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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1898)
f ( 1 I f ASSASSINATION !, OF PRES. LINCOLN Every Person Implicated In . the Diabolical Plot a Ro man Catholic. Chlniquy, Who was the Pres ident' Close Friend. Father Chln'quy, the apostate Cath olic priest, who baa been lecturing In Baltimore, In conversation with a Morning Herald reporter, made a number of statements regarding the t ftauselnatlon of President Lincoln, A' which are not to be found in the hU- torles of the period, and accounts for that lamentable tragedy: 1 am a French Canadian by birth," Mid be to the reporter, "and waa born In Kamovaska, Canada, in 1809. Both t my parents were Catholics, and I waa, of course, brought up In that faith. From a very early age I was destined for the priesthood, and my education w as conducted with that end always in view. Having been ordain ed, I arose very rapidly in the esti mation of my religious superiors as wall 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- rance 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 waa decided to seize the cities of North America for the Catholic ahurch. The plan adopted was to bring Catholic emigrants from Europe la sufficient numbers to gain control of the city governments by popular vote. The attempt was carried out to erne 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 , the benefit of Catholicism. The well rememDerea struggle ior tne expulsion f the Bible from the public schools tat Cincinnati In 1S70 was the out growth of the action of the conclave In 1851. "At this same conclave I was assign ad 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 1S52 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, i "In 1858, after several years of p atudy and many trials, I determined V to leave the Church of Rome, whose 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 had 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 1802 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 1S61. I went at once to 2 1 Washineton. and in a conference with A y Mr. Lincoln warned him of what I had M' earned. He told me that he was al ii; 'anv infrirmpri nf the matter hv Mr amuel F. B. Morse, the telegraph in- W 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 woo oranlrlnaf Infrti-MoHnn In roucuM frrt 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, a. nd with a college for the education I of priests. On the 14th of April, 1S65, 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. Linnenian ,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 tatement 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 6L Joseph and Washington the newt reached St oseph a., least two hours before It occurred. "The two men make affidavit of the feat, sworn to September 6, and Octo ber 18, 188S. Landlord Llnnsman, pomror for the prltsU. refiuea to wear, but makes a written declara tion, October 20. 1883. duly sign!, saying that he told Conwell and Mr. Bennett that 'he had h.aru this rumor in hi store from people who came In and out; but be cannot remember from whom. That lapse of memory probably saved the landlord's life. The priests of St. Joseph were cognizant of the plot to assassinate Lincoln and Seward. "Without a single exception the con spirators were Roman Catholics. It is true that AUeroth, Payne and Har old asked for Protestant ministers when they be hung, but they had been en:.i' lered Catholics till then. John V iUes Booth waa a proselyte to ar..nicism. and so were Atzeroth, Payr.e and Harold. But bad their r.:i:.- confessors appeared with them o:. t'.ie scaffold that would have opened t:-: eyes of the American people to clearly see that the assassin ation of Lincoln and Seward were planned and executed by Jesuit priests 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 if by declaring our religion, we cause some disturbance or deaths, or even wrath of the tyrant.' Liguori Theologla. II. 3.) "Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth stopped in his flight, was a Catholic and so waa Garrett, In whose barn Booth was killed. "After the murder Father Chiniquy 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 waa 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 bis 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 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 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 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 Tea, we have plenty of this Issue. We can fill your order. Ten for 10 cents; fifty for $1.25; 100 for M 00; 100 for 7.60; 1,000 for 110.00. THEE AMERICAN . A. P. A. PRINCIPLES. The following ar the declarations of principles adopted by the Kutiun.il Cuuu ell of the A. V. A. t 1 Monies. "Loyally to true Americanism, which knim iifither birth. place, race. cred. nor (arty. Is the lirt requirement for viembership in lb American Protective AHA'M-tjfttlOtl. "The American Protective Associaton Is not political party, and does not con trol the political affiliations of Its mem bers; but It leaches them to be int-i.s-.y active In the dlschatKa of their political duties In or out of party lines. Iwcau-e It believes that all problems confronting our people will be bound solid by a con scientious discharge of the duties of citl senship by every individual. While tolerant of all creeds. It holla that subjection and nupixirt to any po. Id eal power not controlled by Am r lean c.t ixens. and which claims eq.ual If not greater sovereignty than the liOvernment of the t'nlted States, la Irr.