THE AMERICAN.
A
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ASSASSINATION
OF PRES. LINCOLN
Every Person Implicated
the Diabolical Plot a Ro
man Catholic.
In
Standpoint Occupied by Ex Priest
Chiniquy, Who was the Pres.
Ident'5 Close Friend.
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Father Chiniquy, the apostate Cath
olic priest, who has been lecturing In
Baltimore, in conversation with a
Uornlng Herald reporter, made a
number ot statements regarding the
assassination of President Lincoln,
which are not to be found In the hls
tvriea of the period, and accounts tor
Chat lamentable tragedy:
f "1 am a French Canadian by birth,"
aid he to the reporter, "and was born
tn Kamovaska, Canada, in 1809. Both
C my parents were Catholics, and I
was. of course, brought up In that
IsJth. From a very early age I was
destined for the priesthood, and my
dication was conducted with that end
always la 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
Irom all over North America met in
aecret conclave at Buffalo, N. Y., and
there the question was discussed, and
tt was decided to seize the cities of
North America for the Catholic
church. The plan adopted was to
bring Catholic emigrants from Europe
la sufficient numbers to gain control
ef the city governments by popular
Tt. 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
various cities In order to use It for
the benefit of Catholicism. The well
remembered struggle for the expulsion
f the Bible from the public schools
lit Cincinnati In 1870 was the out
growth of the action of the conclave
in 1851.
"At this same conclave I was assign
ed to go to Illinois with a band of
French Canadian Catholics and to
found a colony or 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 500 souls.
"In 1858, after several years ot
study 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 ana
told my congregation of the step I
was about to take, and my reasons.
After talking to thern for two hours
I put the matter to a vote, and all but
Ifteen 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 assaslnate Mr. Lin
coln. He told me that the plot was
first laid in 1861. I went at once to
Washington, and In a confeience 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, tdentical'y
the same account of the plot In the
order against the president. While I
was seeking information 1n regard to
the crime I met the Rev. F. A. Con
well, of Chicago, who related the fol
lowing: "Ninety miles northwest of St, Pajil,
Minn., is the little village of St.
Joseph, settled by Roman Catholics,
and with a college for the education
of priests. On the 14th of April, 1865,
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, two men
drove up to the village hotel; one was
the Rev. F. A. Conwell, chaplain of
the first Minnesota regiment and the
other was Horace P. Bennett, of St.
Cloud about ten miles eastward.
While Mr. Bennett was attending to
the horse in the barn the landlord, J.
H. 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
tatement to both his guests.
"This was not later than 6:30 p. m.,
and the assassination of Lincoln did
ot occur till about 10 p. m. Allow
ing for the difference in time between
St. Joseph and Washington the news
reached St oseph at least two hours
bafora It occurred.
"Ths two men make affidavit of ths
test, sworn to September 6, and Octo
ber 18, 1883. Landlord Linneman,
fwrcyer for the priesU, refuses to
wear, but make a written declara
tion. October M. ls3, duly signal,
saying that he told Oonell and Mr.
Ileunett that 'he had heard this rumor
in his store from people who tame in
and out; but he taurmt remember
from whom." That lapse of memory
probably saved the landlord a life. The
priest 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 Atzeroth, Payne and Har
old asked for Protestant ministers
when they wei to be hung, but they
bad been coru; ljred Catholics till
then. John V : Ikes Booth waa a
proselyte to (Vl.ctlU-Ism, and so were
Atxeroth, Payne and Harold. But
had their fj:!ir confessor appeared
with them or. ( ie scaffold that would
have opened tiie eye of the American
people to clearly aee that the assassin
ation of Lincoln and Seward were
planned and executed by Jesuit priests.
The murderer were instructed to con
ceal thetr religion. Such I the doe
trine of the Catholic church. St
Liguorl says:
""It is often more to the glory of
God and the good of our neighbor to
conceal our rellgtou 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 ot the tyrant' Liguorl
Theologia. 11. 3.)
"Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth
stopped in bis flight was a Catholic
and so' was 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
was the common rendezvous ot the
priests.
"Booth, the assassin himself, was
confirmed In this very city of Balti
more. He was but the tool of the
Jesuits. He was taught by them that
the pope had railed Jeff Davis his
dear son, and had taken the southern
confederacy under his protection. He
was taught that Lincoln was an apos
tate, that 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 ot 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 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 tn 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 vl
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 hividred 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 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
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The followir are the declarations of
ptliu-tplt-s adapted by in N ittii4l Coun
cil of the A. I'. A. at 1 Monies
!- iUy to true Americium, hich
kmD neither birth, place. ra e. crl,
nor party. the nrt r-tulrenie ni lr
membership in the American i'rutective
Ak iatitm.
