The record-union., 1896-10-15

more of your valuable time. l again
thank you for thehonor it has been your
pleasure to confer upon me.
Ladies and gentlemen, it affords me
great pleasure to introduce to you
Father Yorke, Chancellor Of the Arch
diocese of San Francisco, who Will ad-
dress you upon the subject Of "Catho-
licity and Patriotism
FATHER YORKE'S ADDRESS.
Father Yorke said it gave him great
pleasure to stand before the people OF
the Capital City to speak to them or the
principles of his church and in defense
of its acts and it's character; in defense
of those rights without which life would
not be worth living. He did not come
to stir up strife. He did not think that
he was a good American who tried to
| make trouble between the citizens OF
the country or to deny to all the equai
rights to which all citizens are entitled
His lecture would be one of eXplana-
ton only and to elucidate the reasons
for his belief. The Catholic Church has
existed for 1900 years and her doings
are not in the dark. She has no need OF
dark lanterns. For hundreds of years
III IlGl uOILl lliCo e.iiA AAN1 -No
reason to fear to teach them from the
| housetops; what her doctrine Is she
wishes the whole world to know.
| In these latter times a society has
| sprung up, he said. which proclaims
| that the country is in danger from the
| Catholic Church. They have gone
through the country teaching their doc
trines and calling themselves the Amer
| lean Protective Association. Of course,
Uncle Sam has been in many troubles
| since he spanked the old lady over the
way and sent her back home to behave
herself He spanked her again when she
forgot the first spanking. He corrected
! Mexico when it became too aggressive,
and when his own children got to quar-
| reling he settled the affair between
them, but now, in 1896, he had got into
| a bad way and now he needs somebody
| to protect him.
They had lost many opportunities of
protecting him, but now, when he was
| getting along all right, they We're de-
termined to pull him through. Their
great anxiety is that the Pope of Rome
is on his way to America with the fell
design of eloping with Grover Cleve-
! land. The Pope of Rome and the Jes-
uits are their nightmare and deprives
them of their sleep and even their babes;
are hushed to sleep by the threat of
him.
The poor Catholic goes on his way,
| trying to make living for his family,
and as they cannot get at the Pope they
wish to kill off the Pope's Irish. Only a
few years ago a so-called encyclical of
the Pope was circulated throughout
the West commanding the Catholics to
| kill off all the Protestants, root and
branch, and great fear was excited all
through the country, and farmers
| bought Winchesters with which to de-
fend themselves.
1t was also charged that the Catholics
| hold SO per cent. of the offices, although
there are only 10000 900 Of them, only
one-sixth of the population. He thought
| if only sixth of the people had cap
tured nearly all the offices, they fully de-
served them.
If Catholics would only leave the
Pope they would, in the eyes Of this or
der, be very good citizens, but as they
stick to the Pope and obey him and be-
lieve in his infallibility, 1t is supposed
all the Pope has to do is to sit in the
dome of ST. Peter and pull the wires and
make the Catholics in America dance.
| This is what the leaders of the order
| tell their poor, misguided followers, who
believe them and believe in the danger
that they are told threatens them.
I Catholics are not afraid to act open
ly, and as they believe in the Pope they
| avow it boldly and are not afraid or
ashamed to do so. 1t would be a good
thing to come to Catholics to find out
| what Catholics think about the Pope
A. inh nj nf ha If ha drOn-
ped on the earth and happening to meet
a Republican and ask him what a Dem
ocrat was, would be very likely Ito re-
ceive some very startling information
If he went to a Democrat and asked him
about Republicans he would probably
get even more startling information. II
he asked Democrats about Democratic
| principles or Republicans for infor-
nation about Republicans, he would get
| much different answers. Why not &c
| to Catholics to ask them about their re-
ligion?
Catholics believe that men are COM
posed of two parts-body and soul; that
! these must be cared for and fostered
They believe that men are entitled tc
life liberty and the pursuit of happi-
| ness. In order to look after his tenn
poral or bodily interests political or
| ganizations are formed, and for the SOU
religious organizations or churches are
! formed These organizations are gov
erned by civil and ecclesiastical law
Those governed are governed by theil
own consent. The State has no right tc
interfere with the Church, and the
Church has no right to interfere with
the State. Neither Pope nor preacher
has the right to say this power comes
through me-" This doctrine was enun-
ciated in the thirteenth century by one
of the Popes He said that the King
ruled for the people. All that he had
he received from them, and they whC
made him could unmake him.
It has been stated that the Pope's
claim to temporal power is menace te
the country, and that, no matter what