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THE AMERICAN. THE AMERICAN 1 1 Id ti I l M I M V fe ., 4 Hi t I' l at ..t l- MtfiiM lHOMPSOH A MlttT, fVepii s,VWS " 1M u a 1 1 1 I I'Hi'K, HI, (ft Hiirm. - . i --i"'1 m.i ... t i in Jm,il-i dltl (it r P O nM'l Irt lai Jkni ii ai l - - rfOMN C, iMOMPtON. W. tl Hat I at, itii s Mt t OMAHA, fUlHAY, Al'IMI. IA, vl MUA vr ACTIOS. For jvara tho republican patty has Km n loi n Biihilr by two fact Inn, im beaded hy',lwnrd Hnaewater ami hi iV, ami tho mhor by W.J, Hnmtoh and John T, dm k. Tho Urn Ihhio when tvpuhllcana should not allow that old sntv to rankle ami U loi n ami ox JNW..I III ptlbllO view, ll should l hamliitfod It tt a HnihlwMf American Votes-o effectually that thorn will Im no freah symptoms of tho disease with each miooenslvii year. Dr. Moreor want b go ami hi frloiuln Mr. Rnsowntor niul other wttnl Mm to go to tho National Republican mm volition, Judge Hoott niul lil friends, W, J. llroatoh nnd other wnnt him mmt to tho national convention. In order to prevent utt'lfa in tho republican rank I t will bn necessary to honor thorn tsith or to refuse tho claim of either. Now, which will you do? Will you go Into tho pilmui-ltn nnd havo a rough nnd tuniblo fight iw heretofore, or will you corn prom I ho and send delegations from tho several wards favorable to both? Thl i for tho American republicans todooldol Do not not hastily, If you are sincere In your protestations for re form, give mid toko In o(iiul ratio. Lot u not rejstat the democratic blunder! Again it In reported thut Mr. Maine in not ft candidate for tho prodldunoy that MiIh flof lHlon Ih flnal, THKdtityof tho county attornoy In plain. Ila nhould proHoouki ovory rnnn who not. tho primary' law at doflarioo IttHt Friday. , IT Id now roiMtrtod that E?nn' "lijavo of almonoo" in to Iki portnnnont, and that hawlllnuvtir roturn to Chill, at loatai a ropronontatlvo of thl yov rnmont. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" EvkrV ioyal 1'rotoatant rt'jmbHcan hould attond the prlmarlon iioxtThurn day, April 21, and nut) that AniorlcanN aro wmt to the county, cong rowlnnl, tat4 and national convention, l5o (if yotirtnon, Thr doinorrallo county convention hold in WaMhlnjton hall litxt Nnturday, wa the moHl dlnfrnoful exhibition wo have evor attondud, Chargon of oor puptlon, brttwry, intimidation, robbory and every thing due worn hurlod at dulojjatoii by tho oratom on olthor dido. A ritoMiNKNT Hovonth ward donuh prat, whlla vlowing tho onpom of tho Jtoinana on tho flixir of th dotnoorallo oonvontlon hall, wan hoard to remark: "Any man who haa any nwiioot for hlmiolf cannot bo that kind of a domo orat. From th Im motnont I Maiw bolnjf a doinoorat, and am only an American. " When onu road tho Hut of Jim floyd doloirato olotfUid in Omaha Friday tho woiiiW that tho A. I'. A., I In polltloa in that city tm't. UwolnVulU If you will watoh your own doluga tloni you will almi aoo tho nocd of the nnuono of tho A. I. A., In tho muni clpal affalmof Lincoln. Tho "OV and "MoV'aro put on every dologation to oatoh tho Homan Irish voto, Who over think of putting a MothodtMt mlnUtor on the tlukot In order to got tho Mothodlut voto? Not you, Mr, Call! You would not want to inmilt thorn; yot an innult Ut offorod tho (Jonnana, tho IrUh, tho Bwoodo and tho Ilobomlanpi evory tim a man I aooordod a piano ii ion a ticket tutoamu bo can capturo the Gorman, tho Irlith or tho Hoandlna- vlanvoto. Thoy ara Amorloana, whon tliojj iwoar alloglanoo to the United BtaUm without a monUl rowrvatlon, who will look only to a man'n quallfloa. tlonn and not tako into comddoratlon the ilaco of hl birth unhw thoy aro ItoinanlnU. A aoon an CJotlob ro nounooa alloglaneo to all forolgn king, prlnoo and poU-ntatoa, ho ahould Iki an Amorloan. Ho cannot Iw if he help koopt up raolal llnoa. Th Im la what you chargo him with evory time you noma iiihw iiiiii iwi.iiiimi His i m wrciinii. UNEXPECTED RESULTS. Tho lat 'loctlon in Cidumkia wan hard fought and hotly oontoatod. While there wan nothing ald atxnjt canting aaido party llnoa, yot that waa protty effoctnally done. Inatood of the battle bolngbotwoon ropubllcan and domo- crata, m in formor yoara, it roaolvod ftaolf into content between the 1U man and tho antMlotnanlNta, with tho odd decidedly in favor of the latter. The standard bearer on the republican ticket, Mr. John 0. Pollack, in order to be elected, made a tio-up with th Roman element. Hit opKnont, David Schufbach, atood by the Americana and waa elected by 105 majority. The office of treaaurer had boon held by Homan Catholic named John D. Del man for ten years, and before tho day of the election he declared he could fccli It ten years longer, Thlg might !,, K, ,, ,i .