Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-03-26

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question Il one Of prscefSsoe snd fae
The Ssatue i not one of an American
citizen. nor could IL possibly b recognized
a. such. II h disfincsively the staiue of q
Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest. vested In his
robes Of ozice Surely such thing 10 q
cloud. small TO be sure. rising above the
horizon and casting . shadow upos Amer
ica's rride--i Religious Freedom. ssatnary
Hall Il not the place for the collecting OF
statues 20 the memory Of ciergymen-
There l. Q place for everything" and I
should be just a. much opposed to the plac
ing of q statue of Philips Brooks In the
Capitol as am Of placing Marquetse's Sta
tue there. provided, Of course. DR.. Brooks
appeared vested as Bishop Of the church.
The Hon. Mr.. Linton. Of MICHIGAN, who
has spoken Of this subject in the House, 10
said to be. by the Press, an ssvocate Of A.
p A. doctrine. In other words. the Balti-
more Sun. "a an exsmple, would lead lis
readers 10 believe that Mr. Linton makes
this objection because be b an A. p. A.
L. this, I ask, altogether fsirs Are we not
TO consider the members Of Congress s.mp
ly ss those who represent the people. who
make the laws, In whose hands we trus,
the political life of our Nation. irrespective
of their afiliation outside of Congress, with
any Order, Sect, or Church. be 10 Masonry,
A. p. A.. Methodism. Romanism or the
Salvation Armyf
In your editorial you SAY: Marquette
did his brave work ofexplorstinn In the
Jesuit's garb," etc Then. his splendid
work (about which b. ir slmoss silent)
had distinctive object and was under the
control Of distinctive religious body as
his garb signifies His was . Missionary
work, q Church wors-fnr oil this / would
gladly and willingly give credit-but the
questions to answer: Was Marquette cit
zen of Wisconsin was his service civic
or military one. such as Section ]. Sl4 fthe
Revised Statues speaks IF? ! think not
Marquette came To this land Jesuit Priest.
There IL no record ofany civic services rem.
dered by him His service was 20 the Ro
man Catholi, Church He established
Mission In Canada 10 1856 He travelled
through parts of Wisconsin and Illinois as
Jesuit Missionary-always as Mission.
airy; all praise ~ him for his zeal but was
he distinguished for civic or military ser.
vices? This is the question
Again, the Statue of Marquette Is not
that of an American riiizer, but from all
Appearances it Is the Statue of Jesuit
Preist. II we are to place in the Capitol
Statues Of Missionaries, II In this land,
where religious freedom 10 carved on the
foundation stone, marble or brinze statues
OF clergymen are TO be preserved, their re-
ligious zeal to be spoken of by our child
ren's children, then let US have not one. bat
many, and let rs select, at least. one or two
native born Americans
The whole question is not one aimed
against any ,eligi us b..dy, though the
Marquette Statue does partake very large
" of setting up Missionary Spirits If the
R'nau Catholic Churh, bat, 1 repeat. il
is matter of precedence. question of ex-
pediency, question of law. II 1t can be
proven that Marque,te's work in this land
demands recognition because of civic or
military character, il is meet and right he
should be 30 acknowled, but let ms have
him as Marquette, the Patriot, not the
Priest
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