The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-21
Communicated
Apropos of Bad Faith.
When the devil q monk would be,
The devil of q monk was he.

tune to the spendor of electric light; but it was
reserved to an Alpha Cathollc of Ascension
PARISH TO beat this amazing achievement the
stately old Catholic church OF eighteen CEN
turtles. This wonderful individual improves
/ upon her old tired principles and proceeds
forthwith to administer a charitable lesson to
| Ill all astoI1shlnent, when MIR. Beta will appear
| upon tie scene and when Mr.. Gamma w1ll top
| the Climax! &c chat e,Gfarifas ne dit 7jeie qsii
| Uttttte. With sweet unGtlon and oily eioquence,
| MIR. Alpha wishes to see argument resumed and
| wholesale complaint dlsregardeu. He wants
now klnd IL hinl-1ny only commodity, advice,
| 50 iayisilly bestowed and unscrupuiously
given to be set aside. lie does-TultatUe, vu =
not fail to set before my blind eyes my nigh and
holy calling OF priest my chosen vocation and
mission to preach peace and good wall to aIl
men,. Forgetting the dignity due to my high
position, l rush into print like ordinary NOR
tai. % you say SO! how nice indeed. From
mad. Yes, Mr.. Alpha Catholic L am mad, am
very mad am exceedingly mad, and have
reason 10 be mad. ITaScinlliti ct n0tite peccdfc.
BE ye mad and SIN not. The words Bad Faith
are exceedingly harsh to his sensitive ears. You
| say, IN! dear Alpha, that the communication of
the Bishop was, addressed u tho Ascension
Democr0t but L beg your parton, the colnmu-
| Hlcat1on OF the Bishop, as you know fuli we'll
was addressed to me only, with instruction to
copy part of it for the Ascension Ienocrat.
| Tie Bishop has about us much respect for the
| Ascension Democrat as | have. A respectable
| paper. indeed, that can fprInt such garbled
statement as that of the trustees SO called and
after that lend willing ear to the word Of six
| gentlemen you know against one eve-, If he he
! Il Bishop. Such Il paper Is worth very little in
the eyes of the BISHOP and Of this Catholic com,
mu1llty, Your charity, my dear Alpha Catholic,
| seems to proceed rather from Blackstone, the
| great commentator of English common law
| Your legal lore, fear ran away with yelr
judgment. Please show me. through Black
stone, ii yoa like, what right you had to sell tho
pewE of the Catholic church by virtue of ;; cirr
icat injunction whose bond Is signed by MIR,
Protestant 1t seems to me that the Bishop has
got something to say Ill this matter accor,ti1fs.
to the Council of Trent, Even Mr. i}lactl5tone
must admit that BY selling the pevs conrarv to
the authority of the church you become Instant
ly schisnttlc by the very fact Being u st,his
matte and not a CatLoIlc what right can Mr.
blackstone give you to the property OF the
Cathoncs OF Ascension parish: You declared
my gear AlPlis, ana surely 1t is not my
Of season. l'0"''' - 'e''"'i ''''' '''
Talk ;lEopt ,,,v ,,,oliaio7,. ~, ,,,o,, t4,;.,,
terfsrance ninisaha ~, - t;,o o' Jn"iouS IL
ment Over vyhosn a,ss arc -n,, ,H+,i,;.r ~ 80
wool MI AiohaS Ia LOOT ~ si,'it' a. t' a.
is yrrv yolIghff,i Far .ooH 20 sIeu Is ..ial: IL
f lie Church Wars9s SO caI!e I' into l }anc;o %
the7r ewes ,vie yn rI'aro t ' tai ~ SUI
Mood 6i,'I W., Ne 70 .Gh Yer isaEts
have nT THING to nav v I, ,n'.,o =. ea$
viii srr:e,il ;1 tsn Gil h.. h<1 49, ~ ,eS
il Is YER kind ~ yn a. HIN ic no:
to disturb the equanilnlty o. he trns-ees. hnyy
thank God that Won are not Ike othe, nn ANY,: ar
-pyfortion.,fa n,,i,,et sI.,ltar.,,,r - -. -
this publican How ha,,1f; f,I}1 NJ AIE 49, -, as
easle Ike ON th aow psauahuIy M aph" SORTS
PIN the statement that he h's lad t III u,
intms schen and TO-, ne 4, isih saf IN n
mo INTO a sida iesna IT, i; ~ '"le, pa'it
Won. M ajna Cathnlic h,,+ fI loi
Your oil is Getting greasy a1n .,fraii " ne,
Catholic yo,, ru,t r. 49,, ~ 40 IL
not in the h;fi of the e1: d r2's;i'p -
ordinate even # vcn nn ito I; ''f go u ~ SUD
of The arlment ar csii r re lIl 10. 'i,e GOOD
tnrnnv 13fant H., - - tiii ms agent, nus at
NN-' ''''S'
diocese and not solely for ts tba ne ,'
lsh nf the Stnfn Of 10 1na7' 1i.s ichest par
)rle.rc s;,,rh a +r;.I 80 ot.'7l.ie vi we"
knowledge and consent, and consequently. aI,
nITing the oily, forensic efforts of my dear AL
pi's1' ! must eScialEn with rapture:
Al =, Gull est beau, le doug. ct innocent Abel,
Presentaut au grand pretre ct Peacens ct 10 sol
Come on with vo,r hart, o,os NJ A1r,1. D.
