New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-23
REPLY TO THE ABOVE LETTER.
From The Hartford Tine


Mr. Hughes charges us with giving " false, one
" sided statement Let The public judge whe her
bis own statements bear out his accusations He
claims that the BishOp did not shut the church doors
az aiDst the body Of Father Brady. That he. Priest
Hughes. had that matter solely under his contro; he
ALTO saws that he Prizes! Hughes, Is perfectly obed
cent TO bis Bishop" BY putting this and that to-
geiher the reader will discover the precise difference
between direct order from the Bishop and from
his "obedient" Priest. We do not, however look
upon the bubble Of much importance. The Bishop
st order BY tegroPh tAef Father Brady srenlaias
should not be 6uTied IN fL0st Of The CAHrct aud in
accordance with this order, the grave which was
opened on Friday, wac closed On Friday a,ght Ii
was dark deed, and required dark hour for ts con-
summation. On Saturday morning, IN defaHce Of the
Btshops orders this grave was opened by an iodig.
nnnt eople who loved aud respected the name of
their old pastor and Father Brady's remains were
deposited there. THIS, Mr.. Hughes, was a triumph
triumph Of the people over aharsh unjust uncalled
for cruef ediot OF the Bishop This, SIR, Is what
call triumph a great moral triumph over a religious
tyranDy the OF despOtc rule for il crashes and
Darrows the soul, which, in God klnd providence,
should be free to act that great monitor Con-
science which He has placed in every MAS breast,
shall dictate. Was it not, indeed, q triumph Let
your own common sense answer. AS to your Col
'legiae Instructions which you bosstingy aluds to,
we can only say that they must have been use, or
that the student dull If 10 take your pre-
cent badly constructed letter sample of it, faith
fulntss. 1t embraces neither good principles good
grammar good But let look at il again.
Mr.. Hughes dsEs We were the heAd oil nlly
appointed by God and authorized by natural and civil
law 10 govern whether should deem il right for
the children TO assume the mdstershp. In the foggy
sentence that follows, Mr. Hughes assumes that the
Bishop is the primary pa'tOr, TO whom both priests
and Jropie bound Obedience " in all things right
the Bishop, Of course and not the people. being
Judge TO the right He assumes too that the psO-
pie, impeled by passion, who buried Father Brady
in front of the church. unauth Drized body"
Had they received permission from tue Bishop then
they would have been an authorized body. Here is
the of the thing. The Bishop is made the mas
ier-be people his servants or slaves This is mons
trous doctrine, which can never be submitted 10 in
this country. Who supports the priests aud Bishop
The people. Who furnished money 20 builf 81.
Panicks Church The people. Where does the
money come from which buys the beef and the
claret which prests and Bishops use From the
people. Have the people, then, rights in the
management OF church affairs Shall their voices
he entirely silenced in everything pertaining to
and connected with the church,l Cannot they be
permitted even TO see that an old and much
speCted pastor shsll be buried decently, and that
his body shA not be kicked out Of the pale of his
church like a dog Shall they not have the cousos-
tiOn OF knowing that the bones Of their good pastor
shall be laid 10 the spot where be desired that they
should rest in his endless sleepi Ii not, then in
deed the peoples rights slim, while the Bishop is
master in the erueles, manner. No, SIR, God and
nature never ordained that the great OF people
mace in Gods own image should be weig bed down
suc humilia;ed by such tyranny, and I" civil law in
~ n.
Hughes asks question which we have answered as
TO the triumph in this case, we will ssk him to
show Us by what right he asserts tina. God hSs made
a Bishop master Of the people who feed and clOthe
him and bow be makes out that the natural law
places ore man as tyrant the very souls OF the
thousands wkO surround him and especially how he
can stand moment on the assertion that the civil
law sustans such humbugceiy and outrage His
bare assertion Is not enough with all his "cOl-
- leg late insiruc ion % Let US have the proof
Mr.. Hughes, near the close OF his latter makes an
assertion which, in regard 10 his good name he
,hould have omitted. He says it was through char.
" ity ans love for the deceased, and by his consent
only, that the remains we're carried back 10 receive
lie hoIOrs Of saceTdotal burial
The facts are that Mr. HugLes did not Intend TO open
be church. He hen tue Keys till the excited multi
nee had been reused 10 desperate point. Tgohsayy
imbers produced to break IN the doors AMI NJ
Hughes told that If be did not open them mmsdi.
,t,ly they would be broken in. lie az first refused
,ut So the last NON sDt, when the most urgent and
demands we're made upon hin, be sent !
ver the keys. He knows this. The body VS. taken /
n, but what must we say Of Mr.. Hughess charity |
and love for The deceased, on recording the fact
bat the Rev. Mr.. Brady Of hddletOwn was even then
OIced 10 to the audience that the decea sed
ould not have the Ordrery rites Of tho church, as
be sacred vestments, &c, were locked up Then /
Flowed sorro wfgl cry Of lamentGiion all over the
LuIch The body rds then taken ont Of tie church
n the excitement was running al dangerous pitch
4 en- The keys OF the inner room or closets we're
wen up, not in charity and love- but throu n fsar
lone. And when he bearers were returning with
ie bedy, priest stood upon the threshold Of the
hH.ea and directed them TO take him away aud ]