The Irish standard., 1908-12-05
speech and freedom of the press-o
COURSE, within reasonable limits.

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freedom of conscience, free lon of
speech, or freedom of the press. A
polygamous religion is not allowed, y
reasonable utterance of speech is for
bldden, a lecherous article in tl.e. pl css
is punishable by law. So the Catholic
Church has always taught that relig-
ious liberty, freedom of conscience and
freedom Of worship should be allowed
to the sincere and honest Jew or Chi
nese. She has also taught .!lit tho
rebel Catholic who knew the truth and
rejected it, the man OF bad will who
acted against his conscience, should be
forbidde'. religious liberty, freedom to
worship as he pleased or say what he
pleased, to write or to print what he
Pleased. This is the meaning I'll the
seventy ninth proposition condemned il,
the Syllabus of Pope Plus IN, that
it is false that civil freedom Of every
kind of worship, and likewise the ful,
power granted to all of openly and
publicly expressing all kinds OF opir-
ions and ideas, more easily leads to The
corruption of the morals and tha minds
Of the populace and to the spread OF
the pest of indifferentisln.'
Ask our misinformed fellow-coun.
trymen to read carefully the Faith of
Our Fathers" by Cardinal Gibbors, and
they will find that the Cardinal is in
til trough sympathy with our institu.
tions and our form Of government. lie
writes:
Thank God we live in a county
where liberty of conscience is r.spcc-
ted, where the civil Constitution holds
over us the aegis Of her protection with
out any nneddling with ecclesiastical
affairs. From my heart say. America,
with all thy faults cove thee still
Perhaps at this moment there is no ra-
ton on the face of the earth where the
Church is less trammeled, and where
she is more free to carry out 10 sub
lime destiny, than in these UnittAl
States. .. I do not wish to see
the day when the Church will invoke I &
recef any Government aid to build
cur churches or pay the salaries of
cur clergy, as the Government may
then begin to dictate. 20 us whar doc
trines we ought to preach, and in pro
portion as State patronage would. i.:-
crease the sympathy and all of the
faithful would diminish. May the happy
condition of things now existing among
US always continue when the relations
! between the clergy and the people will
be direct and immediate, when Bishops
and priests will bestow upon their
children their voluntary labors, their
tender solicitude, their paternai affcc-
ton, and pour out like water their
hearts blood If necessary; when they
will receive in return the free-will Of
fiiial people,
Assure them that if it should happen
that a. Catholic President OF these
United States should be elected, at his
Inauguration. understanding all his OBJ
legations as Catholic, and loyal to
them, he will sincerely and honestly
take the oath of office to preserve, pro-
tect and defend the Constitution of the
United States Let us thank God today
that the mists Of misinformation about
our holy faith are melting away, that
our President and President ELECT, like
another Moses and Aaron, are leading
our ccople out Of the bondage oe ignor.
alice about the Catholic Church. To.
day two Catholic Justices of the Su.
preme Court. a Catholic Attorney Gen.
eral, an outgoing and. incoming sur.
geon general Of the s-my. all we1i III.
formed and intelligent Catholics, are
Church and devotion to the State &C
hand in hand. God speed the day w-er
no citizen Of the United States will fee
bound in conscience to cast his vote
against the candidate for nomination
to the Presidential Office sim-'y be.
cause he has Catholic wife; will fec
bound to cast his vote against tie Pres
idential candidate siiiply because HI
is a Catholic. Then, in the unwritte,
as we'll as the written con.titut on will
no religious test be required as a quail
ification for holding the Presidentia
office. 49,
We give Thee thanks. Eternal Go,
!, and Father, through our Lord Jesu
Christ, for all the blessings Of the yea
now drawing to a close. for the re-
awakening of prosperity. for the boo,
Of liberty. for the era IL good feelir,
which is existing among all our citi
zens. Watch over, bless and protec
, our beloved country; draw all orl
brethren, within and without tire fold
| "a know Thee more to love Thee more