Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-25

When did he become exalted as "a patriot" in
your eyes, and admired as "the refined and ac-
complished French Marquis, and lauded as the
" Catholic hero y Why have you delayed so long
in quoting him as one Of your adherenisi
did you prudcntly wait until the Catholic hero
had been dead tpeaty gears, that you might incur
the less rick of contradiction =" Is Il that pres
tige Of his name on American minds night just now
be of advantage in the schemes for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
now 80 rife with your corporation, II Il could be
shown that he was Catholic in your contracted
sense of that termy Did you hope to blot out
from our remembrance your former yihcations Of
his good name; your expressions Of deep hatred
and adherence Of his character; and your inyoca.
tons upon him Of bloody expiation of the crime
of opposition 10 you? How has he been esteemed
by your corporation for more than sixty years
The Archbishop Of Sens, who bitterly opposed La
fayette and his efforts In favor ofregous tolerance,
as was perfectly natural, declared as far back al
1888, in the Kings council, that Lafayette 'oas
their most dangerous antagonist, because his logic
consisted In action."t ss@&f
1884 under the superintendent and with the ap,
proval Of your corporation, copies from English
paper, The Age" the following article, endorsing
and approving its sentiments by the following head
ing: "TRUTH TOLD IN Tory STYLE" 6t#
Louis Philippe was declared by that old ass
Lafayette the best of all possible republicans and
| all liberal Europe uttered dissonant bray of ap
plause y But, badinagc apart, II
is impossible to think of those wretches without in.
finite scorn. tits, however, pleasant to reflect that
they will not last long. We wait with impatence
for the browning of Henry v, in Rheims, and we
hope that he will come back with full recollec-
ton of all that done in his Absence and steady
determination to inaict adequate and unsparing
all ba
amnesty in his hands, he perishes, and deserves
| to perish"
The Boston Roman Catholic pape@ the Pilot, Of
April 10, 1885, also under the direction Of another
of your corporation, condemns an article in the
North American Review, as "too inflated, with
the indeserued and hyperbolical encomiums on the
negative virtues of Lafayette, on the imputed quail
tiles Of man whose memory is dbhorred by all
good and patriotic Frenchmen aHA
What sort of Catholic sir, was Lafayette in the
estimation Of your corporation when they dared to
put forth, and endorse, before the American peo-
pie, too, such UNANIMOUSLY scurrilous and malevo-
lent language as this, toward the venerated and
illustrious compeer Of Washington
And now, sir, how stands the case between us?
have in previous letters proved that Lafayette
uttered that motto in the very words usually quo.
ted, which you denied and challenged me to prove.
have also given substantial, and as yet wholly
unrefted reasons for believing that the letter at.
trbuted to Lafayette contradicting that MOTTO the
letter quoted by you as genuine, and which you
still persist in considering genuine, is a forgery,
and that even the book, from which it is pretended
to be quoted, is also a forgery
have also shown that, on the new basis as.
sumed by you, sir, to argue the main ISSUE to wit
that Lafayette was Catholic, Tin come narrow
sense of your own) and, therefore, could not have
held or expressed the sentiments of that motto,
your conclusion is utterly Jallacious. He was not
| Catholic in any such sense US not to be openly
and uniformly opposed to Romsh priests.
Ihave shown, not only that he was thus opposed
to your corporation, but, as might in such case
be expected, your corporation was bitterly OPP
posed to him.
With these facts substantiated, ! leave the pub.
| lie to judge whether the motto in question is not
| completely proved to be Lafayette's, and If So
whether 1t is wise to disregard the warning Of II
as Of no weight nor significance.
Respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
SAML +. B. MORSE.