Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-03
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SOUTH OMAHA, oct. 3l.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: In q recent issue OF The
Bee, J. Barton Garland makes a number
Of sweeping Rnti-Cathoiic statements
without producing any figures to back
them
His theology I will overlook. for truly
that Is the one subject Of human research
that the poet Pope must have had In
mind when he said Fools rush in where
angels fear 20 tread" But his slanderous
statements lack all historical basis. and
he can not find the figuIss to prove
them. He asserts that Catholic nations
are disrupted, distressed, illiterate, dis
contented, etc" and places the blame
on the religion. lie makes no consider
alton for the influence OF civil govern
mont or Of economic conditions-a sound
system of philosophy indeed. How will
II account for the wall sent up by our
Omaha clergyman last week deploring
me fact that population in our country
had increased % per cent in the last de-
cade, and crime 80 per cent
/ call attention to country where So
called reformed religion has made very
little progress-the three southern
fANfAANNs Va AlNAAhNs AftNh w SAoNAohNs
and compare with our own country, be-
cause people who live in glass houses
should not throw stones"
The success Of a religious teaching
amongst q people can be measured by the
evidence Of two tangible results-ths
law-abiding quality Of its manhood, and
the purity OF its womsnhood-and figures
prove that no where in the civilized world
are the records of southern ireland sur
passed.
The United States shows a divorce per.
centage OF one divorce in three marriages
to one in twelve. in various localities
Ireland shows one legal separation In
each 5000 marriages. Ireland has always
led the world with the lowest illegitmatt
birthrate-less than per cent. The
United States shows per cent, and
northern European countries, on average
OF u per cent. Yes, Mr.. Garland. those
vlrtuous Irish women died of starvation
by the thouE ands but there was not
gold enough in all England to purchase
the honor OF the humblest OF them! AS
TO comparison OF homicide, refer to q
recent editorial in The Bee on that sub.
ject. The United states has the highest
rate and brings to justice the fewest Of
Its criminals.
AS to race suicide, no one but joker
would accuse the Irish nation OF that
Suicide has never yet earned the name
of the Irish Route
Concerning illlteracy, there are few OF
them unable to read at least Their
prayer-books, and all have enough edu.
cation to make you a civh answer when
you merit one.
The power to deal with Juvenile of.
tenders Is vested chiefly In fathers
leather belt and the parish priests cane
and they have a decided advantage over
our juvenile court system, as they are
always ready for action at the proper
psychological moment
1T Is a common occurrence in ireland
on the day of the opening of a session
OF court for the court baillff to present
the presiding judge with a pair OF
white gloves to signify that there is not
single criminal case on the calendar
for trial.
II ever there existed a country where
the yrannieal laws of an alien govern
ment have paTalyzed it's commerce ant
Industries, and where a brutal system o.
absentee lendlordsm for decades Cd
pressed the people to the depths of pow
erty, surely that country has been per
secuted Ireland, Where. in the famin
year of lsiS alone 1,029.OOO persons wer,
the victims Of a misgovernment tina
had drained the country Of its surplus re
sources, and whore. in thirty-three years
$4,000 families, over 100000 people, wer
evicted from their homes; conditions
| aa a.
would have reduced a nation 10 despai
and utter degradation, and through al
this the peerless purity of Erlns woman
hood, and the law-abiding quality OF he
manhood can be attributed to no othe
source but the faith that is in them.
a. ID. BRENNAN.