, 1879-07-14

| w!n, Mississippi; J. n. Du Dose, Selma, Ala:
]. 4. Wooley, Cincinnati; 1saac Meyer, wife,
anti servant, Ut. LOUIE 90.
GRANT AND THE CATHOLICS,
Bishop O'CSnnor Interviewed upon lIts
OpEmlon OF tho Coming alan-liu 1tetrnctx
1fts Harsh Structures In tho " "Cnthultc Qunr-
tnrly Hevle,y" upon tho Famous Dea
aIolncs Specct,.
Omaha Rfun6'tcoa, Jntyfl.
III an article published On the editorial pure
Tuesday lust, taken from the Philat'viphia III.
q1sfrer, be!ng portion Of an interview with Dr..
Keatlng, who accompanied Gcn. Grant from
Paris to Shanghai on hfs tour round the world,
upon Gen. GRANTS famous Dcs sfonea speech,
the following paragraph appears, III connection.
| with other opinions up0n lltv same eubiect
It Is snHlcwhat singular tsa!l 1}r. keating1, but
It is trnc. nGVcrthelsHs ah,lt bur way through
Omaha wo claneed to tal! lit with Bishop IT onnor
from whuse araieaca pn Tie Rnecch in question ihe
comments which nppcured III tic papers IN this
paEt Of !ho country were drawn aaa caused 70
much roHEnct!on: lie satd TO nc that there was
| nYthtng III h.s He he rcpcn,cti more than lhe
haste with wn'ch ht had 'nisluuseI one Of An,er-
ca's na1sst men: und IT, explanation 1inted Tint
lie ha1 lHken hts Serstun from tntatnt crprctc aph
grussly false ACCOUNT which ha appeared iu local
pnpsr, Hs discovered hs crr0f when Ii was LOO
with his whofo hrart-
In January, lS77tin the first issuo of tic A,ner-
'edn Cdato1c Quarterly ldv rp. published Il,
Philadelphia, Of which, Uishop 0'Connor was
then und is nor ono Of ta,c editors, the a}uslou
to the speech Is tnadu in long article ,cutttIea
"Antl-Cutholc Prejudice" It Is mpup tuyi.
dentA1ly, and III but ono paragraph Of tho
lengthy article. Tho immediate topIc, Of which
the following Is part OF the discussion, was tho
"prosp:ct Of nntiCatholic legislation In Amcri-
ca" Tho paragraph which lsus mado sucI, IL stir
Is as follows:
The outitpc Of thu crusade With which we aro
.uu!drn spceen 1t Dcs IoInea fsw trunths aso,
II! IL ernlncnls ii,smarcka,. From l!tetary point
GERS As It rcticcta lhc Inner thought and teiunsr
Chief Maei.ttate q great Nation, aad especially
IMPULSES q u soldier: and .; a soldier Of tic
un,'et! States asruy Hat It derives great ,nnor.
its anshur mt to retr!eva tho fortunes Of falling
party: l;.d AfleI wha, has tranrp!sed slncs
that i:s insucnco has been ovcres.imatel,
t'n 9no thss At e2st Il certain; Should
Of acttu! forcxhadUwel IN That speech. though hc
may bs disappointed IN tho alope Lc is aaid 10 Gu
tsrsn M p ih5a H. t9t @ h. cannot fa!l tq become
former admirers hare generally ceased to regard
with thnso modern "lrcsitiests oi Ilcpupcs"
WIN. l.ouis Wouldn't haa lately said, lie up like
t. snG ossy u ID ss q ns pp1
ly,on, a,,d " ttoy .haye clanceh to luayo nuY
foutpt,nta ,: atter then @ sort oi dust 5000 blows
~ 4 moi foFaoslen, viii b con'lulpd him. ani III
Sn, M 5 III II 4sG s Ha, G sa saei .sod
hs lend !he prestige OF MS name and thu natronavv
Of h!s oileo 70 furshcr tle ''pol!cy indicated In
ono will bo shle to caA III bis deferse that be- did
tooat Gfa superabindance nf rcalpus enthnsi-
nf which aMyboAy could SUSPECT III. Grnnt capa.
bic. lie may hnyc, and no doubt ho has, thu orut.
sg S4 S In oGsd bnt y
MI antcaihoic crusaus. ho VII! Do 20 With all tue
who arc always rcady to make use Of religious ii,
n&tlcsm 10 secure or rctn!n place. anu tu 10 usad
by 1t III turn.
As considerable tutercst Ia manifested In tic
present attitude of the Catholic Church upon
tho urnnt question, tho present opinions Ut
Bishop O'Colinor who llas national rcputa.
lion, not aloue for pEoblty Of character and xea,
but ability Us well, are worthy af attention. A
tis rcsi1cnco lust cycs,ln. md was grAntcl an
Interview. After y few Introductory sentences
upon hls erran,s, TN repoFtrr remarked:
printed m interview taken from ttu rhilatlc!-
phIa Inquirer, ~ wlirh Dr. keatinE Is repre-
sensed as repeating conversation with you
while III Unlahn recently, lA which you hal
speectLn
bishop O'Coanor-" Tho Inquirer ts not ex-
actly correct as tu what said. Either Dr. Kcnt-
luz oF to ny hays
this: attached TOO much Importance to thu
speech when wrote the article In thu Catholic
z; g1ar'er0 s0 He,ttr u had read Tug speech at
pta p report 1sp ! II IL a'y f. m psss " fsa5 +
felt tl.At what Mr. Grant said could haye been