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THE! AMERICAN. TUG HUH, An Kpiw.Io of Convent Mfo. I ii-t I II M il H II it l,i i !. lt i " I U .1 Srlkill tt iiit t 4 tt tt'ft Psulthe, ,ll M'.! It! ll t "Ark In I l.M" "Of w l-mit il )'" I1V, nil Mk'IIk I ! I "Of CUrWn- Nhe l m if iI win i tn t H'itl', 1 1 k A ! 'tnltl wltell H il.it An,! nlit o wil, o tender 10 Mi Hie !st )iulig girl that i' l l MUtcbeil I t urn." "Ah. I t tll tl l ! OlIHM1 of lift ' Willi I Li I' HI V" The ni l nullum iliil ih'I ri mm( , Hint 1 spok" to the li'tnf the ginllp; I'll) I Mttt I'ltitmli nnollii'lil SOt'leMlly I't'leiileil lii their fne- Hint I ehii knl mj-M'lf, Turning in Mother Aluiee anew, 1 kald tuber: "U U IHty-elghl year since you made your profession, t ml ynuhavt lUVlT Is'lll Hillside III In lllt'loklire sillCH then; how hustlie lime wn'ini'il toynu Islllimg tit- utmriy llnw rim you din llngnMi your day one from anolhc r?" lwintiililljfi.il ti n M t the question liefine ulitl Wa able to comprehend It; finally she said: "It l very, very long! There have been three mi jx-florx since then, and iur ciiiifittMirii Iihvii been changed fn uuently. I remember w In-1 they sowed the grass; thu hi'inliK'k covered thin space when I I'ttino ami tint II r have grown up mi thu hill. When I saw them llm first tliniJ they were scarcely liuiu tiiiii.'." I was atsiut to exc'ulm: "What a life! ll would lie much lmtter to lulsir In thu fields than to endure aui'h sad monotony," Hut I cheeked myself and nld: "You must doubtless ban1 much satisfaction in thinking that you h ad a llfij no agreeable to God, a life so com pletely devoted to II In service, do you not, my mother?" "It In trim, my daughter," she re plhd, crossing herself; "1 have the how nf having lived In the mont agrw'. ittiltt iimt'fi.'C to Him who htm taken tnv for III" khiuh(. Ili'ar thin, my child: Thu Imly virgin llvml In tho tunilu of JitukmIi'iii, and lu-r i'omuiiiloim wore (lot rall.-d aniontf tho ulnful daughU rn ul e arlh to thu irnfiion that we have mode. We are the nioui'ii of the Iav; the veil that we reeeiva In that with which we hIiiiII Bi'ar hi fore the judj ment wat of t'hrixt; tlien the crown of thorn whi' h cnein htd our brown Ihe day of our i- (iiimiIm will )x (liuny. d to a crown if jrlory that we merit by our fidelity to our youthful vow; and that, my children, in my hom and connota tion, Mut I would be very hajipy to attain to that deyreo of ierfi'ctlon that would render tho Urea of purgatory teen neceHry. I fear much" here the vohe of the ajjed nun trembled "I fi-ar no jiower, even the rle of all my effort I liable to purify my aoul from venial uln; but 1 obnerve the even hour of daily prayer a well a tluwe of the night, though I am acareely able to drag myaelf t. the IwtUim of the itair, and I repeat the aeven jxniU'n tial pkalm daily, Ah! my daughter," ahe continued, addreioilng me, "If we who are free from the care of the world have auch dillleutly to fulfil our d lit lea, how will the Jioor creature who are occti pied with earthly care be able tolulflt them?" "How? Truly!" I exclaimed, and 1 pereelvi d that the youn(T i fix wtio ur rounded me had reeelvi d the xiime im jiremion from her remark', they were even dbiturlwd, for they could not reconcile In their mind principle ki ojienlv contradictory, A clock utt ikintf at thin moment, in Uiirupted ourcimvi rtIon; It called ua to lunch, a lltfht meal wrved in the convent during the afU'rnoon. Not ludnjf hungry, I aked jK'tmlwilon of Mother (Jenefride to remain alone In the garden; thi iwjiient of mine wa Initatitly grantijd, and I received hearty commendation for having hown a de aire Ui be alorie. Ail the aiU!ra left me and 1 wa happy to find myaelf alone and tranquil, My mind wa aingularly ugliiiUtd betwei'fi two Oiiniorin; for what Mother Aimee had aid of death and