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adopting the constitution, according to: wh hich our
affairs are regulated, - we shall gladly receive them,
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UNITED STATES CATHOLIC MISCELLANY. .. ‘;
PiCCrEDINGS or THE CoNnvVENTION.
e Rev Sroxes, as senior Priest pre-
2 sided 9 in- the bee of the Clerey. ve Rev. Richard
S. Baker, was appointed Secre!
1n the house of the Lay- delegates. BaRTHOLEMEW |
Canroxr, Esq. was elected President, and Stevens
Perry, Esq. Secretary
i
Both: houses met on Tocaiay evening at five 0’-
clock and proceeded to bus
Amougst.other things, both "houses agreed to pub-
lish the following:—
ADDRESS
To our Brethren of a fai in the State of South |
One year has slapd since we met.in ‘Convention |h
to represent you ; we have to be grateful, to Heaven
for many favours, being cheered with the prospect
r religious institutions: much has
tim S30
and refréshed zeal: much has been etd, but: a
eat deal veunains to.be
our
boon done the: last year, and we trust from tho expe-|
nce, ive have had, for still better things to come
‘done. epo:
1, but it is injurious if Tadulged 4 in far-
ther than is "eit for the reparation of strength.
You that I have lately attended our|¥
‘Provincial. Council, and you have read the letters
ot en-
. and of institutions, Charleston is decidedly the most
eal and imperfect Dlocess of those
t perhaps one pied has
-and whose Bishop has not yet returned from Europe,
yet, the zeal and ¢ netivity which have beon pesniivegt
in this city during my absence, and the ounts
which reached us uring our session, tended rently
to uphold your Bishop, to procure respect for your-
selves, and to give impulse to the onerg! es of others.
@ enga aged in such contests ! and on-
States, ex-
n this year erected,
Jy in such!
cen informed that our decrees have
You have be
been transite to the Holy See for revision and
confirm: ‘A siderable portion of what
might concern the taity i is found in the Pastoral let-
ter addressed to them, the remainder principally re-
gard3 the conduct of the clergy, the
of the aperaments, and the decency and conveuience
of our buildin
: Great credit i is due to our excellent Metropolitan
for his promptness in aceeding to the requisition for
calling this Counc and for the
3 his unostentatious
in
cipation.---or
piness
esombled, and i must say, that I have oever been
more edified than by the 3 zeal, the humility, and the
religious demeanour o y brethren and their assis-
tants, and t their. information ‘has added to my | are
stock of kn omledee i is inde
us, beloved brethren,
ed consi
a source’
monious an extensive organization. Let th th
ample ni
and|h
-| we cannot express ourselves too highly of the prise
administration j¢
eel it a singular hap-
o be associated with such men as were there
Itis-for
¢ of great consolation ed
to behold in our day, our Provincial Church assum-
ing its proper form, and growing into astate prhar- ou
: ar Church adopted throughout our State,
Belore the dissclution of the Convention we, have|
thought proper to address you, well knowing that} 9
u expect from ome account of the state of {2
our church, and the exertions that have been made
egard. Sathedral has been redeemed
froin the heavy debt incurred on its account,
worthy efforts made by its friends to secure to 0
State that Church, -w , and vught to be, the
principal one in the dioces y God bless those |
whose meritorious exertions 5 have, been so success-
ful, they have their reward in an approving consci-
one and the ey well deserve | its consolati tions ; ; but
rejoice having
enabled rou our friends to preserve the Bathe.
dral vite your attention to the condition of our
Seminary. erected by our Bishop, for the education
of our Cler; What, we ask, will becom
obtain a supply? The question concerns us: th
question concerns you. ‘The Bishop of our diocess
ver mindful and watchful for the welfare of his flock,
has early turned his attention to this important ques-
tion, and ‘amidst hardships and unknown difficulties, |
he has laboured to secure to you a priesthood that
will not fail vou, provided you co- operate with him;
jhe pes. as 8 alteady stated, erected a nary for th
educ of Students for the ministry 3 3 amidst his
other © cares he devotes a great portion of his time to
their instruction, but you yourselves must have bee’
witnesses, with whi
ary cannot long be
ei that animated the friends of the Cathedral who]
ame forward to its relief In askiag you todo so,
we unreasonable? Do we wish to distress you ?
orexhaust the benevolence you have generally evinc-
provides
r the creation of a Fund tha : oule do much to
B
anumber ‘atyeclowd scattered
agrecing congregations, with no point of union but
faith : No, we arc half-a-million of souls}
, having
charity for these. who differ from us, and affection for
fforts are not those oF individuals,
ers O
acommon
knit together into ‘one .Provincial Church
-@ach other,
nor, of disjointed societies, wearem
in which there exists but
which has but one rule of common acti ion
memb fa body
one vivifying spirit and
when] b:
maintain our Seminary, and keep up a succession
of our priesthood ; the fund allud ed to,. because ap-
| plicable to ue purposes, is called the General
Fu ind. Perm t us to remind you what those pur-
zz
a
The erection and improvement of the Cathe-}
dials as being the great Church of the whole Diocess.