-t ' " " j'iU , .l a o.a !. n I ' ' M H,V I. !.. a.l i l V - H'', .t.ik! 1 n. ! I"n ' '(, h tt ' '' " 'l,1"',. Mr UUih ,. .! V o"t " " t.li. Mil 1)0 b.t -M I'"' '" lOtf ;h, I ban tin- H' 'tonli ). an i iilillxl t.i - ," " !. ... Mr t!u I ai'iii (jet ioU-.l up wlili tho wivotf n-'i. h " i'it l .), ), .( I ,t 2 ia)-ni!) . 'bl aidilb't imMniiH. M Mlm-r, 1-" i"ially In Iho IW ba Hi'l. r iiH'tttiml. Hut Mr, I'allMiom an o Iho only ilam H'ial hngnl l lnth M'tman it ho. Win. O lb i". tho raioll.lato tor jadhv jo.lfc'o, U Itsi, H'ttuaii 1'ath' ullo, waa b.ii.hI,I a i.iM robuff f..r allow ing hi mono bM looil on Iho lloki'l an a lo go I Iho lofhM'iHNi of Iho hunh. Tim majority aifaliwl him ominnlod bl voto, It waa .1H. Alliort U. AriKtld waa oloolod city oiigliuw. II U voto waa M. Ho M opimont. Uobort II. Ilonry ami J. N. Taylor woro oloolod iiioiiiIt of tint w hool iNiard, whllo llonry T. Hrry, ropublloafi, waa olootod to tho ooiinoll from tlui Ftrat wnnl-hon-tdforo ilfiiiK'ratlo-by II majority. Tho nnmo la trim or llio HoiHind ward, whhh oholoil John K. llofTman, ropiihlloan, by a majority of M. In tho Third ward, however, tlm roiiublUHin majority waa not Nldo and C. K. Nowmaii, a domiK'rat, elected by 411 majority. The i'lattoCountglrsHa, n aHiaklng of tho olootlim, aay: What do you think of thla? A dom- iK-ratli) mayoil a roputilloan troaauror, olork ami olloe Jmlgo; ropublloun ooun oilmen from domooratlu warda, anil a domocratlo oouiiollinan from tho only roputilloan ward. From a purely mm- partlann atandpolnt, thla proaonta a laughablrt anMict, and even thoao who have aulTorod defeat aro entitled to liiuih merrily and ealoy tho Joke, i Hero waa our friend (iua Falbaum, llufore election ho exproaaod a largo rnonmiro of dlMguat that tho repiiblleana did not mt a "man" tin for him to run agalnat, lneii idoetloti no haa taken a mathe matical aiirvoy of the altuatlon. and ia atlll tinatile to figure out what ran agalnat him. Wo congratulate the citizen of Columbua for keeping their city free from tho blighting Influence of I Ionian rule. Your example ahould la; emulated by other young eltle In thw atato. GERMAN EDUCATIONAL DILL, Tho Cleveland Umhr apeak lug of tho withdrawal of tho Fxlucatlonal bill In Germany, any it waa a algnal defeat to tho I torn an Catholic church a well a a 4 i 1 t aa a general remiKO w cioneaitam, 'The prowmal to enforce religion in struction in the l'rttaalan publlo mmraila waa a palpablo btd ly tho government for the aaatHtancfl and aupport of the Itomlah church. For yoara, notwith standing lilamark'n oihh) farnou boaat, tho Gorman government ha boon going to Cane atop by atop. The restriction upon Itomanlam have, one by one, been removed or noftoned and their privileges extended. "In every caae such wmoeaaiona have laton purehaaed by the guaranbio of Itomiah support in the rolohaUig for some measure or measure In the pas sago of which tho government was especially Interested, Tho purpoMif tho educational bill was In keeping with thla record, Whllo dietated primarily by tho young emperor's desire tocoiin toraot the growth of atheism and social ism, it aimed in a political way atao to strengthen the government majority by (curing tho firm adherence of the Cath olic church In both landtag and rclcha tag. "Tho disastrous failure of th Kducv tlonal bill Is accordingly the n-nl Jiasl bio cvldonoe of Gorman opinion on thla subject. The fJorman people have rejrtt dlatod tho Idea of furl her concession U; clericalism, and particularly to Iloman ism, in a most rmphatio manner, The government lost more than ft gained, and only the withdrawal of the meaaure prevented its defeat, The moat Intslll gont and scholarly nation in the world has declared unmistakably