The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1895, Page 14

14 THE FRANCISCO CALL, '[‘UESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1%9 e e e ATHER YORKE REPLIES TO DA, W, W, CASE, The Cathelic Champion De- fends Spain and the Spanish. A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE. Position of the Late Archbishop Hughes Toward Public Schools. ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN. Booth Was of English Descent—John Wesley’s Attitude Toward the Republic. In reply to the address of Rev. Dr. W. W. Metropolitan Hall on Sunday after- v. Father Yorke submits the December 23, 189 ¢ Call’—DEAR L he other participan's expressed their than h it has to the pres i hat i ble a1 dence I'should rece yonur hands. I wish now down in _words what m i. Iam deep o just manner in Your e one e of the case f Tam thankiul that there is one journal n Francisco which dares to be just. The Rev. Dr. W. W. Case has descended once more from his pulpit to smite the Philistine in Metropolitan Wiien on former oceasions 1 ized ces he tried to evade re- e accuracy of the se of THE CALL im. To-day we ture in full, printed, evidently, t. He may wag his tongue hank the Lord, his feet are 1k e I do no the reason ination h al any trace of reason- ¢ introduction thereof i words about Roman- Asia, Africa, Dr. Case. The body of of certain alleged fact tions. To this 1 you in ad- language is T promise to use in an “exper- left his distinguished cousin to languish ina Brazilia to Spain. I stated con- son, that he wasjailed for »r on the public streef ing in the public print rge, but fail i have named the source of my is no answer to whimper and gentle characte entury tell us of th ry. Bironw’s deserip- ble to him, *He was 8s n as ever cuta throat or to produce Dr. Case’s_words aliout Spain are as unre- liabie as his words about il. Let me in- m the doctor that Spain had granted full re- ligions freedom before Englend had repealed one of the penal laws. To-day any Protestant preacher that pi e the whole insula, and as long as he behaves himself will not be Let me tell Dr. Case that he can_search every prison in Spain and \e will not find a solitary prisoner who might ot side by side with the Baptists and Ad- of the chaingengs of Maryland or ither can he parellel for bigoted speial and of persecu- t'dencons 2nd Methodist I be elders ga ence nprison these Mllerit rather than man. As ‘an evidence of Spanish intolerance Dr. Case relates the fact that naval officers have been ordered out for a religious fail to see in that order any evidence of intoier- a 1f the Methodists or the Salvation Army get up a big procession to-morrow o walk the stre San Francisco s detachment of po- n will merch at their head. If any of | officers when ordered out for that duty plead scruples of conscience or ery in- tolerance, I imagine the Police Commissioners uld give him short shrift. Inno other case is attendance at a religi- ous procession compulsory in Spain. The following note from the editor of the Diario de Catifornia, to whom I applied for information in the absence o1 the Spanish Consul, explains itself: “The assertion that the individuals of the army, of the navy or of the civil government are bound to uncover and kneel in processions under penalty of efght years' imprisonment is & lie which we do not hesitate to call gross and malicious. A.P. ALVAREZ, “Editor Diario de California.” The extent of Dr. Case’s ignorance can be d by his siatement that Spain s “low le of nations.” Such an expression shou! in the might be pardonable in a backwoods exhorter, i from g man who has lived for four years within reach of the newspapers it is unpardon- There is no need for me, Mr. Editor, to dilate on_the greatness of Spain. Every hill and hamlet in California proclaim it. While Dr. Case’s ancestors were liviug on shellfish and clothed in skins the Spanish soldiers had conguered the 0ld World and colonized the new. When she was most Catholic then was Spain greatest. To-day in morality, in civiliza- tion, in art, in literature, in refinement, she stands as high as any nation in_the world. It is true she has not tried to build up great manufactires or o great Army O & great nNavy, but manuiactures are not aiways a sign of civilization, and the best defense of a country is to be found in the patriotism of her citizens. Men of unorejudiced minds who travel through Spain speak of the people in terms of highest praise; it is only the Methodist missionary who slunders and vil for his trade is slan- der and upon vilification he thrives. From Spain Dr. Case gayly skips to the United States. “The priests are in polities,’” he eries; .“they have been in our politics for many years.” For the past two weeks almost every day 1 bave categorically contradicted that charge. Ihave demanded particulars. I heve asked for names, for dates, for places, and the answer I getis, “The priests are in poli- ties.”” But stay. Dr. Case does condescend to names. His soaring imsgination, however, will not contaminate itself with' the vulgar present. It roosts in the past. “Fifty yearsago,” he | cries, “Archbishop Hughes was head and ears in politics. liedidall in his power at that early stage of our history to destroy the public school system in this country.” Allow me, Mr. Editor, in answer to this charge to cull on the great Archbishop him- seli. For John Hughes none but John Hughes should speak. On the 17th of May, 1844, when the same vicious agitation, fomented by vicious preachers and connived at by cowardly poli- ticians, had thrown New York irto a ferment, and_when there was danger that the burnings of Catholic churches and Catholic convents which had a few days before disgraced Phila- delphin might still disgrace New York, John Hughes wrote an open letter to the Knownoth- ing Mayor, James Harper. That Jetter 1s his apologia, his justification. Let me quote & passage from it which is as ap- plicable now at the end of halfa century as it was in 1844. Itis John Hughes' reply to his calumniators for all time: Now. I am going 10 meet James Gordon Ben- nett,.not in abuse, but »s my accuser, and with Mr. Bennett #s my fi :cuser, 1 assoclate Colonei William Stone as m. . 