"The American Protective Asoiation
la nut a political rty. and d - not con
trol lha political atf.hatiun of It mem
bers; liut It te. tics them t.i t lut -i.a t y
a. me in the liliir-e ot their political
duties in or out of party line. Wau-
It believes th.it all problems c-infrontina;
our people will Ih bound solid by a cn
Si ientious dlhai:e uf tKe duties of cili
sensritp by every individu.il.
"While tolerant of all creeds. It holla
that subjection and support t.i any politi
cal power not controlled by Am rlcaii cit
laena. and which clxima tHjuai it not
greater sovereignty triail the itovernmeiit
of the I'nited 6tate. la Irreconcilable
with American ntuenship. It I, there
fore oppoaed to the holding of offices In
atate or national government bv any
subject or supporter of such eccls-ilaatica.1
power.
"We uphold the constitution of the
I'nited States of America and no portion
of it more than its gunrantee ot rellg.oua
liberty, but we hold this rel:i ua liberty
to be guaranteed t the Iml.vidual. 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 officer or
teachers of our public schools.
"W condemn, the jupport out Ql the
public treasury by direct appropriation
or by contract of any sectarian school,
reformatory or other Institution not own
ed and controlled by public authority.
"Believing 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 vestel In the n.itional
or state governments, or In any of their
sub-divisions.
-We protest against the enlistment In
the I'nited States army, navy, or the
militia of any state, of any person not an
actual citizen of the I'nited Htates.
"We demand for the protection of our
citizen laborers the prohibition of the Im
portation of pauper labor, and the re
striction of ail Immigration to persons
who cannot show their ability nnd honest
intention to becoma self-supporting Amer
ican citizens.
"We demand the change of the nntural
thorlzlng 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 speak
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 naturalizing 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 Is not lawful for an emperor to
exact anything opposed to the apostolic
rules.
4. It Is not lawful for klnsrs to usurp
the things that belong to priests.
5. No custom of anyone can thwart the
statutes of the popes, i
6. Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic (cannon) precepts, but let them
be salutiferlously fulfilled.
7. The yoke Imposed by the holv see Is
to be borne, though It appear intolerable
and Insupportable.
8. The font iff can neither be loosed nor
bound by the secular power.
9. That the Pontiff was called Ood by
the pious Prince Constantino, and that
as God he cannot be judged as man.
10. That as 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 Roman prelates
are of no force.
12. That all of the ordinances of the
Pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed.
13. We ought not even to speak 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 of souls, and the
right government of the church; and if
necessary Judge and dispose of all the
temporal goods of all Christians.
16. A heretic, holding or teaching false
doctrine concerning the sacraments. Is
excommunicated and degraded, and hand
ed over to the seculiar 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.
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 otllce.
20. The secular cowers, 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 lorl not purg
ing his land of heretics. Is excommuni
cated. 21. Those signed with the cross for the
extermination of heretics, re.ioice tn the
privilege granted to the crusaders for the
help of the holy land.
22. They are absolved from all obliga
tions who are In anywise bound to here
tics. 23 Whoever dies In battle against the
unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heav
en. 24. We do not esteem those homicides
to whom It may have happened In their
real for their mother church against the
excommunicated, to kill some of them.
25. The Catholic princes are bound,
both by civil and common law, not to
receive or tolerate heretics, and much
more are not to permit their rites, or
other exercise of thetr religion, or rather,
their false sect, but are most solemnly
bound everywhere, to repel and expel
them. , , .
26. 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 ns passive Uhat Is,
they can neither make nor will Inherit
what is left to them by others). 3rd Ioss
of parental power over children. 4th
Loss of dowry, and other privileges
granted to women. 6th Confiscation of
all goods. 6th That vassals and slaves
and others are from all, even sworn
obligations due to their lord, or another.
7th Capital corporal punishment, es
pecially death, and perpetual lmprison-
"n? The canon law forbids all toleration-
.. , t,
28. That metropolitans and bishops are
to ex-conimunlcate him who grants lib
erty of conscience.
9. No oath Is to be kept toward here
tic princes, lords or others.
80. Heretics are to be deprived of all
civil and paternal rights.
