The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, July 15, 1898, Image 7

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V OF PRES. LIHCOLH
tvery Person implicated in
the Diabolical Plot a Ro
man Catholic.
Standpoint Occupied by Ek Priest
I Chiniquj , V.ho was the Pre.
Ucru'i Close PrLnJ.
Fatlxsr Chlniquy, the apostate Cath
olic priest. who bas ben lecturing in
Baltimore. !o I'onveisaiion with a
Mornlnj Herald reporter, made a
number of statements regarding the
aaaaaalnatlOD of President Lincoln,
which are not to be found in the hla
ries of the perlo't. -cd accounts for
that lamentable tragedy:
1 am a French Canadian by birth,"
aald 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
lalth. From a very early age I was
destined for the priesthood, and my
duration was conducted with that end
always In view. Having been ordaln
4, 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
111 over Canada, and, indeed, in the
Catholic church everywhere,
v "In 1851 Catholic bishops and clergy
from all over North America met in
, oecret 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
la aufflclent numbers to gain control
of the city governments by popular
ote. The attempt was carried out to
some extent, and was successful at
least In New York. It was particu
larly the desire of the church to get
possession of the school fund in the
various cities in order to use It for
the benefit of Catholicism The well
remembered struggle for the expulsion
of the Bible from the public schools
In Cincinnati In 1870 was the out
growth of the action of the conclave
in 1851.
"At this same conclave I was assign
ed to go to Illinois with a band of
French Canadian Catholics and to
found a colony or coionies. Colonists
also came from France, and early in
1852 I founded my colony at St. Anne,
Kankakee county, 111. A chapel or
church was built, and we had a con
gregation of about 500 souls.
"In 1858, after seveial years of
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 reachod
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
fteen 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 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
rat 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 wmt to Wash
ington and warned the president.
After the assassination, while I was in
San Francisco, ano'her Jesuit priest
gave me, for a third time, Ment'ca'lv
the same account of the plot in the
order against the president. While I
was seeking information in regard to
the crime I met the Rev. F. A. Con
well, of Chicago, who related the fol
lowing: "Ninety miles northwest of St. Pajil,
Minn., is the little village of St.
Joseph, settled by Roman Catholics,
and with a college for the education.
or priests, un tne i-un or April, lsoa
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
"ther was Horace P. Bennett, of St.
Cloud about ten miles eastward.
While Mr. Bennett was attending to
the horse in the barn the landlord, J.
H. Llnneman ,who has charge of the
friary, and was purveyor for the
priests, told Chaplain Conwell that
President Lincoln and Secretary Sew
ard were assassinated. And when
Mr. Bennett returned from the barn to
the tavern the landlord reiterated the
statement to both his guests.
"This was not later than 6:30 p. m.,
and the assassination of Lincoln did
sot occur till about 10 p. m. Allow
ing for the difference in time between
Be. Joseph and Washington the news
reached St Joseph at least two hours
afore It occarred.
"The two men make affidavit of the
asst. sworn to September S, and Octo
ber 18, 1883. Landlord Llnneman,
purveyor for the priest, rafuiea to
wear, but make a written declara
tion. October !0, 1S3. 4i'r signed,
saying that he told Cnnwt-H an Mr.
Henm-it that he had haru thi rumor
in hi :ore from iwopie who came in
and out; but he ranuot, reutwuW
from whom.' That lapse of memory
probably aaved the landlord life. The
priest of St J wepi we:e cognizant
of the plot to v.-viaiinite Lincoln
a ril Seward.
" Without a lng: exception the con
spirator were Roman Catholic. It
i true that AUeroth, Payne and Har
old asked for Protestant minister
when tbey w:e to be hung, but thr
had been coin' lered Catholic till
then. John Wilkes Booth was a
proselyte to Ca.liolii-lsm. and o were
Atzeroth. Payne and Harold. Bat
had their faJi-T confessor appeared
with them on t'.ie scaffold that would
have opentd the eye of the American
people to clearly see that the assassin
ation of Lincoln and Seward were
planned and executed by Jesuit pi-eta.
The murderers were instructed to con
ceal their religion. Such Is the doc
trine of the Catholic church. St
Llguorl says:
" 'It I often more to the glory of
God and the good of our neighbor to
conceal our religious faith, a when
we live among heretic we can more
easily do them good In that way; or
if by declaring our religion, we cause
some disturbance or deaths, or even
wratn of the tyrant Llguorl
Theologla. II. 3.)
