The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-16
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C0HesTning ne RtilgiGu BuFili Iksi fJr an I'M
fortunate Cdihoic Tho DieiH Dipnrt, rm he
Church.
lgnnce Bourgct, Bishop Of Montreal,
&C., &c., to the clergy, laity and religious
bodies, and to all the faithful in our do.
cese. It is for you adnty to raise your
voice to-day concerning Il certain ngita'
ton which Ia troubling minds and which
Is ietnenting day after day, and which
will doubtless create terrible catastrO-
phe. Il ia useless to recall to you the
iamentable fact which has caused you 80
bitter grief, for It is known to all of you
and II Is 80 strongly engraved upon your
memories, with all its unfortunate cir
cnmstances, that 1t will doubtless be
handed down to posterity. What we are
going to tell you requires only n simple
explanation, which, we hope, will suffice
10 appease your fears and dissip pate Ger.
tain preiudiccs by means Of which bad
passions are endeavorcd by some to be
excited.
Ills to the benefit Of all to faithfully
fulfill their duty to their country and
their Church, TO maintain the public
peace and live quietly in tho bosom Of
their families. Now, the subject which
troubles so many Of you Ia the fear that
your cemetery, which you Justly venerable
as holy spot, Is to be proianed by the
burial Of man who died in disgrace and
under the anathema Of the Church. This
news has alarmed with reason, the re.
ligiotls feelings Of the Catholic population,
and II Is on this account that some people
have been drawn into public but peace.
able demonstration to prevent !he profnn.
alton Of sacred spot where our religious
ancestors repose In peace, waiting tile
great day Of resurrection. By this dem.
0nsttation, spontaneous and inspired by
your deepest emotions, your feelings for
the holy ground blessed by the Church for
the repose Of your dead, where your bodies
will Be ultimately deposited to await
peaceably the sound Of the terrible trump.
el which will wake you from your last
sleep IN death and raise all men from the
dust, we ought to place Mt the feet Of our
sovereign the religious convictions with
which our cemetery Ia connected az
holy place, as conseCraIed ground and
AZ a field set apart where there are placed
after death the faithful children Of the
church to await the arrival oftbe Sover.
eign Judge, while their bodies minglc
with those OF the saints who, like them.
selves, have departed and died in the
peace Of the church. We must at the
same time, admire. and moderate the
feeling shown by you At the time when
all expected blood would be shed, which
would have been considered by every one
"a geal misfortune. For our part, we
would have exceedingly regretted such
Issue for many reasons. That il easy for
you to understand and appreciate. Let
ilnificc you to say that this shedding Of
blood would have been a new profanity Of
the holy place and thatwe took every step
toprevent such misfortune. Butii how.
ever we have managed to prevent breach
oithe public peace,yet at the same time we
have taken every means to uphold the
honor Of onr holy church and TO prevent
thoprotanation Of four consecrated ground,
the means being to declare that, by virtue
Of the Divine power we had in the