The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-24


montanes'-we use that slang word {
conveying what is understood by bein
earnest, consistent, and thorough-is
fact which in itself ia simply startliDg,
the face of Prince Bismarck's bitter wa
1t shows what perseverance, can do.
Catholics. 1t should teach us that, wit
patience and 1nanimity, there is nothip
Which We cannot accomplish.
And when we add that among the hun
dred Catholic deputies there are as man
"a twenty-five Catholic Priests, we seer
to be speaking of some intensely Catholi
country, of which the fervor is quite q
grand as the strength. And we can forI
some conjecture of the influence of cue
deputies by a glance at the character @
their rivals. 1t is not to be supposed tha
those thirty one "unattached" the on
Dane, twelve Poles, ten Alsatians, AM
eight Particularists, have been styled b.
from participation in such measures a
shall be originated or approved by tn
the Catholics; nor, on the other hand, cal
| the chaotic mass of Democrats, who hav,
no positive principles to bind them
though their number may be hundred
and ffty-oppose successfully the votes OF
the central party. Suppose we allow thai
the Government party-which, however, ii
much broken and "unattsched"-nnmb bert
no less than a hundred and fifteen we DE-
not fear for that serried pha'anx of reso
lutes, who will know how to fight SO as tc
win. Yet it is not numerically that we
have solely tn judge their strength we
have to judge it from The force of their
principles. One positive is worth varie-
ty of negatives. Ans e9en with the wrath
of the "Kulturknmpf' looming over them,
tie Catholic party will work shoulder to
shoulder. Let ua glance, however. very
summarily, ct one other important feature
which is outside the Raichstag ana tie
Government, bat which yet must combine
to assist popular oneIgies in taking their
one true direction
We ali1de to the vast increase OF Catho.
lie newspapers. Scarcely a town in Ger
many of any Intellectual importance is
without its own Catholic organ. (We
certainly cannot say this of Eagland.) The
smallest circulation is two Thousand =; the
average circulation is ak thousand; while
4 new Catholic Journal in Berlin has run
up in twelve months to twenty thousand
Nor do the older Catholic journals lose
part of their prosperity by the establish
ment of any number of new ones. New
50 ubscribars support every new journal
Shall we cay that this is really splendid
sign and vindicatiOn of German Catholic
Intellectual avidity? Bat it is also a sign
Of the diminishing fear of repressive meas-
1res, and of tue boldness of Catholic enter
price. The Socialists may be sufficiently
weak to be put down but the Catholic ca
nave become national power. This is
he fruit of their own energies. And jast
,ne other point may be noticed, since it is |
instructive qnite as much as it is amusing.
correspondent few days ago, wishiug
% communicate brilliant facts in regard to |
he "O,d Catholic" movement, summed his |
in these words "The par
sh priest oden stein, at Bochum, as we'll |
10 his worthy eonfrere, the parish priest |
pntk ut 81 I
This is the latest development" 1t
was the first, and it is the last form of
development. Catholics have no more to
ear from "O!d Catholics" than Auglicsns |
nave to fear from the Qaakers.
Compare the Developments of the Church |
with the developments OF heresy, and the |
&c developments of autjcratic state power,
and we may feel cheerful in the prospect |
which lies before Germany, of the freedom
and the dignity of Cathoics. And there
IS DO counterpart in Germany to the de- |
velopment OF Catholicism, in the shape of
odd Developments OF Protestantism. Ritu
a'iem has no place as q "scbooi." 1t exists, |
but only az caprice. The Professionalism
of Germany, though often most sincere
the German pastors are worthy body of
DcG-las not that tocial status, from the
point of view, which Church of
enjoys in our great towns. In
L Jglapd the culture Of Anglican clergymen
is an tas-amedl weapon against the spread
of Catholcsm it is urged by all classes
of Protestants as an argument against
Catholic Logic; but in Germany the Evan
gelca!s, if earnest, are not esteemed as
either scholarly or high bred. So that it
must be said that the contest of the Church
ia almost siugiy with the nationalist State.
That contest is approaching to an issue
Snccess has almost touched the Point of
triumph. 1t has touched it politically
and that it will touch it nations ally we
entertain the most sanguine expectations.
Prince Blsmarck thought to crush out the
Church. But as NJ. Louis Veuil,o: observ-
ed in one Of his humorous satires: "A
greater than Prince Bismarck has tried to
do that for eighteen hundred years but be
is no nearer to success now than he was at
first"
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