Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-26

does net act according to that law, tina
he will surely lose his soul. We mus
determine the nature of thing not b,
itself alone, but by what it Is Gale,
to act upon. And what does the Catholi
church act upon? The mind, the intel
ligence of man. Can the mind O
man be forced? An external profession
or admission may perhaps be extOrte,
from an individual by force, but can tn
mind OF man be forced? / say there
no power on earth, or in heaven, I ma,
say, can make me declare that il Is tn
conviction Of my mind that there is m
gas there whilst l can see 1t and look a
II burning with my own eyes. NJ
power on earth or In heaven can do il
and therefore the Catholic church ad
dresses Itself to the
MIND AND INTELLIGENCE
Of man. You know that we are no
like the MethOdists, who only addrss
themselves to the feeling, and try 4
create great deal Of what they call re
ligious fervor, or religious devotion, O.
"getting religion" Therefore, how car
the Catholic church, and her tenets snC
doctrines, which are addressed to ths
mind and intelligence Of man-how car
she be said to be the foe Of civil liberty
and the friend OF tyranny, when she ad
dresses that which cannot be tyrannizes
over or deprived Of its liberty. The
Catholic church addresses an fnteIIi.
gence that Is perfectly free, that cannot
be enslaved, that can only yield to con.
viction. And what Is her object in ad-
dressing that? In order to plant the
moral virtues that bloom in heaven into
the heart and soul of man whilst here
on earth, so that when his earthly career
is finished he may be ready to enter that
heavenly kingdom prepared for him.
There are in man inferior and superior
inclinatiOns. The inferior are those that
are earthly and licentious. The superior
are those that are allied with what is
heavenly, and elevate the mind and the
soul OF man to something above this
world. Thus for instance, a good and
holy man, looking at q flower,
sdmiring its beauty, It's wonderful tel-
ture, and inhaling the delicious odor
that it sends out, and seeing the myste-
riOus hand Of God there, his heart is
invOluntarily raised up to heaven to
thank that God vino was so good as TO
strew our path here in this world Of
misery with such delightful flowers.
Hence the odor In this case IS q sense
that is made use OF for superior, for eIe-
waiting, for refining and spirituslizing
purposes. Whereas
THE GLUTToN,
no Odor will be agreeable to him but
that which comes nom the steam of the
dinner table, and that is what we call
the inferior appetite, because there is
nothing enobling in it. Again, when
one whose superior inclinations are pre-
dominant, listens to the sweet strains Of
music he becomes enraptured and his
soul is elevated to that heavenly king
dom where angels and saints are chant
ing in sweetest and most delicious har-
mony, hymns OF praise and thanksgiv-
ing around the eternal throne of God
Whereas the drunkard, for instance, will
ind no music to him so sweet as the
GURGLIEG OF THE LIQUOR,
as it comes out OF the bottle; and this. is
what we call the inferior appetite, be-
CAUSE ii degrades man and lowers hin
down even below the rank Of the beast.
And the aim OF the Catholic church il
to imprint upon the heart Of man
those grand and enobling virtues,
70 make him cultivate those su-
perior inclinations, which elevate and
refine; and suppress and keep under CON
troll those inferior inclinations which
lower and degrade. Hence many are
opposed to the Catholic church because
she is the foe Of passion; because she Is
the protector Of virtue; because she tells
men that they must mOrtify their flesh;
because she puts chain upon their evil
inclinations and passions; because she
teaches that they must cultivate those
influences which raise their
hearts and minds to heaven. It is be-
cause she did all this that they cry out:
''The Catholic church is q foe to hber-
ty.n Yes, the Catholic church is the
foe, not Of liberty, but Of Hbertinism, of
and deprsvity of every
kind. She is in reality the protector of
liberty throughout the wOrld-aye, and
the only preserver OF it, too. There is a
going on now, it appears, in
the papers about the
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
From what have read of the news
papers l see that some persons are en-
deavOring by all possible means to put
determined to destroy the public schools,
and therefore whatever influence is at
work against the public schools Of this
city is, they assert, being done in-favOr
Of the Catholics. Those who write those
articles know very well that there is no
Catholic in the city that has said one
word about the public schools. And
why? Because the Catholics do not
p. II
schools may be whatever you like
to call them. We do not deny
that a man may become very
''smsrt" in these institutions. He may
qualify himself for any position from
the
PENITENrIARY TO CONGRESS.
We admit all that. But Catholics do
not wanttO have anything to do with
them; they do not belong to them. And
why? Because Catholics will have no
Of the young mind that is not
allied with God and virtue. God, of
course, is shut out from the public
schools. Because why? Public schools
mean schools for everybody; schools for
the Presbyterian, schools for the
Methodist, schools for the Jew, and
schools for the infidel. The infidel
won't send his child there, il any reli-
yiOn is taught; the name Of God must
rot be mentioned 20 his child. And
the name Of Christ must not be men,
Toned, because the Jew would object, |
and say that that would be interfering
With his liberty and opinions, since he |
ioes not believe that Christ has come
yet. This, then, is their idea, that God |
must be eliminated from the public |
chools, and hence why Catholics cam
rot have anything TO do with them. |
What can they teach there? They can |
each, OF course, secular learning, and
ECULAR LEARNING WITHOUT RBLI-
GION,
What is it? How can you fit man for
oeiety, for liberty, where you give him /
10 principle upon watch liberty is |
,Rsed2 What is liberty? What ought |
o be the effects of liberty? Each man
o be protected in his own right; each |
mans Life, property and good name to |
)e sacred and secure. Now the lion in the /
orest viii tear to pieces, when he wants /
oOd, the first animal that he meets. I'll
: his right. He IS most powerful; be is |
king OF the forest. Where is the princi-
pie in philosophy that will teach 3 man |
he contrary? l am q powerful man. l |
nave right, therefore, to spring
lpon my weaker brother aud trsmple |
lpon him, If l will. Where is the prin-
;iple to prevent it2 No principle on
earth, unless you go to the command |
nents Of God, one Of which says: Thou
lhslt not kill" God is taken out OF the |
public schools, and therefore they can.
lot teach there the commandment
Thou shalt not kill" because thai
would be teaching God. In like manner
n regard to property. The COW will eat
grass wherever she finds it, and what
prevents man taking whatever he wants /
wherever be can get it? Nothing on