The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-10
MoNAlIrY IN THE ooNvRNrs.


SIR;-on last April FOOLS day a sim
pie minded rural swain calling himself
primitive Catholic" eased himself OF
two column article in the Richie Q. ii.
paper, under the caption OF "open the
Nunnerles," in order to excite raucor
against the Roman Catholics in the
minds OF his readers. He acted wisely
in withholding his name, violent OH
slaughts OF the knd-in this enlighten-
ed age-proyoking in the minds OF the
masses contempt Tor the scrlbblers per-
petuating them. =.
AS to the charges OF gross immortality
quoted by primitive Cathollc'--and
the alleged facts that support them,
there is not shred OF truth in them
from frat TO last. They have been
siited and triumphantly retuted us
often as they have been revamped and
used-against the Catholic church-ior
party or private vindicitive purposes,
That such is the very truth in the con-
tention, our wide awake American
soveVeigns-prove all over the nation,
by the preference given by them to
Catholic institutions for the education
OF their sons and daughters, schools
conducted by teachers OF either sex,
leading pure and celebate lives under
lnonastic rules. In this way, tens Of
thousands OF illustrious non-Catholic
youths have been, and still are, en-
trusted TO the strict moral tone aud
educational ability OF Catholic schools.
TO begin with was Major General VIM
field Scott, OF Mexican fame. All three
OF his daughters were educated by the
nuns OF the Visitation Order at George
town, d. o., the eldest OF whom, his
pet daughter, after her graduation,
sought and obtained his leave to be-
come q nun in that monastery.
The mother OF Miss Scott was not sat
is6ed, though tho daughter was OF age,
but sought and got from the Catholic
archbishop OF Baltimore an order to
the nuns OF Georgetown to open the
front door to Miss Scott and let her de-
part ii she so desired. With the spunk
OF an American girl, when confronted
with her mother, she replied: During
the seven years OF my school course
here have carefully sIfted the manner
OF life the nuns lead, and have received
my lhtHeF AeuNc W JOii thSA AShHbSAI
as a Protestant, and under the constitu-
ton, l have right to religious freedom;
my mind is made up never again to re-
turn to the world"
All the daughters, and sons likewise,
OF Major General Iecumseh Sherman
are graduates OF Catholic convent
schools and universities, his eldest son,
the pride OF his house, electine to lead
the life OF celebate priest, as mem
Der OF the Jesuit order. Mrs. Palmer,
chief lady manager OF the women's de-
partment OF the Worlds Fair at Chi.
cago, is a graduate, like our peerless
American actress, Mary Anderson, OF a
nunnery school.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, were ed
iucated and graduated at the Mt. de
Chantal nunnery school all tho daugh-
tiers OF DIR. Houston, one OF the fore
most physicians OF that city, who. as the
attendant doctor in charge OF that nun:
merry for twenty years, was SO well
pleased with his observation OF the
nuns manner OF life and high toned
morality, though a Presbyterian in
creed, lie allowed all his daughters to
become Catholics, and one OF them to
enter the convent there as nun. At
Parkersburg, West Virginia, DR.. Mat
thew Campbell has been the physician
in chargeof thenunnery and its academy
for quarter OF century, with, for re-
suit, his allowing two OF his daughters,
after graduating and reaching their
majority, to become clustered nuns.
All over our glorious republic the same
practical testimony is borne by the citl-
zens OF all creeds to the high toned
morality that reigns IN our Catholic
cloistered-or not acknowledgements
houses and schools.
As to the reference made TO Maria
Monk, Edith O'Gorman and other
bogus escaped nuns by Primitive Cath.
olic," he knew not what odorous and
putrid subjects he was citing to bolster
up tissue OF monstrous anti-Catholic
lies, when he challenged attention to
them. Maria Monks "Awful Disclosures
OF the Immoralities OF Nuns and Priests"
first saw light away back in the thirties,
and since then, hand in hand with the
Bible, it has boon kept in circulation as
a campaign document in the war against
the Catholic church. Yet q more
fragrant attempt to gull and poison the
non-Catholic public has never been
spread broadcastin England and Ameri-
ca, despite its overwhelming refutation
latter a thorough investigation OF its
horrible and disgusting and and libelous
oontents) made by William l. Stone,
esq, Protestant editor OF the New York
ConR,ercial-Adv riser. This famous eX.
posure Of the fraud and mendactty Of
the Maria Monk book appeared first in
tho New York Commercidl- Advertiser OF
October s, 1896. and was atterward
printed in pamphlet form in England.
OF this pamphlet / will send you, Mr.,
Editor, copy which will repay atten-
tive porusal,
Init you will see, that the Protestant
editor, William l.. Stone, in order to
test the accuracy Of the gross charges
OF Maria Monk, in the year 1896, took
with him A. Frothington, president Of
the bank OF Montreal, and Duncan
Fisher, esq, both also Professionals, TO
visit and explore tho hospital general
in Churge OF tho convent OF tho Gray
Nuns in that city, with intent TO verify.
from attics TO cellars, tho truth or false.
hood OF the Maria Monk charges against
them and descriptions OF them. With
license from the archbishop. search
ing investigation was made by them Of
both institutions, with the published
result: "That Maria Monk is an arrant
impostor, and her book, in all its essen.
tial features, tissue OF calumnies.
Furthermore that sho had never been
an inmate oil elthor the hospital general
or Of the nunnery adjoiningit in charge
OF tho Gray Nuns, or any other convent"
The investigation Of tho three gentle
mon named developed tho fact that