what might follow H had moved me, and the thought of a long and monolonou life pawted In the pla:e where I wan filled me with terror. Ail ahttorbed in meditation upon thi lubject, I enUred a lonjj avenue of cedar. I had acareely arrived at the extremity when I jierceiveij in an angle of the wall a grotto of ahell before which wa a crucifix; in tho interior a atatue of the virgin, of natural i.e, ornamenting a marble altar. Two candolbra were placed before the atatue. The grotto had a aecond arbor around which wa built a bank of ttone, I aeated myaelf there to meditate, I bad been there some minutes, when I heard tpi, and suddenly I'aullno appeared, her face bathed in tear. She shuddered at the sight of me and tried to go away; but I retained her, begging her to tell me what had happmed. "I waa taken ill," said alio, "and they gave me perm inn I on to come out and take the air." "Be aeated," I replied; "you will soon be better. But, Pauline, that is not all. You continue to bo palo and li I e Win! I I " ' I m i umi !.'! li. r m..t It if.! Ii , in I., i I . ! I. -t, I, ,il i (,, 1 it I, I i.l Mr- j fintl till, fi tin l en .l. il im Kill, i im I i, ii j ' l i i i' ie Hint j in, lm, Iiklt Ml I. - ll-k ' H ,1 I ' II k )" l . I li 1 1' I lil t l'lk ll t t tl "iiiii nliln" I I"" I It! Il'1i,l Mil', i( ! t ' i .tU ll.nl )iii lite l. n ,lt..tn.,l i i, t , ; ll r l. t. I I.. I nf l) faillltf . mi ll'l I'el V l" H Hi' t .flu if Ui hnlt'ii . hum ', ttnl bn let' )i I f h Bit; Joili!i n,. I bii.iw I , I ii inn k Die i linn li lit fll.-. 1 kii W Hi tlo r " nil un ! able lt at'ain 1 1 t, I ils fullnw, liHu Ihe fHk.rli.kl) com r until l" the fi i I rf old mill JitiiMh', Hie III III. I I lint ill III. M il fi-nm (hi. Inn tin- of despair h tut then. If we dn ti.'t kiit'tnll li llii-ki' k.illlil I k NMil llll lull l.l.tfll.l W.IIH' llll'l it III litik IIUII.IIt'1', lll ll I'lHIH k llf Hill' lliiliiiti IhI miiilk li! Sinter A tiffi ll'('i wbtit a li-lghl'ul religion!" "In Hie iHiinttof tuir holy nioiln r," I cried, "ln culm! What )nu fiiy In iiiI'Iii im. in," "It In ft'iin," Kin1 replied, "I have kpnkeii very litipriHlt'iitiyintiy timl forgive ine! Hut if you had keen what I huve keen, fur a moment, you would have kiilTiT. il hi l. Vou do not know thi aweet ClarbtHc; you have not ol M i ved I lie cloud which, forolne week Inn enveloped her cxlHteiicc; you huve not seen tlii, fur there htm been no op portunity. They have bniiUheJ tier from our table; you do not know Unit hIihv your arrival alio tin not been In tho choir-tlioHi) perHona who are In itiated Into the Hoerot of tho superior are able to Miy wbut they have done with her during her iibtience. You do not know thai hc wn not In our mltM tbl iiioniliig. And with whut surprlHo I aaw her enU'r, no ttwoet, ho wul, ho beautiful, and take her pliieo lit our table, Kvery feature of that ravlnhlng figure, ua touching ua a Madontm, In tear, revealed suffering. How my In dignation wn roukcd in iteeing tho (lory Aiinuneiatii regard her with an cxpre alon of contempt! What did 1 say? cou tempt hatred, HiiHpIclon, jealoiiHy all the paHnloin were revealed in her gtizo. Angidique, I could not hio all Unit and keep my equanimity," I Wa not only stupiflcd; I wan terri fied by thi recital. "Oh!" I exclaimed, "If I hud been able to ee before laying Uklde my aecti lar habit! Mut the vow we btivo tuken do not bind im to lb 1 life; we can lily unlde thckc veil." 1 'all I ine Nliouk her bend, "I onee thought u you do." mild she, "but how win we do that? What Catholic Im there who would not cpie un? If we had been afllunced In such a public manner to a man, how crtuld we, In good coihi'lence abandon him? You remcmlier the reHiomo you made thi morning to the binhop when lie nxkeil you: 'ih you wihii to pemlMt in carry ing the yoke of our Lord Jcmik Clirlat with the