The Irish standard., 1894-04-07
A LIVELY DEBATE,
Continued from First Page.

Boston, in Chicago? Because Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, noble Catholic
signed the Declaration Of Independence,
Mr.. Donnelly would have us believe that
ell Catholics, including the Kakauns
rioters, are angels and patriots.
He quoted Bancroft to prove that in
the revolution the Irish Catholics in this
country were against the Americans. He
was glad, he said, to hear Mr.. Donnelly
speak of Sheridan, but Sheridan was not
Catholic. His wife was. When Sheri
dan came to die his good wife asked if be
would have priest, Sheridan said "no. 4"
When tho general had partly lost consci'
BUSINESS priest was brought in and ad-
ministered the wafer, but Sheridan had
sense enough left to spit it out.
Coming to the question Of boycott,
Prot. Sims said the A. P. A. had never
instituted boycott, but the Catholics
had, even here in Milwaukee. Donnelly
had said that John Wilkes Booth
was cot Catholic, but on Booths body
was found 8 Catholic scapular, which
is preserved in one of the departments in
Washington, and proved that Booth was
4 Catholic.
The Pope, be said, had taken sides
with the South during the war, and ap'
pointed cartain priests to bless the South
ern confederacy. The Pope did not
bless the Union side. He quoted Rev.
Father Lambe,t t, until lately eminent as
Catholic priest, to the effect that the
Catholic Church is full of duplicity.
The speaker then took up some Catho-
lie theological works to prove that the
Catholic, if he were true to his Church,
could not be- true to his country. He
quoted pastorals written by Cardinal
Manning, Cardinal Gibbons and other
prelates showing that they advised the
use OF political power.
"Mr. Donnelly,' he said, ''has told you
so much about our proscriptlon Of the
Catholic, but / want to read to you q
quotation from Catholic theology in
which Catholic priests are instructed to
curse those who differ from them in reii-
gion. The A. P. A. has never cursed
Catholics. say again we are not fight.
ing Catholics as individuals, nor are we
fighting their religion, but only the poll.
tical Vaccinations of the Church which
menace the civil liberty of Professionals
and Catholics alike.
II want to ask you, my Catholic fellow
citizens who claim to be loyal to your
country, il the Pope today should direct
you to act in certain way politically,
would you rebel against his authority"
The speaker must have been astonished
by the storm of '.yes" which came from
the audience; men arose in their seats
and yelled "yes, hundred times yes. "
:You bet we would, every time"
"Well," said Mr.. Sims as soon as quiet
was restored, 'tyou are converted and
you've in reality joined the A. P. A. It
is papal political authority which the A.
p. A. is organized to resist"
Sims pronunciation had some remark
able vagariee, not the least among them
being s'fac smile, municipal, ivy car
and others quite as weird. When the
professor slaughtered the yernacular
thus Ignatius smiled with strange
pleasure and made q little note. Dom
nelly told the people that he dreamed
that Sims had gone to heaven, but that
St. Peter stopped him at thegate, saying,
who are your" and Sims told him that
st. Peter had heard Of him. He told him
be- had been on earth 9 meddlesome,
oothersome seeker after trouble, and that