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DIVORCE IN MEXICO.
Ing a simple ethical proposition
upon the belief in right and
wrong, common to all classes of
American citizens, I ask if this is
not a fair condensation of the
question at issue in France to-
day: I talcs possession of your
property during a period of pub-
lic disorder and sell it. Later on
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you a fixed annua! sum, provided: Galveston
WiUKi nxjtlfyinc ce of a f^Mwqpi of fcdxtfra*
<1t* m c£^ former 3 af rwtftSTa *•
w*L a* tbm taw addreva.
There is a multitude of papers
and periodicals published in this
country, and the great majority
Pearl Telescope
$100
another column. The
needs of the Holy See are not a9 ,
| thoroughly understood in this |
I country as they should be, ow- ■
| ing, in part, to t d-
that appear from time
the secular press.
[ Msgr. Falcon io has called atten- j
its character as an exclusive re-
ligious establishment. And there
can be no doubt that it was com-
petent to the people and the Leg-
islature to deprive it of its super-
iority over other religious sects
and to withhold from It any sup-
port by public taxation. But al-
though it may be true that 'reli-
gion can bs directed only by
reason and conviction, not by
force or violence, and that all
men are equally entitled to the
free exercise of religion accord-
ing to the dictates of conscience,’
as the BUI of Rights of Virginia
declares, it is difficult to perceive
how it follows as a consequence
that the Legislature may not
enact laws more effectually to
enable all sects to accomplish the
great objects of religion by giv-
clergy and faithful, the expree- ,
sion of his gratitude for their
contributions, together with his
blessing.
“With sentiments of the high-
, most
faithfully yours'in Christo,
D. Falcowio,
Apostolic Delegate.
AN ARCH-ABBOT’S JUBILEE.
A large number of the Bene-
dictine Order and other clergy-
men assembled at St. Vincent’s
Abbey, Pennsylvania, on May 1,
to congratulate the venerable
Arch-Abbot Schnerr on the cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary
of his entrance into the Order of
St. Benedict. At 9 o’clock the
venerable prelate pontificated at
a High Mass of thanksgiving,
during which an eloquent ser-
mon was delivered by Rt. Rev.
Bishop Haid, O. 8.’B., of North
Carolina. At an entertainment
given in honor of the jubilarian,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Canavin was
present and congratulated the
Benedictine prelate in the name
of the Pittsburg dlooeee.
During the recent earthquake
in Mexico the Saleslans’ school
was very much damaged. Whan
the big shock came, over * hun-
dred children ware asleep in the
dormitories. Thirty-five ol! these,
together with the teaoheni of the
institution, left th* building be-
aiUT (he
i teachers - "But that th* Legislator* can
management of their property
and the regulation of their tem-
poral as well as spiritual con-
cerns.
“The free exercise of religion
can not be justly deemed re-
strained by aiding with equal
attention the votaries of every
sect to perform their own relig- .
ious duties, or by establishing subject the auacint, clear and
funds for th* support of minis- “*■ ’
tare, for public charities, for the
endowments of churches, for the
sepulture of the dead. • • *
While, therefore, the Legislature
might exempt citizens from com-
vereive of all morality, such as
the principle of the end justify-
ing the means contained in the
story in question. T. A. B.
APPEAL OF THE
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE.
His Excellency, Most Rev. D.'
Falconio, Apostolic Delegate for;
the United States, has addressed :
the following letter to the hier-
archy of the United States: ;
Peter's Pence Collection/ accord-
ing to the Second and Third
Councils of Baltimore, is near at.
band, I deem it my duty to re-
quest your Lordship to remind
the Reverend Rectors, in due
time, of their obligation of taking
up said collection and of rec-
ommending it previously to the
generosity of the people.
“The disadvantageous cir-
cumstances under which the
Holy Sea is laboring at present
in regard to material resources
ia well known to you. I have no
doubt that if the Catholics of
America, who yield to none of
the whole world in loyalty and
attachment to the Holy Father,
properly understood the present
financial condition of the Holy
See. they would certainly be
more liberal in their contribu-
tions. Thia hope is founded on
the fact that in those dioceses
where the Bishops and priests copal Church no longer retained
have taken a particular interest “ *" “ ‘
in enlightening their peopl* on
the subject, the contributions
have been more liberal than in
others. Moreover, to instruct the
of taxes In support at any par- :
ticular church, it is not perceived
thpt either public or constitu-
tional principles required the
abolition of religious corpora-
tions. • • Be, however,
th* general authority of the
Legislature as to the subject of
religion as it may, it wiil require
other arguments to establish the
position that at the Revolution
all the public property acquired
by the Episcopal churches, un-
der the sanction of the laws, be-
came the property of the State.
