National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-09
Bismarck and the Church.

correspondent, "Ner1tas, before the last, and
had determined not to notice him any more, be-
cause he had virtually acknowledged all had
said about the usurpatiOn and prosecutions Of
Bismarck against the Church and the Catholics
OF Germany, and put in the plea Of justification,
based upon erroneous or false assumptions, to
which successfully replied in your issue OF
the 26th OF March. Nevertheless he continues
the war, the 'irrepressIble conflict" After 8
cessation Of half month nearly, to hunt up old
ISLANDERS for his own use, he opened tire in your
issue of Tuesday with his heavy artillery" had
already intimated that would not notice him,
and hence the faIsehOods and the malice of his
last effort. do not like TO have any controversy
with man without any faith or belief in Chris
tianity. infer he has none from the TACT that in
one OF his articles no quoted the prophet Daniel
to show that the "Kingdom Of Christ was yet to
come" TheSe Is no contradiction between the
he 'came to fulhll the old law, not to destroy i'
The greatest happiness in this life of every Chris
tian, whether Catholic or Protestant, lies In the
belief that Christ did establish His Church 10 the
world, and that through His death on the cross
and His resurrection from the dead eternal life is
secured to every one that cloves Him and keeps
There is no fact so well settled as that
Christ established his Church in the world; that
he came for that purpose alone, as the means Of
believe 1t is an inhdel-doEnrIght infiel! Ihave
already quoted many passages Of Scripture -ths
declarations OF Christ himself-in support of the
Church militant, and also quoted from the public
laws OF the world to show that He established
the Church in the form Of o Commonwealth, sep
arate and distinct from the civil Slater; that the
State had no right TO govern or meddle with 1t in
any manner; that Catholics and PrOtestants were
all alike interested in this matter, and already.
both in Germany and this country, they are b.
ing aroused at the dangerous invasion of the
State upon the sacred precincts of the Church. II
bismarck inpTisons bishop or oanishes priest
TO prevent its being done anywhere, II the princi
pie Is admitted?
against it. 1t is therefore usurpation and high
crime AGAINST Heaven and the rtK hts Of all Chris
tians But "Seritas" and large class Of bad
men scout all laws, human and Divine. Might is
right, and robbery is legitimate business with
them.
The assertions made in reference to mprIestly
absolutons from sin" and 'the sale OF plenary in
dulgencCs to commit crime" shall pass over
with contempt, as unworthy any mas OF intelli-
Sion after the Apostles is in keeping with his in
telligence. Christ says, himself, addressing the
Apostles, go teach all nations" sc. 81 shall be
with you always, even to the contamination Of
the world" DOn't this mean TO the end Of timer
Does IL not declare and establish q succession
that shall last until the end Of timer Most GER
tainly; 1t can mean nothing else.
If the succession ceased with the Apostles there
has been no Christianity in the world for more
estant. On what other principle can 1t be main
tanned except that the virtues Of the 2tonement
Of Christ is transmitted to sinners BY the agency
Of good and holy men, who claim that they are
the authorized and proper representatives Of
Christ on earth until his coming? "Veritas"
makes shipWrcck Of every Christian s hope! With
mentRtor Of the Holy Scriptures!
Baffled in his efforts to defend his pet tyrsnt,
saeTe Of ST. Bartholomew; still declaring that it
is the legitimate fruit Of the dogma Of Papal in
fallibility, and that the Pope and the Church
denied the accusation, and proved by the i'm
partial testimony OF Protestant authors that
there was no truth In what he said upon the sub
iant NaUarthalaaa ha md syfv
namelese American author who fixes the number
Of victims at 10000. Hume, he says, fixes the
aCathGlic, at 10000, and the provinces 10000.
am not acquainted with De Cormenin. Hume
was q bigoted infidel, who wrote under the eye Of
his royal master, and who is not good authority
In my reply Of the 18th of March stated, upon
high authority, that there were not over i've thou
sand in all France, and there ought not to have
been one! Wright, who is an English historian
and Protestant, In his latest accurate history of
France, fixes the number at two thousand, vide
page IA. Another author says: THE most mem
orable Transaction in the reign o. Charles the
massacre OF st. BartholomeW's day. So various
and contradictory are the accounts given Of this
event by different writer's to the number Of VIC
Tins and the motives that prompted It, that It is
difficult task to arrive at the facts. % the &C.
casion Of the marriage Of the sister of Charles to
| the King of Navarro, COligni and other distin-
guished Protestant leaders were invited to court.
| circumstances happened which contributed to
| bring about the odious measures that followed.
As Coligni passed through the streets he was Sc
Verely wounded by IN assassin.