hoM! of ttelng agrecalile to Him?' " 1 sighed from the bottom of my heart, but what could 1 any? I wa very de sirous of knowing the truth concerning Claris!, and I tried to induce 1'aiitine to tell me all she knew. It wa not difficult to h ad the ardent young girl to bo a communicative as 1 could wlh. Hhd hail passed many months In the house and had made her observation with rare discernment. Tb j superior has been at the head of the house for about two years. It Is true they do not detest her for she al ways make tho tulants and novices love her, but they accuse her of par. tiality. Her first favorite wus a Mister Angellipte, who died three orfouryears after her profession. The succeeding favorite were AnnunclataandClurlHW), two of the misit beautiful giris that had ever tieen seen In the convent. Annunclata Is of noble birth, of Italian origin, and distantly related U the abi!ss, Kbe entered the convent of Kt. Kiffnn In a paroxysm of rage against her father, who, having lost his wife, the mother of Annunclata, re married against thu wish of Annum slats; but the abbesa assured her that she had taken the veil from truly pious motives, and her zealous conduct for the church confirmed the assertion of the abbes. ClarlsMj Is the daughter of a noble ricdmontesc lady and an F,ngllsh lord, in wfione marriage contract It was stipulated that the daughters should lie reared in tho mother's faith and that the sons should Im I'rotcstanU. But the marriage having been unhappy, the mother r. turned to her native country after some years, bringing C'arisso with her. This lady becoming a widow when ClarUse was about fifteen year old, remarried and confided her daughter to the care of the superior of N'otre Darne of Mlserlcorde. The result waa such as the mother desired; the young girl became ft religion. An nunclato, who had already taken the veil, waa the principal agent In leading her to this decision. "I have heard it said," exclaimed Pauline, "that when Clarissa took tho veil the was one of the most beautiful creaturei one could see; the delicate tint of the beauty peculiar to her father's country was united to the most perfect features and chirm of her mother's country. Madame called her Hone bud; but her freshness has passed away, though she la not twenty years old.6 (To be Continued.) t 1 In IT- kt IM, lit.) I 1 1.. I !." 1 1 i ,t I i "l I I l i 'l,.,l I (l f He- I.", t ii.f i ll Mt !!. f 1 1 (. I , n' t i - In itl" l't' i,i ii i Mi lt.l Im l,i. tsmiil fnt..i tti p Ii-ni Mini !' iM ii lit . I In llii if l,i.l I el. i i l i k . k 1.11 ! IK- II k n.j I . I . I 1 1 . I In ii, w, mii w 1 1 1 n it. 1 1 -m ii ! ,! mn j I i, It'll. ; It. si U l.i mj s.t- I ii.fc-, il!,iiul i .ti .ii-tl ti, a in. in mi liiii.t ati'e i tin If aiihitti'! nnl i .-i 11 '')! Hi. iitt It In e H .. .. d b j I t-i'S r ji' l It lux l a' i.l I, t ,' l.i ..lit; hi a i-e Ilk l.'ii tin ti i t i loi ii.in-k hi '. a Imp pill lllll!H. II lit I'll I' ll 1 d I I. llll 11 ll lktlttotl.lt! tx-fnte tint nUi litnf (' ganl. d i hl llianity t In l.sil l..n of I , i rn Wiin lint tfk4u.i It ti tin. k tints I eili;e 1 1. tit It tn by ilitlne tifc.lls lliitt H i ftnU mi. I limirlk l eniln' to I nle ni r I lull luil I ie II fine tti.' I. Ili i.l ltiiiiiiititin it iievi r i iiti itil ihe liriilu of liniil Hint lieiivi it did lint want a Im Hull to defend hm If niiitikt a fermim. bea.1 bii'b liiktiitilly iiiiUlteil H, Tl e religion of Httllie, iletlwil tor tin1 lnlie lit ol Ivruiils, wa I'tttillilihheil oil the I'lllH'Ipl.t I bill the lint. nils should If lioiinee the legitimate defeimii of tbetn selves and trust to Ihe tender mercies of a murderous and Ineestiious jnipo, 'I'll us Unman Catholic nations are de prived of the first law of nature, which decrees that man should renlht evil and disarm all who attempt to destroy or degrade