and bye we Will have sometime to saw hot ~, NV
dealings With the Auditor. 10 not fa o -. Ky Ky
ertv il1st nn,y T., ,eo ~ 10y te',i il' 1in-
cai nersons ,y;thn,,t th; AouvU13 ~ esea OIL
When shall have that. Mr. Ainha e Go,iIei h
ready for vn1, Nj, 1s,, W. ~ sliiili Dc
me that vour lneal talants hali, i. oepHs 70
IDEAS of frne fhETstian 10 ~ your
these notions from RncLstnne ~, ~ lioC take
mantator If gn.rlish M, W. we sltat COM
it's 21ofiens nnt .l'il
is patinnt. char;t does ~ "a
must be fnrjtted anoI trntt m, iaf me
wise We NAV finI g.. n,,' ti. ot;lei-
Your charIfv hIr AlIo - no. t Is."'"s" t,eINIto::
the politicai cbartr ~ @ r hils ,ecliilGll OF
fellnyye VOL mot -, @ p0ooiiV gay nae
shan riva rn,, y III NJ - = soGI ,urL ana
to- # na XXI s : l,1t ro, MOI st always object
of tie rockets 81 others + e ~ - ooI
when these others are tho CothoIs lii - ai,,
own parish and have to paw for vorr mad II fraals
am bound to cry ON ps' san oi stIi ~, may iTehs
Catholics have RIGHTS to ha rasnneto H. o rIeI
want Won to keen for yonrso,f H. UNI
fshy elouuence Of naace and gnn5 r;ip a NJ
free neone + Won lilo 70 az So, we hre a
low "a also to he frn e9 .Iie ~ hitlst a.
for ali under the broad cannny Of th el4s1
heavens ansl Senrias an,ias ~ .iis @
in ra1ios aattars I t,''ose al 'a1iV Aalf play
=. -, coy
f aaaS Ensd u Ia terre Ia ol d11 plus fort,
t you admire charity so much, why not like if |
also for others. As men should do to Won. SO do |
you to them in like manner, saws Christ Thai
Is the golden rule Of Christian charity.
you a chance for practical test Of YOUR Cafhn-
lie principles: Surely you must know, nv
friend, the Ir. Protestant. If You were IN my
ture Off the Injunction bond? ii You are char-
table Mr. Alpha, please go to him and tell I'm
Sc; and if he wants little coaxirg, You Inirht
when you used to rent the church prnpertT at
$50 year, your State taxes, DunatuaJy nai[ IN
of course, amounted to $50 q wear
Hnd the church tax for the same year amounted 5
arpents OF land so the other EaFt mad oiI1V ~
ui3ents. # you deduct the one-ha1f next 10
your line, which pays 10 taxes Won dctI,2rt thn
Sisters place of Is arpants. the Protestant ras5e1
yard and the Jevis: graveyard and the otbCr
vacant places, ycu will find. at a ronah s,Ilcss
that about Il ;rpents arc tagged, and this mikes
4 tag of $40 an arpent, It seems. tborefor.s t1at
il one arpent is taxed $40, IS arpe1ts should be
taxed $3.50, and you paid ONLY $50. The nrieet
was aware Of that, Mr.. Protestant and he vent
% the Tax Collector and offered to nav him si3
Tho priest went to the State Auditor and to tha
LEGISLATURE. but it was too late and NOTHING
could be done. The priest then, am sorry to
say. got mad as it happens sometimes. alas and
,ad, L am willing to give TO Cesar what be-
ongs to Caesar, but | have a riaht to expect
sesar to be just The poor priest did not acf