The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-11-21

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been condemned by pagan law to suf-
fer the penalty of death. The real So
cialists have don: with Col and His
eternal laws. Real Socialism means
REBELLION against God and society.
You must see from these remarks that
the Catholic Chur-l,. the mouthpiecc
of God, the Spouse Of Christ, is and
must be the natural enemy Of Social
ISM"
Bishop Cotton.
The Church is ,hs guardian and the
protector of mans right and liberties
II holds that man has right to pos
sess land as a right inheren: to mis-
ature. God gave Adam IL partner.
Eve; man has a right to possess land
on which to abide with his wife and
children. From the earth he is to get
his means of subsistence as the Fruits
OF his toll; he has not only the right
to what the land produces but he must
own the land itself for future use.
and pass 1t as an Inheritance to his
children for them TO use for their
needs and sustenance. Civil law sus-
tains him in this, and it is but apply
ing what the divine law DEGREES. which
says to men, thou shalt not cove thy
neighbours wife, nor his house. nor his
field, nor anything that is his" What
is said of the Fight to possess land
can be equally maintained for the prof
it's of toll from land or anything else.
All Men Are Not Equal.
That accumulation of capital, cor
rorations, trusts. may have had their
faults. and may need to be watched
over by the State with diligence and
, care. shall not deny. But this much
l do deny, that accrmulations Of CAPT.
tai and corporations are to be pre-
judged as guilty, that men having part
} in them are to be deemed almost as
without right to work, without right to
. fair play, which is the native appanage
: OF all Americans. And this I dery-
) that all men are equally industrious.
} that consequently all are more or less
entitled to an equal industrial reward.
This I deny-that men. being as they
1 are by nature and by habit, society can
ever be without its rich and its COM
hat
tries and enterprises can hold their
} own in wol divide competition with
, out there being here and there, minis
tering to it's needs, large accumula-
tons of wealth. and, consequently,
) large gatherings Of men into associa.
, tions as contributors to this wealth
: Destroy great enterprises. make i'm
possible the unification Of many indi-
{ vidual energies-and, If equality there
, comes, it will be the equality OF
nediocrity and social poverty.-Arch-
bishop ireland.
Bishop Carroll Of Helena.
{ "VieWed from an economic stand
!, point Socialism is false in theory and
injurious in practice. Because there
t are many and great evils in the pres
ent social order it declares that or
der bankrupt. 1t Is unjust to the le-
boring man, denying him the right ia
acquire the property his toll has made
productive. and to accumulate wealth
by I'll, intelligence and industry for the
: present and future needs Of himself
[ and children The State must own all
$ TIE means of production and pay what
3 T.: thinks proper to the producer. II
proclaims that God gave the earth tc
e all the children OF men, forgetting
: that this fact does not prohibit in1i-
vidual men from acquiring portions Of
it. and all men from enjoying its fruits
I IL arrays itself against the very canon
. OF Jehovah set Shp on Mount Sinai:
= Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's
: wife. nor his house, nor his lands, MOI
$ anything that isshis.'
: "1t arrays itaelf. too, against the
q Declaration of Independence misinter.
;. pretins our capabilities and this de.
r priving lis of our liberties
"Socialistic equality is. therefore. op.
posed to American liberty. Lei SO.
cialism give up It's arbitrary doctrine
Of equality, which reason condemns
and neither history nor daily expert
ence justif1es. or else like the car 81
Juggernaut, 1t will ride rough shoe
over the liberties Of the masses.
1.-THE only sure and safe sol ,tion 81
the social problem is the ono Offered
:. b. the Catholic Church; 'Seel. first
the kingdom of God ard His justice
and al, these things will be added t.
. YOU While solicitous about our earth
= Is liberties and rights. we must not