Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-03
THE CAHENsLEY SCHEME TO DE-.
NATIONALIZE AMERICA.

ness on both sides, and the measur
still hangs fire. not having been nnall!
disposed OF. The speech In opposition
to the bill which created the gfcatcs
stir AMI interest was delivered by Sen
stor Davis, Of Minnesota. The reaeoi
for this lies In the fact that he doclatr,
that the country stood In more imml
nent danger from the Catholic Churcl
than from an influx Of Chinese
In support Of this proposition he re-
fefrej to and quoted from the notabl,
memorial presented to the Pope abou
n year ago by Herr Cahcnsley, an
ulttamontane Catholic aud member oil
the Prusslan Diet. THIS portion Of the
Senator's speech Is being widely re.
feued 10 aud commented upon, and AZ
the subject Ia one Of vital iaferest, we
quote II as It appears In the Con0res-
ticndi Record:
said few moments ago the
| Chinese government IL not seeking 10
takc possession Of our Institutions. IL
has no such desire. II does not care 10
see It's people 20 abroad; It requires
them TO come back. | wish, Mr.. Pree'.
dent, the case were 40 all over the
rest Of the world. wish that
| In another continent, where
/ the authorities are willing that
certain classes Of their people may
be euflcrod to come to this coun-
try, they would not seek to possess
| l..a
duly 10 influence them. There In
more matter for profound concern In
the attempts OF Herr Cahonsley made
last year to denationalize American
Institutions and plant as many ma.
tlons IN there are people Of foreign
tongues In our midst than In all the
Chinese questions which have arisen
since 1858. He proposes to ~ this
bring abou, this great political result.
The memorial OF Herr Cahensley,
who Ia not n prclate--ho IA layman
q member OF the Prussinn Diet, init
letters he adopted-in his memorial
presented to the Vatican, says;
"Tbo want Of representatives Of the
dliiercn, naiionaliiles Of omigrauis In the
opiscopato.
AS every nationality ha, IT, own
characteristics, It's own habits and Gus
toms, II Is important also that the priests
should not only speak tho language OF
the omigrants, but that they should DO Of
tho very same nation. Hence II IL dcslr-
able that ovory different national group
Of cmIgrants should be organized into n
distinct parish, with priest Of Its own
nationality.
"somo are OF the opinion that tho Lam
guago can not be kept beyond tho second
generation, and that the grandchildren
OF the immigrants will certainly speak
nothing but English. Tho facts ofcNperl-
ence offer triumphant objections to this
opinion"
IL IL part OF this scheme that the
various foreign languages should be
perpetuated in this country by this
segregation OF people according to their
nationalities. | am speaking solely OF
the political aspects OF this question.
For my part, Protestant born and
Protestant bred, do not care what
kind Of bishops are sent to this coun.
try as q matter Of faith. Where 1t
touches political questions, deem It
right 10 call the attention OF the coun.
try to II. As to matters Of faith they
can send them 10 Us us In partibus
infldellum for all that care.
desire TO reiteTate that this most
lmpudent appeal TO bring TO bear the
elements OF various nationalitles upon
our Institutions met with the stern re.
prehension Of that great ecclesiastical |
statesman who presides over the Nati-
can. hut the movement Is going on
In lts political aspect, and Is being
pressed today.
We, n nation Of diverse people, Of
one language, and Of many creedr, are
building upon the basis of Christianity
u national ediilce that aspires TO the
heavens, and It Is plotted 10 scatter
the builders by babel confusion OF
tongues.
"wo would" continues tho memorial,
ave would think II gross pretonslon
were any particular nationality to arro-
gate to itself the mission VI Americana
ing the others.
"Wo do not want any particular ma
tionality to Amerlcanlzo tho American
people.
"In the United States. whore the church
is composed OF immigra,cd nations that
are already civilized and Chrislianized.
hut differ in character, habits and Gus.
toms, as well as language, this need Of
national bishops representing the respec-
tive nations, makes itself imp riously
ielt.' Why should there be representa-
tive Of tina, kind for any nation In the
bosom Of American citizenship
Various nntionalities that come into
America are to be settled and provided
for by foreign fundamentally.
az the eplscopate DO handed over al.
most exclusively To one single nation.
Rllty, TO tho dotrimont OF tho others, u |
feeling OF uneasiness, Of general discon.
tent, Is created among those last, feeling
which assumes tho proportions OF jealous
national riyalries, feelings wounded aud
shocked In overy sacred right and inter
cs, belonging to these same nations"
It Il perfectly amazing throughout this |
entire memorial how utterly ob.ivious |
this intruder Is to the iact that thorc Is an |
American nationality, an American
people, destined To become throughout |
an American stock. We are to HE mind |
nation upon whom the political In |
triguers of the European world arc TO |
operate all their own theories ut their |