them. The bitpplness (?) that Homo confers on Its subjects Is tho hap' pinoHS that spring from licentiousness, Igttoranca und brutish degradation. Homo bus often caused tuitions to ro volt for tho church's suke, but it has never allowed them, If in its power, to revolt for tho good of tho people or ngiiliiHt real evils. In Humanism we simply sec a religious system Invented to exalt priests and kings above their na tions and to deliver the people to their despotic sway. Priestly greed and cruel dogmas are thecuuses from which have Stirling tho most terrible ciilaml' ties, devastating wars and hellish jsir secutions that nations have ever been compelled to endure In the name of re ligion. If tho people complained, the priestly tyrant would alienee them by making them believe that all their troubles were duo to divine wrath, thus preventing them from perceiving the real causes of their sufferings und from applying the remedies which God and nature offers, What blind ignoranco a man of this enlightened ngu must possess who 1m uglnes that a priest by saying u few words over a cerUln quantity of wine or over little Images of dough (wufors) can make as muny gods of them us ho desires, yet with ull his pretended power cannot make tho smallest fly, What difference Is there between the gods or idols of wood and stone which the pagans worshipped and the gods and Idols of paste or flour which the J toman Catholics adore? What kln of gods are those which the priests are obliged to preserve In hexes for fear ot mice? Are Horn an Catholics so blind that they cannot seo tho rcsetnbiancu between pagimUtn and Komimism? Yours In Faith, Hope and Charity, IlKICIIKKT H. DKVEJIKAUX. ItHinpiiiit Itigefs. Tho organ of tho Continental Jcaguo published the following In Its Issue of March 11, 181)1, claim it to be an authen tic directory of tho A, P. A.! No. 1, 72 Adams street, Hsturdiiy, A, B. Case, president; 4,000 members. No. 2, Mfl, 22nd itreet, Friday, ii. M. Coss, president: 2 fiOO. No. It, 205 Madison street, Thursday, 1), M. H-ynolds, prenldent; l,0u0. No, 4, Wctls and Dlvtilon streets, Tuesdays, Chas. If. Ilurd, prcldi nt; No, 5, Washington b'y'd and Ogdeu ave., 1. A, Fleming, 2,fi00, No. , Htroetcr, III. No, 7, fKtrd street and Ktewart avenue, Tuesday, C. H. Ktagg, president; HW. No. 8, 81)1. 'I Cottage Orove avenue, Tuesday, W. 8. Hanson, president; No. 12, Ottawa, 111,, Tuesday, C. H. Marsh, president; 2,'KK), No, 11, Wl Lake street, Friday, J, W. Brown, president; No. 11, Mrandl's hall, Randolph ant' Ada streets, Thursday, F, McCrellls, president; 2,m. No, 17, Wells hall, Clitrk and Flet cher streets, Tuesday, O, H. Welnb ir ger, prekldent; Mi, No. 18, 2')."i Malison street, Monday, W. A. Maunder, president; 8,000, No. 20, Milwaukee avenue and Ohio street, Monday, Henry Hchroeder, president; 1,.'('H). No 22, 1.11'J Milwaukee avenue, Fri day, Y. C, Irwin, president; 400, No. 2.'!, Grand Crossing, Tuesday, P, N. Hartwell, president; 300, No. 21, Austin, 111., Monday, K, W, Thomaf, president; 2Ti0. No, 27, Lawndale, HI., Thursday, A B. 8tacy, president; 2.'i0. 1 No, 2H, Pullman, 111., Monday, Wiley Bennlson, president; 1,800, No, 29, Bouth Chicago, Friday, O. K. Wlngos, president; 200, No, 30, 338 Kouth Western avenue, Tuesday, C. A. Busce, president; 1 ,600, No. 32, Clybourne avenue and Fuller ton street, Thursday, O. W. Maurlae, president; 2,500. No, 31, Wells and Division streets, Thursday, II, W. Hlevert, president; 400, IUI1I l I tllt tStli ) nf (Kr I MtUw fi.ti tttf M I latin, h i, AH t.i,i i f i .!- (i n .1, t.l of t'tti'M'!" !tt f t , W J, !,;. .f 'haiii.i. H.i- itfc'ht, f.ti , I -. l.i I ,,fe' Ml ill.-,, h Hk't.l l tli.ll- Ik nti n pi t lkiiir siili it i ml 1 I-..I tiUlliik I : , i n i f it , i P A .t . I k .it, ,, ,. i ef Ueetsnt , i In -n j.ing atn.k. mi 1 1, I ,1. .1. I , I ,),. it'll In II in, .tin i-f Ihe bi t I SItne. 