"Dr. Mudd, at whose place Booth
stopped in his flight, wa a Catholic
and so wa Garj-ett, In whose barn
Booth was killed.
"After the murder Father C'uinlquy
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, bad 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
o"ne 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 la
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 lnfluenee 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 arrival
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 vl
clousness and incapacity, and Indulge
in irrelevant emotional appeals to
principles which no friend of the edu
cational test dreams of surrendering.
That Immigration has done much
for the development of the country is
not questioned by any sane man.
That It can and will do still more is
equally beyond dispute. That an edu
cational test If applied a htvidred or
even fifty years a?o. 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 qirea
tlon 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 thai
labor organizations better authorities!
on the need of further restriction than
the societies now fighting the Lodge
bill? Chicago Evening Post.
Tea, wa have plenty of this lssns.
We can fill your order. Ten for 10
emits; fifty for 81.25; 100 for $1.00; 100
tat 7.50; 1.000 for J10.00.
THE AMERICAN
a. p. a. ritiNoiri e.
Th fallowing ar the i)e.-UraUn of
prim adxpiml ! me N.ii-iiiji Coun
cil of A I". A. ml I- M -in-.
'l-.).iy U true Ain.-rl-aniniii. which
kn.iw nithr hirih. iiace. r4 -, ervn.l.
nor party, u the lirt r-rti: nntit f..r
ni-mitrr!itp In the Anifru ja J'r i( tlv
An t.'lllloll.
"The American Proiawtlv Aanoft.it on
la not a political parly. m:iJ I en n.i r--n-tint
tha politUal arliliatinis of lia niatu
!rr; lul It tci-lifn lli.iu in ti u.t !.
h-uv in I ho m trnta-a f their 1iumI
luti- in or out t( party liu a. Ii u
it l-.-ti.-vca ili.it all irut am e -n:r nl.n
our ni Ihi bound mild ty a cuii-
i-iu .-ma d'shaige of the dutira of c.ll-I-nh:p
by eveiy mdivi.lu.ii.
"W hile tolerant of all -tv.l. It hoi 'a
that aulijwti.m und auppoTl to any hi. Mi
di power not ontrollei i.y Am ne.ui c,t
lieim. and h'.fli t'l.nnia rr.al i' I""
Kreaier s.ivere -iil tlian til fcO or"tniit
of tha United ritatea. in Irr.con. lUiile
wlih AmerU-in CiiKTir-lii:!. It Is there
fore oppoaed to the hol-llng of otlWa In
male or national sov.-i miu-itt iv 'iy
uU,eit or supporter of such ecclei.astical
pr.
uphold th constitution of tha
T'nlteJ State of America and no portion
of It mora u..n it .n gunranlea of re lg o is
liberty, but w hold this religious lioeity
to ua guaranteed , the Intl.viuual, and
not to mean that under Its prote t.oii an.'
un-Ameri.an ecrleatuatieal power ran
claim any arinoluta control over the edu
cation of children, growing u; under thd
atara and atripea.
We consider the non-aectarlan free
public achool the bulwark of American
Inatitutiona. tha beat plaa for the edu
cation of American children. To keep
them aueh. we protest a.iinat the em
ployment of subjects, of any un-American
eccleaiaatical power as ottlcere or
tniK'hera of our public schools.
"We condemn the support out of tha
public treasury by direct appropriation
or by contract of any sectarian r'chool,
reformatory or other Institution n it own
ed and controlled by public authority.
"Helievlnir that exemption from taxa
tion la equivalent to a (rant of public
funds, we demand that no real or person
al nronerlv be en tun! from luxat.on. I he
title lo which is ni vesiel In the mtional
or state Kovernnietiia, or in any ol tneir
suti-di visions.
"We protest against the enlistment In
the United States army, navy, or the
militia of any stale, of any person not an
actual citizen of the I'niled Slatea.
"We demand for the protection of our
citizen laboiers the prohibition of the Im
portation of pauper labor, and the re
striction or all IninilkTHtion to person
who cannot show thotr ability and honest
intention to lieeorna self-supporting- Amer.
lean citizens.
"We demand the change of the nitural
thorlzing the naturalization of minors,
without a previous declaration of inten
tion, and by providing that no alien slia.ll
be naturalized or permitted to vote In
any state In the union who cannot speak
tha language of the land, and who can
not prove seven year' consecutive resi
dence in this country from the date of
hia declaration of intention.
