The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-05
CATHOLIC RACE WAR.
Father Corrigan's Denun-
citation of the Germans
Bitterly Resented.
THAT NEWARK CONGRESS,
Bishops Scored for Concession to
lCahensleYism-Appeal to
Rome.

tue Ghurch of Our Lady of Graca
Hoboken, has called down upon his head
the wrath of the German priests
and laymen of the Catholic dio-
cese of Newark. and it NAV be- OF
the country, and when his utter
ances reach Rome there is no doubt Herr
Cahensley will endeavor to have Pope
Leo XIII. transport him to some far away
monastery. where his bubbling Irish ma.
ture will not flow over to the discourage
ment of the Germans.
CAUSE OF TIE TROUBLE.
The cause of the trouble is letter
published over the signat ure of Father
Corrigan in the FTeemdn's Journal, in
Wnleh ne denounces the proceedings of
lne late German Catholic Congress held
In Newark. Referring to the partici-
Writes:-
Notwlthsta nding the claim which the country
mas on thelr allegiance and the bond of charity
otas a, uniess N al the Catholics of the world, the
anilnus 1 OF the organization, expressed in its
resolutions and its speeches was that of actual
hostility to the country, and fierce Remuneration
| oiic Church in America
This spirit is not characteristic of American
cltazens much less of Catholic priests, under
ohIa IS;i anu very presence OF vener-
loyalty to the Republic and Charity
TO tnelr fellow Catholics our German American
priests and bishops are teaching? If so it ia n0
wonder that Americans suspect the LOYALTY Of
OF the church and dred the growing Influence in
the iand. The country is, indeed. very forbear-
ing ana the Church most patient but treason to
Church and State should not escape with i'm
Ruuity.F These men must understand
that we nave no kulturkampf here and that the
american Chureh does not authorize them to
nstigate one.
Father Corrigan raps Archbishop Cor
rIgan OF New York for attending the Com
gress, and facetiously recounts the fact
tnat the Congress thanked the Arch
them. and denounced all that bart Dart
OF his address in which he
condemned Cahensley. AS to Bishop
Wfgger, Father Corrigan says he fayors
the Germans. while the Irish priests, who
built up the diocese, are given no show
whatever.
Last eveeing reporter of THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS called the attention of Bishop
WlRger to the letter. He had evidently
seen it before. He declined at first to
say anything whatever in the matter. but
IN the course of conversation said
thaG the proceedings CT the Congress
spoke for themselves, and anybody in.
eerested IN -the- matter ennld-rafer
to the proceedings. and Ghus Judge
tor themselves The priests know Father
CorrlRanss ways pretty well, and thew
Will not place much credence in ANYTHING
he may say or write
The members Of the local COMMITTEES of
Newark, who made the arrangements for
the German Congress, have, however,
taken up the matter and in a vigorous
manner result what they consider an in
suit to the Holy Father. Pope Leo XIII. to
Bishop Wigger and to rchoishop Corri-
gan. They consider it also an insult to
the 300 Catholic priests. members of the
society, and the 5000 German Catholic
priests of the country, and also to the
thousands of the German laity who at
tended the Congress.
In conclusion, the address says:-
We. the German Catholics, herewith operlv
resent the wanton insult offered to US and ouT.
distinguished friends and guests by a selfish and
disappointed cleric
the protest IS signed by the Rev.
Fathers H. Strcher, Theodore Goth. o.
S. B., Alex. Beige, o. S. B., and Messrs.
George Niegermayer and A. NJ. Hammer,
Father Corrigan this morning said he
knew the members of the Priester Verefu
would not relish his letter, but he
thought it necessary to endeavor in his
humble way to check this Germanizing
influence, which was unAmericRn.
and not in touch with the rulings of the
Holy Father. This is America, and those
who come here should be Americans,
Il care not what criticism nv letter
evokes," said the Rev. Father. II be-
lieye, know, am right, and that am
only doing my duty"