II. The Pope can absolve from all
32. 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 deputes by the
a;atnlle see Tverr Mshop In hts dtoeese
la thought to be, and In reality Is. a
natural in iuii. .,r. UinT.tliv loin intjule
iiori. v as to hate the son power with
hose alrra l mentioned in a cause uf
heresy.
U. In every romlrr oath, although
absolutely tHkeii, tneie are -vrlln con
ditions tarlliy undeiKiood. amongot which
are: l-li i can, .'ml To ae the right
ami authority of a superior; St.lV hen
the oath suppoi.e the honor of (he apos
tolic - tii te Illicit.
Si. That the council of Trent, (the last
and greut authority of li.-mei. decrees
and commiitidk that the red canons
and all general councils, also the other
apostolic enact menis Issued In fsvnr of
ectieslasth id persons of ecclesiastical
liberty, and hk iinxt Its violators, all of
which by this preent decree It renews,
and must lie exactly observed by all.
EXTREME OATH OF THE JKSl'IT.
t. , now tn the presence of Al
mighty God. the blessed Virgin Mary, (lie
bleesed Michael the Archangel, the bl 'se
ed Ht. John the liupttt, the holy Apost
les 8t Peter and tit. Paul and the Saint
and Haered II. wt of heaven, and to you,
my ghostly father, the superior general
of the society of Jesus, founded by Hunt
Ignatus Loyola la the pontificatlon of
Paul the Third, and continued to the
present, do, by the womb of the virgin,
the matrix of God. and the rod of Jesus
Christ declare and swear that his holi
ness, the pnpe. Is Christ's vlce-gerent.
and la the true and only bead of the
Catholic or universal church throughout
the earth; and that by virtue of the kes
of binding and loosing given to his holi
ness by my Saviour. Jesus Christ, he
hsth power to depose heretical king,
princes, states, commonwealths and gov
eninienti, all being Illegal without hi
sacred confirmation, anft they tnhf ce
safely destroyed. Therefore, to the ut
most of my power, I will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' right and cus
tom against all usurpers of the heretical
or Protestant authority whatsoever, es
pecially the Lutheran church of Ger
many, Holland. Denmark, rlweden and
Norway, and the now pretended authori
ties and churches of Kngland and Scot
land, and branches of the sme now es
tablished In Ireland, and on the conti
nent of America, and elsewhere, and all
adherents in regard that (hey be usurped
and heretical, opposing the sacred church
of Rome.
"I do now denounce and disown any al
legiance as due to any heretical king,
prince or state named l'rotestnnt or Lib
erals or obedience to any of their laws,
magistrates or officers.
"I do further declare that the doctrine
of the churches of Kngland and Scotland,
of the Calvlnists, 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, Hweden, Norway, Kng
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 peetended powers, legal
or otherwise.
"I do further promise nnd dec'ate 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, 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 opinion or will of my own
or any mental reservation whatsoever,
even as a corpse or cadaver (perlnde ac
cadaveri, but will unhesitatingly obey
each and every command that I may re
ceive from my superiors In the militia of
the pope and of Jesus Christ.
That I will go to any part of the
world whithersoever I may be sent, to
the frozen reiflons 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 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, and that I will sn-re neith
er age. sex or condition, and that I will
hang, burn, waste, boll, flay, st:ai;gle anil
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 rank,
dignity or authority of the person or per
sons, whatever may be their condit 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 of the holy father, of the
society of Jesus.
In confirmation of which I hereby dedi
cate my life, my soul and all corporal
powers, and with this dagger which I
now receive, I will subscribe my name,
written in my blood. In testimony there
of; and should I prove false or weaken In
my determination, may my brethern and
fellow soldiers of the mllltla of the pope
cut off my hands and my feet, and my
throat from ear to ear, my belly openel
and sulphur burned therein, with all the
punishment that can be inflicted upon
me on earth and my soul be tortured by
demons in an eternal hell forever.