“The title thereto was inde-
: feasibly vested in the churches.
It was not in the power of the
crown to seize or assume it (and
therefore not of the State), nor
of the Parliament itself to de-
stroy th* grants unless by the
exercise of a power the most
arbitrary, oppressive and unjust,
and endured only because it
could not be resisted. A private
corporation may lose its fran-
chises by a misuser or non-user,
upon a judicial judgment on a
quo warranto to ascertain and
enforce the forfeiture, and th*
Lejpslatur® may, with proper done?
limitations, modify, enlarge, or
restrain public corporations as
counties, cities, towns (subordi-
nate agencies of the govern-
ment), securing, however, the
property for th* usee of those
tor whom and and at whose ex-
pense it was originally pur-
chased.
SHOES
of the safe kiJ
IF YOU bay a
| you have thd
that the leather 1
style right, the wl
right and th* prioa
We are building1
business steadil
—•imply becaui
customer* oome I
nand mors
finding out the b
"Washer shoe.
repeal statute* creating private
corporations or confirming to
them property acquired under
the faith of previous laws, and
i repeal convert the prop-
such corporations in the
State or dispose of the same to
such purpose as they may please,
without the consent or default of
the corporator*, we are not pre-
pared to admit, and we think
oorselvee standing upon the
1 principles of natural justice, Up-
on th* fundamental laws of every
s
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Priced $100 6
strong reasoning of the former
presiding justice of the Supreme
Court of New York, the Hon.
Morgan J. O’Brien:
“Casting aside bias and bitter-
ness; removing from our mind all
work of Peter’s Pane* has be-
come at the present time a nsces-
ity. The daily increasing wants
for the vast administration of the
Church, the immense demands
on the Holy Sc* which for the
paat, in a great measure, were
met by the liberal contributions
of the Catholic countries of
Europe,and which are now great-
ly reduced, for reasons well
known to you, are facte which
should be made clear to the mind
of our people, lest (preoccupied
as they are with the need* of the
Church in our midst) they may
be led to consider Peter’s Pence
collection as a matter of second-
ary importance. To this con-
clusion they might be also led by
the unauthorized and utterly
false statements current in the
daily press concerning imaginary
large donations, and aven by the
exaggerated estimates of the con-
tributions from this country,
statements whioh tend to create
a misleading impression amongst
our people.
“I beg leave to profit of this
occasion in order to convey in
the name of the Holy Father to
the Ordinaries of th* United _ r
States, and through them to their ptiiiory attendance and payment thought of spiritual things; bas-
THX
Southern Messenger!
Puhllatad wr-k'.y ond-r tho—at «*•
Rt. Har. E. J. Efx-.t. SMor> o''' ■ • ■*'•; »»
R«. I. a. FOuar. EMhop ut ' *> ■ -.toalo; 1
ihai lu. ft— Pt-»m VxUjlaou: ApcaroBo I
of [
L. WITXJAM ifiENGZR. G«nJr*I XMM™'. “
vbov Al) »O«7I ateiul ba p*W and aam*l“
cadoca kddrwo ii-
O«»ofFuoflcar.<»-Xo.K.. ; Cfix.,
Eia fj-tanio. Taxa*.
Catholic Bishops to go about the
country preaching, the Doctor
has publicly declared it to be un-
true. and added:
“Before I entered the Church
1 had a guaranteed income of
S250 a month and a beautiful;
left for ’ residence built for me by my]
and proper to gamble when it is
don* fc^ a goof! and legitimate
pO,rCfal>is-'what is act before the
readers of American magazine*^,
andf ■* many Catholic*
: High,
muaie of the
^•riein’s Mam ini
* Ceciiu, and the |
lZ,uttpQwA tbeJ
Idins-i
A‘ tin:
Marlt.
