V,
ASSASSINATION
OF PRES. LINCOLN
Every Person Implicated In
the Diabolical Plot a Ro
man Catholic.
SUadpoInt Occupied by Ex Priest
Chlniquy, Who was the Pres.
Ident's Close Friend.
Father Chlniquy. the apostate Cath
Uc priest, who has been lecturing in
Baltimore, in conversation with a
Morning Herald reporter, made a
number of statements regarding the
assassination of President Lincoln,
which are not to be found In the his
tories of the perlo,, and accounts for
that lamentabls tragedy:
"I am a French Canadian by birth,"
aid he to the reporter, "and was born
In Kamovaska, Canada, in 1809. Both
f my parents were Catholics, and I
waa, of course, brought up In that
faith. From a very early age I was
tfastlned for the priesthood, and my
education waa conducted with that end
always In view. Having been ordain
ed, I arose yery rapidly In the esti
mation of my reltgtous superiors as
well as in popular favor, and was soon
looked upon as one of the most prom
ising members et the Canadian priest
hood. My work in the cause of tem
perance brought me Into special prom
inence, and I became widely known
all over Canada, and, indeed, In the
Catholic church everywhere.
"In 1851 Catholic bishops and clergy
from all over North America met In
secret conclave at Buffalo, N. Y., and
there the question was discussed, and
it was decided to seize the cities of
North America for the Catholic
church. The plan adopted was to
bring Catholic emigrants from Europe
tn sufficient numbers to gain control
of the city governments by popular
Tote. The attempt was carried out to
some extent, and was successful at
least in New York. It was particu
larly the desire of the church to get
possession of the school fund In the
various cities in order to use it for
the benefit of Catholicism. The well
remembered struggle for the expulsion
of the Bible from the public schools
in Cincinnati In 1870 was the out
growth of the action of the conclave
in 1851.
"At this same conclave I was assign
ed to go to Illinois with a band of
French Canadian Catholics and to
found a colony or coionles. Colonists
also came from France, and early in
1852 J founded my colony at St. Anne,
Kankakee county, 111. A chapel or
church was built, and we had a con
gregation of about 500 souls.
"In 1858, after several years of
tudy and many trials, -1 determined
to leave the Church of Rome, whose
doctrines I no longer believed. It was
on Saturday evening that I reached
my final determination, and the next
morning I went into the pulpit and
told my congregation of the step I
was about to take, and my reasons.
After talking to them for two hours
I put the matter to a vote, and all but
fifteen of my 300 parishioners ex
pressed their intention of following
me. This, action, when It became
known, created no little excitement all
over the country. About a year later
we Joined the Chicago Presbytery, and
afterward the Canadian Presbytery
to which we still belong.
"Previous to this Abraham Lincoln
bad defended me when I was prose
cuted by the church, and when, some
time after our withdrawal from the
church our colony was theatened with
destruction from famine, he came for
ward and for our benefit delivered a
lecture, In which he denounced the or
der of the Jesuits with the greatest
boldness. This made our former
friendship all the stronger.
"In 1862 a Canadian Jesuit priest
was converted through my teaching,
and from him I first learned of a plot
of that order to asaaslnate Mr. Lin
coln. He told me that the plot was
first laid in 1861. I went at once to
Washington, and in a conference with
Mr. Lincoln warned him of what I had
learned. He told me that he was al
ready informed of the matter by Mr.
Samuel F. B. Morse, the telegraph in
ventor, who had heard It by chance
while in Rome. Mr. Morse was not a
Catholic.
"About a year afterward I convert
ed another Jesuit priest, who had ab
solutely no knowledge of any other
convert, and by him I was told the
same story. I again went to Wash
ington and warned the president
After the assassination, while I was in
San Francisco, another Jesuit priest
gave me, for a third time. Identically
the same account of the plot In the
order against the president. While I
was seeking Information In regard to
the crime I met the Rev. F. A. Con
well, of Chicago, who related the fol
lowing: "Ninety miles northwest of St. Pajil,
Minn., Is the little village of St
Joseph, settled by Roman Catholics,
and with a college for the education
of priests. On the 14th of April, 1865,
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, two men
drove up to the village hotel; one was
the Rev. F. A. Conwell, chaplain of
the first Minnesota regiment and the
other was Horace P. Bennett, of St.
Cloud about ten miles eastward.
While Mr. Bennett was attending to
the horse in the barn the landlord, J.
