The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : James Andrew Corcoran |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 2016-07-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781332828869 |
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Excerpt from The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Vol. 1 With politics, as they are commonly understood, and partisan contentions for place and power, the review has nothing to do. It little concerns us, who sits in the Presidential chair once hal lowed by George Washington, or rules in the Cabinet, or has the dispensing of the patronage that out ows from the seat of govern ment to enrich, not unfrequently to corrupt, our citizens. But we love our country, and we deprecate the sad contingency, that, while she improves in material prosperity, she should go backward in the path of honesty and equity, and give to the world the lamentable example of a commonwealth so changed and depraved by a hun dred years' growth, that her founders, were they to return to earth, would not recognize her for the work of their hands. How could we be indifferent, nor give some expression to the shame and sorrow that we feel, in beholding daily more and more verified amongst our statesmen those terrible words of the prophet, Thy princes are faithless, the companions of thieves; they all love bribes, they run after rewards. (isaiah i. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."