"We protest ngainst the gros 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 candidate 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
ail 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 arTectinir tinancial, commer
cial or Industrial interests be general in
character and in no Ivstmce 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 kintrs to usurp
the things that belong to priests.
5. No custom of anyone can thwart the
statutes of the popes.
6. Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic icannon) pre eptg, but let them
be salutiferlnusly fultlilel.
7. The yoke Imposed by the hnlv see Is
to be borne, though it appear intolerable
and Insupportable.
8. The i'ontlrf can neither be loosed nor
bound by the secular power.
. That the F'ontlft 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 prelate
are of no force.
12. That all of the ordinances of the
Pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed.
I. 1 Wre ought not even to speik to one
whom the Pope has ex-communlcated.
14. Priests are fathers and master,
even of princes.
15. The civil law Is derived from man,
but the ecclesiastical or canon Isw Is de
rived directly from God, by which the
Pontiff can, in connection with his pre
lates, make constitutions for the who's
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 tiie sncranients. 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.
2'). The secular roiers, whether perma
nent or temporary, are bound to swear
that they will exterminate, accord In a; to
their power, all heretics condemned by
the church, and a le.r.poral lor I not purg
ing his land of heretics, is excommuni
cated. 21. Those signed with the cross for the
extermination of heretics, retolce In 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-
24. We do not esteem those homicides
to whom It may have happened In their
zeal 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
mora are not to permit thir rites, or
other exercise of their 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: lat
Infsmv. and the consequent disqualifi
cations for all civil act. 2nd Intestabili
ty, as well active as passive (.that Is.
they can neither make nor will Inherit
what Is left to them by others!. 3rd Los
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 other are from all. even sworn
obligations -due to their lord, or another.
7th Capital corporal punishment, es
pecially death, and perpetual Imprison-
tn27?t The canon law forbids all tolera-
"Ss! That metropolitan 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.
$0. Heretic are to be deprived f all
elvll nd paternal riehts.
II. Th Pope can absolve from all
atha.
J2. Every bishop is ordinary Judg In a
cause of heresy. The reason Is because
th bishop can ex-officlo, and ought to
extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon them
th due punishments, and to this are
bound en pain of deposition. BMldea are
lb Inquisitors especially put4 by th
apostnllr nee Kirry bishop In M 1lnes
la thought to be, and In reality u, a
natutal mo.ui. tor. il t.-r.n.r l.o-u ino,ul
liori. so as )' hive the ni power uh
those aliealy nirutioiiej in causa of
heresy. t
U In every pr.iniU.-ry oath, a th Ci
absolutely f.ikt-n. t?ie:e are lertain r.m
dition tacitly un.Iec !.. I. umong-t wh eh
are: Ist-lf I can, in.! I o hv tne r glit
and authority of a superior; It l-Wn.-n
tbe oath ii,..ien the honor of the apos
tolic see to be I'.'.!?:'.
M. Ihil the - oi. ii- ll of Trent, (the last
iifd great authority of Uoiuei. de.nree
and 1.1111111)111, U that t!it sacred canons
and ail geneisl coiiiiciln. also the other
spostollc enactments issued tn favor of
ecclesiastical pemotis of ci'letittcal
liberty, and an inmt its violators, all of
mhi.li by I his pie-M-nt dei r-e it renew,
and must be rai tl) observed by all.
EXTREME OATH or THE jksi it.
v. . now m tbe tr.-s-n. e of Al
mighty God. the blessed Virgin Mary, the
blessed Mn hnei i he Ar',an.l. the bl ss-e-i
ft. John the U.iptlM. the holy Apost
les Ht. Peter and m Paul and the i-ainu
and Sacred II-mt of heaen. and to you.
my ghostly father, the superior general
of tbe society of Jesus, fouude I b Hunt
Ignatus I... .!. In the p.-nt.licailon of
Paul the Thud, and roiitiim-Hl lo the
present, do, by the womb of lh vlritm.
the matrix of ;.,d. and the rod of Jesus
t hrist declare and swear that his holi
ness, the pope. Is Christ vlce-gerent,
and I the true and only head of the
Catholic or universal church throughout
the eaith: and that by litue of lbs k-(
of binding and I. .using given to his holi
ness by my Saviour. Jesus Christ, lie
hath power to depose heretical kingn,
princes, states, commonwealths and gov
ernments, all being Mleual wituoilt Ills
sacretl confirmation, and they may be
safely destroyed. Therefore, to tne ut
most of my power, 1 will defend this
doctrine and bis holiness' r:ght and cus
tom against all usurpers of th heretical
or Protestant authority whatsoever, es
pecially the Lutheran church of Ger
many, Holland. Ietininrk. Sweden and
Norway, and the now pretended auihori
ties and churches of Kngland and Scot
land, and branches of tile same now es
tablished In Ireland, and on the conti
nent of America, and elsewhere, and all
adherents In regard that they be usurped
and heretical, opposing the sacred church
of Home.
