The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-11

pervert the faith OF Catbohc parents anu
children. And, lest these means might
| fail, coercion is used as an auxiliary. For
the churches, fully entering into the spirit
| of the propaganda, take upon themselves
| 10 90 further than instructed. They claim,
in virtue of their civil assignment, the en-
tire spiritual Jurisdiction over the ind!ahS
of their agencies; and such Jurisdlction
az to exclude any OF the other deno :na
tions and most of all, without the inter-
ference Of the Catholic priesthood" Ne,
port COM Ind. Ar, 1873, p. 3i4) Ana
| these pretensions have been vigorously
| carried into practice in many parts OF the
country, especially in the Yakima keserva-
! ton. w. r. ia Reservation near Fort
Benton, NJ. Il. in the Chippewa Reserva-
ton of White Earth, Minnesota; in the
Round Valley Reservation, California. In
the mean while what does the Indian
Bureauf Owing to the influence which is
! brought to bear upon it by the churches,
or for some other cause, 1T suffers those
CRYING abuses to pass unrebuked and I'M
checked, and thereby becomes, by its
studied silence, the yielding tool of this
ANTI CATHOLIC INDIAN PRoPAGANDIsM
Nav. more, the numerous or numberless
protests of the Indians against these crying
outrages, addressed to the Bureau their
| often repeated entreaties aud prayers for
the redress of these revolving injustices;
their earnest supplications, calling with
tears for the return of their beloved priests
aud dear fathers, together with the often
renewed efforts of our Catholic commits
sioner, pressing for two years upon said
Bureaus attention, the claims and griev-
auces of our Catholic Indians all this
| having hitherto been of no avail, and all
this remaining still contemptuously ignored
and repplsed, Is sufficient evidence proving
that the Indian Bureau is an abetteE and an
accomplice in all these glazing Outrages !;
such is the general coalition against the
faith of our poor Catholic Indians. But
after them, WHAT Intolerance to the white
Catholic man. And what are goddess
schools, Kidnapping of children, relig ious
intolerance in houses of refuge, etc, but
the already workings of that same scheme 7
GREAT GOD! IN WHAT COUNTRY DO WE
LIvER
Is our great Republic no more the land
of liberty7 Has it lost its glorious stand
ard of liberty of conscience which the
founders of the Constitution purchased at
the price of their bloodq Whittier are we
drifting7 Reading what is here adduced,
one fails to recognize the land in which
these disastrous proceedings are occurring
Hardly, it seems any more to be the land
i of liberty. Rather that it appears tC
breathe the atmosphere of Prussia, Russia
f Turkey, aRd rampant Bismarckian auto
cracy Once more, what power is it thai
gives our General Government the right
f thus to interfere with the religious convic
! tions of our Indians, to divert their money
! from them, and permit them to be prose
a lytzed in this fashonf Such an action a
the hands of our Government is disgrac.
and lasting stigma upon the American
name, that will bring the nation into con
: tempt. Oh that could blot it out witt
4 all that l hold most dear, for the sake o
: this beloved land of my adoption! b
. sure. beloved colaborators, that your re
rLah oIHrasa will find achpaa
o raise warm sympathies all over the coun
: try, even among our non Catholic brethren
. who, being true Americans, strong lover
# and practical admirers of our glorion
e Constitution, will stand with US for publ,
n Justice and religious liberty. Now, wha
: we have to do under the present crcum
. stances is, lst, to imtata the cxampl,
n given us by citizens of Minnesota, in gain
= ing religions liberty for their state ; 3D. t
n put in practice the suggestion made il
). your address,, concerning an Indian fund
e to eaahle Catholic missionaries to visit ou
n Catholic indians, and
8 KEEP THEM FROM suIpwRECK IN TIL
FAITH;
:. remembering these words of the hol,
! Book: ale that causeth a sinner 10 b
Il converted from the errors of his way, shall
+ save his soul from death, and cover ID mui
n utudo of sins" 81. James, ;. 20. "Au
1t they that instruct many to justice, shall
shine as stars for all eternity" Dan II
d Therefore, the holy name of God Invoked
"a and with the advice of our counsrllnIs, w
If hereby establish, until revocation. in on
is archdiocese, the Catholic Indjan Fund, t
Is ho raised but once "a year. We bid orr Rev
,e erend clergy, in charge of missions, to OF
y ganize an association of ladies, divided i
l. circles of thirty persons, to carry out TIL
y good work OF mercy. Our Catholic heney
ID client and temperance societies, pupils i
,e converts, and boys in schools and college
is are Invited to cooperate. Rev. Father 1
at Verhaag, OF Portland, is hereby appointe
I'd a treasurer for the whole diocese. He wi
n have to receive the tributions raised i
le each mission, and send the amount to OF
ar Catholic Commissioner at Washington
IN But in vain shall we SOW if God waters IL
in our seed with the heavenly rain of h
10 grace. "Unless the Lord build the hous
o. they labor in vain that buiId it," (P
~ 1867 Let US, then, obtain by our ferveI
@. prayers, that our aims may become PR
til ductive hundred fold. The present
g. he communicated and explained to tt
faithful of your Jurisdiction. Begging
God to bless your missionary labOrs, an