THE AMERICAN.
("ASSASSINATION
OF PRES. LINCOLN
? -
,W Every Person Implicated In
the Diabolical Plot a Ro
man Catholic.
Standpoint Occupied by Ex Priest
Chlniquy, .Vho was the Pres
ident's Close Friend.
Father Chiniquy, the apostate Cath
olic priest, who has been lecturing in
Baltimore. In conversation 'lth a
Morning Herald- reporter, made a
number of statements regarding the
assassination of President Lincoln,
vwhlch are not to be found in the his
Vtortes of the period, and accounts for
Mhat lamentable tragedy:
"I am a French Canadian by birth,"
aid he to the reporter, "and was born
In Kamovaska, Canada. In 1S09. 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 esti
mation 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
ecret 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
In sufficient numbers to gain control
of the city governments by popular
ote. The attempt was carried out to
aome 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
arious 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 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. coiOnies. Colonists
also came from France, and early in
1862 I founded my colony at St. Anne,
Kankakee county, 111. A chapel or
church was built, and we had a con
gregation of about BOO 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
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,
nd 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. Linneman .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
atatement to both his guests.
"This was not later than 6:30 p. m.,
and the assassination of Lincoln did
aot 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
bafora It occurred.
"Th two men make affidavit of tha
feet, sworn to September 6, and Octo
ber 18. 1883. Landlord Linneman,
pumyor for tha prlesta, rafuaea to
swear, but makes a written dilata
tion. Oi toiler 20. l-iSl. tin y msned.
raying that he to'.d Cj:.v.; and Mr.
Bennett that be bad ha u this rumor
in his store from pwple wLo came in
and out: but n iiuunt remember
from whom.' That latae of memory
probably saved the laudio'd's l:fe. Tbe
priests of St Jj$pii we e eo;nliant
of the p'ot to 143:1. ua'e Liai-o.n
an ) Seward.
"Without a stnsle exception the con
spirator were hon.au t'athoais. It
is true that Atrero:h. I ayne ana liar
old asked f.ir Protes'.a-t niirlsters
when they ! linn, hut they
had been e:i- ' "d Catholics till
then. John i ....? flooth was a
proselyte to n . , u ; ad sti wre
Atzeroth, Payne a:v1 HaroM. But
had their fa n-. ...r.-is appeared
with them o . . i alo!d that would
hare opened t. va of the American
people to cleai.y f-e that the assassin
ation of Lin-o n aril Seward were
planned and execute! by J suit p Its'.
The murderers were instructed to con
ceal their religion. Such is the doc
trine of the Catholic church. St
Liguori says:
" 'It is often more to the glory of
God and the good of our neighbor to
conceal our religious faith, as when
we live among heretics we can more
easily do them good in that way; or
!f by declaring our religion, we cause
some disturbance or deaths, or even
wratn of the tyrant. Liguori
Theologia, ii. 3.)
"Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth
stopped in his fl'ght, was a Catholic
and so was Garrett, In whose barn
Booth was killed.
"After the murder Father Cainlquy
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 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 them 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,
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 tg 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.
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
ciousness 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 ah
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 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
bill? Chicago Evening Post
.
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Wa can fill your order. Ten for 10
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tor f7.60; 1,000 for 110.00.
A. T. A. PRINCIPLES.
Th following ar tha declarations of
prti-lU adopted by th National Coun
cil or ilia A. I. A. at lva Maine.
"Loyalty to trua Anieru-anmm, which
know neither biith. place, ra.-a. creed,
nor party. I tha nral requirement lor
uieniberslup In tha American IToteotiv
Asso-tallon.
"Tha American Protective Association
Is not a political party, and due not con
trol tha political affiliation of Ita mam
ber; but It teach them to b intna,.iy
active in tha discharge of their political
duties in or out of party line. Wcaura
It believes that all problem confronting
our peopla will ba bourn! aolttl by a con
acientlou dun hats of tha dutiea of citl
lerifhip by every individual.