"I do now denounce end disown any al
legiance as due to any heretical king,
prince or state named Protestant or Lib
erals or obedience to any of their law,
mnijistratea or officers.
"I do furilier declare that the doctrine
of the churches of Kngland and Scotland,
of the Calviuiels. Iluiruenots and others
of the name of Protestant or Liberals to
be damnable, and they themselves to b
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' agenls. In any place wherever 1
shall be. In Switzerland. Germany, Hol
land, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Eng
land, Iceland or America, or In any other
kingdom or teiritory, I shall con to, and
do my utmost to extirpale the heietlcal
Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to
destroy all their pcetended powei. legal
or otherwise.
"1 do further promise and dec'v that,
notwithstanding I am dispensed with to
assume any religion heretical for the
propagation of the mother church In
terest, to keep secret and private all
her agents' councils from time to time,
as they entrust me, and not to dlvulire,
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 fperlnde ac
cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey
each and every command that 1 may re
ceive from my superiors in the militia of
the pope and of Jesus Christ.
"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
plugles of India, to the centers of civili
zation of Europe, or to the wild haunts
of the barbarous savage of America,
without murmuring or repining and will
be submissive In all things whatsoever,
conuntinfcated 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 nnd Liberals as I am dlre-ted to do,
to extirpate them from the face of the
whole earth, and tbr-t I will - " nei..
er ae. sex or condition, and tint I will
hang, burn, waste, boil, nay, st a gle an 1
burn alive thee Infamous heretics; rip
up the stomach ami 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, th strang
ulating cord, the str.sl 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 co'idit on in
life, either public or private, as I at any
time may be directed 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 dngger 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 militia of the pope
rut off my hands and my feet, and my
throat from ear to ear. my belly opene I
and sulphur burned therein, wlih all th
punishment that can be Indicted upon
me on earth and my soul he tcrtu.ei by
demons In an eternal hell forever.
All of which I do swear
by the blessed trinity, and blesel sacra
ment which I am now to receive, to per
form, and on mv part to keep inviolably;
and do call all the heavenly and glorious
host of heaven to witness thee. my real
intentions, to keep this my oath.
In testimony hereof I take this most
holv and blessed sacrament of the eu
charlst, and witness the sami further,
with my name written with the point of
this dagger, dipped In mv own blood, and
seal In the face of this holy convent.
I He receives the wafer from the super
ior and writs his name with the point of
his dagger, dipped In his own blood, tak
en from over the heart.
CARDINAL'S OATH.
T, , 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 utito St.
Peter, the holy apostolic Roman church,
and 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 and person: that I will
never knowingly and advisedly, to their
injury T disgrace, make pulilic the coun
cils entrusted to me by themselves, or by
messengers or letters: also that T will
give them any assistance in retaining-,
defending and recovering the Roman
papacy and the regalia of Peter, with all
my might and endeavor, so far as Th
rights and privileges of my order will
allow tt, and will defend them sgainst all
their honor and state, and I will direct
and defend, with due form and honor, th
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 a'tempt
anything against them. That I will by
every way and by every means strive to
preserve, augment and advance th
right, honors, privileges, the authority
of th Holy Roman bishop, our lord th
pop nd his before mentioned succes
sors nd that, at whatever time anything
hall b decided to their preludlc. 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 hi 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
es,rry ut the rules of the holy father,
th decree, ordinance, dispensations,
reservations, provisions, apostotlo man
date and constitution of th Holy
Father Bextu. of hsppy memory, as to
vtaltlnff th threshold of th apotta at
certain pr..Tlt.1 times, accord ng t
the tenor of that slnea I have 'usl teal
tiimuch. Ih.l ...,-k ,,ui an,j p.
poe. prosecute and limit lo nnl c .n..tu
::. oluri-ni -t impugnatui unu assninl
h-teti. or h .ni iu who d.-poo oor
ioi-l, he x-pe of It. .me, and h.s boliti
m-i-il.tt.ed sti, . ,it a. and (Ills 1 wui do
ilil every ponmt,, e eff .lt."
tttigualurej men mui to th pap.
