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AGAINST The eaoGsAoP.

AGAINST THE %GRoGSH0P. ~
Decree Offhe PIcnnry C0u;scii Against
WHISKY fseiltaE by Members OF the
GAtileiie Church.
New York, Nov. 6-The archbishops
aud bishops oil the Catholic church of
the United States, at the close of the
third plenary council held at Baltimore
ms December. 1884, issued q pastoral let
Ter TO the clergy and laity of their
charges. The pastoral letter, as usual,
contained q summary of the DEGREES or
rules passed by the council, and when
published one paragraph especially at
tracted attention. 1t read as follows:
s'1here is one way of p~rofaning the
Lords day which is SO prolific Of evil
results that we consider 1T our duty to
utter against it q special condemnation.
This is the practice of selling beer or
other liquors on sunday, or of frequent
ing places where they are sold. This
practice tends more than any other
10 turn the day of the Lord into a
day of dissipation, to use it as al
occasion for breeding intemperance.
While we hope that Sunday laws on this
point will not be relaxed, but even more
rigidly enforced, we implore all Catholics
for the love OF God and country never to
take part in such traffic, nor c~ountenance
or patronize, and we not only direct the
attention Of all pastors to the repression
OF this abuse, but we also call upon them
to induce all of their flocks that may be
engaged in the sale OF liquors to abandon
as soon as they can the dangerous traffic
and embrace more becoming way OF
making a living" This straight forward
admonltion from bishops placed the
liquor traffic in new light In It's relation
to the Catholic church. Up to this
time it had been the general impression
with those who were o members of the
church that while she did not in any
way encourage the liquor traffic,
she WAS not directly opposed to it.
When the pastoral letter appeared, how.
ever, it became evident that the Catholic
church in America had resolved to de-
clare itself opposed to intemperence and
grogshops, There were some who shrug-
ged their shoulders when they read the
above paragraph, and declared that they
did notsbelieye it would lave any per
ceptible effect upon the liquor-selllng
members OF the church. The matter
has not. been so thoroughly brought out
before the. several congregations by
priests as it will be should the DEGREES
which were fol- warded to Rome be re-.
turned with ths cd9rSvniont
of the pope. AS 1T is always customary,
the DEGREES adopted by the last plenary
council we're forwarded to Rome, the
Rev. Ds. OConnell. rector OF the Ameri.
can college and ~procurator for the arch
bishop OF Baltimore, acting as messen
ger and ambassador. On his arrival in
TO the eternal city the DEGREES were be-
iivered into the hands OF Cardinal
Simeon, perfect of the propaganda,
45y whom the DEGREES were handed over
to the congregation of the propaganda
body of cardinals and theologians who
examined them carefully. The congre.
CATION Of the propaganda submitted o
report upon the DEGREES to the holy see
The Rev. DIR. OsConnell, who has been
absent nearly @ year, is now on his way
back to the Omitted States with these
DEGREES, which have been approved by
the holy see. There is new much specu.
lation in ecclesiastical circles as to the
a manner in which the DEGREES relating tC
tile liquor srafic were received BY ths
pnpe Ii the pope has given it biz
approval and Endorsement, it is ex.
pected there will spon be "maugurated
IN this country q crusade against the
liquor business OF an exceedingly effect
I've character. ssIhe organization of the
Catholic church ia sncb," u distinguish.
ed Clergyman said, shat it can, with
the assistance Of tue pope, do more te
cripple the business OF grogshops thar
any other religious body"
Dr. O'0onnell is expected to arrive a
Baltimore within a few days. The de.
cfees will Then be published and priest.
and bishops aud laymen will then be
uble to know the; attitude of the churcI
IN the liquor traffic. Archbishop Cor.
figan said last night that it would not
be polite for him to say nything what
evey concerning the decrees He did
not know what action had been taken b3
fhe holy see in regard to the special de,
cree against the liquor traffic, and would
not know until after the arrival of DR.
OsGonnell.