Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-08
Bishop GilmOur Declines to be Die
lated 10.

Eiit0r Morning Nel0s: In justice to Bishop
GilmouT Will you p ease puOish the accom-
panyiDg slip from 5ne Central Cataolc Ad o.
cate, of Louisville, KY, issu d ssr Thurs
day, June lst. A CATHOLIC.
Several weeks ago the Parnell Land
League, Of Cleveland, which, by the wav.
seems to be compo~ed OF a very troublesome
element, formed a Ladies' Branch Bishop
Gilmour advised the ladies OF bis parish not
TO join this branch, and gave his reasons
therefor. For this he was ass8iled at the
Land League meetings and IN the press by
members of he branches. In the Catholic
UjliverSe he replies to the attacks upon him,
and concludes in the following unt O liyocal
terms:
"Assume that there are Irishmen, and
friends of ireland, as sincere in their de-
sire to help Ir land and her cause as YOU,
and cease abusing others because they will
not accept you and your wild, and impossi-
BILE, and sinful ways. II you will be absurd.
be so, but be honest and truthful, and don't
falsely accuse me OF being an enemy of Ire
land, because l VIII not accept YOU and
your wild aud imp possible ways and teach
ings. Discuss and resolve till you are tired.
but for tue sake of female modesty keep our
Catholic women out OF the circle OF your
womsn's right movements Save us the
shame of noisy woman II may be pretty
for her to see her name in the papers
as Miss so and So, Presideut-we have
no word yet in the whole E ,glish language
to express a fen ale President-F Ut n all
that is holy, save our Catholic WI IN Anhood
from the ame OF a womsn politician. IL
there is one thing above another that so far
we have had c,use TO be proud o., It was
the sensitive mOdesty OF our Catholic women,
Let US not taint it by turning them into
braWling polite ans or noisy pests. Save US
from the shame of a newspaper womsn. IL
mill f.rhf lyaay aruNr In, H.
care To- the wounded; don't bring her to
the front, and, above all, save cur common
manhood the shame of seeing you shield
ourselves behind a pettIcoat. No cause
will justify for IFS success the sac ifce f
womsn's modesty, or Catholic female
delicacy.
81 plead for women, plead for female
modestV and Cafholic female daltc ICY. Let
me not cad Ia vain. L you will assail me.
do SO, but save my fl ok. Save the women
of my flock the disgrace OF q society Of fe-
male politicians.
Sew of the members of this Parneu
Branch of the Land League are practical
Catholics. Most OF them hold and teach
heresy against Catholic teaching on the
subj cts Of al bority, Church and s ate
property and government There is not one
OF The whole OrgRDfZ alton master of the
smaller catechlsm, y-t they one and all
dOgmatiZ9 on au hority, the relation of
Church to State, the rights OF properly, the
rights of government, etc, with fl ppapcv
and confidence that would abash a Sc.
Thomas or S. Au Justine
''No, gentlemen, either you are Catholics
or you are not. II you are Catholics YOU
must take from the churcn, no. the chu ca
from you. If you are not Catholics, say so.
and tnen We will cease discussing yUu or
your acts. But II you are Catholics and will
seek your following among Ca holics, you
can nOI and will not be permit ed tn dictate
70 both Bishop and priess. Tn Bishop is
the guardian OF faith IN his diocese and the
present Bishop OF Cleveland insists as long
as Y u PIE end to be thOlic thai yfu shall
10 matters OF faith and morals take from
him, not be from you; nor will he allow YOU
unre bused to fCr her destroy, under the
plea Of patrl 'tism, the fai h of the
peop'e intrusted to his care, nor will
he further allow you TO teach, unre-
buked, doctrines subversive of the
principles Of honesty; nor VIII he permit
you, unrebuk-d, to tamper wi "a female
modesty, and by your sham pretense of
PATRIOTISM turn our Catholic " omen fDto
brawling politicians. You must take YOUR
place either as Catho les or heretics: if
Catholics, you must live subject to your
faith; If heret'cs, subject to the choice YOU
make But YOU cannot ST on he fence
and jump down on Gods side wh D It suits
you and then jump on the DEVILS side when
it suits you As you choose you must
abide, but you shall not fur her be per-
mitted, unrebuked, to poison by your false
doc rines and un Catholic coDouct the minds
of our Catholics, OF assail the modesty of
our Catholic women by turning them, for
your selfish ends, into noisy politicians or
newspaper pests"