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U®d it, and to 1
[Zr a*y say. It i*|
Kft*?®***^ at]
^°ttmankw>- Mil l
E^tqulto aontfaHy d
U£0tw,c*thy** aodtlJ
■Intel?1*1*10* °r tt»l
Kj^^twaegivsafanl
at Oar]
; etaMdj
k&HQtita
• sdons, upheld for the Chon^H
""The statutes of this country,** in accord wgpjS|
constitution, the same rightWk3
the Government of Franc*
wrest from th* Catholic
by means of thee* associ^faS
But enough has been j|
ready. .
“When in the course of i^Jj
events” an averageeditorj^H
hie readers into gross
his ignorance, a sense of
to them and of octnmon hosaZ
should impel him to »et ^1
right when he becomes
lightened. If he has been astaj
ated by bad faith and maliog tai
tc leading them to believe
true what hs knows to b*
lutely false, such an bouorito
course may not be expected a
him. We shall see.—.V<«- qJ
leans Mominq 4?fcr.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBft,
St. Joseph’*, D*H**1I
On Sunday, May 5,11
children had the happU
receiving our Blessed II
to* fire*- time; while eiJl
djen renewed their fir»
tmmion. The pastor, ! I
Etas, C. M. L. and hii I
sssistant. Rev. E. Platte, I
ss well as the Slaters g I
Providence of St. Joseph I
•ay, labored aariduousP I
ths past months to preps I
flag abode for Our Savis I
t taarts of these children. I
The ceremonies, thoi I
•difylng, seemed on this I
to have been exception I
pnnsive to all who I
I them. The communici I
I Mnbled at St. Joseph’s AI
I whence they were condua I
I church by the clergy and I
I ud the children of th< I
| robed in spotiess white a I
I log wreaths. As they I
I the church an approprii I
I vm sung. Rev. Fath I
I then spoke feelingly to I
I Hhb of the solemnity q|
I pinese of the day; of 4
I tebtednees to their parefl
■ tat* and teachers; enJ
I thwn to frequent Coil
I ted concluded by exprel
I vite that, after havinJ
I fcretasto of Heaven by I
■ and fervent Holy Cocl
|£y may all be founJ
I Eternal Banquet and thJ
■ •• Eternal Communil
I the Gospel Revl
■ AMs again addressed I
-ion and the I
■ —>y heart was stirrl
■ tta ol
''temunion day and I
Mtt * retrospective glaJ
i “• time spent sinoe til
i I
At the Offertory tl
Altticante filed in_o the J
yd placed their offer!
JJtepiacle near the si
1 ^“““’iiiion ths acts we!
E 5?™*^ ^y Leontinel
c“otr “«nbars rd
I Wood the I
I u’ voices with tiJ
!£»>?« Of Holy d
i reecurd id
at the rc>i
jSigmfiee the fiftieth day a'ter
----On th* fiftieth day «Zter imbibed the falsa principles froi
th* Paasovar, God gave the Is- *K"---—----1----*
rastitaa the tea commaodaiaBts
c* Mooat Sinai. In remecsbr nee*
of Otis, Pantecote was eetebcated
: fit th* old law on th* fiftieth day
aCtorttw Paasowsta On tits fif-
:.J ' fish day after the raaamotton
IL-' "at aw Hsdeemar, th* H*ty Gbast
•/if;. .daaaawdsd npea th* Apoaties and
WjK ■ tft UMIT BMni ft MBt
gLLwatiMmad th* whote wrti.
RjE Lla a jam—nistfam c< tMa sweat,
jftij Jfibed—reh usishaatas Baatamat
fiftieth dsy *ftwSa*tap.
'■is day cm ba(W. ■*
IMtetwi o’*'! i:
“®k!’>oul?
?ard ‘ “The only motive I had in giv-
repreHfT.t- jnf. Up my parish wae to become
a layman in deed and truth, and
to go wherever I could do some-
■
k 5 -
they would find tbs mangled by such
bocHaa of the mbatag pupfia. arty of a
ky of stating that she Their surprise and Jw war* ao- "* "
thepriocipl* that “the bounded whan ttw raaabad the
highest poinf \>f the rates and
____________________ found th* teArttad ahOdren
to Qatiteiia theologians,sepaeiatty slinging to hteta Ud rattan,
to th* Jeautts, but in the maga- Not oaa'jras tajtate’ fHteKtof,
--.5—- —-----J “**•*■ tafitag, tented ha th* baaa*
•oasHwafia* w* have it baldly eothatta apaa* WW toft «vw th*
__A V-A. __ whBfB
-------too by *b anther sovght
- who >oaaa a* the essay of avff was* *■
Tte story daal* with tha ta fiMWa» thalttto right gremni?