"VYb.il tolerant of ail creed. It holla
that subjection and suort to any po.lil
cal power not controlled by Anvrtcmi cit
izens, and which claima equal If not
irreater sovereignty than the liOkernmeiit
of tha lnlted Elates. I irr-coucl labia
with American cttlienship. it Is. there
fure opposed to the holding of offices In
state or national government by any
subject or supporter of uch ecclesiastical
power.
"We uphold the constitution of. tha
I'nited State of America and no portion
of it more than ita guaranle of religion
hbeity, but hold till rei.gious itoeny
to tie guaranteed to the inuiviuuui. ana
not to mean that under It protection any
un-American ecclesiastical power can
claim any absolute control over the edu
cation of children, growing up under the
star and stripe.
"We consider the non-ectarian fre
public school the bulwark of American
ItiHiliiKinns. tha best ldace for ttie edu
cation of American children. To keep
them uch. we protest against me em
ployment of sublets, of uny un-American
ecclesiastical power as ottiter or
teachers of our public school.
W condemn the support out or in
public treasury by direct appropriation
or by contract of ar.jr sectarian school,
reformatory or other Institution not own
ed and controlled by public authority.
"lieltevlng that exemption irom taxa
tion is equivalent to a grant of public
funds, we demand that no real or person
ul ik.niu.rrv im ..vetiiot from taxation. the
title to which is not vested In the national
or state governments, or in any ot uieir
sub-divisions.
"We protest against the enlistment in
the i'nited Stales army. navy, or the
militia of any slate, of any person not an
actual citixen of the United Ktutes.
"We demand for the protection of our
cltixen laborers the prohibition of the Im
portation of pauper labor, ana tne re
striction of all Immigration to persona
who cannot show their ability and honest
mention to becoma seii-supporiing auwi.
lean citlxens. ,
"We demand the change of the natural
thorizing the naturalization of minora,
without a previous declaration of Inten
tion, and by providing that no alien shall
be naturalized or permitted to vote In
any state In the union who cannot speak
the language of the land, and who can
not prove seven years' consecutive resi
dence In this country from the date of
Ills declaration of intention.
"We protest against wie gross negli
gence and laxity with which tha Judici
ary of our land administer the present
naturalization laws, anu nguuisi. ui
practice of naturalizing aliens ut the ex
pense of committees or candidates as
the most prolific source of the present
prostitution of American citizenship to
the basest uses.
"We demand that hospitals, asylums,
reformatories, or otker Institutions In
which people are under restraint, be at
all tim6S 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 tha country, or any
one class ot tne 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 iaws.
3. It Is not lawful for an emperor to
exact anything opposed to the apostolic
rules.
4. It Is not lawful for. kings to usurp
the things that belong to priests.
5. TiO custom of anyone can thwart tne
statutes of the popes.
6. Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic (cannon) precepts, but let them
be salutileriousiy ruinueu.
7. The yoke Imposed by tne nmy see is
to be borne, though It appear Intolerable
and Insupportable.
8. The Fontirr can neitner be loosea nor
bound by the secular power.
9. That the Pontiff was called God by
the pious Prince Constantine, and that
as God he cannot be judged as man.
10. That a" God he is far above the
reach of all human law and Judgment.
11. That all laws contrary to the can
ons and decrees of the Eoman 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 speua to one
whom the Pope has ex-communlcated.
14. Priests 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 ot souis. ana tne
right government ot tne cnurcn; ana it
necessary Judge and dispose (if all the
temporal goods of all ChristlanF.
IB. 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 be con
fiscated and applied to the church.
19. 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 office.
20. The secular powers, 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 temporal lord not purg
ing his land of heretics, is excommuni-
C21?dThose signed with th cross for the
riwminxtlnn of heretics, rejoice .in the
privilege granted to the crusaders for th
help or in noiy lanu.
22. They are absolved from all obllga
Hons who are In anywise bound to here.
23' Whoever dies In battle against the
unbelieving, merits th kingdom of heav-
eli w do not esteem thos homicides
to whom It may have happened In their
seal for their mother church against th
excommunicated, to Kin some 01 mem.
