The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-31

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s owners might have disposed OF they thought pro.
per- On my second episcopal visitation, one or tive
me note soliciting me TO receive them for the purpose
Of interview In regard to its condition. informed
In reply sss rnsss .s
thus come back TO the starting point of their schism
an interview would be useless and could not DO grated
dcated in their note. They asked me to explain the
meaning Of certain passages In the extracts Of the Pas
To- 81 Ssy alleged as apology for
course up to that time that they unacquainted
with the value Of Englsh words, that NJ. WIN. B. L.
WAYS assured them that the bishop endeayorng to
get their church property IN srds. 70 give
! . the s.% n II sa'1 ssa they Z. s:
Pastoral Letter was correct Mr. L. cou;
that now they prepared to submit in all things to
the general discipline Of the diocess as set forth IN the
pastoral letter Their submission was ana "n
with them suffered them to argue with me. CON
grstusted them intmstpg at the same time that their
sea ndsl which, as good Christians they bound to
repair possible This they admitted and were
prepared to ask pardon Of God and o. tner aor
however open their church and preach in 1t on the
following day, which was Sunday replied that before
honorable to their fellow Catholics of the docess and Of
the world which they did in the afternoon papers BY
Of h s Ss
between the Bishop OF New York and the trustees o.
Louis church. new pastor was appointed and things
went on peacefully till the diocess was divided.
With the details Of the subsequent history OF this
controversy am unacquainted, but am quite per,
suaded that the trustees OF st. Louis church nave mao
little to complain Of their present jealous aud
devoted Bishop as they had to complain OF me.
Whether in view Of the foregoing facts the
do anything to relieve those gentlemen from the
laws Of the religious denomination 10 which they pro
fess TO belong II will remain for Mr. Putnam and his
colleagues to determine.
The petition states as follows, viz. =
The trustees sent one of their number VIM L. Gov.
teulx ESQ., Europe for the purpose of this
Bishop through the Intervention Cardinal Fornari the
PARIS e. de- II bis auao
to disturb the title to the church. and t members fondy
hoped that peace was permanently restored
Here Is strange tumble of fact and fiction II Is
quite true that Mr.. lie Conteulx went to Europe-t is
quite false that he succeeded in his mission. Bishop
in Paris after Mr. Lie q visit and the Nuncio
much alluded either to Mr. Le Couteux or TO the ST.
Lo.s Church in Buffalo Peace then was mot
for neither Bishop nor Cardinal nor Pope ever spoke
wrote to Bishop Hughes on the subject. But peace
restored In consequence Of the trustees having In
the interview above alluded to, voluntarily and uncondi
toDay submitted to the requirements OF the Pastoral
Letter. in Of their having expressed
for their scandaous conduct; and in consequence Of
their having promised if the Bishop would only grant
them Priest to conform thence forward in their admin
Such is the plain simple history Of facts involved in
the called controversy between the trustees OF St.
Louis Church and myself, up 10 the period when the
Diocess divided Let suppose that this state
ment Of facts is untrue incorrect in Of its parts
had correspondence but controversy with the
trustees had much conversation also especially with
their spokesman and defy him to show that in writing
in speech by any act or sign, have made the
proposition exhibited the DESIRE to meddls directly
or indirectly with the title of their church.
This true and simple, though hastily writ ten
statement, of the whole question between st. Louis
Church and the undersigned.
tJOHN, Archbishop of New York.