The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-04
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needless of the welfare of the church; and yet they have sounded no alarm. Whatever complaints have been heard come from individual Catholics or from societies of Catholics; in neither case is there warrant to represent others than the men themselves or the societies themselves who do not speak. Socie- ties of Catholics are organized for pur- poses of their own, usually with the in- tent 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 pur- poses and assume general direction of the church is quite another thing. It must be remembered that there are hundreds of thousands of good and in- fluential Catholic laymen, members of no mutual benevolent society. who have commissioned no society to speak for them. It must be remembered also that soldiers of the church, as soldiers of an army of whatsoever kind, whether singly or whether in companies or regi- ments, must await the action of the commanders before they undertake to act for the whole organization.
 There are some very important mat ters to be considered by Catholics before grievances are proclaimed, or action Is taken to remedy them. The utmost care must previously be had to make ones self sure the grievances do exist and that they are of sufficient magnitude to be taken hold of in manner to awaken public attention. The government of the nation, as few other things, calls for fair treatment and respect on the part of the citizens; public attacks upon 1t, overt suspiciousness of it's acts and mo- lives, beget disloyalty and lower among the people civic virtue, the life blood of national life and security.
 Catholics have in the past suffered much from calumny and distrust, and in their defense their appeal has been to fair play and the honest judgment. Of the equitable treatment which they claim for themselves and their religious faith from their fellow citizens and for the country. let them in their turn be high exemplars in their own dealings with their fellow citizens and with the country.
 Most cautious at all times must Catholics in America be not to stir up latent prejudice an dsmothered animos- ities, 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 pretext for opposition and social turmoil. Noth- ing is to be more dreaded in America than hatred and warning among citi- zens in the name of religion, and 1t be- hooves all classes of the population to do their utmost to nurture and main- tain peace and harmony; it behooves Catholics, even more than others, to be models of prudence and good will in this regard. The simplest approach among them to form political party on the basis of religious interests would be fatal to those interests and fatal to public peace.
 "Nor is public agitation necessary in America to redress grievances. I say it advisedly, and I am prepared to stand by what here say, that there is always redress from grievances, SO far as cir cumstances may allow, if it is sought through quiet and reasonable methods from the high representatives of the government. Let justice be done to America. In no other country is there a government so fair-minded, so impar- tial, so willing to treat all classes of citizens with absolute justice, as that with which we are blessed in America
 And let Catholics be careful lest by agitation and repeated mis- trust of the government of America they instill into the minds of many of their fellow citizens the notion that as Catholics they are disposed to form into a people apart. ever ds- with America and it's institu- tions, ever ready to complain, ever anx- ious to find plea upon which to rest their murmurings. The Catholic body will never prosper in America unless it be thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the country and with deep love for it's welfare. To be one with the country is the lesson which Pope Leo is ceaseless- ly teaching Catholics in every country. It is the lesson which, I am confident, he would wish Catholics in America to take to heart and to practice.
 "As to matters In the Philippine IsI- ands, we cannot discuss them. They are for the time being beyond our reach since they are the subject of negotia- tions between the government of Amer ica and the sovereign pontiff. To take at the present such matters into our own hands would be to mistrust the wisdom and the good will of the pontiff. and of this loyal Catholics should not be capable; it would be to treat with ingratitude the adminis-
 
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