men depart from the rules of sal,
u church, be they Catholics or otheri
: it does not effect the perfection @
g the church. They are thereby simpl
asserting practically their own i'm
I perfection and the necessity of
a controlling and perfect power owe
the passions of men. This poWe
;, the Church exercises according L
, the necessities of the hour, but with
out persecution. She SAYS, it |
3 true, eternal damnation awaits tn
= erring, the sinners, ETC., but in thi
= she speaks the language of Christ
, she does not damn any one, no NOR
: than Mr.. Il. does when he thunder
I out from the pulpit against the wills
key drinkers and the rum sellers
r Almig hty God will take care of tina
himself. He knows better thai
I either Mr.. Il. or myself, whom HI
Will damn or not. l suppose Mr.
Il. is willing to leave 1t to his iudg
: ment. In conclusion, Mr.. r., let m
say that "your friend. the priest,
, does not see thefitness of YOU
, apology, although he fully realize
that you have done the best vol
: could for the Catholic church as vol
did not know any better. ALLOW
me to submit your apology to tn,
crucible of criticism. Did vol
mean thereby q Vindication of tn
3 principles and practices of tn,
Catholic church, such as the one O
1 80 ANS " sLiou IA HIS <1DOGO4fu DT(
: Uita sua"? We are not in nee(
! of such and from your pen
Does it mean an excuse TO
: the improper manner in which vol
dragged before the public class O
people who are animated toward
all by the best of motives-charity
: then why do you retreat with a new
aspersion on your fellow citizens
: the Catholics?
The closing sentence of your ar
ticle is about the best and most sen
sible have read of you: sIRis 1.
my closing article" and while 1 an
sorry for you to see you beat 8
hasty retreat without either proving
your assertions or answering INV
arguments, am willing to con.
done the past and to labor for the
glorious future. "Let US have
peace. Yours truly in X to
FELIX p. SwENBERGH.
Catholic Priest.