■ ' - .. ...b ;< ■■■ L./' f V'.V' ' . .■ . ■ .J ■'
nine Home Rule. In a few
the voice of Ireland will bt
on ’.he t|Geetiun in a
ative convention at Dublin. The
people of Ireland are those most
deeply interested, and the Irish thing for the upbu;'ding of His
people in America wil
their decision.
We caix attention to the letter1
of His Excellency the Apostolic
Delegate, on t..e subject c.
Peter’s Pence, which we print in ' tells In the following ex .. -»■ j ..
actual the Mexicans th1'./ '
He writes:
"The divorce
in the United Su >een
false stcries'• 9«vereiy and repesu. jcized
to time in ' >n private by both men a -•! wo-
Now that] °f the higher class m this
j country, on the ground that man
tion to the necessity and duty of and woman, once united in matri-
extending more substantial help I “<>ny, ought never
to the Holy Father in hie present!
of welcome to ths
knights. “Food fw
extending more substantial help I “<>ny, ought never separate.
to the Holy Father in hie present! “The theory is too deeply root- , JV. -
straitened circumdtances, we feel I ed in tbeir minds to permit a man to her conscience and
Bur* that the C.uholics of Amer- i or • woman to resort to the court • -*----_=.u .u-
ica will respond promptly and of divorce in Mexico, but it is
generously. n«ver adhered to as a principle;
! it is simply a question of self-re-
We have been ’avered with a 9pect. The separation of hue-
copy of .leo<Zrn*y a band and wife excludes both
( magazine edited by tht pile of froca high society, and even their i
. the Academy of Our Lady of the sone and daughters are made to
Lake, and published by the Bin- the effects of public scorn;
I ters of I »i vine Providence, of San sometimes ** bars the eon or] their vocation, provided theyjesteem, I beg toremain,
[ Antonio. The aiTords daughter f r —-----7 . .....
L splendid evidence of the good aocial intercourse becomes im-1 ,
I work being done in this noble in- possible for the divorced husband | 0D condition that he does it in a
r stittition of learning. The young and wife.
I ladies,whose names are appended Commenting on the above the
I to the many and varied literary /'rreinasi's Journal truthfully
r efforts with which its pages are states that the advocates of tan-
[ filled, give ample proof of literary dem polygamy, thatls so common
gifta as well ae of wide and .iQ,the L.nited mxghttake
a lesson in morals from our Mex-
judioioos reading and painetak- loan neighbors.
fng cultivation. Many of the 1,1-
articles are of superior merit,and FALSE ETHICS IN A
we doubt not that th* publics-! POPULAR MAGAZINE,
tion will be instrumental in de-
v*lopingzhs literary endowments
at the pupils, as well as making
» * j ay j I CQumry* Minx LU4P uxiiijvriijf’
their xltma jzazer more Widely edited by men who have been
educated in the State schools
and colleges. Now these pub-
lications contain many a state-
ment that does not harmonize
Next Sunday the Church wilj, with the true philosophical prin-
rwlahrsts the festival of Penta- i triples and, in fact, is violative
oaat, which from the days of th*I0' bLJ ™£o#”p
. k, , , ."j. . ! any false principles of sthlca is
Apostles has been considsred one enunciated in secular journals or
of th* greatest feasts of the ec- ! magazines, we must logically con-
. oleriastiool year. dude that it is due to ths wrong
The word “Pentecost” la a'PhilosophIcal training given in
or that these literary mon have
tbeir reading, or* experience in
life, or from the want of a definite
religious training. Unfortunately wrong thing
there are Catholics who have not fMoMfig a *c
base snffimantiy educated to
detect th* poison that lurks in
oontampocaasous literature and
who are, therefore, imbibing in
tbeir mental and moral fife m<ch
of this intellectual poison.
Ws ar* led to th* above re-
flaetioM fay th* readtag of a
ataay to a popular macaafaa,
wkfch story is written for tbe
porpoe* of stowing up ft* iniqai't stated aad haM an to pubita ap-
tiaa of what I* known a*“Pk«ttstod provsL —d —» too by an author
Finan**.”
