The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
FATHER YORKE REPLIES To DR.. ", ", CASE,

stand in the. street. in the midst of these
Roman Catholics, be was OF his own free viii
attending therelig1ouS services OF another de-;
ItS3 JGstus II. Nelson. was precisely in the
same position as Methodist in San Francisco
who>nright attend mass at the 'cathedral; -oraof
Roman catholic who might attend service at.
Dr. GaseiS.6hurch. - -. :.
: II Not: only. good breeding but the law OF
the. land commands that when. mem Der OF
one denominations" voluntarily attends the
service of another denomination he shall do
nothing by act. attitude or: Word TO insult or
disturb such service. =. =;
.:lS) But JustuSH II. Nelson was not: present at
the religious procession to behave as gentle
man. sensitive of:.the religious elings Of his
'neig;hborSs and OF their right to worship. God
=, 90: JuStus H Nelson looked upon thevene.
ration of images: as idolatEy; and considered
.that1t was ldelatrous worship tocarry them in
.#(l0) J:.H. Nelson considered. himself bound
:toA.b bear Witness TO the GOSPELS by protesting
against all idolatrous Worship irl:general and
against this procession in particular. :: "
:. Cll) His methed was to, attend The proces:
sion. to ia suit the partiepators publicly and 10.
break up the: religious service by creating a
riot :: =. - s. s.::..
: OBJ Therefore,, under no .colnpulsion. he
:: took a; prominent place among the onlo lookers,
and when. all uncovered. he: stood defantly.
with his. ilat5on. as a public protest against.
@:tl3) The, Popish idolaters knocked his hat off,
and While they were: :eX pressing in Language.
M ore 1orcible than polite their opinion: OF til
clerleal=b blackguaTd; his: friends hustled. him
out OF. the. crowd. and: Sent, him home~hatless
and Sh6Yeled: =: - " = -:
: (I4} Whereupon the Rev: f. II. N Nels0n writes
in a book that he was 1nlobbed." =.
/: Gl5l And ;whereat t The iudicioIls ader:re:
marks that the Rey. JustuS. H. Nels0li. acted:
/: like: "a boor,. ana the BrazIlans served him
BE me re1nar here Mr.. Editor, that 1T IS
eharacteTistie.offh the: missionary a broad to be-
.lleye that he.has: a rIgft:to shoW:h his contempt
tdr lIgtof* OF ii .eoun Try which he IN
xadeSs and: TO insult Its professors, In San.
II ran nCisc0 no on e bGt lundtic would thi1fk"of
dis biIrg th e. services of the Sa lNato1 Army
*by: forcing: himself on the procession:or4. By:
Excepting an Indecent attitude during tllGir: re-
ligious Worsh ip.+: :But%Justus H.*Nelsoir Iks
he is justl ed AN going down to Brazilian in
appeaTing on the oceast9ns9f q. religious cere-
IN olial iIan attitude which safd palmer than
words So: Aou dre:a set OF fools and mtserable
{. JStiS Il: Nelson had not: the: fairtest con
:ceplon OF, liberty: My liberty ends where my
:neighb0r' ssrgh hts begl These Brazilians had
a III hit TO- worship: God as they plea sed, and
Nelson had no right TO force himself upon iheIr
deYotions with his .booEishness and his Insults.
The Intolerance was all, on his side as we:might
for:the most intolerant:o of mortals#are
these: same; narroHy preachers whose narrow
creed:ts an index OF. their narrow brains. = -
:. -Hence:it is Iconsider my statement Justified,
out of Justps :H.Nelson's. own mouth that he
wa gtil lty OF: blackguardly@ behavior in the
81 :eiJustus II Nelson was Jailed for.indecent
writing in. the public pr nts:' = :*e
:: 1 has is the third proposftfonj and gives th e.
real ca use of j: H. Nelson's irlprisonment. In
stead OF, being "a martyr toconscience, he: was a
Pl ain, ordinary fonl-tongued seold. i:
" You:wIlI remark, r:.Editor, :that:in the. let
*ters:of the Rey.J III. Nelson there:is: quite: a.
