The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-12-24
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for have not The paper before me, contained
All extract (lcm re<cLt letter ofPoI e p o Nino
to Archbishop Hughes, Of the Archiepi>copal
See of New York, in which it is advised and
recommended that the Roman Church in this
county establish at the Vatican III Rome, a
schonl for the education of American youth, t"
be dedicated for the ministry of the Catholic
Church in America The impression upon my
mind at the present moment is, that the project
invited no criticism from the San, unlavorablr
to the plan OF the enterprise. ! shall he some.
what surprised if it does not only invite and
invoke discussion when duly weighed even
from Journals favorable tothe Catholic Church
in this country.
1t is certainly novel idea, and suggested at
this particular time, when The rn'lc mind Is
deeply ngit;t,d upon the system of that Church
which races at the head OF it in this country
bishops aud priests Of foreign birth and educa-
liun 1t becomes matter Of great moment TO
inquire whether the plan propnsedi is better than
the present one, aud whether it is calculated to
meet the demands Of the republican ct0iLizutton
"f. this country!
was forcibIy struck with it myself and VIA.
ont, indeed, going into any fana:i::i' opposition
to the Rnmi>h Church here, I cann"t diseu-
gage my mind from the contemplation Of >eri-
Gus aud alarming results, from the adoption Of
such Il project by The Chu ch i'll the United
States Of America. The hcpresent Struggle in the
popular mind, anprehrmI not to lartake at
a fairly and c'njjMy c"nsilrrc'', fa religions
character. Its issues are entirely different III
aim aud object. THEY propose To let every
man worship as he p!case>, aud 90 70 the ial.
lest extent oi the c"n>,i'niioma! guarantee upon
the SUBJECT of religious federation. But he.
tween these and the direct inference Of the
Pope at Rome, " 10 is also tyrant King, upon
the electors oi this republic there is II marked
and unmi,takable difference. Americans have
a right to say that 10 foreign prince or p"
tentatc can he allowed 20 act upon our hal
lotboxcs whether the right to do s" is claimed
under the gui>e Of either Il t,mP"ra! or Si'l'lIu
al authority. OF the two Of these the latter is
certainly the most to be arprehended. Whilst
tie one affects only the clattcIs. the property
aud person of man the otEer claims to c"n-
troll the entire inner man. Clothe one with
the latter power, and he can compel OF hers,
under lis VOWS it they stand true to them.
noiseessly to 20 against right, dny, and A6er'y,
1t is not so with the temporal power. When
it is used 10 guide or compel man agaihst these
high obligations, 1t as a tail"rc.
So much for the issues Of the present aga.
ton in the public mind III this country. Which
promises to ignore the last remnant Of Popal
influence npon the Institutions Of tLI> great le-
public.
Now what strikes me as strong. under this
aspect of the times is this announcement from
the Popc to one cuufe>sedly Of the leading
and talented prelates Of the church in this na,
lion. 1t nill he wise to allow history to i'll
struct US little upon the subject of the strata
cetc policy Of Rome. The found ltion OF the
Orderof the JeSui,s was first laid il the sixteenth
century. 1t was just at the moment when the
agitation iu the public mind in Europe had
Given such shock to Palal authority, and
under the impending revol, of so many nations
from the tyrannical power Of the Roman Church
that Loyola's mind gave birth to an organlza,
ton that has almost successfully arrested the
hiqher the truer, and more promising cvlIIza
ton which the spirit of the Reformation was
producing upon the minds Of men. To what
extent it reversed the tide of light and threw
upon the nations its dark end outrageous shad
ows. let those who are curious u know refer
to the annals of history. 1t constitutes lis
darkest and bloodiest page, and its voice OF
warning instruction should come mp to us OF
the present era consecrated by the centuries
through Which it speaks. This specto"s m's
religions plan of the >ixeenth century, was the
Papa antidote to the Reformation. What
shall we think of Pio Nino's plan OF the nine
teenth century!
1t wears an apparently harmless. may ri
gious aspect. 1t proposes simply that Amer''
can youths should be transported to Rome, to be
trained at the altars Of the Vatican in order to
qualify them for bishops and priests in the
Roman Church here, in this land Of Proteston :
ism and liberal political and social institutions.
Why, ard wherefore2 Does not the Church
possess the means and theological resources,
in this Gland of the free, and home Of the brave"
to qualify the natre born member to rise to cleri
cal power and distinction9 She has her colleges
and universities of learning to qualify men for
posts of honor, and preferment in the States
and nation. Why not the Church nj so
Why 90 to Rome for these and be nursed in
the cradle of Vatican theology. 1t is plain
The signs of the times suggest the solution
The present agitation of the public mind in
this country, which is but fragmentary
element Of the ncompleteness of our glorious