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IN THE Clutch of Rome. (COPVHUiHTKll.) BY "GONZALK" f CUAPTEU X X THIS RAVENOUS f X'RCH. In Washington, Senator Maxwell was performing the dutle of hU (tui tion as United States senator. The let- M ters he received from his wife were full 1 of Affection and domes-tic happeniurs. with little smattermgi of society gos sip. With the hasty readirg of a man deep in jKilitieal issues, he read and answered these tokens of tweet asur ance that all was well in his distant home. The letter from his sister Martha, which would have warned him that all was not so clear in that distant horizon as it ought to have been, was mingling with the earth in the form of ashes. A chamber-maid was arranging Sena tor Maxwell's rcoms one morning, when a nurse-maid having the charge or a little girl belonging to some lady in the hotel, came into the room for a social gossip. The morning mail had just been brought in and placed on a table, to await the return of the senator. The two women, deep in gossip, let the child wander at its own sweet will around the room, till a sudden scream of delight drew their attention in its direction, and the nurse reached her just in time to see her throw a letter into the bed of red-hot coals in the ' grate. It blazed up instantly. The , frightened nurse dragged the child away from the fire, exclaiming: "Oh, Mary, whatever shall we do: This horrid child has thrown one of Senator Maxwell's letters into the fire." The easy going lady of the chambers "walked leisurely over to the table, bushed the rest of the letters and papers out of the reach of the child, aying softly: 1 "Oh, sure, what docs the loss of one itter amount to among so many? That's this you were telling me about ymr madam getting notes from Col. Ganger, unbeknown to her husband?" fhus perished Martha's note of warn- I lardinal Pizani sat waiting for an exacted visitor in the reception room of jhe archepiscopal residence. The rooh was large, square and lofty. The daitly tinted walls were bare except for large painting of the Holy Family. In corner stood a time worn, stone croi, on a pillar of granite, and on the din-, marble manlle-shelf vs an iron oriufix. Two round tables of oak were plied at a short distance apt rt, with se ral high-backed wooden chairs in f proximity to them, and the chairs j same make were arranged against vails, e cardinal felt that the crops to ully sown and watched, and culti toted, were on the point of yielding a fruitful harvest. The celebratiou o' jlhe centenary of the American hie rarchy, and the first Catholic congress ' ever neia in America, was to tuKe place in two days. Toe meeting of this congress would be an event in the his tory of the church. Long had it been in the mind of the Italian, ana the subtlety of a mind cul tivated and enriched by the severe asceticism of the body, was manifest in the planning of this very congress, for it was to be a mingling of priests and laymen. The church must move on with the ago. The Italian cardinal had studitd America, the American people, and her institutions, and he saw with those farsciirg eyes of his. that the laymen of the American church must be made to feel that the ecclesiastics oMhe church were proud to pay deference to their enlighten ment. The Italian, while he saw the policy of the movement did not like it. It was against every principle of the church. Blind and unquestioning obedience to the king and princes, and the nobles of the hierarchy, was the fi'St lesson the church taught its chil dren, but in Protestant and Republican America, the church must stoop a little to conquer. Hence, the calling to gether of delegates from every city in the United States to this congress, and these delegates -were, without excep tion, men of education and keen poli ticians, and it was for the advancement and good of the church, that religion and politics should walk hand in hand. Perhaps the political laymen cared little for the religion of the church, but in advancing her interests, they would further their own. Cardinal Pizani had so managed the convention, that it should meet on a presidential year, and while the United States senate was in session. Musing on an inese things, his eminence sat patiently awaiting the archbishop of California, for already the visiting prelates and clergy were in the city. The representatives of the foreign hie-ra-chies, including Cardinal Bonnet of Canada the only man in America Pizani feared a French Canadian, ap pointed cardinal some years after Piz ani, and whom he sometimes thought of as a possible rival of himself for the papal chair, were lodged in the arche