Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-12
Radaktor wvdaWca: HierOnim DerlOwsI1i.

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present time; and we humbly request
Your attention to what we represent
in this.memorial, and to the docu-
ments which we inclose herewith.
I. The beginning of Disunion. -
Two different and opposite Polish
organisations in America.
When thirteen years ago etc.
etc. - on the twentieth day of
October 1874 many catholic polish
priests and lay delegates from the
different parishes of this country as
sembled in convention, and resolved
unanim ously TO form ,,The Polish
Roman Catholic Union of Ameri-
ca"
At that Sonvention there were
also present a handful of Poles
holding Apostle S opinions, and
declared that trQe patriotism has
nothing to do with religion. They
also declared that the resolution of
the convention obliging the mem
bers of polish Roman Catholic
Union to perform their Easter du-
ties, should not have been made, at
all. - Even since that time, this
disunion among the Polish people
in America, and these two different
and opposite organizations, have
existed. = etc. The Polish Roman
Catholic Union endeavours to unite
the Polish Catholic people in Anne
RIGA for better mutual assistance in
temporal needs, as we'll as for pro-
noting morality and civilization
according to the true spirit of the
holy Roman Catholic Church =
the self styled Polish patriots,
who separated themselves from the
Catholic Union in, 1874 as men
toned above, came out publicly
with their irreligious organization
ostensibly under the pretext Of pa
triotism and civilization, and re
solved to rival with and wi pc out if
possible the Polish Roman Catho-
lie Union.
Having discovered their true
object and purposes, published in
their Polish liberal newspapers,
many of Polish Catholic priests
held conference in Buffalo, n. Y,
and on twentieth day of September,
1882, issued public appeal to the
Polish Catholic people in America,
warning them against the insidious
theories of the liberal press and of
these self styled Polish patrio triots
document 2.
II. An Irreligious Organization
the SO called ,,P lis b N a tt O.
nal Alliance of the United
States Of North Amerca.
The immediate result of the
warning appeal of the Polish Ca
tholic priests in 1882 completely
thwarted the Vaccinations and plans
of the Polish liberal Catholics and
selfstyled patriots for while, and
it took them almost four years to
recover from that signal defeat. -
But he would be deceived who
would suppose for moment that
the evil spirit and obstinacy Of mo-
dern infidelity would give up SO
easily its original purposes etc.
etc. After apparent inaction during
four years, the Polish liberal Catho-
lies and selfstyled patriots commen-
ced new campaign against the
Polish Roman Catholic Union. This
time they sent out agents and parti-
sans to everyPolish settlement, large
or small, wherein they called NEE
tings, made speeches, and invited
every Polish-speaking man in the
settlement to join their Polish Ma
tional Alliance, which is rapidly
increasing and becoming stronger
and stronger allover the country.
The material of which the
,,groups" of the Polish National
Alliance is composed goes to show
very conclusively what kind of an
organisation the Alliance is. =
Every man speakingPo Polish language
or calling himself Pole, is readily
and cordially admitted to member
ship. No matter what is religious
belief or moral standing in society
may be, if he promises to obey the
constitution and authority of the so
called central government he is
accepted. - 1t is a fact that to the
Polish National Alliance belong
Polish jews, members of secret
societies condemned by the Catolic
Church, and that the leaders and
officers of the Alliance are promi-
nently of the same class, it is be-
yond dispute. = 1t is established
fact that the two long standing oppo-
sitions (schisms) against diocesan
authority one in Chicago, and