Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-08

the Wears OF Jesus Chflsti we Wish NJ uos5enh
had been careful 70 render broader and more dis
tinct the line of demarcaton which separates him
from these our ablest su6tlsst, and most danger
ous ersesniesP
This Is indeed clincher" Is not Mr.. Chan
der fearful that he, too, has fallen t" into the new
snare Of SATAN" Is he one Of the "modern har-
rnonizers2" Does he abide the fate OF his friend
and patron, NJ Gosselin, and take his seat amongst
the " subtlest and most dangerous enemies" of the
church,
But ask especial attention TO the following bold
and emphatic language ofMr. Brownson, (page "a J
:" But there are documents enough in which the
Pope not only accommodates, but solemnly de-
poses prince, and In these very documents we
find that the title Is set FORTH and the only title
set forth Is that derived from his Apostolic Minis
try Never does the Pope profess TO depose, any
more than to excommuncate, by virtue OF any
other than divine title. Whatever he does in
the case, he always processes to do it-by his su-
preme jurisdiction as the Vicar of Jesus Christ,
aud the successor Of Peter the Prince of the Apos-
ties. That the Popes wilfully erred, M. Gosselin
cannot pretend that they held the theological
opinion which POUNDS this power on divine right,
he Comedies at least regards as highly probable.
He will then permit us to think that the opinions
of such illustrious Pontffs St. Gregory the Sew
enth, Alexander the Third, Innocent the Third,
Innocent the Fourth, Boniface the Eighth, st.
Plus the Fifth, and Sextus Quntus, may weigh as
much in the scale as that Of the learned author OF
the work before us. We permit ourselves to be-
lieve that these iustrious Pontiffs knew the orr
gin and ground of their title as well as he does,
and that had they even been acquainted with his
ON Gosselns) theory, they would have continued
to think and act AZ they did.
ave mean no disrespect to the author, but really
we have no patience with this manifest irreverence
and want of flial respect and devotion to the Holy
See! Our Lord founded his church on Peter, and
we have no patience with those who, with good
or bad intentions are constantly laborng to under
mine its foundations. We may err but II we DO,
God grant il may never be in denying to the sue
cessors Of the Prince of the Apostles any portion
of that power which he has conferred on them !!
Never, for one moment, shall Cesar weigh In
the scale with US against Peter! Indeed, we can
better endure open, avowed Professionalism itself,
than stingy, narrow-minded, frozen-hearted CALI
canism, always studying to split the difference be-
tween Peter and CGsar--between God and the
devil 1t has been blight on religion and society
wherever it has prevailed, and terrible, terrible
have been the calamities it has brought upon
the Christian nations of the East-upon Germany,
France, and England. 1t is traitor in our camp
an enemy In tho uise of friend, who damps our
zeal depresses our courage, renders us lukewarm,
unHtS us IOr I'll herOlC ueeub, duu OPENS Tile Bdtto
Of the citadel to the adversary! We may die, but
let US die with the blessing Of the Holy Father"
Does not this plumply meet the issue made by
Mr.. Chandler? Is it not rather an extnguisher to
his friend M. Gosselnf How does he relish the
charge of g irreverence and "want of flil re-
spect and devotion to the Holy See" Does he
plead guilty to the accusation of constantly labor
ing to undermine the foundations of the Church
Will he not hereafter repudiate "stingy, narrow
minded, frozen hearted Gallicanism' ?" By embra-
cling this "trator in the camp"-this 'enemy in the
guise of friend us he not damping the zeal and
depressing the courage of all who are not /" sorry"
Catholics, and opening the gates of the citadel to
the enemyf" Had these things been said of Mr..
Chandler's Gallicanism by Protestant, how his
ire and indignation would have dubbed and boil
ed In the midst of the sound and fury incident
thereto, no epithct, however coarse and violent,
would have been spared Pray, what says he in
reply to his illusrious brother Brownson, who car
ries about himself the fragrance Of apostocal ben
ediction, and the odor of prelatean endorsement =
Mr.. Chandler should be admonished to cease stu
dying to split the difference between Peter and
Casar--between God and the Deviln He is a
scholar, and knows full WELL asest a5 hoae do eeri"
This very severe sentence, pronounced by Brown
son on the Galcans, is endorsed by the twenty-five
Bishops Alas for Mr.. Chandlerl
Let us consult a few more of these stale ru-
mors," put afoat by Brownson, before we close.
In his April number, 1884, page 2lS,) under the
head Temporal Power of the Pope" find the
following
All the difficulties encountered by the Holy
See in Catholic countries grow out Of the assump-
ton by the State, Of independence, in face of the
ecclesiastical power, &c. If It is once conceded
that the Church may be lawfully resisted in her
demand by the State, or that there Is a sphere in
which the Church has no right TO declare the law
for the State, or in which the State may disregard
the judgment of the Church. the minds Of the faith
full will TO great extent, be confused and at loss
to know where the line Of demarcaton between
the two orders Is TO be drawn They can rely on
neither the Church nor the State, and win be If
they had no infallible teacher and guide II 1t be
assumed that each judges and defines its own
powers, how is the simple Catholic to which his
obedience is due The Metropolitan comedies
that the State is under obligation to conform TO the
law of God, as expounded by the Church but sup
pose the State does not what Is the subject TO do
Obey the Churchs Very good. a0
"But suppose the question is Of a mixed nature,
and the State declares that II Is one over which 1t
has supreme Jurisdiction, and the Church none. II
the State is the judge Of its own powers independ-
ent in temporals and free to decide for itself what
temporals, what then Is the simple, loyal, and
woud-be good Catholic TO dor Still follow the
church, Then you contradict yourself and deny
the very independence Of the State, which you
contend for against US, and assume the very doc
trine we maintain Why then raise an outcry
against u.s. If you say, follow the State, you set
up private Judgment against the Church, and fall
into the fundamental error Of Professionalism be-
sides asserting the principle Of civil despotism"
Now, submit to every candid mind, could there
be asserted, more clearly and expressly a claim
for the Romish Church, Of power over temporals
as well as spirituas, than is contained In this and
the proceeding passages which have quoted from
Brownson's Review The same doctrines, sus-
tanned by like process Of reasoning, the same In
dignant Reputation Of the political atheism" of
the Gallican Church, runs through number after
number Of this Review II II does speak for the
Church, as by authority, then is every prop on
which Mr.. Chambers Gallican speech rests for