piscopal mansion. Cardinal Pizani was thinking of this man, who was, at the time, in the rooms above, assigned him and his suit, when a servant ushered his grace of California, into his pres ence. Archbit,b"p O'C'onor had once, while in Washington on church business, had the honor of being enU rtain d by his eminence. He had never covetel the honor a second time. The asceticism of the cardinal was painfully obtrusive in his domestic regime. Today, as he had approached the massive three story structure of iearl gray marble,he had mused, "if I had been elected to occupy this pnlatifl building, the in side sheulJ not shame the outside;" and as he ascended the long flight of marble steps leading 10 the imposing portico, a vagje idea ran through his handsome head that the coining of an American pope might bo a well laid plan, that would tako another century to mature. Pizani wae growing old, and his asceti clsm would surely hurry his soul to Heaven, and, in that event, another cardinal would be in order, and the scarlet cap bad nearly dropped on bis head, when the servant met him, and conducted him into the presence of the present incumbent. The greeting between these two high ecclesiastics was extremely cool. Out side of the church, they had nothing In common. The two prelates at once commenced the discussing of the mo mentous question of asking Senator Maxwell of California, to take the nom ination for the presidency. Once the nomination of this man a fact, his elec tion should follow though he wsded through blood to the White House. Senator Maxwell president, the pope of Rome dead, and the holy Bee trans ferred forever to the capital of the United States of America, what greater joy could Heaven itself offer to the heart of a good Catholic; and his grace of San Fram isjo, and the pope to be, carefully calculated the time of the rising of this bright star on the now rosy horizon. Of course, a dark night of political struggle must follow the lurid sunset of Protestant rule, but the bright morn ing star of a new regime would give promise of future suns of unparalleled brilliancy, which would ever rise and set on a temporal government, held in check by divine authority. Then, the infallible religion should go hand in hand with education. If need le, science herself should be made to fit into the intricacies of this religion. Heaven seemed to smile on the morn ing of the celebration of the centenary. No snow had fallen for a week, and the weather had remained clear and cold, and the sleighs went fUshieg by, or were drawn up at convenient places for their occupants to watch the procession of prelates and priests, as they marched according to their raak. The back of the cathedral formed the boundary of the grouuds back (f the cardinal's residence, which faced on a fashionable street parallel with the one on which the great cathedral fronted. Thu, the procession formed aiquare of brilliant color, as tho emerg d from the door of the cardinal's residence to the entrance of the ca'hedial. With the tread of royalty itself, the two princes of the Amrican church, envel oped in dazzling scarlet, and prvceJeJ by a cloth of gold robtd cross bearers, with their purple vestured court of blsrops, stepped from the great por tico, down the ruaible step, between double lines of guards with the papal colors and banner of America inter mingled, and the helmets and sabers of the guards of honor, glittered with the reflection of the winter sun. So onward, to the temple of the Lord, moved the scarlet-robed cardinals, and the purple-draped bishops, and the white-surpliced priests, and the aeo lytes bearing tho trains of the royal vestments, and the golden robed cross bearers: for the remembrance of how the poor Saviour marched, foot sore and weary, carrying his heavy, wooden cross, must bj kept evt r before His royal followers, lest they become puiTed up with pride or vain gloriousners. Senator Maxwell had been taken by surprise, when the archbishop of San Francisco had called upon him at his rooms in the hotel; for though they were men of prominence in the city of their mutual home, they were far apart in every interest of life, and had only a speaking acquaintance. The senator received thp prelate with courtesy, and waited politely for him to show forth the motive of his visit. Archbishop O'Conor was well in formed, and he was an intelligent talker, and the two gentlemen were soon in an animated discussion on the great questions of the day. Very art fully, the prelate led the conversation up to the presidential nomination, so soon to take place, and when the prel ate, after a few obscure hints, proposed that