'Let these, by name, of editors, orators and has entered into a col- political egents, or he 1op Hugzh Jusion, as & politician, wi has not. Either he has driven or attempted to_drive the Bille from the common schools of New York or he has no Either he has organized a political party in New York, or he has not. Either he has blackened, or required to be black- ened. the public schoolbooks of New York,or he L either he has done actions and ex- pressed seniiments unworthy of a Christian Bishop and an American citizen, or he has not. These are propositions which the plainest eapacity is competent to understand, and now taking Bishop White's estimate of the Amer- ican character I am about to constitute the American people—W higs, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Gentiles, citizens both of native and foreign bizth, as judges between Jimes Gordou Bennettand Colonel William 1. Stone on the one side and Bishop Hughes on the other. 1shall not anticipate the judgment of the public. I shall merely say that I believe it i | olics.” Wwill be just, and ju<’~ ‘<all that I require, Happily the dispute is one in which sophistry and misrepresentation cannot find place. It isac ion of facts, and against facts reason- seless. Every fact td be susceptible of proof requires witnesses who can bear testi- mony 1o its truth. Wherever there are wit- nesses in a case the thing testified to can be established as having occurred at some given time and piace. In & court of justice if & man swore that he witnessed the occurrence of & fact and vet could not tell either the time or the place of the cecurrence he would be set aside either as perjuring himself or as being deranged. Let 1y case then be judged by these established rules of common and public justice. I wiil state my own conduct, as far as it hasany bearing on the case, in & series of propositions and in the form of facts. First proposition—I have never in my life done an action or uttered a sentiment tending to abridge any human being of all or any of | the rights of conscience which I claim to enjoy under the American constitution. Second—I have never asked nor wished that any denomination should be deprived of the Bible, or such version of the Bibie as that de- nomination conscientiously approved in our common or public schools. Third—I have never entered into intrigue or fon with any political party or indi- vidual, and no_political party or individual ever approached me with so insulting a prope- sition. Fourth—I have never requested orencour- aged the *‘blackening of public school books” in the city of New York. Fifth—Inall my public life in New York I have done no action, uttered no sentiment, un- worthy of a Christian Bishop and an American citizen. These are all negative propositions, and I am | not bound to prove anegative; but I assert these propositions as facts, and if they are not t ames Gordon Bennett, William L. Stone i the other assailants of Iy character must possession of the facts which prove them . Let them state the time and place where | the facts which prove them faise occurred; and | tue witnesses of those facts—and then I join } | ue, and pledge myseli to refute their wit- I shall now continue my propositions, not in the negative, but in the ai form. Sixth proposition—I have always contended for the rights of conscience for all men as uni- versally s they are Tecognized in the Ameri- | can constitution. | rmative sult my colleague, Colone! Hay, who has been ab- sent from the «ity until within a few deys. To your first question, whether in our studies on the life of Lin oln we came upon the charge, “that the agsassination of President Lincoln was the work of the Jesuits?” we answer that we have reac such a charge in a lengthy newspaper pub- lication. To your second question, viz.: *“1f you did come across it. did the accusation seem to be entireiy groundless?” we answer, “Yes, {t seemed so entirely groundless as not to merit any attention on our part.” Yours truly, JOHN G. NICOLAY. These facts and this testimony, Mr. Editor, I leave to the consideration of your readers. My words caunot add any strength to them. They tell as plainly as truth can tell that Dr. Case must be either very ignorant or very malicious. It matters little on which horn of the dilemma he impales himself. After some apocryphal quotations from Dr. McGlynn Dr. Case says of the Jesuits: “The same kind of people, no doubt, would have said that it was a terrible mistake for the thirteen colonies to kick up such a row against the government of his Majesty, King George IIL" Let me assure Dr. Case that he is very unfortunate in going back to the beginning of this Republic to make comparisons between Catholies and Methodists. In a recent letter Ishowed the part which John Carroll, 8 Jesuit, ok in the Reyolution, Now let me explain the part taken by John Wesley, the founder of Dr. Case’s church. I will let the gentleman speak for himself. In 1775 he published “A Calm Address to Our American Colonies.” In the twelith section occur these words: Butmy brethren, would this be any advantage to you?” Can you hope for a more desirable form of government either in England or America than that which you now enjoy? After all the vehe- ment_ cry for liberty. what more