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PEACE.
Our Holy Father the Pope has lifted
up his voice in behalf of peace; the
Catholic Emperor of France has shown
himself an advocate of peace ; and the
Catholic press of the North has labored
boldly and nobly to the same great
end. Indeed, the mission of the j
Catholic Church is peace—“peace on
■earth to men of good will;” and while
she may justify war in certain cases,
yet she always counsels peace, urges
peace, and prays for peace. It was
the mission of her Divine Founder, on
earth, to establish peace ; and she but
fulfils Ilis holy precepts and perpetu
ates His sacred teachings. But it is
not aloius the Catholic who sighs for
peace now. It is the daily prayer of
the Christian, the Jew and the Gen
tile, the daily wish of the heathen and
the publican, the saint and the sinner.
All stand upon that platform, Fully
agreed in the desire for peace, and
differing only as to the mode of ob
taining it. So easy and gracious a
task seems that of making peace, of
wiping the blood from the hands of
contending armies, of staying the
deadly strife in which the people are
engaged, that it appears to be inex
plicable why it is not done. And yet
it is not done. The war goes on from
day to day with appalling magnitude .
hetacombs of brave men are piled upon
'the altar of sacrifice, and yet the ven
geance and the pride of man is not
satisfied. More blood must be spilled
—more lives must be sacrificed—more
misery must be entailed upon a suffer
ing people. And yet, no peace comes
to bless us with smiling fields and
busy marts, and growing commerce.
Why is this ? Have we not felt within
ourselves that it is the just punishment
of God, inflicted upon us for our na
tional and individual sins ? We have
been taught, as Christians, that God
is a God of infinite mercy, but that He
is, also, a God of infinite justice—that
gin displeases Him, and merits for,
and will bring, punishment upon the
sinner. If we are true to our faith —
if we believe the teachings of our Holy
Church—let us cast off our evil habits,
repent sincerely for our sins, and seek
forgiveness at the Mercy Seat of
Heaven. If we lift up contrite and
humbled hearts to God, do penance for
our sins, and give a firm promise of
amendment for the future, we may
rest.assured that we shall not ask in
vain—that the dark cloud of war will
soon be rolled away, and the bright
sun of peace and prosperity once more
■shed its bright and cheering rays upon
our young and now suffering nation.
As much as the true Christian de
sires peace, however, he cannot desire
other than an honorable peace ; for
a peace that would come by subjugation
would not be peace. On the contrary,
we believe that anarchy and continued
bloodshed would be the result. The
peace, then, that we hope for, sigh for,
and pray for, is a peace which shall
have the sanction of the Government
and the people. It is only such a
peace that will be honorable, the only
peace that will be lasting. And when
the blessed day comes that brings such
a peace, smiling fields, happy homes
and firesides, and grateful hearts, will
greet those who, under Heaven, brought
about the glorious result, while the
Angels on high will chaiint their
praises, singing: “ Blessed is the
peace-maker, for he shall inherit the
Kingdom.”
AGENTS FOR THE “PACIFICATOR.”
The Catholic clergy throughout the
Confederacy are authorized and re
spectfully requested to act as agents
for The Pacificator. The following
gentlemen are also authorized to act
as agents:
Savannah, Ga. —Capt. L. J. Guil
martin, Capt. M. J. Doyle, Capt. Mi
chael Scanlon.
Macon, Ga.— Wm. Walsh, D. Dunn.
Charleston, S. C-— Lawrence Cant
well, Thos. Guinliven, C. It. Cassidy.
Columbia, S. C. —W. McGinnis,
Richard Flannigan, Simon Fogarty.
THE PACIFICATOR A CATHOLIC JOURNAL.
’ OUR PAPER.
We deem an apology for the size of
the paper unnecessary. The scarcity
and high price of paper and composi
tion, and the low price at which we
have fixed our subscription rates, ren
der it necessary that we should issue,
for the present, a small sheet. Should
the Catholics of the Confederacy do
their duty in supporting this enter
prise, or should more auspicious times
dawn upon our young nation, we will
increase the size to a double sheet—
the present shape and dimensions be
ing quite suitable for binding.
