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RICAN X '' ' il't ' t .- " I f J(t. at,t f .f rv..- OMAH , NTHUAMCA, I l;UV, MKt II ;, vu r (t rtf tn! Nt VMK II HI. Til 1 DAVIS AND PIUS IX. pHm. t f Cup'-! and dond Property. juiiiM'Hi Un MWTi I hi l i J i imWwuU.Mt u lh volunii' mm !: Kriv Uliin, )ul n Urir tnmil r f ir rvit.l. r lmv ikod f.r Uic full U-xl of th U-tUT, ( ii'nuI'lUh llio follow ing from I lu IWloii Vtlinn: H.-ml "ApplotoiiV Anmml Cdop;i-lia-' for Hjru S3). H. al tin MiU-on, UtL, 2jijfc, of Novoinlx-r, 1S(U. KoaJ tho Hot-ton IruU of August fi, 184. IV'Hi the Chicago D-nVv .V'tc of Januar.v I", 1SS7. Hond "Moinoirs of JcfforHin Davis, by his wife," Vol. 11, pugon -Hfl, 447, (in all lurge public libraries.) Then vow preiwivd for the burst of Komish cliKjunee which will be heard all over the land on the com ing 17th of March, when priests will tell their all-too confiding people that 4,the howly church" saved the nation In the war of the rebellion, while as Congressman Tarnsey stated in con gress not long since "you Yankees were skulking behind your woodpiles." The fact that Pope Pius was the only foreign ruler to recognize the con federacy, is known to intelligent Amer icans; but Uoman Catholics appear to be totally ignorant of the fact, although the great number of desertions from the union ranks immediately after the import of the pope's letter became known, proves that the Roman Catho lioK'trv)tw the truth of the "recogni tion"' all too well. Mrs. Jefferson Davis states in her "Memoirs" that the confederates "could always depend upon the Roman Catholics," and the trial of the assassins of Abraham nnoolashowed, very clear ly that llomiui'iHm giouiW -over that diabolical deed. That there wore loyal Roman Catholics, no one will doubt; but they were loyal at the expense of being dubbed by their priests "bad Catholics. Recently the editor of The Citizen wrote to Washington concerning the letters which passed between Pope Pius and Jiff Davis, and received thin reply: t DEPARTMENT OP STATK, . ) Washington, Jan. HI, 18113. Silt: I have the honor to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the lflth instant asking whether the letter written to Mr. Jefferson Davis by Pope Plus IX. Is still on file in this depart ment 1 have the honor to say in reply that If your Inquiry relates to the letter re ported to liavo leen written by the popo recognl.lng tho southern con federacy, our minister at Rome was informed by tho papal secretary of state that no such letter hud ieon written by his holiness. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, John W. Foster. Tlic Vit wii desi res to state just hero that John W. Foster, secretary of state, is either a consummate Ignoramus or el ho a bigoted Romanist. We have had other letters from him on other matters relating to Romanism, and they were all equally Jesuitical in their tone?. Since this letter came wo have dis covered that said correspondence is on file in Washington, or was very re centlyIt may have been destroyed by Roman Catholic hirelings. Hut let us quote from "Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia" for 18(13, p. WO: LETTER FROM MR. DAVIS TO THE POI'K. Richmond, Sept. 23, I8.18. "Very Vrncrable -Sovereign Pontiff: Tho letters which you have written to tho clergy of Now Orleans and New York have been communicated to nie, and I have read with emotion the deep grief therein expressed fortho ruin and devastation caused by tho war which Is now being wugod by the United States against tho states and people which have selected mo as their president, and your orders to your clergy to ex hort tho jM'oplo to peace and charity, lam deeply sensible of tho christian charity which has impelled you to this reiterated appeal to the clergy. It is for this reason that I feel It my duty to express personally, and in the name of tho confederate states, our gratitude for such sentiments of christian good feeling and love, and to assure your holiness that tho peopio, threatened oven on their own hearths with tho most cruel oppression and terrible carnage, is desirous now, as it has al ways Iwen, to see the end of this itn pious war; that we have everaildresse prayers to heaven for that issue wh' 9F ti;- lev -,,-. f-.W fi M l tir-iiv ei t4 rn s t I,-. .n.i,, l I O 1 f f jt M t .ih;1 IU iinU!i.i 4 nr ! lj hui it,. . l.1'iiiitit; 4 if 1 t ami i.t t, -,' It i in to it t i.o til .. ..i. 1 l of o-r i 'ufi.M. t I im.ii -r wir law. Mcb ot ' te-uer j te i u t j 0- iijejWH f tin tern : pmul l h. i a -, tW fiv . c i .