-conc liable with American ritisenslup. It Is. there fore opposed to the holding of offices In state or national government by any subject or supporter of such ecclesiastical power. "We uphold the constitution of the United States of America and no portion of it more than Its guarantee of relig.ous liberty, but we hold this religious liberty to be guaranteed to the Individual, and not to mean that under its protection any un-American ecclesiastical power can claim any absolute control over the edu cation of children, growing up under the stars and stripes. "We 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 such, we protest against the em ployment of subjects, of any un-American ecclesiastical power as olticers or teachers of our public schools. "We condemn the support out of the public treasury by direct appropriation or by contract of ar. sectarian school, reformatory or other institution nut own ed and controlled by public authority. "Uelievlng that exemption from taxa tion Is equivalent to a grant of public funds, we demand that no real or person al property be exempt from taxation, the title to which is not vested in the nitional or state governments, or In any of their sub-divisions. "We protest against the enlistment tn the United Stales army, navy, or the militia of any state, of any person not an actual citizen of. the United States. "We demand for the protection of our citizen laborers the prohibition of the im portation of pauper labor, and the re striction of all immigration to persons who cannot show their ability and honest intention to becoma self-supporting Amer ican citlxens. "We demand the change of the natural thorixlng the naturalization of minors, 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 spenk 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 against the practice of natural;zlng aliens at the ex pense of committees or candidates as the most prolltic 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 tn 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 is not lawful for an emperor to exact anything opposed to the apostolic rules. 4. It Is not lawful for kings to usurp the thins that belong to priests. 6. No custom of anyone can thwart the statutes of the popes. 6. Let no resistance be offered to the apostolic (cannon pie epts, but let them be salutlferlously fulfilled. 7. The yoke Imposed by the trnlc see la to be borne, though it appear Intolerable and insupportable. 8. The I'ontllt can neither be loosed nor bound by the secular power. 9. That the Pontiff whs called Cod by the pious I'rince Constantino, and that as God he cannot lie judged as man. 10. That as God he is far above the reach of all human law and Judgment. 11. 1'hat all laws contrary to the can ons and decrees of the Roman prelates are of no force. 12. That nil of the ordinances of the Pope are unhesitatingly to be ol eyed. X We ouKht not even to sneik to one whom the l'ope has ex-communicated. H. Priests are fathers and masters, even of princes. lii. 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 Ids pre lates, make constitutions for the whole Christian world. In maturs spiritual, con cerning the salvation of souls, und tne rinht government of the church; and if necessary judge and dispose of all the temporal goods of all Christians. Hi. A heretic, holding or teaching false doctrine concerning the sacraments. Is excommunicated anil degraded, and hand ed over to the sccullar 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 he con fiscated and applied to the church. 111. 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 otllce. 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 terporal lori not purg ing his land of heretics, is excommuni cated. 21. Those signed with the cross for the extermination of heretics, rcioice In. the privilege granted to the crusaders for the help of the holy land. 22. They are absolved from nil obliga tions who are In anywise bound to here tics. 23 Whoever dies In battle against the unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heav en. 21. tVe do not esteem those homlcl ies to whom it may have happened in their zeal for their mother church against the excommun'rnted, to kill some of them. 25. The Catholic princes are bound, both by civil and common law, not to receive or tolfr:ite heretics, and much more are not to permit their rites, or other exercise of their rellg.on. or rather, their false sect, but are most solemnly bound everywhere, to repel and expel them. ... 2. The following temporal punish ments are to be enforced on heretics: 1st Infamv. and the consequent disqualifi cations "for all civil acts. 2nd intestabili ty, as well active as passive (that Is. thev 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. 5th Confiscation of all goods. 6th That vassals and slaves and others are from all, even sworn obligations due to their lord, or another. 7th Capital corporal punishment, es pecially death, and perpetual Imprison- "27. The canon law forbids all tolera tion. 28. 