H. Llnneman .who has charge of the
friary, and was purveyor for the
priests, told Chaplain Conwell that
President Lincoln and Secretary Sew
ard were assassinated. And when
Mr. Bennett returned from the barn to
the tavern the landlord reiterated the
statement to both his guests.
"This was not later than 6:30 p. m.,
and the assassination of Lincoln did
tot occur till about 10 p. m. Allow
ing for the difference in time between
St Joseph and Washington the news
reached St Joseph at least two hours
of or It occarred.
Tbs two men make affidavit of th
fssst, sworn to September 6, and Ooto
tw II. 1813. Landlord Llsntman,
ffWrsysr for ths priests, refuses to
swear, but makes s written declara
tion, October 30. 1SSJ. duly signed,
saying that be told Conwell and Mr.
Bennett that 'he had be-aru this rumor
la his store from people who rams In
and out: but be rannot remember
from whom.' That lapse of memory
probably saved the landlord a life. The
priests of St Joseph were eoxmizsnt
of the tot to fedsaasinate Lincoln
and Seward.
"Without a single exception the con
spirators were Roman Catholics. It
la true that Atzeroth. Payne and Har
old asked for Protestant ministers
when they wete to be hung, but they
had been considered Catholics till
then. John Wilkes Booth was a
proselyte u .raihollcitim.'and so were
Atzeroth, Payns and Haroi.l. But
had their father confessors appeared
ith them on the sea Told that would
have opened the eyes of the American
people to clearly see that the anamin
ation of Lincoln and Seward were
planned and executed by Jesuit priests.
The murderers wero Instructed to con
ceal their religion. Such la the doc
trine of the Catholic church. St
Llguori says:
"It Is often more to the glory of
God and the good of our neighbor to
conceal our religious faith, as when
ws live among heretics we csn more
easily do them good in that way; or
if by declaring our religion, we cause
some disturbance or deaths, or even
wratn of the tyrant' Llguori
Theologla, II. 3.)
"Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth
stopped in his flight, was a Catholic
and so was Garrett, In whose barn
Booth was killed.
"After the murder Father Chlniquy
went to Washington In disguise. He
found that the Influence of Rome at
the capital was almost supreme. The
only statesman who dared to face the
nefarious influence of Rome was Gen.
Baker. But several other statesmen
confessed that without doubt the Jes
uits were at the bottom of the plot;
and sometime this would appear so
clearly In evidence before the mili
tary tribunal that tt was feared It
could not be kept from the public. Mrs
Surratt was a Catholic, and her house
was the common rendezvous of the
priests.
"Booth, the assassin himself, was
confirmed In this very city of Balti
more. He was but the tool of the
Jesuits. He was taught by them that
the pope had railed Jeff Davis his
dear son, and had taken the southern
confederacy under his protection. He
was taught that Lincoln was an apos
tate, that ha had been baptized in the
Catholic religion, had rebelled against
it and broken his oath of allegiance to
the pope. He was taught that It was
his religious duty to slay this Infa
mous enemy of his church.
"Compare other murders known to
havs been plotted and executed by
Jesuits with this one and you will
And that they resemble each other as
one drop of water resembles another.
Compare the last hours of the Jesuit,
Ravaillac, the assassin of Henry IV.,
who absolutely refused to repent,
though suffering the most horrible
tortures on the rack, with Booth, who,
with an unset broken leg. the bone al
most puncturing the flesh, writes in
his daily memorandum: 'I can never
repent, though we hated to kill. Our
country owed all its troubles to him
(Lincoln), and God simply made me
the Instrument of his punishment.'
"I found that the influence of Rome
wag almost supreme in Washington.
Several of the government men with
whom I conversed told me that they
had not the least doubt that the Jesu
its were at the bottom of the crime
They were afraid to let the crime
come out lest the priests should be
implicated, and In the event of their
execution they knew that riots, blood,
Are and devastations must follow, and
these the country, in its then divided
state could not sustain."
Evading Real Issues.
The weakness of the case of those
who are vigorously opposing the im
migration restriction bill is shown
by their persistent refusal to meet
fairly and squarely the real and es
sential issue Involved In the proposal
of an educational test for new arrivals
The protest of the German societies
of Chicago and of the league recently
organized In New York, as well as
the arguments advanced in congress
by such men as Senator Caffrey, deal
with but one aspect of the problem.