agalnut any further Ilomlsh Interference with edu cation, not In any bigoted mme, but from a pure and lojiy desire f; rtdlghai and jKdltlcal lllairty, "The scheme and plot of th IVmilsh hierarchy have for the time ladng come to naught, but new ones will doubtless 1st laid and tho battle renewed, Tho Hornlah church, the greatest foe of free education In Germany as In tho United Btatos, is unceasing In inactivity and agrosslvenoss, and seek in every po- slblo way to Increase ita power. In Germany it take advantage of the parliamentary rieoeasltlosof tho govern ment to exact everything obtainable; in this ciamtry it strive to uso tho demo cratic party for tho same end. In With nation it can only bo met and defeated by tho united force (it an alert, well Informed, and liberty-loving public opinion." . JVo owe vhn rmU Thb Amkkioajj puif tithed in iMnhn, and tdiud y John V. Ttvmpum, can help but udmirt it, Typ'r graphically it I wal awl Uutij v-hik th matter in mil mmUd, wAy writlm ami al wuy In lltcjHAnt, Krcry American citizm in H'Jbrtrik tfaruld be a tmibr uf thk tyUndid paper. If yrni hune mt mun a ojy call at mr offlce awl we will takt pkamm in dunning ynt tm urul explain ing it$ many virtwM. Lxcter Lye, It yon want to enjoy an evening of song, attend the concert to oe given in Y. M. C. A. hall, Monday evening, April 25, 1892, by the Omaha Quar tette. Ticket on sale at tnia omce. till HUMAN DM HOMO CHURCH, UotUtiltt Arftmpt to M l3iliooi il a I'hi)iiiI liettl l'er. 'I'll., ri uhlt if the iltoiti'il i il itni.U in ! .,-i.li) ai.alnt 'i ll.iii.ntl t A'l.iilli' i I)'", li a hii' I fnilM I t'n r! !. ki.'v lV la-leg MSjf, Tin I M'i'it 1 'Mini tvpti ta iiU an oil toillio ljle f I'lotentahtUm, ! Hen s and U a, ti. tho atwiibiio tight of private jtilgnieiit! that If ho pU hur h or laaik a bl gohlet ho uimI aooi'pl it for liiniiw If, ami Ihen buo ii auiloulty ou r him (a an athot lty aelf aiii'pU'd and mt imm, ttnr )! t,ni ri ilug Iho I t'Miinii I 'at hollo ihuit h ia nt, therefore, orio of iee!i l. allel sympathy. Whatever other nlteiiw mny Im In Id lo Iho charge of the t VfiMt'iit f'oiitii, ll rannol tsi oliarg'-d lthhlgh chiiiTh piinelples, It Is aa a roprcaetilatlvo of what Ita critics would regard ai.tretne Imllviduallsiti In religion that wo gladly recognlao the spiritual and sitlcal worth of the Unman Catholic church In tho United Mtnli'S, The pugiiaolous I'mteatatitlMin which attacks that church as a mislorn Habyton, a mother of Harlots, a man of sin, and an antl-Clirlat, Is the last remnant of that aeelnrlati spirit which a century ago cx-communicnted a Hootch rrcsbyterlan mason for helping to bulhi an Episcopal church, and re fused Alexander Camplsdl shelter from tho storm Is'causo he waa a IJapt lst, What would tho polemical l'rotest anta do? Have they ever seriously rofloctod what would bo tho condition of tho United Mtate If their warfare were to succeed if tho Itoman Catholic church were to la uprooted, and every tinman Catholic church were razed to the ground, and evory Itoman Catholic priest were exiled? There are in round numbers, Urn million of people in the United Htates whoso spiritual sympathies aro Itoman Catholic. Tho lloman Catholic church furnishes theso jajoplo with all the religious instruction and Inspiration which tlmy receive. If thoy did not attend mass, they would exorclso no religious reverence; If they had no rosary, they would offer no prayers; if they had no father confessor, they would receive no moral instruction; if thoy bad no priests, their marriages would I civil contract contracted )jo fore Justice of tho peace, and their dying bed wmild )xi nvlsltl ty the consolation and thu hois- of tho gospel, IM it )m granted that the secret metlirsl of tho confessional offer opportunities for immoral instruction and that there aro immoral priest to tako advantagw rf theso qijart-turjlttea; that f'ater Noster and Ave Maria are nnlvyt trim prayers', that worship at the mass la sometime superstition and often conventional; that th laity do not always distinguish ttwwn wloratlon and worship In their prayer to tho saint, Ist it m granted that tho Homan Catholic church la not pro gresslve; that It often arrest rather than promte