The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
THE NELSON" CHARGES.
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According TO the Priest the Mis-.
sionary Violated the Laws. !.
" i. of Of Brazil. = ..... S.:
A LETTER FROM G. a. HUBBELL
He Quotes From. Alleged Secret: In.
StructionS. TO .the Priests Of the :@.
Catholic Church.. =..:. IF: / :. :.


TheRey. Father Yorka lYas.submittedt the:
following. letter" in answer TO DIR. NV.
Case whose *communio cation appeared in.
The CALL of:yesterJlay.:s. 4. :. r. !:
80: SAN T RANG cisco, Dec: 81 II S93:%>
To the Editor. Of tie san: 4FTdnciscG CdjI-DEAR
SIR Bt :all-the eHJTGQrd IndEy. praflkS which
Dr. Case has perpetraled. JIM: MS controversy,
his last letterIs th6mQste te&traOrdinafy: When.
he undertook the .de{enSe<othiS COUSIN, ust us.
H. Nelson; IsPtit down TO his credit that: Ii E.
was moi disloyal to- hisoyEn k It and XII It hi s.
morning. however, he has reaQ-br9sCCas1 the
Very documents which pr0Ye' his COUSIN s in
fanny, and Iconfess Lam sti look ing in EQIalie er
al this new alid brilliant: Stra tegemi 5Yych>
he brings confusloil on. thee eneiny by CUTTING
his own THROAT. :: ~: .% -:
: am not surprised ito detect: :evidences.in:his.
letters that :DTl ase IS suffering from aceriin 4:
:thlngs crosseyed3 md is :uIrabe.to Teprodtlce
them as they have 'heen:Wr ITEM I:made GER:
tain charges against :Jds(us II Nelson. 0n:De-
cember Il, 24; 27 .AIld*29 II ese:c hargeS 3ere:
undertakesEto. reproduce llieIn is morning IN.
ms letter, Andlhe reproduction throws such:
light on his mental: and: moral makeup THAT T
cannot help: having: :Fecohrse TO: y e. deadly
parallel" forthe edlacation of your read ers:
-, WHAT / sAiD.:: = w DIR. CASE: sAYs::I
Justus H n elsoil; was. = : AID.
put iniailfor bl lac guard. j.: As there are so~nany
ism and indecency. The who; de. ire to see the
bacSgusrdism. constSted- documentary evidence.
lie streets and try ing 10 in be case OF AIT IL
break up religious pro NELSON " no was I'M prSE
Cession Ii any man nfl0nef iR Brazil for Saying
TINS town tried to 9fe$a Il hat hev OF the
mp d procession of the Virgin Maryis :idola1rg,
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would have: been put in 1nore=than oncet.he New:
jail In Brazil t-h ely l,N6rk Christian Ad vocate:
merely knocked j. H .as+his autho rfty. for say
Nelson's hat off: Then: ing that the -iinprison.
when the Rev. j. II. lnent was for trying: to
Nelson.used the Columns break up a<religious pro-
OF his newspaper 20 utter cessIonlnthe streets IN
Indecent charges against town in Brazil; L herein
Catholics n.the impure farnlSh. YOU: wit h the
language affeeled 6y his CLIPPINGS from said pa
kind he s*pron9ptly: per-: VIII n. the request
jailed by the Anthony thai. YOU print them in
Comstock Of the place. 1ul,~ that. the reading.
Call, Dec. IL. public. may know h e
r--.' :. : truth of the matter and
Ss; See.the infamouS manner
Il in which, some :pEieStly
-.'s& : sinners preyaric ate
-sa ..-'~ - -tCalE;i Dec. 81 II ::
Istated concerning Jus How. now: about the
tus H. Nelson that he malicious SANDER OF. Mr.:
was laedfOr blaCkguard- Nelson: by one= OF the
y behavior on thePublic pOpe,s. hrelings, the i'm
streets and Tor indecent famous falsehood that:
writing in the. public ME- elson was. ifnprs--
prinis-CalI, Dec. "a. .oned for TRYING to stop "a
showed that his couS- religious procession in;
in, J. H. Neison;..w was Brazil?. Shame: on any
jailed for blackguarJism one who will stoop to-
in Bra2il.-Call, Dec. u. such damnable methods
He was Jailed tor black. 70 defend the denoniacal
guardly behavior in the deeds OF the devoreeS- OF
public streets and for paganzed Christianity.-
black guardly writing. lHfC&ll, Dec: g i.