They harp upon the obvious and ad
mitted fact that illiteracy is not al
ways and necessarily a sign of vi
clousness and Incapacity, and indulge
In Irrelevant emotional appeals to
principles which no friend of the edu
cational test dreams of surrendering.
That Immigration has done much
for the development of the country Is
not questioned by any sane man.
That it can and will do still more is
equally beyond dispute. That an edu
cational test if applied a hundred or
even fifty years ago, would have
barred out thousands of worthy, use
ful and desirable citizens, to the great
detriment of the country, is also
readily and cheerfully conceded. Why,
then, urge considerations that have
absolutely no bearing upon the ques
tion we are called upon to settle here
and now?
What is this essential question?
Simply this, whether or not the coun
try needs a rest from the work of ab
sorption and assimilation Imposed by
a practically unrestricted immigra
tion. Today we only exclude paupers,
criminals, diseased persons and con
tract laborers. If we need no further
restriction In the interest of he
American standard of wages and liv
ing, the educational test is Indeed un
necessary and improper; but those
who admit that present restrictive
measures are inadequate are bound to
supply a better and fairer test than
that of ability to read and write, a
test so perfect as to exclude all un
worthy applicants and admit all
worthy ones. The champions of the
Immigration bill recognize that here
and there injustice would result, but
they most emphatically deny that any
great number of desirable immigrants
would be shut out or that the law
would stop Immigration. Are not the
labor organizations better authorities
on the need of further restriction than
the societies now fighting the Lodge
blllt Chicago Evening Post
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THE AMERICAN.
A. P. A. PRINCIPLES.
The following are the declarations of
principles adopted by I ho National Coun
cil of the A. l A. at Ih-s Molnee.
"lyalty to true Americanism, which
knows neither birth. plsoe, race, creed,
nor party, la th firm requirement for
aiemberahlp in ths American rrotactlv
Ast lation.
'Th American Protective Association
la not a political party, an J does nut con
trol Ilia political affiliations of It mem
bers, but It leaihea (hem to be intensely
active In the discharge of their political
duties In or out of party llm-a.
It believes that all problem confronting
our people will be bomvl solid by a ton
sclentlous discharge of the dutlea of cill
senshlp by every individual.
'While tolerant of all creeds. It holds
that subjection and support In any politi
cal power not controlled by Am rlcati cit
liens. and which claims ciul If not
greater sovereignty than the government
of the United htates. Is Irreconcilable
with American oinienship. It la. there
fore opposed to the holding of offices In
state or national government bv any
subject or supporter of such ecclesiastical
power.
"We uphold the constitution of tha
I'nlted States of America and no portion
of It mora than Its guarantee of rellg.oue
liberty, but ws hold this religious liberty
to be guaranteed to the Individual, and
not to mean that under Its prote. tion anv
un-American ecclesiastical power can
claim any absolute control over the edu
cation of children, growing up under the
stars and stripes.
"Ws consider the non-sectarian free
public school the bulwark of American
Institutions, the best place for the edu
cation of American children. To keep
them auch, we protest against the em
ployment of subjects, of any un-American
ecclesiastical power a officer or
teachers of our public schools.
"We condemn the support out of ths
public treasury by direct appropriation
or by contract of any sectarian school,
reformatory or other Institution not own
ed and controlled by puhllo authority.
"Believing that exemption from taxa
tion la equivalent to a grant of public
funds, we demand that no real or person
al property be exempt from taxation, the
title to which I not vested in the national
or state governments, or in any of their
sub-dlvlstons.
"We protest against the enlistment In
the United Htales army. navy, or the
militia of any state, of any person not an
actual citiaen of the United Htates.
We demand for the protection or our
citixen laborers the prohibition of the im
portation of pauper labor, ana me re
striction of all Immigration to persons
who cannot show the r ability snd honest
Intention to become self-supporting Amer.
lean cttlxens.
"We demand the change of the nattiral
thorlilng the naturalisation of minora,
without a previous declaration nf Inten
tion, and by providing that no alien shall
be naturalized or permitted to vote In
any state In the union who cannot spea.k
the language of the land, and who can
not prove seven years' consecutive resi
dence In this country from the date of
his declaration of intention.
"We protest against the gross negli
gence and laxity with which the Judici
ary of our land administer the present
naturalization laws, and agalnat the
practice of naturalising aliens at the ex
pense of committees or candldatea si
the most proline source of the present
prostitution of American cititensnip to
the basest uses.