the senator should think of him self as a candidate, the senator thought the prelate was pleased to have a little pleasantry at his expense; but when tue prelate assured him that he tever was more in earnest in his life, he was puz zled to know why this man, supposed to be entirely devoted to the regulation of the spiritual life of the people, should show so great an Interest in affairs tem poral. At last, the archbishop carefully un folded the political plot. The senator, In politely, ironic terms, declined the honor of being made a center for the priestly plot to revolve around. In re ply to some remark of the archbishop', the naUir said: "Don't you think you prlo.sU rather overrate your power in this country?" "Xo, senator, we priest know with tolerable accuracy the distance our cat can jump." The senator colored. "I decline, sir, as I am not a Catholic to hoooiuo one ef your leaping cats." The archbishop warmly abjured such an Imputation. Then, In his q jiet, low monotone, which had of:en carried con viction to tho ears that were deaf to loud thunders of eloquence, he said: "I will U.11 you, why, In this particu lar case, at least, we do not overrate our power. Monday next, a congre-ss composed of Catholic laymen, from every large city in America, will moot in this city. The majority of ihis great body, of course, will bo eomiwscd of representatives of the cities of our union. San Francisco will be repre sented by three delegates. These men have oeen se lected for their Intellectual merits; many of them, indeed, having held or are still holding high ruunicl pal positions in their respective cities These men, for their own advancement, will bo as wax in the hands of the ec clesiastics, whom they know have un bounded Influence over the common voters. Thus it U, Mr. Maxwell, we secure the advancement of our own in terests, and those who intrust them selves to our care." And he flashed a meaning glance from his steely eyes at tho man, he felt sure of winning in Hie end, as he said "Let us grant, purely for the sake of argument, that you favor this proposi tion of mine, and wish to become presi dent of the Unitid States. You well know that you can never reach the chair, if every man of your party voted for you, if tho Catholic vote was given to your opponent. Your wife being a Catholic, the vote Is yours by right." "All you say, sir, may be true, but I beg to remind you that my wifo Is no longer an active member of your church, at which you would not wonder, if you knew the circumstances. Your church was cruel to her in her early youth, and, excuse my plain speaking, my children shall never, so long as I have power over them, be united with it. Have I made it plain to you, sir, that while I have no objection to your mode of worship, I do object to its political meddling? Indeed, I think any church a dangerous convoy for our ship or slate." The archbishop arose. "Mr. Max well, if you should conclude to take tho helm of this ship of state, I am at your service." The senator politely bowed his cleri cal guest outof his rooms, assuring him that he had no wish to navigate in such dangerous waters. The archbishop left the pretence of the Pacific Coast senator with less confidence than he bad entered it, and with some; uneasi ness. What, if after all, this man should prove lo be a grand exception to human nature, and had no ambition to enter the lists (when a place was offered him with almost assured success) to compete for the first grand prize of the nation? I' the glittering prize could not shine down his boasted principles and prejudices, the cause of tbe church might be injured, iir-d its enemies grow clamorous in denunciation. Yea, the archbishop knew that unless Senator Maxwell empower the church to place him in the presidential chair, he would when he came to know that the church had, unknown to him, meddled in his domestic bffiiirs, und had gone to far as to baptize bis children, proclaim his wrath ou the house top. Senator Maxwell was an ambitious man, but he ha 1 never yet allowed his ambition to conquer his honor, and never, till now, had these two great principles of his life met In to violent a struggle, for he found himself weighing over and over again, tne prize the prelate had ottered him, and it ever gained ?n balance. Sunday afternoon Senator Maxwell was sitting in the reading room of the hotel ostensibly reading a newspaper, but in reality, listening to theconversa tion of two gentlemen, guests of the hotel, who had attended the celebra tion of the morning. "Oh, yes," said one gentleman, "their form of worship is well enough, if they enjoy its forms and ceremonies, but