New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-03
New.lDork Daily @ibune.
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~ fLe sfe FESTIVAL NJ fie Meagbor Grenadiof
Iasrds at Jorsey Ciy, M Doheny being loDJly called
on. ro'o amid loud cheers and 'pokc f,llows;
Wien VA 10y, The fret sentiment learned 10 loye
was "dy and Religious Liberty" Il WA the sentiment.
a "Ci,il aud Religious Liberty Inspired my earliest
and frssL.st snthusiasm. When became a man. the
,sniinoni 81 Civil and Religious Iibery the main
sonIcc sm Which gashed tho springs d ay ngst mared
and .arras: eors A. grew old Il continued to engage
my de.pest aud most abiding socitnde u va The grand
AID n,iochlo cry II the iIsh NsJn during all my time
There was public iast'vai never oa11'sI sea,
o. tnal never even private re mon, NJ "ihch Eva
aud Religious Liberty no, the toast OF to1st liz
lrland Civil and Religious Liberty had 10 existence
naturally and justly, those who were deaei r.
in, oksa II ~ their deaIes, right CheerS Here i Is
denied to TO ore. Loud cheers Here IL IS the hrst
principle Of civil government Renewed eheersl caa-
not therefore ignore the toast cannot therei ann"
that the senme nj is not equally true, equally applicable
equally sacred with when the question Il, shah allow
t. others what strenuOusy Insisted on for myself
Renewed cheers. | cannot, on that account consent
that the civil government whatever It's character should
interfere with the free thoughts the free expression and
the free action If the human soul 10 all that concerns s
r,stion with God and its Own wen being hereafter Loud
ard coni rued cheerng.l We are told, on authority we
dare not doubt that God is Truth. We my add, on al
tbority equally conclusive, that God = Liberty In one
sense truth and liberty convertible forms aud neither
can BE- Teretct in the absence OF the other. Great ap
plause.
nave and heard urged lately ideas Of civil and re
rgious liberty strangely at variance with my own La
some instances the authority which they advanced
tibe. in others Il is OF such character 70
max US deeily ashamed. Civil aud religious liberty
saw those men does not include and cannot be extend
To tolerance of error for olarang error il doing
wrorg thing not contemplated in the highest sense OF
civil ard religious liberty This leads . the conclusion
that nothing 10 be tolerated but the fra aud tne g
and le "frtfk and the "Ttg, according 70 the notion
of the toeraor Liberty TO speak this truth anu do this
right argues prodigal literally the part Of the Gov
eTbmeEt that allows it, Liberty 10 me It appears not
liberty allowed but simple fullment of an imperative
obi gaton It's moreover, eradication to It's own most
cherished motives 1t ignores federation and REJECTS the
ord from the vocabulary Of Government 10 tolerate
YOU allow that OF which you do not approve Oner
wise the phrase il absurdiiy. Otherwise religious
Liberty is an empty The Of religious liberty
Is liberty TO profess to preach anu teach religion dier
eut from that Of the Government Of the STATE or the major
ity Ct IFS pecple. Loud cheers. sReiigious liberty IN
Fl gland would be TO admit tho Catholics % aperect equal
ity with the protes Religious liberty IN Naples
would be 10 admit the Professionals to perfect equay
with the Catholic To claim in the hrst instance and
refufe il in the second Illogical absurd and peposteous
such is exactly what is done in both Those VINO are
loudCst in invoking il, where they are proscroei are
stern. In rspudiang IT, where they are Prosecutors IL
il said however in connection with the Propositions AZ
which have glanced, we have no right to interfere IN
"Nsrles; we would be laughed at if we did No right
cbeeiiuy admit Interfering with the domestic nstu'
tons Of foreign people is emnently absurd But we
have right to form opinions and holding the opinion
III truth and Justice and the laws that govern them are
the same every where and that they always applicable
nmutabe and immortal are bound 10 express H. Us
false hood to conceal il; It's c0wardce 10 shrink rom IT,
Loud Cheersl BY doing either we deny our nature we
belle our convictions infringe the highest command
Do unto others as you would wish them to do by you
Long continued cheering
But again. said this precept does not admit OF dong
rl AT il wrong or prouRrating "unbeief BE II So but
WHO Is IN determine the wrong or the unbeiefF The
