The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-23

my constituents and allowing them 10
send somebody here who has IN income
which he can devote to living In Wash
ington. think that it is quite time
} that some plain words were spoken on
} this subject, aud ! have taken this &C.
casion to speak them.'' .s-r.,,i
KNIG0TED RY THE POPE. Z
The Decoration of Gregory the Great
Conferred Upon Captain Dawson.
The Charleston News and Courier
says: Captain Dawson was uDcom-
promising in his hostility to the spirit
oi lawlsssness. 1t was. largely owing
to his ueiermiued opposition that the
barb4rous custom al duelling in his
state was abolished and . law was
passed making ii e, penal odsnc. to
engage in > duel OF, to be q party to an
the position that he maintained upon
which he waged iaeainst the system,
Captain D.wson was created ia 1888 q
Knight of the Order Of St. Gregory the
Great, by his toliness, Pope Leo XIII.
This unusual honor bestowed upon an
j thAookICou VtI.AvA ny Nuo uS00 Va sAV
Roman Catholic, church, was the sub
ject Of inost appreciative cOinment by
the press and public men on both sides
Of the sea. Io referring to this even,
in the life Of Captain Dawson the late
james Barron Hope, aof. the Norfolk
Virginian, himself . knightly man,
wrote rs fOilOws: aas4a E5s4 yaF 4,
We haYs not heretofore referred to the
/ Fn1k kAS,~ Nh NTt tkA
Charieston News and Courier mad been
created . knight of tho Ortler st. Gregory
by the Pope. The conspicuous services
ens !.
Of General Fitxhugl, Lee. attested his
manhood and courage. Bnt 1t was not
in this ,,,dt field Of blood that is he ,ys., won
Of higher nature-heroism or q different
]stamp-the moral courage to stand up In
his person and his influence against the
dnelio has won this new. tribute to bis
we find 1t stated that this distinction
conferred on Mr.. Dawson by the Pope
late Roman catholic bishop Of SOUTHWARK,
England. and his successor, the present
bishop. who becoming acquainted with
| what had been done IN South Carolina.
asked the Pope to confer on him some dis
ftinguishing mark OF approval. No ono in
this country took any part in the matter
beyond the statement Of the bishop Of
IL
to him. that the distinction was deserved
and most proper to be granted. 1t is prob
| able that distinctions of q similar character
have been conferred OH Americans before,
service rendered to good morals in such q
mode as the suppression Of dueliing.
The following is the translation Of
the brief from Rome conf ring the
decoration:
T.t..u LEO r. r. XIII. -a#
BeloYed Son, Greetirg and Apostolic
Benediction: 1t il pleasing to us to adorn
pontiHcal good will, upon men conspicuous
for excellence of talent and renOwn of
learning (Which they employ In vigorously
defending the r rights o. % me n Catno!ic church u.
| that you. potent in talent and perfected in
The best requirements. have defended the
doctrines OF the Catholic church In South
Carolina and the United States: and that
You have bravely and VIGOROUSLY attacked
the duel, which has in those regions been
practiced in depforabie manner, and that
works of piety and benefcence, we have
determined to bestow upon you the dignity
OF knighthood, to be q reward for your mer
its and an to do ss
decorate you with distinguished honor,
and absolving You only for this sake
from any DEGREES OF excominunication,
interdict or other ecclesiastical sentences.
censures and punishments inflicted in
whatev manner or for whatever cause
which you may, perchance, have incurred,
and decreeing that you shall be absolyed,
we, by our authority and by these letters,
make, appoint and announce and declare
you herewith a knight OF st. Gregory the
Great Of the military class; by virtue OF
which we permit you, beloved son, to wear
freely and at yonr pleasure tho proper
badge of this order, namely, Il golden oct
| angular cross, bearing in the center Of its
red surface the image of st. Gregory the
Great, which is to he suspended on red
silk ribbon, yellow on both edges, on the
breast, according to the common custom of
knights, on the left side Of tho coat; and
may you fare we'll. But that no lack Of
uniformity may occur in wearing this
badge. we have ordered the inclosed pat
| tern to be transmitted to you.
| Given at Rome, in st. Peters under the
Ring (seal) of the Fisherman on the 18th
Nove,nb nber, 1885, IN the sixth year Of our
! pontiticate
For the Lord Cardinal Mertel,
| A. rRINCHIERI, Substitute.
To Our beloved son, Francis Warrington
| Dawson.
General Butler has discovered that
all the credit for Bismarck's recent back
down on Samoan matters belongs to
that other doughty old warrior-Gen.
BouIapger. This is the way he de-
monstrates 1t in an interview in the
Washington Post: "Ou the 9th day
NJ TanuarV General BOufauper was