The Hartford herald., 1880-01-28

LITCHFIELD, KY, Jan. ~

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In your paper of Jan. IA, | notice an
article signed "A Catholic" written
from this place, in review of the state
ment, / made through the HERALD
some time ago concerning the Catholics
and the tax to build schOol-hOuse at
this place. The'author of this articfe
attempts to be facetions in what he
says, but despite the attempted wit, the
ignorance and impudence in
the statements made, indicate that the
short item i'm my article which he re-
fers to, had touched u tender place.
l had no thought of arousing so great
amount of righteous Indignation as is
given vent to in "a CathOlies' article.
But that ii has done so is only an indica-
ton that the relation the Catholic
Church siistains to the free public
schools is subject that viii not bear
the light, and all his insinuations that
"The bachelor priests and pope never
get divorces from their wives nor run
away with other mems wives" and lris
witty remarks about Dealing in cali
co, whalebOnes, bandboxes, ct hoe Onlie
genus" etc, only shows the scuttlefish
propensity to raise fog and escape the
main issue by darkening counsel by
words. We would say, however, be-
fore proceeding to the main issue, that
his insinuatiOns about "Divorcing
wives, dealing in colico," etc., comes
with bad grace from hierarchy who
became celibate or "bachelors," exclu-
sively First, in the year 1914, in obe-
dielice to the edict OF Pope Gregory, the
VII, who, in order to make the clergy
entirely independent of secular author
ity and human ties, decreed that the
sacredotal order should abstain from
marriage, and that the married priests
should p,d dutty their tCires, or quit the
pyifstiy office, or from hierarchy who,
because of their celibacy, became 80
corrupt as that the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the
priesthood was the cry all over Europe.
POpes lived i'm open sin, and promoted
their illegitimate children to ecclesias-
tical office, and priests, forbidden open
wedlock, lived with "DOmestics." |
say his insinuations come with a bad
grace with such record as this behind
the clergy of the Catholic Church. The
difference between the clergy of
the Catholic Church and that
of other churches is, that when Il
illiillStCl vi Oht vi thC ONhti thtithNS 10
Overtaken in a scandelOus crime of the
character insinuated by IA Catholic"
he is at once summarily dealt with by
being defused from the ministry, but
if Catholic Priest is Overtaken i'm a
crime, however scandelous 1t may be,
he is, at least, if it becomes public, re-
moved to some other parish, and an
other priest sent there in his place.
IA Catholic" says at was news to
me to know that Catholics had voted
as Catholics, either here or elsewhere,
against the school tax or any other
tax" Now all have to say here is,
l don't know whether Catholics voted
here as Catholics or not, but after ex-
amining the poll books of the elections
held here for three successive years TO
vote tax to build a schoOl-hOuse for this
district common school, find that ev-
cry Catholic whose name appears on the
books uOted against the tar. 1t will be
rememberedth they havea parochial school
here, and also sOtherecentdelivery fBishOp
McC cCloskey, of Louisville. to his diocese,
in which he commands Catholic parents
to take their children from the public
schools and send them to the parochial
school, on pain of having the sacra-
ments withheld from them if they dis
obey his command, land to withhold
the sacraments from Catholic is to
withhold Heavenl. | say this will be
remembered in this connection also as
significant.
"a Catholic" says again, "a little
glance at history will show Pro Bono
Publico' what these bachelor priests
have done for civilization and educa-
tion.', Now we have had the privilege
of taking slight 'glance at history" F"
have seen something of what pOpery
has done for the aforesaid objects. Free
dom of thought and research are essen
tiai to the advancement of "civiliZation
and education :" and these bachelor
priests and pope imprisoned GalileO for
daring to think and say that the world
was round, when they, being iatatiiJie,
said it was fdt; they burned Jerome,
of Prague, and John Huss, at the stake,
because they dared to open the Bible,
and read and interpret it for them
selves. These bachelor priests and
pope established the Spanish inquisi-
ton for the detection of heresey, and
were so determined to advance civiliza-
ton and educatiOn," that an individual
iau oiny ~ suIPio .Ai -,
ior nimseii, whel ne was arrested. anu,
Dy torture, a CONCESSION was eNtorted
from hm, wheh he was tneh gwen
over 10 toItufers, sucn as only neiiish
malice anu In nenuisn kai, insehuity can IN
vent, uhtlI uealn reIieveu mn oi pam,
ana al lor no otner purPose lhan tiiat
ne nad uareu 10 eAereise nls own reason
ana cohscielce III uisopeyinS lne pe,
nests OF Iiiese bacheior rrlests anu
rope, anu III .his way ma giaHce ut
history VIII snom .hat t,illil9ls Vi men,
women anu cnliureh suiiere1 ue,tn.
Dul elaiice a. .i,,' Ii'niAeu woriu
at the present tilne Mlii SNOW what they
are doihg lor ciViilzatioh ana eauca-
tl0n. NOW iook Ior INSTANCE at Italy,
where tne Satnoiio Nauren mas iiau III,
most unlihllIeu sway ioI centuries, ana
Inc rope hlliiseiI relShee as iemporai
frlnce over certain oi ts otate 'tiii
isIl, Wnen tney We're iakeii POSSESSION
o, py r;ad nrcsor Latianoti ~ h; ., anu ihe rope
MAS MAS Geprlveu Vi His ielilPotai power.
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