| Show AND POLITICS cardinal gibbons on the duty of politic il leaders may IS 18 in r ply to some questions ions aa addressed dressed throng hah e rev bev df strafford of wa finkton D W 0 to cardinal the cardel cardi nal has baa sent the following letter BAin md may 27 1896 cart car 1 binal s residence my dear sir it is ia the duty of the oi of political parties p arties artiea to express themselves without any equivocation on oa the principles of relia ous freedom free acin which underlie nn derlie our on constitution 0 khoii aar r liec 1 jy a ol 01 I 1 to bith bath the great pities birties pi ties of the I 1 0 on 11 1 1 try and esch each ill is ia left entirely to his hia own conic erice ece we atre re proa oni i t 11 lay bay th that at il iii lma ain hillory of ef th mhd a g government r 0 of the united chatea the grett afe t 13 catholic cunich ha 1148 nevar nd n dumper d ur perverted its acknowledged by seeking to make polities its own advancement moreover it is ig our proud boast that we have e never interfered with the civil and politic 1 il I rights of any who differ from us in ija iou we demand damand the same rights righta ourselves our onree ivea and more and will be content with natal nol hii ig less not only is it th antt of all oar dat ties distinctly distinct iv to co set their laces faces against the false bud and un nn american principles thrust forward oi of late but as much as I 1 would regret tha entire cf any religions bodgas body as such euc n with any political party I 1 am convinced that the members of a reli iriona rious body whose rights civil and religion ioa are attacked will naturally aliv and unanimously unanimous lf espouse the cause causa of the party which has the courage conrage openly to avow tile the priam dies of civil and religious religions liberty according to the constitution patience is ia a virtue victus but bat it is not the only virtue when too far it may degenerate into pusillanimity yours faithfully JAMES jabr s CARDINAL gibso gibbous GiB Boys 40 |