All of which 1 do swear
by the blessed trinity, and blessed sacra
ment which I am now to receive, to per
form, and on my part to kee Invlolaiily;
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 1 take this most
holv and blessed sacrament of the eu
cha'rlst, and witness the same further,
with my name written with the point of
this dagger, (lipped 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 dugger, 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 our most holy lord, the pope of
Rome, and his successors, eanonleally
and lawfully elected; that I will give no
advice, consent or assistance against the
pontifical majesty snd person: that I will
never knowingly and advisedly, to their
Intury or disgrace, make public the coun
cils entrusted to me by themselves, or by
messengers or letters; also that I will
give them, any assistance In retaining,
defending and recovering 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. nnd 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 and re
turning, and that I will resist unto blood
all persons whatsoever who shall attempt
anything against them. Tliat I will by
everv way and by every means strive to
preserve, augment and advance the
rights, honors, privileges, the authority
of the Holv 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 mv power to hinder, as soon as
I shall know that any fteps or measures
have been taken In the matter. 1 will
make It known to the same, our lord
or his successors, or some other person
by whose means It may be brought to
their knowledge. That I will keep and
carry out and cause others to keep and
carry out the rules of the holy father,
the decrees, ordinances, dispensations,
reservations, provisions, apostolic man
dates and constitutions of the Holy
Father Begtus, of happy memory, as to
visiting the thresholds of the apostles at
certain rreecrlbe.1 times, accord nf te
the tenor ef that a hieti I have just read
through. That I will se-k out and ip
e. prosecute and tight Ion. til eonalti
1-ert.i'uturum rt Impugiiatui uiui m.t
heretics or htni4ti. who ipo our
lord, the p... of K..me. and his belwie
mentioned u.cei.or. and (his 1 will li
with every poswble rft rt."
(Mgnturej incti sent to (he pep.
UlSHOp 8 OATH.
"I.
elect of the
- (IbK-ese, from hencrfoi w are will
le faithful and obedient to Hi Peter the
Apoalle and to I he Holy Roman church,
and to our lord, the holy pope of Home,
and to his succesa-jrs, eanonleally enter
ing, 1 will neither advice, ruiiMut nor d
i thing that they may lose Hie or mem
ber or that their peisona may be seised,
or hand In anywise laid upon them, or
any Injuries ottered to them, un.ler any
pretence whatsoever Th counsel with
which they h,tll Intrust me by them
selves, their inesnehtters or letter. I will
not knowingly reveal to any, to (heir
prejudice, I will help them to d.fnd and
ktwp the Roman papacy and tha rovaltlea
of 8t. Peter against all men. The re
gate of (he apostolic see. going and com
ing, I will honorably treat and heln in
hla necessities. The riahta. honors privi
leges and authority of the Holy Roman
church of our lord, the pope, and Ins
aforesaid successors, 1 will endejver te
preserve, defend. Increase and advance.
I will not be In any counsel, action or
treaty. In which shall be plotted against
our said lord and Roman church, any
thing to (he hurt or prejudice of their
persona, null La. 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 as I can, I will signify It to our
lord. Ihe ordinance and mandates of (He
pope. 1 will observe with all my might
and cause to be observed by others,
"Heretics, schismatics and rebels te sur
said lord or his successors, I will te af
utmost persecute and oppose.
"Heretics, schlsmaticos et tebellea eld
em Domino nostro vel successorlbus pre
dicts pro posse pereuar et oppugnabo."
"I will come to a council when l am
called, 1 will visit the threshold of the
THE FENIAN'S OATH.
"I swear by almighty God, by all In
heaven and earth, by the holy prayer
book of my holy church, by the bletsed
Virgin Mary mother of God. by her sor
row and grief at the cross, by her tears
and waitings, by the holy apostles 81
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
soli, to fight for the Independence of lie
land to tight until 1 die, wading tn the
red gore of the Sassenach (Protestant)
for the glorious cause ot nationality; to
tight until not a single vestige, track or
footstep, la left to tell that the holy soil
ot Ireland was ever trodden by the Sass
enach tyrants and murderers; and. more
over, when the Protestant robbers ant
brutes In Ireland shall be murdered and
driven Into tha sea like the swine our
Lord Jesus Christ caused to ha drowned,
then we shall embark for, and take Kng
land, and root out every vestige of tne
accursed blood of the heretic adulterer,
Henry VIII., and 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 the
blood of Orangemen and heretics i Pro
testants) who do not join us and become
ourselves.
Scotland too, having given aid and suc
cor to the beast, we shull live In h 'r gore.
We shall not give up until we have re-
f tared our holy faith all over the Br t sli
ales.
To all of this I sincerely and eonsden
tously swear with my eves blin led. not
knowing who to me administers nil oath,
apostles every three years and give an
account of our lord of ail my pastor.il
office and of the things belonging to my
diocese, to the discipline ot my cie.gy
and people. I will In like manner humUy
receive and diligently execute the apost
olic commands. If 1 am detained by a
lawful Impediment. I will perfo: m (he
aforesaid by a member of my ha, iter or
a priest of my diocese, fully Instrm tel In
all things above mentioned. The p .ses
sions belonging to my table. I will neither
sell nor otherwise alienate without con
sulting the human poiiutt. bo ..e.p me
God and these holy gospels of God."
