The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-29
TIE GERMAN CATHOLICS.
Six Thousand Persons Present at the
ClosiDg 6 Aeeting st Newark.

Six Thousand Persons Present at the
Closing Meeting at Newark.
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 2S-Ihe closing
meeting OF the great German Catholic con-
vention was held tonight in Caledonia
Park hall About 5000 persons were pres-
ent. Expectations we're entertained of a
sensational series of resolutions aud there
were great many persons OF other religions
present. The resolutions were read by Rev.
W. Farrbar OF ST. Louis, and were adopted
as read. Speaking of the school question,
the resolutions say that the congress strictly
adheres to the unerring principle that &" we
approve what st. Peter approved, we rec
Ommend what he recommended, we con-
demu what he condemns, and we tolerate
what he tolerates.n
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Following many OF the declarations OF the
holy SEE, particularly Of Plus TX OF blessed
memory, and our present gloriously reigniug
holy father, and abiding with the direction OF
our episcopate and the third plenary council OF
Baltimore, with proverbial gratitude. we hear
the utterances OF many of our right reverend
hlshops, who, with great emphasis, demand the
estao aoiishing and maintaining of ,parochlal
schools, especially that Of the most
reverend and right reverend bishop
OF lllinois,w protest most emphatically against
any attempt on the part OF the state to in-
fringe, by any law, the right OF education, and
particularly against any manner of the state
force bodily.
Therefore we call upon all our Catholic fellow
Gltlzens 10 give their votes only to such caudi
ustes who take correct stand on the school
question.
with the fullest submission to the desires OF
our holy church, and the supreme pontin and
oisuops placed over us, We not only renounoe
all secret societies strictly forbidden under
penalty OF accommodation, but also those
concerning which our ecclesiastical superiors
nave declared that they endanger good morals
or the Catholic religion On the contrary, we
wish TO direct your attention TO such societies
as are fully approved by our ecclesiastical
superiors.
We renew expressly, and in all It's parts. the
solemn protest by which the last German
American Catholic congress has expressed its
Cathouc standpoint in clear and
unnsstakable manner, an which we
summarize In this demand the
full freedom and independence OF the holy SEQ
by the restoration OF the temporal sovereignty
OF the pope, besides the extreme religious i'm
portance Of the question itself.
=, We offer our sincere thanks and our most cor
DIAL approval to st: Raphael's society
temporal and spiritual welfare Of Catholics
We recommend this association most
strongly TO the action, assistance and
generosity OF all Catholics, as also the Leo
OF the association. We deeply regret
that. completely ignoring the us 'ful
and unselfsh aim Of the association,
vile attempts have be0n made TO attribute
political motives to its founders, leaders and
friends. We Indignantly reject In particular
the insinuations and accusations In which the
name OF most worthy Catholic and nIem-
Der Of the German center has been and is still
abused In order TO arouse prejudice against
brethren OF the same faish, ana to excite an
unWhoesome nationaism by ignoring plain
facts or by misrepresentlng them, also, by mis-
constituting as wrong their motives of action.
The accusations and attacks hurled at the ST.
kRphael's society, at prominent Catholic pre-
lates and priests, and laymen. at the.German-
American prestervein--in fact, at German
Catholics generally-already condemn thsu-
selves by their evident fAlseness. especially
when they are hidden under cover of patriotism
or even Of DEVOTION to the hOlY see.