Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1893-10-17
b.Ynlitit.

Sn einem ipaltenlan9en 9lrtifel an
~eoitOrieller STEELE iu6te Der bieIige
telegraph" uniere MISUNDERSTANDING
BON lcgter g8O1e iiber Yogel Su ent=
trGtten. gta6 elmer gusmuDl SQben
Die in teinCm 3uiammenbang iteben,
lu6t oas SlGtt Elm 9ilnitiges Si6t auf
Serrn SOgel Su merfen. @ir iinoen
cine beIOnoere Genugtbuung in Der
Sbatia6e, oaB our6 Den ySele9r0pb",
nit leincr 9rOBen Nbonnentensabl, Die
Nufmerti0mteit oes Yublitums auf
Den gSabltampf um oas S6aBmeilter=
amt 9elentt miro. 9as Slatt iagt:
In the sense lchtch Mr.. Togel ulqles-
tiORdbIy intended, a German Catholic nor
any other kind of aCatholic journal should
mix in politics.
IS tbut uns leio, oaB Serr @p9el
etDas anoers 'intended" ais mas er
ia9 t bat. 9Sir miiiien uns lei=
Der an Oelien @Drte balten. @er
aber anoers ipri6t als er oentt uno
''intended", Der ltellt ieiner Snteui=
gems ooer ieiner Wabrbeitsliebe oamit
ein iebr i6le6tes 3eugniB aus. Der
telegraph" meint oann:
Legally this class Of journals has the
same right to discuss political questions
and candidates that secular newspapers
have, but the wisdom of the exercise of the
right is extremely doubtful. We object,
and properly, because Methodist preachers
have conSpicuouSly aided the republican
party in Iowa, and we should also object
if Archbishop HennesSy should take a
prominent part for or against the demo-
cratic party i'll Dubuque. Yet interference
in politics by those whose mission is relig-
iOuS teaching is not more reprehenSible
than similar interference by religious
journals. When one of these. whatever its
creed, supports or opposes a particular
party or candidates, it conveys by reason
OF the fact and of its character the I'M
preston that the church it represents
shares its political sentiments and likes
and dislikes, and by creating this impress
sion it generates distruSt of and antipathy
To the church among those who are not
members of it. Separation of church and
state is one of the foundation principles of
the American republican system: and
championship of parties and candidates by
church publications constitutes such a
plain attempt TO combine the two, to
blend what ii is vital to free institutions
shall be forever kept apart, that Americans
~inStinctively resent it Mr.. NOgel there
fore uttered a most significant truth when
he used the language attributed to him.
Religious papers should not mix in politics.
Q8ir BADEN 0liO b a II d t "to
discuss political questions, but the
wisdom of the exercise of this
right is extremely doubtful" I'm
ter "wisdom" iOl mobl &lu0beit per=
ltQnoen DerOeu, DbI6On g0eisbeit unO
&lu9beit etwas 8eri6ieoenes iinD.
9orauf antDOrten mir, mas mir Serrn
No9el be bNben, oaB mir oie=
les Ge6t 9ebrau6en merOen. 9enn
Elm &e6t, OaB man ni9t 9ebrau6en
bari, 9lei6t un9efdbr einem Sauie, oaB
MAJ bellBt, Gber ni6t benuBeu
bari, es III 10 gut wie teins.
1--WE object, i0gt Der ,Sele9rapb",
uno iilbrt aus, OaB Die Ntiiiion elmer
t0tbOlll9en 3eitun9 lei, Die tatbOlii6e
Jtell9lOn 81 lebrel. 9as Vlatt per9iBt
babel, 0aB Die MtiiiiOn elmer tat6Oli=
I6en 3eitung ni6t nur Die Heli9ions=
Iebre III, ~lOnOern in pOrSiigli1er 98eile
Die Snterelien Der NObrbeit uno oes
Jte6tes 81 OertbeiOigen, uno oeBbalb
treten mir auf, uno mir treten felt unO
uno entldleOen Quf, menn mir ieben,
ME in Der YDli,tt Elm u%nniiroiQer
Mtann einen b"eiieren Mtann p%erorGngen
iUlll UNI Elm Nmt Su er9attern; oenn es
banoelt li6 oarum Die Q8obliabrt Oes
6ountps 81 mabren. limo Damn bat
0err SOgel uns oas &e6t q b q e=
, I D d { II Wel6es Der telegraph"
Sugeltebt, nQmli1, uns in Die Yolitif
Su mil6en, oenn er bat ni6t 0ei00t,
ga catholic paper 5 oul d not mix
into politics." iOnOern Il don't be-
lieye a catholic paper has tn e
right to mix into politics" llnO
Oieles &e6t iino mir 9elinnt gu
mubren.
geDlnen MIR rl00 DIE SeDallptnnQ
championship of parties and can
didates by church publications con
stitutes such a plain attempt to
combine church and state, to blend
what it is vital TO free institutions
shall be forever kept apart, hat
Americans instinctively resent it.