Th nn 1 hollo Drlncea ar bound.
both by civil and common law, not to
receive or tolerate heretics, and much
mora ar 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
1 m111 Th. following temporal punish'
merits are to b enforced on heretics: 1st
Infamy, ana tne consequent uisiiuaiui
cations for all civil acts. 2nd Intestable
well active as passive (that Is,
they can neither make nor will inherit
h,t i left to them by others). 3rd Loss
of parental power over children. 4th
Loss 01 aowry, auu vhuji i""nctro
granted to women. 6th Confiscation of
all goods. 6th That vassals and slaves
and others are from all, even sworn
obligations due to ineir ioru, or anotner,
7th Capital corporal punishment, es
pecially death, and perpetual imprison-
27. The canon law forbids all tolera-
linn
28. That metropolitans and bishops ar
to ex-communicate mm wno grants uo
rtv of conscience.
29. No oath Is to be kept toward here
tic prlncs, lords or others.
SO. Heretics are to be deprived of all
civil and paternal rights.
81. Th Pope can a,bsolv from all
oaths.
si. Every bishop Is ordinary Judg In
cause of heresy. The reason Is because
th bishops can ex-ofTlclo, and ought to
extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon them
th du punishments, and to this ar
hound on pain of deposition. B aside ar
Ue Inquisitors especially dput4 by th
apostolic Fverr Mshnp In hi dine
ts thought to ba, and In reality la. a
natural inquisitor, iliirraiiy born inqul
Itori, o a 10 hav ihe aam power with
thoa already mentioned la riuw of
heresy.
1L In every promts rr oath, although
absolutely taken, (here ar certain con
dition tacitly understood. amngt which
are: 1st If 1 can; 2nd To uv th right
and authority of a superior; Ird Wnen
the oath suppose the honor ot th apos
tolic e to be illicit.
St. That the council of Trent, (th lat
and great authority of Home), decree
and command that th aacred canon
nd all general council, a lie) th other
apostolic enactment Issued In favor of
ecclesiastical persons of ecclesiastical
liberty, and against Its violator, all of
which by this present decree it renews,
and mint be exactly observed by all.
EXTREME OATH OF THE JESCIT.
t. now tn the prenc of Al
mighty God, the blessed Virgin M.try. th
blessed Michael the Archangel, tne bl -ed
St. John the Hiiptlst. the holy Apost
les St. Peter and bl. Paul and the fcalnt
and Sacred Host of heaen. and to you.
my ghostly father, th superior general
of the society of Jesus, founded by Saint
Ignatus Lola In t tie pontincatlon of
Paul the Third, and continued to tha
present, do, by th womb of th virgin.
the matrix of God. and th rod of Jeaus
Christ declare and swear that his holi
ness, the pope, ts Christ s vlce-gerent.
and is the true and only head of thj
Catholic or universal church throughout
the ratth: and that by virtue of th ke
of binding and loosing given to In holi
ness by my Saviour. Jesus Christ, h
hath power to depose heretical klng,
princes, states, commonwealths and gov
ernment, all being lllexal without bis
sacred confirmation, and they may l
safely destroyed. Therefore, to the ut
most of my power, 1 will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' right and cus
tom against all uxurpera of the heretical
or Protestant authority whatsoever, es
pecially the Lutheran church of Ger
many, Holland, lien mark. Sweden and
Norway, and the now pretended authori
ties and churches of Kngland and Scot
land, and brunches of the same now es
tablished In Ireland and on tha conti
nent of America, and elsewhere, and all
adherents In regard that they be usurped
and heretical, opposing the Bucred church
or ftome.
"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 decl.ire that the doctrine
of the churches of Kngland and Scotland,
of the Calvinlsts. Huguenots and other
of the name of Protestant or Liberals to
be damnable, and they themselves to b
damned who will not forsake the same.
1 do further declare that 1 will help.
assist and advise all or any of his holi
ness' agents. In any place wherever I
shall be, In Switzerland, (iermnny, Hol
land. Denmark. Sweden. Norway. Kng
land, Iceland or America, or in any other
kingdom or teiritory. I shall come to, and
do my utmost to extirpate the heietlcal
Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to
destroy all their ptetended powers, legil
or otherwise.
