The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-07

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tLi. decree Grstiell upon Joseph GuibOrd.
Smitten with death, as was supposed, his
relatives sent for the Cure Of the parish
for the administration Of the usual sac
rument. The priest refused, giving as a
reason, the Bishops previous orders.
Guibord got we'll and lived to argue the
matter with the Cure, who adhered to his
opinions, inspite Of any friendliness for
his parishioner. In due time Guibord
actually died, but in such haste, being
struck with paralysis, that no time was
given to discover whether Cure Rousselot
was still obdurate, The widow applied
for ecclesiastical burial for her husband.
She was refused, and the only place per-
mitled her husbands remains was that
part Of the cemetery OF NOtre Dame, Cote
des Neiges, allotted to maleiactors, sui
cides, exCommuniCants, and unbaptized
infants. The case was taken into the
courts, the guardian OF the graveyard
being recognized rs civil trustee of the
property,
While the trial was pending, the widow
died also, leaving the Institute as her
universal legatee." Thus the Institute
inherited tho lawsuit and an ecclesiastical
quarrel, both Of which itpFosecuted with
great vigor. The Canadian court OF final
resort decided againstthe Cure and Trus.
tees OF the cemetery, 1t was held that
Gnibord was not an nexCommunicant, But
the priest remained obdurate. The dc.
CisiOn Of the court was nothing to him;
the authority Of his Bishop was para.
mount. Appeal was taken TO the Privy
Council and a royal decree was issued
commanding tho Cure and Trustees Of the
Cemetery Cote des Neiges to inter the
mortal remains Of Joseph Guibord in
cOnSecrated ground. The priest replied
in effect that he respected her Majesty the
Queen very much, and would be glad, un-
der other circumstances, to obey her gFa.
Cious mandates; but he could not bury
Joseph GuibOrd in COnseCrated ground as
long as his Bishop forbade him. Mr..
DOutre, representing the Canadian Insti.
tute, agreed that the ceremony should be
quiet and unostentatiouS; but in vain.
Nothing would move Cure RousselOt. An
order under the decree fthe Privy COun.
Gil was duly served on tho priest, and the
funeral was appointed for last Thursday.
It was expected that the Cure would at
least slur over the service, and grpdgingly
omit some OF the portions that were
deemed essential 10 an entirely ecclesias-
tial burial after the form OF the Romish
Church ritual. lie did not come ut all,
but simply stayed away from the cemetery,
The ab4ence OF the pIiest, who might
have counseled peace and good order,
gave occasion for disgraceful and un.
christian like row. When the coffin OF
Guibord, accompanied by several hun.
drcd friends and persons belonging to
the Canadian Institute, appeared at the
graveyard gate, a'Lnob Of French Cana
dian rOughs, cursing Gnibord and the so.
cicty, made d rush for the hearse, swear.
ing that the "cursed bones" should not
rest in conseCrated ground. A mob col.
lected; no communication came from the
Cure or Trustees; mob held the gates,
and the civil authorities we're not able, at
short notice, to send relief. The bones OF
GuibOrd followed by volleys Of stones
and curses, were taken from the ground,
and the mob, by this time numbering
some two thousand, were left In posses.
sion. They filled up the grave prepared
for the remains Of Guibord, tore dowh the
cross near by, aud generally displayed
zeal and henrtlncss in defense OF the &c.
clesiastical authority OF the Bishop OF
Montreal which must hAve rejoiced the
heart Of that prelRtc.
The Bishop aud the Cure have com.
mitted serious error. The Superior
Court, as we'll as the Privy Council as.
serts that the Church authorities have
failed to show that Gnibord, at the time
of his death, was under any order or de.
cree OF accommodation, such as would
be recognized by the Roman Catholics Of
Canada. TO admit that these Trustees
of the cemetery, or the Cure, were bound
to obey the orders Of their ecclesiastical
superior would 10 to dispense with the
general ecclGsiastiCNl law; and this would
enable the Bishop to prohibit on any
ground, revealed or not revealed, salts.
iactoryto himself, the ecclesiastical burial
Of n parishioner. Joseph Guibord was
member OF the Roman Catholic Church;
his estate owned burial lot In the Gene.
terry Of Cote deS Neiges; the individual will
Of the Bishop Of Montreal alone prevented
his interment therein. The decision Of
tile Pope touched only the matter Of the
banned books In the Institute library.
The Withholding Of certpin religious rites
from Guibord's bones Is a purely personal
affair Of the Bishop, in which tinhappily,
that prelhtc Is supported by the worst
elements Of French Canadian society.
Guibord's bones vii be buried in conse.
Grated gronnd but II may require n regi.
inent to keep them there.