The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-19
Sectarian Patriotism.

The centennial birthday of Daniel
OConnel has just been celebrated with
enthusiasm by all who love liberty among
English speaking nations. The period in
which lie tiOurished is SO recent that all
are more or less familiar with his name,
his eloquence, his struggles and his tri-
umphs. Thought a devout churchman,
and the champion of Catholic Emanclpa
ton, OConnell is not SO much remem-
chivalrous advocate. of civil and religious
liberty; and it is because his efforts in be-
half of federation and freedom for all
twell more in the minds Of men than the
advantages he won for his church, thu t
there has been so cordial response, by
people of all crecds and nationalities, to
testimonials in his honor Especially is
this true of America. The press, without
distinction, has been profusc in eulogistic
comment. and the invitations extended to
public men to take part in the birthday
ceremonies, have called out perhaps the
most generous outbuIst of sympathetic
admiration ever extended to trans
Atlantic greatness.
Yet in the presence of spirit so cosmo-
politan, so generous, and SO universal, the
religious admirers Of O'Connell could not
permit the occasion to pass without dis
play of intolerance and bigotry. In Ire
land, and even in Dublin, where the APP
peals of the Great Commoner fused
Catholic and Protestant in united strug-
gle for nationality, a determined effort
was made, under the lead of Cardinal
Cullen, to turn the celebration entirely to
religious account. This attempt of the
"Ultramontanes" threatened at one time
a general row, and did result in defeating
entirely an evening entertainment.
Whether American celebrations were
general married by the exhibition of
similar spirit we are not yet advised, but
we regret to say that Iowa did not escape.
The Dubuque Centennial was SUCCESS in
many ways. 1t was largely attended, and
a host of prominent gentlemen who could
not be present sent glowing tributes to
the great emancipation. But we cannot
understand why Bishop Hennessy, who
was the orator of an occasion in which so
many Protestants were invited to parti-
cipate, should have worked such remarks
as these into his glowing peroration:
''In this consent Catholicity in Ireland
has won the day. Catholicity in Ireland
is still fighting against England for the
possession of the Ell glish lands. She is
already victor. The established church
has gone down in the contest. Catholi-
city is strong and gaining strength. The
lords and ladies of England by hundreds
are coming into the old church A former
Protestant preacher is now the Roman
Catholic cardinal of Westminster, and
England will, before long, be Catholic
once mere, and / hope forever. She is
working and advancing in Australia; she
is working for supremacy there, and in
short time will overshadow all others.
Not only is she working in England and
Australia, but she is working here IN
America. She is working here as the lea
ven worked in the three measurer OF
meal spoken of in the gospel, and judg-
ing from her actions for the past hfty
wears she will soon have leavened the
whole mass. Her standard is in Africa,
in India, China and Japan, and through
out Asia her missionaries are spreading
the gospel, and soon barbarism and
Brahminism, Buddhism and Darwnism
will have gone down forever, and the
cross of Constantine be borne aloft ovel
the entire civilized world
While it may be true that Romanism is
destined to subdue England, gobble W
America, and control the world, we can
not see why such an unpalatable pro
pecy should have been thrust into the
faces of the Professionals who had gather
ed to do honor to Ireland's statesman,
orator and patriot. The circumstance
justifies us in anticipating some of the
methods and results of the conquest thus
foreshadowed, using the speaker as inter,
prefer of his own theories. 1t is Bishop
Hennessy who thus violates the proprie'
ties Of popular intercourse, with his i'll
timed predictions; he has recently assail-
ed the public schools with great virulence;
and as the head of his church in the
diocese of Iowa he denies its sacraments
TO all children who attend the public
schools, and also to their parents. Put
ting, therefore, his acts and his utterances
together, before the arrival OF the millen'
ial period which he foreshadows, the pub
lie schools will be abolished; there will be
no education except what is furnished by
mother chnrch; and everybody will be.
lieve that the Pope is infallible, and
acknowledge the real presence" in the
Holy Eucharist! This good time may
be coming" but we embrace this occasion
to ask the Dubuque Herald If it is moi
pertinent, Bishop Hennessy being judge,
for the Republican party to declare thai
it will stand by the public schools?-
Davenport Gazette.