' I do further promise and dec ar 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
ber agents' council from time to t!me,
as they entrust me, and not to dlvulce,
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 and declare that
I will have no ojdnlon or will of my own
or any mental reservation whatsoever,
even as a corpse or cadaver iperlnde ac
cadaver), hut will unhesitatingly oby
each and every command that 1 may, re
ceive from my superiors In tne mtlllia ot
the pope and of Jesus Christ.
"That I will go to any part or the
world whithersoever I may be sent, to
the frozen regions of the north, the burn
ing snnu.i of the desert of Africa, or the
pingles of India, to the centers of civili
zation of Europe, 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 dlrer-ted to do.
to extirpate them from the face of the
whole earth, and that I will snnre neith
er age. sex or condition, and that I will
hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, st: angle an I
burn alive these inramous 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, 1 will se
cretly use the poisonous cup, the strang
ulating cord, tne steal or tne po.nara. or
the leaden bullet, regardless of the rank,
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 may be directed so to do by any
agent of the pope or superior of the
brotherhood ot tne noiy iainer, or mo
society of Jesus.
In confirmation or which I nereoy 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 mv blood. In testimony there
of; and should I prove false or weaken In
my determination, may my brethern and
fellow soldiers ot ine muiiia oi ine pops
cut off my hands and my feet, and my
throat from ear to ear, my belly opened
and sulphur burned therein, with all th
punishment that can be Inflicted upon
me on earth and mv soul be tortured by
demons In an eternal hell forever.
All of which I 'io swear
by the blessed trinity, and blessed sacra
ment which I 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
charlst, and witness the same further,
with my name written with the point of
this dagger, dipped In my own blood, and
seal in the face of this holy convent.
mi raeives the wafer from the super
ior and writs his name with the point ot
his daeaer. diODea in nis own oioou, ia.-
an from over th heart.
CARDINAL'S OATH.
t.
n -A Inal nf tha TJolv Un.
man church, do promise and swear that.
rrom mis time io in hiu i mjr mo .
will be faithful and obedient unto St.
r. it,, hrtlu nr,tnll Roman church.
and our most holy lord, the pop of
Rome, ana nis successum. chuiui:io
and lawfully elected; that I will give no
advice, consent or assistance against th
pontifical majesty and person; that I will
never Knowingly ana huyiucuij, i ui"
Injury or disgrace, make public the coun
cils entrusted to m by themselves, or by
messengers or letters: also that I will
giv them any assistance tn retaining,
defending and recovering th Roman
. w. ...urali Af Trtljr with all
in y iinsiii. , . . - -, - ----
rtghti and privileges of my order will
allow 11, ana will ueieuu mciu
their honor and state, and I will direct
and defend, with du form and honor, th
legates and nunclous of the apostolic
ee in th territories, churches, monas
teries and other benefices committed to
mnA T will nnrrilatlv nwin.
TjJ W "UftS gg-v A - - - v - - r-
erat with them and treat them with
honor in their coming, aoiaing ana re
turning, and that I will resist unto blood
. . .. hatnAVAi who shftll sttemnt
anything against them. That I will by
every way ana uy eveiy uienun dwob w
preserve, augment and advance the
, . vamo r,li'tlA0- th nth rtrt f V
of the' Holy Roman bishop, our lord the
pop and nis oeiore meniionea succes
sors, and that, at whatever time anything
shall b 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 mean 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,
th decrees, ordinances, dispensations,
reservations, provision, apostolic man
date and constitutions of th Holy
Father Bextus, of happy memory, a o
visiting- th thresholds of th apostl at
certain precrlhl times, accord ng to
th tenor of that which 1 hav just read
through. That I will w-k out and up
p.ie. prosecut and right lomnl con.it u
iMtraeruturum et impiignatui umi agatnat
heretic or achtumatii' wao oppose our
lord, th pop of Home, and b.s bfi
mentioned u.'cemor. and till 1 will do
With every possible effort."
(Signature) then sent to th PB.
BISHOPS OATH.