"We demand that hospitals, asylums.
reformatories, or other institutions In
which people are under restraint, be at
all times subject to public inspection.
whether they are maintained oy tne puu
lic or by private corporationa or individ
uals. "We demand that all national or state
legislation affecting financial, commer
cial or Industrial Interests be general In
character and in no Instance In favor of
any one section of the country, or any
one clasa of the people."
CANNON LAW.
1. The constitutions of princes are not
superior, but subordinate to ecclesiasti
cal constitutions.
2. The laws of the emperor cannot dis
solve the ecclesiastical or cannon laws.
I. It la not lawful for an emperor to
exact anything opposed to the apostolic
rules.
4. It Is not lawful for kings to uiurp
the things that belong to priests.
5. J'o custom of anyone can thwart the
statutes of the popes.
6. Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic (cannon) precepts, but let them
be salutiferlously fulfilled.
7. The yoke Imposed by the holv see Is
to be borne, though it appear Intolerable
and Insupportable.
8. The Pontiff can neither be loosed nor
bound by the secular power.
8. That the Pontiff was called Hod by
the pious Prince Constantino, and that
as Ood he cannot be Judged as man.
10. That as Ood he is far above tha
reach of all human law and Judgment.
II. That all laws contrary to the can
ons and decrees of tha Roman prelates
are of no force.
12. That all of the ordinances of the
Pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed.
13. We ought not even to speik to one
whom the Pope has ex-communlcated.
14. Priests are fathera and masters,
even of princes.
15. The civil law Is derived from man,
but the ecclesiastical or canon law la de
rived directly from Ood. by which the
Pontiff can, in connection with his pre
lates, make constitutions for the whole
Christian world, In matters spiritual, con
cernlng the salvation of souls, and the
right government of the church; and if
necessary Judge and dispose of all the
temporal goods of all Christians.
l. A heretic, holding or teaching false
doctrine concerning the sacraments, is
excommunicated and degraded, and hand
ed over to the secullar court.
17. Secular princes unwilling to swear
to defend the church against heretics
are excommunicated, and they are laid
under an interdict.
18. The goods of hertlcs are to he con
fiscated and applied to the church.
19. Advocates or notaries, ravormg
heretics, or their defenders, or pleading
for them In law suits, or writing docu
ments for them, are infamous and sus
pended from office.
20. The secular rowers, whether perma
nent or temporary, are bound to swear
that they will exterminate, according to
their power, all heretics condemned by
the church; and a le.nporal lorl not purg
ing his land of heretics, is excommuni
cated. 21. Those signed with ths cross for the
extermination of heretics, reloice In the
privilege granted to the crusaders for the
help of ths holy land.
22. They are absolved from all obliga
tions who are in anywise bound to here
tics. 23 Whoever dies in battle against tha
unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heav
en. 24. We do not esteem those homicides
to whom it may have happened in their
seal for their mother church against the
excommunicated, to kill some of them.
25. The Catholic princes are bound,
both by civil and common law. not- to
receive or tolerate heretics, and much
more are not to permit their rites, or
other exercise of their religion, or rather,
their false sect, but are most solemnly
bound everywhere, to repel and expel
them. , , t
26. The following temporal punish
ments are to be enforced on heretics: 1st
Infamy, and the consequent disqualifi
cations for all civil acts. 2nd Intestabili
ty, as well active as passive tthat la,
they can neither make nor will inherit
what is left to them by others). 3rd Loss
of parental power over children. 4th
Loss of dowry, and other privileges
granted to women. 6th Confiscation of
all goods. 6th That vassals and slaves
and others are from all. even sworn
obligations due to their lord, or snother.
7th Capital corporal punishment, es
pecially death, snd perpetual imprison-
27. The canon law forbids all tolera
tion. St. That metropolitans snd bishops srs
to ex-communlcats him who grants lib
erty of conscience.
29. No oath Is to be kept toward here
tic prlncea, lords or others.
SO. Heretics are to be deprived of all
elvll snd paternal rights.
II. Tha Pope can absolve from all
oaths.
