The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, May 20, 1898, Image 7

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    THE AMERICAN.
ASSASSINATION
OF PRES. LINCOLN
Every Person Implicated In
the Diabolical Plot a Ro
man Catholic.
Standpoint Occupied by Ex Priest
Chlniquy, Who was the Pres
ident's Close f ricnJ.
Father Chin'.quy, the apostate Cath
olic priest, who has been lecturing in
Baltimore, In conversation with
Morning Herald reporter, made
number of statements regarding the
assassination of President Lincoln
which are not to be found In the his
tories of the period, and accounts for
that lamentable tragedy: '
"I am a French Canadian by birth,
aid he to the reporter, "and was born
In Kamovaska, Canada, in 1809. Both
of my parents were Catholics, and I
was, of course, brought up in that
faith. From a very early age I was
destined for the priesthood, and my
education was conducted with that end
always In view. Having been ordain
ed, I arose very rapidly in the estl
matlon of my religious superiors as
well as in popular favor, and was soon
looked upon as one of the most prom
ising members of 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. V., 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 Cathplic emigrants from Europe
In 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 partlcu
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 1S70 was the out
growth of the action of the conclave
In 1S51.
"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 coionies. Colonists
also came from Fiance, and early in
1852 I 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, I 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 assasinate Mr. Lin
coin. He told me that the plot was
first laid in 1S6H- 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. 1 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 1
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, 18G5,
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. LInneman .who has charge of the
friary, and wae 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
sot occur till about 10 p. m. Allow
ing for the difference In time between
St Joseph and Washington the news
reached St. Joseph ai least two hours
before It occurred.
The two men make affidavit of the
stoat, sworn to September 6, and Octo
ber 18, 1883. Landlord LInneman,
twmyer (or the priests, refuses to
swear, but make a wr)'"n tleclara
tion. October -i). !. (i.i ) signed,
ayiug thiii he ii.l Coi.i. i, a:ui Mr.
B?nnt'tt thai li had !. itiis rumor
in liis s ore fiuai pi ;!e wiij came In
and out; but lie n.u.oi rtuten;tx-r
from whor.:." H al uf nieci.try
probably saved the landlords lif1. The
piles; tf St. J ispa we.-e c j;nlant
of (he p'oi to Lcia9iua.e o.n
and Seward.
"Without a si::ele end rtim the ooa
!ira:.rs wc:e Kotv.a.t i j'.h'iAi It
:s true that Alzerota. Payie a: .4 llar
oij u.'-ktj fur Proust..at i::;:iistrs
when they v . t- be luir.it. but thv
had been c: si !.'.ed Cath He, till
then. John V iikes Booth was a
proso'yte to .l.Iioiicism, and so were
Atzeroth, I'ane and Harol '.. l'.:t
had their fatii-r confessors apea.ed
with them on the scaffold thai would
have opened the eyes of the American
people to clearly see that the a (supin
ation of Lincoln and Seward wore
planned and executed by Jtsuit p ics-s.
The murderers were Instructed to coii'
ceal their religion. Such Is ths doc
trine , of the Catholic church. SL
LIguorl says:
" "It Is often more to the glory of
God and the good of our neighbor to
conceal our religious faith, a when
we live among heretics we can 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.' LIguorl
Theologia, II. 3.)
"Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth
stopped in his fl'ght, wa3 a Catholic
and so was Garrett, in whose barn
Booth was killed.
"After the murder Father Cliinlquy
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 She mill
tary tribunal that It 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 thein that
the pope had called Jeff Davis his
dear son, and had taken the southern
confederacy under his protection. He
was taught that Lincoln was an apos
tate, that he 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
have been plotted and executed by
Jesuits with this one and you will
find that they resemble each other as
one drop of water resembles another.
Compare the last hours of the Jesuit,
Ravalllac, the assassin of Henry IV.,
who absolutely refused to repent,
though suffering the most horriffle
tortures on the rack, with Booth, who,
with an unset broken leg. the bone al
most puncturing the flesh, writes In
his dally 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
was 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,
fire 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 lm-
mijtration 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 lork, 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-
ciousncss and incapacity, and Indulge
in irrelevant, emotioral 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 tan and will do still more is
equally beyond dispute. That an edu
cational test If applied a hundred or
even fifty years aeo, 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 the
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 psrfect 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
bill? Chicago Evening Post
Tee, we have plenty of this issue.