@nd. The aid of Students in Theology, especially
by the erection and support ofa Seminary, as bein
any one member suffers all sympathise,
‘ assiduity, whilst we Jament their departure from the
original: fold, we must feel that we 2 yet linger far
behind them in our ¢ own industry.
— Our se} perated brethren are
ary to secure to the diocess a supe
ply and. succession of goo clergymen
Srd. Giving aid to missionaries to preach the Gos-
| peland to adtainister the Sacraments in, remote, poor |t
and neglected parts of the Diocess,, &c. &c.
To contribute to the fund much is uot expected
from cach individual, only a small’sum is required
household of the faith in in Europe, exert
themselves ia our “behalf « hall w @ then ho the rous-
e ir 0 ur own 0
to
mercies, and the God of-all consolation for
x the c
fort which hehas vou
i st we receive
why should we repine if he] ii
h is less acceptable, and which our
Sins deserve. Blessed be his name !—May his bles-
sing also turn our labours to account.
Char eston, Nov. 23, 1829
ta Tous, "Bistor or CHARLESTON. *
ear, we have a some
things | to afflict, but much to console, and very much
us. Let us be grateful to the father of
y mem church, and-this small}
sum ift veg ularly paid cannot distress the giver, and
cure to himiself and to his children the blessings of;
a pious and well-educated priesthood, if by his small
contribution he could promote their continuance,
-| We sincerely hope there is not one. an lee
fident ‘that it is unnecessary to dwell lon| yerin press.
ing upon you the necessity of ‘contributing regularly
to the General Fund. . ¥: e interested as well agj
ourselves, and we hope in your ” eal and in your pie-
ty for your strenuous and persevering co-operation. |
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VOL. IX.
. RELAND.
(Fem the Waterford Chronicle.]
UNGARVAN MEETING.
Dominick Rowarma, Beg. requested permission
es jay the m
anidg now, when he tells us to forget all those
Uiflerences and bury all former wrongs and recollec-
tions in oblivion; but when he contemplated they
were the same ney who would still keep us_un-
emancipated— e contemplated the family of
" hich Lord George Beresford was a representative,
@ did not feel disposed to partake'so deeply of the
waters of ‘Lethe as to obliterate in in toto all recol-
‘he
heated speech-de
deliberate sentiment: party embodied in the
ape of a petition to the House of Commons.
(Hear, hear.) - I shall read it for you, and, as itis
divided i into nto charges, I shall commence with charge
firs
@o
Phe mountaineers of Slesegrine, which had
been immemoria ally used , did, on the
vote for Mr. Stuart, ‘and ‘their votes were
allowed.”
I pass it by to charge the second :-—
2. The e Peasaniry | of the county Waterford are
n Catholics, a their ignorance and's
the n Catholic C| lergy who may impose upon
them for sinister purposes !!
‘“‘ The peasantry are Roman Catholics i? thank .
od, they. are, and, I now appeal to you, are they
i you that are designated as ‘ liable *
o be ma
charge the second. Let us now hear charge the
third :—
Many of the peasantry (in consequence of
the foregoing positions) believing that every Roman ©
Catholic Clergyman is possessed of the power of
making miracles !! and aching importance to
the blessing or curs est, consider. that to
be excluded from the rites of the Church, deprives
ther salvat
did “mai ake a
Geor one and his
will make a miracle j
resume his once enviable state in. our county,—
(Cheers.
se 4. ‘The Right, Rev. Patrick Kelly, called re
Bishop of Waterford, under whose
ergy: of that “diocess are,. an who.
jmere despot, bein amenable to t
ome, has taken great interest and a most promin-
ae and active part in the county Waterford elec-
g}tion, so long back as 1825, preached in the great
chapel of Waterford, at a public Mass, in presence
of H. V. Stuart, and said, that if the people did not
vote for said, stuart they would be snilty ofa mor-
talsin !! and the said Bishop Kelly, from the com-
mencement of the election, and during the Progress :
thereof, continued, by bxhortatio ons, admon
remonstrances and threats of infliction of ecclesiasi
s miracle,” when they put Lord
By
exertions | collectively and individually for the same
urpose.’
would particularly call your attention | to that
charge, that the hoof ofa Beresford may n again
{cross our county—that our venerable and respected
pastor isa mere despot. [fhe were guilly o!
other crime than this. was, it must afford cufieient
grounds for his rejection. his p
at the m:
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{ever was told.
Signed by the Presidents of both Houses.
Lou
said Right Rev nape called Bishop oft Waterord,.
mild, and charitable, and~ conciliatory boaring of ; +.