1. 1 l iiiitiie l!,e litil'irt i it ni, f In ! tf.lt'. tbl iitli lit tt jut i, mi ,e 1 l'tii l. a ph f ti it'll I'. Stl U'lmv a i.iinilfc'r nt men tkb.i hiii til. tidiy t't the pitnt ti'lm nf tti -t". P, A , am) st liii-e iinaiiitiii.il ii ijui t it It. tin kiili-,1 In V'.i .Vnf ft'l' .lil.lii'S'lli. Vniim, etc., rl!ik.UHi Wlkinslik i Ii liiiiiiNiilktii ba a'iji tkM n Ilie d let tnllieit fist of bllltiHll iiii;tiit al'd civil r tul li'llginn liberty. The p diey iif K' mut ii iin I In kill i milt ill iiii I lllki'l) ; a meiiitier of that elmreli iiiiil he as a ileiid Ittsly, imi fur a pnlltieiil and ii ligintik mutters tnv cnueeriii d; be muM not act or reasmi for hltnself llll he U iiieved and directed by tho church. In viewing the piott history nf Camtdii we can see the work of the poison of Jesuitism In the political life of our representatives, who In their lovo for loaves and fishes of office have grunted conecHslon after concession to Hotnan- Um. Tho cardinal point In the policy of tho Grit, us well as the tory party, bus been to gain or keep tho support of the church of Homo. This solid UoiiiIhIi conspiracy, masquerading under the cloak of loyalty and religion, tries to obtain entire control of th legislation and educational avenues of tho country. To delay sounding the warning, or to permit matters to con tinue in their present corrupt channels for a few yours longer, means to placi almost tho entire control of the leglshi' tures and treasuries In ttie hands of foreign despotism. Romanists owe allegiance to tho pope In all mutters, spiritual and temporal. Tho laws of the country In which they 11 vo arc of no account, and may be evaded or broken whenever they conflict with tho arrogantclaimsof the Papacy. Liberty In Its true sense is hateful to Homo, be cause It Is tho opposite of Ignorance, which Is tho main prop of that burles que on religion, Homun Catholicism. The doctrine of tho Infallibllty of the pope and his supremacy in temporal affairs have always been the defensive weapons of the Jesuits, Homunlsm is utterly opposed to progress und modern civilization, and claims complete con trol in ull particulars over all schools In a Christian state In fuut tho Itoman Catholic church arrogates to Itself all fsiwer In heaven and cnrlb, und would If It could, restore the stuto of affairs that existed during the dark or middle ages, when liberty and Jtihtlco were un known to the vant multitude who were nothing better than slaves, It Is too lute In the day for this Hom- isb conspiracy against our liberties to succeed, lint It is high time to cry halt, and teach these Jesuits, who uro stead ily at work undermining our civil and religious freedom, that wo are deter mined to have human liberty In this country. It was the solid vote of Ro man Catholic Quebec that forced ae pur- ate schools on Ontario, Kver since that time both political parties have truckled to the Roman Catholic vote, and at the dictation ot the priesthood have conferred special privllegeson ttie Homun Catholics, It is the policy of the I toman hierarchy to control the Catholic vote in all municipal, provln c ul, und Dominion affairs, and to oh- tsln grants und money from the public treasury for sectarian purpose No money should bo appropriated by the government for the support of any sec tarian school or Institution utile the same Is entirely controlled by tbestate, otherwise we have discrimination In favor of that particular sect. Moth our Provincial and Dominion governments are guilty of discrimination In favor of the Roman Catholic religion, At the dictation of the prlethood re ligious instruction (not devotional) has been banished from our public schisils, whereas, on the oilier hand, the separ ate scbisils are reeeli Ing anti-protest-ant Instruction from the priests, and