Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-08-04
Tells Them 70 Be Careful Of Any Imprudsnt
Agitation in Their Zeal.
MUsT sTANO BY TAE UNTED srATEs
Catholics Should Be Legal in Spirit to
Country in Which They Live.
PNIuprINE MATTIR BEYoND DISCUSSION
Says to Take Anair into own Hands
wcuid BE to Distrust wisdom
OF she Americsn Cow
ernment.

ST. PAUL. Aug. s.-Archbishop ireland.
preaching this morning in the cathedral.
said:
The apostle Paul gives this counsel: mot
20 oe more wise than 1t behooveth to be
sccc.dinn wase, put 70 Dc wise unto sobriety. and
one the msss,,ro Too nas1 eai,, o'yioeo 70 every
In the mind OF the apostle things most
ure and without proper reeard to clrcnn-
things perilous and .hurtfui, and this Is
OF the fiery zeal In defense on Catholic In
terests which seems to be covetinR an ex-
tain classes Of American sSis % catSolIes SS The Ss
to to suffer at the hands of the government
the cali to arms ls sounded from the ros-
uums OF Catholic societies and through
of the whUe ceRRec RaRRefs g SoS se per
indeed, OF the whole country The mo-
ment Iii has come to say 70 Catholics "be
ing as God has divided to everyone the
measure OF faith"-and such counsel / take
tns s0bn liberty e sh give to. to my hearers:
test and call upon Catholics to be up and
doing7 Are they those who might claim
even local aS nsre1 Haa m ~ the ssossS %
p2ntn, spoken; certainly he has not COM
Ransa RI Hss1 daTsn, TstSsr has ond he been assrd o
astlcal authorities In the dependencies in
yoked our aid In no Instance have they
rom % In srs hs case shex o Porc ssx eo sn snS nsass g
Su1a i was 70 tell us IN plnlnest words
that ina. they had no grieyance although from
eral previous occasions dinned into our
cars that the church was robbed and per-
secuted In both those islands.
Are Rejoicing Instead.
Bishop Blenck Of Porto Rico openly re-
the Spanish guards his diocese. ana the
church interests there were settled by by
Subsn Parliament was allowed TO sit down
The archbishops OF the states meet 70.
one representing the whole hierarchy. II
cannot cam be said that they are needless Of
have sounded no alarms Whatever com
plants sounded come from individual Cath
en.tbee osH5 OF a lron sSs,etiss Of Catholics, n
others than the men Themselves or the
societies themselves who 10 speak so-
poses poses of ther PoaSS o%n 'fs 2sfn's via 81 PIT
tent 70 secure special aid or comfort to
such sc IS ss are members thersot Restrieted
sphere. and entitled 20 respect. To venture
beyond those purposes. and assume gem
other thing II must Be reiaeinbefed ssp that hat
there are hundreds OF thousands OF GOOD
aed 81 rd snI1Tsnsia 1sI, CsthGIle laymen psnbers
commissioned no society to speak Tor
them It must, too, be remembered that
army Of whatever kind, whether aIneiy or
whether In companies or regiments, must
ewait the action OF the commanders be-
orgnnlEa ton. Be wise according. a. COD
has & divided to everyone the measure Of
Important Matters to Consider.
There are some very lnportant matters
Is taken TO remedy them. The utfnoat eare
must previously be had to make ones self
sure sure the grievances do exist and that
taken hold Of In a manner TO awaken pub
lic attention. To complain either when
ssbt n0 ana ress9n OF When the reason
serious grsSsness Il at any time = such sSAl nsy o
Inevitably the 'S Penalty au % seins sstss ees
over sunceremoni0usly on all ocofelonr
Ssnec Shsf 81 Sea Rss aa mater
SustIss toward men and instthIensE ia Rs IsE tSs Ss
ss the men or the instifutions Ions that are
the objects OF Il rise Ia dignity OF lmpor-
few other tk1ss es for Of as
public seeRs upon % hs overt eSss q anssns
icysty and lower am aonR oxsI shs peosSs eSss oxic ai
virtue the life blood Of national life and
easmny svs ana % 'ss Psst sSris snS q Ss
defense their appeal has been to faif pinv
treatment which tkey claim for
and their religious faith from Their fef
low citizens and for thsir country let them
inss With their fellow citszsnu. sne'F osAi-
should Not STR Up Pre3udiro.
Most cautious At all times, must cane
ice n America be not to STIR up latent
prejudice and smothsrsd animoslty of
share here and there IN the community
ana which but little provocafion ia needed
70 fan into IRE and flame better often II
text for opposition and social tarrsoil.
Nothin8 is 20 be more dreaded in Anerica
tnAn natred and warring among citizens
~ the name Of religion and II behoovee an
classes OF the population to do their ufnosf
20 nurture ana maintain peace and har4
mony Il behooves Catholics even more
good viii IN this regard The simplest ap-
proech among them to approach 4 nofIfioel
parsik Raid On On me me basis q relieions interests
TO kindle nre which viii threaten M rsvsas sse
GO sommunits wnGIs S9lmqgnl' xl 1a ssc which whole
Nor Is public agitation necessary IN Amer
exist, whether ssich grievanoes have oTieln
as has the more often the case from mere
lnaovertenSe or, as sometimes happens,
from malice and forethought on fhe mari
Of ne lnciyld1als Of the government /
stand oy what here say, there = always
redrea8 from wrongs 90 Tar as clrcurn-
stances permit. provided Il is taken with
quiet measures. from the high reprssenfa-
tiyes Of the government lot justice be
there government 90 fair minded- Al
impartial, 80 willing to treat all olao9ee al
citizens with absolute justice. As that with
which We are blessed In America.
Catholics, he Careful.
Ard let Catholics be careful lest by I'm
prudent agitation and repeated mistr1sf Of
the government OF America they fnstill into
the minds q many OF their fellow cifi1ens
the notion that as Catholics they are dis
posed 70 form themselves. into a people
apart. ever dissatisfied with America and
ite Institutions. ever ready 70 complain.
ever anxious 70 md plea upon which 10
rest their murmurinEs. The Catholic body
thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the
country and with g deep love Tor IL well
fare. Te be enc With the country Il the
lesson which Pope Leo ID ceaselessly teach
ing Catholics IN every country; II h the
lesson which ] am confident he would w.ah
Catholics In America 70 take 10 heart and