The public voice attributed the.attempt to the
young Duke oil Guise, IN revenge for the murder
OF his father at the siege OF Urleans 1t proceeded
| however, from the Queen Mother, Catherine DE
| Medicis, who was alarmed at the gradual inhu-
ence the Admiral eeemed to acquire over the mind
| of Charles. The wounds Of Coligni were not
dangerous, but his followers crowded to his resi-
dence; their threats Of vengeance terrified the
Queen, and in secret council the King was pre-
vailed upon to give his sanction to the destruction
| of the leaders Of the Protestant party. From the
close connection Of events Immediately preceding
the massacre, it would seem It originated in the
luminosity Of the French court against the Hugue-
| nots, and was dictated by mOmentary impulse
rather than by any studied or preconcerted plan.
the frequent reTolts Of the Huguenots against his
| authority, was only induced TO consent to this
cruel measure after positive assurance Of his
| mother and chief cOunselOrs that his safety re-
qured that the leaders oil the party should be cut
| Of, and that II he waited till morning his most
faithful officers, his family and perhaps himself,
| this statement Of the historian it would appear
| that neither the Church nor the Pope had any
| the number Of the victims the same author says
| at il impossible to speak with certainty Some
writer's exaggerate the number to TO- 900; others to
1.-THE Reformed MartyrolOgist adopted means
! Of ascertaining the real number by procuring
from the ministers Of the different towns where
| persons who suffered. He published the result
| In 1852, and in all France be could discover the
/
| two persons" Vide Kearney's Ancient and Mod.
| eTn History, pages 1853 and 1885, So much for the
massacre Of s.: BsTt6OismsH; Nov, l will in:
in England and ireland during the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth, the head Of the Protestant
iiament-tbe iiIegitimate child of the virtuous
| Henry VIII. For fifteen years, the period Of her
| unhappy reign, the persecution Of the Church in
to read Human life in Ireland was Of the same
| value as the wild beasts. "During the year 1641
alone, there vas a massacre, an indiscrimtnate
| slaughter Of cid and young, male and female, at
Imiskillen, at Sanity and other towns, and In sew
| eral of the counties. Besides these there was Q
preconcerted plan to massacre all the Catholics
573. 1t is said that during this period more per-
| sons suffered death and Punishment and spslia-
| But the Church has survived "Ths blood Of the
martyrs is the seed Of the Church" Christ said:
"The gates Of hell shall never prevail against
| her." 81 shall be with you always, even to the
| contamination Of the world" This is Gods
guarantee. "Veritas." in his last, asserts among
| other and numerous falsehoods that "the history
| sIstent enemy Of liberty and education, and when
| the temporal power OF the Pope was destroyed in
the face OF the earth ceased to exist and we hope
| and believe forever"
It's shocking to see to what extent infdelity
and ignorance, mixed with malice, will carry one
| lost to truth and shame. have no wish to wound
| the pride or feelings OF any one But In reply to
| this malicious falsehood will say that whatever
has been establishe+ land iOstered by the Catholic
| Church. That every republic Of the Middle Ages
and Of modern times exists by the influence and
| aid OF Catholicityl
All the republics Of Southern Europe were
| Catholic, and almost under. the shadow Of the
| Vatican. All the American republics were Cath
| ollie. No purely Protestant government ever
| established or fostered aTepublic!
| The liberties Of this country were acquired BY
the cooperation Of Catholic ireland at home and
/ here and Catholic France against Protestant
| England. What was the issue between the colo
/ MES and the Klng2 Taxation without represen-
| ton. The King and Parlis ment refused the COM
mon rights and liberties Of EnglIshmen under the
| British constitution. Catholics and Prostest-
| ants-Washington, Lafayette, De Grasse, ROUGH
| ambeau, Barry and others, In the field and upon
| the sea, while IN the Congress and other places
| the Henrys, the CAROLS, Jefferson and others
| fought the powers Of England and their savage
allies and the Hessans too, the mercenary ances-
| tors Of Bismarck, and perhaps Of "Veritas."
| Foster, Protestant historian, says: THE
| Church, through its hierarchical organisation
under one chief did beneficial work for ciViliEa-
| ton. The medieval Papacy saved Europe from
anarchy and laWlesness. In the contest Of the
| fourteenth century 'monsTchy' was the watch
word Of the adTerssries Of 'Papaey." Vide pages
50 and 40. .-L I q
This candid and truthful author asserts that
| the Pspaey was opposed to monarchy, or rather
monarchy opposed Papacy. Another author, not
friendly to the Church, says: "The Christian
Church at the end Of the fourth century had
formed itself into q corporate body. 1t had its
government, body OF priests; settled ecclesi-
Sstical polity for the regulation Of Its different