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VOL. XVI.
“IMMACULATE VIRGIN, PRADW FOR US.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1888.
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NO, 246
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THE DRIFT OF THINGS,
—The sournal claimed that boycotting must be
right as religious people gave examples of it in
. Father
salonians, we find this: “And
‘ not our word by this epistle, Note that man and
have no company with him, that he may be
ashamed.” Verily, it would seem that the Doctor
offthe Gentiles was considerable of a boycotter.”
Boycotting is but the old non-Importation re-
solutions of the American colonies in 1765. That
ofthe methods by which our country’
Independence was won. Yet our
‘a gift from our President,
Archbishop Walsh says thousands of tenants
are under notice of eviction and if not given “the
protection ofan impartial court” will “not allow
themselves to be driv:
out a struggle.”
But why have they for generations allowed this
right as a
Nation was recognized by the Pope in accepting
en out of their houses with-
JOHN BURKE, THE PRIEST HUNTER.
Haldimand Papers, B. 75, Page 117.
Dear Sir :-Tho’ I ever avoided everything that tended to the character
of an incendiary, or a disposition to create evil, yet when cases occur that
are very singular, they create such emotions sometimes as enforce meto
communicate my thoughts. rd
The late circumstance of the two Priests having come to this Province
from France, without leave from Government at home, or making any
application without making himself known to hig Excellency, the General,”
on their arrival at Quebec ; or to the Bishop, Mr, Brien, before they came
to Montreal, is so singular as to create some surprise and conjecture. ; It is
certain that at the arrival of the first ships, there appeared an uncommon
pleasing cheerfulness in the Seminarian Body, as if elated at some occur-
rence or intelligence, for they very suddenly set about repairing their chat-
teau in the most elegant manner, and seemed to stir about more briskly
than usual. Soon after these two Gentlemen Priests arrived, who were
.| most graciously received, entered among others at their communauté, and
were ushered into the rank and file of the Grand Procession on the late fete
as the others, But as soon as Capt. Brebme’s errand to this place was.
known, they seemed all thunderstruck, and the Canadian gentry and citi
zens alarmed and confused as if frustrated in some views. This has brought
about a sort of convocation among themselves, and a general assembly of
most of the citizens, so that on Saturday last about 200 persons ur more of
the Canadians assembled at the Court-House debating and deliberating on
matters I know not what, and drawing up writings and petitions.
In short, indifferent as the relation of such @ circumstance may be, I
thought it no harm to communicate it to you, that you may form such an
opinion of it as the nature of it may admit of, For my own part, I think
to be done ? . ;
‘They will not resist more strongly than thous- it has a very odd appearance, nor can I help or avoid conjecturing that
and of others. The priest will come along and| there has been something on foot that does not appear at present,’ They
advise them not to be killed and that ends the
eviction in fayor of the landlords,
—"From 1703 to 1745 a considerable military
force was indeed kept in Ireland, bnt this was
chiefly because the
numerous
ministers desired to keep
than
Protestants would tolerate in England and also to
—The be:
now is,{s this country. John
alternatives “as the barricades or the ship”
It is
the Island willbe ao English settlement.
—"I saw the Pope to-day ; he is softening.”
So Errington once wrote. Now is it not too de-
plorable that a tory English Catholic, an enemy
of Ireland, can have such “softening” influence
not upon Cardinals alone but upon the P
himself and that when Errington and the likes
him “soften” the Pope and bis advisers to do
what they desire, and which is not to Ireland's
mustall be regarded as apost-
‘ates and without any faith in our souls, 1f we do
not at once receive the “softening” results as the
yery voice of God.
‘Now is itnot revolting to Catholic instinets to
be treated in thismanner. That kind of theology
is not of the deposit of faith and harm Is done by | by it.
teaching it.
_ We all want to regard our Holy Father with
the faith of liitle children as above such worldly
. Tofindhim move
enemy {s revolt.
{ng to our spirits and strains our love for him.
—«Father Lambing in his article in The Ave
‘Maria on Roman Cengregations declares that the
Pope's decrees as to matters of factsare to
cepted just as obediently as those on law.
‘The Cutholic Advocate more fully sets forth the
occasion on which Popes Innocent X, Alexander
‘VII and Ciement X{so declared.
The Advocate sa}
yt
“Now in the Irish question bis Holiness declare?
that he has examined into the matters of fac’
connected with the present agitation in Ireland
and as to certain courses pursued In furtherance
of such agitation. So far for the matter of fact.
