The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-16

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Jihcrtyn The attendance thin and did not consist
M the intellectual class II was in point OF numbers
and intelligence failure The applause was not epthu-
fiastc.
DR. BRowNsoS said he had been invited to give lee
lure for the Catholic Institute II was long time since
he had the pleasure Of addressing The citizens Of New
York which he considered nearly equal TO Boston
S1aughter) His subject Professionalism incom
patible with Liberty" One Of the principal charges
against the Catholic church, that she was an enc
my to liberty. 1t generally conceded that she
was amply sufficient for all the purposes Of saliva
aion-a good religion for the world but very
had for this. because she hostile to liberty He
dreamed Of answering the objection. Neverthe-
ess he considered il desirable IN not to show
that his church favorable TO liberty but to inquire
what the relations OF The religion bringing the OBJ
lection to liberty This objection was commonly brought
by Protestantism In his lecture hs object show
that Professionalism opposed TO intellectual religious
fu in demolition Tie did not mean TO say it was ncom-
patible with license Under the first head namely that
Protestantism inconsistent with intellectual liberty
he said that its boast that il broke the haldom
of spiritual despotism by the Reformation The
Ton alleged, that Professionalism emancpated the mind,
was that 1t allowed private judgment But this
not intellectual liberty, but collateral element.
When they said that Professionalism allowed free
q Inc ns Taa' Ga d nT uS sa not 6
1t from error as was evident from the multiplicity
creeds into which that church Is divided IL has erected
standard by which right and wrong truth aud error
may be determined Every Protestant confssscs that
liable 10 and that there criterion at all
irotestantifIn therefore, did not free from lie
might regard this freedom Of mind in another point of
proportion as II loses truth Irsth TO the mind
what food was to the body Professionalism. therefore
cannot give this freedom because it does give the
truth He held that there positive Protestant
doctrine for every of its doctrines both positive
and negative. Thus was Of the Protestant doctrine OF
alone" Man is justified by faith Catholic
doctrine and positive part Of the Protestant DOC
added by Luther in his translation. throws out good
works and is the negative part Of Professionalism lie
also oonended that Proestantism acknowledged il did
NOT give the truth and liable to error evident
by the principle Of free inquiry itself maintained by
that church Why this system of inquiry after truth
If she has got the truth He that hath seeleth not
On the contrary the Catholic church such
Acknowledgement She had truth and offered il to protes
tants Professionalism had the truth because she
Catholic church was unfayorabe Ito INQUIRY on The CON
Iary she not only allowed but commanded inquiry In
quire earnestly and Your condemnation that you 40
not enquire freely Professionalism Therefore acon
sistent with mental activity and lac could prove it hists-
really If time permitted III proportion men hai be-
come lrotestans they had sunk intellectually Hence the
old school considered in modern days as
having no sense because modern could not fahom
their depth Great laughter The Protestant writers OF
the day equal the Protestant writers of
theeformaon The whole argument OF the greatest cham
pion OF Professionalism was sophsm but the writer's
who followed him far inferior to him. Protestant
nm claimed support because IT religion of liberty
But he wanted TO distinguish between religious liberty
and infdel liberty. Religion was mans supreme
cern-that which should rule him ia all his actions and
al his circumstances All men equal, had
ism. by denying the nfaibly of the church subjects
the whole Of religion to human authority Proestans
bad only human law for faith ana conscience They said
they had the Bible but of that they had legal pos
session, and no authority from Almighty God TO ex-
pound it. They bad only their reason to ex-
pound it, which making it the OF man
The Protestant has therefore, only human authority
Tor his faith If you refer TO history you will that
IT has always been so In every Protestant State the
civic suthoty superior to the civil In Germany the
ihGe decides VIA, shali De Inc talth OF the subject
Not long since the King Of Prussia established liturgy
ior his subjects In England The Established Church is