thus the young are brought under the influence nf that mind-destroy Ing system of education which Komciiiono grants, These concessions to Rome, those In fringements of the broad principles of education, are direct attacks on sir- sonal liberty, freedom and individual manhood. Furnishing equal education to all, tho government has no more right to furnish special education for some than to furnish the man who pre fer private cesspool in hi own yard with so much from the general tax as will enable him to have one, Our government ought to m purely secular, there ought to be no connec tion between the church and the stuto. Many men have been appointed toofllce simply because they were Itoman Catho lics. No man is appointed a high school trustee on the ground of being a Baptist, a Methodist, or a Presbyter- Ian; but Itoman Catholics are apfMilntod because they are Roman Catholics and represent that church. Tho law and the government should distinguish no tniin as a Itoman Catholic, but should deal with that church on the same foot- ltt fit,. I tti.tvt-ik T,t t!i,,ti Jj uii.- m-ut mi h i j !,,! t , .v,,,i,( t -i" tt , it i f i -j, I i'i t I ll r I .!.! fl., t,lBt ,.,tf ,f V, (., J 11,11 l.i .t f flit I I It IK. U! j,t , If, nit nt lit ;! it ji..i,.tj t,,t nll.i fi tl U St l! ! k II l li it,! tnl ' SI t I l.e t l I Hi llll . t I Iiii t.. m hii , ! )'. m t.tkt) tit. !, It sir iii,ti l Vl! u.. .,.1 II..I II . II .-I.l. I itn ),.l i,l bd l.i ,., lint, he ttk-l.t; but tl t s iivtli. s.i'i.k.. tiij mn, in udti.l, t!., ii i. ,ii,.t, ,, i.,j;, , " '' tlie i lii lm tin l.i,t nit it, tnrj , ,, and l'l.en,l, i.,i Ih.. p.Utl lli bftte k. i let 11 lj It t, li.n UtUsI ti..Ut.y 'f ttie l,n!e in.iill) t Hie . f l.it He Wtn 11 Un S. kl m i j, ,.j the rt n nm.Snli ttf U..it. !-,.Hh,t he...... It ' h, t..!ts..t.ill k ,... kli.tr,!- in tin. rtia..rlii,.y preli n-e I !.! tS j r , M,t, , , f ..t.1,1 Is. i,,.,ilil,il,i,sl, t i, h ,, ,,, ,. , kiu(, nutl Un lil, 1 tipiM llmt II ttnuid K" tuiv ; , ,, , , ,, . , ., ,, . i "l.letiml ijMlliei t the pi iv nf llAI'V 111 llll! VI k l.f 11. 1. 1., II. .kit J " ' Ml . , . , .. , -I, If, till ih lluit lle, Ht.lt illllt ll l.ii IlilV llg I 111' lh till,'. Ml tlllll ,l, I III llll- tie itiiiil Int.- eiiili rj Iti tin' tMtllif bl clerical tj ratit. Tim ii' her day In Otta a Kntiinn I 'ii: lull le redii ini'f h tstld enniieh to IihIi- a e iinilaliit agsltiKt a pi left Inr hitviitg iie.l iiudiiit Inlliieiue tigiiiiikt tlllll III the el.etli.il fur a Setiltate sebiMtl trustee, Hi d Unit' d t'litiudii, tho Oltnwa Romiin Callinlie piisr, utider tint heading "We are the lliillnt,"Miys: "To deny the merits of the ballot system in school mutters would Is; equivalent almost to denying the fran chise to men who would bo free In mutters of state. The subject should lie the sentinel of the state, but the state shou'd lm the guardian of the subject. Wo uro convinced thut the ballot would Improve rather than Im pede tho progress of our schools; wo do not believe that uny of ttiose who asked for the ballot years ago were bud Catholics for so doing, We are con vinced that tho ballot would bring to the sc, urate school boards an Infinitely better eluss of men," Our Itoman Catholic citizens should therefore have tho use of the ballot us other citizens have. The church of Rome bus of!lciully de clared thut It bus a right to exclusive jurisdiction In ull thut concerns Its own Interests, and thut It has an equally ex clusive right to define the limits of that jurisdiction, to control political tilTuirs simply and solely to suit Its own Inter ests, regardless of all other considera tions; while clttlmlng toleration for It s' df, It regards us damnable toleration for uny outside Its pule. It has not abated one jot of those pretensions which huvo mudo It for centuries tho scourge of