The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-11-09

ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN DENouxcEs
SOCIALISM, IN sTRONG TERMS.
He Confounds Christianity With
r ch.rchanity - says Socialists Are
Opposed to c4ri.ti.nlty-social-
lists Are Endeavoring to Bring
About the True Brotherhood Of
Man, a. Was Preached by Christ.

COtnOl1c CnurcH, QGSacneQ last sunday
in the study of the st. Patrick's Ca
thedral of New York on socialism. He
denounced it in most forcible terms,
and said that socialism would not pro-
mote fraternity. ana that only Christ
ianity would; that Socialists from time
immemorial, had been opposed to
Christianity. His grace is. evidently
confusing Christianity with churchian-
ty. A true sociaHstic condition would
bring the people into q state of brother
hood like that ! preached by Jesus
Christ. Socialists Sare and must be
Christians of this type. A true social.
list can not be an infidel. If socialism
will bring about brotherhood Of man,
then it's adherentssm must recognize a
fatherhood to a common brotherhood.
It is true that many 0-called socialists
are infidels, but these cannot be con-
sistent with their beliefs unless they
recognize a Father, 5of mankind.
Archbishop Corrigan's speech recalls
to our mind the interview with Senator
Hanna in the Chicago Inter Ocean of
December first last which was as fol-
lows:
I'VE have saved the country
again." said a thooghtful friend, "but
I tremble for thea future. Sooner or
later we're going to have tremendous
struggle in this country between the
forces of conservatism on one side and
socialism on the other. and am afraid
socialism may carry the day.
II am not bit afraid of that" re-
piled Mr.. Hanna, "ahd I'll tell you why,
There are two things that will prevent
it. One is the American school system;
the other is the Roman Catholic church.
That great church is just as much
against socialism As the Protestant
churches, as happen to know. and in
the last campaign. appeals to class
hatred were frowned upon by the high
est dignitaries and most influential men
Of the Catholic organisation. AS long
as this restraining force continues to
operate you need hAEe no fear Of so.
cialism dominating America.'.
The Archbishop speech can in no
way rive the IA PA HI views
y a. -
are many q i,c ass
strong advocates of socialisnn, among
whom is Father Grady, Of Kentucky.
at the present time the most. valiant
ecclesiastical champion of popular
rights in the United States. He has
issued a challange to the archbishop
and 1t Is hoped that it will be accept
ed, because the question at issue be-
tween these officers Of the church is
one that is badly in need Of elucidation.
The challenge is as follows::S
To the Most Rev. NJ, A. Corrigan
Archbishop Of New York;
Your Grace: While sincerely griev-
ing over the murder Of President Nc
Kinley with the great body of social
lists in America, cannot, in justice
to the truth, pass by the unfair infer
ence of your letter Of the 18th inst,
which is, In sense, g. public document
by reason Of it's wide diffusion in the
daily paper. To the average reader Of
that letter you seem to implicate So
cialism in the crime against the presi-
| dent when you request your clergy ito
impress on the faithful the. constant
teachings of our holy father, Leo XIII,
against the errors of socialism,.
therefore respectfully challenge your
grace to show wherein socialism errs.
The Catholic Church championed So
cialism for four hundred years until
capitalism succeeded in winning the
high places and poured its corructing
gold into her Golfers. The Popes en-
cyclical has no dogmatic value in view
Of the fact that it is not the work of
faith and morals, but merely the opin-
ion of Joachim Pecci as writer on
social economics My love for the
Catholic chruch is too profound to al
low me to keep silent when such dis
'tfnguished representative of the lowly
Nazarene' condemns a righteous move-
ment for the liberation of the toiling
masses from the bondage of Industrial
serfdon. will go to New York and
pay rent Of the hall on any date it may
suit your grace's convenience to debate
this vital question. Trusting that your
grace will not shirk the issue, I am,
respectfully yours, T. GRADY,
Pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Belle
vue, Kentucky. I'D 49,.
,ASAD VISIT.
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