The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-04

tell. How a''period and capital could unrav-
Ell the tangle. when he has mix ed up par ochial
and diocesan affairs, saying Of one, what ap-
piled only to the other, is harder still to tell.
How punctuation can transform a .'reso-
luton on future representa- ion !" into an ar
ticle Of the Constitution, j, surely a mystery.
However, the PILoT is improving. In the
FIRST article, it seemed undecided, whether
the action Of the Fond du Lac Episcopal
Convention was against male non-eommuni-
c ants, who are described as .'irreverent and
worldly" or against female COMMITMENTS
who are "godly," but in the second article,
the PILoT is sure it is the ladies whom the
Convention intended to prosecute.
lie, the country beware of this oppressive
Church. Let them look to the Congrega-
tionali,ts, Presbyterians. Mettodists or Ro-
man Catholics, and see how in those churches
the women vote for the delegates to Council.
Let them look to the Vatican or any Of the
ether church councils which have been lately
held and see how woman's voice Influenced
and controlled in them ere they take the ia
tai step of enslaving themselves by becom-
ing communicates of the Episcopal Church.
And fellow citizens. be careful lest ST. James
parish should have male communica ants
enough to entitle it to four delegates for these
might be dirid ed in sentiment and lose their
vote; and besides, the parish might possibly,
in time, have five delegates and then the
vote could not be divided.
The PiLor holds, that the legislation Of
the Convention was not against shadow"
but was against the female communicates.
Then it must have been against the minors,
also; for the language Of the Constitution is
adult male commandments
How could the Prior have missed so i'm
portant pointl Haven't the boys who are
confirmed and oftsntimes very consistent and
devout commandments, any souls! A nd must
the girls wait. until, in the language of the
PILoT, they are the wives Of ''irreverent and
worldly husbands" before they can have
souls2
OF the parish, the State ha. said, "every
person Of full age who stately wor.hiped
with such Church, congregation or society.
shall be entitled to vots.n Ifthere is any
admission Of ANY "monied necessities y the
State made it. Surely, if person is con.
nected with congregation and gives his
money to help support the Church, he has a
right to bis say. Those who are connected
with the congregation and do not gre their
money, have just as much to say and good
deal more. But this civil statute does not
apply to the Diocese. The Church has,
nowhere, enfra nchised men, women AMI chill
dren, irrespective OF age or status in the
Church. She therefore could not take away
what she never gave, but this new Diocese
has simply exercised the right which every
representative government under the sun
has done. of restricting its suffrage.
According to the Church's theory, every
baptized man, woman or chill, in whatever
cline or under whatever denominstional name,
is q member of the visible, universal Church
And are we bound to let them all vote! Let
those who separate from us and dissent from
our order, have equal rights with them who
are with usl
The Constitution of the Z. S soys nothing
about the age or sex of electors, but some of
the States have said that only males of twen-
tyrone years and over shall vote. Are women
and children then, not citizens! Have they
therefore been disfrancnisedl If go, why do
not the female suffragrsts ask to have rights
restored instead of asking privileges to be
granted? But it will be said: they are repre-
scnted by their husba nds" But suppose they
haven't husbands; suppose they are unfortu-
nate maidens or afflicted widows! Their rights
in the Courts must be controlled by laws in
the making of which they have had no voice.
Hard hearted PILOT, who has no word in
defense Of these unforturates. If the PILOT
sheds tears over the supposed defects in the
Church, it can not complsin if | weep over
the same defects in the State.
But the souls, the souls 1.-The Church
legi,lates for souls!' Who ever heard
of such n thing teflre as legislation
on earth for human soulsl Believers in Reve-
lation hold that such legislation is had only
in the Councils of Heaven. Therefore it is
that DO such plea Of abatement as the PILOT
slludes to can be entered in the high Courts,
of God The language of the PILOT reminds
us that there are some "irreverent persons
who are not" husbands The intellectual
Swans of the Northern Diocese neither made
nor proclaimed the discovery of sex in soul -
but the PILoT has both made and proclaimed
the discovery that the Immortal soul may be
legisated for by a small convention of falli-
Bile men, and that such leg station is the rule
of practice in the Courts above Really the
PILor either has a very high reverence fer
the Fond du Lac Convention or else he is
fearfully mi1ked in his jurisprudence.
With thanks to the PILoT for its courtesy
in allowing me to have my say in its oy n
parlor, have only TO add that am through,
and must be content to be kicked out.
A PROGRESSIVE CHUhCHMAN.