New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-14
From The Irish American.
BROWNSON THE APOSTATE.
"Wi hou, hope from xeTcy's Al,
T the l.st a renegade"

"wis:q, g, here from. tss@ Ms''y'.d
Five years ago was my fortune misfortune, ~
meet this man. lie had but recently made his lac,
version and strange phenomenon Gl the conversion
present. The dregs Of nfdeiy blurred The and sce o;
lis newly adopted creed The gentle, genial, liberal aud
loving spirit If Christianity, became lncarnae n t.ie
hard heat OF tie soph,t with the Grabbed dosma- OF
c,Id materalsrr Nwoui seem IL The seed that was
ssvn in uppenial soil fell upon rocks harder than those
epiioped in the gospel and amid arcs AM 5rars more
choking and ilorny eed 'ome sisn, Pan' s'oS'SI'e'
the germs grew up crooked, sntr.ed, stated
asked my sell how il that any rational man coid
have confidence in h.n.
had rsher long experience Of apos,a,es the other
side knew Mortimer o Sullivan; | knew Mcneil
knew Ieahy; knew at least dozen apOsa;e priests.
never knew one who did not lie without scrupie-ha'e
without limit baspheme with blaekened tongue end be-
foul he faith he had ieft with disgusting yrulence.
This seems be the aposiates raie. 10 not nitatai
or rational in men; but in the apos.ae is inevitable
Reasop, any he have, must reject 4 a. damnaory oi
hinse but blind necessity grps at X as tue browning
mans straw Aposacy dsgraceul aud the stng ol The
rfamy felt amid the loudest vaporny of the brlwer
The bears the voice the spouer would fam silence
with empty noise. The louder he shouts the more aaOe
il becomes And what 70 him more agorilin- ne rec9g-
nzCs IN il but the echo of the public 'rn unghg IN LIS
heart of hearts ard Ths inward s;in ufes
HIN 10 hastily his shame By Rnging filth the principles
and faith in which he had lived. Hatred real or stnI-
lated, fires his intolerance, though that intolerance
embraces his former self.
This is rsriculsrv the case where religion into
politics an instrument Of police where egsisiors
make religion and stamp grace as genuine az certain nsea
prcmssory note And there It Is. in part excusaoie'
Where orthodoxy is gain need nor wonder hsI men
prefer the genuine article. II IS part. eScusaoc too
with ignorant fanatci-m which never having any exact
direction base or principle can, without much efor>t
come equally r.bi IN the opposite extreme bI. Tor Tue
learned editor Of The Qparieriy who has had turn al
ever, thing and believed many beliefs and sill
tolef-, who in fact sold infdeiity he now sells faith
there s no excuse, no paIiailon an ulre'e'hoh
apostgr,'and takes up the aposates trade with con
scous heart
can well believe in sincere conversion; can gader
stand the sounding depths Of conviction The divine insp'
ration Of faith which win impe man TO sacrifice fortune
incur risk cit the esteem of friends sever dear ts'
and dare public odium for the sake oi conesn oSore
The creation in his soul but such inan WI" re-
tire Jar yond tic crowd reach he VIII snu h'inei uP
with lis purified conscience, too deeply regre'u Tor tue
past and sereney joyful for hi. Pre,en g 20 3e
come the puppet penny show oraw his former h!th
in public horoughfares. Bat assureay the convert VINO
trades on tie new faith he traded the Old canno;
be sincere never He Whatever the ceeu ne et'e-
/ or joins. is truly an apos'ae.
Pity the heroes and sagcs Of the Revolution hal no. the
adv atages Of this slmy awCivers saguciiy lie could
have informed then that " the true policy OF Repuehc
would be the very opposite to the one they adopted Ihc
did Rot oresee They wanted sagacity Wan.on iIoeier
They did foresee They framed the Constitution TO meet
tb- very great influx They invited it, They pledged to
the guarantee Of tie Constitution itself pledge which
he would violate. He brands them not alone as false
but fools: Was this needed lie berays and bess
the Irsh. He befouls and betrays Caihohcy Must he
bre athe his Iestilent breath on the lustrous deal
There il no discussing proposition innde
in the face of distinct fsctsthe provisions OF the Const-
! tuition itsof There they stand psin males
tic bcre nde-ructibe immortal Notwithstanding the
accommodation Of The QHartey!y The reviewer admit.
that they guarantee TO the foreigner the brherhood OF
American citizenship guarantee which In hs Harrownes
of heart he would abrogate.
