The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-30

a have elsewhere told; We will not return
to them here. What We ask is tina
| this edifce may be cemented anew b.
returning to the doctrines and to th'
spirit of Christianity; by revlvlng. a
D least as to substance, i'll their beneticen
and multifarious virtue. and under sucl
4 forms as the new conditions Of the time'
Ipermit, these corporations of arts an6
trades, which in past times, informed
IbY Christian thought, provided for th'
material and religious wants of work
ingmen, facilitating their labor, tool
care Of their savings and their econ
Iomies, defended their rights and sup
ported, in the measure. their Legitimate
demands. What We ask is. that by q
sincere return to Christian principles
there should be re established and con
sol1dated between employers and work
men. between capital and labor, this
harmony and this union. which are the
sole safeguard OF their reciprocal in
terests, and from whence depend, at the
oesi1O LAO1 RAAvouO W0AA NUAA8 esAA uA0
public peace and tranq quility.
''Around you, dear children, thou
sands of other laborers are agitating
who, seduced by false doctrines, imagine
they find a remedy to their ills in the
overthrow of that which constitutes as
it were the very essence Of political and
civil society, III destruction and annibi-
lation Of property Vain Illusions!
They will dash themselves against i'm
mutabie laws which nothing can sup
press, They will steep in blood the
paths on which they pass, sowing dis,
cord and disorder; but they will thereby
only aggravate their own mis- cries and
draw down upon them the maledictions
Of honest souls. No, the remedy is
neither In perverse projects and subver-.
sive acts of the one GLASS; nor IN the
seductive but erroneous theories of the
other; it is wholly and entirely in the
faithful fulfilment Of the duties which
are incumbent on all the classes Of
society. in the respect for and safe
guarding Of the functions and attri
butes proper to each OF them in par
ticular. These truths and these duties
it is the mission Of the church to pro-
claim aloud and inculcate them upon
all
''The ruling classes have need of
heart aud bowels of charity for those
who gain their bread by the sweat of
their brow; they have need Of a bride
on this Unsuitable desire for riches, for
luxury aud pleasures, which, in the
lowest as the highest, is increasingly
propagated more and more. In all
degrees, indeed, there is a thirst for
enjoyments; and as it is not granted to
all to give it satisfaction. there follow;
an immense uneaslness and discomfort
which will have for result permanent
revolt and insurrection.
lit is incumbent on the holders of
power, above ali things. to be pene
trated with this truth, that to turn aside
the peril which threatens society,
neither human laws nor the, repression
OF Judges, nor tne DayoneGs O. SOLDIERS {
can sulnce; Wnat ls ABOVE y az p lhporCSnc' M
What IS lndlspenpsaDie, 1s tnaI % tne
tCnurcn De le1t tne llDertY [ O revlVlng "a
SOUS tne dlvlne precepts, ana q E9e e41eno
ing her salutary influence over all
classes OF society; u IS tnat ~ means OF
wise ana eq ultaole rules ana measures, .,
sne interests OF the laporln9 classes as may q
ne guaranteed tne young may De pro
thoroughly g domestic mission OF woman,
tne rignt ana the auty OF = anday,s = resi-
ana tna1 enrougn @tnis support may ps
slssn, - aa,nllles $ - anuavluaals, -
= ~, 40, ~ ha n,,t,,c q n,
aoad ~ 1aaa than '';,,, ;,,..,es .nd' { IL oatnra1
5rIpht. demar,da Mn that H .It NAV 'be7 7so '1 7'.
[ employers are enioineti Is oonslder
the workingman as 4 brother, to soothe.