spiritual growth. Never theless, who will say that worship at mas Is not far better than none; that Hater Noster In latin are not better than praycrleasness; that it i not fsittor Ut go tit the eonfelmal than to go through llfo without any religion instruction; that adoration of saint is not iietter than atheism? Can Hrotestant campaigner furnish 'or those ten million of worshiper a substitute for the church which bo de sire Ut destroy? Can ho get tho at tendant tm mass Into hi meotlng- houso' After bo ha abolfle4 the confessional, will those that attended it come to hi preaching? When the Hater Noster 1 lleneed, will th voice of x tempor prayer b beard Jn It place? Thw jademlcal Hrojstant can not get hi ebmtrmaf4 or bl gard ener in Ui family prayers, and doe not often even try, The Itmoan Catholic are in our hoiisfbold; aorno of them in relatbm of Intimacy with our children, Yet w rarely attempt to pas over tlw intelbjctual gulf which separate us from them, and we still more rarely succeed. Not infrequently their eon selentiotis devotion shames our spiritual carelessness, and wa aro forced to a'knriwii1go that the can Impart to u the spirit of e.lf-sacrifW;o a much a we can give them the spirit or Intel)! gene and independence. It I, however, as a political organ! station that tho polemical Hrotestant attack the Korean Catholic church Ho figure out the immigration and natural increase of population will, in another century, band this country wer to Iteman Cathollo control. He even imagine tho pope transferring his residency from Homo to Haltimore or Ht, Inii, Ho warn u of tho un dying hostility of tho hierarchy Ut the nubile school and to ireo jnsuuuwn. Hoi alway able to cite respectable Itoman Catholic authoritte In defenaj of religious persecution, and hi lurid Imagination picture tho re-!uti!lsh ment of tho Bjianish inquiaition and tho auto-da-fe on our oil, or a ronactr ment of a Nctherland campaign or i day of St. Bartholomew, Illatory doe not Juatlfy theso fear, Tbe rellglou pennaiution of the middle age belonged far more to an cpixih than to a church, an cpocn wnicn trusted to tbe deterrent rather than to tho remedial ailment in punishment, and did not distinguish between crime and Intellectual error. Tho wise man will remember that other a well aa Moiar if 1 loj? In O.i W it. a bi 1 1 li. el", t.-ii'li ot-i't ami t t at!Hl( t.l'i.. If ati'l ll Th al ilaog. Hi t tl S l "tl"W !J f , l,t't !liiain a nut fn liiiin i il Aim i trad ( ill IniM If i tlli. r i !.' Ii or . 11m) ain ttnu aitsrn lij J (t.uii nmd t t 4 Butliii y an. I ii i' -oihi at eum!, from it. iimhv flattering ib oita raoj, rilliirttitlng la m(int and ! tlinoilog U ,ii . tiii'i fiion (foi'il ami a''Uie lampaol and MheiotiMiib U fmn Iho t lia of tlum.soila of sabam not from thi chmi'toa f any iteiminlnatlnn. Tho .i.mlial Hinlintatil Inieiglia aiilet the oniitrnl i'i ii l"d by tho lirioatbiaal, Has he over fOl.l.nd what would happen In I hi country, i'i..eiiniy it inir um-hi. run", there no audi emit ml? What ilangeia would ensue were that cnnlinl weak- en-Mi any faster than the ja.wer of si lf colli rot Is dovi'ioNil to take lis place? Tho ataillllim of the Itnman Catholic priest ImhnI In any one of our gn at cities would he almiwt as arlloua to public peace and order as the addition of tho mllee. Wo are inclined lo think that we could dlxpeiwo with tho jail lee more safely than with the prlcathinal. The church Is tho gtiat conservor of sia'lal law, and, If other churches are doing a larger work of education than the Homan Catholic, no other church Is Ita poor as a public guard bin, because no other church baa so won tho rosct sometimes fear of those who, but for the wholesome restraint of re I Igion, would threaten the Integrity of society. What the aliolltlon of the lloman Catholic church, except by tho sultl- tutlon of another In Ita place, may do for a democratic society tho French revolution baa demonstrated. There are priest and priests, just aa there aro minister and mlnlaters; we gladly honor both tho person and the work of such men aa Cardinal Glbtwn and Archbishop Ireland, and offer thorn our christian fellowship, and welcome whatever measure of christian fellowship their peculiar