We think, however, that The Pa
cificator, though small in size, is a
very creditable specimen of typogra
phy ; and, with its contents, will, we
sincerely hope, prove a welcome visitor
to its friends and patrons.
LETTER FROM JUDGE 0. A. LOCHEANE.
We take pleasure in laying before
our readers a letter received by the
editors of this paper from one of
Georgia’s brightest intellects. The
liberal sentiments which it contains
are worthy of the enlightened mind
from which they emanate; and add
still more to the respect which we al
ready had for the Judge’s talent and
superior eloquence. We need not ask
.for this letter an attentive perusal;
we are sui e it will meet, as it certain
ly merits, the reader’s favor:
Macon, Sept. 9, 18G4.
Messrs. Walsh & Blome—
Gentlemen:
Enclosed, find 815. You will be
kind enough to enter my name among
the first subscribers to your new paper,
The Pacificator. I have long desired
to see in Georgia a newspaper devoted
to the objects contemplated in your
Prospectus.
A Catholic journal will, of necessity,
lie devoted, in part, to the interests of
the Irish people, and this odor of
nationality will be most gratifying to
me. The summary of Foreign News,
containing the record of passing
events among peoples from whom we
are now separated, will render your
paper a welcome messenger to every
household. Vv'hile it is due to myself to
say that I am an honest and sincere
Protestant from birth and education,
still it is equally due to truth to add,
that observation and experience have
taught me that there is much to ad
mire. and much more to emulate, in
the Christian consistency of the Cath
olic Church; its elevation above the
storm of political dissensions, its free
dom from polemics, its universal
charity, its unbending and unyielding
integrity of religious character, its
severance from all the cants of popu
lar demagoguism, its straight forward
march with one eternal and un
changing purpose, all stand out upon
the canvass of history, and have been
thrown forward into conspicuous con
trast by r the troubles of the times.
These traits of its organization have
thousands of admirers who never stood
within its precincts or sat beside its
| altars, and have illustrated, with an
almost majestic attestation, the neces
sity of separation between things tem
poral and spiritual. The policy of
Christianity is exhibited in its history,
to be uniformity of teaching and prac
tice through every vicissitude of for
tune, and an uncompromising deter
mination never to yield to the caprices
of men, nations, or ages.
Trained to an enlightened liberality
in matters of religious opinion, the
prejudices of birth have been lost in
the teachings of history, for in them
I have read the confutation of the
charges with which Catholicity has
been assailed.
A great field lies befoi-e you. A
paper established upon principles and
maintained for purposes so dissimilar
to any heretofore prospected, will at
tract an attention not devoid of criti
cism, and, the more accur
ate as well as enduring in its impres
sions. The great bulwarks of civil
liberty Catholic minds have erected;
the great overflowing of light Catholic
minds have shed. The Magna Charta,
the art of printing, the Mariner’s
Compass, and a thousand other kin
dred subjects, will, I hope, in the
blaze of truth, be flashed down the
columns of your press. Not that I
hope conversions to your Church, but
from an innate love of justice, to dis
pel the stupid impressions that exist
in regard to it, I believe that the
highest intelligence of Protestanism is
only consistent with the fullest liber
ality in regard to all matters of faith
and opinion. Bigotry is an enemy to
Christianity, is uncivilized, distasteful
to truth, and its domination pestilen
tial to every generous feeling and
emotion. To disseminate truth will
tend to shorten its rule and narrow its
boundary’, and 1 wish you God speed
in your publication.
The name of your paper indicates
its advocacy of peace, and while the
country longs for peace, it is not pos
sible for me in the briefness of this
letter to express views relative to its
accomplishment. The horrors of war
are too apparent for discussion ; they
will smack on the nation’s lips for the
next half century, and we can but feel
the end approaches, for the elements
are gathering that 'will blow us to
shore or upset us on the deep. The
end, we say, approaches, for change of
sentiment is spreading like a wave of
light over the Northern mind, and the
snowy crest of Peace, though distant,
is yet discernable above the crimson
tide of battle. May God, in Ilis mer
ciful interposition, heal the nation’s
wounds, and spread over it the laurel
led mantle of victory and overflow the
bind with peace; that the storm of war
shall be stilled, and the nation proudly
arch its neck for a flight to immortal
ity. Yours very truly,
0. A. Lochrane.
ROMAN CATHOLICISM.