SI Every bishop Is ordlnsry judge In a
cause of heresy. The reason Is becauss
the bishops esn si-officlo, snd ought to
extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon then
ths Sue punishments, snd to this are
bound ss pain of deposition. Besides are
Us taastsltsrs sspscislly Sepsis sy ths
spoatolie see. Kvery Mshop In hie dtaoeee
Is thought to be, and In reality la. s
natural inquisitor, (literally born inquis
itor), eo aa to have the same) power with
those already mentioned In a cause of
heresy,
IX In every promissory oath, although
abenlutely taken, there are certain con
ditions tacitly understood. amongt which
are: li-lf ran; 2nd To save the right
and authority of a superior; Srd When
the oath supposes the honor of the apos
tolic see to be Illicit.
1 That the council of Trent, (the last
and great authority of Hornet, decrees
and commands that the Mt-rel canons
ami all general councils, also the other
apostolic enactments Issued In favor of
ecclesiastical persons of ecclesiastical
Utterly, and against Its violators, all of
which by thla present decree It renews,
and must be exactly observed by all.
EXTRKME OATH OF TUB JKSflT.
-, now tn the presence of Al
mighty Ood. the blessed Virgin Mary, the
hleMHl Mii hael the Ar.'hanitel. the bl -seed
Kt. John the H.iptlt. the holy Apost
les St. Peter and Ht. Paul and the balnts
and Kacred Host of heaven, and to you.
my ghostly father, the superior general
of the society of Jesus, founded by Saint
Ignatus Loyola In the pontiftcatlon of
Paul the Third, and continued to the
present, do. by the womb or the virgin,
the matrix of Ood. and the rod of Jesus
Christ declare and swear that his holi
ness, the pope. Is Christ's vlce-gerent,
and Is the true and only head of the
Catholic or universal church throughout
the eatth. and that by virtue of tha kas
of bin. ling and loosing given to his holi
ness by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, he
hath power to depose heretical kings,
prlncea, states, commonwealths and gov
ernments, all being Illegal without his
sacred confirmation, and they may be
safely destroyed. Therefore, to the tit
most of my power, I will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' right and cus
tom against all usurpers of the heretical
or Protestant authority whatsoever, es
pecially the Lutheran church of Ger
many, Holland. lenmark, Sweden and
Norway, and the now pretended authori
ties and churches of Kngland snd Scot
land, and branches of the aame now es
tablished In Ireland, and on the conti
nent of America, and elsewhere, and all
adherents In regard that they be usurped
and heretical, opposing the sactad church
of Home.
"I do now denounce and disown any al
legiance as due to any heretical king,
prince or state named Protestant or Lib
erals or obedience to any of their laws,
magistrates or officers.
"1 do further declare that the doctrine
of the churches of Kngland snd Scotland,
of the Calvtnlsta. Huguenots and- others
of the name of Protestant or Liberals to
be damnable, and they themselves to bs
damned who will not forsake the same.
"1 do further declare that I will help,
assist and advise all or any of his holi
ness' agents, In any place wherever I
shall be. In Switzerland. Oermany, Hol
land, Denmark. Sweden. Norway, Eng
land, Iceland or America, or In any other
kingdom or tetritory. I shall corns to, and
do my utmost to extirpate the heretical
Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to
destroy all their pselended powsts, legal
or otherwise.
"I do further promise and dec'sts that,
notwithstanding I am dispensed with to
assume any religion heretical for the
propagation of the mother church's In
terest, to keep secret and private all
her agents' councils from time to time,
aa they entrust me, and not to divulge,
directly or Indirectly, by word, writing
or circumstances whatever, but to exe
cute all that shall be proposed, given In
charge, or discovered unto me, by you
or my ghostly father, or any of his sac
red convent.
"I do further promise snd declare that
I will have no opinion or will of my own
or any mental reservation whatsoever,
even as a corpse or cadaver (perltide ao
cadaveri, but will unhesitatingly obey
each and every command that I may re
ceive from my superiors In the militia of
the pope and of Jesus Christ.
"That I will go to any part of the
world whithersoever f may be sent, to
the frozen regions of the north, the burn
ing sands of the desert of Africa, or the
pingles of India, to the centers of civili
sation of Europe, or to the wild haunts
of the barbarous savages of America,
without murmuring or repining snd will
be submissive In all things whatsoever,
communicated to me.