hunninlty, which in this dominion huve reduced (Quebec to a state of bankruptcy und kept Its people In a statu of Ignorance. Asnn Illustra tion of tho power exercised by the Romish priesthood in Ontario 1 would mention the decree published by Arch bishop Cleury, of Kingston:- "That tho Catholic who withdraws his school tux from the ac para to school und transfers It to a public school is to be counted u traitor to bis religion, and to bo denied all religious privileges even at the hour of death. Tho bishop likewise ordains thut no public masses tie siiid for his soul, nor shall his corpse be udmltted Into ttie church, no bell tolled at his death or burial, nor shall It be lawful for aiy priest to attend bis funcrul," In the face of th.s terrible denuncia tion, who can truthfully say that our Roman Catholic fellow-citizens should not have tho protection of the ballot? The Romish priesthood (not the peopU ) claim the right to dominate the state, and also claim thut they ure In duty bound to gain thut power by Indl- )t iv ans or by force If It can be done, I iiiulntaln there should be no hierarchi cal Interference with a citizen's rights. Roman Catholics In temporal affairs should bo made to acknowledge the supremacy of the civil law. Tint Roman Catholic church, wbllo demanding exemption from temporal tontrol on account of Its spiritual character, uses its power over the soul of men as a means of exercising oolltl- ul Influence; which barters the votes of its follower for the extension of its own prlnolnlos; which does not profess to regard any Interest but Its own, Is a danger sufficiently great to warrant the moat active and vigorous opiiosltlon, Th't pofs; assert tho superior jurisdic tion of ttie church In every way over IvII authority. If a man cannot ap is al to ttie courts of his country, how doe beenjoy civil and religiousllberty? The state bribes tho church for it solid vole, and the church corrupts the government. Politically speaking, tho Roman Catholic church has a majority In every province in ttie dominion. As to Protestant representatives, the Roman Catholic Is clever enough to prefer a pliant, easy-going, Protestant politician, who will sacrifice anything for his party, to a decided Romanist whose every action would be viewed with suspicion. Wo see In all these things a danger to the stuto, and we are determined to put an end to it if It is in our power to do so. It is the aggres sive action of tho Romish churcb that has called tho C. P, A. Into existence, and justifies 'the action of this body in trying to opjsise It. Our machine politicians are crying out against the C. P. A., applying such names as thugs, midnight assassins, villains, secret junta, etc.; but let me ask what secret junta I more secret than the Jesuits, whose behests our subservient political rulers obey? The t.mi t I i. i(i, ,1 t., t t l t 1 t t t ' 111 jl i l ii t:. tf i til inn I ti il t'i I t't- ! I ! ,t a ' I. , l! , I t t it.. Iij. Jt't in. Si d t.H.U.t lli."Ci t' sh tt i-i'iiiiimi t ;ti t.' 1 In j t )ilii, ill l. mil tl l!, t,t;ie i t.ti-i ti. s i I it ! H ki d fit i , fim ). ti, mil hull tl t tuflt Si ii.tij; k J l ik'ilstl ti.i.t.i the Uti.l Hillt ti i'i,,i i III.', Ml tnHj ',lt'Hr ft !;nit Itnii an Ct-ut,f i It;. ii U u : I,!..,... . . ,l;l,. .. " T .1. ... i -.,, , i. in, inn- n in iii'i. ih tl it ' . ' ' ll,"- 11 , imieii iniiiikM in ittix i) i in,iiitfwiii mill l.suiler, tr i ti n Mittnti.iii, lh Its glaring iii'ivtlMti ami it ntt allnsttnii nf iel , The M im iple of Ihe ( P. A. ait! pairliitle. fur ll pbick duty ats.ve the Individual, Hi also iinti-tartiatt, for It works for the election of the hei men, lnvss etive of party. The V, P. A. he-low mi iH tiefH on Its menilsrs; on the contrary, those- who Is. long to It have to put their hand in their pocket for the exisn-es of the otder. Tho