New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND TIE
TRIBUNE.
From The Freemons formal.


The Ngw- YORK TRIBUNE is once more doleful OMAN
old themethat the Catholic Bshops and Clergy do ot
resolve themselves into the officers Of of Carsos
League, fcr suPpresslns the use ana sale OF srng
complaint from THg TRiBUsE some years ago, but at
present it willing to compro mise It does not askhe
clergy join with Catholic organizations but in ter
own ay TO concert for fofbdding the manuac-
ture, sale, and Of strong drinks by Catholics.
"Tbe censure Of The TRIBUNE is bestowed uponthe
Catholic Clergy for not using their authority ascnd
0ney TO restrain and keep Catholics from dealing in in
toxcstDg beverages The call upon them very dstiRty
for their ruling in,ence to command their hocks n:hn
matter And here have to be astoDlshd at
The TRIBUNE. 1t the paper that last fall exclaimed
against the assertion Of temporal power in the Archbishop
of NewYork when that Prelate, foreseeDg the couse
likely to be by the street preachers pointed on to
biz flock the line Of conduct they ought pursue in te
circumstances 'THE TRIBUNE cried out against the Arb
bsbop for telling his people TO keep away from plTes
where their presence would be likely to lead 10 bresn
Of the peace. He taking into bis episcopal hads
the preservation Of the peace Of the CITY But now Hs
TRIBUNE calls him virtually TO pass laws prohbitor,d
a certain traffic And what is stranger yet, the chd
editor of THE TRIBUNE, if we are not much mistakes,
the writer Of both theee contradictory articles.
"We must suppose Tx TRIBUNE to have reconsidasd
its hasy opinion Of last fall and that it ADMITS s!ne
right ard duty the Archbishop TO raise his voice OF auof
y and Of counsel in certain egeDcles OF social or pu)ne
affairs We give joy of sconyersion, but we mastosg
it understand that the law of the Churchon whichtns
authority of >hops is based-is not arbitrary, buset-
tied and defined In the first place the law Of the Shrcn
is one poor and for rich The Church cannot dsGimr
mate by giving permission to the rich 10 drink brandy@s
chilling glass at the ST. Nicholas and orbldng the poor
man his glass of beer at three cents in an humble
In the next place the Church aud she does fron
drunkenness alike in the palace and in the shany hex
clergy sitting in the sacred tribunal Of Confession can
forbid eve the Of intoxicating drinks to every man
who proves BY HE deeds that such drnk lead him 10 es
or TO excess Again the Church and she does fofna
the selling of liquor those who ought not to drak ons
has other checks and limitations that not ousi9ss
10 state here. But due regard had TO all the conditions
required how Bishop Priest forbid man who oe.
4 Al. l.o.x nab Anlu uQl
but beneficial 70 him. from taking bis glass at dinner
mo doubt there drunkenness in this couGtry sad
great crimes grow out OF it. But who has told Isk
TRIBUNE that the Catholic clergy are indifferent to "
more than 10 the other moral Tat siict our bcd
polite There are vSst many other evils as crying
drunkenness. and producing as drefal results There
the delnge of bed books, aud especially bad papers
what the body TO drink it object TO the sane ~
hority when 10 regulate the sources whence ps
mind tc ts:usge liz thirs On the whole, we woai "