Show AN ANTI AMERICAN MEMORIAL HEBB the german roman boman Coit catholic bolic has come to stay the full fall text of his bis memorial to the vatican has been published the memorial embodies an appeal to the governments of italy austria spain and canada to interest themselves in the roman catholic religion of this country it laments the hypothetical loss logs of of members to the roman church because of insufficient and inefficient ecclesiastical it also claims that aliens in the united states have a constitutional right to retain their native language literature customs and habits and it wants provision made for perpetuating all those peculiarities in the bosom of our republic the memorial says the time has come when governments can no longer remain indifferent to this great question owing to the fact that the people of the united states are people of all nationalities and because religion is the cornerstone corner stone and keystone of every social edifice the nations have an immense interest in their emigrants being represented pi r e n W d I 1 in the episcopates epi eDi of the un united t states state by bishops of their own and therein lies the reason why all the nations are expecting from the paternal solicitude of the holy see the bishops whom their dearest interests call for the governments referred to in the above are those of europe what interest can the german government have in the persons who settle here to become american citizens every former subject of emperor william before being admitted to citizenship must under oath renounce allegiance legi ance to all foreign potentates and especially to his majesty of germany it is evident Ca hensly is either ignorant of the provisions of our C constitution or else he dell deliberately beritely bera tely puts himself forward as an open enemy to our national nation sd institutions the more one dwells on the pretensions of this demagogue the more apparent becomes the absurdity and the impudence of his demands he says that because of inability to speak eng lish persons in this country are lost to the roman church further more he says it is the duty of european governments to attend to the religion of their respective peoples in the united states mr ca hensly henely should be told that the english language is the national tongue of our country coun and that persons living here who do not wish to learn it or speak it are unfit to be citizens he wants the bishoprick bishoprics bish oprice divided up accord ing to languages and the bishops appointed by rome from european countries he speaks as if americans should have nothing whatever to say in the matter it is stated that the irish elements controls the higher offices in the church the fact is that very few of the bishops are natives native of ireland the vast majority were born in this country though of irish descent or parentage besides Ca hensly seems to forget that forty years ago when priest were tarred and feathered and when churches and convents were wrecked it was the irish Irlis element helement not the germans who stood up in defence of the church even today the close observer can tell he story of those times by glancing at the church structures the german catholics were retiring in reli alous matters when a bishop of that race founded a congregation ire gre gation the church edifice was generally erected in some out of the way place where it would escape the notice of anti romanists the irish bishop on the contrary sought the most commanding site obtainable and bu built lit his church regardless of opposing influences A movement somewhat similar to Cahen le scheme is in progress among french canadians there are of this race in the united states and about in new england alone these are all organized for the perpetuation of their language in 1890 they lad societies the members of which were confirmed roman catholics their business was all transacted in french and their organ le Defens eur openly declares that their mission is the preservation of the french language of the roman catholic faith ang and of the manners and customs of french canadians it it also says distinctly c we cannot can not assimilate with americans every year these societies hold a state convention and every second year a national convention the con mentions vent ions were controlled by priests and french canadians not well known catholics are excluded there are about french canadian pro te stants altogether in the united states Cahen memorial was vigorously supported by the canadian catholics s here are two powerful races mew working in a manner directly anti american and operating on lines calculated to overthrow our republican form of government ern ment and yet party politicians pander to them and encourage them itis it is time true patriots set their faces against this influence |