CALKXDAK
r«« w«>tx Rxmxo Mat % iSOT.
Maiday, I'J-
lton>U*z.
Tu.rtar.
w^fcurtd-y,
SS3r*3^*“ 'Of
Aft of the first-elase {deck, and j|i
overlooking the second deck, wsa. d
an Im provised alter, a large brss* ■ h
crucifix occupying a place to f
front of the tabemacta. The of*
fimating priest, the Rev. IsaM* |
M. Lanfranohi, chaplain of ttota!
vessel, was assisted by th* R*r* M
Auguatin Bandizaone, who ia (fejft
his first Visit to th* United Stalatg
to taka up Ttnrfrniy work to 8
St. Louis. He acted as dsata* to
at th* Mass. S
Raw wind, blowing ia from th*ra
low bay, and a driaztiug rate s
a - ■ ——— —— T --•
age pasaeogere aad thirty-o*a8
l«s m £3
Her. Father LantraaaM adit—g
th* immigrant* to obaart*
Ian of the fend in wktah ttaga
waae to make tlMr b—se, —W
in resisting nuoh doo-
aUowed | 1to£* chapter? and 1801, chap-
-"ould uproot the very
foundation* of almost all th*
land titles in Virginia, and is ut-
terly inconsistent with the great
and fundamental principles of
the republican government, the
right of the citizens to the free
enjoyment of their property le-
gally acquired.”
Th* Virginia Legislature was
clearly frustrated in its nefarious
plans, and the property m ques-
tion remained in possession or
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Tb» vory oppoaitft i# tbo cm® id
__ ■ s s
Is the order of the day, and that
robbery not only sanctioned but
enforced by law.
But the writer will say that at
least the first part of the Supreme
Court's decision favors him, in-
Mmuoh m it xnftintftins tha-t
‘•there can be no doubt that it
was competent to th* peopl* and
the Legislature to deprive it (the
E. Church.) of its superiority
over other religious sects and to
withhold from it any support of
public taxation.” In fact he
does say: “Previous to the new
French laws, the Catholic Church
has occupied in Franoe a poeition
of Special Favor. It enjoyed
Privileges and Revenues which
pravsL—d______,__-.
tab* !>oaw *• tb* enemy of *vff
Isttiifinev tbe Order of tbe
Everywhere. |
On Sunday, April 28, forty.]
two new members were intTiiM I
into the ranks of the K nights d|
Columbus at Houaton. ■
High Mass wau celebrated h !
the morning at the Church g
the Annunciatioc, and the a*,
mon was delivered by the H*r,
J. P. Lynch of Dallas, S^i
Chaplain of the Order. Thw
were prominent knights press*
from the different cities of th.
State, and at the close of tbs
initiation ceremonies boX kxal
and visiting knights were enter*
tained at a banquet in Bryu
Hell. Mr. James H. Adair pi*,
sidod as toastmaster, and Mr.
William L. Foley delivered th*
address
visiting
Thought" was responded to by
Very Rev. A. Hurley, C. S. R,
while “Our New Members” vu
the subject of on address by
Joseph Blakeney, and “Pot.
si bi li ties of the Knights of Co-
lumbus” was the subject of Rsr,
Father Lynch. The Glee dab
rendered many selections, whib
there were solos by Measn.
Downey and Adair, Jr. Amcaf
those from other cities who vwt
in attendance were Father Lyneh
of Dallas, Rev. J. T. Beland, C.
S. C., of Austin and Rev. J, B.
Fitzpatrick, of Goshen, Ind.
1 The order was organized is
State, but not to the stolen prop- At ±e present time tbe member-
erty which Was as yet unsold, shin is 225. which is conaidiMd
The State agreed on a certain ■ an exceptionally fine record,
allowing a small fraction, about] Tsitistisa at Fort Worth,
one i
on this confiscated property, to; Sunday, May 5, by Fort Worth
tag them'corporate rights for th* Bishops and pastors. It is as
clear as day, then, that the taxa-
tion was not for the maintenance
of the Catholic Church, or to
show her special favor, but for
the payment of a just debt;
which has been recognized a*
such for nearly a hundred years.
