New-York tribune., 1841-12-11

! rally known the contrlvances put u snccessiui
operation to prejudice H. action 0u this measure
cortrivances, which for the first time, aud hope
the last, desccrated the very sane uary our laws.
and degraded Cor attempted 10 DEGRADED It's minis
ters into the character and Conduct OF Ward
caucus. Then 10 the decision OF men OF all
parties, &c, presume II himself would not venture
10 extend this beyond the city. or al most
bevoDd the range of the influence and operations
of the T. S Society. And those who know how
the decision OF much of the parties and OF the
Press Of New York is Obtained, and The means
aud comparative position Of the Society a. OPP
posed 10 those Of the Catholics, would not greatly
value even if it were legal, such decision FOR IN
tegrity or rectltude.
Thus we see ,nat the first OF these tribunals the
question Of expedency was coram Jadics-
thar it precipi,ate!y snuggled through the Sc
cond on the eve Of the recess-that the hrd was
not enly uncons tutiona, bu, corrupted and more
that ali three IN cGcct composed Of and
confined to etAer members or friends, o. hrelirgs
OF the 7. s. Society: whrrea5 the Catholics ad
dress themselves only to the whole body Of their
fcow-crizeus in representative j.Ssembiage. The
decision on expedency l.. think, disposed Of
As 10 the second position OF Hamilton. have only
say, first remarkng that at no time have they in
this controversy changcd the issue TO or froua
ground of con,cience; that the Ca hoIcs would OF
course have no objection to the issue lac proposes
But they must deuur to hi test and tribunal. i
truly pleasant court would the i. 5. Society and
It's friends make to try case Of Conscience, e>pe-
cislly when it might Involve the fate of their
profitable Monopoly! The test is no better. . Ha,
Cato told M, axis Hamilton lruRphanily,
= what the conscientious oJjcci5ons Of the Catho
lies require y He las tod you (in No. 81 what
their objections are, and what their resulting rights
require. Blu, IA" has not attempted TO tell you
what their c0nScioHceS require he thinks he ua-
derstands the OF conscience well for that
Conscience strictly does not rsQpire--its province
is to reject, to repudiatc. But, as citizens. the
Catholics have constitutional right 10 have their
conscience respected; und Conscience is not re-
spec,ed, Its free and unrcstrained exercise guar
aneed by the Constitution Is not permitted, where
II can be preserved involaIc only al the expense
of pecuniary sacrifice, Of civil inequaiiy--in
word where II IS tdred. To have tins inequality
removed is the demand ofihc Catholics, oras have
elsewhere expressed H. the demand OF right, OF
Justice and of policy 1t is constitutional. not
conscientious demand TIE clatAi of The Catb
oAcs as purely cioti IN lis SNATURE-reiigious o.
ly in rs origin or occasion.
Blythe bye, this distinction ob-ery,i would ST.
lence the cayil, about sectaraaisu! that rich
est topic OF sophls,ry. Cato contends then that
he hud forth the, in t!is SENSE q" nscientiou>
oh, ctions " and the corfela,iyc claims oi The
Catholics. The question OF rsRI then supposed,
bur have now hope, shewn, To be The only pro-
per and proveable issue a metaphysical discussion
of the nature oil consci nee what Hamilton seeks
would if it wcTn intellisi-le those to--be m
formed, be equally improper and indefinite. Ac-
cordiogly the wisdom OF cur Constitution has
placed it in lis nnost sanctuary, remote from the
pryng eve and the proanc hand OF presumpiuous
ignorance w oil. any of these rca-ous might
discard Hamilton Issue, upon ---,,,utr OF
conscience in this matter of the CJhoncs. For hs
benefit, however, and that OF his Society, and
through them of the public, | shall give hI'n my
own rule promising that these gentlemen, should
they find ii useless. must not condemn II, as the
blind man did the telescope, because he could not
see with it, Who Judges conscience must himself
have conscience The conscience. sufficiently In
formed. that gives occasion 10 INST desires. to Just
demands is entitled to be considered right corr
science that which suggests HnJast claims i e.
roneous.
The second member of Hamilton's thrd pro7o-
sition was immediately disposed Of, and the hrst
part (the question OF conscencc) has been antcI-
pated in The discussion Just closed.
A reader Of Hamilton may wonder why have
dwelt so long on n profcsscd answer, that yet be-
gins with cvadiag the issue proposed, and propo-
sing another and iallacous without attempting
to prove II preference, and when might therefore
be dispatched in few lines Nly object was to in-
form a d rccti, public opinion on this matter. For
this thought II necessary 10 encounter collateral
or even remotely connected questions persuaded
that the true one could never be c>tncated from
the pile of prejudice aud soPhl,,ly gathered around
il, uEless by sort OF exhaustive process OF dis
cusson.
A word on the objections of Hamilton. He
complains that e Cat never defines Nc Have
| not defined Sec,arauism; the ngniS and the
wrongs OF the Catholics, tic monopoly and = close
CORPORATION OF the p. 5. Society, Nc. Nhat
has he defined
Again. he requires gauge Of honor, ami j.
unwilling 10 Il .hi With man OF straw. hat l..
he would have me, like himself perhaps, the spe-
cial attorney of The Calno.ics, not what | pro-
fessed myself and Will continue 10 be, the advocate
Of Justice. And if he seeks TO establish lusucc,
not TO perpeiuate inquity he will countthe triumph
of rishi tke most honorable victory and cave ME
whether his antagonist be John Doe or Bishop
Hughes shall not object 10 him aS being man
of straw. i, oaly he be also man OF uu'h. But
if not and hat he do no, profit by the explanation
above detailed, even the novelty OF appearing III
disnifed print w 10; induce me to spend ai.o-
,her srear on him though 1t were Aut ct lath.
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