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TttE AMERICAN Vou m HI. OMAHA. NKIUIAHKA, 1UUUY, Al'Klh T, l.vtf. NlstflkH 1 1 ft" i 1 THE INQUISITION! Re?. J, A, Unsitig: TU ff Us rl. Trfsfnt and futur It I Much Purl of th Roman Cslhohc Church Today M M Wt In lU Plmif il 0y, Trt! Prnvi-fhs lt. tt, 'Thp tenttor tmr cles if l In- wtt'ttt-tl imv cruel." Tim name if tho Roman Catholic Inquisition ha been a synitsd of tin (iixitkn1ils cruelty (or many centuries. It ha always boon, and must always be, a part of that desjtotlc system which assumes to dictate to conscience, to thought, to word, anil to deed. Cruelty In declared In our text to lie the mark of wickedness. No cruelties in the history of the most savage of mankind can surpass thoso which Uo man Cat hollo hierarchies, in tho name of the gracious religion of ChrlHt, havo perpetrated on mankind. Not the fierce savagery of the American aborigine; nor thu human sacrifices of the Mexican Aztecs; not 1 ho slaughters of Druidle priests, nor the fierceness of Cossacks on the steppes of Russia; neither tho barbarities of ancient Scythians nor of modern Persians, the bloodthlrstlness of the Moor, nor tho reckless cruelty of African savages; nor the utter disregard of human suf 'ef'.ng shown by Asiatic despots havo equalled, in tho diversity of methods employed to inflict human suffering, or in the numbers of those who have fallen victims to their cruelty, the recorded but unspeakable horrors of the Roman Catholic Inquisition. Every savago art, tho utmost in genuity of torture, disregard of every principle of Justice in apprehending, confining, Interrogating, torturing and killing its victims, have been employed, with the studied and pitiless improve ments of centuries, and practised with out remorse or apology, to enslave the mind, the conscience, and tho heart of , the.world It Is not tny purpose so much to re view the voluminous history of Romish cruelty, scattered ns It is through ages of tlmo and through tho annals of many nations, as it is to show that this dread and horrid tribunal Is insepar able from tho papal government; that it is, therefore, a present as well as a past part of tho machinery of that chu 'h, and must remain such in the futut ; that the church in itself is responsible for all that tho inquisition has ever done, being herself Its origi nator, procurer and executor; and also that the ascendency of Rome means the ascendency of persecution In its various forms, in order to tho establishment of Its authority. Therefore such ascend ency shaild bo resisted by every lawful and pro) t moans ' , any people who cherish; odom. Why mild I toll you of a history with whiflh tho whole world is familiar? Why dwell on the dread figure which sum up tho overthrow and desolation of nations? I might repeat that in tho first eighteen years of tho Hpanlsh in quisition, under Torqucmadu, 10,220 persons were burned, and 97,0(X) im prisoned, banished, and reduced to want, "In tho Netherlands, under tho Emperor Charles V., who was not a bigot, and beforo 1'hllip II. began harsher measures, tho victims of tho inquisition, burned, strangled, burled alive, were established at from a mini mum of M),000 to a maximum of over 100,000;" 10000 Albigonses wore tor tured and burned to death BOO men, women and children being burled alive on suspicion of heresy at ono time; by tho revoeation of tho Edict of Nantes 700,000 christian people were exiled from France; by the massacre of St. Uartholomow, 70,000 wero slaughtered withou mercy. Tho inquisition in Peru tortured to death 100,000 victims. And these aro but suggestions and In I noes of the uncounted thousands I n wnom wore porpeiratou tno re- tng atrocities dovisod by tho his prelates. ad in Llmborch's "History of tho 7 V Inquisition" the story of Its origin seven hundred years ago, of its estab lishment b ' progress In France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Sicily, Sar dinia, Germany, Holland, and other parts of tho world. It describes its ministers and methods, its vicars, assistants, notaries, judges, and other officials; the power of tho inquisitors, and their manner of proceeding. It unveils their dread tribunal, (pons 'heir blood-stained records, describes their dungeons, tho secret tortures they inflicted, tho extreme, merciless, un mitigated tortures, and also the public so-called "acts of faith," or burning of hi retlcs. No secrets could bo withheld from tho inquisitors; hundreds of per- ons wero often apprehended in ono ti.Ht (vtilUnf front Uolr ilnatiti Hti.le, tottlllV, IhlHlMltd WiW w appr hctt.h (I. lMon. ctivittn, rtcn private house, iv trowihH) hh