Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-06-30

man whom We think Is unnecessarily a
larmed in regard TO the matter about
which he writcs -
Spirit OF the RSniish Press I'm
the United states.
From the "Rdmbier'' X. c. newspaper.
Religious liberty. in the sense Of
liberty possessed by every iran TO
choose his religion, is one OF the most
wicked de.usions ever ioisted upon this
age by the father Of all deceit The
very name Of L6nfy-except IN the
sense Of a permission Ia do certain de-
6ni,e acts-ousM to be banished from
fhs domain Of rshriOn 1t
is neither more nor less than falsehood.
No man has a right 10 choose his rellg-
ION. None but an atheist
eau uphold the principles Of religious
liberty. Shall | therefore
fall in with this abominablc deluslon q!
Shall | e ster that dainnablc doctrine,
that Socinianism, aud Calvinl.m, aud
Ang. .icorism. and Judaism are not ev-
cry one of them mortal sins, like mur-
der and Uiuhry? Shall h Id out
hopes to my erring Protestant brother,
that will not meddle with his creed if
he will no, medde with nine 7 Shall
ltelnpt him to forget that he has no
more right to his religious uiers than
he has to my purse, TO my House, or to
my life biood ! No. Cath.icisns is
the most intoierant Of ereeds. 1t is
intolerance itself, Tor. it is truth itself.
We might as nationally maintain that
sane man has right to believe that
two and Two do not make four as this
theory of religious liberty. Its lmpie-
~ is only equalled by its absurdl,y."-
(Ths IS endorsed in full by the "rree-
maus Journal"
From The Shepherd Of tn Valley"
published at ST, Louis under sanction
o:,he Roman Catholic Bish p.
The Church, we admit, is Of ne
crssity in,olerant /; that is, she does ev-
erythlng ia her power to check, as ef-
fectually as clrcum tGnces vii admit,
The progress of crime and error; Her
intolerance follows necessarily from her
claim t" infalibiity she alone has
the right to be intoIeIan,, fIeresy she
inserts lR her catalogue OF mortal sins,
she eRdures it when and where she
must but she hates it, and directs all
her energy to effect its dcSiruc,cn.-
IF the Catholics ever gain, which the,
surely viii do, though at dstan, day,
an immense numerical majority, rellg-
ious freedom in this country is at an
end. So say our enemies. So we be-
lieye."
1--WE gain nothing by declaring so
earnestly against the doctrine of the
civil punishment Of spiritual crime"
Our enemies Will not believe that we
are better than cur church, and-for
her-her history is before them they
know what she sanctioned during the
middle ages, what she did then, and
does now where she can they knew
TOO, what they would do, were tney in
power they Judge Us by themselves
They can reason besides, and when we
say 1.-TWO and two," they will add,
".nake four" whatever we can do to
stop them. Heresy is mortal sin,
Kills the soul, sends the en:ire man,
body and soul, to he'll it is, besides,
contagious disease, and affects the
interest of unborn millions. Christian
Kings, believing this, "wiIl crush it in
the she'll" Christian States, knowing
this, will drive it from their bodies
when they can"
I'VE will s,y, however, that we are
not in lavor Of roasting heretlcs, and
that, if tbs sort Of work is 10 be re-
vived though in our miserable times it
IS quite impossible, since men have no
belief which they care TO propagate or
for which they dare endure" perse.
cutlon is to be renewed, we should
rather be its victims than its agents ;
but we are not, therefore, going to de-
ny the facts Of history, or to blame the
saints of God or tie pastors Of the
Church for what they have done and
sanctioned. We say that temporal pun
ishment Of heresy is a mere question
Of expediency )" that Protestants do
not persecute us here, simply because
they have not the power and that
where we abstain from prosecuting
them, they are well aware that it is
merely because we cannot do so, or
think that by doing so we should in
jure the cause that we wish TO serve"
From the "Freeman's journal" Bsh-
op Hughes especial organ
IL would conclude by observing
that il is easy to show that, while the
Catholic Government Of the entirely
CItholic community is not bound, in
order to BE- consistent to It's principles,
to tolerate any other religious teach
ing, the Protestant State, though hav-
ing no Catholics established in its
realms, could not without denying the
essential principles Of protestantsm,
oppose the introduction Of Cathoicity
or any other religion"
Brownson's Review, published at
Boston and endorsed by two ex-Arch-
bishops and twenty-three I Bishops Of
the Church of Rome thus defines their
position ia relation to religious free
dom: