The Irish standard., 1898-05-14

a Catholic priest. All over the atlas you
can find their names. Along the St. Law
renee, TO st. Augustine, Fla, in Florida,
st. Louis and Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles in California, you will find the
names of the saints. What is the ati-
tude Of the Catholics towards Indians2
It was not the position that the only
good Indian was a dead Indian. Mexico
is full Of Indians today, civilized pros
porous Indians, who are so because they
became Catholics. How was 1t with the
Pilgrim Fathers? On landing they first
fell on their knees and then on the alb
origines. If the Catholic priests We're mo-
Tested by the Indians they said: Father,
forgive them for they know not what
they do" In Catholic Canada, Florida
and Mexico, the Indians were allowed to
live. But when an Indian disturbed a
Pilgrim at prayer, his head was shot
off with buckshot Where did Boston get
its liberty? Not from its own fore
fathers. They burned witches at Salem
BY the law Of Massachusetts Bay COL
ony a Baptist caught in Boston had his
ears clipped and Quaker had a ring
put through is nose. There were civil
religious and social Obstacles imposed
in each and all of IS colonies. Even tho
fat and lazy Dutchman in New York
compelled all to be Dutch Reformed. In
Virginia you had to be a high church
tory and in Rhode Island you had to
be baptized in order to own land. The
only colony which taught religious lib
erty was the Catholic colony of Mary.
land. The first white eyes that saw
Niagara were in a priests head; and the
first white eyes that saw Lake George
were those Of Jesuit. Here after 400
years Of uninterrupted existence, we are
foreigners and our church is alien.
The revolutionary war came ON and
| this little nation was formed. Watch
| the Catholics in the critical moment of
the nations birth. When Thomas Jcffer-
| son had written the first rough draft of
| the declaration of independence, the
Il
to sign it was Charles Carroll of Car
rollton, Nd. Lord Fairfax told him he
was the richest man in America ana
might lose all he had He said he WAS
only sorry he had not more to risk His
cousin, Father Carroll, Catholic priest,
harangued the crowd and urged them to
take up arms with America. How was II
with those of the Episcopal church"
Bishop Seabury, the rector of Trinity
church and the president of Columbia
were punished for treason. And yet some
OF my Episcopal friends wonder how
L can belong to the Catholic church.
know that George Washington was an
| Episcopalians and so were many of thr
leaders of the revolution. But we do no.
suspect the Americanism Of the Episco.
pallans. The congregations were Amer
leans, but the pu1pts were English. A
recent issue of the New York Sun saws
40 per cent Cf the soldiers in the rcvol,,-
ton were Irishmen and Catholics. I dc
not vouch for it. am not an Irisbman
The Protestant countries of the old wor,
were opposing us in the revolution
while Catholic France Poland and Hun
gary were sending us Lafayette. Kos
clusko and kossnth. The American
navy was first formed with some Glou
cester smacks. Who formed it? Rat
Ting Jack Barry. Il Catholic Irishman
| prf H.,
leges to sneer at Catholics, the countr,
mas always been glad to take the ser
vices of Catholics when the country wa.
IN danger. OF the 257 men who were
blown up in the Manic, 14O were Cath
ol1cs and died as Catholics will alwav,
die, without murmur. Who will den,
that the Catholics have done much Il
build up America? Who has built III
the cities? The patient industry of Cath
Olic emigrants.
Some say that dodge the main uucs
ton. They say they admit these fact
that | have cited, but they are oppose,
to the esoteric principles of the rclipio,
we profess. The Catholics have d,n
magnitcently for the country discovcrc
it, penetrated it, named it, developed II
and built it up, but they are afraid tlla
we are going to do something bad with l
or for it hereafter. That is not lOgica
All political economists have agreed tha
the cornerstone of society is the sancit
of the marriage relation. Tonight III
Catholic hurch is the only rcli giOus bod
that completely protects the family; sh
is the only church that forbids the mal
riage CT divorced persons. The othc
churches have not dared as yt
to take that stand Who can doubt thi
: divorce is the great enemy of the fan
lily and therefore the enemy Of society
, Every medical man and every priest ca
tell You that the Catholic church is tn
I, only one that protects the unborn chiIt
| And when the clld IS born the Cathol
church does not regard it as an cmpt
bag to be filled with facts, bat as
| spiritual being with an immortal sou
Q The Catholic church and Catholic pee
pie bear double taxation in order thu
' the child may bc properly taught. II
] who is regarded by Gladstone as II