Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-11-21

above caption in the Daily News" Of
Saturday morning seems TO me 40 col.
culHted to crente erroneous impressions,
10 strengthen unjust and uniounded
prejudices md perhaps to inn the fame
of religious bipolry whirh am sure you
would lesre, to do, that | confd,nrly
hope you will with your accustomed
fairness allow me to state several points,
worthy Reconsideration in this matter.
!. The Pope hns merely exercised a
right which the appointing power of ev-
cry discerning denomination exercises
viz That OF making such appoint
,nents for the administration of the spir-
itual affairs OF those who profess the
same faith aa the laws of his church re-
quire and the neccssiiies Of the people
appear to demand. Are not Methodist
Conferences, Presbyterian Synods and
Ecclesiastical Conventions of every sect
in the constant habit OF doing this when
ever the interests Of their communion
requirc IT,
I'd. The Pope no more claims the
right to appoint Bishops for Protestanls
than you or DO. The English govern
mcnt may dispute his right 10 appoint
Catholic bishops as the laws Of the
Catholic church require--intcrested big
OTIS may applaud its interference, and the
ignorant and thoughtcss may for a
time be led TO Join in the outcry but 1t
will be difficult TO induce the libcrty-lov-
ing people Of the United States, and par
ticularly of the land Of Roger Williams,
to believe that il is right for every de-
nomination Of Christians to manage their
own church affairs rs 10 them shall seem
best while il is wrong for Catholics TO
do the same. No sir, we love to see
fair play and think sauce for the goose
is also sauce for the gander."
Sd. Should Protestants in England be
50 green as to support ihc government
in any attempt to put down Cdttolic dis
sent they must see plainly that the gov
ernment may, as in the days Of Charles
First, claim the right TO put down Pro-
tcstant dissent. And what reason can
they make to some future tory or intidel
ministry who shall thunder in their ears,
"You own that Catholics have no right
TO have bishops or make ecclesiastical
arrangements suitable to their wants, by
what right then do you claim similar lib
critics 1t is poor rule that wont
work both ways"
4th. But the Pope has committed
schism i? Tell me shades of Cranmcr
Martin Luther, John Knox and DR.. Dow
ling" whatiellowslrp is there between
Christ and BeIial ?" If after Protest
ants hive for three centuries been call
ing the Pope Antichrist, the man of sin.
and other choice names if after filling
the imagination ofthc people with high
wrought pictures of Rome rs the great
whore Of Babylon, the scarlet lady, the
mystery OF iniquity, if after shouting
through books, tracts ard scImors
"Comc out Of her my people that you
be not parlakers of her plaques" tell me
fit comes " III good grace from them
thus to talk compiainingly OF the Popc's
having committed schism What is
the matter that your children are COM
planning thus, any man of head must
see that there is something wrong here,
complaint Of schism-of the Pope separ-
ating from the fellowship of those who
regard him US Antichrist--of those who
read the BbleIwithout note or comment,
ercepting Patrick, Lowth, Phitby, Low
man, Adam Clark, Bloomfield, &c. &c
Surely there must be" something rotten
in Denmark"
5th {. The papal hricf is n virtual de-
nial of the Legitimate authority of the
British Sovereign"
Take notice American Protestan,s and
English dissenters. The Pope appoints
CdthOi bishops this is denial Of the
legitimate rights Of the British Sover
eign Who gave the British Sovcr
eign any more right to appoint Catholic
bishops, than to appoint Presbyterian,
Baptist, or Unitarian ministers ?
1t can be maintained only on the
ground that "thc establishment" is the
Catholic Church, and this Sove cign
the divineIy appointed head thereof.
How many Epscopalians dare commit
themselves to this 2 And who among
you believe i'll
9th. The brief also denies the leg
itimacy of the Anglican Episcopntc."
It bocs not deny to this Episcopaie the
validity which belongs TO it. 1t does
not deny that Anglican bishops are still
Anglican bishops having the same juris-
diction and rights over their protestant
focks that they had before. II does not
dream ofsuch II thing but it does deny
that these bishops are lawful ministers
Of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
And do they pretend to maintain this 2
Very few il any can be found who would