He has decided that the
In the secrecy of his heart, sees the position he
in
As e of fact set forth In the Pope's
adressen Doyeotting and the Pian and whtch sre
resso
stands in,
matters
usually spoken of
t, must Cathol
ireland and that Cours oC ea a
hen. the Prelates, priest and
L
ns” fol
es, ‘believe ‘thatcontracts exi:
in
t
-| humble servant,
‘ope
of
courses indicated are
st
affords a means
form great hopes to themselves that the petition, as I hear, to His Excel-
lency, for the admission of the Priests to stay, will meet with success, and
I must say there are as strong wishes on the other side that they may be
disappointed. Should these two gentlemen be obliged to return home again,
it may not perhaps be amiss to prohibit their bringing any letters with them,
“| and that any letters found upon them may be stopped. There may be
deeper duings than we are aware of. If you think it necessary tiCommu-
nicate this to His Excellency, you are at will to do it; otherwise, please to
destroy it, {must again beg pardon for the liberty I take of giving this
small hint, All I can assure is that I do it from a good motive,
I remain with unfeigned esteem, dear sir, your most obedient and most
JOHN BURKE,
MonTREAL, 23d June, 1783.
P, S.—I had not a moment’s time to wait upon Capt. Brehme, My
compliments to him.
[Burke was clerk of Courts of Montreal. See Canadian Archives,
1885.]
QUEBEC, 26th June, 1783.
DEAR Sir :-I have to acknowledge the favour of your letter of the 23d
inst. “I communicated its contents to His Excellency, the Commander-in-
Chief, who is sensible to your good intention in the intimation you gave me,
and obliged to you for the attention you have shown to the public good
The thing itself will, like all novelties, be the subject of conversation
with idle, meddling people for a few days, and then subside, but it cannot
be attended with any consequence at least serious.
I beg my compliments to Mrs. Burke, and am, dear sir, witb great re-
gard, your most obedient and most bumble servant,
(Signed) R. MATHEWS.
Joun Burke, Esq.
Endorsed—To J, Burke, Esq., of 26th June, 1783.
Haldimand Papers, B. 61, Page 151.
a
FATHER FLOQUET “CHAPLAIN” OF THE AMERIOANS.
given ecclesiastical documents relating
In the JouRNAL we have
towards the Americans
to the attitude of Father Floquet, of Montreal,
during the invasion of Canada.
We now give military documen'
icans and their Canadian allies while our
ts showing his favor towards the Amer-
army held Montreal.
MonTrEAL, 20th April, 1776.
ery mung people fired ar een making Thave your letter of the 10th, current by Gen. Arnold. ‘Am sorry to
Perea dered and wrgnged 184 Even vers hear of your ill-lwck in recruiting. You have long since heard of Mr.
feed that the Fone t i ben sid atthe Goddard Walker’s and Lorrimers exit. The last mentioned rascal was at
mage the Keser of heresy” because | the Cedars with your batteaus anda party of soldiers ion ae ee
the Fope sayghehaa been made wellawarece | isting men and stirring up the Indians to cut our throats here, ig
a ee Sr pec, ‘ dians with the garrison of Detroit, Niagara,
act
{udement or'the irish people, who know whal
he
y have suffered, Is what the facts are not 8 ;
As for Amer No o know nothing | etc,, together with all the French
fem from
ffeat luck for some of us ‘not to have been Dor!
Sree oe peer co be an uotortunate piace | Prtests are at the wii
body.
Marved. The other gets doomed seemingly for
re doings and omissions than those of
moi
other nation.
ndeed there seems to be a higher moral law for
Treland than for the rest of the world.
facts sav
ae tad perversely sions in that part of the country.
they are heretics
new view. So it
m that eight hundred In
a : jnbabitants in that country, would be at
wenty days from that time, which has caused great convul-
Indeed, there is nothing but plotting
g against us throughout the whole district. . The
L have good intelligence, and you may depend
‘Mr. Lorrimer has returned with his batteaus
is and preparations makin,
upon what I say to be fact.
march immediately and take post at the Cedars, intending also to establish
another at Carringnon. Gen. Arnold soon after arrived, and much approved
of this measure, as it will totally cut off all communication with the upper
country.