tlctlnt: the cells f the Inquisition ere filled and emptied fmti am) a;aln: lu lorlur rliamln r a lu ll The iuM inoi-uUUif 'ngiiH' i'i i Ui'IiMhI to illnliVMlo Uip Hmlof 'en Irlnler HiiHM II. Thollds were huriHsl lo the slake. The g I a (aggi sn.l eriifln'd, S"d t'lirUl llliuiwlf, In Iho perwtna of Ills member, ubjicUl U tho anguUh of a smhmh! (Jolgtitha. I)f IhlsU'rrlflc enginery of grein menu kept In iNratlon so long a the hi held sway ovrr any territory which he wmld govern as he liked, I wish to show not the past history so much as It present neceslty, in order to the execution of Rome's plan. 1 purpose to show exactly from their own words, laws and usages, what the papal church believes, employes and practices, in tho way of cruelty to humanity, under tho guise of tender mercy and concern for their souls. For, with a revolting hypocrisy, all that sho has ever done has been done under the claim that sho represents tho merciful Christ, and is doing Ills will under Ills immediate orders. Tho pupal principles demand the inquisition; tho principle of unehango ableness; of authority, as they define it; infallibility, which justifies all the record of the past as being indisputably right, and also tho present laws of tho church. To the proof of this I now address myself. I have briefly glanced at tho history of tho inquisition. I shall show most fully that it was originated, justified, and supported by tho popes and pre lates, This being shown, you see at once that according to the papal claim, that tho church Is always the same: they not only approved of all this post conduct at tho time, but Insist on hold lng tho same relation to it now that they have ever dono. It is the church that has repeatedly defined heresy and declared it to be worthy of death. It is tho approved ofllcors of the church who have asscrtoti their authority to put to death all heretics. The inquis itors and their families have been ofllcei's whom the church has appointed, supported, blessed and canoninod. The buildings of the inquisition, its dun geons, its instruments of torture, wore and aro the property of tho church. So, then, if tho church is unchangeable, as they everywhere assort, what they have been they aro now; what they have dono they would do today; Justify ing their past, they would make it present; and tho only escape from this conclusion is for them to repudiate their dogmas, their popos, their laws, and their history, Tho Roman Catholic church, assert ing the principle of authority over all persons and in all respects, enforces that authority by claiming to bo, and being, utterly intolerant of all other religions and opinions. "Since the thirteenth century, no principle or doctrlno has been enforced with greater emphasis and more frequently repeated by tho popes in their circular letters, bulls and enactments, than the doctrine that it is a divine commandment and sacred duty of every monarch and every government to make use of the power that Is given them for suppress ing those who avow a different creed, and to permit no freedom in matters of faith and divine service. Tho dogma of Infallibility is at the samo tlmo a declaration of the divine truth of the doctrlno that Catholic princes and states, so far as they possess the nec essary power, aro also bound, as a matter of consclonco, to tolerate no other but the Catholic confession, as far as possible to keep back from official positions those who differ from it, to undermine their christian associations, and finally to extirpate them," "Intol erance is to bo enforced wherever there is tho power to enforce it. A measure of toleration may bo allowed wherever the government is not strong enough to withhold it," They officially doolare that the state is not jtidgo in matters of religion, and when it allows civil liberty of worship, it usurps a right which belongs to tho spiritual power. To authorize tho liberty of different forms of worship Is called immoral. The archbishop of St. Louis is reported to have uttered theso words" "Heresy and unbelief are crimes, and in christian countries, as In Italy and Spain, for instance, they ure pun- lsnoa as oilier crimes." From a Roman Catholic paper called lha Slwrlttrd of the Valley, St. Louis, Is taken this sentence: "Protestantism of every kind, Cathol icity inserts in her catalogue of mortal sins. She endures It when and where sho must; but sho hates it, and directs all her energies to effect its destruc tion." Tho Boston Pilot, under its late editor, who has been so unduly extolled y IVoli 1M, m.l" llil attniwitn-v "There can he no rvHtflutt hiit the Itupit.Mlon. hlih lly (! !