The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-01-02
4 Growing Power.

Al iLS FfSAs oAseoSeIoc Of GEFtk:- rS v e
s1es pTOpoeed il tie l&s; Presidential u+s
cage, tie .ccTeasing importance Of tt
Catholic Church IL America L. treated q. :
3Zed FACT TIE Cuureh is recJgr:z7o ss =
"growirg power." TIE fac: tt&t -As
Methodist eeet, tue Pre.byteraa sect, a-c
property never caused remark. b9t ;tt
rapid strites of Ca;ho!iei;y, a. par, Z.
erireed in - ircre&se ot properly. ca. to:il
q aPfee!dsr a. p:3n uuclEn sato AID create =
genera ar1le;y 70 take sous yreTecI -
MEASURES.
Cae ;bing mus, he rem arked il Tia o21
rec.4oD. The very proposition fIcu G:E-:
Ak 60 popoiaI witt sec:zIiaue 49, -!
irnnsdisoe!y conmeuceo pouiLa:.cg IL
for re election, although ,ae mea.a:e. 4
honestly carried out, would work at oppget-
siTeiy aga'nt: them as agaiot, Ca:oo.ics.
Sill they were "a rsp;orss- They a.-1s:
de.6ed GRAFT. And why all ,hisf
TIE sec:et Of II is simply THAI Pro.e..ao-
tisu- !s al ar:ari boakter that !, 80 ose-
b&c,y beaten Oh fair field ard "a: :;
~au,s 20 c1yey !;s retreat.
Heresy is always boas,f1l AID IL ;1t;e1:.
Frotes;antis.u being no exception. Lac a.
ways pretended, and eii!l does 81. -. : =
Catholic ChuIc. !s zp institu,ion II .ope:
ss..iou and credo.lty, Of jmpositioL 81 80
one band and gtoss Iguorauce OF tie o:Ae:
that ia otdrr u r1a. her utterly a-d :e-
duce hex 70 !LsgniGc2nce, il would c..y 5e
necessary ~ let il a, her. Take away .e-
s,ric.ious Of civil power, expose the C:.2rct
u the open light Of day, pat her before the
people on her merit1 in competition witt Qs,
ray the kect., and she will disappear
Well, the experiment has been tried OF
hundred years, ard with what result 7
They acknowledge openly that the Church
s growing power" they look with fear
ard trent bling on her extending influence
aud strength they End that, though the
5:ate has discriminased in their favor
through the school lava, the Church Etii!
beats them in spite Of State protection,
and they go wild with exuitation when the
National Executive proposes TO ally the
general government still more closely with
them againat tue "growing power" which
they canDot resist. They commenced with
the game all in their own hands. The pop.
ulation almost wholly Protestant
Though the laws did not, as = general
thing, openly persecute the Church, pu blic
opinion did By most bitter social and poll
itical ostracism, Public pref udice was en-
ljsted for them on the ground that the
Church was foreign institution. The
whole secular pTess, with scarcely an tx
ceptiou, hse been, aud still is Oh their side;
the whole food Of lying publications for
use iB school and out Of school bas been
their faithful engine. Yet now they cry
out in tbeir extremity GIye more
Grant.
Why do they want the law to intervene
now7 Are they tired Of the opeu field
contestf VIII they abandon their boast
and refuse the Catholic Church fair chan &c
To be seen and heard
OF course they will, if they can. They
are boasteTE and towards, we speak Of the
.ecta not the sectarfane--they are true
chips OF the old block, lisrs and pe1gecu
ters from the beginning. They pretend as
their fundamental principle that all men
mag chOOne their own religion, and yet
rh"y uEite 10 deny that right TO Ca,holics
and separate to deny it to one another
whenever there il Il chance.
But they have too shrewd an audience ia
the American public to put OIL on them
such a fimsy piece of sleight- Of hand
Americans all know of their boast perfectly
well, and will hold them to it inexorably
1t will be said to them You have dared
the Catholic Church to fair fight now
fight it out. DON'T run under the coat tail
OF Uncle Sam, but stand up to it like men
and either win or give up. That is the
American idea of fair play, and from all in :
dications Sectarianism is not in such popu-
lar odor at this time as induce a Suspension
of this ruto in it's favor. Beecher and
Newman and Colfax and the brethren OF
the Freedmen's Bureau are generally sup
posed to be old enough to take care OF
themselves.