As to the abrogation of this
Concordat, 1st me quote on the
Many of the
him and his os miserable as
would robbery to the same
amount. Yet she realizes that
she must get back those millions
stolen from her father and ia will-
ing to smother her conscience to
attempt it, provided she takes no
unfair advantage of the other
i players. The other day she said
, this ia the absolute i <j have decided,because of
million I’d! my duty to my father, to put
whole! hut no duty *to him or to
mor.s. ______ .
nobody; but the IrDh nationalist! have given it
party may decide to
tempted to legislate over to the by the State.
estant Episcopal Church, the public crib. Therefore, the situa-
vestries of that Church appealed ‘ ””
their case, and the following is
the Supreme Court’s decision
pronounced by Justice Story in
tbeir favor:
“It is conceded on all sides
that at the Revolution the Epis-
propagation and development of‘lowing foots: Two young men
the birthday of our Holy Chwtah. I, member of an old established
OffHCULTiESOF CONVERTS. SfaM?
-----, , inge. Th* other is a member of
There is a report from London ’ Stock Exchange and has
to the effect chat Mr. J. Pierpont xa-:’« money in executing com-
Morgan, the great New York fin- : ~.’-' jns for others. A young girl
ancier, is about to become l,o^P"rin« be*Uty
— L .. — . .. ■ ’ installed in the offioe or the firm
Catholic. During his visits to .^
London hB is a ir&cjiwnt Attend* only to th^ two young of r
of -rtrftw i mt at the services in Wee train- ■recouping by speculations great confronted with propositions sub-
- ' ■ ster Cathedral, which doubtless! financial losses incurred by her '
----I eaYe rise to the rumor. Whether 1 £ InTe^ente that have
,:he rftP°rt ifl wel1 or not] oTb’er tathlrS for-
tfttiMw**. we cannot say; time will tell. I faino planed at the disposal
. “ “D. .a.- of the stock broker for the pur-
!crives the grace of conversion,; po«« of buying and selling stocks
; he wiil have no such sacrifices to; : -. — .— . -
1 . . , ; tamer IB a Virginian Ol me uiu
make or obstacles to overcome as, itriotly upright, the soul
many converts have experienced. I of honor and intensely proud.
: Take, for example, the case of The daughter is of the same
at least that is the way she is b “As the time of the annual
described in the story. The ex- ” ’ ' "
tract that we reproduce will il-
lustrate Che kind of a character
for ^nscientiousnees possessed
by the lovely girl and her two
gentleman friends. The stock
broker says to his friend, among
other things, in speaking of the
girl:
“She does not believe in stock
gambling. She has worked it out
than every dollar one man makes,
another loses; that the man who
i makes gives nothing in return
_ (for what he gets away with, and
the fu.fiiiment of the Easter duty. : people. To-night I stand before i that the other
The paschal Seaeon ends on you without the guarantee of a'1" ““ ““
Trinity Sunday. May 2»>. , single cent more than $45 a
--- ' month given me by the Catholic
T iz friends of Horae Ru'e for ; Church Extension Society for
Ireland are grievously ttisap- e)jitjnp. its magazine. In ’ectur-
pcinced at the wholly inadeu ^ate. before the people, whatever
“Irish Council Bill ’ recently in-’ [ Rt>. pm thankful for. As God
troduced in the House of Com- hears me,
The B'll seems to pieaee truth. and if I’d had a : .
t up, for what will it I away my prejudice against ga’m-
lw.t la.-. ~ accept it as i profit a man to gain the *-**«»». -
. tep. .t ,r.y r.», ---d. B»- worta .nd .uff.r th. Io. ol bi. SthSLZS (S?”“
Lot us analyze the reasoning psoplo properly fa this pious
of the beautiful girl of the story.
She does not believe in stock
gambling because he who wins
givi» nothing in return. This
correctly state* the natural law
on idle subject of gambling, and
if the young lady had refused to
do anything with the etoak mar-
ket on the ground that she could
not, in good conscience, take
L_1 ______ \ i
'' isgh by gambling in stocks
. could place her old father in
vMltion to meet all his finan-
I obligations, she would have
en entitled to our unstinted ad-
jiraticn and praise for her high
moral character, and Ion her re-
sistance to a very alluring temp-
tation. But alas, the fair Vir-
ginian is not cast in heroic mould
but is of very ordinary moral
caliber. While she recognizes
that dealing in stocks, as it is
carried on in the New York mar-
ket,, is gambling and, therefore,
morally wrong, yet she is willing
indulge in gambling, with the
reservation, however, that she
would take no unfair advantage
of the other players. This means
than it is right to gamble if one
does not cheat. How the pro-
fessional gamblers of all sorts,
who spend their lives, their
health," their fortunes and their
all at the gaming-table, must re-
| joice to learn that they may ply
o
n matrimony, while | take no advantage of their fel-
' low-players. A man may rob
gentlemanly way, for thia girl
assimilates stock gambling to
robbery. Money has been stolen
frora her father, she asserts, and
she ia willing to steal from other
penions to make good his losses.
