History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . THE (JIRLS , NOW I .-KD .\-- I 0.\ Vi:.\T FOR THE SISTERS. came, in reality, solely to trade during thewhole of That time—which, they de-signedly prolonged as much as they could,the better to carry out their object byselling all their wares to those whom theycame to recall; and to whom, by a Con-duct entirely opposed to their duty, theysupplied the m
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . THE (JIRLS , NOW I .-KD .\-- I 0.\ Vi:.\T FOR THE SISTERS. came, in reality, solely to trade during thewhole of That time—which, they de-signedly prolonged as much as they could,the better to carry out their object byselling all their wares to those whom theycame to recall; and to whom, by a Con-duct entirely opposed to their duty, theysupplied the means of carrying on thetrade once more for their own is why for so many years newamnesties are ever being asked for. be-cause the previous ones are always ren- 104 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF dered Useless in the manner tliat I havejust Described. You see, Monseigneur, that I haveDwelt to a great extent on the subject ofCommandants and Garrisons, to makeyou Understand that all the misfortunesof our mission are due to them. It isthe Commandants, It is the Garrisons,who, uniting with the brandy MOTHER DE PAZZI, DIED AT MARQUETTE, MICHI-GAN, APRIL 5, 1895. have completely desolated the missions byalmost universal drunkenness and Lewd-ness—which have been Establishedtherein through the Continual impunityfor both vices; the Civil authorities notonly tolerate but permit these, inasmuchas, while able to Prevent them, they donot. I have therefore no Hesitation intelling you that if trading Commandants and garrisons of trading soldiers be againstationed in our missions up here, we haveno doubt that we shall be Compelled toabandon them, because we shall be un-able to do anything for the salvation ofsouls. It is for you to inform his Majes-ty of the extremity to which we are re-duced, and to ask him for our deliver-ance, so that we may be able to labor forthe establishment of religion without theHindrances that have Hitherto impededit. And if, touched by the remon
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