New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-08
Archbishop Hughes and his late Sermon.

To the Editor o. Ihc ITV""''
Sir. Ia reading attentlvely your com
nentsry on the sermon OF the Archbishop OF
%ew.york. his reply and your reJolnder, only
."ns,,l,ed one feelng-namely, curiosity. Nor
sbould now interfere-believing that tho dis
cussion has been conducted on both sides III such
4. teoner as to afford a chance to the truth-but
that Won seem to have forgotten two very con-
elusive reasons against the argument OF your
opponent n.:0.. p.o,,,hon~ van
IN a very great extent admit that his book is not
defenshle. and tina, 1t contains some proof OF the
Archbishops charges
You scarcely would have done this, # you had
ever read the book As to your adversary, he
most clearly never read a word of IT except the
title nor did he read that either, except where
il was quoted 10y some one as ignorant OF 1t as
himself
challenge YOU, as well as the Archbishop and
every one else, to produce out OF Proudhon 5
book although entitled "La pToprteh c'cSt IL uol
ono sentence or one sentiment, or even one word
mstilyng or suggc sting. or directly or indirectly
recommending robbery. or cOnilscatl0n, or anaf-
civ. or Injustice tested according TO Christian
morality. The whole tendency of the book is IN
the opposite direction
Sernndly.-The Archbishop 0or assume the
letter in this DAYS Tribune is hls) uS.liieS the
pated Ia Ireland, on two grounds.
He saws that even consistently with ms rea
soplnp as 10 the rest al Europe the revolt OF Ire
land would be lustihablo on the sole ground that
the tyranny of England is and always has been
utterly lntolerable But he adds, that If he had
been actually cOgnlsan of the weakness OF Ire
land, and her entire inadequacy to the task she
had undertaken, he would have regarded 1t as
criminal insanity to encourage or take part IN
her efforts
With this reasoning DO no, wish to NEEDLE.
Il NAV or il may not be lust and 1t admits OF
many notifications But unfortunately. he adds
by way OF further proof, that he gave the money
not TO assassns, but 70 men facing their OppreS
sors in the field, which he believed to he the
case from the i0rgcnes or iabncallon> OF In
Tribune
Now 1t 50 happened that there was published
m The Tribune a letter received III the office OF
that paper from Europe. as was alleged at the
time and since by Mr. Robinson, which gave an
account of battle fought at Sleeve-na mon and
lhls information was false and fabricated There
was no further or other msreport or mlsrepre
enta,on OF any kind IN The Tribune. And II so
occurred that this letter was not published until
at least one week after Doctor Hughes had Of
tered hye hundred dollars 20 buy a shield for Ire
and. BY what species of logic IL succeeded IN
influencing the Archbishop, some seven days
Deore II had existence, he can possibly explain.
certainly cannot A REPrRiICAN
Nes-iork July 9, 1851
As TO Proudhon, we were well aware of
the Archbishop's mistake, but having pre-
vlously stated at length the real meaning of
that writer, did not think it necessary now
expose the blunder of his reverend as
sai'ant, especially as the question was col
lateral one And as TO Ireland, it struck us
mat our correspondent who defended His
Trace was altogether toe lame on that head
@requlre any response. Ed. TriJ.