judging by that pedal intercession for the pope, chanted by those six hundred clergy, there is more pope worship than God worship in it." "lee," said the other, "and it is that very pope worship that makes them a dangereus faction in a country where they have the upper hand." Dangerous? I should say so," said the first speaker, "if they were content to let their 'Most Exalted' have full swing over their Heavenly prospects, and let others take care of the earth, it wemldn't be so bad." "No, "said the other, "but they never will. Once let them get their infallible monarch seated in the United States, and we shall have tremble; and, I tell you, their numbers are big in this country, and the majority of our for eign immigrants are superstitious, pas sive agents in the hands of the priest hood, who say to them, 'here, as soon as you become a citizen of this country, you must vote as we direct you, or you will go straight to perdition.' These priests are a keen lot, I tell you, as this new departure ef calling together a con grew of laymen show. They have found it a correct thing to pay Mime def retice to their enlightened A nierl can adherent " "I have no sympathy with religious Intolerance," mid the- first speaker "lor, I think. If there is anything a man or woman should have perfect lib erty In, it is his or her religious views and, for that reason, I believe In leav Ing religion entirely out ef tho affair of the government." "We will grant," said tho second gentleman, "that the Catholic are ihes most dangerous, on account of their h! legianeo to one xHir human being whom, tho moment a body of men, like himself, elect him popo land by the way, I'll bet there's leits of holy wire pulling before ho gets there) become endowed with a jiower over Heaven and earth." "Hut didn't tho Methodists end in petition to one of our newly elected presidents, asking him, for the take of religious decorum and for tho good morals of tie nation, according to their standHint,' to dispense with tho tlmo honored inaugural ball?" "lex, I believe they did," said tho other, "but the ball rolled on, and I warrant you now, if tho preordanlsts had full swing, they would never put a man In ofllee till a solemn body of pre ordained had vat upon him and deter mined whether his 6e'at in the next world was assured; and tho Baptists would Immerse bim from head to heel, and so on, it would go through all the catalogues of religion. By the way, did it ever occur to you, that religion and Christianity are two widely different things?" "Yes," said the other, as they left the room. Senator Maxwell was conscious that ho could have told tho gentlemen some thing that would havo strengthened their convictions regarding the danger of allowing any religious power to handle the reins of government, That evening, Impelled by an Impulse ho could not resist, he joined tho Immonso. throng of people pouring into the cathedral. It was with some difficulty, he found a seat in the crowded gallery. The senator wns like the rest of the world, impressed with tho grand scenic effect produced by this religious dis play. Tho high altar wiih its jeweled sym bols was ablaze with lighted candles and on either side, on a richly can opied dais sut tho cardinals in their vivid, scarlet robes, und a purple robed bishop, with a jeweled mitre on his head, and a richly gilded crw.ler in his hand, was chanting the pontifical ves pers. the dark clothed congregation brought into strong relief the purple ranks of the bishops, and the white- surpHeed priests, who lined the front and sides and filled the aisles of the vast cathedral; and over all tho white and gold of tne dome resplendent with incandescent electric lights. As SonaU)r Maxwell watched the studied gestures of the richly vestured prices and acolytes at the altar, the significant words of the. Relate, who formed a part of tho silken nia-s of color far down bc'.ow him, came float ing le him in the subtle fumes of the burning incense, and were wafi.d to bim in the peals of melody from the org,m. The vSsper service camo to an end, and with the conferring of the papal b'.es-iing, the centenary of the Catholic hierarchy was over in Amer ica. As Senator Maxwell walked back to his hotel, he instinctively went out of his way to pass the White House. Long rays of light from the windows glim mered on the froz; n snow. He looked long upon the gleaming white mansion, and began to imagine himself its mus ter: to have his name indelibly en graved on the register of its tenants, for after ages to read, to have his de seendents point to his name e ngi avd on this nat'onal roll of honor, with as much pride of ancestry as