The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-21
Controversy about the JesuIts.

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The frteman's Journal Of the 18th inst contains
nearly two columns Of . reply TO my communication
to your paper Of the Sd inst nclosins copy OF Mr.
Mchlssters fsse and seurrilous charges sgsnst the
" Jetuits In America
am sorry that must trouble your readers again
the Fubjsct OF Mem a blundsrs as all who read the
treemas Journal have, doubtless long since found out
that they refUt, not much from any innate deprs
witty a. from peculiar species Of idiosy ncray hther
to underlined by physiological with which that gentle
man u unfortunately afflicted The most striking in
dication Of this msrbd ection u total arrangement
OF the moral faculties proneness TO endscity which
even an iumsts Of lunatic esyum could not fail to
discern | do not however, arrogats TO myself the
right 20 be q competent Judge between him and his
employer the union between them IL Ia generally be.
uey,d s y n,e,s,aI, ndissoluble but vhsn hrs unma.
naced insanty drives him to sssa either my moral or
personal character shall then claim the privilege OF
defending both sgsnt the Interior motives (Which viii
always be suspected whilst Mem edits the Journal OF
the one and the Ethiopian subseryency Of the other
will therefore, pretent 70 the public, in detail one
or two points, which Men. e reply suggests
may here observe, that know something about the
position which MIR. McM. holds In the ONCE OF the
lressans Journal and my knowledge IL derived from
documentary evidence, he had better not push the
natter, between himself and the Jesuits, any fur.
Their certain mercantile firm, In New YORK,
which is perhaps even now, shaking from sgue in
rof,m will give him (snd he knows tbs address, ful
particulars But enough On this point
Ia the reply Of the 18th, the Journal says: in last
February We received an anonymous communication,
protesting 20 give impartial account Of the Cstho-
io Colleges IN the Northern aud Middle Statos, Asa
matter ~ fact, except St Mays wilmington II con-
tained only Mandatory description OF euoh ooueges
flor mAler) q were conducted by Jesultn lhis
positive language but II proves that NcMasters writes
reckesy aud alfey; fer In his letter, which ne mas
copied from th. Herald he says, every ceilege and
school You named we're Jesuit Institutions or what
T. nearly the thing, Of the ladies OF the Sacred
Heart 80 that In one paper, he admits that spoke
OF the excellent schools under the Of the Ladies
Of The Sacred Heart" and in his very next number
aefts that spoke only Of "Jesuit Institutions Tbs
Is lie No. !.
Again In HE characteristics recklessness, and bold
tmpudpnce he tells his readers In the very city TOO,
where am better known than ! sm In Asrlbro', that
that he was a schoo,msster in the neghborhood OF
GeorgotOsn. ID CO In every word OF this sentence
Ar. McMsster lies knowingly, and from nahes pre-
psn...n I that he did not ask any living
son ever told him that was schooma'ter In the
neghtorhood Of Georgetswn.' llls pitful object In
locating near Georgetown, was TO connect the Je-
suit College In that place With my Communication In
the Head. This is lie 30. . 49,.
In his reply, Mir Mem. copies what he " said oft
(the letter. two weeks sgo;' but his letter was
the same paper he meanly Quilts the portions OF his
editorial Of two weeks ago. TO which his letter would
give the lie direct II there be any truth In the maxim
"nItatssio rsti ea afuio Jaisi p msy count this |.
| Lie No g.
| BUTT 10 useless TO proceed further The unhappy
man cannot write the truth and IT, perhaps, entitled
rather to pity than TO censure.
| tits necesesry, however, to recur to bs charges
against Georgetown College. As oiu,rnus Of that
venerable Institution and believing rs do that the
jesuit system 81 education IL Justly entitled to the
high which IL has received from abler psns
than mine feel that have right to suggest to
the faculty Of Georgetown College the propriety of de-
| msndiug from Mir McNaster the proof OF charges
| soften Such demand might give the public view
behind the curtains which would, doubtless prove
| very interesting II. e. MCLAUGHLIN,
Principal Of Marlboro Academy snd Boarding School.