It is refreshing, in these times of irre
ligion, to know there is one Church exerting
itself to end this war. That Church is the
Roman Catholic. Pius IX. has given our
Confederacy many tokens of good will. He
is the only European potentate who has
recognized us as a nation; and while he
has done this more as the head of his
Church, than as a participant of temporal
power, he is more to be commended on that
account. Not only is the Pope with 'us in
feeling and sentiment, hut the Catholics in
the United States have, as a denomination,
stood aloof from the war waged against us,
more than any other professed body of
Christians; while the Freeman’s Journal
and Metropolitan Record, both Catholic or
gans, have been two of the most fearless,
outspoken journals at the North against
the war. It speaks well for the Catholics
that the facts to which wo have ajluded do
exist. It should always bo remembered in
their favor. While most of the religious
sects at the North are loud in their demands
for Southern blood, the Catholics are for
peace. This is not in accordance with the
pre-conceived ideas of Protestant preju
dice, which has been fed from infancy tip
in this country by an exhibition of horrid
pictures in Fox’s Book of Martyrs, and by
tales for the nuasery of “Bloody Mary’s”
cruellies, and of the kindness and goodness
of “ good Queen Bess,” who, of the two,
was the worse woman, and guilty of the
most persecution.
In our childhood, we read all the books
designed to prejudice the young mind
against Roman Catholicism. But early in
youth we began to think for ourself, drew
our own deductions, and form our own
opinions. It was not long before all Pro
testant prejudice was eradicated, and we
became, and now remain, able to do justice
to Roman Catholics.
It affords us peculiar pleasure to call at
tention to the course of the Popo aud his
Church towards our Confederacy. Our
people’s gratitude is due to, and should be
extended towards them ; and it is the duty
of our public journalists to call attention
to the facts herein set forth, and get our
people to take an unbiased view of the
amiable aud Christian aspect in which the
Church of Rome presents herself, in contra
distinction to all other Churches. Let jus
tice bo done.
We have before jis the prospectus of Tiik
Pacificator, for which we tender our
thanks to Walsh <fc Blome. We wish them
unbounded success, and we call upon liberal
and enlightened men of every sect, and of
in) sect at all, to support the enterprise.
The above paragraphs, which we
find in the Countryman, a neat little
hebdomadal, published on Mr. J. A.
Turner’s plantation, near Eatonton,
Ga., lias given us real gratification in
its perusal. It affords an example of
enlightened liberality which we hope
to see largely imitated. For ourselves,
we shall labor earnestly to remove
those unjust prejudices which exist
against the Catholic Church, and
would cease to exist if people would,
like the intelligent editor of the
Countryman, read, think and judge for
themselves. Such a policy would dis
sipate at once the harsh aspersions
which have been heaped upon Catho
lics and their religion, and they would
no longer he looked upon with that
abhorrence which soma good souls,
who, unhappily, know no better, are
wont to view them with.
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE.
We invite the attention of our read
ers to the prospectus of St. Mary’s
College, located at Columbia, S. C.
It is a Catholic institution of learning,
but is open to respectable children of
every denomination. The terms are
moderate for the times, and the facili
ties for imparting a complete education
arc excellent. Vi e take pleasure in
commending the College to the atten
tion and patronage ol the public.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE j
UNITED STATES.
We publish, on our first page, an !
Address to the People of the United
States, on the injustice of the cruel
war which they are waging against |
the South. It is from the pen of an j
eminent Catholic Divine, and is writ
ten in the spirit of true Catholic piety
and charity; and appeals strongly to \
all the Christian people of the United |
States, but more especially to those j
who are members of the Catholic |
Church, to withdraw their aid and ■
encouragement from the wicked war j
upon the South. Wc sincerely hope
that it may find its way into the Catho- !
lie journals of the North, and meet
with that attentive perusal which it
justly merits, and, also, that it may be
productive of great good in opening
the eyes of our enemies to the enormity
of their injustice and cruelty.