We can fill your order. Ten for SO
cents; fifty for $1.25; 100 for $100; 100
tor $7.60; 1,000 tor $10.00. j
A. P. A. PIUNCIPI.E3.
Th fallowing- ar the de. Uratlms of
fi in. iples adopted by the National Coun
cil nf i he A. I". A. at lk-s Mun.-s.
"Loyally la true Amerii tniin. which
kn neither i-uth. place, r'-e. crwl
, nor p.trty. la th lirl 1-.-11111 etnent for
vrembershlp In the American Protective
' A. Matlon.
'I'll American Protective Association
Is rut a ii.illtl.nl psrtv. nnd dues nut ci
' tritl tha political aitiliattons of It mem-
brrs; hut It teaches them to be Ml-nn'.y
acme In tha iIim hii of their political
duties in or out cf party line. U'caiie
u believes (hut all problems c.ntr.ntin
our people mill be boo ml solid ly a eon-
-tendons dtschutre of the .Julio of citl
Xt-iiKhiu by vry individual.
" hlle tolerant of all need. It hol Is
that Mihjeclioii ami Mipport to anv politi
cal power not controlled by Am ricmi c.i
izetis, and whxli cl.iini.-t tuual tf not
nuatcr sovereignty tliaii the kov eminent
of tint I'nited St.ue. la li reconcilable
wilh American cltUenliii. It Is there
f ne opposed to the holiltiig of ottlces In
!:ite. or national no ,-i i.menl hv any
Mih.'ect or auiiponer of such eccleiiastlcal
nower.
"We uphold the constitution of the
I'ntted Slate of America anl no portion
of u more u...n Its guarantee of rellg Oil
I liberty, but we hold I Ins rol kI.iU.i liueity
to be guaranteed 10 the Imiiviiliutl, and
not to mean that under II protei tiou any
un-American ecclc.naatti'Hl power can
claim any absolute control over the edu
cutlon of children, growing up unoer Ihd
slarx and airipes.
"We consider the non-aeotarlan free
public acliool 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 Htibiecls, of any un-American
ecclesiastical power as otllcera or
teacher of our public kchools.
"We condemn the aupport out of the
public treasury by direct appropriation
or by contrail of any ectailan school,
reformatory or other Institution n t own
ed and controlled by public authority.
"Kelievlnir that exemption from taxa
tion Is equivalent to a Kiant of public
funds, we demand that no real or person
al property be exempt trom taxation, the
title to which is not veste.l In the n.tional
or state governments, or In any of their
sub-divisions.
"We protest against the enlistment In
the I'nited Slates army, navy, or the
militia of any stale, of any person not an
actual citizen of the I'nited States.
"We demand for the protection of our
citizen laboiers the prohibition of the Im
portation of pauper labor, and the re
striction of all Immigration to persons
who cannot show their ability nnd honest
intention to become self-supporting' Amer
ican citizens.
"We demand the change of the natural
thorlzing the naturalization of minors,
without a previous declaration of Inten
tion, and by providing lhat no alien shall
be naturalized or permitted to vote In
any state In the union whu cannot speak
the language of the land, and who can
not prove seven years' consecutive resi
dence In this country from tho date of
his declaration of Intention.
"We protest ngalnsl the gross negli
gence and laxity with which tho Judici
ary of our land administer (he present
naturalization laws, and against the
practice of naturalising aliens at the ex
pense of committees or candidates as
the most proline source of the present
prostitution of American citizenship 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 by the pub
lic or by private corporations 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 class 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.
3. It la not lawful for an emperor (o
exact anything opposed to the apostolic
rules.
4. It Is not lawful for kings to usurp
the things that belong to priests.
5. No custom of anyone can thwart the
statutes of the popes.
S. Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic (cannon) pre epts, but let them
be saiutirerlously rultllled.
7. The yoke Imposed by the holv gee Is
to be borne, though It appear Intolerable
and Insupportable.
s. The FontllT can neither be loosed nor
bound by the secular power.
9. That the Pontiff was called God by
the pious Prince Constantino, and that
as God he cannot be Judged as man.
10. That as Ood he is rar above the
reach of all human law and Judgment.
11. That all laws contrary to the can
ons and deiy-ees of the Roman prelates
are or no rorce.
12. That all of the ordinances of the
Pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed.
13. We ought not even to speak to one
whom. the Pope has ex-communicated.
. 14. Prtests are fathers and masters,
even of princes.