"I do furthermore promise and declare
that I will, when opportunity presents,
make and wage relentless war, aecretely
or openly, against all heretics. Protest
ants and Liberals as I am directed to do,
to extirpate them from the face of the
whole earth, and thnt ! will snre neith
er age, sex or rondltion, and that I will
hang, burn, waste, boll, flay, sti angle and
burn alive these Infamous heretics; rip
up the stomach and wombs of their wo
men and crush their Infants' heads
against the walls tn order to annihilate
their execrable race. That when the
same cannot be done openly. I will se
cretly use the poisonous cup, the strang
ulating cord, the steal of the poinard. or
the leaden bullet, regardless of the rank,
dignity or authority of the person or per
sona, whatever may ba their condlt'on In
life, either public or private, as I at any
time may he directed so to do by any
agent of the pope or superior of the
brotherhood of the holy father, of the
society of Jesus.
In confirmation of which I hereby dedi
cate my life, my soul and all corporal
powers, and with this dagger which I
now receive, I will subscribe my name,
written In my blood. In testimony there
of; and should I prove false or weaken In
mv determination, may my brcthern and
fellow soldiers nf the mllltla of the pope
cut off my hands and my feet, and my
throat from ear to ear. my belly opened
and sulphur burned therein, with all thu
punishment that can be inflicted upon
me on earth and mv soul lie torluisd by
demons In an eternal hell forever.
All of which I do swear
by the blessed trinity, ami blesse-1 sacra
ment which I am now to receive, to per
form, and on my part to kce; invlolalily;
and do call all the heavenly and glorious
host of heaven to witness these, my real
intentions, to keep this my oath.
In testimony hereof I take this most
holv and blessed sacrament of the eu
charlst. and witness the same further,
with my name written with the point of
this dagger, dipped In mv own blood, and
sen! in the face of this holy convent.
(lie receives the wafer from the super
ior and writs his name with the point of
his da seer, dipped in his own blood, tak
en from over the heart.)
CARDINAL'S OATH.
I, , cardinal of the Holy Ro
man church, do promise and swear that,
from this time to the end of my life I
will be faithful and obedient unto St.
Peler, the holy apostolic Roman church,
and our most holy lord, the pope of
Rome, and his successors, canonlcally
and lawfully elected; that I will give no
advice, consent or assistance against the
pontifical majesty and person; that I will
never knowingly and advisedly, to their
Injury or disgrace, make public the coun
cils entrusted to me by themselves, or by
messengers or letters: also that I will
give them any assistance In retaining,
defending and recovering tha Roman
papacy and the regalia of Peter, with all
mv might and endeavor, so far ss the
rights and privileges of my order will
allow It, and will defend them against all
their honor and state, and I will direct
and defend, with due form and honor, the
legates and nunclous of the apostoltc
see. in the territories, churches, monas
teries and other benefices committed to
my keeping; and I will cordially co-operate
with them and treat them with
honor In their coming, abiding snd re
turning, and that I will resist unto blood
all persons whatsoever who shall attempt
anything against them. That I will by
svery way and by every means strlvs to
preserve, augment and advance ths
rights, honors, privileges, the authority
of ths Holv Roman bishop, our lord ths
pope snd his before mentioned succes
sors and that, at whatever time anything
shall bs decided to their prejudice, which
Is out of my power to hinder, as soon as
I shall know that any atepa or measures
have been taken In the matter. 1 will
make It known to the same, our lord
or his successors, or some other person
by whose means It may be brought to
their knowledge. That I will keep snd
carry out and cause others to keep and
carry out the rules of the holy father,
the decrees, ordinances, dispensations,
reservations, provisions, spostollo man
dates sod constitutions of ths Holy
rather Sextss. of happy memory, ss e
rVattintT ths thresholds sf tbs spostiss at
rerUU rreewrlbed times, according te
the tenor nf that wales 1 have Just read
through. That 1 will eeek out and op
pose, prosecute anS fight ten. a I oonatu
pereecuturum et Inipugnaturumt against
heretics or schismatics who oppose our
toid. the pope of Home, and hie Safer
mentioned successors, end this 1 will do
with every possible effort."
triignaturei then sent t the pee.