Our Motto. —The motto which we
have chosen for our paper is taken from
a sentence said to have been given by
Pope Pius IX to some Federal citizens
who had applied to him for his photo
graph : “ Mitte gladium tuum in vagin
arn, et Deus Pads erit tecum” —“Put
up thy sword into its sheath, and the
God of Peace will be with thee.”
Father Carius. —Rev. Father Caries
will preach at the Catholic Church in
this city to-morrow (Sunday) morning,
at High Mass—on the subject of
“Confession, and the power to forgive
sins.”
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
DOMESTIC.
Close of the Academic Year at St. j
Agnes Academy.— The academic year at j
St. Agnes Female Academy closed Wed- j
nesday, 22d ult., after one of the most I
prosperous, interesting courses which have j
ever characterized this sterling institution
of learning. Throughout the day were j
witnessed the exercises incident to such j
occasions, and in the evening those of the |
patrons of the academy who chose to bo j
present, and a number of other ladies and \
gentlemen of the city, were furnished an '
entertainment in the largereereation room
of the academy, which was alike pleasur
able to the auditory and highly creditable
to those who participated in it. The en
tertainment might appropriately be termed
tripartite—Melpomene, Thalia and Terpsi
chore—the former officiating ns chief.
The leading piece chosen for the occa
sion was the dramatic representation of
Fabiola —a most chaste and appropriate
selection—the different characters in
which were personated by young lady
pupils of the academy. The portion of
the hall devoted to the stage w T as most
appropriately decorated, presenting an ap
pearance not a little complimentary to
those by whom it was arranged, aud be
stowing upon the occasion an additional
interest. The costumes of the various
characters elicited much admiration. They
-were excellent; nothing being omitted
that was necessary, ami nothing being
overdone. Os the manner in which the
young ladies acquitted themselves, there
can be but one opinion. Each seemed to
vie with the other in her efforts to merge
individuality in the character she person
ated, aud success crowned the endeavors
of all. Where all did so well, it were in
vidious to particularize, and we shall not
attempt it. Prior to the afterpiece—a
school scene—the audience were furnished
with a “ Highland Fling;” the handsome,
sprightly ’little miss who “tripped the
light fantastic” on the occasion, acquitted
herself in a mantier that would shame the
efforts of many professional devotees of
Terpsichore, who essay their art on the
public stage. The afterpiece was one of
those so often selected for school exhibi
tions, the whole being the efforts ot the
“school ma’am”—a young lady pupil—
to preserve order in the school room on
the occasion of the advent of that most
terrible of all personages, the “Commit
tee Man.” Os course, the efforts of the
fair “mistress” proved utterly unavail
ing ; her smiles, entreaties, threats, aud
even blows, were alike lost on the pupils,
who would “talk out in meetin’,” and
would make more blunders than were ever
made before. But the “ Committee Man,”
evidently bewildered by the beauty and
grace before him, was satisfied, aud the
fair teacher had cause for congratulation
in the endorsement of that most potent
functionary. We will add (though only
in a whisper), that had we been the “ Com
mittee man,” it would only have required
four seconds’ observation for us to have
pronounced each (teacher included) worthy
of the largest kind of a diploma. Some
vocal music, with other accompaniments,
was rendered with much effect. Alter
the conclusion of the entertainment the
hall was cleared, a fine band made its ap
pearance, and in a short time the pupils,
who for long months had been earnestly
conning their books, were whirling
through the mazes of the dance, for
getting in its fascinations the many sad,
tearful partings in store for the morrow.
Memphis Bulletin.
Bishop Elder. —Our readers are ap
prised that, not long ago, the zealous and
sainted Bishop of Natchez, Right Rev.
William Elder, was arrested. and commit
ted to prison for refusing to insert in the
Catholic Liturgy a prayer in behalf of the
tyrannical invaders of his country. The
order, with a long preamble, came from
a General BRAY-nmn, and never did a man
exhibit more of the qualities of the brav
ing animal, than is found in this order.
The ease was referred to the authorities
at Washington, who seem to have discov
ered that Brayman brayed too loudly on
that occasion, as he had to countermand
his Order in a very sheepish way. We
learn from a private letter that the ven
erable Bishop thinks that he will not be
again subject to such annoyances.
