The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-16
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in past ages. We demand simply
that protection which the constitution of
The United States guarantees to every
citizen aud corporations, the inallenabls
right to the pursuit of health, happiness,
and the work that the citizen has to
and NO fav ass Let l truth a and
liberty prevail, not by force or compnl-
sion, but by the Weapons which Christ
himself has fashioned and tempered,
the weapons of persuasion and grace.
This granted to US. we venture to pre-
dict that the United States shall exhibit
on this continent civilization IN which
church and State, moving along on par
ellel lines hat never converge or clash
will tend to one supreme end, the well
fare of mankind, The church tend
ing to the eternal welfare. and
the State to the temporal welfare, but in
the end. in the regions of eternity. both
meeting together and producing the
great end OF life, the welfare of mankind.
Such is the ideal of the Catholic Church,
and such, according TO the Charter or the
Nation, is ! 9 ideal OF the Americana pub-
lie. Leo XIII. is not afraid OF a democ-
raey of this kind. He has frequently
spoken with enthusiasm OF this country
as being the theatre where questions of
Church andsState will be served in the
future, and il in the Columbian year he
has sent to this country to represent him,
one who from his earliest years was
uuder his training, it is to emphasize the
truth that he considers this republic, the
outcome of Columbus discovery, as The
great scene. the great field, upon which
all questions of church and state, capital
ard labor, are to fiud their ultimate solu-
ion. The Most Reverend Apostolic
Delegate has been pleased. aud With the
advice OF Rome. to make his residence at
Washington. No cityin the Uuited States
and | hap ffa nnp6nnd Of fhn AlnUnrS nf
Jersey City and Hoboken, was better
fitted to be the residence of the Papal
Representative thar the Capital Of this
country, and that home has ever been iu
sympathy with the Papal policy and In
sympathy with Satolli. Tue lines which
he has laid down during the first months
here are lines destined Co be eternal.
All honor then to Satolli. He is carrying
cut in the United States the broad and
Christian policy of Leo XIII"
DIR. BRETT's ROE VIEWS.
"The State of NewJersey" WAS respond
ed to by Rev. DIR. Brett. Governor Werts
was to have responded TO this, but de-
clined. having before spoken. DR.. Brett
said he thought the Governor was better
able 10 speak for the State. He spoke of
his own church, and said the man who
is acknowledged throughout tue world
by millions of people Was entitled TO all
respect. He referred to the difference OF
religious belief, ana said he thought there
were more points gu which sill agreed
han on which they differed. He believed
in persuasion and grace, as spoken OF by
DR.. O'Gofman.
DR.. SMITHS SURPRISE.
1.-The Diocese of Newark" was respond
Ell to by DIR. Smith of Paterson. He said
that Whatever differences existed between
priests. all should unite in doing honor TO
The Supreme Pontif's representative.
He spoke of the government and discl-
pline of the Church, and then surprised
his hearers by saying. "Where WAS justice
TO be obr aimed where the tribunal was in
sympathy with the prosecutor. Could
4 state of affairs existed, and
we needed to remedy this the Apostolic
Delegate, and for his presence we are I'M
der an everlasting debt to the Supreme
Pontif. We recognize the rights and au-
Jhorlty OF Bishops, but we, too. have
some rights. and these rights the supreme
Pontiff will give us in the person of the
Apostolic Delegate. When priests have
these rights. the authority of Bishops will
ue respected. l love law and discipline,
but | detesu tyranny in a Bishop or any
cody eise."
These remarks created surprise. for
Rev. DR.. Smith was the ecclesiastical
lawyer for Bishop Wigger in his contro-
versy with Father Corrlgan last fall.
Mayor Pangborn responded to the toast
of the Press in an able and eloquent ad-
dress.
FELIcIToUs DIR. sToDDARD.
Rev. DR.. Stoddard was then called upon
to speak. He responded in a happy mau-
ner. He said:
II am ustonished az being called upon
thus summariiy TO MAKE d speech with
out any previous warning, and am some
what afraid that may make The mistake
of the Irishnlan who never opened his
mouth without putting his foot In it.
During our recent great national cele-
bration, when the waters OF the Hudson
were studded with those giant engines OF
war VINO slept SO peacefully, and whose
tnunder would awake the ecnoes
of the ocean III case OF a great iuter-
national conflict you would be disposed on
first sight to feel afraid and be timorous
about approaching these terrible mons
tiers. But as you drew near you saw how
peaceful and harmless they were after
all and with what satisfaction you should
come away with the illusion. which on
first view their formidable appearance ex-
cited, dispelled.
"And SO when some months ago we
American Protestants heard that d Papal
Delegate WAS bound for our shores We
hardly knew whether to welcome him
with terror or with joy. We knew he
was capable. scholarly, able u we hard-
ly kuCW III W SodO ~
or what sort of broadside he might dis
charge upon this unhappy land, but now
that he Is among us and that we have
learned to know him all terror has
vanished, and nothing but feelings OF
kindness and of admiration remain"
Addresses were also made by Rev. DR..
McCreedy of New YORK, Mr.. Austin
| Ford OF New York aud Mayor Pagan.
THE PRIESTS ADDRESS.
The address OF the priests was read by
the Rev. Patrick Hennessey OF this city
II was as follows
Your Excellency honors the clergy and laity
| of this diocese by your kindly visit. Amid the
J press OF business which your exalted office of
Apostolic Delegate naturally evokes, your leisure
therefore, the more appreciated, VIC Did you q
| hearty welcome to this historic city OF Hoboken.
in the name of the venerable clergy present, and
of fellow citizens generally Amoug the
guests assembled here 10 do you honor, appear
Some of our most eminent civic representatives,
a goodly number of our Jealous young clergy,
and the silvered heads of the patriarcns of the
priesthood. who have spent over a quarter or a
century in their Masters ministry, not the least
of whom is your Excellency's worthy host,
whose name is a synonym for zeal and fearless
ness and successful labor during the thirty-three
years of his sacerdotal service.
When the news of your appointment, as Apos,
tolic Delegate was flashed under the waves OF
the Atlantic, we understood the significance of
your i'm ortant office. Rome was to be brought
to America: the vast spiritual powers OF the
centre of Christianity were to be easily avail
aple to us; the long journey, the heavy expense,
the great fatigue, mental and physical, were to
be no more, for the Vicar of Christ was to be
virtually among US. accessible to all. as a father
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