The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-09

] expresses the character of the dis
course. It was in response to an APP
peal sent out by the national Maine
monument subcommittee, signed by
| such men as General Miles and Rear
Admiral Selfridge, and having the
hearty cooperation of Cardinal Glib
bons and the eastern hierarchy. The
duty of the citizen and the position of
the church were analytically defined,
from the standpoint of the Catholic
/ theologian. Those familiar with the
! conservatism of Catholic sermons will
readily understand that a prudent
priest will venture no further in secu-
I lar topics in the pulpit; but no one who
listened to Father Kelly yesterday
could help the reflection that, di-
vested of his priestly robes and stand
| ing on the stage of the Salt Lake the
| atre at a mass meeting, he would talk
! like a fighting parson.
Father Kelly took for his text Ro-
mans viii, I: Render TO all men their
! dues; tribute to whom tribute is due;
| custom to whom custom; fear to whom
| fear; honor to whom honor" He then
continued:
MAINE MONUMENT.
Today you are called upon by your
| chief pastor, Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman,
! to respond to call sent to him by the
! leading men of this great republic, to
! give a practical proof of your patriot
! ism and loyalty to the American flag,
! by giving a helping hand to erect a
monument to the memory of the mar
! tyr sailors whose lives were sacrificed
! in Havana harbor on the 18th of last
February. The appeal is a national
one and cannot fail to evoke lively and
generous emotions of sympathy from
every American heart. The heroic
courage, stubborn and unflinching 10y
atty of a soldier of war will always
excite feelings of gratitude and joy in
the breasts of every citizen. Their
memory should be perpetuated, their
glory recounted, so that future genera
tions, sharing in the blessings won by
their bravery and valer may be slim
ulated to like action when the honor
of their country is threatened. They
should be taught by object lessons, to
take a laudable pride in American pa
triotism and have confidence in Ameri
can institutions.
TRUE PATRIOTISM.
The true patriot is one who expresses
himself in deeds more than in words.
Patriotism is a sacred duty, that needs
no public avowal to- make known its
sincerity 1t should be above suspi-
cion and jealousy; should lead us in
spirit and in hope of victory from the
10 the lTOtl OdndQd
to the Gulf of Mexico and from sHa-
vana harbor to the bay of Manila,
where the first battle was won a week
ago today. Though silent, it knows no
fears, is ever where our country is,
ready to obey her call. though thou
sand lives may be sacrificed on her
altar; in all it's majesty and calnness
it claims no higher honor than fidelity
to duty-no grander title than that Of
American citizen.
THEN AND NOW.
Before hostilities began, peace-a sa-
cred word--waS on the lips of many of
our ablest statesmen. However freely
we might then discuss the horrors of
war and the expediency of adopting
peace measures, now that war has COM
menced there can be no question as to
the duty of every citizen to obey the
government.
To our war with Great Britain in
1872 nearly all the New England states
were opposed; not, however through
lack of patriotism, but because its bur-
dens, to a great extent, fell upon those
states. The ultra peace party dis
claimed against war in every shape.
War for the sake of war is always
greatly to be deplored, but when ne
cessity demands it to redress evils, it
is legitimate 1t may and necessarily
VIII EIt1I IlucIl SOIIOW, pain anu lOSS
of lives, but extreme measures are
sometimes required to rectify fragrant
abuses We may lament the necessity
of furnishing criminals; still there is no
remedy so effectual for the suppression
Of crime as punishment. Hence its ne
cessity.
Some would say that war is an evil
in itself If morally wrong in itself,
how could it at any time have the ap-
prevail of God? That it had such ap-
prevail, we learn from the history of the
ancient Israelites. God could not sane
ton that which is essentially wrong.
WRONG WAR.
War; to be morally wrong in itself,
must be opposed to some law The
natural law, which gives the individual
the right of self-defense, does not OPP
pose it. Hence where there is no truly
organized society or established govern
ment, the individual can protect and
defend his rights Nations, which are
but aggregations of individuals, must
have the same inherent rights, and
where there is a just cause, in defend
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a nation acts in conformity with the
first law of nature. What is true of
the natural applies to the divine law.
In the old law we find it nowhere
condemned. The same is true of the
new law.
CATHOLIC AUTHORITY.
st. Augustine, one of it's ablest ex-
Founders, wrote: IF Christian disci-
pline condemned all wars, the gospel
would have given this counsel of saliva
ton to the soldiers who asked what
they should do that they should throw
away their arms and withdraw them
selves from military service altogether.
But it says to them: Do violence to
no man; calumniate no one, and be
content with your wages Surely it,
does not prohibit the military service
to those whom it commands to be con-
tent with their wages. Did not the
Prince of Peace, commend the faith of a
centurion. VINO commanded soldiers,
and declaring that he had not found so
great faith in Israel as that possessed
by this commander? Some great heroes
of battles, like Samson. and others, were
eulogized by st. Paul.
The objections raised to the legiti-
macy of war, on the ground that it is
opposed to certain passages of the New
Testament, as we'll as to the mission of
our Lord do not, when analysed bear
on the subject. AS an example of
many / will recite one text: Revenge
not yourselves, my dearly beloved, but
give place to wrath; for it is written,
Vengeance is mine, and l will repay
saith the Lord" This text of Scripture
evidently has reference to private re-
venge, which is entirely contrary to
the spirit of the gospel. Patience is
Christian virtue, and its practice, when
provoked to anger, is commanded But
ity should not redress wrongs and vim
dictate itself against an encroachment. \
WAR FOR SAKE OF PEACE.
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