tenet allow them to extend Ut christians who ac knowledge no allegiance Ut tho pope and no ecclesiastical authority in the church, (JhrinllaH Union March 5, WXl Um reading tho foregoing article prominent gentleman of .Council UlulT directed the following letter to the editor in refutation of some of the argument., but which waa not pub lished for reasim best known Ut tbe edlter; Ejitok CHKirnAW Union: I have long been a reader of tho ('hrintian Union, Vjwh week it iiage are un usually fresh with strong progressive idea," which strengthen and encourage. IJutwhen it attack tho Intelligence f the American people as number of March fith under "The Iteiimn Catholic Church," I avail my- elf of tho offer given your ubserlbcr for expression, First, I wish proof of any attack upon tho right of tho Catholic church or ita worshIsrr by American, What right aro not a freely accorded tho Kornan Catholic church a Ut other churches? Upon tho surface, tbe writer of the article In question would appear In f)rstw;lasa standing In the Catbollc church, fir sorrowfully wanting in knowledge of hi subject. If tho writer ia a minister, will bo tell u when a Catholic priest over recognized him as a christian minister, or extended Ut him "christian fellow ship," or counseled with hint in relig ion work? i Jfo claim "history doe not justify the fears," viz: That the lloman Cathollo church week to control this country, or tho pop Ut transfer hi residence to thl country; or that the Homan church i hostilo Ut our public school, etc, To him tho religious persecution of tho mhldlo age were only an ejmh and tho church barely at fault. Hutthedoetrlnoof infallibility is t1 tho nineteenth contury, not of the middl ages. When wa th Iwand of "heretic" residndod by Catbolhu authority in the nineteenth, or any other age, When ha th denunciation of the Catholic church that "heretic" shall b exterminate ever been dw:lared void, and the gospel of love in ita place preached and practiced? Will you say uch denuncbitten do not stand today a living authority in that church, and ar only waiting tho opjiortunity for active exercise? Why are dozens of secret Catholk isadetb busy throughout tho land, to which no Protestants need ajmly? Iiok atxnit you in New York and count the million of dollar that have passed from Protectant New . York state treasury into Catholic control, and illegally, too. Wo are not com polled to return to the middle age for cause against tbe Catholic church. When that churcn demand a i;r ccntago of police fore and other office for it support at election; when itdwts atta:k our public school and drive it children out of them when It can; when it doe demand a iharo of tho teacher In our public achool, although those aamo teacher have come up In paroch Ul achool s, Inferior in knowledge and without training or sympathy in our public school ayitem; when they refuse to allow the American flag within their ehurche when wrapped about the body of a dead soldier; when, a church, it keep a lobby at Washington - fait her ita it!ti,i bn pr ami H. I l.ot.l U la lloe M 0 Aio- lNSH ,.ih ti end a bail. I' Tlif I'aMinU,' cltmvh ha ibi lrl tint i hioi h l almi i- 4 Is ', aod a Ih n tm t ri !! that i lalm lt al -glaoco l t.i the - firl aid In Iho gHmnttheiit atiT, i i.elii I It if yii -an. Tho Aou ih an anp! ace sa)lng tn any and on ry ehort h, Cath ollo or 1'int, alaol, "Mind jour own t,ititi! haiiila off tho alal"! hamla off our poblio , hiii ajatom, and out of ilir In asury," If the IiW-tt l lth Ihia innvi'lnelil of Iho AiiH'rlean jnnplo, jmi cannot stay It by the old pm alavery lino of argument, Neliher will you lull tho plo Hi' p hy Muiga of safety, nor blind them In tho true situation. If tho Cathollo church dewrvoa eon tidonoi, let It make Itw lf worthy of It, Ia It declare its atleglenco In this cnuntry to our govorninent and lo tho genius of our Inalltutlons, and return noo all foreign ju lnoes, poa' or power, and that w ithout mental rvacrvatlon, I t It aiiiKii t our public achiMils, and show It by word and deed. Lot It roieul all Its church laws or denunciation against those that dllb-r with the Catholic church. And lot it advise and show christian fellowship to other churches and their