the proudest scion of royalty. "All theso things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." And what worship, after all, had that crafty envoy demanded of him? In elTect, his words had been: "We are ready to confer upon you the highest gift the nation has to give. All the return we ask is thatjou will allow your wife, who is already a Cath olic, to come back in full communion with us, and to pledge yourself to us in secret, that once in the presidential chair, you will use the power with which we have invested you, to advance in every way our Catholic interests " Ah, but his beloved wife! Well he knew what a tyrant her religion was. Would it ever come between their hitherto undivided lives? Horrible thought. Once in the power of this ravenous church, would she not demand that he give his children to her? Would not his wifa, once more under the influence of the crafty priesthcod, herself demand that these children be given to her? No; his wife, for love of him, had defied the curse of the church, her priests and her own mother. What had he to fear now, for the years had added to, and not taken awav from their love. He could afford to risk something to be president of the United States,and why not meet craftiness and subtlety witn its own weapons? After all, one form of christian piety was as good In the sight of God as another.and once in the presidential chair, he knew he hud stamina enough to keep In check any Injudicious meddling of Mil par tlmlaron , in tli. affair of tho nation, or In his own domeetlc elrelo. Senator Maxwell fcit very confident that w ith the united strength of this political church ho kUxhI a greater chance ol reviving this gift from the jHiplo than any eligible man of his party, for he wan no figure head In the senate chamber, and hi ceehe; were litwd to with flattering attention by hi audiences, and commented on freely and favorably by the press, and If he used til wife' religion a an agent to reach tho highest pinnacle In the United States, It would not bo the first tlmo In the history of the world that religion and ambition stood boulder to shoulder. So on through the long hour ef tho night he lay sleepless on hi lied, arguing to himself for and agiinst the great question of his life. The aye won tho day. Ho would nn nounee himself a candidate for tho nomination, and as ArchblshopO'Conor Imardod tho train en route for San Franciseo, when the congress was over, ho thought ho saw tho asmircd future of tho church shining blinding bright In the clear distance. Cardinal Pizani wax more man satis fied witli the results of tho congress, and he plainly saw the papal throne standing beside tho presidential chair. "Ah, yes," mused tho cardinal, when the last of hi guests had left hi home, and the quiet routine of hi life began again, "this congress has shown our great strength, and given us more, and when wo havo quite pushed thi Pro testant president into tho chair, who shall say nay to anything wo may wish to undertake? Not ho, or" and the descendant of tho Borglas left tho thought half former! In his Dory brain, and picked up a pacr from a table near him, which had been placed before him by one of tho priests of tho household. (To bu Continued.) IN THE CLUTCH OF ROME." I published In book form, miner cover, und run be li ml liy sending & rents In e'tisli to tho AMKItlCAN rtJUI.ISHINU Cotd'ANY. MA HI A MONK. The Nun Hliu KseajM-d Fnini (he Hold IHeii, Montreal, Canada. Fresh De velopments. In tho winter of 1HIH) and IS!) I the celebrated Chas. Chiniquy, commonly called Father Chiniquy, and now proba bly the most famous cx-prlest in the world was in Washington, D. C. Here ho delivered a course of nineteen lec tures on Romanism. Ho was then In his 82nd year, t-ing now 18!),ri, he would be 8ii years old. It fell to my lot to serve as his assist ant and I was with him daily for aliout throe wei ks. Being one day alone with him in his room, I asked whether he knew anything about the story of Maria Monk and her famous book, Awful Dis closures. Chiniquy was about 2H years old at the tiiiie of Mbs Monk's escape, in 1 S.'lfi; und I kne w thut he h:td been much in Montreal where the Hotel Dieu Is si uated. lie refilled that ho did, and that one occasion, when he had lieconi" too ill to continue his arduous labors as a priest and "ApoHtlc of Temp ranee," as he. was often called, his bishop s.'nt him to that very hot 1 to take some needed re t, saying to him: "The sisters will give you a room, and nurse you tenderly, and you will soon recover your usual heakh." While he was theio a very old nun often c ime into his room to minister to his want-; and one day- he a.ked