SEDITIOUS PRIESTS.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 236, 2 September 1848, Page 4

SEDITIOUS PRIESTS.

In I lie last number of the Nation newspaper is a lrt'er from the )'in kh pi io«t of Bnnisokane ('lie Hrv. Mr. Hoinnnnliiim), from which we make the following extract :— " IWv Rooil peon'e. t lie times are eventful and porif'nHous ; id mnn knows to day wlmt to inoirow may brmft foith. I'repniP, tlicn, for the woiht ; lie not tnkni by surprise, anil be not found delencelrss. By llir word 'prepare' I mean simply two things: — I'irM, muko your peace with God ; • put your houses,' »8 (lie Scripture bus it, 'in order;' diupohe yom selves to die Sppondly — arm quietly, nnd without tumult, for your defence, whenever the day for fW'li hbull arrive Having made these preparations, keep -.tendy ; Jet notliine: tempt you fo a prematwe or partial outbreak. The English Government— which, after deliberately starving liundieds of thousands «f you, I look upon us capable of anythina — 'Wii>y tempi you to h jitecipHile committal of your cause to 11 doubtful issue ; liut resist by patience the temptation. Recollect 'but TJiwilmd'H iit'crs-i! v is licbmd'a oppoili.iiity ; wait d r it, bide ynur lime. When the day of your struggle hlnll come, when your liberties as will as your live* hh.ill be invaded, then lit it not be a turning out of two or three counties, lut Id lieland lisc to the contest as one man; nnd let every man, as lie is about tiikinir liis po-.it ion to perform this most net of hi, life, make avow to the (ollowini? cfFm t . — ' 1 vow, before God nnd my country, to lessen, \\ I cun, by one mnn at least, the enemies of my native lind, and to die.' Wlien being thus prepared, nnd having made the fnrr>joiri» vow, vnu -ire lairly committed to th»> combat, ilnn't ihow youtselvts to the enemy on the lull side or on the plain; but t ke \<\m from the dike, the fence, the lud^erow, fiom the. broken bridge or the obstructed railway. Ho sure you do all the misrhipf jn yonr power — or all the pood I should say, for the, mischief is the pood in this case — by nil means within vnnr reach, »nd think not for on" moment of living— ' To <)n or die,' or ' To do and die' be this your motio. You will, however, plense to lcmember Uvut \<m bide your time, you wail your opportunity ; G»d will prosent it to you, and make you feel when it has come. lie will £ive you a sign which you cuinot mistake." The wicked conduct of Ibis piicstly fircbiand has railed forth the following; lohuke from the Womun Catholic Bishop of KilUioe, : — «• Dcn-p.irl:, Six-mile IJMflgc, April 17, 1848. " Rev. Sir, — 1 ym confident that theie is not to be found a Christian man, ol sound intiVcct and rellrct injr mmi', win) would not deem me justly criminal of a derelict k n of duty, were I to overlook the publication of two letters be.ning U'ur Mgnntuu*B, the one in the Jivmni!} Post of 'Ihuittdoy lust, the other in the Nation of S«t in dav. " I will not enmmil the folly of arpum^ against you, the p-ilpable violation of duty, and the utter disregard of the sacerdotal charocler, of which that man is plainly guilty, who, while lie professes himself the anomU'd minister of the God of peace, does not hesitate to cuun-sel war, with all its (netful and indescribable honorH. Ob ! bow moiißlrouß <o behold a person piofeisinpr himself the, minister of a crucified Uedcenv r — of Him vho has deelmed that ' bis Kingdom is not of this world !' ihat ' all who take the sword ohall perish by the sword ;' that 'if ue would be bis disciples, we nni'-t deny ourscivc, take up our ccrtso t s duily, and fol'ow him ;' and, in fin", that < it ia m our patience we niiidt possess our i.oulb'— how monstrous I say, to behold a |).rs»n who not only pmr>,b.'s to walk himfcdf in the aac.id footbtepb of thi.-> Divine model of in v, but who has, moreover, solemnly pledgcdlumsdf to teach all oihcia within hi-. 6iili"re, to wiilk in them too— and for tbib purpose, to inculcite upon tlu-m, •in M^onund out o» Eea'on,' the'> lndupciihible obligation of labouring unceasingly against the conibmccl in- j fluence. «f the devil, the woild, and I heir own fallen jiatnie— to cojiy iy their liveH those Divine oracles which he has delivered for our instruction, nnd who, notvviihsr.inf'.iiitf, lnsnud of ejkhihitmg himself the /ea'dus and indefatigable apostle of peace "iid pa» tiencf, of K'lf denial *aid eliaiity, does not blubl» to a<- umc in the hue ot the whole woild, thr- unnatural fharae'er ol an abetter of anarchy and b'oo-lbhed — and, in =u tainment ol it, dates to profane the red H-ii|) urcs, by quoting them a^aiiiht their Divine •Authni, "I will not arpnc wilh such a peison. Let the gentleman to wnom Ui" 'etlei in tlie 'Nation is adti't fis' d, be himself jour in .truclor. He wiems to h.ive foimed alar moiccor eel jud«m;'iit ofwli.it the clerical rl ararter jhould he than you hiivu done. He has long nncij told you, anil tb.it mure thmi once (and 1 honour him Ux it;, thu he dues not desire your assisiunce—