liberty can you have? What more religious liberty can you de- sire .han that which you enjoy aiready® May not every ome among you worship od according to his own consclence? What civil liberty can you desire which you are mot al- ready possessed of? Do ‘you mnot sit with- out resiraint “every man under his own vine?” Do you not, every one. high or low, enjoy the fruil of your labor? rhis is real, rational liberty, such'as is enjoyed by Englishmen alone; aud not by any otber people in the habitable world. Would the being independent of Eng- land make vou free? Far, very far from it. It would hasdly be possible for you to steer clear between anareny and tyranny. But suppose atter numberless dangers and mischiefs you snould settle into_one or more republics wonld a republican government give you more liberty, either religious or civil? By no means. No gov- ernments under heaven are so despotic as the re- publica’: no subjects are governed in 8o arbitrary a manner as those of a commonwealth. If any one doubt of this let him fook at the subjects of Venice, of Genoa, or even of Holland. Should any man talk or write of the Dutch Government as every cobbler does of the English he would be Iaid in irons before he knew where the wus. And then woe be to him. Republics show no mercy. that some words, which may have been mani ulated into those reproduced by Dr.Case, d> not oceur in Brownson. ~As you may have learned from the Shepherd of the Valley inci- dent Dr. Case’s friends are skillful in such manipulation. I challenge him to produce the original, know that Brownson wasan ardent admirer of the f{reedom of conscience guaranteed by our constitution, and therefore I'feel justified in denying the authenticity of the allegea excerpt. 1 do this with the more security, because here follow three quotations the first of which I know to be a lie, the second of which I can show to be yamped and the third of which 1 can prove to be forged. _The first question is said to be from the New York Tablet, No date is given; no number. There is no New York Tablet. The second is from Father Hecker’s “Church and theAge.” Herewith I send you a copy of that book. The alleged extract was taken from the preface. Sentences are suppressed, paragraphs are omitted, four pages of type are compressed into forty lines, the sayings of the enemies of the church have been put into the mouth of Father Hecker,and he has been made to stand sponsor for sentiments which his book was written to refute. Ishallleave the volume with you until the end of the week. 80 that all who wish may have a chance to see for themselves. The third quotation is said to be from “Pro- fessor P. J. P. Gury, a Jesuit of the Roman Col- lege, whose celebrated work, entitied ‘Com- pendium Theologize,' is a standard Jesuit theo- ogical textbook in’ very wide actual use.” It runs as follows: ““re eccleslastics obliged to obey the civil la: not the laws which are contrary to their profession or to their secred eanons.’ Now, Mr. Editor, 1 send you Gury's “Com. gendlum Theologiz.” The edition s that of Subetti, another Jesuit. On page 59 you will see: “B0. Question—Are ecclesiastics bound by the civil laws? Answer—Yes.”” And the reason is given: “The clergy form part. of the {mlit!ca\ community and ere protected by it. Wherefore the apostie saith, ‘Let every soul be subject to the higher powers.’ To these words 8. John Chrysostom adds: ‘Therefore be subject, even though thou art an apostie or an evangelistor a prophet or any other minister, for such subjection doth not destroy piety.””” This exemple may give you an idea of theé pe- culiar literary methods of Dr. Case, though to tell the truth Ido not believe he ever saw a Gury or could translate one if he did. Con- cerning the exception which you will remark comes after the aflirmative answer, “Except such which are repugnant to their condition or 1o any ecclesenstical immunity still fn force,” I wish to state that these are explained farther down to mean what we would call in American law ‘‘unconstitutional provisions.” Thus a law which would constitute every clergyman, say colonel of a regiment, would be contrary to the clerical prolession and G. A. HUBBELL, EDITOR OF (Zrom a photograph.] THE “AMERICAN PATRIOT.” Seventh—I have always preached that every denomination—Jews, Christians, Catholics. Protestants, of every sect aud shade—were ali entitled to the entire enjoyment of the free- dom of conscience, without let or hindrance from any other denomonation, ot set of denom- | inations, no matter how smail their number, | or how unpopular the doctrines they professed Eighth—I have always preached, both pub- licly and privately, the Christian obligation of | peace and good will toward men, even when | they hate and persecute us. Ninth—I have been accustomed to pray pub- licly in our churches for the constituted au thorities of the United States; for the welfare | of my fellow-citizens of all denominations and without distinetion; whilst James Gordon Ben- nett and Willam L. Stone were, from day to day exciting the hatred of my fellow-citizens egainst me, and, so far, attempting to deprive | me of the protection of my country. These affirmative propositions 1 am bound and prepared to prove if Mr. Bennett and | Colonel Stone deny them. All the propositions | are facts, and are to be overthrown if assailed | at all, not by sophistry or arguments, but by | other facts with witnesses which will prove | them untrue. = Now, therefore, James Gordon Bennett, Wil- lam L.Stone and ye other deceivers of the ublic stand forth ‘end meet Bishop Hughes. Bt then come forth in no quibbling capacity. Come forth as honest men, as true American citizens, with truth in your hearts and candor on your lips. Iknow