( I.t i .iiM.Mi. I lrj jo.-i doiiin t f it i ll rl t4 n v 'f mi.l thr ; .imvtv Umtiko f.r Vir floH In ! v.r ,lv f vur imlin. iiml kH i von under divillc proWlioti. Ju i HisuN Davis THK IVI'K'S KH-I.V, liluntri'iu HHf ll"nrlU 'r jtni if: We have juM mvived, w ith all suit able welcome, the iotwns went by you to place in our hands your letter dated Zhxi of K'ploiuler last. Not slight was the pleasure we experienced when we leiirned from those persons and the letter with what feelings of joy and gratitude you were animated, illus trious and honorable president, as soon as you weiv informed of our letters to our venerable brothers, John, arch bishop of New York, and John, arch bishop (f New Orleans, dated the 18th of October of last year, and ia which we have, with all our strength,' excited and exhorted these venerable brothers that in their episcopal piety and solici tude they should endeavor, with the most ardent zeal, and in our name, te bring about the end of the fatal civil war which has broken out in those countries, in order that tho American peopio may obtain peace and concord, and dwell charitably together. It Is particularly agreeable to us to see you, Illustrious and honorable president, and your peopio are animated with the same desires of peace and tranquility which we have in our letters Inculcated upon our venerable brothers. May it please God at tho same time to make the other peoples of America, and their rulers, reflecting seriously how terrible Is civil war, and what calamities it en genders, listen to tho inspiration of a calmer spirit, and adopt resolutely the part of peace. As for us, we shall not cense to offer up the most fervent prayers to God Almighty that He may pour out upon all the peoples of Amer ica tho spit it of peace and charity, and that ho will step tho great evils which a fillet them. We, at tho same time, beseech the God of mercy and pity to shed abroad upon you tho light of His grace, and attach you to us by a per fect friendship. Given at Roino, St. Peter's, tho 3rd day of December, 1803, of our pontifi cate 18. Pius IX. The following communication to the Chicago Daily Xcws is from tho pen of William E. Curtis: For twenty-five years it has been chi'""e(l and denied, and denied and v'-iiees. K, thattho Vatican was in svm- .10. IlereX ... , mid puhwifH' the south during the war. :n. Tins uitical history of tho rebellion, K. Kvcron) who, in matters of doubt, I'llllxt' llf lll'l- I. ( t. 1 ,. h i,4 1 1. t e flu- ! M f n,l. WM -, H.f i In i! fci (l.0. ft'-Mn I ,J lull i (hi to t . ,',';. v 11. a tae-iinai A i't. ijti'Mitl A. I mi Vtatiii, J Vt t.n we.) ,1.4 It Siitlell, timtitif i nf ) h. ni f 1. (. U ! A ii 1 1, it. on In fmH f llt lis' ii.nn.f. ( fio' i .1, (ti'i-w'iiiini, ft.n- j j.ti.piiij h hiv 4 U fj- Usui nr H. niiUiiHl. TliU i il 1 n litxl In onn gelKTul I'titui fttul ili nUlii lliftt tlic ln'io' did oflicliillv IviViMile the oonfeilcrlt govvrtiitu'iit mid give Jcf fcrson Da li hi nuguM l!cMiig. Tlmt DaxU MWght the Miilif never tun-ll difputod, and that he fvlv.'d it ha been cUiiui d by nearly n'.l the histori cal writers on the confederate sl.lc. High fuuetionarii s of the chif-oh have repeatedly denied that the tontitleal benediction was ever pronounced i:sn the confederacy, and their denial has Nen accepted as final. At the treasury department the other day, Mr. Crites of Nebraska, the chief of tho division of captured and aban doned iroKTty, showed me a titne wora paper which was found among the records captured at the time of the evacution of Richmond, that will settle tho controversy forever. It has lain all this time in tho pigeon-holes of the department, unknown and unnoticed, while the historians and theologians have been disputing its existence. Attached to it is the following letter of transmittal: " And tho trials of tho Roman Catholics were many. Great was their suffering, and still greater was tholr poverty. or tho