that he utterly repudiates your interfeience, which lie looks upon an nothing short of 'u desicrafmn tf (lie aid,' — ;i nd he lias told yrw Mint at ;* time when we were not yet threatened with the terrihle scourge of civil wu. fjct him, rt vciend sir, lie your instructor. As for me, 1 will only fay, Hint these letters make you appear to he entirely oiil ol your place, and that you ehould cither Hpeedily u- trace your stips,,or at once manfully relne iioiu the sanctuary. " ] am, lfvereiid Sir, " Voui- afflie'ed hixhop, 41 f i\ KI'NNKItY." We ie.£ret to <?Ty that !\lr. Heimm-ilium is not the only inieCl to whom the ichuke of Dr. Kennedy wi 1 ■ipily; and we cinnol but express a hope thul the "ovunmont will not let these clerical ii»iturors go unse.ithcd. Here is another bpeewneu of the class. At the meeting ol the R peal Association tlic Key. J)v. Aliley B''id — "If the sumo ordcii is in stoic for us thut has been roMTved On neis;lihonnng nations, and th.tl a baptism of blood be neiessa-y for the hbeitics of Ireland, so lar as the Catholic rlfigy are eonccincd, I am ol opinion th it then 1 position and their duties will he in no respect diuVnnt hen; irom those ot the Catholic elei>sy in 1 lie newly-emancipated slatis o( theColiti. nent. (Loud and enlliusiastie cliKeiing, a£nin and a^ain repeuted, gieeted this Hcntiment. The gentlemen waved their hati and the Indies their handkerchiefs with the utmost enthusiasm. This scene con* tinueil KeVeral minutes, and when silence was restored, Hie leveieud gentleman eoiriuucd.) I icpeat this sentiment with the utmost dchbeialion — my hopes me unshaken, my confidence without a shadow of doubt, that our tfiv.it object ran he achieved by an adherence to constitutional menu religiously followed ; hut, on (he other li.md, Jh J huve said, sh' uld it be the decuc ol L'lovidence thut neither are we to ho exempt from this ordoil, to terrible, then it is our duty to how to thut celestial di'cice, and lor each in this, as in every other aflliclion, to t.iKo this as his motto— 'lf this chalice c.innot pass fiom me, 0 Heavenly Father, unless 1 dunk it, Thy will be done !' " The icverend gentleman icsumeJ Inn scat, amid loud and long continued cheering.

TjAti;st Dkcrm of 'i iik Provisional GuviiHN* MhNi. — " Liberty ! Equality ! ! Fi.itcriuty !! ! In the name ot the Republic:, iho I'iovibionui Government deciee as follows :—lst,: — 1st, 1 lut every citizen shall p >s«'ss an income of 5 ),U(J(H., no more and no le*s. 2nd. Tlint eveiy citizen shall be exempt liom inlluen'/.a und colds in the head. [\a\, Thut no citizen bhall cook his dinner, or brush his boots, but thai a paternal government *hall do both for him <tv.li. That all citizens bhsill be<qu.\l in weight ami height, an well as political puvilegcs. ftlh. That all riiizena being workmen, bhiill be paid by the pence, and up>n principle that In; who docs luust b1i:v11 receive inoht. Glh. That any citizen who has got a good coat on his buck is n tyiant and an oppic sor, ainJ ought to lose it. 7th. J hat citizen Dumas having mude gieiit hums of money by willing nov< li<t and the same being an lnlringemontot liberty and equality, that all citi/.ens shall be enm po-Acred henceforth to vnile as good no\ela as citizen Dumas. BLli. Tliobe citizens Lemailre, Victor Hugo, and lloruce Vemet, h.ivin^; acquired great lame iespectively l>y then octiug, dnim.itic wiitin^, and paint. in^. and the same being an infringement of the rights of ni<m, winch die naturally and cntiicly equal, that nil eiu/ena be empoweied to act as well, write ns well, and paiut as well, respectively, as citi/ ns Lsmailr^, Victor Hugo, and Horace Vane*. 9'h. That, in order to cany out the wholesome piinnple broached in the circular ol citi7i'ii Uauiot, no citizen (mull be eligible for a ht\it in tlie iNalional Convention who run sjK'll Ins own n imc. 10th. Th.it cveiy, loaf hliall be &b Wi'jr as two loivcs. I Hli. That any man under the Republic shall be as good as three man undei the Monarchy 12ih. 'J'lut the lutuie in general shall be, in France, one long unclouded holiday." Signed by the Mcnjbcjs of the l'/misional Government. — Man in Ihe Moon.

Nor Bad — The following is a Fpcccli delivered by ;in oialor to a noilion of the mob m Ti.ifal«ai" Square : — " You talk, of helllin^ the :i(l «irs of the nation, you chaps, and |>uttiu!; the (ioveinmenl all li^ht : to my notion you'd better hec a little about governing your ovvnail'uiis. V\hy theie's a mate ol mine thut works away like bricks horn Wednesday till Saturday, tlcn lie gets bis roonty, and t^ets drunk, like biidis. till Tuesday niulif. and then Sil'B got no money to work upon till Saturday tiit>ht cnini'S lound a^uin. And he wants, to settle Hie Government. I often say to him, ' Mate, you'd much butter iT»ulal« your own niliiirß first before you set about telling other people what to do!"