Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-04
NO CATHOLIC PARTY.
Archbishop Ireland Breaches Upon Re

Archbishop Ireland Breaches Upon Re
 lations of Church and America. St Paul, Minn, Aug 4--Archbishop Ireland preaching yesterday morning In the cathedral said:
 .The apostle Paul gives this coun- sel: Not to be more wise than 1t be- hooveth to be wise but to be wise unto sobriety and according as God hath divided to everyone the measure of faith Tn the mind of the apostle things most excellent, if made use of in undue measure and without proper regard to circumstances, of time and place, change into things perilous and hurtfuI. And this is undoubtedly what is happening i'll the case of the fiery zeal in defense of Catholic interests, which seems to be coveting an explo- sion at the present time among certain classes of American Catholics. The interests of the church, 1t is said, are made to suffer at the hands of the gov ernment i'll its newly acquired depen- dencies and the call to arms is sound ed from the rostrums of Catholic so-, cieties and throughout the columns of Catholic papers to the perturbation of the whole Catholic body, and, indeed
 
 has come to say to Catholics: Be wise be jealous unto sobriety, and such counsel take liberty to give to my hearers.
 "Who are they who complain and protest and call llpon Catholics to be up and doing? Are they those who might claim to represent the church in l It's general or even local interests? Has the sovereign pontiff spoken? | Certainly he has not complained rath- CT has he been heard from in very diff ferent tones.
 Most cautious at all times must Catholics in America be not to stir up latent prejudice and smothered anil mosities, of which as experience teaches, there is no small share here and there in the community, and which but little provocation is needed to fan into fire and flame. Better often it is to endure some suffering than to give a pretext for opposition and social tur- mol. It behooves Catholics, even more than others to be models of prudence and goodwill in this regard. The simplest approach among them to form a political party on the basis of re ligious interests would be fatal to those interests and fatal to public peace.
 s.Nor is public agitation necessary in America to redress grievances. In no other country is there a government so fair minded, so impartial, so willing to treat all classes of citizens with absO- lute justice as that with which we are blessed in America.
 ITO be one with the country, is the lesson which Pope Leo is ceaselessly teaching Catholics in every country 1t is the lesson which I am confident he would wish Catholics in America to take to heart and to practice.
 'sAs to the matters in the Philippine Islands, we cannot discuss them They are for the time being beyond our reach, since they are the subject of negotiations between the government of America and the sovereign pontiff. To take at the present such matters into our hands would be to mistrust the wisdom and the goodwill of the pontiff, and of this loyal Catholics should not be capable; it would be to treat with discourteous ingratitude and this, as true American Catholics will not permit themselves to do. Leo took the initiative, proposed the con ference and asked the government to expose thoroughly and frankly Its views. The president and his ad- visers accepted the proposition. What more could have been done by the ad- ministration to prove it's goodwill and sense of justice?
 Well, some people are born to clamor; and privilege to clamor must be allowed to them. Be it so; but we shall insist that they clamor in their own name, and not in the name of the church in America, and for our own part we shall hold our souls in peace, leaving church interests in the Philip pines to one who understands them. at least, as well as we do, and who will be as wise in disposing of them as we could well hope to be-=Leo KILL"