you can write well and can” multiply words and misrepresent truth. This is not the thing that will serve you now. Come forth with your facts. Bishop Hughes laces himself in the simple panoply of an Fonest man before the American people. He asks not favor, but he simply asks whether the opinion of Bishop White is true, that with the American people o man can be ut down by calumny. Brinig, therefore, your ccts to isprove the foregoing negative propo- sitions. Biskop Hughes pibdges himself to prove those that are affirmative, if you or any decent man with his signature will deny them. Neither the editors nor the preachers came forward with their facts. Then as now, they dealt in assertion, in calumny, in misrepre- sentation, and the same unanswered challenge which stopped the elder Bennett’s cowardly mouth smites to-duy the slanderous leeth of Dr. Case. But the end 15 not yet. “Think of twelve millions,” he says, “given to Rome since Abri eam Lincoln was assassinated by Roman Cath- Here, Mr, Editor, [ am tempted to give up in despair. What in the name of common- sense is the good of arguing with the concen- trated idiocy which inspires that assertion? One would imasine that_protectors of Ameri- | can institutions would try to learn something of American history. The fact, however, is that they do not; snd there are thousends in | this City to-day who are fully convinced that Lincoln was murdered by the Jesuits. ¥or the sake of those who, uulike Dr. Case, are in good faith let me recall some fact: President Lincoln was murdered on the 14th of April, 1865, at the theater by an actor | nemed J. Wilkes Booth, who entered the box, shot the President through the hesd, crying: “:Sic semper tyrannis. The South is avenged.” | Nowhere in standerd_works, neither in the | British nor American Encyclopedias, do we | find eny charge that fhe Catholic church had anything to do with the foul murder. | The great biography of Lincoln by J. 6. Nico- lay and John Hay in ten volumes has not even an insinuation about the charge. The official acts bearing on the entire subject have been published under the title, “The Assassination of President Lincoln aund the Trial of the Conspirators,” compiled and ar- ranged by Ben Pitman, recorder to the com- mission. Yet in them all there is nota single charge against the Catliolic church. The murderer, J. W. Booth, was of English descent and his family were Episéopalians. Herrold’s whole family, for at least twenty- five vears before the assassination, had been communicants of Christ’s Episcopal Church, East Washington. During his entire incarcera. tion untii the hour of his execution, he was at- tended by the Rev. Dr. Olds, pastor of that church. Payne, who made a desperate attack on the life of Secretary Seward, was the son of a | Methodist or Baptist clergyman. Atzerodt bossted open]y of his atheism. Mrs. Surratt was the only Catholic, and on the judgment of thousands of American citizens, she was entirely innocent of any conspiracy to murder Presidént Lincoln. To clinch these facts allow me tocopya letter signed by John G. Nicolay, one of (ha blogra: phers of Lincoln. Itis in answer to an inquiry s2nt by Rev. P. Guldner of New York: WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 3, 1894, 21y Dear Sir: 1 have not before answered your leiter of October 80, because I wished first to ‘con- | 1ook upon (1o adopt from Coleridge) as the * Ten times over in different words y yonrselves to be contending for liberty.”” sut it is & vain, empty profession; uniess you mean by that threadbare word a liberty from obeying your right- ful sovereign and from keeping the fundamental laws of the country. And,this undoubtedly it is | which the confederated colonles are contending or. 1 do not think it necessary to refer Dr. Case to the patriotic “poetry” of Charles Wesley, published lately in our pavers, nor to the fact that John fell on his knees before George I1I and asked permission to raise a regiment to lead against the “rebels,” or that Lecky is au- thority for the statement that his influence was always against a settlement, and was the most_powerful factor which made for war, No, if Dr. Case knows anything at all about the history of the sect, he knows these things, and he will tread more lightly in future when he treats of the War of Independence. The next quotation given by Dr. Case is the old and tried Shepherd of the Valley. The Shepherd of the Valley, published at St. Louts, Mo., some years avo, said: “The church is of necessity intoleral Heresy she endures when and where she must; but she hates it, and directs all her energies to its destruction. If Catholics ever gain an Immense numerical majority religous freedom In this country is at an end. So our enemies say. So we believe.” Dr. Case has improved on the quotation. It used to begin at ‘i Catholics” and finish at “is atan end.” I find it now with a headpiece and & tailpiece, which Dr. Case has fitted into it. Now, Mr. Editor, I do not w to detain you longer than I can help, so I will stateright here that the quotation given is a rank forgery. The Shepherd of the Valley was a little paper published in St. Louis from 1852 to 1854. Its editor is now Judge Bakewell, and when this forgery was brought to his notice some years ago he wrote an open letter concerning it, from which I take the following extracts: The extracts which you showed me are the re- vival of a very old “gag.” Abont 1853-54—ac the time of the Know-nothing agitation—many papers throughout the United States published the follow- ing as an extract from the Shepherd of the Val- ley, and then attributed the language to the ven- erable prelate, the Archbishop of St. Louis. Shortly afterward 8 new_edition of “Gavin's