15. The civil law is derived from man.
but the ecclesiastical or canon law Is de
rived directly from God. by which the
Pontiff can. In connection with his pre
lates, make constitutions for the whole
Christian world, In matters spiritual, con
cerning 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.
Hi. A heretic, holding or teaching raise
doctrine concerning the sacraments. Is
excommunicated Hnd degraded, and hand
ed over to the peculiar court.
17. Secular princes unwilling to swear
to defend the church against heretics
are excommunicated, and they are laid
under an Interdict.
IS. The goods of hertlcs are to be con
fiscated and applied to the church.
IS. Advocates or notaries, favoring
heretics, or their defenders, or pleading
for them in law suits, or writing docu
ments for them, are Infamous and sus
pended from olflce.
20. The secular rowers, whether perma
nent or temporary, are bound to swear
that they will exterminate, according to
their nower. all heretics condemned by
the church: and a temporal lor l not purg
ing his land of heretics, is excommuni
cated.
21. Those signed with the cross for the
extermination of heretics, reloiee in the
privilege granted to the crusaders for the
help or tne noiy iana.
22. Thev are absolved from all obliga
tions who are In anywise bound to here
tics.
23 Whoever dies in nattie against tne
unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heav
en. 24. We do not esteem those homicides
to whom It may have happened In their
leal for their mother church against the
excommunicated, to Kin some of tnem.
25. The Catholic princes are bound,
both by civil end common law. not to
receive or tolerate heretics, and much
mora are not to permit their rites, or
other exercise of their religion, or rather.
their false sect, out are most solemnly
bound everywhere, to repel and expel
them. .
sk The following temporal punish-
mont ore to be enforced on heretics: let
Infamy, and the consequent disqualifi
cations for all civil acts. 2nd Intestabili
ty, as well active as passive ttnat is,
they can neither make nor will Inherit
what Is left to them by others!. 3rd Loss
of parental power over children. 4th
T.n of dowrv. and other privileges
granted to women. 5th Confiscation of
all goods. Btn inai vassais ana staves
nil others are from all. even sworn
obligations due to their lord, or another.
7th Capital corporal punishment, es
pecially death, and perpetual Imprison
ment. .
27. The canon law roroias an tolera
tion.
23. That metropolitans and bishops are
to ex-communicate him who grants lib
erty of conscience.
29. No oath is to be kept toward here
tic princes, lords or others.
SO. Heretics are to be deprived of all
civil and paternal rights.
51. The Pope can aOFoive rrom all
tha.
52. Every bishop Is ordinary Judge In a
cause of heresy. The reason is because
the bishops can ex-offlclo, and ought to
extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon them
the due punishments, and to this are
bound on pain of deposition. Besides are
the Inquisitors especially deputed by the
apostolic e. Kverv I.Uvp In hl dliveiw
Is thousht to be. and In reality 1. a
natural in. ivili.it. .r. i i,r.,uv l.oi n iniiU-
Korl. ini as to have (he me Mr with
thos already mentioned in a cause of
heresy.
Xi. In everv promissory oath, although
ahcolutely taken, there are Main con
dition tacitly understool, amongot which
are: lt-f ) ran. Iii.l To ave the right
and authority of a tiierlor; Snt When
the oath suppose tho honor of the apos
tolic ee to be Illicit.
St. "lht the council of Trent, (the last
and great authority of Komni, decree
and command that the sacred canon
and all general councils, also the other
apostolic enactment Issued In favor of
ecclesiastical person of ecclesiastical
liberty, and aiialnsl It violators, all of
which by this present decree It renew,
and must be exactly observed by all.
EXTUKME OATH OF THK JKSt'JT.
v. . now in the oresero e of Al
mighty Cod, the blessed Virgin Miry, the
blessed Mi. hael the Ari bansel tne hi
ed St. John the Hnptit. the holy Apost
les St. Peter nnd St Paul and the Saints
nnd Sacred Host of heaven, and to you.
my ghostly father, the superior general
of the socioly of Jesus, founde I hv S.litlt
Ignalus l.ool In the pnntirWtlon of
Paul the Third, and continued to the
present, do, by the w omb ot I lie virgin.