Notice how this beautiful girl
is disposed to minimize the
wrongfulness of gambling. At
one time she calls it robbery, but
afterwards she is disposed to be
less harsh in regard to the prac-
tice, for she declares that she
has concluded to put away her
prejudice against gambling.
Here is morality of the latest
brand! Gambling is a moral
evil, akin to robbery, but this
amiable girl has simply a preju-
dice against the practice, and
this she is willing to lay aside
for a good purpose. We were
not aware that the reason why
men did not, or should not, vio-
late the moral law was simply
due to prejudice. We believed,
in th* innocence of our heart
that men refrained from evil for
th* reason that it was wrong to
indulg* in it
But there is another and very
vicious immoral principle involv-
ed in tbe point of view assumed
by the young Virginian, and it is
tnis:: that she was willing to do a _r
j for the purpose of improvised ropa ladders and m>
a good. In other words, c*nd*d to where they believed
she ws* witting to do evil that "
goo# night com* of it This ia
anotbsr wa’ *
bettered la th* priori pl**that
s*d JratUfo* toe mesne.” TH*
awxita baa bean f alaely attributed
to th* Jsevite, but in the m
zt** artfafo that we have a
agreement.'
This ia truly the present con-
dition in France. Virginia at-
tempted and failed dismally,
through the interference of th*
Supreme Court, to do just what
the Government of Franca ha*
’ — Wa do not know that
any such attempt has been made
by any other State of the Union.
As to the taxation, of “all other
denominations,as well as non-ba-
Ifovers, for the benefit of a spe-
cially favored denomination, to-
wit, the Catholics,” and
othar denominations lived upon
voluntary contributions,”
stamp these statements as ab-
solutely fafo*. for it is known that
Uta minister* of th* denotnine-
tioua reeeived oomparutivtiy
Uio** o f
th* Catholic Church, not from iwr oay «nn a onaami
•ran Uta Internal <*WMifeZ£l
m.—u maEroTiS!
\ : X1 '2’''-id
r . j .. . j . -.
;se cannot say; time will tell. placed at the disposal
Enc.r.4 w ;h. -I Bu Ancofa. i At any rate, if Mr. Morgan re- of the stock broker for the pur-
TrtM.a>MeouoaMMi: aaww. ' ce;vee the grace of conversion, ■ pose of buying and selling stocks
~ ! he will have no such aacrifices to; «■. York marital. The
•ww, j father is a Virginian of the old
many converts have experienced, j of honor and intensely proud.
■ Take, for example, the case of The daughter is of the c-rac
iDr. F. E. J. Lloyd, formerly proud and honorable ^character,
prominent in the ministry of the
Episcopal church, now a simple
I Catholic layman. The etatement
Wednesday, Friday and Sat- 1 having been made that Dr. Lloyd
urday of next week, May 22. 24 waa w receive a big salary from
and 25, being Ember D-iya, are
days of faat and abstinence.
Ni xt Saturday, May IS, being
the Vigil of the great feaet of
pentecr.et, D a day 'jf fast and
abstinence.
THE SOUTHERN MESSENGER, MAY tfi? 1W7-.
TOM WATSON’S DEFENSE 1“^“? “5
Mr. Tom Watson has faw-—]n«o, . —- -- , -
some one to enter the list in his! tar S, are not, **«*»•!“L°"
r*Zd ! big^try brought against him by i diveet th# Episcopal^
* ~ - and nsvar read th® SoCTttttM Mksssngbk on ac- the property acquired
>r CehoKo pSSo»aon..U>.y -faerb I *«*y ™a.n by Mm. tojb. R»to1uUob.