credited representations. When that la done, tho American istoplo may then give the Catholic church the resjHiot It would deserve. Before that time eun you stop the Irrepressible conflict? A SUHHCKIUER. Auricular Confession. A. J. G. llawkon, M. A. (Oxon), of Bt. Ervan, in a communication to tho Wtut JiriUm, in answer U Mr, Hartigan, says: , That auricular confession produce immoral effect ia proved, first by the nature of the questions in Roman Cath olic theological work, aecond by the severe enactments made to check the Immoral practices o' confessor and penitents, and third by tho testimony of Hrotestant ministers, who have been themselves priests of tho Homish church, and who, therefore, ieakfrom cxjarU-nce, In "The Garden of tho Boul," by Hlxhop Challoner, page 158, under tho heading of ''The Sixth Command ment," after a number of indelicate questions, come thla note: "A the sin agalnat this and tho ninth com mandment aro most gricvoua, and, at the same tlm, most various, tho pru dent counsel of your director will assist you in a more iiartlcular examination," I may Inform the roader that tho Ixth and ninth commandments of the Homan Catholic are numbered by Hrotestant a tbe seventh and tenth. The obscene page of Dr. Challoner aro purity un sullied when compared with those of Heter Den, In l'eter Den' "The ology," a cla-book at Maynooth Col- ego, tho instructions given to tho con fessor in reference Ut tho above com mandment aro really akmlnable, I would not ask you to publish quotations, for you would certainly not permit them to appear in your column, I do not think that Archbishop Magec erred when ho said that uch "volumn form museum of spiritual iniquity, at which fiend may shudder and blush," Hop Gregwy, referring to tho prev alent of sacerdotal solicitation in Hpain, in connection with the confes sional, said; "Tho priest administer poison instead (A medicine." Ho exten sive did tho evil become that Hop Haul IV, promulgated a bill against tho ecclesiastical solicltant. There upon the Spanish Inquisitor issued a nolemnediet that any peron knowing a priest Ut have Improperly conducted himself during tho confession of a female penitent, should discover what he knew within thirty day to the holy tribunal. There woro, however, so many accusation that It took tho In quisitor about six month to receive the evidence of tho numerous witnesses! At length th holy tribunal put an end to tho business by ordering that all crime of thl nature should lie con signed to sllcnc and oblivion! The evil wa not confined to Spain; It wa rlfo in F.ngland, France, and even in Germany, a wo aro informed from a German council held A. D, 1225, at which it wa said of the priest: mrd voluplaUlfUt InhianliK, amcuJriwu UHtjui ad h'c tmpirra jnihllnR Umwrunt Gregory XV, issued a bull in 1W2, bearing the title "Unkerri jMmdni," from which I give tho following extract: "Whoever shall attempt to solicit any person Ut the performance of vilo act before, during or after sacramental confession, let hlra bo suspended." Benedict XIV. confirmed and explained tho bull of Gregory by Issuing another In 1741. Another bull wa also lasucd by tho same pontiff in 1745, repeating and enforcing former enactments. In this bull penalties were prescribed, also for penitent who solicited con fesnor. That auricular confession de moralize both priest and penitents is proved by the existence of these enact ment, for they were rendered necessary by tho immoral effects of tho practice The abuse of a thing is not always an argument agalnat tho use of it; but, in the present case, what my opponent call "abuse" is, I submit, the natural consequence of asking and answering, in the dark and secret confessional, such indelicate questions as are stated f tie am) S.-ll,' ! t. r Haiti to 1'iim.i:. IVt' "T!...-I. . i " 11 me wow hi h Hy !' the mo if Urn gvhUi io n ! wi n ! Ihi'Miw hi Ibnean Cat bulb' pitet. Tho Itev, ,'1 Gaila. In M M.t. t key In IV i J rib "Tho ftUifiHUMtr Sxka many quoalh'h which ,)o iho j tilt nt morn? harm than Kl, clt la!ly Ignorant propb ami young women: they k homo with an bb a of attia ttiikftimn In I hi 01 la-tnm." The Itev. iKivhl uCrnliy saj; "Tho crime pit.