Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-01-24

should create IN his mind sympathy Tor What The
,nlsllihlc vicrrefen, 81 Jesus Chnsi has pfonounc
"a n gospel Of the devil
Btr rethan. the Indignation Of the bishop
NAV no, have been excited by the bpraiHF OF tue
Bibles. bu, by the naAner VI burning them 1hS
though, has be,n e1cit,d by hls own language
4 cannot find language strong enough says he,
ito express my rtprotauon Of the outrage com
nii,ed on the feelings OF my profess fellow CRIT
gems bv an act so shocking 10 their pfgnle's,
rs would be the burning an an oSTkNrArIots
manner Of that form Of the translation OF the Isl.
bic to which they are generally 50 attached !
ask any nudge Of plain English whether the whole
NAV or may no, turn on The single phrase, IN an
os,cn,a,ous manner1' IN smother part Of his let,
ter he condemns his Catholic brethren for taking
those bibles and publicity burning them after
wards 1.-THE stress be laid On the word pub
hcly,r as have done by putting it in italics, then
his indignation was kindl,d by the manner IN
which they were burned TO collect bibles and
then burn them secretly may not create the same
emotions In the Bishogs mind am confirmed
in nv conleciures tina, BE- was more affected by the
ruode in which those Bibles were destroyed in
Champaign, than By the simple fact Of their de-
sfruetioa from an intimaion which he has given
to his own people, and on which presume he
would be glad TO have them act 81 would re-
gard them IN -rssticd in hurting the copy out Of
doors after bin who had LEFT il" The lamb.
like spirit Of this prclatc ofhe only earthly ,nfdt-
Hht, seems to have deserted him at this crisis !
,nd although he does not tell us how soon the BIZ
bic should be "hurled ont Of doors after him who
had left it"--vet from this whole scene so graph.
caly presented by the Bishop it appears very
much like "hurng bibles AT the distributors -
of,he scriptures while it may not be so unpopular
and odous rs public and ostentatious bnrnings,
fully answers all the acquisitions of the note Just
now quoted from the Rhemish Testament IA
Christian man is bound TO burn or deface all wick
ed books of what sort soever espeeiaHU hcreticai
books" This "hurling" would "drface" them.
And here ] wish to ask what has been done
with all the Bibles which have been collected
from servant girls and Sunday school scholars
during the late Jubilee Have they been "burned'
or only "defaced? Though have not derived
my commission and authority, as a bishop. thro'
the muddy channel Of the Tibcr, yet | should like
10 invite Catholic priest, who has received his
instructions from this same Bishop 1ughs. 10 the
CONFESSIONAL, and then PROFOUND the following
questions, and receive true answer to each
How many Bibles and Testaments were COL
lecicd at the late jubilee in this city,
Were the books burned, or destroyed in some
other way, or only deiaced
Ifthey were not disposed Of in any of the fore
going ways-where are they now, and what is
their final destination2
The Bishop says, 81 condemn with the same
emphasis the burning of Protestant Bibles, as !
would the burning of Catholic Convent" and
he thinks tha, the Catholics should no more be
held responsible in the former case, than the Pro.
IN, ,ho l,,ta "a,
ous than solid The parallel which he supposes,
will prove i,sclf,o be contrast, when the two
cases are fully examined. The provocation for
burning the bibles was that they were kindly Civ
en- by Protcstants-for burning the convent, treat
mont of young lady, which may be said, at least,
to be Of a very doubtful character; the burning
was perpetrated in the one case by Catholic
priest, whose Standing IN the church, and whose
official character for any thing that appears 10 the
contrary. not at all affected by this sacrcgous
and wanon act; in the other, by a mob among
whom there was not a minister of the Gospel, and
perhaps not a member Of \ Protestant Church; in
the burning, in Clinton County. the Holy word
of God was impiously committed to the flames; in
that at Boston the l,wless multitude. though they
were gui,y Of manifest wrong in doing 1t, burned
down one ofthose establishments which have al
ways been and are now, IN all countries where
they exist. "Cages Of every unclean and hateful
bird" Had Protestant minister of Christ par
tcipated in the burning Of the Convent he would
have been dcposed from his sacred office, on proof
Of the same and the civil law would have appoin-
ted him cell IN the Pcnentiary 1t yet remains
TO be seen what will be done in the case of the
wicked and sacriegions Priest who came from
Canada to burn the Bibles
Bishop Hughes complains bitterly of 'the bai
spirif manif sted in the proceedings of the meet
ing held in Beekman,own. but does not seem TO
be aware of the spirit which brcathes in his own
communication. What is there in the proceed
ines to which he refers, which can compare with
the following language from the pen ofthis wri,er7
II regret, sir, TO perceive in the proceedings of the
meeting evidences going far to prove, that the rev.
ercnd gentlemen who took part in it were actua.
ted more by i'll will towards their Catholic fellow
citizens than BY sincere christian respect for the
holy scriptures "-"Why did they not mention
the names ofthe pricsts2 Why did they not men.
ton the time when the thing occurred the place
the circumstances so rs the public might dis,in.
gnish bo'~een the priests who were guilty ofthis
offence and the others who had nothing TO do with
| NJ Why, II they are honest men. did they moi
give names and dates, and particulars by which
the party guilty Of the of nee could be Distinguish
ed from the mass OF Catholic pricss, and Catholic
] people o! the United States? | ask, very natural
~ on this question, why was it 500 and | find nc
answer excep, IN the suppo.ition that they wished
TO impose on the honest feelings Of their country
mcnr and excite a general persecution against al
who are Catholics"