his papers-Cal, Dec. 20. =. >. -. = =
pr. Cases side in this deadly parallel" is a
beautiful eXemp plifcation. Of the methods OF
certain preachers. Heslhas. artfully attempted
TO throw discTedit on my charges :by:su ppress-
ing half of their su bstance.~ But fortunatey we
are not in Brszil just now. The facts are too
hear home to be- .falsifed. Look on. this: col
umn DR.. Case, and look on that and speak out
like an honest man and say who is the, clerical
prevaricatoT. -. =" =: ::
Nv charge against Justus- H : Nelson was.
fiqT mi ila ha flT3N TOD irnCe
as prosecuted for saying that the worship of
the Virgin Mary was ldolatry; in reality (d| He
was not prosecuted tor-conscience sake. 10 He
was guilty OF blackguardly. behavior In the
public streets. <c) He was jailed for indecent
writing in the public prints. I:noW proceed 10
prove these three points out OF Dr.. Cases -oF n
(a) J. H. Nelson was not prosecuted for.eon-
science sake. -. -: -
To demonstrate this proposition offer three
proofs taken from DR.. Cases letter. .:.::~: -:
l. The law in Brazil does not infiict: penal:
ties for religious belief. In fact its provisions
are the same as with US. The Methodist:Chris-
tian Advocate confesses this in its opening SEN
tence: - -. =. =; : -:
Under the empire the established religion was
Roman Catholic, but under the republic the con-
nection between church and state has been abol:
ished, and au absolute equality has been declared
between all forms OF religion. -
Yet the veracious Dr. Case cries Historically
at the end OF his letter, Catholic law! which
comedies no rights or privileges to those who
tiesp' The fact is, by his own authority, that
ProtestGnts have precisely the same rights
under the law as Catholics. -:
2. This fact becomes more evident when we
remember that, according to the Methodist
Christian Advocate, J :. H. Nelson ard his COM
panions had labored without let or hindranoe
for ten years in Brazil. They engaged 'in
evangelical educational and mission work. -
They preached prayed and published news
papers, end until 1898 we do not hear word
of opposition Ii it be true that Brazil is a
prosecuting country and the Catholics intol-
Grant, is 1t not strange that they took so long
10 wake up? OF course the truth is that there
were no laws in Brazil TO hinder Mr.. Nelson's
work, nor are there any now. Catholic law
which comedies no rights or privileges to those
who teach Protestant truth against papal nov
eltles conceded Justus IL. Nelson rights and
privileges enough TO allow him to teach all he
pleased, unmolested for ten years.
3. The report OF the United States Minister, as
quoted by DR.. Case, makes no. reference what
ever to religious persecution. 1t merely states
that the condemnation was according to the
law" The law is not, as Dr. Case calls it,
Catholic law" but is as the Advocate con-
fesses, q laEF which declares "an absolute equal
ity between all forms OF religion" II is, there
fore, in American eyes, just law, and your
words with:which the United States Minister
closes his report: mo denial OF justice being
made evident" II is clear that this unbiased
American considered that the Rev. Justus had
received mis- just deserts.
Hence, conclude, from the opening words of
the Christian Advocate, from the ten years
unhtndered work of J. H. Nelson ana from the
report of the United States Minister that,
whatever may have been the cause Of Mr.. Nell
sons i'm prisonment, that cause could not have
been religious persecution.
fbl "Justus II. Nelson was guilty of black
guardly conduct in the public streets"
Macaulay says "A man whose manners and
sentiments are decidedly below those OF his
class deserves to be called blaokguard." |
shall have proved my proposition il / can show
thet the conduct of the Rev. ]. II. Nelson on
the public streets was low and indecent.
For flrOOf | quote his own words.
have been twice mobhed on tire streets for not
having reverence TO images of saints that were
being carried through the streets in procession.
. = The TWO mobs did me no harm though
canes and umbrellas were brandished furously and
there were threats enough shrieked and shouted 10
annibllate a regiment If carried into effect In
both cases my hat was ierked or knocked OFF, but
friendly persons with whom l was acquainted at
the time interposed and warded on further vio-
lence.
This reads very nice and straight, and it is
the storv OF the dear injured innocent himself.