New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
TIE CATHOLICS ON PERSECUTION.

CATHOLIC COLLEGE"
To q ssr Of TIE " " Tri1sse
sn. avail mysef Of the opportunity you offer
10 any one to reply to the article under the above
ese,iop, which appeared in THE TRIBUNE Of the
18th inst.
IShall endeavor TO be brief
Fra: The Professor denies that it is the doctrine
or practice Of the Catholic Church (by which he
mesps the P5psh Church that faith is not to be kept
vth beretcs, that she is intoerant unprogressve,
and himical to liberty;
He asserts that lie is looked upon by every en-
Ish sped Catholic mortal Gin, deserving everlast
ing 6ames;
admits that the Pope is supreme above all the govern
negts and nations Of the earth but in no other light
thsfSt spiritual one.
Inrepard to the first proposition assert that the
Popih Church is inolerant unprogressve, inmical TO
Ijkerty and keeps faith with beretics. First her
verv assumption of inaibty Of necessity makes her
.intclersnt. Her arrogant claim OF supremacy above
ali he governments and nations Of the earth in things
spirit l. must also OF necessity make her intOerant
In relation to this however, shall look for author
ity of higher order and more conclusive than the
;cse Dirt of the Professor in Catholic college Let
1s therefore, first open their own inialble khemsh
Testament. Here we read that " the blood oi ner-
s Is not called the blood of saints, no more than
tue blood of thieves man killers and other maeiac
tors Tor the shedding OF which, by order OF Justce,
ono commonwealth shall sufer."-( Rhem. Test An
not rpon Rev. xvii, g.
.Experience teaches" says Cardinal BeaTmine,
there is ~ other remedy for the evil but 10 put
'beretics to death; for the Church proceeded gr"u
..ally and tried every remedy At first she mereiy eA
communicated them; aerward she added nn, . -
she bsnished them; and finally she was cois i -;
sput them 70 death II Beff@Tm' "e N"''''' ~ 10y
Then comes the Decree of the General Council OF
Lateran on the subject which, at once @ stamps thc
d.ctfme with the Seal of Infaabiy. The Decree
s,ii.u Lott
pel,d if necessary, to oTterminae to their utmost
"power all heretics denoted by the Church, Gen.
Corn. T. t. 4. ID. l2l5 -
tor 4 commands the putting of heretics to death
r., sc sanctions have been gratiiied, and these
Commands obeyed, the pages OF history stained WIN
the blood Of the martyrs, tearfuy portray AS is
claine ed 10 be the IDalliable and the UDchangeabe
Church what, then, will be our destiny should that
Infallibity ever prcdomnate in this country! Here
tics denoted by tbat Church would, perhaps, never
sgain be publicly burnt TO death; not for want OF wl
but because even the secular powe" low begin to hate
the monstrosy of such sangunary intolerance, or as
the Scripture expresses it, the " ten horns the KING
doms OF the earth shall hate the Whore, and make
"her desolate." (Rev. xvii, 49,
To be convinced that the Poplsh church Is unpro-
gressve or at least unprOgressive in good, we nave
only to visit those countries where POpery prevails,
and where there but few Protestants 10 be found
Look at Cuba for instance, or MEXICO, or South Amer
lea! 4 more ignorant, degraded, superstitiOus ana
vicious race are not to be found at least among nations
claiming to be civilized. For proof, refer to every
tourist who has visited those paris OF the world ana
'pubAshe an account OF his travels.
In regard to lying, let read what SAINT Ligor says
on the subject in his work entitled, "IIIE MORAL li-
" OLoGY OF THE ILLUsTRIoUs AND MosT REVEREND
I" LoRD>ALPHONsUs DE LIGOIIo. lie was eh
rolled among the Saints as the title OF ms doom oc
cares by Pope Plus VlI on the l5th OF oePtenloer,
Ia the year lclG and bis book was declared 10 De
a. sound, aud according to God" (s""a Gc see"nd"m
Deam.) ..., ....
ston where there is good reason, ana equvocatoh
"tselii lawful is not wrong. ana IL person soears
out good reason, is not to be eoas'dered per-
;uyu: since in one sense of the word, and accord
ing TO mental restriction, he swcars what Is true.
THUS also If any one IL intcrrogafea IN resaru 10
ANYTHING that it is expedient to conceal, he can an.
"swer. II sag No; that is, sag or utter the ioord
Mo- Igor. lib. iii, Ii. 1872
IA cuprit Witness" continues the SAINT,
"who is interrOgated by Judge, unlawfully can
"swear that he is ignorant Of crime, which, IN truth,
"he knows."-( Igor. lib. iii. n. l54.)
The Saint asks the question: Can an aduterer,
"who s questioned by the wOmans husband, deny that
"he committed adultery with his wife l answer ne
the matrimonial tie, which, in fact, is true And.lf
he has sacramenally confessed the adultery, he can
answer, Il am innocent Of this crime because oy
confession it has been pardOned and removed. =
Higor. lib. iii. II. 1921
by the command of his MASTER say that his mas
ter Is mot at home' 1t is admitted" says he, "by
card that he can strike his feet against stone, and
answer ko is not here. But to this, says the SAINT,
81 do not agree, if the one who asks the question
could by nd means notice this-l would rather grant
tbat the servant could answer, he is not here that
els he is not in this door, at this wndow-he is
mot here so far as to be seen !!"-(L Igor Id. 10.
u. 1861
.'h il lawful" asks the Saint, to swear TO any
"thing false by adding in whisper, circumstance
"that s truel Some dynes say is and their reason
is because in order that assertion be true, 1t is
"suicient that there be an outward accordance with
"ihe mind whether this concordance he expressed by
"siens, or by whisper, which may so happen that the
Oher may not hear it, But il is better 10 say that 1t
"iawful if these signs this whisper could ny any
"reans be perceived by the other although his
do not perceive them" (Ligor., lib. ill.,, H. 16S)
Lastly, in regard to whether the Pope's supremacy
over all the governments and nations OF the earth,
(as 10 admitted by the Proessor) is to be considered
in DO other light than a spiritual one.
To elucidate this point, we shall have To consider
what the lnquiston is,-who established it, and for
what purpose.
Popish devotees are made to believe, and Protest
ants too are told and again. that tue ln-
QUESTION was not established by the Catholic Church,
ard that therefore the Church is not accountable for
any Of its acts, be they hat they may. We shall
now, again, quote from Ligo..:
Pope Paul ILL.," says the Saint, established the
general lnquisition at Rome, in the year l5i2, by
"lis Bull "a, commencing with the words Licef ab
"'isitio'" (Lig0r. De Prohb. Lbro p. 23-. "Ia
"&he General Congregation" continues the Saint,
cot .he holy Roman and Universal InqGsition, held
I'm the Apoaolioal QurinaI Palaee, before our MOST
"noIy LORD, Lord Benedict, by Divine Providence
"ths iourtecnth Pope, and before the most eminent
snd most serene doctors, the Cardinals of the Holy
Roman Church, specially depated by the holy ipos-
aea|a Sec, Geaerai Iaqasstors against herc,ical