New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-24
NJ. r<,s, '; "a the Venerable Aeraee Greeisy
80 A

Prem The lfu1ef& kn@fiiif'
c,a You have continued 10 manifest,
n, sene time past, great desire TO kho" my
spuioBs on certain questions OF "A1cn h@'o
.an nothing whilst you max fest g'ea' oissa'-
isfsction with e.nain o'htr Opinions "niCh
Nave erpressed or which have been inpu'eo 70
ne Hence ! have bat little hope that your
csbIons ard mine are hks'y :" De iouno cunt
si<ert lido not take you 70 task for the opinions
~h,ca &c o publish. nor am prepared 70 admit yoli
usbt TO abridge the liberty or interfere with the eA
psession of mine. And, yei If unders;and you'yo
nav, made the a,temp, TO do so in the conciudlnS
stsience Of your article Of THURSDAY 'aO' a1 o,'r
which YOU PRO lain tha, ait isa SAD d&y ioi ou'
-, -, o,.late 30 able and poweTini as
A.hn,sho, IS heard Installing INTO he minus
~. aoes ostrust Of and aversion to secular 'ooi
-, ecbooleY mother words, 1t a sd1 oay 'o' oui
-. ,.heu Archbishop HUGnEs does not agree ID
.o;n,on with Hon. HORACE GREELtY.
D., ,oe. sir. 10 indicate the extent to which
..s,.e, opipon, whether public or private II II Is
..,a,ossd of conclusions legitimately deduceo ron
taxts which are certain, bow with reverence 70 IL
authority Il il be deductions from facts "nIoh aie
assumed on PROBABILITY, aDd which cannon De as
pfoyed. take u for what Il IS "orth pu. l. Is 40
suthortv for me II know II 10 be founded, lOI on
Sacs hui on failacies and faiseiO0ds then 10 nOl
honor II with the name Of p1bllc or private opinion,
tut rank 1t under the head OF ignorance pIeJnics
and rgesumptlOn. All the votes OF MANKIND, all the
newsnaners ON earth, cannot change false lhtO True,
poy true into false. Hence therefore, neiiheI your
cp,niobs nor mine can have any worm except III 80
lsr az they are deduced from facts.
Now the basis Of opinion IS not the same IN yV,H
mind As il is in nine. ] am "A Catholic, ana the
truths OF my religion are TO me ldcts IRON niiSbi
draw nv deductions. You, on the otner mana, nave
the disbelief OF the Catholic religion as one great
element in the groundwork Of your opinions mere
q no great probability therefore thas our Opinions,
respectively, Will be found 10 haIn0zs Mn MN, ne
other And, yet, trust no great oyii viii oeIai '.e
country even If should have the misfortune "
differ with you IN my opinion. a.. -.
gtiII YOU have exhibited great curiosity 70 KNOW
what think on certain questions, 9u;Inng cl'A
and religious liberty, and especially, IN No4ie'
Have patience with me, then, while lay theh oe-
fore YOU, as briefly as possible. "
+ As regards myselL claim 70 be "A friend oil civil
and religious liberty, in sense more Just ana p1e [
that is in my opinion Of coufse-ihaa any "u'ch
you are in the habit OF attaching to those "oIes
God is the author OF truth The Devil IL the father
Of hes am not sure that you believe III tae exis-
fence OF Devil but certainly you cannot deny the
existence OF falsehOod Now, IN my OPINION; your
system OF religious liberty goes to pu. Goa ana tae
Devil truth and falsehood, Oh the same leVe.' gu
hold IL as religious right no less sacred 70 deh'
God, II imam thinks proper, than to w0rshpnm anu
hence fDbu imp hctlv DENY to God himself the right
70 iIVose on the obligation OF worship 10Y tltt
would take away the freedom OF his rl5htto DC an
Atbiest.
