The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-02
A cArHoLlc PRIESTS REroRT.
the u. Bartholomew Massacre and Eng
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I1en EofooCuuon.
To THE EDIroR or TAR sUN-Sir: M. 4,
| of Montrose. Pa. IN q letter to THE Sun o.
Sunday, July 80. advanced propositions which
are at variance with the testimony Of history
| The refutAtlon OF all the inaccuracies Of thlf
letter would take up too much valuable space
but two statements which are Rlarngly false
should not DO permitted 10 pass without con-
tradlotion.
Ono 10 that "the Church incIted civil wal
In France, the Massacre OF st. Bartholomew.
The other declares that there 10 no instance
In history where the Church was prosecuted
by q Christian nation when she confined her.
self TO the legitimate and proper business OF
saving souls"
A. to tAe st. Bartholomew massacre. I'm
partial non-CAthollo historians attest that
the Church had no part In II. In the whole
AFFAIR the Church was conspicuous by it,
absence. History affords abundant proof
that the massacre was not impelled by re-
ligious animosity. but by State policy. Charles
IL. and his mother. Catherine do Medicls.
the instlgator Of the plot. he'd no seal for the
Catholic faith nor any aversion for the Prot
estAnt religion. except inasmuch % 1t threat
ened the throne. The papal Nunoio, who
was In Paris at the time Of the plot. was. &C.
cordlns TO Slsmondl Protestant historian.
purposely kept In ianor ance Of II; and hanke.
another Protestant writer. attests that Charles
and Catherine left Paris suddenly TO avoid
the dspleasure Of the Nuncio.
Tho massacre occurred on Aug. ~. ~. On
Aug. 20 Charles *. openly declared in PArlia-
inent that the deed had been done by his ex-
press orders, to head of Z conspiracy OF tho
HuEuenots against himself. the roy al house. the
King of Navarro and the noblest sub ects Of his
Kingdom" Admiral Collsny was the head Of
the HuFuenot party. His Journal. WHICH vas
tsss w esSps1s
i .,s.T "a nsis
o. The new reilslon than / Was. He had
s1s ncs GO ss much e bs .ss s
. :. s,M. hin any longer. s2d dcteTmInsd
sstTaordjnary. and other than would have
~, Volume w.. Letter to schombers, Sept,
"a sss5 70 e.sT Charles as
new rslisonists to meet me II arm; ne: :.
W. mo from SIm. / nay ye Ssli sS:nk Hin
TIE Al ind ss: o"
y revealed By the CsivInists themselves IL
the perpstrators Of Tie lI,assaers, u Their Their
sss s:S e. Khs are s ss csu wssa
Laughed: ssyins thet At lsngth the war was
sea tnsS Seod Ss Prot
estant sources to prove that tie g. 8arthoic-
msw m ~ % was -. a Political affair: Cath
so dSns S es
ma would. aocordi1s 70 CsRtu. declare heI.
TSs e. ns5 a% 81 G sSs Ar. .
No ssy sr hsss BE- ss. ch %ssh
sSs 6onfinea herself 70 her legitimate and
proper business OF saving souls" 70 false.
d Ssssn g a p4o,1 hi s oensiy ri,
ssEnoviedse that England was q christian
State In the sixteenth, *! ssveqteenth and eight:
tse nj Henry Vii
James sSd SI|vss fss%%ys,,' r.. Z essTsS
ssa ss e tSs q The s xord
not IN the s,, 81 y asE :sh
sSy doss .oa
sTu B. 'ss ss
EiisaSets. James l.. and the bictssor olive;
snS asS 3s: fISs sf
Bishop OF Rochester,; ArchbIshop Dermat
Armagh, and q host Of others met death at
the hands of the En- Rlish aolely because they
were Catholics. The rellRio Of England
was declared TO be the only faith that could
exist. The. refusal Of the, people 10 aIbmit
to this faith YES punished by the rack and
the scaffold. their property was confiscated
and their civil qualia catlons denied.
The Dictator. oliver Cromwell. With an
organized army Of 10000 fanatlcsi Puritan.
overran ireland. spreading devastation and
ruin on all sides. In the name of religion.
He thanked God for being the instrument for
the advancement OF Christianity and he
advanced Christianity by slauRhtering thou,
sands OF irish Catholics, whom he murdered
for hatred OF their religion and their stead fast
adherence 70 its pr!nciples:
Mr., Goldw Smith and ~. E. talk about
the Church crushing freedom Of INQUIRY.
Let them review the history OF En- land dur
Ing the sixteenth. seventeenth ard eighteenth
centuries and they will md shundant evi-
dencr to prove that the laws Of England crushed
freedom Of inquiry bv the use OF the rack.
the sword and the gibbet and By cruel dis
qualifications that made Il harder to live for
the faith than to die FORT.
WAITER J. SHANLEY.
DANBunY. Conn. July 81.
The Matter Of TIPS.