St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-12

to criminals In prisons and penitentiaries.
Though the rank and file of the army and
navy are largely OF our creed the chapla1ns
are fewer than the fingers of one hand. IL is
said that Catholic Indians haye Protestant
teachers. Churches have been burnt, con-
vents have been pillaged and liberties de.
stroyed. aye, political parties in the past
have sought to deprive US OF our
political rights, and we are branded as tools
of a foreign potentate, and unworthy TO en-
joy the name of Americans The time has
of events, when we. the Roman Catholic
laity of the United States, can with propriety
speak. can viudicaie ourSelveS--nOt Dy narsn
words, heated retorts, nor defiant threats:
but calmly, yet frmly-ehariiably,. yet
proudly, conscious Of the integrity OF our
motives and the impregnability Of our posi-
ton. We assert that we are pre-eminentiy
Americans--lhat there would be no America
that the continent would be to DAY un-
known had it not been for Roman Catholics
and the Roman Catholic church. That the
liberty which Is the essence of all liberty
FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD,
was first established in America by Roman
Catholics. and Roman Catholics alone. 1t
was priests, aye, Jesuit missionaries. who
first sought and explored our land. -pene-
trated into the wilderness, tracked the
streams and gave sainted names 10 localitles,
bays, lakes and rivers. The first worship
here of the true God was the holy sacrifice OF
the mass. Catholic nations were the first to
come to the rescue of our revolutionary
fathers in the war against the greatest OF
Protestant powers A Roman Catholic was
among the signers OF the Declaration OF IN
dependence. The name of Archbishop Car
roll is forever linked with Benjamin Frank
lin III the mission TO Canada. Catholics have
given heroes to the Republic in every
war; and, in every battle on feld
their devotion with their lives. And now the
Roman Catholic laiety of the United States,
for the first time in congress assembled. are
here TO proclaim TO all the world that their
country is tied to every iber of their hearts,
and no mortal power can shake their loving
allegiance to its constitution and Its laws.
Whv, truly the blood of the martyr is the
seed of the church. Marvellous has been the
growth of population. Catholics have out
Stripped ali. From 10000 they have be-
come 100 O,00O. From despised people,
they are a mighty power. In every avenue
of industry and intellect they are the peers
of their fellowmen. Their schools and col
scattered near and far. In every village,
steeple or tower,
TIPPED WIT Il THE CROSS.
tell where Catholics pray. In every town
splendid churches gather each morning thou
sands # worshlpeTs In every metropolis
Il cathedral lifts its massive walls high above
surrounding piles, or with Its stately dome
crowns the city's brow. Our grand old
church Is The protector OF learning. She II
was who rescued The inestimable jewels of
classic lore from the ruins of the Roman en-
pire, previously preserved them through the
convulsions of thousand years. and gave
them to the printers art to enrich the learn
ing, elevate the style and adOTn the literature
of every language TO the end of time. She is
the pioneer of civilization. She was the
founder of states. the framer of laws, the
conseryator of order, the champion OF the
people against the encroachments of tyrantS.
She 1t was that struck the chains from the
white serfs of the old world. She il is that
beholds kneeling around her altars the black
and the white, the rich and the poor, the
savage of the forest, the royalty of the pal
aces; the statesman of the cabinet and the
philosopher of the school. She is the patron
of art and the theme of the poe. 1t is the
Catholic church that guards the home, sane
tifies marriage, elevateS woman and placed
the blessed
MOTHER NEAREST THE SAVIOR.
The shadow of an imposing event begins
to move. The people of the United States,
aye, of the hemisphere, are preparing to eel
the discovery of America. We especial
" rejoice in this resolve. That tre-
mendous event-with reverence l may
say--the second creation-rhe finding of
new world, and the vast results tnat have
flowed to humanity, all can be traced directly
TO the Roman Catholic church. and the
Roman Catholic church alone. Protestant
ism was unknown when America was diseov-
cred. Let the Students the scholars, poets.
historians search the archives or Spain, the
libraries of Europe, and the deeper they
search the more the glory will adorr the
brow of Catholicity. II was a pIous Catholic
who conceived the mighty thought IL was
when footsore and wearv at the porch of a
monastery hope dawned on him. 1t was
monk who first encouraged him. 1t was
cardinal who interceded with the SOW
ereign of Spain. II was Catholic
kim king who hted reon ont bn the on1ed ships
her jewels as a pledge. 1t was a Catholic
Columbus, with Catholic crew '<ho sailed