"I. lect of th
diocese, from henceforward will
b faithful and obedient to Hi. Peter th
Apoatl and lo ti Holy Roman church,
and to our lord, the holy pop ef It. una.
and to hi successors, canonically enter
ing, I will neither advlt a. consent nor do
anything that they may lose III or mem
ber, or that their persona may be ied.
or hand In an wise laid upon them, or
any Injurlc onered to tnein. under any
pretenc whatoevr. Th counsel with
which they shall Intrust ine by tncni-eivt-s.
their nu'SKPi.Kera or letteia 1 will
not knowingly reveal to any, t.j their
ptejuilli. 1 will help them to drfand and
keop the Roman papacy and the rovaltl--
of St. Peter against all men. Th l
gat ot tha apomollc e. going and com
ing. 1 will honorably treat and help in
his necessities. 'I he riaht. honot a privi
lege and authority of th Holy Roman
church of our lord, th pope, and his
aforesaid successor. I will endeavor to
pieserv. defend, lucre and advanc.
I will not ba In any counsel, action or
treaty. In which shall b plotted against
our said lord and Roman church, any
thing io the hurt or prejudice of their
persona, rutins, honor, tat or power,
and. If I shall know any inch thing to
be treated or agitated bv any whatso
ever. I will hinder It to my utinoii. and
as soon a i can, i will signify It to our
lord. Tha ordinance and niandute of th
pope, I will obaerv with all my might
and causa to be observed by other.
"Heretics, schismatic and tebels to our
aid lord or hi successor, 1 will to my
uimoHi persecute and oppose.
"Heretic, schtsmtitlco et lebellcs eld-
em lximlno noHiro vel succexsorlbus pr
dictia pro posss perseuuar et op; unliatio."
i win come to a council w hen i am
called, 1 will visit the threshold ot th
THE FENIAN'S OATH.
"I swear by almluhtv God. bv all In
heaven and eirth, by the holy prayer
book of my holy church, by the bla.aed
Virgin Mary mother of God. by hr sor
row and grief at the cros. by her tears
and waluiiKs, by the holy apostle St.
t'eter and I'.iul. by the glorious apontla
of Ireland St. Patrick by th biesed
and holy church of all age, by the huly
national martyrs, to tight upon th Irish
oil, to fight for the Independence of
lanu to tight until l die, wailing in tn
red gor uf the SaHSunach i Protestant)
for the glorious cause of national. ty ; to
tight until nut a single vestige, track or
footstep. Is left to tell that the holy soil
of Ireland was ever trodilen by th 8a
enach tyranta and murderer; and. more
over, when the Protestant robbers an I
brutes In Ireland shall bo murdered and
driven Into the sea like the swine our
Iird Jesus Christ caused to be drowned,
then we shall embark for, and take Lng-
latid, and root out every vestige of t.i
accursed blood of the heretic adulterer,
Henry III., and nones uuraelve of th
beasts who have so long kept our Island
of saints Old Ireland In the chain of
bondage, driven us from her shore, ex
ile Into foreign lands. I will wade in th
blood of Orangemen and heretic i Pro
testants) who do not Join u and become
ourselves.
Scotland too. having given aid and suq-
cor to the beast, wa Khali live In h ir gor.
We shall not give up until we have re
stored our holy faith all ovar the Br.t sli
isles.
To all of th s I a ncerely and conacien-
touslv wear with my eves bllnJed. not
knowing who to me administers tldi oath.
apostles every three years and give an
account of our lord of all my pastoral
oftioe and of the things belonging to my
diocese, to the iJlsciiiine or my cieigy
and people. 1 will In ilka manner humbly
receive and diligently execute th apost
olic commands. If I am detained by a
lawful Impediment, I will perform th
aforesaid by a member of my chapter or
a orient of mv diocese, fully Instrui ted In
all thing above mentioned. The pusses-
sions belonging to my table. I will neitner
sell nor otherwise alienate without con
sulting the hun. mi piiniiii B'i ne.p uia
God and these huly gospels of God."
(Signature),
Bent to the Romish Manager.
PRIEST'S OATH.
l , now in ,un ii-;.7u. .7 ui
Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary,
"I
ine uieaseu micimd hit niiiiai.Knii n.w
blessed St. John the Hiptlsi. thi H'ly
.. , at l ...... - an.l u l,,,,l nnil th
Saints and the Sacred Hosts ot Heaven,
anu io you, my ioru, i uo ueviaio uum
... t. .... ... .iihnnl munlal ri,rvii linn
my urai i, ,,i.,jui in. ... . ......... ...