othor. He hearkened not to their cries. Ho even increased their burdens and exacted their last penny as Peter's pence. Hut, when their tasks had grown more burdensome, their trials more grievous, tho sons of O'Hrien, O'Connell and Shem conceived tho Idea of going to America. Straightway they set out for the United States. They sailed across tho trackless ocean, and although beset by many storms, were received at tho gates of Castle Garden with marked favor. They were placed In office, clothed In fine raiment, decked with jewels and made rulers over many cities, until native Americans and Protestants of foreign birth wore completely excluded from office, and tho emoluments thereof, unless they bowed down and became subservient to tho Roman beast. But when they had grown rich and waxed great In power and even greater in iniquity some Americans, without tho fear of tho popo before their faces, arose and smote tho Iriih Romans, so that in a single day there remained not a Romanist in office. And it came to pass later on that the sons of O'Brien. O'Connell and Shera forsook tho faith of their fathers outwardly so that they might again hold office; but tho people were awake to their scheme and trusted them not they had always this picture before their eyes. Brussels, May 0, 18(i4. To the President: Herewith I have . the honor to transmit the letter which his holiness Popo Pius IX. addressed to your excellency on t he 3rd of Decem ber last. Mr, W. Jefferson Buchanan has obligingly undertaken its convey ance, and will deliver it to you in per son. This letter will grnco tho arch ives of the executive office In all com ing time. It will live, too, forevwr in story as the production of tho first potentate who formally recognized your official iH)sitlon and accorded to one of the diplomatic representatives of tho confederate states an nudletico in an established court palace, like that of St. James and the Tulleries. I have the honor to be, with tho most dis tinguished consideration, your excel lency's obedient servant. A. Dudley Mann. To his excellency Jefferson Davis, president C. S. A., Richmond. Tho letter of the popo is written upon parchment in tho quaint ecclesiastical style in Latin, of course, and is ad dressed as follows: "llhwtre et Jhmorn bile Viro Jefferson Davis, Presrdi Fr doratarum ' Anuricir. Jiegionum, Jtieh mond." Says Rev. John Loo, in his "Religi ous Persecution:" "Through the kindness of Rev. Jamas W. Lee, of Lanark, Illinois, I am able to give acopy of that "t ime-worn paier,! tho very 'existence' of which 'historians and theologians' have long disputed. 'I copied this,' says Mr. Leo, 'from the original letter of Pope Pius IX., which I found in the archives of captured and abandoned projwrty in the treasury de dartmentat Washington, D. C, Decem- I1 H I ( .M tiKMij; H mi .! '(, f V - f tJ..t-.l.lfbM .f-,.!1.. lMs P. P. IX. li Usi tii it llovv-u urn is Vm. s l fit M On,nl iiia par tint, l'tn. vo!ciili mii r i-'x.iiiiii. hilitb T'm MimiNMit Notii Tm nt- deri iit I. Iltcraii die 2:t priine l Upsi MeiM S, pu.n,l.i i. lat. Non Me.H - ori-iu c-rte voiuptNti'iii ci-pinms, cum eeiwiem vieis, ac tioliilitat in Tune UrU intellexerimuH ipiilniH tutu lueti tiae tiim gratlHciml ergn iioh aiiiini motibus nITivtus fuerU, Illustrls it HonorahiliN Vir, ubi primuui mnictl . i. . .... i ........ hratrcs.loannem Archiepls.-opum noo. Khrosa ensoni, ct.loannem Novae Aure- lia Archiepiwopum, die IS, Octohms Biijieruire anno Mcripus, (uiims ipsiw eneral.ilesrra..livsetiamBtqueetiam r..c.iav.mu, eicxnoriau luimous, ui procgregriairumpiotatootFpisoopai solieiludino omnem inU-ntissimo studio operani nosti'o quoquo nomino impen- derent, quo faUite civile helium In istis regionibus exortum linem halnirat ct .X 1IM1 I'll Id I .1I1.I1IU Uil Ikl IU ll.,l,.i..ll,ll..iul. . . . . iHteAmorkwiMiiulicoiiiniunmlnt.irBo'l"r Memmn ' "'son imvis," ny sepacemet eoncordlam genuo obliver- ant, ao mutua so cavltate dillgeront. Ac pergratum nobis fuit agnoscero, To Life. Yet the pope did nothing to alleviat cither the one Illustrls et Honorabilis Vir, istosquo mmia f.Mhm mud mm t.ranonl1Ht.at.l sensibus esso animates, quos in com memoratis Nostris Litteris ad pnedictis Venerabiles Fratos datis tantopero in