the mere creation OF the Stite-mereiy human The
sovereign is ex ofiAo the supreme haas of the church
and the bishops derive all their authority from this
reign Because Catholics would not swear to this they
were long debarred OF all their civil rights When you
caAt off the authority OF the church there is other
authority but human authority Hence The difference of
A1cthodsts South. What ia mortal sin Oh one side of
the line is virtue on the other side. (Lalghter)
and Umtarians North and uhitaria.s South Thus
Professionalism is inconsistent with religious freedom
and that is deepotism 1t never va5 established
yet but by civil power Not only have efforts
The property of the church has been taken pro-
fessors martyred 1t has been 50 in Germany Sweden
able TO sustain itself but by persecution An1 this in
ascordance with the spirit Of Professionalism. You
relief bill was passed and the result that the
thoIic religion became strong ag,in Then il found
necessary to enact penn laws again under p-eteace OF
aggressions upon the Queen They not Temporal
they were, therefore spiritual asgressens Blu: whore
did the Queen get these spiritual prerlgatives Tire
mendous applause) The Catholic church in Ireland
has suffered severely from prosecutions Nor have the
Sthoics in this country been free from IT, In this city in
theeighteenth century man was hung because he
Catholic priest He had thus maintained that Profess
tantifm incompatible with religious and intellectual
Liberty, and no now proclaimed 1t nconsistant with
civil liberty 1t could not sustain your institutions
What is freedom II does not depend the form 0.
government We may have monarch;,a government,
and democratic government, without freedom There
il no government under which freedom unless it
hG hxed code OF laws In no government where mere
will if law is there freedom for arbitrary will il the
sence Of despotsm. Where the supremacy OF law
maintained, there liz no freedom Human laws to be
binding must be transcripts of the divine law But
Professionalism cannot do this It must 10 one OF two
things II must either subject mans faith to the
individual or to the Stateand ina oritv much
despotnm as an indidd1a- The higher law Is
PIE o. this Your distinguished Senator says i: Is the in
dvidual conscience that the higher law If this is 80
then every one may resist the government if there
II no government, there Is ne liberty You have only.
therefore, the choice between despotism anarchy and
your Professionalism has been swinging pendulum for
the last three hundred years between snchy depo
tian tremendous applause See low easily the Catho
lie gets this Where the State contravenes the law
q God he is free TO eohey it agrees with the Law of
God he bound to obey it, There only. therefore the
the state indivdualism proteauts have not estab
ished liberty here they only brought some portions Of
II here have destroyed il Every institution here
taa rs free was brought from England and inherited be-
fore the glorious reformation The common law
have inherited from old Catholic England and
also the independence Of the judiciary Trial by jury
ha5eas corpus all beoag to Catholic times and the Ca
tholio religion. When speak Of freedom in the
habit Of speaking Of political and religious freedom but
Iris IA not the real basis of liberty in the United States
Il is civil ibertythe independence THE judiciary In
every state in the Union attacks made this nde
pendence and the very spirit codied out OF the
-SmmOn law The judiciary destroyed by making
steiectiye and the elections carried by intrigue
Ind the ppelayiDg Of irresponsible committees Radi-
,aiism Of the worst kind introduced from Eunpe
ind secret associations instituted for the purpose of
tropagating this radcaiisn Kossuth at present the
nsgnnnimous iesdeI Of this radcaism. What the
Try had 70 dread rsdicasm and then military des
botsm 70 put radicalsm down The Maine liquor law
md wonan's rights, and other sms instances OF
the yertgos Of Professionalism Professionalism reversed
the order Of nature The shepherd did not take Of
the sheep, but the sheep OF the shepherd daughter
Protestant ministers, TO maintain themselves must be
dcmsgogues He himself was once Protestant minister,
Qsnghter) and thescfore he knew what he saying
wa utterly impossible TO maintain liberty on this
tinent by Professionalism II only by the Catholic
church II could be accomplished As patriot, then
well Catholic he would say let the Catholic church
prevail What had saved the country from being carried