(,'! fir the promotion t the true ui ih IVt lln IX. : f ' '"The alwtlH MM cflNwenis iWlrltte or rmtiiL' lit defetieo of IHrH of con tw'tciHv, are a moot pHltntit error, a mM of all others tuoM l i utvailiMi In a !nt. ttrcl lx lie' ho a'rt the tilerly of conscience and worship. and all such a malnlnln that tin' church may not employ force," The maintenance of the authority here el a luted can never exlct without all the cruelties of the lhitihilioti. Moreover, on the fundamental dogma of the infallibility of the poo is based the fullchl justification of the Inquisi tion. If tho present hm of Rome is Infallible, its pact hss have been equally sot and their deeds have, there fore, tho fullest sanction and Justifica tion. If, then, they created, maintained and encouraged tho inquisition, it is as wholly justifiable as any dogmn of their faith. And that they did this we now proceed to show. PopeJ'aul IV., who was as energetic as ho was cruel, published a brief on the ttith of February, I'M, charging Valdoz, the grand inquisitor of Spain, to destroy "utterly all Protestants and friends of Protestantism, though they might bo bishops, archbishops, cardi nals, nuncios, or barons, counts, dukes, princes, kings or kaisers." So ran the words of his holiness. And Valdoz carried them out but too willingly. Popo Clement XI. preached a gen cral crusade in 1702, and granted plenary absolution to all who should take up arms for tho extermination of "this cursed and loathsome brood," the Protestants of France. Thus tho sal vatlon of Roman Catholic murderers was made to depend on their slaughter of protesting christians who denied tho fulsities ot Romanism, Pope Eugenlus IV. began his reign in 1131 by causing a crusade to be preached against tho Bohemians throughout all Europe, so that an end, "once for all, might be made of the heretics." The Inducements offered tho crusaders were great. , Not only were thoy authorized to rob and plunder, but even "commanded to do so as a pious duty." They did their horrible work, assured that tho uproot ing of heresy was a work agreeable to God, performing deeds so dreadful that tho tongue refuses to describe them. Innocent III., greatest of the popes, unless it were Gregory VII., in tho first of his pontificate, despatched his legato, Reiner, to Spain and tho south ern provinces of Frunco', charging him with an encyclical letter to all the princes, barons, bishops, etc., prescrib ing tho sternest measures against the heretics. As a preliminary step, he at once commanded the arrest of every known heretic, and tho confiscation of their iK)ssessIons. Tho children of a heretic wore made to share their par ents' ruin. The house in which a hero tic had taken refuge was, by tho same decree, commanded to be razed to the ground. "No one, from mistaken charity, shall give succor or aid to one of the accused, under penalty of incurr ing suspicion of sharing his sin. The nearest ties of blood or friendship shall bo held no ground far excuse. An oath sworn to an heretic shall lie null and void, for no ono is bound to hold faith with, but rathor in every way to de- docelvo, mislead and circumvent him." "In a long scries of bulls and de crees," says Von Dollinger, "more than fifty popes established tho institution of tho inquisition, or the sacrod oflloe. Thoy restored it only a few years ago, after it had been suppressed in papal states by tho interregnum, and but recently they have again extolled it on occasion of the canonization of some in quisitors. For several centuries they enforced the rule that whoever per sisted In differing from the church doctrine in a slnglo article, was to be punished by death; they sanctioned tho principle that a relapsed heretic, that is, ono who has been convicted of differing for tho second tlmo from the doctrlno of the church, was to bo exe cuted, even if ho recanted. Should tho Infallibility of popes bo proclaimed (ho was writing this before 1870), it would self-evldently extend to tho whole province of morals as well as to that of dogmas. It would Iks impossible to suppose that a pope had ever stood by a principle that was reprehensible from a moral point of view, that he had ever Issued an Immoral decision, or instituted a proceeding that contra dicted christian ethlcB, No Catholic might, under theso circumstances, either daro to say or think that tho in stitution of tho inquisition was an error, or that tho laws for it given by the pojies had at times been immoral. "Nevertheless," ho adds, "a glance at modern literature shows that nowadays, atall nts outside of Italy, no ono dare -ny longer to defend the institu tion as it really was, or the laws and ptin. .)'