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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4931, 14 June 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)

NO I'OPEHY.— To \V. (J. Wilson, Esq. : Su,— AVhen obscure, ilhtirate, o<- worthless me i enifafe in Hit work of mn-:epiese",iii» tbo acts atu' detuning tho cliai ic'or of any largo port'on o il-c Catholic miesthood and l.utv, a sensd of self 10aspect may just, fy the silence of tuc ipj.nc 1 jni tn s and ihen co-reluionist'' Hut when men of education, of wealth, and lni;h suci il position, "cUi/ens of cri.ilit and renown," and leaders ul pulili opinion 111 u yoiu lend themselves to this un^'ACious tisl l>v pi luting foi public i nculition 4 plitardof ih • kind neeiit'j put forth by Mr (.eorge SU<nus and distributed by otUcrs— I --tgret to learn oven at the door of one of oni best fiocjnentfMl and moit fishioniilil) Anslici» churche, St M uthew s— I th nk that puvato Catholic lajnu-n in iy without any prt umption \cntiiro to expn then sentinitnts on your conduct and th it of your coadjutors in tlm bu,iness. I will endeavour to do so lcmieiately Tlure can bo no nustikmg the puipose Tor wlucn this violent and unf *ir att icte upun the Citholic clergy and laitv ot Xavr Voik Ins been printed by )ou and published heie at th'h cusis It is neither more nor less than an at'etnpt to it wic in New Zealand ihe old jurty rry of " No I'ojion ' It )san appeal to ihi' pris^ions and prejudices o f the ignorant or imperfectly-informed poraon of the I'to-t-stant pcivdoi whom Mr George Maines may bi said fairly to represent in this pi ice ICo doubt it is hoped that tho circulaticn of such a paper may 1 ad tho Legislating to deny us our rights when the Educition question < oinos b* fore the General Assomhl v , as t nine' itmiibtat no distr^t day I believ tli it in sucli « hope both you and Mr. Stiinei, aud otheis actin.; w.th .sou, will be disap,j' mted. I foi ono wi'l n t yi'e loso faith in tho honour and sense of justice of educitcd En^Iishmei and iiishmen in this o dony , of the men who form tho bulk of tho olec ors and members' t^f the Colonial Logifilnturo. 'llieyl am persuaded are fai from sharing in thoso odious and liijoteil sonti monts which it in the manifest do igu of youi phicird to revive and p opiate amoriK the Prd'cs ant c>minuimy of this colony We have no ju^t leason to C'impliiin that you take part with tin' HMiurck-i and the powerful jiartj icpres> nted by theL u.don jf'imt's, against tho Catholic Chun h, providid onh yo i Ob r eivu the laws of honour and Iigitim vto parlv warf iro, winch in this vour plicardvou havo not done We learn from this document the grutifyinn intelli Konce that Citholic schools in Ameru i are being multiplied and filled, while the 3tit.» schools thua are being n%'lectod md de>' jrted. 1 his I havo renson to believe, from other sources of i formation more rcliablo tHaa your placard, iw substantially corroet. Tho reason foi this saemi'igly un*<countablo fact is, that parents of all croods in America are now coming to set that tho mo al disc iphne In C'utlinlic and ottioi dciiuininational bi liools is tfioatly supor or to that in tho S ate schoo s 'I his does not nece sadly imply aiiy f mlt in th6 State sehooini isters, but only in the American Stito sj stem of eilucition, and whiih so in my wish to see mtro I m ed throughout thn co'onv I have no moans of knowing with certainl) whciber the Catholics in New York form the predomuutny poll leal power In thut gioit city, andean cirry all btiforo them when tiny like, as your pi icard announee". If tho stati'innnt bo true, it must gratify Citholics in New Zualand aid oil over the w.jild to know, and it only shows whut they c-in < o when they stick to^. ther ' heir grand principle hure apparently is, " Let us be illsunited, that we may the nioro evily he crushed" Tbo many grivo but mimt vagna in)j)iitiv ions or lnsinuut ors of mis>onduct against thu Cttholic clergy and laity in America should elth> l Iiunc been mule in a moio gpecitl< and defimto bhipo, or not mn<tr- nl .ill in your wircular jNames miu particulai f icts i-hould havu beon given It Is a safe but nou a very fm r or in .inly thing todcf ■ in 'theehara - tor of .ibsonttneii, tiioiKiiidsof iii'tci off to ddpounco them in tbo grosi, without ment oning nuinos or particulars, as you havo done in this now famous «oi opory mnn-fosto, winch nuy probably b. oomo a doenmont of gro'it bistorn' interost to itrmo fnturo Now Zealand Mm wlaj or Froude I Imvo not tho honour of your personal at i|uaintiuici, and hope I do you no iiijustici' In sup, (Hing that you chirp in 'ho sentiment* of the placird, and appro\e of its pub lication I havo not even thn honour to be an Irishman, nor do I wish to t.ke any pirt in th> ir national and party likings or disliking*. I roipect Irishmen of all ire (Is, liut n .tur.illy fo 1 nioro w irmly into - oitod in thu credit anil wilfirc of iho"o nf th- m who b. lniiK to my own religious ooininu< ion , anil I, in common with all educated UV hoi ls of » vory country, am w<lt u\va>e how mucu tin (\it>ioli,Chunli n\ ths Uni'ed IClngdom owes to the piettami public vpirit and tlde'ity of Irish Cfttlt»li( s, who lia\e sutft red for llu ir faitli m 'ow oth« nations or p Ofile havo ove-r mlfuiuil in tho ramo lonue I hivo Just su n with noiii a-toui'-hment, but not much <<>ncem tlmt ihu I ondon Tune* is now .u tudly tni.u ti> reive the Ion -uxplodid f llitcy lint Catho'ii s c mnot (.Diislstenlly be fuithful to a I'roleslHiit Oovernnieiit You in iy t re Ions; follow suit ty t o London Timen 11 tlml y une jet itnv Cntlicli<' youth «lio Imd liurnt his Cat'chisiii.aiid under to d Its muuning touldt. II you both i hut in proportion us a C.thtilic m futhfill to lid Church in spiritual m ittcr< will be hii U' vnce ( liynlty to thoCiTil GuViirnmont in ti'mpoui] affairs, no mattur what may bi> the ( rox d of his civil ruh rs. or whether they havo Hiiy roligion at all. —I am io , J. Wuop, HuiKeon, late U.M S —Pitt strtut