Protestant saws Caholicity is wrong is unruh, nay
damnable untruth The Catholic says Professionalism IS
wrong" is dire "untruth" Who is 10 decide why
The Catholic decides in his favor and the Protestant
in his own favor Nothing is easier but having mutually
decided in reference religious liberty they md them
selves lust where they began. lmmense spPlauSel
ia M sssumuton of being in the right that has been prayed
in aid for every species of intolerance from the days Oh
Nero to our own Upon this assumption has been based
the cured selhh cruel penal code of England not eT
ceeded in enormi'y by any other in the world Hang
the piest'-ths of its precepts You may eau
il d,nonac but hear the Bench of Bishops. No doubt
they answered, 81" il cruel law bloody and oarbarous
hut the we cannot tolerate the priests would be propl
gotfne error" transport Pspist scboolmaster rob
the Catholic Of his house. his land HE horse his rights
cent "Hafsh laws" they would admit but otherwise
we would be propsgsting error" All the while these
Bishops were the oudest decaimers for Civil aud reng
Gus liberty" They insisted il, their most cherished
most sacred most invioabe inheritance, guaranteed to
the m by the revolution When these barbarous and i'm
Iious enacmens yielded to the advance OF civilization
and the overwht lmng pressure OF public opinion, and
there II manned the Bishops deienscs OF their right
but parliament, the army, and the municipality louder
than did dhey cry out save those sacred rroes
tsp Institutions or woe to you for your propagation OF
error" Their lordshps were too Jealous to perceive
that by This reasoning they were reducing their religion 10
subservency on the narrow exciusyeness OF coruP'
corporation that they relying ffa, worldly agen
cy and abandoning the inherent vitality md abiding force
Of the inheritance they had in charge from God In the
town where lived there were, in population OF 0OOO
about twenty-five thirty Protestant families One OF
these the corporation and owned the town ITS prop
ety franchises and its representation The represent
was soq eve S ~ 70 the car Iouse They
had an ancient fiddler who belonged to the favored faith
He paid the debt Of nature, at last Notwithstanding the
law and nowhere could be found true n ne
nd sense Of harmony 10 be preceded by MINSTREL
that they were about to commit the nifty OF employing
a iapist performer
The Bishop Of the diocese denounced the nhdei corPo
ration for bus rrops ating error ard the corporation
were compelled 10 substitute their ocsgenaran Deman
for the more melOous operetor on ca gut "eh' even
this did rot save the corporation or inc Demah iheJ
ero gathered into narrower homes than their selhshness
had fashioned for themselves in life say not no" lar
their los was fatal the Protestant faith but 90 know
gentlemen Bishos that grain Of truth would be more
potent to sustain than all the appliances Of war and ter
ror BY land and than the sorddne-s OF Parliament anu
the corrupt e1cluziyeness OF the municipality lou denied
10 oh err The right you insisted Tor yourselves ana IN
nj denial yas the germ Of your doom. Your play was
heads win tails you lose " and why not you
cd the fright y Orthodoxy was your do1y aud heterO
doxy wa. every other bodys doXy Take heed gentlemen
that in thus deciding for yourselves aud acting on your
own decision, you were not witnesses Tor yourselves jury
snd Judge and finally. haIgman for yourselves Loud
cheers So ii Is wifi ali who initiate your example, aud
sssuedly they shall faie you have Jared lGreat anu
continued applaufeJ
Ny convictions that tie only security for fssons
II t. truth in the divinity OF it, source, VI Us purity IN Us
sb.oule ndepsndence Of State support and It's enfe ao
egation OF civ authority. But heartily ~ j condemn
Church and State unhoy and unnsural union, still
rore empL ally do condemn Church and Revelation
hen potca revolution assumes - rs pass OK a. al
object Of Its mission the overthrow the establishment or
the reformation of Church system Of faith, II - no
longer revolution but tyranny ltconavenes the highest
Irinctle OF liberty Ih.s has been the case with the
revolution aud the Italian revolution has been
failure or that fagrc must have been the a.
Tempt TO nj, up the religion and tho Government Italy
bias one grand rail-, ug cry IN the Identity OF her wn'la
,ole hr national history thc eternal inheritance OF her
i.i -. 81 her common warming Tor now reslgrac