BISHOP'S OATH.
elect of tha
- diocese, from henceforward will
be rallhfiil and obedient to St. Peler the
Apostle and lo the Holy Roman church,
and to our lord, the holy pope ef Rome,
and to his successors, caneiiically enter
ing, I will neither advice, consent nor So
anything that they may lose III or mem
ber or I hat their persons may be seised,
or bands In anvwiso laid upon them, or
any Injurlea ottered to them, under any
pretence whatsoever The counsel with
winch they shall Intrust me by them
selves, their iiieiiKer or letters. 1 will
not knowingly reveal to any, to thetr
prejudice. will help them to defend and
keep the Roman papacy and the royalties
of St. Peter againat all snen. The fs
gat of tha apostolic so, going and com
ing. I will honorably treat and help in
his necessities, t he rights, honots pnvl
leges aud authority of the Holy Roman
church of our lord, the pope, and his
aforesaid successors. 1 will endeavor ts
preserve, defend. Increase and advanoe.
I will not b In any counsel, action or
treaty. In which shall be plotted against
our said lord and Roman church, any
thing to the hurt or prejudice of their
persons, rights, honor, state r power,
and, if f shall know any such thing t
be treated or agitated by any whatso
ever, 1 will hinder It to my utmost, snd
as soon aa 1 ran, t will signify It to our
lord. The ordinance and mandotea of the
pop, t will observe with all my might
and cause to be observed by others.
"Heretics, schismatics and rebels to our
said lord or his sucaessors. t will t tsjr
utmost persecute and oppose.
"Heretics, schismstlcos et isballes eta
em Homlno noslro vol successorlbus pro
dictia pro posse parsequar et eppuansbo."
"I will com to s council when 1 am
railed, I will visit the threshold sf ths
TUB FENIAN'S OATH,
"t swear by almighty Ood. by all Is
hesven snd earth, by the holy prayer
book of my holy church, by the blesses
Virgin Mary mother of Ood. by her sor
row and grief at the cross, by her tsars
and waitings, by the holy apostles St.
Peter and Paul, by the glorious apostle
of lreland-St. Patrick by ths blessed
snd holy church of all ages, by the holy
national martyrs, to right upon the Irish
soil, to light for the Independence sf Ire
land to fight until 1 die, wading in ths
red gors of the Sassenach t Protestant)
for the glorious cause of nationality; ts
fight until not s single vestlg. track or
footstep, Is left to tell that ths holy soil
of Ireland waa ever trodden by ths Sass
enach tyrants snd murderers; and, more
over, when the Protestant robbers and
brutes In Ireland shall bs murdered snd
driven Into the sea like the swine our
Lord Jesus Christ caused to be drowned,
then wo shall embark for, and take Eng
land, and root out every vestige of ths
accursed blood of the heretic adulterer.
Henry VIII., and possess ourselves of the
beasts who have so long kept our Island
of sitints Old Ireland In the chains of
bondage, driven ua from her ahorea, ex
iles into foreign lands. I will wade In to
blood of Orangemen and heretics i Pro
testants) who do not Join us and become
ourselves.
Scotland too, having given aid and sua
cor to the beast, we Khali live in her gore.
We shall not give up until w have re
stored our holy faith all ovsr the Brit ah
Isles.
To all of thla T alncerely snd consclen
tously swear with my ayes blinded, not
knowing who to m administers ibis oath,
apoatlea every three years and give sn
account of our lord of all my pastoral
office and of ths things belonging to my
diocese, to the discipline of my clergy
and people. 1 will In like manner humbly
receive and diligently execute the apost
olic commands. If I am detained by a
lawful impediment, I will perform the
aforesaid by s member of my chapter or
a priest of my diocese, fully instructed In
all things above mentioned. The posses
sions belonging to my table, I will neither
sell nor otherwise alienate without con
sulting the ttorn an pontiff, no neip m
God snd these holy gospels of Ood."
(Signature),
Sent to the Romish Manager.
PRIEST'S OATH.
"I , now In the presence of
Almighty Ood, the blessed Virgin Mary,
the blessed Michael the Archangel, the
bleased St. John the llapiist. the Holy
Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and ths
Saints and the Sacred Hosts of Heaven,
and to you, my lord, 1 do declare from
my heart, without mental reservation
that the pope is Christ's vlcar-general
.. .1 I. I h. t , a u ii : I niilv h oil il ii f the lint.
vet sal church throughout the earth, and
that, by virtue of the keys of binding
and loosing given lo his ho.lness by Jesus
. , l. -1 .. . I 1. .. - m.oiAM . .1 ..... . harattiul
kings, princes, states, commonwfg ths and
governments, an uemg megaj wunoui m
sacred confirmation, and that they may
safelv be destroyed. Therefore, to the
utmost of my power. I will defend thla
doctrine and his holiness" nnhta and cus
toms against all usurirers of the Pn. test
ant authority whatsoever, especially
against the now pretended authority and
church In Kngland and all adherents. In
regard that they be usurpaland heretlcals,
opposing the sacred mother of th church
of Rome.
