New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-27
reply from the Archbishop. George w. PlunKitt 10
the Tammany leader in the district
BISHOP IQUAID'S SERMON.
FULL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS WHICH HE DE-
LIvERED IN THE CATHEDRAL AT ROCKIES

TER ON SUNDAY.
Following is the full text of Bishop McQuad's
sermon, which delivered in the cathedral at
Rochester on Sunday and has attracted wide-
spread attention and comment:
Now that the election, with its excitement; tur-
MOL and passion, has passed away judge IL my
dents and scandals s connected therewfh You
Bs have shat seduus
ing sides in p9tics dld not ON ~i to- the
scales Of either party to drag my episcopal robes
along the mire of political partisanship IN my
myself under obligation to any party or to any
official OF national, STATE or municipal govern
by my personal solicitation or by the signing Oh on
% tSs ss ne of my n
been matter of barter In the maFf on she nave
been more frequently classed Republican than IN
as Democrat. No one has ever had warrant nsa 10
/ have never cast vote. out Of my anxiety no., not
put It in mans power to say that m mav
have been duty to exercise the privilege OF
citizen and vote have felt that more sac req
AK hHS a aeG0 sCy on Of !hc BY Of
Win the Of these
States for Bishops to hold aooi from Inv Pshons
whose greatness real and not mere newsPaPer
panderng to the hv o@ enemies
Of actively participating in potiGa, p'o OF iate a to
Having said this BY way Of pr edss ,h wa
now advert the late scandal whicm ct FOR his
bishops ard priests and the honor ana SoUu atiHed
VI %hn ne during Poea II c Ct Pa
that OF bishops. ne % 81 and en-.
srea to the one po sf e ara a The
newspapers were careful to keep the weees before
the Of his on the Phe rs
ratification meetings. SURROUNDED Dy n ~ noitical
questions strongly expressed through interviews TEL NEWS
"a Of ycif
the night Of the election bshop Of St. Paul
TO take part in political contest was undgnliIieiI
dssraceu to his piscopaI Gce a ahr Of both
parties II was. Furthermore piece Vi IN, M, his
some interference on MS part 10 conn among
our priests and justify the charge OF those ,'l M,
TO us that priests partisans ana use ,ne hb,bon
and opportunities for political wcrk II Arf in FAVOR
Teand ha1 made himself as c9TSpicno ,S as bame
OF me Democratic party he TG s so ne i in this last
political campaign not censured ana s, com
emnei It would not be POSSIBLE frnm ' imans his ex
ampe and descending from the pulpit to tne Psu M
cdi noiI an nr' the day OF the election Not one
Of them but has an equal right with His Grace 81
81 raw 10 a tuI abSent himself from his parish. as
the Archbishop absented himself from ms nioogS as
working in thn of good xo
other clerical apTa1y * Ro nb@adanty able to
are Of itse:f without extraneous help as the las.
election shoTe ana Il Of he Minnesota is Itself sadly
in need Of pnrcatlon and His Grace might nd n s
r rGgmd At p home me- 20 pocian he would be- ,
But II is we'll known 10 many that ~ Waa Ipesnd
So many weeks in NewYor city and 50 lar fF bIn
his diocese where the law OF resIdshcS ,bren marty
to be. 1t was to pay debt 10 the i'epu'"'@"
During the last session of the New oinrsssta
iotura Archbishop ireland. OF far-o1 MinnesvStHH
bnsIed himself Writing letters to leading Re psY
can members in favor OF the canaiaaoy 81 the I'M
yers,tv II was none the Archbishops business
to meddls with what did not iegiuma'eV 'o"'e'"
Bu, then he knew that the Archns horton 0a of
York and his sun pa wn ss to protect the best
n,nrHs,s Of catholic schools and academies com.
ing un nIo she who hSd declared that II he could he
would wipe out every parecnai sc ,rn down the
church I'm money matters" was no nj represe"'"
live OF the catholic body ,,.,. ,,o,c, no,
.,arnnt it, sentiment was un-American; its spift
smackcd OF persecution and treason to ms 'nuivih;
and but for s s1iIneT Yet ' Archbishop Ireland
knowing o., these %e s Contempt for
his Bishop letters private ana 10 favor
Of his candidate against any one more nor u "a.
ceptabe to N, Bishops Of the State cruz
ny acains, the bishops o. the state OF New
York by high dgnItares on the Pacific ooas,' ~.
Tnere Ns es s SSnnrg from the
who af,erward vas Panes ~ hs III I"e
Wien the Achbish0p Of 81 Pf hf p csTc nS aSso
Wis 20
CIV and neighborhood priests who are nursing sing
go Mi, ami that ~ a subsidized Cathonc priest
tn n m rri to annoy the Archbishop OF New,
~ his Fxcellency the Apostolic Delegate anu
turns the minds OF many 1Saihs, ,ne Dele
i ,o 'Tswyork his Exceency has learned ina,
the HOLY has rqer son no m9r ,hat eee
adherrn, mo on ihan the Archbishop OF NewYork
no ne 5yifv is OF the heart and not principle yet
III
s MAKE rany believe by the help OF manutac-
tnrcd cable 1spa,ehsS aRr yorN IS antasonzng
liza VA Apostolic Delegate IN the first place ana IN
n rs NslpconJ is In alliance with Tanmany Hall
nMe So alnmnies are persistently repeated until
'nfhoIcs are annoyed and grieved ana non non,
C, a,noc mus, have some foundation in fact
S wonder that Protestant minisSr IN ,ory lam IN
NOR tne me' 70 niarge Archbishop Corrsan with
rSmpllcty with Tammany scandas ana a'''i"'o'
Ther r may have been some excuse for the stupid
,y Of the Rev Nj woman caIrs whose ami
nasty toward the Archbishop Of New-lork nai ieu
+" the utterance OF such calumnies by direct cna'se
or rh%ss remarks VII suffice the present j. nc
other remedy can be ,9u ,Ssv wond do Wen to tay
AZ home and give their undivided attention u '"e
neg nave made these remarks because want = IN
lersood that 1t Is the pole Oh the ,s s. sord
f,ke no active part IL political campaigns am on
tests tina, what Bishops can do IN ponucai 've
,ith immunity priests also can do; that neither niVe
"nv right 10 become tools or agents of any par;
that when they do they descend from mn is
dlVnl,v lay themselves open 10 censure anu ol,tel
remarks from those whom they Oppose rsn'a anS
which reco upon the sacred Once .hrs Ion So
expose themselves ana One 10 'ne ~
aisn wish il To- be UNDERSTOOD that this med ling
in the po:itical affairs OF another state by Arm
bishop ireland Is altogether exceptional as ne u
the only HIshop who thus nerferes n w,n ,s The
offence committed I sincerely hope that the Church
will be spared it, repetition