-ifolei oibn tr i.innih' 1 Itol of iirh race is-iiini'iioi?, and wiodd la very i-nmnion but fur iho dread of ib til l Inn." Tho Hov. Mr. Nolan : "Them la nl a Homlsh prleal Intl into I allow that tho Ural subject of his own rotifonnhm In another priest 1 ni knowledgiiient of his having indulged In Improper Ihoiighta on account of tho ri'ollnls made Is foro him In the con fcsloiial.H These wltncawa "sjaak from oxa rioiKi." Mr. Jom-a glvca the following quota tion from Keavinra "Theology": "If tho unn feasor prudently fools any danger In putting any quest ion, lot hltn rather hold hia jioaee and say nothing; for It Is better that something bo want ing to the Integrity of ho confession than that the question should be put." Hero Kcavlnl admits that certain questions tend to demoralize the jmnitent; and so does Dr. Husty, where he says to the confessor, "lie discreet with every one, but especially with women in helping them to confess shameful sins." IJut, as Dr. Magee argues, the confessor, not thinking omnlaclent, cannot toll where in the heart of tho penitent knowledge and ignorance, purity and impurity, meet, and cannot, therefore, be certain that such ques tions as are put do not teach new sins. Mr. llartlgan says that I "will not accept statistics for proofs." Here he misrepresents mo. My contention is, not that all statistics whatever are to bo rejected, but that those produced by him are not conclusive, inasmuch as they apply to only one kind of im morality, and are not confined to mem bers of Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. Mr. Fartlgan and Father Jones hold that "we get all our know ledge of morality from statistics," and yet that I cannot judge of tho effects of auricular confession, as I "cannot speak from experience, never having been to confession." Thus my antagonists ab surdly reason on two mutually exclusive principles. It cannot bo true that tho question between us (first) can only bo decided by statistics, and yet (second) can only be decided by personal exper ience. In favor of auricular confession, Mr. Ilarthzan ouotes Voltaire, Ileus - seau, Luther, Laing, Buckle and Stead; but these men never confessed their sin to a priest, and, therefore, like myself, "cannot speak from exper ience." Mr. llartlgan, however, readily accept their statements, and even call them "proofs," To bo consistent he must reject the evldenco of bis own witnesses on the same ground that he docs mine tho want of personal exper ience. Now, just a little about tbe fathers. St. Augustine says: "What have I to do with men that they should hear my confession, as though they would heal my disease?" St, Chrysostom writes: "I beseech you that you would con tinually make your confession to God." Father Jones, however, thinks that these father teach auricular confession. It 1 certainly not easy to find out their real view on tho subject. In vol. li, n. 3. in tho "I Jfo of Euseblus," Dupln, a Roman Catholic historian, says: "We have not tho writings of tho early fathers. Wo have merely some, frag ment without the context, which con troversialists may twist and turn to sundry purposes," St. Aucrustlno believed In Dogging heretics to fore them to confess their sins. In his epistle to tho Tribune Mar&Mnu, concerning tho Donatlsts, tho holy father writes: "Do not recede from your researches after the otTenacrs, In which you have procured confessions of great sin by a related application of rod; this method of coercion is often practiced by teachers upon their pupils, by fathers upon their sons, and by bishop upon those whom they find to have been guilty of offenses." Hero 6t. Augustine urges Marccllinus, a man invested with both military and civil power, Ut flagellate tho Donatlsts to make them confess their heresies; but I have no evidence that this illus trious saint believed In any other kind of auricular confession. Editor Tub American: I have just read the communication signed "A Lady American." Tho writer hits the nail squarely on tho bend. By all means let us have a dally that repre sent tho Ideas of patriots as opjioscd to Romanism." The writer says truly, "the editor of one of our da'llcs has a strong taint of liomanism. 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