Army Chaplain. —Rev. Father Carius,
Chaplain in the Army of Tennessee,
preached in the Church of the Most Holy
Trinity, in this city, on Sunday last, an
excellent discourse, from the I ext—Mark,
chap, xvi., v. 15, 16. He also delivered
a course of lectures at the Church, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, atul Fri
day evenings; anil will preach again, to
morrow, at High Mass.
FOREIGN.
Poi’E t Rius IX.—A correspondent sends
us the following extract from a foreign
journal, giving an interesting account of
the family of which the revered Head of
our Church is so exalted a member. It
will be interesting to our readers:—
“ Bius IX., now 72, is the youngest sur
viving son of his family. He lias still two
brothers, Counts Gabriel and Gaetan, who
are 84 and 80 years of age. His sister,
the Countess Benigni, is 77. His father,
Count Jerome, died at 84, and his mother
82. His grandfather, Count Hercules,
lived to the ago of 96. The Mastai family
is very numerous. The Pope’s oldest
brother, Count Gabriel, has two sons, one
ot whom is married to the Princess Del
Drago—the other, to tli,e niece of Cardinal
Cadolini. Count Gaetan is a widower,
and has uo children. Hi* deceased brother,
Count Joseph, wrro was a captain in the
gensd'armes, died without issue; but his
four sisters, ot whom only one survives,
have left a numerous progeny of sons and
grandsons. It must be said, to the honor
of the Pontiff, that his brothers, sisters,
and their descendants, have not cost the
State a'single penny. None of them have
ever been in office or employed in any
mission, so that it cannot be said that the
elevation of Cardinal Mastai to the su
preme dignity has made any addition to
the fortunes of his family.”
The Pope and the- Confederate States.
A correspondent, writing from Rome to
the Agenee Havas, says: “Mgr. Lynch,
Bishop of Charleston, who has been seat
out by thftiConfederates in a special diplo
matic capacity to the Court of the Holy
See, has had an audience of the Pope.
He had already, on the 29th ult.., had an
interview with Cardinal An. OabelJi, and
it is said that Bishop Lynch, coming only
in the character of a dignitary of the
Church, avoided all allusion to politics in
this conversation. It is, however, well
known that the Holy See entertains a
profound sympathy for the Confederate
States. On a late occasion, the Holy
Father, when urged to consent to hi*
photograph being taken on some cards,
which it was intended to distribute at a
charitable meeting at New York, is said
to have written on the cards tire fol
lowing sentence, wit|i his own hand:
‘Mitte gladium t.uuiu hi, vaginam, et Deus
pacis erit tecum.’ * Put up thy sword into
its sheath, and the God,of Peace shall be
with thee!’"
Archbishop McClorkf.y. —The Baltimore
American, of the 23d, says:—“The in
stallation of Archbishop McGloskey took
place ou Sunday, in St. Patrick’s Cathe
dral, New York, and was attended with
great splendor aud magnificence. The
ceremonies were under the direction of
the Rev. Francis McMurrey, and consisted
of a procession of boys, priests, bishops,
archbishops under a beautiful canopy, and
bearers of the various insignia of his holy
office, down the south aible, and on re
entering the cathedra! by the main door,
a Te Ileum was performed by the choir,
specially strengthened for the occasion.
The archbishop being seated on his throne,
received’Hie homage of the clergy, after
which Mass was celebrated by the Right
Rev. Bishop Timor,, of Buffalo, assisted
by priest, deacon aud subdeaeon, aud the
archbishop preached his inaugural ser
mon.”
A New Monastery. —A handsome mon
astery has been erected at West Hoboken
by the Passionist Fathers, an order of the
Roman Catholic clergy. It is said to be
the largest monastery in the L nited States.
The building is more than three hundred
feet long and two hundred feet wide, and
is constructed ot bluestone. There ar*
live floors, with basement and attic, if
will be called St. Michael’s Monastery,
aud was to be dedicated on the 28th ult.
A SioNiFioANT Event. —The London In
dex states that two important elevations ■
to the dignitv of Cardinal are about t->
be made at Rome. The first is Monsignor
de Mctrode, the Secretary of War, who is
to go out to Mexico as Cardinal NifncL*;
the*second is Prince Louis Lueien Bona
parte, now Chamberlain to the,Pope.
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