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. II. The Pope can absolve from all oaths. SI Every bishop Is ordinary Judgo In a cause of heresy. The reason is because the bishops can ex-officlo, and ought to extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon them the due punishments, and to this are bound on pain of deposition. Beside are Ue Inquisitors especially pui4 by the apnstolle sm Kvrry bishop In Ms dlor. Is thought to be, and In reality la. a natural innm.it, .r. (literal. v born inquis itor), so as to hue the same power with those already mentioned In a cause of heresy. JJ. In every promissory oath, although absolutely taken, there are certain con ditions tacitly understood, amongst which are: 1st If 1 can; 2nd To save the right and authority of a superior; Srd-When the oath supposes the honor of the apos tolic e to be illicit. 31. 1 hat the council of Trent, (the lsst and great authority of Itomel. decrees ami commands that the sacred canons and all general councils, also the other apostolic enactment Issued In favor of ecclesiastical persons of ecclesiastical liberty, and against Its violators, ail of which by this present decre It renews, and must be exactly observed by all. EXTREME OATH OF THE JESUIT. v. now tn tne presence of Al mighty Cod, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michl the Archanxel. the bl -seed St. John the Kaptlst. the holy Apost les St. Peter and Si. Paul and the Saints and Sacred Host of heaven, anil to you. my ghostly father, the superior general of the society of Jesus, founded bv Saint Ignatus Loyola In the pontinratlon of Paul the Third, and continual to the present, do, by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of God. ami 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 eaith; and that by virtue of the ke.s of binding and loosing given to his holi ness by my Saviour, Jesus OhrtKt. he hath power to depose heretical king, princes, states, commonwealths and gov ernments, all being llleual without bis sacred confirmation, and they may be safely destroyed. Therefore, to the ut most of my power, ! 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, lienmark. Sweden and Norway, and the now pretended authori ties and churches of Kngland and Scot land, and branches of the same now es tablished tn Ireland, and on the conti nent of America, and elsewhere, and ell adherents In regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred 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 hcr laws, magistrates or officers. "1 do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of Kngland and Scotland, of the Calvlnlsts. Huguenots and others of the name of Protestant or Liberals to be damnable, and they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. "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. In Switzerland, Germany, Hol land, Denmark. Sweden, Norway, Eng land, Iceland or America, or In any other kingdom or teirltory, I shall come to, and do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to destroy all their pcetended powers, legal or otherwise. "I do further promise and doc 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 divulge, directly or Indirectly, by word, writln 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 opinion or will of my own or any mental reservation whatsoever, even as a corpse or cadaver (peilnde at cadaver), but will unhesitatingly oby each and every command that 1 may re ceive from my superiors in the mldtla of the pope and nf Jesus Christ. "That I will go to any part of the world whithersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the north, the burn ing sands of the desert of Africa, or the plngles 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 anl declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secteteiy or openly, against all heret.es, Protest ants nnd Libera is as I am dire (el to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth,' and tbnt I w'!l no'th. er age. sex or condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, tlay, t a' gl. an I burn alive these infamous heretics; rip up the stomach and wombs of th 'lr 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 rin, th strang ulating cord, the strji of the po nard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the tank, dignity or authority of the person or per sons, whatever may be their rondit oa In life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent nf the pope or superior of the brotherhood of the holy father, of the society of Jesus. In confirmation of which I hereby deli cate my life, my soul and all corporal powers, snd with this dagger M.h I now receive. I will subscribe my name, written In my blond. In testimony there of; and should 1 pro'e false or weiken In mv determination, may my hrethern and fellow soldiers of the militia of the pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to car, my belly opene 1 and sulphur burned therein, with all thi punishment that can be Inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tertuiei by demons In an eternal hell forever. All of which I do swear by the blessed trinity, and blessel saeia ment which I am now to receive. 