her whether she knew any thing of the sVry of Maria Monk. She replied that she was well informed on that subject, and had read her book, Awful Disclosures." "Well now, "says Chiniquy ' wee you hero during the time when she cluinies to have been here?" "Yes," she said, "I was here and I knew her well." "Then." says he, "I wish you would tell me whether the awful statements she has made of de. ds done in this nunnery were tru-.' Upon this question, the old nun as greiiMy agitat.d and begged to be ex cused from answering; but on being pressed for an answer, consented, pro vided he would promise never to icveal anything sh.. said until after her death. He promis' d, and she then stated thai Miss Monk's statements in that book were tru1; and says she, "I have teen worse things done here than anything that she has told." My attention was again turned to the Maria Monk affair, by seeing a little phamphlet recently published in Lon don, Kng., by a Catholic house, endeav oring to prove that Miss Monk's Aw ful Disclosures were a fraud. I read the phamphlet through; but it does not seem to me to disprove any part of her story. Besides, this statement of the Rev. Chiniquy is a direct confirmation of the truth of Miss Monks story, new evidence, which I have never before 9een published. But I have just received, most un expectedly, some very interesting and very reliable statements from another source. While Friend Traynor, State Presi dent of the A. P. A., was in this city recently, he gave me the name of a Rev. gentleman now living in New York City from whom valuable information con cerning Miss Monk might be obtained. I wrote to him, and received substanti ally the following: That it was his mother, who first protected Miss Monk, when she arrived in that city after her escape from Montreal In tho year 1S35. He say: "It wa extremely difficult to m-Ut-t a refuge with any prt'iii!6 of afety, an xple w r al rt and niimer on, and danger of dlneovery was In creasing." The name of thl protectrii wa Mr. Sarao W. K- even, famou for her beauty, breadth of mind, daunlles courage, and sublimity of character, combined with such lovable trail and womanly grae a coiiiri ended her for thl charge lit a time of great (x rlt Her love of justice, I. aire 1 of w rong and unfaltering devotion to humanity decided the question, and watehman Began M'lJ'd a favorable opisirtunlty, and wM-retly hurried Maria Monk to Mr. Reeve's residence where ho and Mr. Ilogan welcomed her at midnight. She was Immediately Meereted on the top floor, previously prepared for her, which ho occupied for months, where when restored to health and strength, she wrote her famous liook, Awful Dl closure." "The truth it contained were ter ribly emphasized by the suWqucnt excitement, and flood of vituperation with malignant iierHccutlon, coupled with threat of assassination." "It Is Idle folly to attempt to discredit her book In tho face of the venomous fury aroused, and tho consternation which forced tho leadlng'mlnds of tho Roman Catholic church Into tho con troversy." "Maria Monk at length tired of her captivity, and one day Incautiously ap proached a window, and was recog nized." "That night a mob besolged the house, demanding her Immediate sur render." "They were dispersed, and another mob apeared tho next day." "The third day, Fifth street from Avenue D to Avenue C was filled by a frenzied mob of howling fanatics (Ro man Catholics), who threatened to razo the houso to tho ground, unless Miss Monk wa surrendered at once. Mrs. Reeve preferred to take chances rather than surrender. So the neighbors ral lied and guarded tho house until Miss Monk was safely conducted to other quarters three days later. My mother often reicatod this story, but had I received your Inquiry five weeks sooner, I could have given some start ling details," for his mother died just five weeks ago. "Tho words quoted aro as I received thom from the son of this heroic. mother. If Miss Menu was not an escaped nun, why did tho priests stir, up Romish mobs to recapture her? And if those convents are not places of lewdness and wickedness, why did Popo Innocent VI It. publish a bull demanding refor mation in monasteries and other relig ious places, and declare that "members of monasteries and other rellirlous houses lead a lascivious and truly dis solute life." Why is it that all escaped nuns toll the same ury of those prisons? For my part, I should deem It truly wonderful that these escaped women should all agree so well, though wholly unknown o each other, and living In widely different times aud far remoto from one another. 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