Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-15

read or write, much less the behavior of
gentlemen. Our sons are not entitled to
follow the ecclesiastical profession because
the set possesses that right, and no one
else.
No one can be admitted into the diocese
OF Santa Fe, without the permission of
four old hays, whose history rivals that
of the Messalinas. And at all times, and
circumstances, son of unknown parents,
being the offspring of French woman,
although not holy one by any means, it
matters not, he will be preferred to the
ecclesiastic Of any other nationality, with
out reference as to whether the latter
possesses all the necessary qualifications
which entitle him as worthy ecclesiastic,
and jealous and competent missionary,
and that the former is not so quail
fed !! i!
Meanwhile the territory is scarce of
priests, and heresy and corruption stalk
abroad in the land, for the lack of evan
gelical laborers, our religion thus losing
ground day by day. And what is to be
deplored is that, our prelate Don Juan
Bautista Salpointe, is so much prejudiced
through the wicked advice which he re-
ceives from the vicar, who is worthless
senile, from Father Antonio, and from
Father DeRasches, who are two we'll
known birds in Santa Fe, and from lot
of old fanatics and hypocrites, who are
the very shame of Christianity, present,
past, and future; he occupies himself in
expelling the good and useful priests, for
the sole and only crime, that they are not
French, and to the protection of his own
favorites, even in spite of their being the
most ignorant and corrupt, instead of
caring for the Lords flock, procuring the
| glory of God, and salvation of souls bring
ing in good and jealous and intelligent
priests who would occupy themselves
preaching to the people, and giving mis-
sions in all of the parish churches of the
territory. But, on the contrary, his
depraved and corrupt clergy counting
upon the protection of their compatrot
bishop, and also with our tolerance, con-
cealing all thsir faults, fearful of failing
in the respect due to the priest, they have
become 80 insolent and intolerant that
the career of their iniquities have we'll
nigh reached the point of running over :;
to the detriment of our religion and the
dignity of our race, we would in manner
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wickedness, as is committed by the
French clergy in our territory, by conceal
ing them for not even one more day, which
tolerance has caused US an everlasting
self .eproach and shame, and placed us in
Washington in the minority in the Repub-
lican party.
Wheresoever crime exists, it is there
that it should be punished, and the crimi-
nal whatsoever he be, should not escape,
in order to establish the empire of morali-
ty and the sanctty and purity of our re-
ligion. tits no longer possible to further
suffer profanity and dishonor one upon
the other; disgraceful offenses are neces-
sary and useful in the world, that good
may come therefrom, as is taught by our
Lord and Divine Master. For in order
to correct them, it is indispensable to
bring down upon their heads the sharp
and heavy knives of the law, accusing
them discriminatory and without mercy
before the tribunals of Justice, whenever