Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-04
ELANDAGAINWARNS
Advises Agitators Among
Catholics TO Hold Their
Peace.
AMERICA is ALWAYS JUST.
Public Agitation Not Necessary-Any.
how, the Friars' Question Is In the
Hands of Pope Leo-crokers Do
Not Represent the Church.

St Paul, Mimi. Aug. 4.-Archbishop
ireland, preaching Sunday morning in
the cathedral, said in part:
The Apostle Paul gives this coun
sci, Not 20 be more wise than it be
iooveth to be wise. but to be wise
unto sobriety, and according as God
nath divided to every one the meas
ire of faith In the mind of the
apostle, things most excellent, If made
use of in undue measure and without
proper regard for circumstances, OF
time and place, change into things
perilous and hurtful And this is I'M.
doubtedly what is happening in the
case of the fiery zeal in defense OF
Catholic interests, which seems to be
eoveting an explosion at the present
time among certain classes of Ameri
can Catholics. The interests of the
church, it is said, are made to suffer
at the hands of the government in its
rewly acquired dependencies, and the
cali to arms is sounded from the ros.
trums of Catholic societies, and
through the columns of Catholic pa
Eers, to the perturbation of the whole
Catholic body, and indeed of the
whole country. The moment has
come to say to Catholics, Be wise, be
jealous, unto sobriety, and according
as God hath divided to every one the
measure of faith and such the coun-
sci take the liberty to give to my
hearers.
Clamorers Don't Represent Church.
Who are they, who complain and
protest and call upon Catholics to be
Up and doing? Are they those who
rAight claim to represent the church
III its general, or even local interests
Has the sovereign pontiff spoken?
Certainly he has not complained;
rather has he been heard from in
very different tones. Have the &c
clesiastical authorities in the de.
Tendencies invoked our aid? In no
instance have they so acted; where
they have been heard from. as in the
case of Porto Rico and of Cuba, it
was to tell us in plainest words that
they had no grievance, although from
irresponsible sources it had been, on
several previous occasions, dinned
lato our ears that the church was
1cbbed and prosecuted in both those
islands. Bishop Blenck, of Porto
Rico. openly rejoices that the Ameri-
can flag. rather than the Spanish,
guards his diocese; and the hierarchy
in Cuba are thanking God that church
interests there were settled by the
government at Washington before a
Cuban parliament was allowed to sit
down in Havana. The arehbishops of
The states meet together once year
in Washington--each one representing
the whole hierarchy 1t can not be
said that they are needless of the well
fare of the church; and yet they have
sounded no alarm. Whatever com
Ilaints have been heard comefrom
individual Catholics or from societies
OF Catholics; in neither case is there
Nerrant to represent others than the
:nen themselves, or the societies
themselves who do speak. Societies
Of Catholics are organized for pur-
poses of their own, usually with the
intent to secure special aid or comfort
to such as are members thereof. Re.
stricted to those purposes, they are
within their sphere and are entitled
to respect To venture beyond those
purposes and assume general direc.
zion Of the church is quite another
thing. 1t must be remembered that
there are hundreds of thousands of
8cod and influential Catholic laymen,
members of no mutual benevolent So
ciety, who have commissioned no so
ciety to speak for them. 1t must be
remembered also that soldiers of the
church, as soldiers of an army of
whatever kind, whether s.ngly or
whether in companies or regiments,
must await the action of the comman.
Gers before they undertake to act for
She whole organization. BE wise ac-
cording as God hath divided to every
one the measure of faith
America Willing to Give Justice.
Nor is public agitation necessary
in America to redress grievances, If
grievances do exist. whether such
grievances have origin, as is more
ntten the case. from mere inadvert-
ence, or, as it more rarely happens,
from malice aforethought on the part
of individual officials of the govern.
nent, say it advisedly. and | am
prepared to stand by what | here say,
there is always redress from griev-
ances, so far as circumstance may
allow, if it is sought through quie1 and
reasonable methods, from the high
representatives of the government.
let justice be done to America; III
no other country is there a govern.
ment so fair-minded so impartial, so
willing to treat all classes of citizens
WITH absolute Justice. as that with
which we are blessed in America.
'he loal2 OF the situation in pres
ence of strange complications for
church and state arising from
change Of sovereignty in the Philip
pine Islands pointed to mutual con
fidence between the head of the
flurch and the state az the nrOner