The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-12

lndC ne mas no sympathy WIN tHlS organ
ization, while, at the same time, he gives
them public aid and comfort.
He has enjoyed the singular satisfac-
ton of reading all the literature at his
command which has treated of the Amer
lean Protective Association and discov-
ering therin a fatal blindness on the part
Of the writers. 1t is true that some of
these writer's are men whose names are
guarantees of eminence, ability and re-
search; but they have all, as the bishop
of Georgia modestly declares, missed the
fact patent to him alone, that there is
a philosophy in the American Protective
Association. know there is
bigotry, intolerance, mendacity, fraud
and forgery in it. but its philosophy does
not yet seem entirely outside of some Of
these attributes. Not "a statement made
by Bishop Nelson has not heretofore
found place in American Protective Asso-
citation literature.
I'VE Catholics and Protestants have
been living together in peace and good
fellowship, recognizing sincerity where
each differ, and striving to put in practice
the lesson of tolerance and charity, and
the bishop of Georgia warns his people
that the American Protective Association
are justified because, through the machi-
nations Of Catholics, hope of justice
frustrated, the assured protection of citi-
zenship under our national constitution
having proven a dream, the separation of
church and state of that same Constitu-
ton having been busily violated by our
legislatures from the highest to the low
est, the rights of four-ffths of American
citizens being continually denied to please
the remaining one fifth, and to secure
their vote
"And this justihes Bishop Nelson's
friends in registering in their hearts a
vow not to be candidate for town con
IL
that this disreputable organization is "a
single manifestation of American citizen
ship goaded to frenzy by fostering woes,
liberties bartered, and the infamous Il attic
which has gone on for years in our ma
tional capitol, even to the point of trading
in the souls of these pitiable wards of the
nation, and browning the countrys SPLEEN
did 60 achievements with the red men,
after having taken away their lands and
goods, by selling them for adherents of
a foreign church, for the still further
environment of the same vote which nX-
ercises the most disprOportonate sway in
American politics. l would like to re-
ply to this charge, but l honestly have
not the faintest idea of its meaning. But
this 1 do understand: The American
Protective Association, therefore, and
thousands more VINO have taken an oath
in the secret chamber of their own
hearts, alone, will not vote for a Roman
Catholic for a political office of any sort
under the sun. But it is oath against oath
that is all An honest Romanlst (there
are plenty of them)-I thank you, bishop
will not; dishonest one need not deny
Qor it will disprove nothing) that by con-
sistency with his profession, with 10y
atty to his convictions and by solemn VOW
he is bound to consider his church
first. last and all the time 1 trust, bish-
op, you Will regard me as an honest Ro-
manist. As such 1 declare that my
church teaches me to render to God the
things that are Gods and to render to
Caesar the things that are Caesars, and
have never taken nor administered TO
others a vow to consider the church
first, last and all the time But, if the
bishop means that I consider the Catholic
church much greater institution than
any line of government in the world, l
plead guilty, and to those who differ with
me, l beg leave to quote the words of two
of the bishops of my church, recorded in
a book which the bishop holds in as much
reverence as l do: If it be just in the
sight of God to hear you rather than God.
judge ye.' (Acts: ", 19)
us not the bishops reference to a for
eign' church rather unfortunate? Is not
the Protestant EPISCOPAL church in the
United states the offspring of the church
established by parliament in England?
And assuredly England is a foreign coun-
try, yet / would not designate my Episco-
palian friends as adherents of a foreign
church-though in truth Catholic
church must be foreign in the sense of
fostering children in every cline.
Now, what are the charges on which
these rather rhetorical statements are
based?
Il. The appropriation of moneys by con-
gress to Indian Catholic schools.
2 Appropriations In New York to
Catholic charitable institutions.
3. Catholic sisters begging for the poor
"a large proportion of whom are non
Catholicism the departments in Wash
ington.
Suppose all those are established
facts Is my genial friend John Colvin. to
De defeated for a position on the alder
manic board of Atlanta?
As TO Catholic Indian schools I rnereIv
say that our government supports the In
dian schools, no matter what denomina.
ton teaches them. II has been declared
IN congress by distinguished protestant
senators that the Catholic schools are the
best conducted. II the priests, sisters
ana brothers Of the Catholic church have
gone 10 the far north and west and taught
lhe INDIANS, II was an open field then.
our schools have more than 4OOO nuniIg
and the government distributes the funds
pro rata among the various religious bod-
les according to the number of puplls.
BUT ~ poor Romanlst IN North Caro-
INA VINO wants to be crossroads most
master TO he ruthlossly turned down nv
the appointing power because some moor
woman In garb which denotes n life 40
voted 10 the alienation Of human woes AZ
teaching the Indian boys ana girls 10 don
lhs lrapplnss OF savage life and M theme