The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-02-15


which Bhould stoop to serve the cleric,
policy OF Rome would become for German
mot as q French Government, but al
satellite of Rome-a hostile Governmer
with which it would be impossible to liv
IN peace" And again, the French Bish
ops in taking part with the rebellion
Prests OF our country, are contributing t
| oring about rupture which we do not de
SIRE" And there is no pretence that it
from fear OF the "revapche that a war i
threatened. 1t is moral support given t.
the prosecuted Catholics of German,
which is to be visited with prompt hostili
ties ties. 1.-THE day." continues the North Ger
man eiasetfs, sin which Franco identife.
herself with Rome, she will thereby be
come our sworn enemy" We may remark
that as about one third of the Germa an
population certainly "identifies itself with
Rome" quite as much as France can do, the
attitude thus assumed by the semi off ial
and inspired organ of the Government
promises but badly for internal concord
one third of great nation which might
oy concliIatory and just policy, be- made
one of the firmest supports of the State, is
treated by the Government and majority
as "sworn enemy" But this is nv the
way. 1t Is obvious that, although the
Germans may have made no express de-
mand for the suppression of the great
Catholic paper, no little pressure has been
brought to bear on the French Government
to force it to disconnectitselff from the strong
sympathies, which the persecution of the
Church In other lands must arouse in all
Catholic hearts, and which Marshal Mac
Mahon himself recently expressed with SO
much warmth of feeling. Let us add to
this pressure the attacks upon the Govern
nent aud upon the Prime Minister individ-
lalIy, which have appeared in the Unirers
since the failure OF the Restoration. and
especially since NJ. de Fourtou's circular.
and we shall have what we believe to be
ne real motives which have prompted this
egrettable act. 1t is an honor to the uni
,s's TO De selected as the typical organ in
rance OF Catholic sympathy with perse-
uceo Catholics, for it is pretty clear that
Its protests in this capacity, and not to
ny occasional imprudence of language.
'use the hostility to it of foreign Govern
rents and Its Suspension at home be as.
ribed.
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS,
Among the noticeable incidents of thu
ecent German elections are the return at
reVes OF Herr Majunke, the editor of the
efns0nso at Cologne of Herr Grossmann.
'e Catholic candidate, whose brother was
so elected in country district; at Co.
enz OF Herr de Savigny, the Catholic ex-
piomatist; at AK la Chapelle of Herr
audrI, the Catholic painter of Cologne:
Dusseldorf of Herr Demands at Gre,
ID OF Herr August Reichenspsrger ut
n of the Baron Won Leycar at Beuthen
. the Prince Edmund Won Radziwill.
other OF the Emperor's Catholic aide-de-
mp; IN Bavaria, of Herr Jorg, the editor ,
the Htstortsche Politische Blatter, at
ugsburg; at kissingen, Of Herr Haber-
ann, in opposition to the Governor of the {
0Vince, Graf Won Luxburg; and at Mu-
m. RAJ ratt
q of whom, Herr Westermayer, ia a we'll q
lown priest of the city. But the most /
rlkIng incident at the Munich elections I
- tnls: the whole Protestant ROYAL
accompanied by all the
otestant ministers of the town, went in p
BODY to the poll to plump for the priest.
'Tr Westernayer-af fact which illustrates
3 opinion of the recent penal ieeislation fe
tertalned by religious Protestants In il
rmany-as distinguished from unbeliey st
ana those whose only religion is politics tn
,nd one which may furnish Lord Russell at
MS friends with a subject for wholesale br
Gltation. 1t ia further remarkable tn at, wi
ne !! all the great towns have elected Ca an
'ilcs, the Protestant great towns have for ye
most part returned, not Protestanta M
. socialists. Hamburg, Altoona, Frank wi
:, Elberfeld, Chemnitz have all returned
iailsts, the latter place by 10 OO9 votes
ne the socialist votes in the kingdom of M
ouy, Wnlcn at the last elections we're III
10000, this time amounted to 10000. fire
DIR. MAAssEN AND DIR. RE1NKENs. a Mn
ven In the ranks of the "Old Catholicp cri
stics, feelings of shame have been ex- pr.
q at the slavish submissiveness of DR.. ex]
nkens's episcopal" oath. The leader rea
he party at Vienna, DR.. Maassen, of the ad
nna University, has felt himselfobliged
e declares in long letter to the Kreu.
ung OF Berlin, to express openly his pill
orrence at the spectacle of Catholic ito
hop " binding his conscience without the K.
htest reservation of the rights of Gods Tn
rcb, to obey whatever laws the State fan
choose to decree in all matters, spirit tea
as well as temporal. DR.. Maassen sin- use
out the Falck laws as specially I'M or
thy of recognition by a "Catholic oou
lop;" and concludes by saying that, hde
oagh efforts have been made to induce exc
TO Keep silence, he has felt it incum-
!, upon him to refuse to condone 40 L
dalous betrayal of the most solemn thei
Is. Although DR.. Maassen takes Dr.. for
ken's Jurisdiction Gu serieur, he ir Can
ked by the example of a servility and