The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-04-12


OF a solemn compact upon which or
gained society rested. the fragrant
( oonfseztiOn Of billions Of slave prop
eTtT. 20 the security OF which the
very Constitution itself vas solemn
" pledged. and q system 0. brutal
infamous reconstruction, q thousand
times worse than var. that sent .
shudder Of horror throughout the
4 civilized world. 20 do Ehst a fev
loving priests did. in the middle age
without a penny OF heartsche- Cath
olics know what ne have never
. learred-that the triumph q reason
over brute strength. mind orer mat
ter. is AL that Is worth while. Had
the goddess Of persuasion grsced the
lips q our Protestant Pericles and .
deeper love and understanding Of
humanity filed the hears q our
Protestant priesthood. our beloved
country would never have been con-
Yulsed with that awful eatsclysm Of
fra-ricidsl horror. But. shame or
US. f. vas Protestant hate pitted
against Protestant rage. without eT-
cuse or e1tenuation Marx you.
say this deliberately without fear OF
successful contradiction, that the
South vas not in rebellion. iusurree-
ton or revolution. Such insidious.
sinister sspersions do not. absolutely
cannot. apply 10 a whole group Of
sovereign States. A subject may re-
bel. Z free man never. and there was
no attempt 70 overthrow the exist
ing Government. II was only an at
tempt Of freemen and peers % with
draw from a compact made nearly
an hundred years before. for the mu-
tusl protection and benefit Of all
concerned. but which had degenerat-
e into al .ItC!erable menace. thus,
In Law and morals. absolying them
from IFS bands This right 20 with
draw when the compact ceased TO
fulhll its object, was believed by
many. both North and South, 70 be
not only legal but inalienable, and.
with all my heart l believe il still;
for don't talk 70 me about indissolu-
able unions. when I know no people
has the right or power 10 surrender
or delegate the authority TO
bind pOsterity to curse, and
this is just what both North
and South thought the com
pact had become. and It is
Just what it may yet become. But.
however this debatable and long de-
bated question may be finally deter
mined. since war settles no princi-
pies. we know the war itself was un-
worthy OF our times and religion and
that II hurled a chapter % shame
and reproach spinning forever
down the ringing grooves Of
change" Listenl Do you hear
that heartrending vail of anguish
borne upon the phantom wings OF
night? Don't you hear? No, it was
not the moan OF pine or shrek OF
gable. when evil spirits ride the an
CRY storm. nor the shuddering voice
of desolation swept through vibrant
harp-strings when restless spectres
haunt the "cities OF the dead" nor
vet was It a poor, desolate mothers
broken heart, sobbing requiems as
II pours out libations Of deep dis
traction, at the tomb Of her heroic
dead. No, no; II was none OF these
weird heart-breaking laments. II
was the disconsolate spirit of our
slain. wringing it's ghostly hands as
II wanders amid the dreadful scenes |
Of frightful carnage, upbraiding and |
ewailing-always wailing the same |
cry of agony and reproach: "Be-
hold the appalling sacrifice to the
hideOus god OF hate, and all for
for naught!
I'm aware that ii serves the cause
Of truth a poor turn TO ascribe TO q
religion crimes due to the spirit OF
the times and committed in spite.
not because,o that religion. So long
as the pages of Protestant history
tell Of the atrocities of the no-Pop-
cry riots Of London, such a line Of
argument would consign us TO eter-
nal infamy, and we should bear this
In mind when We sit in judgment
upon Catholic history. Whatever
part Saint Calvin may have taken in
the martyrdom Of poor Servetus be-
cause he differed from him on the
Trinity, we know that whatever was
wrong was not inspired by the Cos
pei of Him who said: THE Son of
man is come not to destroy but to
save"
With all her faults and checkered
career, the Church of Rome, at once
the oldest, most learned. compact
and powerful organization on the