Ihe matrix of Cod. and the rod of Jeans
Christ declare and swear that his holi
ness, the pope, is Christ's vlce-geretit.
and Is the true nnd only head of the
Catholic or universal church throughout
Ihe eaith: and thai liv vimi, r iIia iie.a
of Minting and loosing given to bis holi
ness by my Saviour. Jesus Christ, he
nam power to depose heretical kings,
princes, states, comnionw e.iltha and gov
ernments, all being lilevul without til
sacred contirmatlon. and they may be
safely destroyed. Therefore, to the ut
most or my power, ! will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' right and cus
tom Hgiiinst all usurpers of the heretical
or Protestant authority whatsoever, es
pecially the Lutheran church of tier
many. Holland. Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, and the now ptelemled authori
ties and churches of h'ngland and Scot-
lanu, nnq branches of the same 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 thesacied church
of Home.
'I do now denounce and disown any al
legiance as due to any heretical king,
prince or stale named Protestant or Lib
erals or obedience to any of their taws,
magistrates or oflicers.
"I ilo further declare that the doctrine
of the churches of Kngland and Scotland,
of the Calvlnlsts. Huguenots ami others
of the name of Protestant or Liberals to
be (J. unliable, and they themselves to be
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. Germany, Hol
land. Denmark, Sweden. Norway, Kng
land, Iceland or America, or in any other
kingdom or tetntory. I shall come 10, and
do my utmost to extirpate Ihe heietlcal
Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to
destroy all their psetondeil poweis, legal
or otherwise.
"I do further promise and dec'a'e 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,
as they entrust me. and not to divide.
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-
reu convent.
'I do further promise and declare that
I will have no opinion or will of mv own
or any menial reservation whatsoever,
even as a corpse or cadaver (perlnde ac
cadaverl. but will unhesitatingly obey
each and every command that 1 may re
ceive from my superiors In the militia of
the pope and of Jesus Christ.
"1 hat I will go to anv Dart of tha
world whithersoever I 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
zation of Kurope. or to the wild haunts
of the barbarous savages of America,
without murmuring or repining and 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, secretely
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, end thnt I will s'"re oelth.
er age. sex or condition, 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 In 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 polnard. or
the leaden bullet, regardless of the lank,
dignity or authority of the person or per
sons, whatever may be their condlt on In
life, either public or private, as I at any
time maybe 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 or which I hereby dedi
cate my life, my aoul and all corporal
powers, and with this dagger which 1
now receive, 1 will eubscrine my name,
written In my blood. In testimony there
of; and should I prove false or weaken In
my determination, may my brethern and
fellow soldiers of the militia of the pope
cut off my hands and my feet, and my
throat from ear to ear, my belly opene 1
and sulphur burned therein, with all th
punishment that can be mulcted upon
me on earth and my soul be tortured by
demons In an eternal hell forever.
All of which I do swear
by the blessed trinity, and blessed sacra
ment which 1 am now to receive, to per
form, and on my part to keep Inviolably;
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
holy and blessed sacrament of the eu
rharlst. and witness the same further,
with my name written with the point of
this dagger, dipped in mv own blood, and
seal in the face of this holy convent.
He receives the wafer from the super
ior and writs his name with the point of
his dagger, 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.
Peter, the holy apostolic Roman church,
and onr 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 T will
give them any assistance In retaining,
defending and recovering the Roman
papacy and the regalia of Peter, with all
my might and endeavor, so far as tho
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 nuncious of the apostolic
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 nd re
turning, and that I will resist unto blood
all persons whatsoever who shall attempt
anything against them. That I will by
every way and by every means strive to
preserve, augment and advance the
rights, honors, privileges, the authority
of the Holy Roman bishop, our lord the
pope and his before mentioned succes
sors, and that, at whatever time anything
shall be decided to their prejudice, which
Is out of my power to hinder, as soon as
I shall know that any steps or measures
have been taken In the matter. I 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 and
carry out and cause others to keep and
carry out the rules of the holy father,
the decrees, ordinances, dispensations,
reservation, provisions, apostolic man
dates and constitution of the Holy
Father Bextu. of happy memory, as to
visiting the thresholds of the apostles at
certain rreserih! time, accord n t
the tenor of that which 1 hav juat read
through Thet 1 will e. k out and up.
.oe. prosecute and figlK (o.iml ronatil
peiseciMuiutn et liupugiiatui uiiii against
heretic or schismatic who o.i... our
loi.l. the p,,,,. f Rome, and u.s ttefor
mentioned succe.t. and this 1 will du
with, everr possible effort."
(Signature then sent la the pop.
I1ISIIOP B OATH.