Master Key to Popery, or Maria Monk’s Revela- tions,” or some such delectable storehouse of anti- Catholic lies, had this story about the views of the Archbishop 0f St. Louis on the incompatibiliry ot ihe spread of the Cathollc religion in America with the continued existence of religious liberty. together with the extract 8s above.which was given as his published language, was put into the appendix and thus embalmed for preservation, to be used 8s occasion might serve in the antl- Catholic controversy. The extract, until the w. was regularly trotted out at intervals; but sis then has, I believe, until lately been forgotten. T am sure that 1 never said and I never thought that Governments are justified in forcing an out- ward conformity against conscience to a dominant religion. No such sentiments ever appeared in any paper with which I was connected except to be reprobated. No Bishop or Archbishop ever published any- thing whatever on the subject of religious liberty inany paper in St. Lo i8 to my knowledge, and the atroclous sentiments attributed to the editor of the Shepherd of the Valley never appeared in tha paper except 10 controvert them. “here is a class of controversialists who are very unscrupulous. It is quite useless, 1 think, to reply to these. Time flies, and things pass. I suppose few people now remember the beginning of the Tractarian movement, and the dougty Dr. Hook, some time vicar of Le:ds. He was a fa- mous “churchman” in his day, and wrote books which no one thinks of reading now. He under- 100k to defend the Tractarians, and a sermon of his made a great noise when I was a boy. 1 burned 1t up with otlier precious tracts which I once de- lighted in reading, most of which, I contess, L now uper- faction” of folly. I had this sermon in my hl‘:ldu this morning, and it was the following note to it which pui mé in mind of writing to you. Alter a word or two, it may be applied 1o _the class controversialists who circulate the old persecution swory. ‘The race, it seems, i8 not extinct of those Who think that the end justifies the means. “ Perhaps there never was devised, by men who profess to call themselves Christians, & system of attack more wicked than that which is adopted by many who assall these tracts. Of the persons who wre supposed to write them lies the most. ridiculous are invented, industriously circulated and will- ingly believed. And where an attempt is made to Tefule the tracts themsclves, false extracts are made, and they are represented as asserting the Very errors which they, in express words, repro- bate. ‘This is actually done by men who call them- selves Christians, but profess 1o be of the straight- est sect of our religion. The Inference is obvious; lies would not be told unless It were impossible to substantiate accusation by telling the truth.” Yours truly, K. A. BAKEWELL. Now follows a quotation from Brownson's Quarterly Review for October, 1852. 1 have searched Brownson through and threugh and even with the helg of & coplous index I have not peen able to find anything like the All;fi: quotation. I would not be justified in sa) “profess would not stand ten minutes before the Su- preme Court. The clerical immunities are cer- tain exemptions of privileges given by law or custom. Thus Dr. Case is exempt from jury duty; he can withont hurting his consciene ac- cept half rates on railroads. The laws which command equal treatment of all do not apply to him. Thisisall that is meant by the exceptions. In former times these privileges were more numerous, but they have nearly all been curtailed, even in Catholic countries. - However, whether they are few or many the principle is the same. The American 1aw recognizes them just as does the ehurch. The other quotations from Gury are all with- out exception falsiied in the same way. Neither space nor time will permit to go into details, Let the one example suffice. Dr. Case has taken a Catholic theologian and put his uestion and answered it with a “No,” when the original answered it with a “Yes” By what name is this manner of acting called among decent men? I do not permit myself to give the answer. Dr. Case stands beforé the public of San Francisco and he stands in the pillory. The scarlet leiter of shame burns upon his brow, and the very children who pass him on the street will know what it means. Yours truly, PETER C. YORKE. A QUESTION OF OATHS. @. A, Hubbell Submits the Declaration of the Clan-na-Gael. G. A. Hubbell answers a recent communica- tion of the Rev. Father Yorke as follows: DECEMBER 21, To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR Smr: Peter C. Yorke stamps the Jesuit oaths as forgeries. We cited four references for the oaths. In his tion Peter C. Yorke is unable to find ail the oaths therein. Thet may be, but what Peter C. Yorke did find he says is jorgery anyway. How about the oaths in the three other cita- tions? Forgeries? How sbout this? Isthisa forgery, too? : OATH OF THE CLAN-NA-GAEL. The following is tiie oath taken by the mem- bers of that famous Roman Catholic societ; I (name in full) do solemnly swear n the pres- ence of Almighty God that I will labor while Jife is left in me to establish and defend a republi- can form of government in Ireland: and that I wil keep secret the names and every- thing connected with the Irish brother- hood from all not entitled to know such secrets: that I will obey and comply with the constitutional laws of the same, whatever they may be; that I will preserve the funds of this order for the cause of Irish revolution alone as specified in the constitution: that I will deem it my special auty and misslon to promote and foster sentiments 0f union, brotherly love, nation among all Irish Catholics: that I will not