"I do denounce and disown any allegi
ance as due to any Protestant king,
prince or state or obedience to any of
their Inferior officers. I do further de
clare the doctrine of the church of Knu
lanil, of the Calvanlsts. Huguenots and
other Protestants, to be damnable and
those to be damned who will not for
sake the same. ...
"1 do further declare that I will help,
assist and advise all or any of his holi
ness' agents In any place wherever I
shall be, and to do my utmost to extir
pate the Protestant doctrine and to des
troy ail their pretended power, regal or
otherwise. 1 do further promise and de
clare that, noiwiinsiniimiig i ") i'r'
niilled bv dispensation to assume any
heretical "religion (Protestant denomina
tions) for the propagation of the mother
church's Interest, to keep secret and pri
vate all her agents' counsels aa they en
trust me. and not to divulge, directly or
indirectly, by owrd. writing or circum
stances whatsoever, but to execute all
which shall be proposed, given in charge
or discovered unto me by you, my moat
reverend lord and bishop.
"All of which I, , do swear by
the blessed Trinity and blessed Sacra
ment which I am about to receive, to
. .. ....... t r been InviotahlV.
periorni on hi,. . "
and do call on all the Heavenly anO Glori
ous Host of Heaven to witness roj r
Intentions to keep this my oath.
"In testimony whereof I take this most
holy and blessed Sacrament of the Euch
arist, and witness the aame further with
my consecrated hand, in the presence of
my holy bishop and all the priests who
assist him in my ordination to the priest
hood." OATH OF THE CLAN-NA-GAEU
The folllowlng is the oath taken by the
members of that famous Romish Catho
lic society: ...
"I (name tn full) do solemnly swear in
the presence of Almighty Ood, that I will
labor while life Is left in me to establish
and defend a republican form of govern
ment in Ireland; that I will keep secret
the names and everything connected with
the Irish brotherhood from all not en
titled to know such secreta; thst I will
obey and comply with the constitution
and lawa of the same, that I will pro
serve the funds of this order for ths
cause of Irish revolution alone, as specl
fled in the constitution: that I will deem
It my special duty and mission to pro
mote and foster sentiments of the union,
brotherly love, nationality, among all
Irish I'take thla obligation without any
mental reservation, holding the same for
ever binding upon me. snd that any vio
lation thereof, or desertion of my duty to
the brotherhood Is Infamous, and merits
the severest punishment, so help m
Thls osth the candldste Is abjured ta
keep st the haxard of his life. It wss
printed In tbs Chicago Inter Oesan and
was sworn to be correct st ths Cronln
trial. It was reported by said paper No
vember IT. 1JM. Priests snd bishops sot
ss cssBtaJss for this holy if) order.
- .. . - - . ...I S J-MSwaxsx.
5tltl United.
PARIS. Jan. II During ths 6M
In ths Chamber of Deputies today sal
ths ssttsiates of ths depsrtml jf
public worship M. Hersrd dnaoasjsjsxt
ths dssgers of clericalism."
Tli premier. M. Mellne, dselstat
there wss no ground for such fsssm
Continuing, he denied the govranssj
waa composed of clericals, or that
waa under ponttnclal direction, sddtsjg
thst tb so-called clerical peril wssj
osiy pit forward to divert attsaUsts
from tbs socialist and revoluttosMTf
peril.
Ei-Mlalster Goblet then moved Utt
separation of the church and
which was uefealed by a()9 to 19!
Several members denounced the tatty
fsrence of Chief Kabul Zaddorkanaa fcm.
tus Usterhsty affair, whereupon at.
Mallard replied that If tha chief retM
hsd acted Improperly be could b 4
prived of his salary.
M. ds Mahy railed attention is tjtw)
propaganda of Kngllah and 0faeB
pastors In various parts of Franoa, sit
nounelug them amid applsnssj sjg)
"spies" and as being a veritable pjrf
to the si 1st slice of the fatherland."
The estimates were then adopted.
M. Dutrlex moved the dennnetastga)
of tha concordat (or understandlajj ka
twsen tha French government and la
Vatican). The motion waa def'
by a vote of Sl to 171.
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