" . leet of the
- diocese, from hem-Wor arS will
o faithful and obedient to St. peter th.i
ApoMie and to the n,. (mn church,
and to our I. .id. the hiy p,,e of Koine,
and to his succeor, canotitcally enter
ing, wiii neither a, l i,e. consent nor d
) thing that i hey ,) , ,. ,,,.
bcr or lhat their pet,,n Hiav be s...i-,.
or band in aniwise laid upon lhm, or
any inn, lies neted to l loin, un.ier anv
pretence whatsoever In ..xin.ol Wltii
which they thall intrust ma ,y them
selves, (heir n..s.i,k. is r i.-iteis. i vvol
not knowingly reveal to any, ti their
preiudn e, 1 will ,..lp i(,em t ,, (,i -nj
keop the Roman papacy mid th rovaltb-
of St. I'eler against all men. The re
gate of the aposio.lc see. going anl com
ing, 1 will honorably neat and help in
hi necessities. 'I lie rtltt. honois privi
lege and authority of the Holy Hoimui
church of our lorl. Ihe pope, ami hi
atoresald successors. I will endeivor to
preset ve, defend, increase and adv ance.
1 will not be in any counsel, action or
treaty, In which shad be plotted against
our said lord and Roman church, anv
Ihlug lo the hurt or prejudice of their
person, right, honor, state or power,
and, If I shall know any uch thin to
be treated or agitated by any whutio
ever. I will hinder It to my utmost, and
as soon as 1 rati, I will signify It to our
lord. 'I he ordinance and mandate of the
pope, I will observe with all my might
and cause to be observed by other.
"Heretics, schismatics and rebel to our
said lord or his successors. I will to my
utmost persecute and oppose.
"Heretic, scblsiuutlco el lehelle eld
em Domino nosiro vel suci essoribu pre
dlclls pro posse pereiUar et optiugnabo."
"I will come to council when 1 am
called, 1 will visit the threshold or th
THE FENIAN'S OATH.
"I swear by almighty Ood, by all In
heaven and eurlh. by the holy prayer
book of my holy church, by the blessed
Virgin Mary mother of dud, by her sor
row and grief at the cross, by her tear
and waitings, by the holy apostles St.
Peter and Paul, by the glorious aimatle
of Ireland St. Patrick by th blessed
and holy church of all ages, by the holy
national martyrs, to huht upon the Irish
soil, to fight fur the Independence of li
iand to light until 1 die, wading In Ihe
red gore uf the Sassenach (Protestant)
for the glorious muse, of nationality; to
light until not a single vestige, track or
footstep, Is left to tell that the holy soil
of lreluud was ever trodden by the Suss
en.ich tyrants and murd-rers; and. more
over, when (he Protestant robbers anl
brutes In Ireland shall be murdered and
driven Into the sea like the swine our
Lord Jesus Christ caused to be drowned,
then we shall embark for, and take Eng
land, and root out every vesllge uf too
accursed blood of the heretic adulterer,
Henry VIII., nnd possess ourselves of the
beasts who have so long kept our Island
of saints Old Ireland In the chains of
bondage, driven us from her shores, ex
iles into foreign lands. 1 will wade in th
blood of Orangemen and herejlc i Pro
testants) who do not Join us and become
ourselves.
Scotland too, having given aid nnd suc
cor to the beast, we shall live In h -r gor.
we snail not give up until we liavo re
stored our holy faith all over the Br.t sh
Isles.
To all of this I sincerely and consclen
tously swear with my eyes blinded, not
knowing who to me administers thli oath.
apostles every three years and give an
account of our lord of all my pastoral
office and of the things belonging to my
diocese, to the discipline of my cleig
and people. I will in like manner humbly
receive and diligently execute the apost
olic commands, if I am detained by a
lawful impediment. 1 will perform the
aforesaid by a member of my i hapter or
a priest of my diocese, fully nstrui ted In
all things above mentioned. The posses
sions belonging to my table. I will neither
sell nor otherwise alienate without con
sulting the ivoman pootiit. ar ueip in
God and these holy gospels of Ood."
iHlgnatute).
Sent to th Romish Manager.
PRIEBT'B OATH.