pern the nomination in any _political caucus or conven- tion of a person not pledged to the principles of this society; I will alweys give a member of this brotherhood preference in all matters of business, and will work and vote only for Irishmen for political oflice. T take this obligation without any mental reservation. holding the same forever bind- ing upon me, and that any violation thereos or de- sertion of my duty to the brotherhood is infamous and merits the severest punishment, so help me God.” This oath the candidate is adjured to keep at the hazard of his life. It was printed in the Chicago Inter Ocean and was SWorn to be cor- rect at the Cronin trial. It was reported by eaid paper December 16, 1893. Priests and Bishops act as chaplains for this holy (?) order. On pages 615616 “Dowling’s History of Ro- manism,” is a long Bishop’s oath not men- tioned the other day. It is distinetively in the interest of the temporal power of the Pope, especialiy where it says “to defend and keep the Roman Papacy and the royalties of St. Peter, saving my orders, against all men.” This, of course, is in keeping with what Car- dinal_Manning says in his “Vatican Decrees,” page 53: “If Christian_Princes and their laws deviate from the law of God, the church has authorit from God to judge of that deviation, and by all its powers to entorce the correction of that de- parture from justice. I do not see how any man who believes in the revelation of Chris- tianity can dispute this assertion, and to such alone am I speaking.” And also with that which he again says on page 40, “*Vatican Decree: ““The political conscience of Catholicsis not left to the individual judgment alone, It is guided by the whole Christian morality, by the greatest system of ethical le%tslnuou the | world has ever seen, the canon law and the moral theology of the Catholic church.’” Inan edition of the secret instructions of the Jesuits containing the Latin and the Eng- lish, with an historical sketch by W. C. Brown- lee, D.D., published in Boston, Mass., 1888, the following is to be found on page 21: “The first copy of the ‘Secret Instructions of the Jesuits’ was discovered in the Jesuits’ col- lege at Paderborn,Westphalia,and asecond copy in the City of Prague. In the preface to these is found the same injunction as that above, *If these rules fall into the hands of strangers they must be positively denied to be the rules of ihe society.” The discovery of the copy at Paderborn was in this wise, as appears from the preface to the English copy, published in 1658. When Christian, the Duke of Brunswick. took Peder- born he seized upon the Jesuit college there, and gave their library, together with all their collections of manuseript, to the Capuchins, In examining these they discovered ‘The Secret Instructions” among the archives of the rector. And they being, as were also the other monk- ish orders, no iriends of the Jesuits, brought them before the public.” Tberefore, Mr. Editor from this, in this con- “new” edition of our first cita- | nection, it appears that the affidavit of & Jesuit is of no value whatever. @0n page 17 Mr. Brownlee says: “These Jesuits knew somethini not imparted to others of the | same order. They had shrewd, eraity, cour- | teous and most polished men, who courted nobles, insinuated themselves into the favor of princes, kings and rich widows and young eirs and heiresses. These had their instruc- tions from their general. They had fine scholars: decent, steady, serious, moral men. These were not at ali let into the secret of certain 1nstructions. They were sent out as traps to captivate the serious, the unsuspect- ing, the religious. These had it in charge to give a captivating representation of their So- ciety of Jesus.” The Jesuits, Mr. Editor, who made those af- fidavits may be of the degree calied ““decent, steady, serious, moral men.” If so they are 1ot in a position to know what {he oath of a Jesuit of another degree is. And then, again, since & Jesuit is taught to deny the oath by which he is bound, of what value is that de- nial? The disbolical secret instructions of the Jesuits were mostly ail printed in the Amer- ican Patriot some time AgO. On July 21,1773, Pope Clement XIV fired the Jesuits out of existence. They must have been bad. But zhe{ came back; brought to life by Pope Pious VIIT, August 7, 1814. The following countries say the Jesuits are no good and expelled them, as follows: EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS. Sargosss in 1555: La Palitine in 1558; Vienna In 1666: Avignon in 1570; An‘werp, from Portu- gal and Secoviain 1578; Enuland in 1578: Eng- land, again in 1581; England, again in 1586: Japan in 1597; Huncarv and Transylvania in 15881 Bordeaux in 1589: France in 1684: Holland 10 1596: Touron and Berne in 17<7: England, by Queen Elizabeth, in 1602; England, again in 1604; Denmark, Thorn aund Venice gain in 1612; Japan, again in 16 : Moraviain 1619; Naples and n 1622; China and India in 16: in1723: Savoy in 1729: Paraguay ln Portugal, again in 175 France, again in pain and the two Sicilies in 1767; Duchy ot Parma and Malta in 1768; Christendom (by buii of Pope Clement XIV) 1773; Kussia, again in 1776; France, axain in 1804; Swiss Cantons in 1804; again in 1806; Naples in 1810: Moscow, ersturg and Solevre in 1816: Belgium in rest (by its inhabitants) in October, 1819; forever, March 20, 1820; Spain, again in 320: the Catbedral at Rouen.by the peopie,in1825: the public and private schools in Belgium in 182 eight colleges in France, June 16, 1828; Great Britain and Ireland, April 13, 1829: France, again in 1831: Saxony in September, 1831; Portugal, again in, May, 1834; Spain, again in July, 1835; Rheims (by its inhabitants) December, 