Ihave more to say ON this branch Of the subject butt
here proceed show that the reviewers zeal or repaou
csnsin hypocritical and lying lie mus dcourses VI
his country whose greatness ne oeis-wh"e
name he blackens, in the breath that seems TO
laud il:
..fyv. bsen nj init
slwsy. viii be- country We love aud reverence her
moth, s"a P, e soaS, ;. AZ. s source Of
ho~ the grand and fertns current American
Hs ,,,o,m.r,,s o.o,. are .r.uneA uneon promising
repaSie.n. prefer ths naturally ,sa sober
their n ss. .5S TSy ss 40:
loyal but oy. to law and 10 oPs % .od uHias tSs
sy smsd utopia they asn, ~ .a,hoS and b
sS.. aS Of 70 G s':Sf % ..' 10 ii ss- did .ca
.sss .nd ,o.d ss ,ss .nS sos. s.s osJpps pas@
This man. forsoothi is an "Ango-Ameriean,
saunch, brave sober, loyal Americpn yet IN ms PRE-
sent terrar he whmpers Ike beaten houna' hs no.
been ba inc IN his kennel loud and long enough; and no"
he cks the lash There spell IN American sou or a'
10 prevent the birth and growth of sborons Oh
who alien to all the noble sentiments IN "nen ,ne
country is so rich. Let what the great Anglo
American" the loyal republican, who Loves ms
country next hi God had to say of that country JUST
three months ago;
In real wslbeins the rehrenen Of NE n as esIsi o
O he hhsI sy.On q IN S s G... Catholic 81 ..s
yrtus .nG s.fps pD a. su1 T pa.trT Our Literature
for the %s'' ps s.asU ss n.sa wa
sbr.e Of Austria respectable library OF anvefsy
h eountry d liberty boast merely the ieer,y OF me
mob o u flesscs
T. no pppe earth that has less Of moral and nea n
a.,.nderce OF less individual freedom aud pnzllaess
are the sssscisfons esGra..s sne
vl opinion and t4natss aad y.as ee-fe
prsseher' ne~,Pspen .nd dsn.sosse. .s A.. ,,ru- una.
be here, sad speas sna st ns
conscious his individually orJ tie expense O
PsIiah, an oufeast' - =, NJ,
Is this true. Oh mighty "Anglo-saIOn = Have all thy
MOBILES come TO nnepvnce Is this the country thou lowest
next to thy God with its press established oy Anglo
Americans the production Of that noble ana wise
Inoder ation ''' pubic HnlSdAee -its scnoos ne1t
10 nothing very schools that are the great boas' Of
thy wise moderate, loyal Angio-Saxo0s inese
schools cannot be named with the schools OF Austa
thou who taket unto thysef the delegated wrath OF God
are these the people the pure stock, that TO-DAY prefer
death to slavery the same men who three mon,ns aso
had ess Of moral and mental independence ana less "
" dividusl freedom than any people on earth
here take up my second proposition which =
The doctrines which undertake 10 show are a.se ID'
unCaiholic, provoked, adnf justly pfo'oAo"' ' r
ent American hostility. =. -.,.to. ~
TEe OrarerIv FOR April ls53 contained sI articles OF
q religo-poliicsl character make one pr,si qeoa.i
from the iirst, which qusinty headed Inc 'PH'"
/" for the Temporal" - :. a..,s,.
Fuhsrnore . religion solely an .oss,s%ol r. % 4. her
prsper religion government reison . "a az
church krsde power, and such ast ass. -, - ersr
sIciss her sa;lo MY Supreme eniet ins s1-N''
csed over Sfa;es vel a. Ircivd1<a
The ain OF The hole six articles vas 70 snow .s nc
S.as must sapmi. TO the Ckxrck N al .niies, anu M
Church must sutu. 70 the Pope. Id pian IAAf "
the e,esrss; and most anm.sta able :e.rLs -
insisted that II ia Pope dTecsed y. ~ ~ ~ - s5