The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-08
DIR. WGLYNN ON THE A. PA.
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n. rd~srd McCiiynn made q speech TO an
..d,snce Of fully 1000 people At Prohibition
p.,t staten island. yesterday afternoon on
sTbe PA; It's Causes and Cure" II had
49,, given out that Dr. Mctilynn would speak
IN opposition to the views recently expressed on
the subject by Bishop Kecne. Many people
-e-e apparently attracted by an expectation
tia, come startling ideas would be promulgated
BY him. but they did not have their expectation
s-..li,ed. The speaker did not once utter the
Bi.hop's name. and no radical ideas were suE-
Gtsted.
when the people had begun To file cut Of the
bailding after DR.. McGlynn had finished q mid
dle-sged man jumped upon the platform and
cried out for all to stop and take on their hats
for just two minutes.
II want to ask the privilege" he shouted. of
replying to DR.. McGlynn from this platform,
and AJAX you. DR.. Funk. whether can have the
hail"
He then said he was not q member Of the
A. p A.. but was national deputy TO the A. p. A.
Convention.
Though I was recently converted to it's
truths" he said. "1dont belong Dit. Iwant to
cay that DR.. McClynn is entirely wrong this
question. and wrong in his Interpretation of his
own Church doctrines. When was . delegate
20 the National A. p. A. Convention made the
speech in reply TO Frederic r. Coudert on this
same question that attracted 90 much attention.
and am, OF you can have copy OF 1t II you
Got /, with you ~ yelled a dozen voices from
81 haven't got il with me. but III have copies
on hand later. and let me say that DIR. McGlynn
Of - fN the the to
American institutions and American liberty.
snd,-" hit he Was sllowed e proceed NO nc
Mingled nlissi fG %sR ao O dea y scsns DR.
plstform calmly smiling as the man attacked
Is speech. The latter attempted 10 continue.
s ss storm 1 S ss %
aid din. in the Ss esfinnlps this platform moi; !;
ehserfully give the gentleman a sunday IL he
will let US know what one he wants"
Can have two weeks from to-day, at
Yea. DR.. Funk replied. two week. from
s-dsy this gentleman win have this hall"
ssek and shouted that Il the crowd would come r
.son NJ @the sranaest and nobIest Of our insiitu
tons" but as the kissing and cheering showed
s:.y Of Rs s.. fad IT. M.s OF ssaps
Dr.. McGlynn. in the course of his address
VIVA, i. this mysteriou. something. termed
the American Protectiye Associationf see in
A.socistion What Is 1t designed to protect
any wsyf We are not told. so, Hsuppose, pretty
Roman Catholic Church. her bishops and
guard 81. p sssin:. ' Sow, What view mus. both
tatholics and PrS,estAnts take Of this
s.s on Are ,he% Or ,hs fsu this
pTose.tants In the first place , the people
myself. but I'm 40 source of danger To this
country's liberty. am an American by birth.
Catholics as among Protestants. Many people
say that because q certain percentage OF our
paihy with this country's government. That
Isn't so. l believe many foreign-born Ameri-
Americans than nstive.born citizens. They
roulnt come here II they didn't value 1t
Dr.. McGlynn said. in reference to the A p. A.
this country to the Pore OF Rome; They
would On the contrary. il is the respect for
law and order. and love Of free institutions in
schools In her children that form one OF the
strongest safeguards OF American freedom
The preamble to the Declaration. of indie
pendence holds out promise which has never
believe it is through the teachings OF the
Catholic Church we may hope for a fulhlment
Bg,. il is ssid. the Pop, doesn't believe in
care whether he does or not. only Id ike to
have 50 re>pecta BILE a convert.
The speaker :hen described the Pope as one of
the most enlightened who has ever sat on the
throne of the Fisherman and spoke of his dis
countenancing the fostering OF the monsrchist
party in France by the Church.
= The priests OF the Church have discretion in
these matters Father McGlynn said. They
must obey the powers that be. To be sure, just
as are expected 10 obey our magistrates, but
they have personal rights and liberty. Only one
power in this universe Is absolute. and even so
humble an individual as am have certain per-
snrAl rights. We must obey the laws. but we
have the right TO agitate for change in or re-
peal Of those laws"
Iir McGlynn said the large majority. OF
Catholic priests in this country were American
horn. He told how Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop ireland had discountenanced Ca
henslysm In this country. and admonisned the
Pope against faN oring IL. He also spoke of state
education and parochial schools, and advocated
both as serving their own separate aims, He
said the strongest argument In favor OF state
education ever published was from the pen Of
one ~ the professors In the Washington Catholic
University. man OF foreign BIRTH who speaks
English with q strong foreign accent.
u think that some Catholics are. in a meas
ouse for the existence Of such society as this"
Dr Mclilynn said. They have, by certain
clannishness in political and social questions,
created a distrust and prejudice in the minds OF
people. But the great body OF American Catho-
lies repudiate such conduct and the priests who
re responsible for IL. The American Catholics
aim I" stand upon the same ground and enjoy
the same privileges and share the same respon-
sibililies as any OF their fellow citizens"