1 1 per form, and on my part to kee;i invlola ily; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness thee, my real Intentions, to keep this my oatn. In testimony hereof 1 take this most holy and blessed sacrament of th" eu cha'rlst. and witness the same, further, with P!V 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 Ftiner lor and writs his name with th" point of I his danger, dipped In his own blood, taK- 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. I'eter. the holy apostolic Roman church, nnd our most holy lord, the pope of Rome, and his successors, canonically and lawfully elected; that I will give no advice, consent or assistance against the pontifical majesty nnd person; that 1 will never knowingly and advisedly, to their Iniury or disgrace, make public the coun cils entrusted to me by themselves, or by fneseeigers 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 the rights and privileges of my order will allow it, and will defend them against all their honor and state, nnd I will direct and defend, with due form and honor, the legates and nunclous of the apostolic see. In the territories, churches, monas teries and other benefices committed to my keeping; and I will cordially co-on-erate with them and treat them with honor In their coming, abiding and re turning, and that 1 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, snd that, at whatever time anything hall 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 hl 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, reservations, provisions, spnstollo man dates end constitutions of the Holy Father Sextus, of happy memory, as to vtaltlna the thresholds of the apostles at certain r-rescrll.t times, accord ng te the tenor of that which 1 have just lead through. Thjt I will itek out and .p poM, prosecute and right (oinni conatu peisecuturuin et impugnalui unit against heretics or schismatic who o,.po oar lord, the pop of i.,nie. and his before mentioned succemors. and (Ills 1 will do with every possible rffort." (Signature) then sent to the pes. UlSHOP'S OATH. "I, elect of the di,u-M r...... - , ... ------ iipiiiriuoiaii Will le faithful and obedient to St. Peier the Apostle and to the Holy Roman church, and to our lord, the holy pope of Home, and to his successors, canonically enter ing. J will neither advice, concent nor do anything that they may lose life ur mem ber or that their persons may be seised, or hands In anywise laid upon them, or any injuries offered to them, under asy pretence whatsoever The counsel wild which they shall intrust me by them selves, their niHciiKcrs or letters. 1 ul not knowingly reveal to any. to their prejudice. I will help them to defend and kp the Roman papacy and th ro altl-s of St. Peter against all men. The le gate of the apostolic see. goin an I com lug. 1 will honorably treat and help in his necessities. 'I he rights, honoie privi leges and authority of the Holy Roman church of our hrd, the pope, and his aforesaid successors, I will endetvor te preserve, defend. Increase and advance. 1 will not be 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 or power, and, If I shall know any such thing te be treated or agitated by any whatso ever. I will hinder It to my utmost, and as soon aa I can. I will signify it to our lord. The ordinance and mandates of the pope, I will observe with ail my might and cause to be observed by others. "Heretics, schismatics and reliels to our said lord or his successors, I will to my utmost persecute and oppose. 'Heretics, achlsmatlcos et lehellcs eld em Domino nostro vel successoribus pre dlctis pro posse perseijuar ei oppuxnabo." "I will come to a council when I am called, I will visit the threshold of the THE FENIAN'S OATH. "I swear by almighty God. by all In heaven and earth, by the holy pruyer book of my holy church, by the blessed Virgin Mary mother of God. by her sor row and grief at the cross, by her tears and waitings, by the holy apostles St. Peter and Paul, by the glorious apostle of Ireland St. Patrick by the blessed and holy church of all ages, by the holy national martyrs, to tight upon the Irish soil, to fight for the Independence of Po land to tight until I die, wading in the red gore of the Sassenach (Protestant) for the glorious cause of nationality; to tight until not a single vestige, track or footstep, Is left to tell that the holy soil of Ireland was ever trodden by the Baaa enach tyrants and murderers; and. more over, when the 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 vestige of toe accursed blood of the heretic adulterer, Henry VIII., and possess ourselves of the beasts who have so lung kept our Island of saints Old Ireland in the chains of bondage, driven us from her shores, ex iles Into foreign lands. I will wadd in tne blood of Orangemen and heretics Pro testants) who do not Join us and bicoma ourselves. Scotland too, having given aid and suc cor to the beast, we i-hall live In h ;r gore. We shall not give up until we have re stored our holy faith all over th Ur t sii Isles, To all of this I sincerely and consMen tously swear with my eves blln led, not knowing who to me administers ml - oath, apostles every three years and g.ve an account of our lord of all mv pastoral office and of the things belong. ng to my diocese, to the discipline ol uiy cie.gy and people. I will In like manner humoly receive and diligently execute the aoost ollc commands. If 1 am detained by a lawful Impediment, I will perfo m the aforesaid by a member of my it:i, er or a priest of my dloie.-e, fully inslt... te i In all things above mentioned. Ti.e posses sions belonging to my table, I wi I r.e ih r sell nor otherwise alienate without con sulting the i. on, all pouiiii. ,v . .i.tf God and these holy gospels of God." iHtan .tuie), Bent to the Romi.