. n, n m tip fm it In th t-n " t"rt alt lid action of ) , atv fotwl to one of lialt'rttthe:'Hhi r that the jopi are itot infallible, or cle, U-lntf Infallible, a Riimnlm le rlitni, they jrovi the biijulHlott to U right, piUflU!i, iui i !) , and to ! pTp- t!it-d, For hat ha t n the order of the church l still lt standing law. I WIiUMlrnl perftccittlon Is ihvlared In the Romnn (.'alhollc ",w of toil ay to he a duty. Cvci y hUhop w ho takes the full inUilel oath has to swear that he will, to the utmost of hi ability, jierw cute and exterminate every heretic, PciHwrutlon Is also enjoined as a duty upon private persons. Pope Urban U., in 10HH, decreed, and it is cmlsslied In the canon law of Rome, an follows: "Those are not to lie accounted mur derers or homicides who, when burning with love and zeal for their Catholic mother against cx-eommunleated Prot estants, shall hnpH'n to kill a few of them." "When the cannon law was revised by a commission of cardinals under Popo Gregory XIII., I'M), this decree was left in, and was made an article of faith. It is now dc.flde and part of tho unalterable law of the church of Rome," Pius IV., when the government of Lucca hud cnueted a law ottering a re ward of three hundred crowns and tho reversal of any sentence of outlawry, or tho power of transferring any such pardon, to all persons who should suc ceed in murdering any of tho Protest ant refugees who had lied from that city, described it as a "pious and praise worthy decree, piously and wisely en acted, and that nothing could redound moro to God's honor, provided it was thoroughly carried into execution." The penalty of death for heresy was pronounced by so many popes, con firmed and repeated so many timos, and carried into execution so many more, that it seems almost useless to adduce further proofs of their respon sibility; but I must bog to quote a sn tion of the Bull in C;rt Domini, used in tho annual cursing, on tho annivers ary of tho institution of the Lord's Su?.-. plus V. and Uroan VIII. ordained that it should be read on each Maundy Thursday from every Roman Catholic pulpit in Christendom. On that day, all who doubted a slnglo article of faith, according to tho maxim of canon law, as well us all who refused absolute obedience to the pope's author ity, wore' anathematized In languago, part of which is as follows: "Cursed, banned, in the name of God. tho Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and In that also of tho blessed St. Peter and St. Paul, shall bo, firstly, all Hussites, WlckliflltoM, Lutherans, Zwinglians, Calvlnists, Huguenots, Anabaotlsts, Trinitarians, Unitarians, and all and every other heretic. Sec ondly, all those who give any succor or aid to any heretic, comfort him, shelter him, or show him countenanco in any way. "Thirdly, all who buy, read, print, or disseminate, or favor in any way, any religious book published without tno sanction of tho apostolic throne. "Fourthly, all universities, colleiros, and cathedral chupters on their appeal ing 10 a council. "Fifthly, all who may offer any lot or hindrance to exH!diting of money and necessaries, etc,, etc., to tho papal court, or who sequestrate Its revenues; further, those also who lay taxes on the clergy, though they bo kings or kaisers; those who meddle in ecclesias tical affairs or plans under papal Juris diction; thoso who offer any resistance to tho commands of tho poM's, his legates or nuncios. Finally, all who olaty not tho representatives of St. Peter as it would behoove them to obey God Himself." This notorious bull originated un doubtedly with tho arrogant Boniface VIII. It was enlarged and perfected by Urban V., Julius II., Paul III., Gregory XIII., and especially by Plus V. and Urban VIII., and as late as 1864, In tho states of the church, and in Rome especially, it was proclaimed on tho appointed anniversary in every church. (To be continued next wstik.) The Douay Testament. A few years ago there was an effort made by tho Roman Catholic church to havo the King James version of the Bible, which was used in the public schools, changed for the Douay version. As soon as it was suggested, many Prot estants said, "They do not wish the Douay version there, and simply uso this method to push all versions of the Bible away from tho eyes and tho cars of the children," and tlmo has shown this belief to bo correct. The following communication, which was written by Rev. Thomas Conncllan, who was at ono time a priest of tho Roman Catholic church, will show the situation in Ireland regarding tho read ing of the Douay testament, which has the endorsement of tho papal church: IltlHH PKIKST8 AND THE DOCAY Tkstament. To tho Editor of tho Iumhe Adver tiser. Sir: I am sure both your readers and yourself fool that it is time to end this ciWiHm cl ) Mr. lloSilef l i d-nilj inahmiv also 1 hate It ler ntlnai.