The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-02-11

journal of Commerce. "The fact
that Roman Catholics have been the
first to take alarm at the goddess char
actcr of the common schools and to
drag their children into parochial estab-
I lishments where the special dogmas of
their church may be impressed ON the
youthful mind, instead of exciting so
much public clamOr against this partic-
uiar church, ought to stir up every Prot
estant Christian To see If there is not q
, foundation for such movement of even
more vital Importance to the well being
of his own family and the other chill
dren of the State. This il the great
lesson of the controversy. The true
question is not how To prevent CathO-
lies from educating their own children
after their own method, but how To es-
tablisiI for children of other parentage
/ system of education that shall be
worthy of the name, ETC., etc.
All the glowing statistics furnished
l.. b. T., by the bigoted Mr.. H., con-
corning the iiliteraey of the Catholics
Of Italy, are all bosh. Only let any
one procure the United States census
report Of 1850, and take the six States,
namely, Massachusetts and the other
five NeS England States, and compare
the illiteracy of many other citizens
with that of the kingdom of Italy, and
I'll vOuch for il, MIR. III. will be branded
as fool. Because some few Catholics
here and there cannot read and write,
what does this prove? Does this prove
that the church is opposed to education?
No, but then L. Il. Z. just wanted to
have some excuse to say that the great
mass of Catholics in our large cities are
only fit for draydrivers, hOdcarries,
brakesmen and deckhands. How are
you? draydrivers, hodcarriers, etc.
80, We Gods and little fishes, behold
such chOpping up and hashing of
logic" My dear sir, p. B. p, the
above occupations are honorable, Yes
and they become sublimely so, when
compared with your occupation, name
ly, that of knowingly wishing to de-
ceive the worthy people among whom
you have the privilege to reside. Did
you reflect that you knowingly and in
tentiUnally told falsehOOd when you
asserted ''that the difference between
the clergy of the Catholic church and
the ministers of other churches, Is that
when a minister of any of the other
churches is Overtaken in any crime, he
is summarily dealt with, and depOsed
y
mean by depOsed? Is il that after his
crime being heralded to the public in
some of the daily sheets, and after hav-
ing gained some Goldfish notOriety, he
is received back again with open arms,
and has his salary raised ereDlpIo grd-
td. Count 'em. But that there ever
was an instance where a priest, after
having been detected in any crime
whatsoever, was removed from the
place of his crime to another place, and
still permitted to the priestly functions
is an infamous lie. Let the maligner
give even one instance if he dares. Let
him tell the place where such a priest
was taken from, and the place to which
he was sent.
We now pass TO cruel Spain and the
bloody shirt InquisitiOn. But what is
this InqusitiOn? Ii it Is what y. Ii. Il.
tries 10 make believe il il, We Ameri-
cans had better be on the look out for if
Cardinal McCO.sky, of New York, and
Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, compel
us Catholics to vote, and try to elect
the Pope us President of this country,
and if We should elect him, you know,
he might come over here with all his
bachelor priests and all his il.iterate sub
jects of Rome. Then when the Pope
would have full sway, he would send
out IA herald sonic morning to proclaim
that If ali Of us Americans didn't count
our beads and Use holy water freely,
there would I've nothing left of us before
night, but grease spot. Ii must be
remembered that the Catholic church
had nothing To do with the lnquisitiOn
of thu. spanish Government. On the
contrary, she always denounced its
cruelties. BlOOd-shed and persecution
form no part of the creed of the CathO-
lie church. Before Il. B. u. can convict
the church of Intolerance, he must first
bring forward some authentic act of
her popes or councils sanctiOning the
policy of vengeance. The authors of
the InquisitiOn were, it Is true, children
of the church, and sometimes exercised
their enOrmities in her name, but what
of il? Is il just or fair to hold the
church responsible for those acts of her
children whom she disowns? No one
can denOunce liberty as mOckery be-
cause many crimes are committed in
her name. Neither can anyone hold
"A father accountable for the sins of his
disobedient children. Ii should also
be borne in mind that the Spaniards
were the only people who have pre-
scribed men for the exercise of their re-
ligious belief. If Il. b. p. calmly
studied the history of other nations, his
enmity towards Spain will relax, he
shall have to reserve for his neighbors
a part OF his awful indignation.
1t must not be forgotten that John
Calvin burned Michael Servetus at the
stake for heresy, and the Arch Reformer
not only avOwed, but also justified the
deed in his writings, and established in
Geneva an lnquisitiOn for the punish
ment of refractory Christians. Luther,
OF whom "P Il. p" is disciple, advO-
Gated the most merciless cruelties and
doctrines toward the Jews. According
to his apOlOgist, IcekendOrf, the German
RefOrmer, said that their SynagOgues
should be destroyed, their houses pulled
down, their prayer-bOoks, and even the
books of the old Testament, to be taken
away from them. Look at history and
see the state Of England under the
reign of Henry VIII and his successors
/ for many generations. Look ut Ireland.
Holland, Scotland, and many other
I places. If up. b. p" wishes to see an
/ impartial account of the InquisitiOn, |
refer him to the ''letters on the Spanish
InquisitiOn," by the Count de Master.
/ Let Us now step from the lnquisitiOn
to the InE,llibility of the Pope, about
which our friend "P. b. p" knows as
much as a two year old child. The In
fallibility of the Popes does not signify
F that they are inspired. The Apostles
were endowed with the gift of Inspira-
ton, and we receive their writings as
the revealed word of God. Infallibility
does not mean that the Pope is impeach-
able or specially exempt from sim His
/ tory attests that the Popes have been
! indeed with exceptionsl men of virtu-
Gus lives. Many of them are hOnOred
Us martyrs. Seventy-nine of the two
hundred and sixty that sat on the chair
of Peter are invoked upon our affairs as
Saints, eminent for their holiness The
enemies of the church charge only five
or six Popes with immortality. Thus