The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-20
Che5ntelligeufer
.,,,, n,bolic side Of the GuibortI
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- faaaa' uc oi the leading
..,.. i., Cuhoic Chnrch-Contain
ain nItuial purporting to explain
" ..,n-r. cuuoIir -idc Of the nov
,,,... .HmrI ease, In accordanc,
wild, ,,0. mhlut,.j, paper to give ever!
.,,,of - dipoml question a hearing
.nnr,.o.-tlmd' 50, we transfer 'hi'
.Ii,aImurc mmus, ltrradsOs fol
lm-
r.. ,r.,,I. Church coastcrate. tht
.nl rnM.. the bodies oi her faith
'"'Il,.n are buried. The cemetery
w., W ,..n.nrurl j held rs sacred ground
snn.l W my ,p,ummil suicide in u Cath
.i' rm,irr, lau, blessed, or were q
E'ni.ir u happen in IT, or were il
nr,,rl lha loose persons ol different
.rn. DlI u.d it, certain non'CathoLt
,n.n.r,,. are a-,prIrd 10 have been used
,g,',..,rr., II m.crmIywantonness, il
.,II he the duryut the Ordinary Of the
H,.,., ] ra hrrlhcacnrlcry blessed over
,n,n ara, II is called "nronciLed'
WM any human being rejecting the
.mJ,,i.g. nh ,shiah hi. 'Oui can be sent
mt.lilI,NarlIuDmlIrIwilhthe the Gath
oi.CArr., ,ho,ll insist on having his
LhmdeI pmouglhc hodir, otIllc Faith
hl migbl -erm unreasonable.
El whether dc.ircd or not, the fore
ingol .nrh claim i great outrage IN
nIlbMl Catholic The an.,tly oi the
Gri4I pIacrs ol Cmhmic4 prakcs OF the
.amrlry rhry attribute 10 their churches.
N,on, i.rumprIrI :. to enter q Catholic
rrrh. hat the man who enters u
,nr,b where the Blessed Sacrament il
kent, must take ull his hat, and conform
minrr,rrual Usage, Oi Catholics.
rm pIrd again, SloIhc rights oI as.
m,,Iin9' honest before the law, to bc
governed by uch regulations ~ suit the
m,mb.f,. one club may require, rs u
condition ut membership, that every one
attending -Ntl bc clad in swallow.tNil
oa.. aul wear kid gloves Those who
4, not lI.r ll, conditions need not enter
the rmllprm.
UoIho lowc,l plane the right Of the
ClOolm Church to regulate what per.
.nn. .hll, aud what persons shall not, he
mripl in ground she holds consccraled,
m.thr lmmrl, But her reason Tor 50
discriminating /. very much higher, and
entitled tn the respect due To religious
convictions. Ihc burial Of m excOm-
mnulrarI person in a Catholic cemetery
,bunh. the entire cemetery. We're the
dearest friend wr hayramong men to he 81
UirSrla, Ia isht a duel, aud bc killed in
II, wcSouul understand that he conM mol
h. buried in c-n,ccratcd ground
Though il we're a brother or Il son, Of on
own, wrwoui not ii we could, have the
wise hw ul the Catholic Church violated
Nv the mrylus NJ his body in cOnsccrat,
el .oil.
UibprI, in Montreal, chose hiS part
and elected To remain member Of d 80
ricty that wr rvcommunicated, though
Id, .u doing caused the Sacramenls OI
the Church tn bc denied him. As liz
chose Ia die ~ one Of those ont Of
Catholic Communion, why should he not
hr buried among those he rcscmhlcl
while living
But, except for the OlscuraliOn OF all
tmlnim the minds Of men, what II mon,
,trou, thing it il that Catholics should bc
deprived Of the right they have held, III
aII Christian ages, Of protecting the sane
uty Of their burying grounds! II thi
y.oJrrs il to go on how long will it be i'll
Tie privacy Of our homes will be dcnirr
IL. and, in the abused name Of liberty
such moral monsters as Henry Ward
Bccchcr, the WOodhull-CIaIlin females
and the like, claim itas right to enter
onr houses, and sit down ut our dinner
table. beside our wives and daughters?
There are uutragcs on human feelings
that, the experience Of ages has shown
call forth the honest passions not
Amrmblc Ia reason. II Is, therefore,
that the Civil Law, in its perfect justice
acQuil. the homicide who sIays, on the
moment oi finding him, the desecratOr Oi
h' home, ltistIcrctorC, in the Common
Law, that proyocatons to breach Of The
peace are punishable. II is the rcCogni.
liOn that man is not creature Of pure
reason; but, also, composed Of passions
and oi flesh and blood, and mnrIc.
The intense excitement Ut the French
Canadian population at the attempted
decoration OF their cemetery Is most
natural, and We do not hesitate to say we
repd it, while we regret it.
We respect the ouLburst Of their feel,
ing, because the decision Of the Privy
Council Of the Queen Of England was
not justice, not 6iw-but n brutal outrage
on law, that would justify Revolution
Ill canada.
There are not governments enough on
earth locnlorce so brutal an cdict, IN Il
man respecting his home, as that one Of
the liecchcr 'rllton.WoOdhnll Il Clnlin
sect should be domiciIed with him, or as.
..oc'alcd, in any way, with the virtuOus
family ol which he Ia protector. And
Catholics do not part with those they
commit to the grave in the firm hope Of
meeting them in the Resurrection. The
lu'I into which the hOdies Of their dead
l''osOon tnrncdremains dear and sacred
to them. To attempt the thrusting Of the
O,ody oi an accommodated person into
lhe cemetery where their pious dead are