eulcavimus. Atquo utlnam alii quoque istarum regionum populi, eorumque modera tores serlo conslderantes, quam grave, et quam luctuosum sit intestinura bellum, velent tranquillatis animis, pacis inire et amplecti consllia. Nos quitera haud desistemus ferventissiniis precibus Deurn optimum Maximum Oraro et Obsecrare, ut super omnes istos, America; populos Cbristame Cav itatis et pacis spirltum etTundat, eosque a Uintis, quibus Aflliguntur, malls eriplat. Atqueab ipso dementissimo Misera tionum Domino etiam expascimus, ut Nobilitatem, Tuam divan;e sua gratia lumino illustret, et perfocta Noblecum Cavltate conjugat. Datum Rom;i Apud S Petrum die 3 Deoembris, Anno 1803. Pontificates Nostri Anno Dccem-Oc-tavo. PIUS P. P. IX. In "Religious Persecution," by Rev. John Lee, wo find tho following signi ficant footnote: "I will write a letter," said Popo Pius IX., on the 4th day of November, 1803, to Mr. A. Dudley Mann, the con federate commissioner, "for you te con vey to Mr. Davis, of such a character that it may bo published for general IK-rusal." "On tho 3rd of December," we aro told, "Cardinal Antenelll trans- U 1iinti U. ' . i kiMi I. t.i .1 ( i t . ,1 t. f inj !r lo t i i f it m ,. i,.!,!!,, m1 , Uli Mint otto i i uiitini (, V n . i . M l 1 t NI:.Hll. .1 With tli fcftlite f.'l t Ht.ln llie lnt l tn.'i ll.i n It. m.toir, M i , l.erv Mi if mil., wt.iie tl v.ne ,tij en f..'i.ln c4niU)NiiUi' umiiilfl l-it S. w of tW (it. If f Mi nieo. tt.i t ieill4i of tin' iliiIhIi'MIc y t) ii pi-. - i.t itni f the tht Poie IIh IX, m 'an nngeHe iiimii," After Ide ( low of Hint t llilile n-lx llion, the vt UioiilMiIo of liH Il llintte Hit (.Iiml iler, when, to iw the oie's langnac I he uiiititrtinis mill iionoranic .i.iii r".in jiUvU ,vident of the Confederal. Slate of America' was undergoing n richly merited Imprisonment, 'a voice,' be tells u, 'came from afar to clii-cf and eoiinole me in my solitary captivity The in ! fnlher sent to Hie his llkeiii-SH, and honcnth it was written )v his own , intiiii, uie ciuniortlng invtiaiion our j,,.,) jjivestoall who are oppiVHNed, In ,,s w.(.,h; -, ,,,, , mf v,jf ht!rti, ft ftp rrjlcmm vt, ilirit l)om- inu That, the inscription was auto- jjr,,,,,!, Wlw attested by Al Cardinal jllrlmix(i Deeemls.r, 1HIKI, under his w,ui.m. :lt;,mre Ctlwlie Mirror. Of.. ) jSsd. i I ,f nnJ' r,'mW ,,f The Vi,i"'n wl" nearest public library and inulrc i "m wlR'- lW hu , "m ",lu 11 " BU wum8' i "During Mr. Davis's liiiprlsonment tho holy father Popo Pius IX. sent a likeness of himself, and wrote under neath it, with his own hand, attested by Cardinal Antenelli: 'Come unto me all ye who aro weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' Tho dignity and tho man bott Illustrated tho meek and lowly Lord of all, whoso vicegerent ho was. "Mr. Davis's early education had al ways inclined him te see In the Roman Catholics friends who oould not be alienated from tho oppressed." Now, Citizen readers, when your Ro man friends begin to brag about "sav ing the nation," etc., put tho above in to their hands. What About Home Rule? To tho Ed i tor of Til Amkiuca.n: Dear SiR: For some years past I have been asking myself tho above question, and now, after much careful deliberation, I feel more satisfied than ever that home rule instead of helping Ireland, would 1x3 a great blow te its best interests. For tho benefit of some Protestant Americans who have amused and sur prised me by their emphatic assertions as to what Ireland does and does not need without their having,Jany re liable knowledge of tho slate of affairs in that land I will say that we Protes tant Irishmen have a deep love for'our country, and we are therefore comjx'lled to opjtose the home rule sham. The Information which our American peo- :i,ft, ..!.)