-d In Th.wtttoa. hat Inf hocn aktit by my !colh. r to act umpire, has rvplh-d f. !!, I't Alhctt 'fepiare, liindiH, Ah IW-e. Iii2. t hir; ant In tiiM-tpl of our h-Mi-r of (lie I'th IdM Tho nupsHon prop isi-d to te referred to me U one that I could not entertain- You ttoist eeusc me, therefore, for declining- to act. Your faithful!, T. TllOHNTnS. FoHunalely there I a tribunal yet atalhilile. have resolved, therefore, with my brother's consent, to take Mr. Holder before the tmrof public opinion, and to leave the dHllon to that gen erally fair and Impartial tribunal. Y'our reader will have observed that Iho statement of my brother which ex cited Mr. Holder's indignation was, in Mr. Holder's own words, that "ho could put case after ease whero even the Douay testament, of tho church of Rome had been taken out of tho hands of Roman Catholics by tho priests themselves." Mr. Holder at onco con tradicts this statement In a letter pub lished in your columns, and says: "This assertion I contradict, and In order that my contradiction may not be a flat one I offer to give A'llO to tho Dundee Royal Infirmary on his pro ducing the name of ono culprit and the evidence that bears out this nefarious charge." My brother, who was then in Scotland, at once accepted the chal lenge, and added: "As S(Hn as I get back to Ireland I promise to give Mr. Holder's challenge all necessary atten tion." Mr, Holder, in a fresh letter, told your readers that my brother had gone back to Ireland "to fish" for one case, and tried to make a point out of tho fact that he had not quoted cases off-hand. I wish here to make two re marks in passing. Scotchmen, who aro generally gifted with shrewd com mon sense, must havo thought it a little strange that Mr. Holder could at onco go ball for 3,500 Irish priests, He has boon living for many years in Dundeo, and could huve no personal knowledgo of tholr practices., Then, although my brother know well that Doeny Testaments had been taken out of the hands of Irish men and women, it would manifestly have been unfuir for him to give their names in public without their permission. All tho world knows, especially after tho Meath election petition, that Irish priests have a knack of making life disagreeable for tholr opponents, and like Rev. Mr. O'Connell In South Meath, they might apply "fire to their heels and flro to their toes" had my brother made public montion of his witnesses. This Mr. Holder knew as well as wo did, and I cannot shut my eyes to tho conviction that it had some thing to say to his generous offer of jC20 to tho Royal Infirmary, For a hundred persons whoso Douay Testaments have been seized by tho priests, not moro than ono can bo found to bear public testimony to the fact. Nevertheless, I am happy to be In a position to place beforo tho public cer tain names, with dates, names of priests, and other particulars, and I shall leave It to tho publlo to judgo if Mr. Holder is acting honorably In any longer keeping his 20 cheque in his pockot-book, My first name will bo that of Mary Jane Short. She is a young Irish girl, aged 20 years, and her address Is Brighton Square, Dublin, On tho 14th of last November alio went to confes sion to to Father Purcell in Sandy mount Roman Catholic Chnpol, Dublin. I had some conversation with her previously, and had given her a Douay Testament (Coyne's edition). Sho told this to Father Purcell. Ho refused her absolution, and ordered her to go home and burn the testament. Tho second enso I shall submit to Mr. Holder is that of Mary Kenny, whoso present address is 40 Victoria street, Dublin. Sho went to confession to Father Cremmlns in Meath street Roman Catholic Chapel, Dublin, in May, 1880, and told him sho was read ing tho Douay Testament. The priest ordered her to give up the liook. Mr. Holder, I know, will be Interested to learn that both of those girls havo left the church of Rome, and that it will bo useless to try and bring priestly tyranny to boar uinm them. The third case I wish to submit Is that of Mrs. Rowan, whose present address is 802, South York street, Glas gow. When a young girl, and living at Clogher, near Ballnghaderin, sho got a Douay Testament, and found spiritual jteaec and profit from the reading of it. Father Spelhnan, of that place, found her engaged in It perusal. Ho tore it from her. Sho snatched the Itook out of his hands and escaped from him. My fourth case is that of