L1SIIOP S OATH.
elect of the
diocese, from henc.-I .1 .r 4 will
be rulthful and nU-oienl to si IVtr th..
ApostU ana 10 (n Jioly Roman church,
and t.i our lord, tne hoi ,.,j,e of K fine,
and to his successors, caiiomcail) euier
lun. 1 will neither a-lv i. e. consent 1101 d i
an tiling tint they may lose ma 01 mem
ber or thai iheii persona n,,(y t, laj
or bands In anywise laid upon them, or
any injuiics r-n.-rel ,j tnem under any
pieteuce whatsoever The counsel wliii
which ihey shall intrust me by tnein
sc.vcn. their ih,m-i,(,. a or lelte.a 1 will
not knowingly reveal to any, to their
pieiudbe. I w.ll help them to .1. f -nd and
kp the It--loan papacy and tha ro-altl.-a
of St. Peter agonist all men. Th le
gate of the apostolic see. going an.! corn
ing. 1 will honorably I rear" hii.I help 111
bis necessities 'I he rmhis, honoi pril
leges and authority of the Holy Ho in a 11
rnurch of our lord, the pope, and his
aloreld successors. 1 will en-leaver 10
preserve, defend, increase and advance.
I will not be In any counsel, action or
treaty, in mulch shall be plotted alnt
our said lord and Roman church, any
thing lo the hurt or prejudice of their
persons, ruihts. honor, stale or power,
and. If ! shall know any such thin to
be treated or agitated by any whatso
ever. 1 will hinder It to my utmost, and
as Boon a 1 can, I will signify It to our
lord. The ordinance and mandute of th
pope, I will observe with ail my uilglit
and cause to he observe! by other.
"Heretics, schismatics and lebels to our
aald lord or hi successors, I will t my
utmost persecute and oppose.
"Heretics, achismsticoa el lebellea eld
em 1'onillio nostro vel aucceiaonbua pi
dictla pro posse peraeuuar el op;iUKnabo."
"I will come to a council when I am
called, 1 will visit the threshold of tha
THE FENIAN'S OATH.
"I wear by almighty God, by all In
heaven and earth, by the holy niayer
book of my boly church, by the ble.naad
Virgin Mary mother of God. by her sor
row and grief at the cross, by her tear
and walliiigs, by the holy apostles HL
Peter and Paul, by the glorious apostle
of Ireland Bl. Patrick by the Mussed
and holy church of all sges, by the holy
national martyrs, to Unlit upon th-' Irish
soil, to fight for the Independence of Ira
land to light until 1 die, wading In the
red gore of tha Kassenacli tProtestanO
for the glorious cause of nationality, to
light until not a single vestige, track or
footstep, I left to tell that th holy oll
of Ireland wa ever trodden by th Sass
enach tyrants and murderers; and. more
over, when the Protestant robbers and
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 tor, and take Knf
lanil, and root out every vestige of tn
accursed blood of the heretic adulterer,
Henry VIII., and possess ourselves of th
beasts who have so long kepi our island
of saint Old Irelan.l-In the chain of
bondage, driven us from her shore, ex
iles Into foreign lands. 1 will wade 111 til
blood of Orangemen and heretics i Pro
testants) who do not Join us and become
ourselves,
bootland too, having given aid and sue
cor to the beast, wa shall live In h-r gore.
We shall not give up until w have re
stored our holy faith all over the Ur,t h
Isles.
'I n all of this I sincerely and consclen
tously swear with my eves blinded, not
knowing who to me administers inln oatn.
apostle every three years and give an
account of our lord of all my pastoral
office and of the things belonging to my
diocese, to the discipline ol my cl:gy
and people. I will In like manner humily
receive and diligently execuie ihi apost
olic commands. If 1 am detained by a
lawful Impediment, I will perform the
aforesaid by a member of my ha;ner or
a priest of my ilioiese. fully instru. ted in
all things above mentioned. Tne posses
sions belonging to my tabie. I v-l'l ne. ther
sell nor otherwise alienate without con
sulting the i. on. mi poou,. .- -e, me
God and these holy gospels of God."
(Sign ituie).
Sent to the Romish Manager.
TRIEST'S OATH.