diffeIence of tone betweenthe earlier and the
later documents In his appeals for sy mpathy:
to america; he. sets himself forth as condemned
for sa wing that the worship Of the Virgin Mary
.is::idQlatry.. On this single string:he harps-
without cease and. Dr. Case has borroWed 1t for
h1sown Particular lyre: He was imprisoned:
:f0r sa wing. that the worshiprof the Virgin Mary
was "idelatfy.W 1t is strange, however, that
when there was no need: of appealing to Amer
lea, when j.. H..Nelson-- thought the lawsuit
would he decided III his favor, he told what
was nearer the truth N the diStrict.report. 81
have been. summoned before the cF iIniral
court for insulting the, Romano atholfe relig-
:lon:in IA paper y - =. =. = =
;. ,If:what did that insult. consists? DR.. Cases
own.letter supplies the an swer. Evidently the
obtuse. .sensih hilitles@of Ieyiler OF good women:
did: not reakige :lhe blackguardism OF this
choice>bi of:innuendo;wTftten and published
by the SANITY ustus Nelson:=5-.'
Itis to:be expected that the: cerem onies Of the
reopening willg YEA great iInpulseo 10 the idolatry
oisplacement ofcthe Christian religion, From the
alteration of the " gin to- thato virgins is ut q;
+ crowned bachelors should be: feryent propogand
fisrs. OF; thisveryre ent religion OF Mary.
b. These6rowned bachelors were the Bishops of
F Para ,Ceara and Maranha nl4 They did not pro-
POSeIO' 'All0W tIlelr moral character 10 pc as
.peTsed by d Methodist .bIeck uard, were he
preacher:ten times oyer. For this specimen Of
/. .pornography, WHICH would. be: denied +admis-
|. sion into the. columns OF the Police Gazette T.
/: h. Nelson got four months two days: and
twelve hours in St. Joseph's jail. .0f%thiS SEN
l-tence the United States Minister truly said
that:itE was in accordance with the law of the
land and that the >ReysJ: II. Nelson received
/ Justice: - : - : :: :: = ::
r Of courseI am not surprised that DR.: Case is
| indignant: He believes That a preacher has no
i: btSOr' nriVjleppS "a
/ rig hit of defaming women and the, privilege of
| slandeIing men. Let me. however, inform him
/ that eyenin thls land of: liberty law: is as
/ severe as: in priest-rdden Brazil. He has es-
l;caped:ln the past simply because being wiser
i than his cousin he named no names. But il he
! wishes to try it let him say of any indiyiduaI
/ priest or sister what he has been saying Of d
I class and he.win discover in short order that
/ there,is Saint Quintains prison in California
Just as there isa st: :Joseph's jail in Brazil.
.Sue h, NJ. Editor,:is 1.-The only:reply.I have to-
.make to Qr. Case, The documents which he
/ published were the documents. T., had before
! me whell%I made the charge, but not all. Edo
|. not wish to:take u your space by telling some
| thing: more above the Rev. Justus H: Nelson
+ After all he Is only an incident in this contro-
yersy:5 The rear question is. the veracity of Dr.
l:Case, and that question the doctor shows a
E:strange unwillingness 70 touch. .: -.
! = Let me remind himethat he stands before the
] people or this City. charged with heinous Of
/ tense against public decency.. He has taken a
text: book of the Catholic church and where
that text BOOK answered yes to the question,
Are .eccleslaStlcS DounQ 10 obey the civil
| lawf'1 Dir. Case substituted :'No." When taxed
with the forgery he declared his quotation was
! correct. But he refusesrto produce. the book.
Come now, DR.. Case, and. don't stink behind
documentary evidence" about your cousin
and about Brazil. Nobody cares. 10 cents
about Justus H.. Nelson, but they do care q
good deal about you and your quotation. If
| it is genuine why not produce the Curry? If
you are not prevaricating why are, you SO: re-
luctant about showing that book Come now,
DR.. Case, letus see that Guryl Yours truly, =
r.: - -. :; p; c.: YoRKE. /:
MR.: HUBBELL ON FATHER YoRKE. :.