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Show : t COLORADO - D UNVEIL Office of Intermountain Catholic, 409 Charles Block, 15th.' and Cur-, tis Streets. ' Tather" Kalone on Ireland. "To affirm that -Catholics of Irish , tirth feel any loyalty to the British ; government would ba hpyocritical f pretense." Hev.' T. IL ICalone. ' I t Written for the Iniermountain Catholic.) Denver, Colo., March 23. Fatlier T. II. Malone spoke at St. Frances De ialrn church Sunday morning, taking for his subject the works- of the patron taint of Ireland. "We Irish Catholics in America," be. fan the speaker, "are the inheritors of j that faith which St. Patrick implanted in the hearts of our forefathers. It is un inheritance precious beyond conv- iiari.son.: it wiil make for our bettor-jiit-ut an long: as we are faithful to ita inspirations and' will only add to our debasement when we prove recreant to the trust and disloyal to the traditions of our ancestors. "Hera in America the opportunities for the fuli exercise of our faith axe unbounded and in proportion as we are sincere, loyal Catholics, can we hope for material as well as spiritual advancement. Never in the history of the world was such opportunity given to fihow that the Catholic faith is compatible com-patible with all the essential of man's iweds. Hence thare is upon us of this generation an abiding- responsibility to make the most of our opportunity, not only for our own welfare, but for the tecurKy and iea.ce of what I - verily believe to bo the best government thus far evolved from, the chaotic conditions cf the past. HISTORY PROVES SUPPORT. "Only he who knows the spirit of Catholicism, its history, traditions and, above all, its inflexible dogmas regard- the vital and enduring yupport that i1 as to a. government such as ours. Th tupport of our government, and of all just governments as well, is not a senti-anent senti-anent or result of political bias with the Catholic it is a duty which can only be disregarded under pain of sin. Hut to affirm that Catholics of Irish faith feci any loyalty to the British government would be hypocritical pretense. pre-tense. For centuries the Irish oppression oppres-sion and the idea, that a little gracious condescension, such as the wearing' of ihe green in. London yesterday, can JOJ!nve the memory of that oppression is ridiculous. We may cherish the hope, however, that such action will jnake for a kindlier feeling on the part of the linglifh people toward the Irish without in any way participating in the pro-l'iritish motives that impelled it. While as Catholics, therefore, we are in no sense bound to uphold unjust or tyrannical governments, we are bound under penalty of sin to support a just and. duly constituted government such as ours. The Catholic religion that 't. Patrick implanted in the hfarts of mr ancestors- is the very rock upon which our government can rest fr-ecureiy. Xo more uncompromising: foe to (he enemy of free government anywhere any-where can ' be found than the Irish Catholic, lie is such because his faith , makes him so. And not only do-ey the faith which we have inherited from St. Patrick impell us to uphold civic free- Ci m. but it i? the very essence of reli. "" """ giir.i freedom and tolerated every where. On this point Father Yorke, In a little work which I had the honor recently to publish jointly with him, makes the following pointed reference: FATHER YORKE'S ANALYSIS. " 'Rr.lipiou:i liberty, as it exists in Fnglish-ieaking lands today, is the work of the Irinh. They it was who suffered for it, who fought for it. and who won it. In Ireland and England this liberty was not given by the Anglo-Saxons out of their generosity or liberality, r or hundreds of years they rove by every means in their power to crush the Catholics. They failed. In spite of them the Catholics in Ireland waxed strong. God sent lhm a lender. Daniel O'Connell arose and marshalled his people. He had ' penlup. they had strength: and genius i'mi strength compelled England to giant emancipation. It was not a gift; I it Hva'ina n-T-nno- fr.im (lio I'clnM-iiit I bigot. " ln America, the revolution was born in bigotry. The Americans became tolerant when the assistance of Cath-olk Cath-olk became necessary to win independence. inde-pendence. It was the large proportion of Catholics in the army, it was the indispensable aid of Catholic France that taught the continental congress the advantages of toleration. John Carroll claimed that toleration in (Washington's presence not as a favor, bur as a right bought by thp blood of Catholic patriots, and Washington sealed the claim by making public acknowledgement ac-knowledgement of the debt the infant '. republic owed to France.'" |