The Arkansas banner., 1847-11-29
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 On Thursday, thc 2Sd SeptetnSer. the cs,r. ,,, Hutton, sisuaied in North street Bzitimors bed or notes and certificates amounting tn hs.'o Thirteen and fourteen ihcasand dollars ,,s a Rouse on the evening oT the satnr 4,, ' " hred. The Sunday following aii inc , SN ,haJ had been taken fFern Mr. Hution's ss,s were restored te him throngh The Nov Nr t.;5A assistant pastor of the Cathedral Some asvs sey The Rev gentleman was summoned 10 sr,,es, h., me grand ary. which, ai Inc clss1 of its in,ss1' lssned warfaag for the arrest of Mr John Er,,.. clerk of Mir Hatton. These facts. which s,, KY Jas' stated, having been presrntess ia ,s. " sse through portion of the BaltiFnoFe prsss in s' sangiins manner, esicuared 10 produce a vcrs ... neous impression that Mir Hickey had n,,,S. .o, .,e, a'se'eSnfe tiin' led so tlse arrest Of Mr Grasev tssesae # FFeF@F-s0 say that snei, intieaaio,, 7, press in Baltimore and tho ners pesi,g, .. V wy uans Of the Prcss elsewhere la relation .e ,ha ..s snhicce, were entirely unfoanse4 h trn,h M' tiiek@y was questioned on ths occasion ,n y.e.. to the practice of the Catholic cIerpv in ,bs ton of converts, and other matters >e,n.c,.5 M the doctrines of the church. and on tl,n~e ,a,s ~ genera! nature, he could with perfect nrnn,,o,e ifiPsr' any information that was desired R,, Y eouu nV', ah1 ola not, say anything that might \. clue 10 the discovery of the indIvidnsl ,rhos v mitted the rohery. This he could no1 h,vs '1 without committing crime Of the eres,,., s1n, a' hIty, ue violation of the sacrafnental scorpcv z. instance of which has yet to be place., an ,n.a., s The name of Joan Napomncen hs~ r,sen "a " s rious distinction throughout the Christian vo-sa s his having suffered death rather than atvnle. tss knowedge obtained in tho tribunal of pennnce. ,As caichaer and marty of thc church exhihl, hr as an onlect of universal respect and alIrst,oa I model for the imitation of her cir,y ,, s a'a istering the sacrament of reconciliation. Bu, ws have yet io learn the name of priest who hne svu, consented fo betray the eonhdenre rrpose1 in L,,s as cenfessor. IL plain, thas f this could In s.s case be admitted the criminal would hc ds,e,sa from seeking the remedy for his spiritual n,sl,ds. and thus the institution of Jesus Christ for tha on Tt ei slnhers and their reconciliation With Cod would bc completely thwarted in ts ecsiau and s- eratien. Hence tho, same divine law that comm.na. recourse to the sacrament of penance, for mort. sins committed after baptism requires in. oh.., vance of an invioable secrecy on the mar, nf "A. clergyman, and So far does this law af a,ernrv a, tend, that. according to an ancient writer hr u,r say '--"what know hy confession, I know l... than what do got know at nti."
 Such is the reasoning that will alwvy govern {, Catholic clergyman in the circumstances ailuaed,o lei the human law be what it may No ensr,nen. no prisons, no snafyngs will compel him to (is.lo.. what God, the great master in heaven commsnA him to keep secret Bnt so far as he spitit if o., the letter, ot our legislation in this country haay upon the question, t mnst certainly dispense a ta tholic clergyman from the obligation of revealing ina secrets of the confessional by the very fact of la disclaitning all interference with the free exercise religion. In this view of the subject. whes ,Ae Rev, Anthony kohman was cited before coar i, , New York. m 1872, AS witness of what he As learned in the confessional De Mtit Clinton ,A4 presiding judge, very properly decided the case n favor of the witness.
 In the case recently tried in Baltimore. the beoeA delivered similar opinion, founded further upon ,A. particular legislation ef Maryland. The Rev Nr Hickey having been called a witness and paeS under oath answered as follows ;-- "I am priest, belonging to the Catholic church and citizen of Maryland. 1 know nothing 4 these papers in any other way than in my capacity priest 1 am unwilling to state any thing that 2 communicated to mc in that capacity. know nsth. ing relative to the matter as a citizen NIT. Richardson. the attorney general then sta. ted that be had nothing else tD ask him. andas A, justification for not doing 20. referred tbe coaH the of Broad Pitt, 3d Darlington, and Paya SIS. in which the point decided, and oae of ta Judges expressed the opinion of the couriby say. ing, |. for one, will never compel a clergymaa ie disclose communications made by prisoner bu i \ he choose to disclose them, shall Eerve ihem ls evidence, Mir. Richardson referred further to las E decision of the same point in New York, Hnaer I N Witt CliRton,J. Q. Gofiinan and others ''1he eourtthere upon remarked, that fariaf ] under the bill of rights, they could moi tbiDk q pressing an Inquiry in sucha case. "The attorney, general then stated thal the cas 5 was closed oD the part of the siate."-U. S G Ns | gnetne.