Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

78 DANGER IN THE DARK.
let discretion temper our zeal; for should we chance
to show our hand too soon, the game may go against
us. Our holy father in St. Peter's chair reminds us,
in his last communication, that every expedient is
right, which tends to strengthen and build up the
church. Then we need not scruple to dissemble, or
use intrigue, if thereby we can gain advantage over
our enemies, and so advance the faith. While we
detest, and seek to subvert the free institutions of this
republic, we must praise them; and although we know
it hazardous to enlighten the masses, nevertheless it is
necessary that we profess to be the friends of education;
heaven, we are assured, will commend this policy."
" Even so; that we are not bound to keep faith with
heretics, is what the church has ever taught, and this
we can turn to vast advantage in the United States."
" So we may. I find that the expulsion of the Jesuits
from France, is likely to prove of signal advantage
to us in this country; for immense numbers of them are
now crowding to the American shores; no less than
two-thirds of the priests now at St. Louis belong to
the order."
"Are any of the priests at Vincennes Jesuits ~"
" No; and a good deal of prejudice, I was sorry to
find, existed there both with the priests and the laity,
against the holy order; I have, however, succeeded in
allaying it to some extent."
"Catholics who envy and hate the society of Jesus,
when they know it is approved by the Pope, are but
little better than Protestants."