The Irish standard., 1892-10-08
MccASLIN AND CAHENSLY.


of it.
MccAsL1N AND CAHENSLY.
The IRISH STANDARD has felt it con-
scientious duty on several occasions to
criticise and correct the pulpit utteran-
COS of Rev. David s. McOaslin, of the
Bethlehem Presbyterian church of this
city. The reverend gentleman since his
arrival in Minneapolis has been suffering
from that dangerous malady called
| "rabies Romana," and cannot open his
mouth on the Catholic question without
displaying his ignorance and bigotry.
Last Sunday as prelude to his evening
discourse he spoke on the German Cath
| Ole convention recently held at Newark,
N. J., and attacked our German citizens
| in shameful manner. He called the
convention a gathering of "Romanists
whose names were alien, and ridiculed
them for processing loyalty to this coun-
try and it's institutions He said some
of their professions defied history, but he
did not show how. Had Rev. McCaslin
been versed in American history be
would not have charged the Germans
with disloyalty.=-. In the Revolutionary
War when McCaelln's ancestors were
fighting the battles of King George the
Germans we're valiantly upholding the
cause of American liberty. 1t is related
by Irving in his Life of Washington that
one Pennsylvania company composed OF
veterans who fought under Frederick
the Great took the field in behalf of
American independence. The members
of thatl famous band were octagen-
arians who dressed in white uniforms.
In the Civil War the Germans proved
their fidelity to the Union and history
does not record that there has ever been
traitor among them. In the face OF
these incontrovertible facts the bigoted
parson of the Bethlehem church casts
aspersions on their nationality for no
other reason than that they bear "alien
names" and are Roman Catholics. He
told his audience that Herr Cahensly is
simply a foreign prelate. That shows
what acquaintance he has with the sub
ject he selected for a prelude. McCaslin
is as much of 'prelate" as Herr Ca
hensly ia. AS our readers are aware be
is neither priest nor bishop, but
German layman of distinguished ability.
The Scotch Irish fanatic then attacked
Roman Catholics of every nationality
and falsely asserted that the hierarchy
and priesthood are oath-bound scr
wants of q foreign prince, and that they
confess his sovereignty in civil as we'll as
in religious matters. He said it was
known absolutely that such is the case.
He made the same assertions once be-
fore from his pulpit and was laughed at
by Father Byrne who would not conde-
scend to notice his vaporlngs. He re-
ceives his information from Know-noth-
ing publications whose falsehoods were
exposed before he was born. He was
jubilant because the Catholic Church in
America is rapidly losing ground, and
gave the Irish World as authority that
if the Irish immigrants had been true to
their Church it would now have mem
bership Of $4,000, GOO! 1t is unnecessary
to deny that the Church is losing ground
or that the Irish World ever made
such an absurd statement. He then had
fling at the ''tolerari potest'' and de-
clared that Cahensly and Cardinal Glib
bons want the same thing, namely, papal
domination in American affairs. After
referring to the German language as one
OF "foreign gutterals" and paying an
eulogium to the Anglo-Saxon tongue he
wound up his intolerant rigmarole by say
ing that if foreigners want to use their
language in school Or church they may
do so at their own expense. The Ger
mans in convention at Newark demanded
nothing more than that privilege, to
which they are entitled, and after abus-
ing them for expressing a desire to per-
petuate their own magnificent language
at their own expense, this Orange bigot
says they can do SO, but adds that they
must cease forever their plotting against
American institutions. We cannot ex-
pect any federation from such fanatics as
this McCaslin and we do not ask it.
Such harangues as bis do no injury to
tho Catholic Church, for they cannot
bear an honest investigation. Nothing
broad or liberal can ever be expected
from preacher Of the creed taught by
John Knox, the rufian Of the Reforma-
tion," as he was fttingly characterized by
the great DR.. johnson.