-h 11 inagcr. miKST'S OATH. "I , now In the jrcs'tico of Almighty God, the bbsscd Vugii. Mary, the blessed Michael the An hai ge. ihe blessed St. John the 1 ".'; I m t . Hi " lv Apostles St. I'eter und hi. I'yul und the Saints and the Haded 1 lusts i ii j..u, and to you, my lord, 1 do declare from my heart, without mental reservation that the pope is Christ s liMi Mi'':.il und is the true nnd only head of the uni versal thunh throughout the e.iiti, m.d Unit, by virtue of tne keys ot Ijindiiijj mid loosing gien to hi- ho Iness b. .i'sih Christ he has power to uep s le ti d kings, primes, states, commonAia tlisand governments, u II licing ibegai win, i.l i.n sacred continiation. and that liu-y u.ay safely be destroyed. Therefore, to t :e utmost of my power. I will defend tills doctrine nnd his holiness' r a-h's i n c s toms against all usurpers of the 1,' te i unt authority whatsoever, especially against (he now pretended author, ty anl church In KnulHiid and all adherents n regard that they be usurpal anil heretical, opposing the sacred mother of ihi ihurcn of Koine. "I do denounce and d'sown nnv alleg -anee as due to uny I'rotestant king, I'.lnce or slate or obedienc e to any of their inferior officers. I do further de clare the doctrine of the church ot Eng land, of the Calvanlsts. llugueno's und other l'rolestaiits, to be damnable and those to be damned who will not for sake the same. "I do fuitlier declare that I will help, assist and advise all or any of his holi-nei-s' agents In any place wherever I shall lie, and to do my utmost to extir pate the rrotestant doctrine and to des troy all their pretended power, renal or otherwise. 1 do further piomis? and de clare that, notwithstanding I may be per mitted by dispensation to assume any hereticnl religion (I'rot-stant denom. na tions! tor the propagation of the mother church's Interest, to keep secret nnd pri vate all her aRents' counsels as they en trust me. nnd not to divulge, directly or Indirectly, bv owrd, writing or citcum statices "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 I, , do swear by 11 Ul M Hi. li - blessed Trinity end blesed Sacra the ment which 1 am about lo receive, to m pe rform on my part to Keep invoinoiy. and d do can on an ui- i j s Host of Heaven to witness my rial tentions to keep this my oath. In testimony whereof 1 take this most ou int holy and blessed Sacrament oi u e r.u u- nri ist, and witness the sime further witn m consecrated hand, in the preence oi i.l. o,.. ll tl. i.rl.'il who my ' IIOIJ Uir-"V oi,-. ' w - ....... - dst him in my ordination to the priest- ho iod." OATH OF THE CLAN-NA-G AEL. "TV nlllnn,1v.v la th unth t a V . o hv thA members of that famous Romish Catho lic society: "I (name In fulli di solemnly -weir In i a lrtO.-htv no.l rhnt I w 11 labor while life Is left in me to establish and defend a republican i.rm oi govern ment in Ireland; that I will keep ee ret tha rinro-s and evervthlt'S connected with ! the Irish brotherhood from all not en I titled to know such secrets; that I will ' obey and comply with the constitution ! and" laws of the same, that I will pre- k fim.W of this oritur for th cause of Irish revolution alone, s 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, amone all Irish I take this obligation without any mental reservation, holding; the same for ever blndlnir upon me. ami that any vio lation thereof, or desertion of my duty to the brotherhood Is Infamous, and merits the severest punishment, so help me GThl oath the candidate ta abjured te keep at the haixrd of his life. It waa printed In the Chicago Inter eean and was swom to be correet at the Cronln trial. It was reported by said paper No vember 17. ISM. Priests and blshopa aot M cbaplaJwa for this holy (?) order. 51 III t'nlted i'ARIS, Jan. 21. Uurlng tn the Chamber of Deputies tod the estimates of the departms public worship M. Iterard denou the dangers of clericalism." The premier, M. Mellne, deolanC there was no ground for such fearv Continuing, he denied the goverawi was composed of clericals, or that at vat under pontiflclal direction, aadtauj that the so-called clerical peril waa only put forward to divert attentle from the socialist and revolutlotvu peril. Ei-Mlnlster Goblet then moved thai separation of the church and etata which was uefeated by .u9 to 191 TOtak Several members denounced the lata ference of Chief Rabbi Zaddorkanea la tu Katerhnty affair, whereupoa a Mallard replied that If the chief raaM had noted Improperly he could ha la prtved of his salary. M. de Matty called attention ta fa propaganda of English and Oermaa. pastors In various parts of France, ie nouncing them amid applause aa "spies" and as being; a veritable pert, to the existence of the fatherland.' The estimates were then adopted. M. Dutrlci moved the denunclatjam of the cou.-oruat (or understanding Tea tween the French government and th Vatican). The motion waa defe by a vote of 316 to 171. The World's Great Blood Purifier is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Which absolutely Cures every form d Impure blood, from The pimple on your Face to the great Scrofula sore which Drains your systesrk Thousands of people Testify that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Catarrh, Rheumatism, And That Tired Feeling. Remember thb And get Hood's And only Hoodj To the Klondike. Thousands of aiventurous spir its will start for Alaska in the jn xt three months. The wisest twill take the IiUKLIXGTON ROUTE via Billing. That is the shortest and quickest line. 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