"I , now In the presence of
Almighty Cod, the blessed V (i Kin Mary,
the blessed Michael the Archangel, the
blessed rit, John the Haptlst. lh Holy
Apostles 8t. I'eter and Hi. I'uul and the
Saints and the rtacre.i hosts ul Heaven.
and to you, my lord, 1 do declare from
my heart, without mental reservation
that the oope Is Christ's vlcar-general
and Is the true and only head of the unl- I
versal church throughout the earth, and
that, by virtue of tne keys of binding
and loosing given to his ho lues by Jesus
Christ he has Dower to depose he-etlcal
kings, princes, states, common! a thsand
governments, all being lhexai without nl
sacred connrmatlon, and tnat they may
safely be destroyed. Therelore, to the
utmost of my power. I will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' r.ghts unl cus
toms against all usurpers of the r'n. ten
ant authority whatsoever, especially
gainst the now pretended autnor.iy ann
church In Knitland and all adherents. In
regsrd that they be usurpaland hereticals,
opposing the sacred mother of tha cburcn
or Hume.
"I do denounce and disown any allegi
ance as due to any Protestant king,
piince or state or obedience to any of
their inferior officers. I do further de-
lure ihe doctrine of the church ot Kng-
land. of Ihe Calvanlsts. Huguenots and
other rrotestants. to be damnable and
those to be damned who will not for
sake the same.
i do further declare that I win n'-in.
assist and ndvlse all or any of his holi
ness' litems In any place wherever I
shall be, and to do my utmost to extir
pate the I'rotestant doctrine and to des
troy all their pretended power, regal or
otherwise. I do further promise and de
clare that, notwithstanding 1 may be per
mitted hv dlsnensatlon to assume any
heretical religion (Protestant denomina
tions) for the propagation of the mother
church's interest, to keep cecrct and pri
vate all her agents' counsels hs 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 most
reverend lord and bishop.
"All of which 1, . do swear by
the blessed Trinity and blessed Sacra
ment which I am about to receive, to
nwtnrwn on mv nart to keen Inviolably.
and do call on itlt the Hcavemy and Glori
ous Host of Heaven to witness my rea
Intentions to keep tnis my pain,
.in lAdtimonv whereof 1 take this most
holy and blessed Sacrament of the Euch
arist, and witness the same further with
my consecrated hand, in tne presence ui
my holy bishop and all the priests who
assist him In my ordination to the priest
hood." OATH OF THB CLAN-NA-OAEU
vw - uu-,ln I- IK. A.ih taken hv thai
members of that famous Romish Catho
lic society:
"I (name In full) do solemnly swear In
. v. . A iwiffi.iv r: a.( that T will
labor while life is left in me to establish
and derend a repunncan iorm 01 guvurn
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 secrets; that I will
obey and comply with the constitution
and laws of the same, that I will pre
serve the funds of this order for the
cause of Irish revolution alone, as speci
fied In the constitution; that I will deem
It my special duty and mission to pro
mote and foster sentiments of the union,
brotherlv love, nationality, among all
Irish. I'take this obligation without any
mental reservation, holding the same for
ever binding upon me. and that any vio
lation thereof, or desertion of my duty to
the brotherhood Is infamous, and merits
the severest punishment, so help me
God."
This oath the candidate is abjured to
keep at the haxnrd of his life. It was
printed In the Chicago inter Ocean and
was sworn to be correct at the Cronln
trial. It was reported by said paper No
vember 17, 1SH. Priests and bishops act
as chaplJa (or this boly (T) order.
5WII United
4-AR1S. Jan. :i. During th d
In the Chamber of Deputies today
th estimates of the department
public worship M. llerard denoui
the danfrs of clericalism."
The premier. M. Mellne, deolaj4
there was no ground for such fear,
Continuing, he denied the Kovsmtaesst
ws composed of clericals, or that si
was under pontlflcla) direction, sddtaf
that the so-called clerical peril wfsi
nmy put forward to divert attention
from th socialist and revolutloaAff
peril.
Kx-Mlnlster Goblet then moved tte
sopnMtlon of the church and state
which was oefeated by o9 to 192 votatv
Several niemliers denounced the Inter
ferencof Chief Italibl Zaddocksnaa ta
i..e Ksierhnxr affair, whereiipoa A
M-liarJ replied that if the chief rssM
hml ncted Improperly lie could be 4e
prived of his salary.
M de Muhy called attention to tt
propaganda of English and Geros
pastors In various parts of France, ae
pouncing them amid applause M
"spies" and as being a veritable perU
to the existence of th fatherland."
The estimates were then adopted.
M. Dutrlfi moved the dentinc1atea
of me cournruat (or understanding fce
twen the French Rovernment and thej
Vatican). The motion was defeat,
by a tote of 316 to 171.
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