H. deny, with the Catholic Church, any nigh. OF
one man, by physical coercion, to compel the con-
science of another man. Hence, therefore, anop-
posed To all penal laws having the coercion OF con
science for their object. In countries which are
already divided and broken up into religious sects,
mutual federation, kindness and good WILL IN All the
civil and social relations of life constitute at once,
IN my opinion the duties and the rights OF all bul
/ am not that Protestant State, such as
Sweden, is bound. by way of granting religious
liberty, TO place Atheism OIL the same footing as Lu-
theranism. Neither am | OF oplnon that the
Sovereign Pontif, whose subJectsare entirely Catho-
hc and United in belief is bound 10 'hro" ms states
open Sf she o. ea OF OF ,be
Church on Earth. he is bound To preserve the teVe-
lation which has Christ for It's Author. To encour-
age opposition To that Religion would be TO take
SIDES with the father of lies and am sure SIR that
you would hardly expect the Pope TO go 20 far. Be
sides, as Temporal Prince he knows the horrors
Of civil war which have desosted other countries,
sprDging out OF the ambitions of religious sects each
struggling for political ascendancy the state Bat
besides all tins, he knows that 1t is idndamenlai
article Of the Protestant Religion 10 believe that he
is Antichrst. Liberty OF conscience therefore, IN
your sense, would require that the Pope should be-
come directly aparty 10 the Introduction OF every
species of error and impieiy, and the overthrow OF
Als own authority both as Temporal Pnnce and
Sovereign POntiH.
Ill. Bu, you say that, inasmuoh religious free
dom IN your sense Is allowed u Catholics m PROBES
tant countries, the Pope ought 10 reciprocate oy
throwing the pon,he,ai States open ~ an sccts OF
believers and unbelovefs. | viii first observe that
there are Protestant States in which the Catholic
religion is not tolerated al all that IN most OF the
others II is barely tolerated whilst It's professions,
20 far as depends on the government, are depressed
and degraded thai in no country pretending u he
Protestant exceptthe United states are they placed
on an equal footlrg with their Protestant Fellow
eountTymen whilst "a several Catholic countries
ssch as France, Belgium and Bavaria, ProieslaDts
are placed, practically well as theoretically, on
perfect poti al equality Win Catholics may tuI
ther add, that the federation OF Cathocs In PIotest
ant States has not been gratuitous concession OF
Protestant lberd1ty. When ProteStantlSm began
IN these countries the Catholics we're IN possession
SHlfes and civil wars followed and Il t1elr close
succeeded A leyOl.nDu
ing the other. What could be more natural or more
accessory than 70 tolerate by compromise those
whom II had been found impossible to roo; ont
deny, therefore, that yOu an presen, single Fro
tesiani State which could DC a model for the Popa's
imitation Ia the premises In all Protestant States
Catholics are tolerated by necessity and evea
under the Law OF necessity, the tOerauon l. gfudg-
mgly and spltefully EXTENDED. Witness the recent
enactment in England, which hypocuncaly pro
fesses TO maintain religious as well as ci'i liberty
In tins country, deny that Catholics are tolerated
They enjoy their nights with their fellow citizens,
under the Constitution. the tamers OF which dlsa-
vowed all authority TO tolerate OF prohibit any form
OF The Christian religion.
~. For these reasons your argumen, fails in the
comparison between the broken-up condition OF
Protestant States With Catholic subjects, and the
united condition of the people IN the Pontihral
States IN which there are no Protestants, except
strangers, who visit Rome iog their pleasure. and
who have there every facility of exercising their re-
ug'eus rights, save the privilege OF preaching inSuT
Seeton. ! would deem II, therefore, great impro-
pIety, and great impcrtnence. 10 NEEDLE with the
UoNefnthl OF inc fontlncat states, l0>t as would
resent with becoming indignation the mtermedlling
Of any subject Of the Ponuhcal States with the free
dom and sovereignty OF Gun own Government. In
these statements you have my oplnon IN regard Ia
civil and religious liberty both at home and elSs-
where.
v. You have taken what consider the unwarrAnt-
able liberty OF throwing personal suspicion on my
sincerity and loyalty a Republican. and a citizen
OF these tnned States. | will not StOOp 10 argue
that question with you. IL Is question not to be
settled. voluntary exile IN early life from the land
OF my nativity, the nrsi honor that was conferred
upon me, was the right OF freedom and citizenship
IN the United States. No word or action OF my life
has ever dimmed, OF shall ever tarnSh. that honor.
No dignity IN the Church has ever diminished It's
value IN my estimation and ne further honor, even
onsred could be accepted by me conditions
that would ,iilate my obligations H. my country,
dlnlnish my hight as one OF her cazeas. Ii Is tue
have not preached Red Repuolcanism IN Europe,