The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
A. Q. II.
They Attend Services in n Body at
Denver.

They Attend Services in Body at
Denver.
DENVER, April 26.-The Ancient
| Order of Hibernians attended services
in a body at ST. Mary's cathedral in
this city today. The services were con-
Quoted by the chaplain Of the order,
Rev. r. H Malone. In the course OF
his remarks Father Malone spoke as
follows:
The effect of Catholicism upon the
civilization of our own country has been
deep and farreaehing. In the midst
of many unstable elements, it has
been the force of equilibrium that has
kept the warning elements from ex-
erting a destructive influence upon our
government. From the establishment
of the government until the present
day, conflicting interests have at all
times threatened its perpetuity. Ere
quently those who were loudest in pro-
claiming patriotic principles were most
deeply concerned in slshyerting, by
practicing political corruption, its sta
bility But the Catholic church has
at all times respected this, as it has
all duly constituted governments. We
who profess belief in the church of
Christ are at all times conscious of
the great responsibility involved in our
citizenship and are ever mindful that
we must answer to our creator for
the manner in which we conduct our
selves, as members of the community.
God has set men to rule over this
society in which we live. These men
rule by the will of God through the
people; they exercise a power from on
l.; aat o,.I <1J,
disobey without rendering ourselves
displeasing tc the creator Therefore,
if there be a people among the citizens
of this great nation in whom there is TO
be found high and holy motive to be
true to the attributes of citizenship,
that people is the Roman Catholic.
Hence | say, but not by way of
apology, that to every institution of
this government, to it's executive, to
its judicial, to it's legislative, to its
educational departments, we give at
all times a most cordial assent and
support. Patriotism, when worn in the
form of a button, is cheap Loyalty,
when paraded at the expense of the
guaranteed rights of our brother, is
cowardly; but loyalty, when it is tried
and purified by sacrifice, without hope
of regard or emolument, is the only
patriotism worthy of consideration, and
proves its possessor a stable and de-
serving citizen.
The loyalty and patriotism of the
Catholic citizen have been tested by
Sacrifices for a hundred years, but he
has never flirched in the hour of trial
Let it be proclaimed to the world
that we are good citizens, and loyal
to the institutions of our government,
because we are good Catholics. We do
NO oc,1y io1 ,iry;1 A
either, for what we are or for what
we have done. We are still willing to
endure for the sake of America. 1t
should be to the loyal citizen a duty
and a pleasure to work for that which
will give perpetuity to the institutions
which are capable of so much good to
the human race.
But at the same time let it be under
stood that we will battle for Irish in
dependence and ask for the people of
Ireland autonomy of government to
which they are justly entitled, regard
less of all attempts to impeach our
loyalty for SO doing.