The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-14
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING JULY IA, 1878

~ MORNING, JULY Il, 1878.
itself langusgs inspiring cruelty, 1t was onl
| among those who were not aud never iutende
20 be nader 6re. Applause To you there wa
bigger and = nobler sensation. It was your
and 60 share your half rations with the STAR
ing Prisonar. Such deeds might we'll claim .
be received et the high throne to (which on
himself soldier, has appealed on this oooa
sion: This 10 no second thought. tbis is n
tracking back g cover qp the things OF tn
ssss ef % oDos s %Rs
mending the army for lie humanity an.
| mercy, and eemember to-day with pride th'
| oeoasion that called forth the order.
| / will not consume your time or harrow you
feelings by attempting to enumerate the aotl
Of cruelty TO which our people were exposed.
sad of s'
sntfered st tho bands of the soldiers Of the
Ifis we're possiele to forget these things. ]
Ixcnld ssy. fOrgiyS. GApplsuse ]
It is always easleet to the bravest to forgive;
the nobiest are thoSs who can forgive iDj aries;
hearts sssns ssVs0gs IL appisuse D 0nSF''o 'n 'n'''
Az m osiginal 4Gsssion the exsrcise of the
atAtaRight OF aaeSSsiOn in 1861 was certainly
deAssnbtn. quarrel with no one fog sayinE 4
formed, and after war resulted from it, the
men who shrunk to go with those who were
upholding their State and performing their
duty towards the State deserve to be branded
as traitors,
Thus. my friends. say you are dou bly, asti-
hed But you have another Justification in the
you in their breach faith. The promise was
that when you lsid down your arms there
should be peace throughout the land. Bot the
persecution that followed when You were no
ch En- sak kho svQf f@ko
defenseless people, these things show that
the men who resolved to put everything to the
trial of battle were correct in their oonclu
sions.
True, We have suffered much from failure,
still say:
1T was better to have fought and lost.
Than never to have fought at all"
Ny faith in the rights of States to Withdraw
from the Union which they have entered by
voluntary compact was formed early in life. It
was confirmed by subsequent study and obser-
vation. It he's been tried in a very severe
believed in it in 1861.
And as have lived I expect to die, frm in
the faith.
Else here have olson ssed these q ne estions
in other times and Plaoee have elaborated
the faith | have in them. do not propose on
this occasion to renew the argument. I do not
surrender right; I never did. GCry Of
Who had q right to pot yonr Inheritance to |
the test of trial of battle Who has the right |
to say that because you defend yoor house that !
you agree that whether you are able to defend |
It or not, shall decide whether it 10 yours or |
notf You might as we'll tell me that when q |
robber comes through your window to seize
yoar watch, and he overcomee you, that this
ses Of battle. will only say in this connec.
ion that the sovereignty Of the State. in
which. of course, the right to withdraw from
my compact voluntarily entered into was an
o Dberent attribute. was never denied by any
'ody as far as l know, or if it was, it must
nave been in some deep glen where his voice
ould not be heard from 1776 to 1861 and IF er
rine, but the doctrine Of our fathers, the doc
rine on which the UOion was formed. 1t grew
ut of the Declaration OF Independence it
rev out of the recognition of the colonies as
rec and independent States when the war was
losed With Great Britain. Then where is alle-
lance duef If the State be sovereign, there
an be no question but the allegiance Of the
itizen Is due to the State. If the State then
ecomes involved in war, or is invaded, what
ball be said of the man who turns bis b Ack
pom his mother State and cowardly sbirks {
'om confronting his enemies Or, worse still,
aises his hand against his mother State APP
lanee.
To defend the State in any controversy she 4
Iay have iS duty of every citizsn. The {
pom to defend the home and ali he holds dear {
nd the State which sPreads over him all the 4
rejection of bis private rights which be ever 9
nd. It was thus that Bishop Polk reasoned. J
70 said to me before entering the army, that d
3 had carefully considered the question >
bether to do 90 or not and after long humili- b
ion and asking God for counsel, he Oaid be J
I'D come to the coucluBioO that IL was bis o
nty TO 20 wherever his country needed him, o
n. said hes this iS . war pro Gris ct JOcs, and
far from excluding the services Of q bishop, o
s position rather demanded that he Bhonld u
We his services wherever he could be most 9
Iefni. TbuB, after prayers and Ommunion g
ith God he buckled on bis swcrd-and how y
, used it on many battlefelds, you of the Army 9
Tennessee can bear witness. Applause r
Yet throughout ell the struggle bo ceased not @
ID by the powerful example OF his holy life, Q
called many from sinful ways into the bo o
m of the church; and ever mindful of bis u
rites towards Him, in whose hand rests the
,BtinieB Of man, be ever pFDyeTfniiy invoked q
% care and proteetioD upon the rights-of sho 4