1838: Lu- cerne in 1842; Lucerne, again and forever, Fel- ruary, 1845: France again in 1845; Switzerland, September 6, 1847: Sardinia, March 2: Naples, March 11: Papal States, March 29: Linz, April 10; Vienna, April 16; Styria and Arch Duchy of Austria, May 8: Austrian Empire, May 8: Galicia in July; Sardinia, again July 19: Sieily. June 20, 1848;" Paraguay, again, June 28, 1858: Italian States in 1859; “Sicily, again in 1860; Brazl, by constitutional iimitations, in 1889: Mexico in 1848, 1867, 1885 and 1893; Germany, July 4, 1872. There is a private oath _taken, although not called an oath, by every Roman Catholic, and he repeats it every time he repeats his creed. This creed of Popé Pius 1V was formulated in the sixteenth century. We have it in full be- fore us. It is recorded in Ligouni’s Mission Book, pages 272-275, a part of which is_as fol- lows: “I acknowledge the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman church for the mother and mistress of all churches; and I promise true obediance to the Bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, prince_of the_apostles and vicar of Jesus Christ. * * * T promise most con- stantly to retain and confess the same, entire and inviolate, by God’s assistance, to_the end of my life.” "Which obedience to the Pope means both temporal and spiritual. G. A. HUBBELL. 1606: Venice, Bohemia in Boy Lost In the crowd at the Branch Old I X L trying to get candy from Santa Claus, Boys' clothing epartment, corzer Sixth and Mission streets.* READY FOR CHRISTMAS. California Marketmen Usher in the Holidays With Music. Occupants of stalls in the California Market gave a grand reception to the pub- lic last night and made the bnilding ring with a brass band. Each dealer had his institution handsomely decorated, and the | beeves and sheep were all scrolled up with | figures cut in._the flesh. Calves were | togged out 1n winter neckties and fat hogs | looked contented in rosettes made from beets and carrots. Even the dead chickens and turkeys appeared to be satisfied with | the string of tissue paper that garnished | them, and the fish department was re- | splendent with seaweed and native moss. | The delicacies of the season were so ar- | ranged as to make the gourmet spend his | last dollar and every conceivaple eatable | stood out in bola relief as though to taunt the man whose appetite could only be satiated with dyspepsia food prescribed by ctern and arrozant family physician, Visitors and buyers filed in and out all evening, and the optical festivities were kept up until midnight. Growth of Socialism. “Historical Basis of Socialism” was the subject of the lecture of A. Lewis, delivered last night at the Temple, 115 Turk street, to a large audience comripsing many ladies. | The meeting was under the auspices of the | local branch of the Socialist Labor party. | The speaker began with the feudal period | and traced the growth of the middle classes | and the development of democracy. Then | he pointea out the results of the invasion | of the industrial field by machinery, the general and growing tendency toward | municipal ownership and the attainment | of labor legislation, and marked the other chanfes in the direction of socialism, ! which he claimed continue to take place. In conclusion, he spoke of the competition that was threatening this country from cheap Oriental productions, and that this would only serve to intensify the current which was running toward socialism and its chief principle co-operation. ————————— THEY are bound to last, our patent flat open- ing books. Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay st. * e e e ———— King Humbert of Italy has a private fortune of £6,000,000. e -————— A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* . —— There are eight printing offices in Jerusalem. ———— Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture; keeps folks well. 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Makes ‘WHEN ORDERING ASK FOR Liebig COMPANY’S Extract, and see that it bears the signa- ture of Justus voN Liesic in Blue Ink across the label, thus: T 1 2 ig COMPANY'S Extract ':'i soups, 53 = CUNNING LITTLE PETE Fong Ching Saw in- the Atlanta Fair a Great Opportunity. DID A PAYING BUSINESS. Numerous Chinese Women Im- ported as “Actresses” for the Exposition. DR. MASTERS ON THE SCHEME. The Local Methodist Missionary Tells What Becomes of “Chattels” After They Arrive. Collector of Customs Wise may havea | matter brought to his attention soon that | will probably put his vigilance on the question of Chinese immigration to a cru- cial test. When the steamer City of Peking left for China he sent away thirty-four of the 260 and more Chinese that were imported for the Midwinter Fair. It was supposed that only twenty-eight would go, but the Collector and Inspector Williams managed to round up as many as thirty-four. The others, except those previously sent away in a desultory manner, are still in the country. It is learned that Fong Ching (who is best known as “Little Pete’”) has been doing a lucrative business since the At- lanta Exposition began to be prepared for. Quite a number of Chinese women have been brought into this country as ‘“‘act- resses” for this fair, but in reality the im- uSe irls began to migrate westward. To evade & filciau %uey came by ones and twos cv;ru;e'sl;ea Southern route, breaking the journeyat Ya or Merced,where they were received by Sam 'hl; agents to be fgrwarded to San Francisco &5 b way opened. ®n their arrivelin this cm‘fin; girls were taken charge of by agents s placed in family quarters uul otherwise it posed of. Notices were then sentout to cu] e town deslers that certain girls were for uie a1 such and such = piace, at_prices