I have been very attentive in my endeavors to secure the Indian nations
at Canghnawaga ,Canasedage, St. Regis and St. Francois in our favor, and
hope we shall succeed, Indeed, J have so far as to induce the Caughnaw-
aga tribe to call together the beads of those other nations in General Con-
gress. We must, at any rate, have them in our interest, after which we
shall have notbing to fear from the upper country. Frobisher is returned.
His business is referred to a Committee of Congress, who is supposed now
to be at Fort George. Gen. Thomas is said to be at or near that
place on his way to.take the command in Canada. Gen. Howe, with
his whole army, has left Boston. © You will remember my remarks to Con-
gress with respect to this matter, We have no certain accounts of Lake
George being open, but I take it for granted that it is before this, conse-
quently the arrival of our army before Quebec will depend on wind and
weather, as it is all water carriage. You cannot now expect them at Que-
bec before the 5th or 10th of May. Gen. Wooster has ordered me to join
him at Quebec with the handful of men I have, calling it a regiment, not
|considering I am sure the situation I am in, a sample of it you see by
Brandinoor’s company, when nine out of twenty-two deserted on their way
down. © It will not do to break faith with the Canadians, and I know it is
impossible to march from this until they are paid. Indeed, in all appear-
ance, it has been in all difficulty that I have prevailed on them thus far to
their duty, in which “ Sier Floquette ” has assisted by giving them absolu-
tion when every Priest in the country refused. He has now the name of
My Chaplain,
I have necessary intelligence thro’ that quarter. Indeed, I have laid
myself out for it, and believe I have got what may be depended upon. A
stroke must by and by be struck here. I only wanted force to put it into
execution before this, _ I have been free in revealing secrets, Your pru-
dence will manage them in a proper manner,
Yours, ete., etc., etc.,
MOSES MAZEN.
Canadian Archives, Haldimand Papers, B. 27, Page 398.
mee ofa letter from Monforton to Ceres, dated 22d September,
78: - Oe
. Translation. — -
This idol to which they have sacrified so many innocent victims has far
more adorers in this part of America than it ought to have, and among
them Father Floquet. If he is guilty of any treason, he has undoubtedly
been the more dangerous because his correspondence has been too long kept
secret in this instance. Those who have any knowledge of the institute
of the Society of Jesus ought to be aware of the difference between a
frank Jesuit and a free Jesuit; and Mr. Carleton’s conduct in this matter
is a very striking illustration of the idea I mean to express regarding the
Goverment’s mildness, His Excellency having taken no other step at so
critical a point but to recommend him to the Bishop’s care.
The zeal with which His Lordship and his respectable clergy have en-
deavored to encourage the faithful, to reassure the hesitating and reclaim
those who had gone astray, convinces His Excellency that no further fear
need be entertained of Father Floquet, and is certainly calculated to re-
move from the minds of the public the unfortunate prejudices which he
bad planted in a credulous and ignorant population, of whom a large part
will now be kept on our side by the shining example ‘of the nobility and
the better element generally in Cauada, whom honor alone has led to take
up arms in defenee of their prince.
[Translation by Francis T, Furey, Cor. Sec, Am, Cath. His, Soc. of
Philadelphia. ] \
From Canadian Archives, Haldimand Papers, B. 122, Page 164.
se
OLD ST. JOSEPH’S ORGAN.
_ In 1748 Kalm, a traveler from Sweden, visited Philadelphia and in his
TRAVELS said, “the Roman Catholics have in the south west part of the
town a great HOUSE which is well adorned within and has an organ.’?
Where did Father Greaton, the founder of Old St. Joseph's get this
organ? We are of the belief that it was made by Jobn Gottleib Kemm, a
Moravian and an organ builder who was born in Dresden in 16%, He im-
migrated here 1736 and in 1757 removed to Bethlehem. He is the only
organ builder mentioned as being in the city at time St, Joseph’s procured
the organ.
[Information derived from communication of John W. Jordan in THE
LEDGER March 13th 1$85.) . ; .
At Chambersburg Pa., is an old organ said to have been bought from
Old St. Joseph’s and to be the one used at tbat church at the Tz Drum
after Yorktown Victory. But that event took place at St. Mary’s church
and Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau and De Grasse were not present as
this information I ordered Col. Birle, with a de-
i isions, On
Jaden with prov: then just arrived at St. Jobn’s, to
tachment of his regiment, who was
Catholic historical writers declare.