.1 i Chriara tii r. irnnrii 1
llllll HIW lli'f v, iiiii... " - .w.. n.
and is the true and only head of the uni
versal cnurcn iiirouguuut mo ctuif,, nm
1... ,!.,, ,,r ilia Iiav, f lilnillnif
luai, iij iimi ... ..... ... j ... a
.1 I ..ln. i.,An hli h.i Inn,, Kv .(Paul
anu luiiniiiH itcn m.i .-,.
Christ he has power to dep s heretical
kings, princ es, states, commonwta thsand
governments, ail ueuig iueai wiinoui m
sacred confirmation, an t that they may
safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the
utmost of my power. I will defend thl
doctrine and his holiness' r ghts unl cus
toms against an usurpers oi me i
ant authority whatsoever, especially
against the now pretended author. ty and
-i? - i t.. inn.i .nH oil clhArAiita tn
fliurcu in r.iminiiu oil' --. -
regard that they be usufpalandheretlcals,
opposing me sacreu niuuicr ui uw i-uni-'i
of Rome. ,,
"1 do denounce and disown any allegi
ance as due to any Protestant king,
prince or state or obedience to any of
their Inferior officers. 1 do further de
clare the doctrine of the church ot Eng
land, of the Calvanlsts. Huguenots and
other Protestants, to be damnable and
those to be damned who will not for
sake the same. ,,, t ,
"I 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 all their pretended power, regil or
otherwise. I do further promise and de
clare that, 'notwithstanding I may be per
mitted by 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 as 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 mot
reverend lord and bishop.
"AH of which I, . o waI b
the blessed Trinity and blessed Sacra
ment which I am about to receive to
. -, iraMan Inviolably.
aPnd o7c.ll V allThV Heavency ana aiort
ous Host of neaven io uuw
Intentions to keep this my oath.
"In testimony whereof I tag this most
holy and blessed Sacrament of the Euch
arist and witness the same further with
my consecrated hand. In the presence of
my holy bishop and all the priests woo
assist him In my ordination to the priest
hood." OATH OF THE CLAN-NA-OAEU
The folllowtng Is the oath taken by the
members of that famous Romish Catho
lic society: ,
"I (name In full) do solemnly swear in.
th presenc of Almighty God. that I will
labor whll 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
th 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 th
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.
brotherly love, nationality.
Irish. I take this obligation without any
mental reservation, noiums nn ccm, -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 m
find " '
This oath the candidate Is abjured to
keep at the haiard of his llf. It wa;
printed in the Chicago Inter Ocean and
was worn to be correct at th Cronln
trial. It was reported by said paper No
vember 17. ISM. rrlests and bishop aot
as cbapl1 tor thl holy (T) order.
Still United.
i'ARlS. Jan. ft. During tha
in tha Chamber of Deputlea today
the estimates of the department
public worship M. Uerard deaoaa
the dangers of clericalism.
The premier, M. Ml Ine, deolafat
there ws no (round for such fara
Continuing, be denied the govern
was composed of clericals, or that at
was under pontlflrlal direction, adduafj
that the so-called clerical peril wai
only put forward to divert attanU
from tha socialist and revoluUoMff
perlt.
Ex-Minister Goblet then rnovet tft
separation of the church and tat
which was uefeated by l9 to 191 TOts
8ovril members denounced tha latest
ferenct of Chief Rabbi Zaddorkaaaa km
te ICsterhaxy affair, whereupon C
Mellard replied that If the chief rafctt
had acted Improperly he could ba t
prlved of his salary.
M. da Many called attention ta Ita
propaganda of English and Oirau
pastors in various parts of Franca, a
nouncliig them amid applauaa aa
"spies ' and as being a veritable
to the existence of the fatherland."
The estimates were then adopted.
M. Dutrtex moved the denunciation
of th cousoruat (or understanding fca
twen the French government and taa
Vatican). The motion was defea4
bv a vote of 316 to 171.
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