. moral potaon without .□.pm.Hng, b> th. J.nu^ »”“b« of ate
publi- ' W. bar. tbi. -4-----— -
cations edited by men who have; therefore may not judge if this
made their studies in Catholic serious charge is justified. bjK
institutions, they would not be the defense we .have
nnnfmntj^ with nrOBOHltionB Hub- it *pp®BTS ID th* IratfOn
JtffersQKiaTL Jtfagazine, wa mfty
aafely conclude that it has the
endorsement of him whom it
would defend. This defense has
clearly proved to us, and we
hope to make clear to those who
read this, that Tom Watson ia ~ri------ — .
guilty of the densest ignorance of France, where wholesale
the question he treats, or of a ‘
malice which is blind even to the
most glaring truth.
We are told in thia editorial
that "the whole trend of Mr.
Watson’a essay was to demon-
strate that the French Govern-
ment has not persecuted the
Church, nor religion, nor Christ.
• • France took control over
the State-Church property, just
as Virginia did.”
The writer of these words
knows then how Virginia took
control over the State-Church
property, and right hare w* want
to convict him of bad faith by
quoting the United States Su-
preme Court decision on theL ---—-
same question. When in 1708 j no other church enjoyed. The
the Legislature of Virginia at- i people were taxed for its benefit
tempted to legislate over to the by the State. The Catholic
State the property of the Prot- Church, alone, fed out of the
A—/’’I* to* ♦ bt A I n lu. ♦ t — ---a^.—asf'lSlQ.w
tion was this: The State taxed
all other denominations as well
as non-believers, for the benefit
of a specially favored denomina-
tion, to wit, the Catholics."
Every sentence of this is false.
First of all, th* writer falsely as-
sumes that the condition of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in
Virginia was the same as that of'
the Roman Catholic Church In
France. He seeme to know noth-
ing of the Concordat. We shall
tell him something about it.
During the French Revolution,
more than four hundred million
dollars worth of property had
been stolen from the Church.
By the Concordat,ten yean later,
th* Pope relinquished his right
to th* Church property which I
had already been sold by the j Houston less than two years ago.
State, but not to the stolen prop- i At ±e present time tbe member-
erty which waa as yet unsold. I ship is 225, which is oonsidsrta
condition to make restitution by I
• B BLUSH A1,SUWWU| WW\'U|t j M
per cent, of the interest due I Forty candidates were initiated I
vu Jds confiscated property, to j Sunday, May 5, by Fort Wortk I
be doled out as incomes to the Council, No. 579. The Order I
her* le in a vary flourishing" ■
condition and has one of tin I
Gr eat halls la Texas. I
CcncH to be larfitated at TrtIw, fl
Toss. I
A new Council of the Order 1
will be instituted at Taylor os I
Sunday, May IS. About forty I
candidates will be initiated. The fl
firrt and second degrees will to 1
ex amplified by Capital City Coud- I
cil, No. 1017, and the third by I
District Deputy Joseph A. I
O'Reilly, and suite, of Austin. I
The State Carnal. 1
Th* Texas State Council ii I
holding Its forth annual sessional 1
El Paso on Tuesday and Wed- I
nesday of this weak. May 14 and 1
15th. |
Aaamrsary at Galveston. ]
The fourth anniversary of Gal* j
veaton Council No. 788, Knights
of Columbus, was held an May J
I sign a contract agreeing to pay > t>he hall on the third floor of i
; : * ’ ' ...r ---‘“i National Bank
that you do not contest my title i Building, Strand and Tremont
to your property. After some I •teeeta. After a short talk by I
years I say to you: *1 cancel! 004 members, dancing- was
that contract. You have kept I Indulged in and refreshments lift
your agreement, but I am tired of |wera »®r^od. ■
paying. I shall retain the prop-1 ' '
erty I took originally, and con- I MASS FOR IMMIGRANTS-
i N” Yorit- “*r t-T-o tb».
..... n.nn. that tamlgreat, on board tbi
Jd^aK™ L "• R» d'Italla, ot tbi
"Jr, gU?IhM^nSi. r^M^j!
la,° °“r°rigfa»l CMhoUo Cta^ wMrib. .M, d|
rubbod Ua aidaa agalnat Pin- B, ,J
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at ,J
the foot of Grand Street, Jersey 1 *|
City. It wm the maiden voyage I
of the Re dTtalia, and tbe Mass ij
had a double significance, it be-
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