The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-06
Catholic Colonies in America.

Public attention has recently been
drawn to scheme projected through
an American clique at the Catholic
Conference held at Lucerne in De-
cember last, looking to the establish
ment of Colonies in the United
States, in which foreign immigrants
should be kept together, taught by
priest of their own nationality, and
their children educated in schools
conducted i'll their own language.
The project which is wholly repug-
nant to American ideas. we are glad
to notice has been unequivocally de-
nounced by Archbishop Ireland of
Iowa who has studied the movement
to plant colonies of European i'm
migrants in this country under the
lead of priests of their own language
and religion, who denounces the pro.
ject in unmeasured terms, and makes
it clearly evident that if such thing
be attempted, its first result will be
a bitter strife between Irish and
German Catholics. He traces the
whole movement Ito clique of in,
triguers in the United States. acting
through a certain Mr.. Cahensly, who
is the prominent figure in the move
ment, and who is also denounced by
DR.. John Culinary Shea and other
other prominent Catholics.
What Archbishop Ireland we'll
calls the ''impudence" of this I'M
dertakins is apparent at a glance.
He is more concerned about the i'm
pudence displayed by these foreign
ers in attempting to regulate the
affairs OF the Roman Catholic Church
in this country than at their deliber
ate proposition to establish here
set OF communities virtually hostile
to the country which admits them;
but the general sentiment OF the laity,
without regard to denomination, will
be more aroused at the political as
pect of the proposition. No country
in the world would permit itself to
be made the base for such an extra
ordinary scheme of colonization.
There may be an effort to COM
pare it will Baron Hirsch's project
for establishing colonies of Russian
Jews on lands purchased for that
purpose in Sout America and other
parts of the globe; but there is no
actual resemblance between the
schemes. Baron H;rsch's first step
is to secure the consent of the coun
tries in which he wishes to plant his
colonies, and while they will un
doubtedly be kept together at first
and have their own religious SER
vices, there will be no attempt to
prevent their mingling with the
people OF their adopted country and
becoming, in every respect, good
citizens of the same In fact, such
disposition on their part will rather
be encouraged, because it will the
sooner relieve their benefactors of
the burden of their support. Even
the Hirsch colonies, however, are
not welcomed in the United States,
and how much less will there be
disposition to admit these confessed
ly hostile aliens.
Happily, there seems to be no
cause for great alarm at present.
The Cahensly project, as it may be
called, does not appear likely to
make any great Roadway. 1t is be-
ing vehemently opposed in the very
quarters to which it must look for
assistance if it is to succeed. 1t is
said to find little favor in Germany
itself,and the American Catholics,
so far as they have been heard from,
denounce it fierceIy, while the fist
step toward carrying it into practical