"I
. now In the presence of
Almighty (ion, tne blesscu ugiu jnary,
the blessed Michael the Archai gel. the
blessed St. John the Pap ist 'h- "-.ly
Aposties Ht. Peter and 8t. Paul and the
Saints and the Sacred liosls ol II -a Mil,
and to you, my lord. I do declare from
my heart, without mental reservation
that Hie pope Is Chnsts vic.ir-B neral
and Is the true and only bend of the unl
veisal church throughout the eartn. and
that, by virtue of tne keys ot binding
and loosing given to hi ho inesn by Jesus
Christ he has power to dep -s he- tn-al
kings, princes, states, common an a thsand '
government, all being lnex-n wuu-.ui ills I
sa.-red confirmation, anu tnat mey may
safely be destroyed, 'therefore, to tne
utmost of my power. I will defend thi
doctrine and his holiness' rifcht t.n l Ci.
toms against all usurpers of the Pn.te-l-ant
authority whatsoever, especially
against the now pretended author ty and
church In Kngland and all adherents, in
regard that they be usurpal and hereticals,
opposing the sacred mother of thj churuh
of Rome.
"I do denounce and disown anv allegi
ance as due to any Protestant king,
prince or state or obedience to any of
their Inferior officers. I do further de
clare the doctrine of the church ol Eng
land, of the Calvanists. Huguenots and
other I'rotestants. to be damnable and
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' 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, regal or
otherwise. I do further pi online and de
clare that, notwithstanding 1 may be per
mitted by dispensation to assume any
heretical religion tl'rotestant denomina
tions! for the propagation of the mother
church's interest, to keep tecret and pri
vate all her agents' counsels as they en
trust me, and not to divulge, directly or
Indirectly, by owrd, writing or ciicum
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 blessed Sacra
ment which I am about to receive to
perform on my part to keep inviolably,
and do call on all the H'-aven y abO Glori
ous Host of Heaven to witness my real
Intentions to keep this my oath.
"In testimony whereof 1 take this most
holy and blessed Sacrament of the Euch
arist and witness the ame 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-GAEL.
The folllowing is the oath taken by th
members of that famous Romish Catho
lic society:
"I (name In fulH do solemnly swesr In
the presence of Almighty God. that I will
labor while life is left in me to establish
and defend a republican form of govern
ment In Ireland; that 1 will keep secret
the names and everything connected with
the Irish brotherhood from all not en
titled to know such secrets: that I will
obey and comply with the constitution
and laws of the same, that I will pre
serve the funds of this order for 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, among all
Irish. I take this obligation without any
mental reservation, holding the same for
ever binding upon me. and that any vio
lation thereof, or desertion of my duty to
the brotherhood Is Infamous, and merit
the severest punishment, o help me
Thl oath the candidate Is abjured t
keep at the hazard of his life. It wa
printed In the Chicago Inter Ocean and
was sworn to be correct at th Cronln
trial. It was reported by said paper No
rember 17. Priests nd bishop aot
a caiplaJw for thi boly tT) ordar.
5HII I nllrJ
i'AIIW, Jan. 21. tuning th si
In tbe Chamber of Ityputie tody a
th etlnia:es of the depart tnst tt
I'M ti! Ic worship M. Herar 1 donouan
the danger of clericalism."
Th ire:iiler, M. .Me.ine, dclar4
there 111 no ground for such fe
Continuing;, he denied th govern mea!
wa com posed of clerical, or that II
was under pont iftclisl direct Inn. M!M4
that the to-called clerical peril mm
omv put forward to divert attntlu
fiom ilia socialist and revolutionary
peril.
tfn-Mlnlster Oohlet then mo! Iks
s' paia'lun of the church and stat
which was oefeaied I.y i9 to 191 vota
Several mcmher denounced th lats
Terence of Chief laMil Z idilorksna la
i.m Ks'erbaiy affair, whereupon V
Meltard replied that If the chief rM
had ncted Improperly be could b 4
prlvej of hi lary.
M. d Many railed attention to tfta
propaganda of English and Herat, a
pastor In various part of Franca, 4
nounrlng them amid applausa a
"plea" and a belnu a verftahl prtj
to the existence of the fatherland."
Th estimate wpre then adopted.
M. Dutrlex moved the denunrlatl)
of th couroruat (or understanding
tween tb Frenrh government and taa
Vatican). The motion was defi4
by a vote of 318 to 171.
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