Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-26

after he is dead, and consequently takes
no stock i'll the well intended offices of
Sgnor Pecci, McGlynn is an American
citizen, and New Yorker at that. and
consequently has considerable faith in
the Monroe dOCtrlne-no foreign inter
ference in his, if you please. Every
Sunday he has large audience of his
fellow citizens, both male and female,
who listen to the music of his eloquence
with unfeigned admiration. Most of
these attentive listeners were formerly
members in good standing in the great
international organization of which
SignOr Pecc is the chief McGlynn was
once an officer in this organization.
But McGlynn talked naturalization of
land, and when taken to task for it
wrote thus saucily in reply:
~ have taught, and | shall continue to teach,
in speeches and writings, rs long rs live. that
land is righttuly the property OF he people in
common, and that private ownership I'm land Is
against natural Justice, no matter by what civil
or ecclesiastical laws II NAV he sanctioned; and
! would bring about instantly. if ! could such
change of laws all the world over AS would con
tiScatc private property in land without one
penny of compensation to the mscalled
OWntrs.
l
been for some time trying to get posses
sion of considerable tract of land
around the city of Rome but has thus
far been prevented by the Italian gov
eminent So it may easily be seen
how sorely McGlynn's preaching about
contiscation of land hurts him, especially
when it is considered that in tn reign
of his immediate predecessor, Plus. that
very land was contiscated by the gov
eminent. Well. McGlynn was ousted
from the Church, but his friends still
continued to 90 to hear him speak. and
instead of paying their Sunday pennies
into the local Church organization, they
paid it into the hands of a duly appoint
ed treasurer of their own to be used to
pay the expenses of their Sunday meet
ings. The financial detection was more
eXaSperating than the detection of
| McGlynn, and Mr.. Pecci has just played
a trump card through his subordinate,
Mike COrrigan. The condition upon
which this little joker will win is that
McGlynn's friends are of the belief that
they can be relegated to the burning
lake of birthstone referred to. by Signor
PeCci. Mike seems to be of the opinion
that that's just what McGlynn's friends
are afraid Of, and he has issued the fol-
lowing in letter to his subordnates in
/ the Church:
an the first place. the successor Of st Peter,
addressing and teaching the Universal Church,
has affirmed that 'rhe right of property is sane
toned by The law of nature The founder of
the Anti-Povrrty Society procIaims the oppo
site. The Holy Father has branded the doe
trines of this unhappy leader as false and per
niCiouS.' He has stated that he will never re
tract them The Holy Father, through his or
gan, the supreme tribunal of the Holy Office, of
which he himself is the President, has declared
attendance AT these reunions an open and pub
/ lie sin. In order, therefore, to safe
guard the interests of souls for whom must
render an account on the day of Judgment,
| hereby make and declare attendance at meet
ngs of the Anti-Poyerty Society "A reserved
| case -
The preserved case" business means
| that the wicked heretics who attend
McGlynn's meetings in Cooper Institute
will not be excused for any peccadilloes
| they may commit by an ordinary priest,
but will have to go to Mike Corrigan,
| humble themselves before him, and
completely renounCe all connection with
Edward McGlynn, or be eXCommunl-
cated-that is, expelled from the great
International church presided over by
Mr.. Pecci, of Rome, Italy,
This may not seem such great pun
ishment to ordinary American citizens,
but when a poor devil is brought up to
believe in ghosts and hobgobIins and
hasn't escaped from such beliefs, its
serious matter with him to disobey Mr..
Pecci and Mike Corrigan, and have the
sure prospect of being boiled in brim-
stone. without the privilege of ending
such a red hot existence. RILEY.