vu_ry'infi rom $1500 to $2500, according to the girl's au}y and youth. A clear titie to residence in this country was also guaranteed by the vendors. Fifteen of these girls have been bought and as- signed to various dens on Bartlett, Sullivan and Bakers alleys. A listof their residences has been carefully repared, and it is well known what kind ot Fife these miserable creatures have begun. to live. That the remainder of the twenty-seven will ultimately find their way to_these dens of vice there is little doubt. A little difficulty will have to be adjusted before the rest are dis- posed of. £ It appears that the majority are owned by Sam Yup merchants, and_all dealings of See Yup men with Sam Yups is forbidden. Under the terms of the hoycott a_See Yup man who bought a woman from a Sam Yup would, on conviction, forfeit the woman and pay a heavy fine besides. Itis reported that at & meeting of the Seg Yup Company on Friday night it was decide to require every See Yup member engaged in this business to cut off a rooster’s head and thereby take a solern oath that he would not purchase any of the Swum Yup chattels. This order may check their sale for some time. It is diflicult to know what course can be taken to irustrate the schemes of these scoun- drels or what steps can be taken to get these women and girls deported. It is probably too late. At any rate nothing can be done befora next March, when the term of their contragt expires. By that time they will have changed hands half a dozen timeés, and as no photos graphs were taken on their arrival, it will be impossible to furnish proof of their identity. Moreover “Littie Pete” has been careful to coach them up, telling them to be careful after March to deny that they were Atlanta fair girls and to disclaim all knowledge of any such place. It is said that some of them are anxiousto get away, and if so the mission should make it their business to see that these poor creatures m’}iluot held in this vile bondage against their will. If the Collector will communicate with Dr. Masters and send_Chief Harrison and Inspector Williams of the Chinese Bureau out upon a tour of investigation, as a pre- liminary to the taking of the Chinatown census, the ladies of the mission think it would not be hard to round up all' these so-called ‘“actresses’’ and bring them up before the proper Federal tribunals. NEW TO-DAY. | Fedes ek dotodoieok ok dokookokokok ook ok * * PLAYS OVER 1000 TUNES porters seem to have had another and | more profitable purpose for them. | Many of these women are fast becoming | “chattels,” according to the Chinese ides | of morals, and are evidently destined to | find their way to the densof vice in China- | town. Up to date the census of Chinatown ordered by the Treasury Department has | not Leen commenced, although the immi- | gration of Chinese is falling off consider- ably, and this faliing off would allow the force in command of Collector Wise to be engaged, as Secretary Carlisle’s assistants have ordered, if the Collector could make up his mind to begin the work. Very few Chinese arrived on the last steamer, and it is not expected that dur- | ing the Chinese holiday season the incom- ing steamers will furnish the Collector with very much to do. As to the ultimate purpose to which the Chinese women imported by Little Pete and his accomplices are destined, an in- terview with Rev. F. J. Masters of the Methodist Chinese Mission yesterday will ive an idea. This is what Dr. Musters 2424 24 3426 3 X 4 224 3 2 24 2 There is no use for further speculation as to the destination of the thirty-six Chinese women and girls imported six months ago for the Atlanta Exposition, these girls have already found théfr way to California. Fifteen of them have been located in San Francisco resorts of vice, and more are being consigned into these dens of infamy just a8 500D as their purchase is completed. The neat way the United States Government has been hoodwinked by “Little Pete” and his | gang is the subject of much congratulation | on the alleys of Chinatown, while the more | decent Chinese animadvert very severely on | the laxity of our laws and the gullibility of | the treasury officials at Washington. | It will be remembered that Lang Nam and | Fong Ching (the latter better known under the | sobriquet of “Little Pete”) managed the Chi- nese exhibit at the Midwinter Fair and made & pile of money by the€ importation of the cele- brated Juvenile Theatrical Troupe, etc, These enterprising Chinamen were not slow to perceive that the Atlanta Exposition of- fered a similar opportunity for gain. Negotiations were opened and an arrange- ment was made with the treasury by which they were permitted to import a number of Chinese actresses, singing-girls and waitresses for the exhibition. These females were pur- chased in Hongkong for about $500 each by the local rings for importing Chinese women. The recent depleted condition of the China- town market and the severity of customs regu- lations bad driven these slaveholders to their wits’ ends to discover & way to land their chat- tels. The Atlanta exhibition furnished a pre- text, and Lang Nam, “Little Pete’’ & Co. un- dertook to get them through. The sum of $150 per head was to be paid in advance to these gentlemen before the girls left Hong- kong and $700 per head on their dellvery at the fair. As thc§l50 would cover the whole expense incurred in their transit it can easily be figured up how much money will be made out of this nefarious transaction. It was expected that this so-called theatrical party would arrive via San Francisco, in which case the girls would have been photo- graphed by the Collector for future reference. 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