Annio Kirk, of Si. John's, Terenuru, Dublin, llcr mistress, Miss Mistre, offered her a Douay Testament. Sho refused to take it, saying, "Roman Catholics are .. sN.n. .1 to read thw II, hi.. " "lt.it it j, hip ion t-tm tit," id Miss M'm- " tt Tather t"haii and h ill t. ll ?). lt t . ,," The fcltl took the te.Ulll. lit Shl enl tl eiH!fl,l on the filloi itig Saturday tit; lit to Pallet t 'hat les, a wietnts-r of the ! slottUi I ..to in u nl t v at Mount Argu, Dublin. n her n turn h handed the lostantent to Miss M.mre, My lng: 'ib'tv, Mi, Father t'hailes told me thai women are hot allowed to road the llihlc without -i mission, and then only in Duffy' edition." Duffy' edition I may tell your reader. I one In which the Irish Roman Catholic bishop have Improved ujsin the work of the holy spirit, by adding note of their own to tho word of losl. My fifth case Is that of Mrs. Wood, whoso present address l Cloghur, Hal laghadern. She was chastised by Father Spoil man, of that place, for reading tho Douay Testament, and ho tried each tlmo to take It from her. My sixth case is that of Anno (Jill, of Iho same address Clogher, Ballag haderln. Sho was chastized by Father Durkln, of that phice, for reading the Douay Testament. My seventh ease Is that of Alloc Harrington (now Mrs. Grovatt, and living nenr Bray). When a young girl living at Clogher, Ballaghaderin, she was challenged by Father Egan, of that place, for reading the Douity Testa ment, and he took tho bcsik from her. Is Mr, Holder yet satisfied, or duos ho wish for more cases? If so, ho can havo plenty of them, and, as Mr. Dick Swlvlor said to (Jullp, "from tho same shop." His a matter of such publlo notorluty here In Ireland that tho priests try to prevent tho reading of the Douay Testament that oven Roman Catholics expressed to mo their utter astonishment at Mn Holder's audacity in denying tho fact. There Is a family in Omaha which was "boycotted" during a tlmo of sick ness when thoy lived lo Ireland, and all the help they could got was a Protestant boy. Tho crop wero nt in tho flold until tbwy were injured and not worth gathering, Not Roman Catholic was allowed by tho priest to work for this despised heretical family. The cause wu this: A Roman Catho lic servant girl wanted a testament. Sho got permission of the priest, an old man, to have tho book, and thoy bought tho book for hor. Another priest came to that parish, a young man, and ho found this girl was r nail ing the Douay Testament, and the Issik had boon given by the Protestant family. He established a "boyoot" during a tlmo when tho whole family was sick, with the result above stated. No, tho Roman Catholic church doe not wish any Bible for the people. Bkth. A Letter and Resolution, Mihhouki Valley, la', Aprils, 1803. Editor. Tub Amkhican: At a late meeting of our council it was unani mously agreed that tho enclosed resolu tions of resjM-ct bo forwarded to our American papers in this vicinity for publication. Our council is a hummer and wo aro spreading out and wo now make tho Romans take only such as we wish to give them. Our spring elec tion convinced them that, many though their numbers be, thoy stood no show with tho A. P. A.' on election day, even If tho priest did keep tho sidewalk hot with his mad march all day, We did them up very quietly and unexpect edly, as they had agreed, ono to leava town, and another to walk to the Mis souri river and drown himself, if they could not beat our ticket. But wo have them hero yet and no one inquires whim they aro going. SKCUETARY. Tho following resolutions were adopted by Missouri Valley Council No. 40. In their hall, March 28, 1803: Whereas, In view of the loss we have ustalned by tho decease of our late friend Milton Berry, and the still heavier loss sustained by thoso who were nearest and dearest to him, there fore bo It Resolved, That It Is but a just tribute to tho departed to say that in regret ting his removal from our midst wo mourn for ono who was in every way worthy of our rtspect and regard; Resolved, That in the death of our friend we have lost an earnest worker for tho protection of our American flag and American Institutions; Resolved, That wo sincerely condole with the family of tho deceased on tho dispensation with which it has pleased Divine Provldcnco to afflict them, and commend them for consolation to Him who docth all things well, and whoso chastisements are meant in mercy; Resolved, That this heartfelt testi monial of our sympathy and sorrow be forwarded to tho family of our friend by the secretary and also that they lo published in THE AMKRlt'AN. 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