(! ;i ,( (...'ii.iM Mi. i 4 Pi.ii t-lnniuiii hint i. ; !. itU lit n,i til. HI1' H l 1. .1 1.1 Hi h in M.nl Ih.. It Mi '..tHe t'e ft .1 t nii. ,1 tT n jHO,)e lme til t,,, Me it kiw i- o Usui, mid t,n, M.iii k Mi- I ..!, iH'ot w lit Ail t h it (.i t. I ..r I he ftiti iuiiti ji im. W In Sit. iHit Ijwifi Ann rii t pri w ii it.tnijit ItHtian'ott il foi ttii m In KUlH'lllll pi (i -I fot ail tllrt liehty U il, pirn ideil, of ii!iire, ll.nl they tell Ifietn in ilie intere-.u of tl.e Itemtfh rlnovh and l ileoi ilfiil Mel aeeliv. Not only lit Mh' viiliir pa r l ii-i'itlate rem lii which mv iiil-lemlliig. but bIwi wilite of (he ri Iij.m.iuh jiiiirimU in thin laud. Idl! MlUimer theiv li.Brei In tW Ih rnil n lending m t ielo which MvttM-d Proteftant Irixhnieu of tradi tional bigotry. In tlmt article there wn tint unit iota of Iruili or Protectant ism. ami jet when I wrote to the editor of Hint pttcr and explained to him the reawins why we opnmed ! lad stone's bill, he ivhiH.'il to publish my letter and left his own uumTupulotM as-ier-Hi in it without contradiction. If an Irish Humanist hud written condemn ing the loyal people of Ireland, who always have been and always will bo tho promoter of M-aee, the defenders of lilwrty and the propagators of the Gosjm'I, I doubt not but that he would have been furnished with space, and yet a Methodist minister is refused space to defetid his co-rollgionlsts and countrymen from the false accusations made against them. This question of home rule Is not a political so much as a religious issue with us. Some say that it has nothing to do with religion whatever, but the fact is, nono but the Romanists of Ireland desire it, and it is preached more in Romish churcheB today than is their adulterated gospel. We Irish Protestants who havo seen ' men buttered with sticks to tho polls by an ignorant priesthood and com pelled to vote for homo rule, under stand Hint it is simply a popish plot to retard tho spread of true religion and to hand us over to our historic foes, and wo thoreforo believe it to be our duty to resent it. Tho motto of tho Irish Romanist U, "Ireland for tho Irish," and ho labors ( under the delusion that ho is not Irish who does not bow to an old pope, and ho believes that all such havo no right to live In tho Emerald Isle. 1 ho Idea is therefore to have Ireland handed over to tho rum-soaked, priest-ridden, Ignorant and vicious element, and that element proposes to sny a Hail Mary over the ruins of freedom and Protes tantism, after that wo are driven from the land that is so dear to us. The Roman Catholics havo exactly the same rights and liberties that wo have, and wo believe wo aro not slaves, but free men. Wo believe also that our Catholic nelghlsirs havo no right to complain, and that they would not, were they not Inspired by hatred and stimulated, or rather incited to do so by false friends who, as one of their number told the Purnellltes in Dublin during the election, would crush them if they had tho chance. Wo do not propose to let tho day ever dawn when these priestly monsters can crush any one. Our American friends complain of Irish Rome rule In New York, Bos ton, Chicago, Omaha and other cities In this country, and yet they think that wo should submit to tho same rule without a word. They think wo should bo content to allow the popish flag, the emblem of slavery, to float over us. Our fathers died te make us free, and although they sleep under many a green soil, yet their spirit is with us, and the freedom which they purchased with their blood we will not give up nor can It lo taken from us. We will guard their sopulchers and our homes and rights against all In truders, and if this requires that we die where our fathers died, fighting for the eunso they fought for us, we shall count it a great honor, and with delight we will follow their example. Gladstone may pass his bill but we will never accept it. Those who under stand not may think us foolish, bnt wo cannot do otherwise, so may the Lord help us. Irishmen who read this, will you allow your mothers and sisters to Iks under the control of jmpe wash or dirty Tim Ilealy. Will you allow those to whom you owe your existence to receive the stripes of an Italian popo, or the country of your youth te 1h) made low? Let the negative answer be loud enough to reach the ears of our brothers across the seas who have already said "We will not have homo rule," and whoso word is as sure as the everlasting hills. Let no man say that this is simply the view .taken of the measure of ono only, because this Is the view of Protestant Ireland, and this which I havo now written with the pen, may hereafter bo written with tho sword. Yours very truly, Thomas Peter Donnelly.