nisuils'i's are men who believe that liberty Is the one thing essential to the right development of individuals: that whatever obstructs the diffusion of knowledge or interferes with human lilsTty Is a danger to tho state. While Protestant Cnnadu bus been asleep, the enemy, whose policy has been steadily at work, undermining our blood-bought civil and religious lilier ties. Wo are ull anxious to seo tho country united, prosperous, and happy, but purtylsm will never muke It so. Our mission is to resist the nrrogiint cluIuiN of pupul, supremacy in Cunada, und in order to do this successfully, we must begin by sending representatives to Ottuwa and Toronto who cun be trusted to legislate for "Equal rights to all, and spuoUl privileges to none." Toronto Mail. Like Priest, Like People. Tho following dispatch from Algonu, Iowa, under (into of March 111, pub lished In the New York Sun of tho 1 Itli, Is a pertinent commentary on thu bouslul claim of Homo that slio is best promoter of Christian civilization: Father Kekert, the German Cutholio priest at Wesley, Indicted for kccnlnor u nuisance und selling liquor contrary to law, piotidcu guilty today und was lined WOO ami costs, tho stiuil lest fine thut could be made by the court. The priest built a large church sometime ago, and being heavily In debt, a rmm- tier oi csuvuis iiuu lulrs wero given rind a bar-room was umtnged in tho basement, where tho priest disieriHed Intoxicating liquors to his thirsty, parishioners und others. Tho citizens of Wesley have circulated u petition asking Governor Jackson to huvo tho priest's line revoked. Remember tho priest wus not 'Ined for his religion, nor for doing unytblng that wus in uny way connected with liis religion, but for vloluting tho ex cise law. If tho governor remits the fine how can ho refuse to remit all lines Imposed for similar offenses, un less Indeed the State of Iowa proposes to establish tho precedent of permit ting Homo to rldo roughshod over tho statutes of tho sta',e for tho purpose of Increasing her revenues. American Hntind. I, Iked 'I'll American. Dundkk, 111., March 11), 1804. KditorTitK Amktiioan: Friday wbllo In Chicago 1 bought a copy of your pupur from a newsboy, and I, us well as friends In Dundee, was pleased with the same. Kudosed find $2,00 for one year's subscription, and send paper to my ad dn ku us pur heading above, Wo have a very strong council in our town, and if you will send u few copies of Two AMKKICAN to my uddress I will dis tribute them amongst the friends and I think it will do you some good. Wish ing you much success, I am yours very truly, A FitiKNt). .Never as Corrupt. Chicago has never been so corrupt as now. Romanist Hopkins bus appar ently turned the city over to tho gamb ling, saloon-keeping element of the Itoman Catholic church. How can an organization bo u "church of Christ" that will not resent tho meinlMM'sblp of gamblers, rum-sellers, wlfe-beuters und harlots? We cun prove that In the city of Denver there ure professed members of the Itomun Catholic church to repre sent each of the social elements we have named . J )vn nr A mi rimii. Vice President Adlul K. Stevenson figured largely ut a sumptuous celebra tion and banquet given by somo two hundred members of tho Hlborlun society in Phlludulphlu, at the Conti nental hotol on St. Patrick's day. As report gives It ho wns "the most dis tinguished guest of the evening." Funny, Is It not? Were no archbishop or priest present? , - i A Seventy-Two Pound Rail I tho kind of a rail tho Burlington Route's tracks are laid wi th. Kveryono knows what thut means the safety, smoothness, comfort it in sures; tho speed It admits of. Tickets to Chlcupi, Denver, Kunsas City, St. Louis and Deadwisid via tho Burlington Route costs no more than via other lines. City Ticket office. 1321 Farnum street. 8-lft-a
