, 1875-05-12

tnavitg to tho bishops. nevertftclcsb, q larRo
"hi*clp1inary porer,n notably more than Ia nl-
loved by Wur.nnttrg. vhcro these Ia no cons-
plant. Tbs fourth lar procurns to avery adu
citizen tllo right TO Withdraw psaooablJ IRON any
CHURCH, II bucl, bo lIia wish.
Blk months aitor tho passage Of These fawa fho
Aschbia,or OF 0"csen-Pohon bad IN fotv-shfeo
open defiance Of tnom. That Is , sample, aud
Will serso in placo Of farther detail.
And now Or. Falk. sttnlntcr Of Public t]u1tnrn,
proposes farther, ntep namely, that tho STATE
no longer pay tie priehts nho peraiatontly
fu audAclty Of persecution. II is deliberately
maintained that tho Government Ia bound to 30
OF paytng these persona ~hile they opanly, OBJ
atinately break itH lava and dofJ fts authority.
tint again tails of q stale oE mud whose staui-
nrua oE right aud dusy to moro worldly minds
,ncomprnhanHible. .......
brcac Of engagement llaa boon with tho Church;
1866, 1870. mud 1872 represent oI.aes permitted
advances or rrctncditatcd aggrenslona OH its
pa,t tia tho fault Of rrusnin has consisted
bImrly tn yielding too much; snl that tho
muss oi!I.cr rofuao to yield farthor,, or ns good
na Bigb itself province aud depondepcy Ut tho
UitranUn1nno Empire.
It Is quite truo. howoycr, that Prussia is In
direct contradiction with tho llo:nan Church, for
tue roason that modern civilization itae1f ia 10.
Just at tho poiuts wLerc modern civilization, or
| nly Rtato representing II. fn"st Maln.
ta,', freclosn. ; inst tharo lto,uo must
imporiouBly demand anutoction. Froc-
| dun OF religion. Of intellect, Of ,poraona1
| conscience, Ut aceneo rehearch, discussion.
communication Of thought and luonInnge-the
Htato iH barbarol.s which docs not sustain tloso
libcrtios, and that ono which docs sustain
| them is undor condemnation of 1tome. Tho
Stale, again, cauhot undertake ita proper func.
.ions, ns having Charge Of tho public order and
welfare. without being ftuta tho saulo aido de-
carcd tfcspatser. It necessarily aaautn. .
authority III regard to marriage, but Ia itnperi-
| ouHly warned Of. "Olvii marriage" lsome says,
",s coucnbinagu," whilo tile Catholic Professor,
stolz' of FfoiouFF;; gently to.ms II - sns,a- r.
education Of tho people, md again ia warned
Oft. "1he school II sn hppauagc Of tho Church. y
1t oera oHuat nnd impartial protection to ita cit"
| tzcHH, without distinction Of Glars. creed, Or
| plufcasiOn, and In met onco more with an awful
| gesture OF prohibition. Tl,nre arc claascs OF
/ clt:xena-CAtLollo priests, proteBaorA tn Eatlolo
Universities, toachcrs iu Catholic schools, etc.
to whom, as agsinss their ecclesiastical SUPERIOR
tho htatp shall offer uo protection. We hro not
hero Imagining caseD bnt touching upon actual
points Of collision in Germany. Ihs coutraaic.
! tiuu ex!ats mud u iuoIt,ugtliohRble.
| ruBLto HEALTH.
1T tho conclusion Of tho reading Of 31r. Ws1-
ton'n paper, Dr. D. +. Lincoln, OF Boston. read
the ropolt Of the Health Department, giving a
bliof index Ut tho work performed during the
lust gear, ntld OF that laid out for the present
to DO submitted would bo criticised and debated
fully, aud promised TINT tho new ideas thus
| bt ought ont wuutd be received With pleasure,
mud carefully considered.
The Convention then adjourned till to-u.or.
row moYnlug.