(Hlgn ituie),
Bent to the Romish M.umgor.
PRIEST'S OATH.
'"I . now In the presence of
Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, j
the blessed Michael the Archangel, tne ,
blessed St. John the Haptlst. lh H-dy
Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and the
Saints and the Sacred Hosts ol lli-.ivin,
and to you, my lord, I do declare from '
my heart, without menial reservation ,
that the pope is Christ's vlc.ir-tfiner.il
and Is the true and only head bf the uni
versal church throughout the eartu, and
that, by virtue of the keys of binding
and loosing given to his ho. lues by Jesus
Chris( he has power to dep is he- tlcal
kings, princes, states, commonwi a thsand
governments, all being lliexu, without uU i
sacred confirmation, and that they may I
safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the
utmost of my power. I will defend this
doctrine and his holiness' rights an I ca- j
toms against all usurpers of the Pr ten
ant authority whatsoever, especially
against the now pretended author.ty anl
church in Kngland and all adherents, in
regard that they be usurpalandhereticals,
opposing the sacred mother of lha churcn
of Home. ,
"I do denounce and disown any allegi
ance as due to any Protestant king,
prince or slate or obedience to any of
their Inferior officers. I do further de
clare the doctrine of the church ot Eng
land, of the Calvanlsts. Hi.guenots und
other Protestants, to be damnable und
those to be damned who will not for
sake the same.
"I do further declare that I will help,
assist and advise all or any of his holi
ness' UKenls 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, regal or
otherwise. I do further promise and de
clare that, notwithstanding 1 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 divulire, 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 I. . do swear by
the blessed Trinity and hlesi-ed bacra
ment which 1 am about to receive to
perform on my part to keep Invlo'abiy,
and do call on all the H' aveniy ai.a Glori
ous Host of Heaven to witness my real
Intentions to keep this my path.
"In testimony whereof I take 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 who
assist him in my ordination to the priest
hood." OATH OF THE CLAN-NA-OAEL.
The folllowlng Is the oath taken by ths
members oi mat iamuus lunuiau
lie
society:
'I (name In full) do solemnly swear In
- , I 4 r V. t - C.r.. that I w.ll
tne presence o n"'""1.' -
the
laDor wniie is n-,. ,.i
and defend a republican form of govern
ment In Ireland: that I will keen secret
the names and everything connected with
the Irish brotherhood from all not en
titled to know such secrets; that I will
obey and complv with the constitution
and laws of the same, that 1 will pre
serve the funds of this order for the
cause of Irish revolution nlone. as speci
fied In the constitution: that I will deem
It my special duty and mission to pro-
... 4 , ..it mo" ( j rtf ths im on
mole BIIU .-v... - . -.
, brotherly love, nationality, among all
, Irlh. I take this obligation without any
mental reservation, holding the same for
ever binding upon me. and that any vio
lation thereof, or neseruon oi my uuiy iu
the brotherhood Is Infamous, and merits
the severest punishment, so help tne
GThls oath the candidate Is ahlured ts
keep at the hasard 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 IT. ISM. Priests and bishops aot
a chaplsJwa for this boly (T) order.
5UII I'nited.
t'ARIS, Jan. :i During the (ikH
In the Chamber of Deputies today a
the estimates of the depart meat S)f
public worship M. Ilerard denoUMS4
the dangers ot clericalism.'
The premier. M. Mellne. deed art!
there was no ground for such fear,
Continuing, he denied the govsrBmsai
was composed of clericals, or that at
wa under pontlflclal direction, add!)
that tha so-called clerical peril wast
only put forward to divert attsatlssk
from tha socialist and revolutlotMfff
peril.
Ei-Mlnlster Goblet then moved tfc
separation of the church and statsx
which was uefealed by 9 to 19$ TOtstV
Several members denounced the tatst
ferenreof Chief Rabbi Zaddnrkanaa tB
lu iCaterhsxy affair, w hnreupo aft.
Mallard replied that If the chief raMI
had acted Improperly he could be) to
prlved of his salary.
M. ds Many railed attention t tl
propaganda of English and OersaaaS
pastors in various parts of Frano. 4s
nounclng them amid applause M
"spies" and as being a veritable psril
to the extsUnre of the fatherland."
The estimate were then adopted.
M. Dutrlex moved the denunciations
of chs coucorust (or understanding
tween the French government and tat)
Vatican). The motion was dafssAai
by a Tote of 31 to 17L
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