The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-07
Question for bishop Hughes.
WILL THE CATHOLIC cHugca or THE UNITED STATES


WILL THE CATHOLIC cHuKCa THE UNITED st ATEs
SANCTION DISuEION.
We 1nd the following letter, addressed 10 Bishop
Hughes, in the Charleston Courier. of the Sd inst
To TIE MOST REv ARcBBrsHop HucHrs-
most KEY. SR-Our Episcopal See has been for some
time Without head and in this event 1t has been my
practice to refer to all those questions shco relate to
the general intere "a greet republic My last
muncaton touched toe right 10 hold Ayes a. an
question: and addressed you Just before the last
nssembsee o. the general convention u the Bishops Of
the United States The convention with ut dissent
ing voice determined that IL perfect right--thst
the renniron Of Opesmus was npuh alton OF the
tight and that the citlzsas could never stsa
DOUBT OF the tight. My Communication. repeat. was
On tne abstract question; issue
the subject at that GAY and Nth the SIM
PIE oeoia, Of your BODY which tanks be 20 the
ptovidslce OF Almighty God, has done much unite
Tue satnonos this on the subject or slavery
Al the prest nj moment however the direct then
con's mo a'ed rs at hsno. tts fanatic spirit OF che
Northern section OF the uaion shall succeed ocsipg
their candidate 70 the iresoe1cy Of uated states
there will be the one Of two alternatives presented in
sanily 10 the American ptopie-tne withdrawal OF the
bit-s Southern States from Inion or the formation
81 general copstuhonal Sarry which shall take the
most elective for wibstandDg the admnistl
tior Of eoverDnenI formed upon President Fremont
I'm, AMI ever have been. against the or the
slave States from the ooaiederacy. and wiz unite
s.rvsoy With the constiuuonajs OF the entire country
M tue overture OF the Prasid elect although he may
have received the constitutional OF the Electoral
Cohege rather than ADOPT q remedy In
present emerk This Is revolution. My object u 10
ham from yon whether, Catholic shall be infract
ing Of the laws which Almighty God rosed
Tor my moral government Or IL otner words, whether
the cLuTcn would absOve from my allegiance TO
President Fremont, although const,utonaly elect u.
ana thus sanctify The blow which would str,ke
Tor the liberties OF country and the interests Of
KIND. no unimo ,ant part, the unolenu0g negro, who
would be deprived OF home and Nil industrial endeavor,
II he fanatic Of III. be per tted TO uss Ine cleo i've
ctee guaranteed BY the 20 break down
al thai ete, tive Of in that NOBLE nen the
profeuon Of our property and our against the en-
croscbmeDs Oh each other the combined power of the
whole word.
placing this direct question before you I.hould state
tkxff do nnfe
,nsion now noing Of her interference with political
sfsrs Twas early taught 10 reduce all propositions 70
thsis timplestarns Ny brother oiends, demonstrate
~rn lim he will NIT listen 70 me- tax him before the
church and the church In the enlises IT. the
Gaze before us, rresdeni tremo"i heads eovsrcmen,
tha pfofesses openly TO make upon nay rights aud
property, claim OF the church to be sbsolvei from
,eance that owe him, aud thus to bear God
pssion IN the war wage against lin. is question
OF COINCIDENCE alole Ny Protestant conederaes will pos
DO such authority. and viii contend, doubt
f,rmtably AS will but this is enough Tor me- be
Eeye that Almighty God has himself ali ,ra
question and that The church alone the sgeut deter
them
In closing this pubic communicate | must beg
you 10 bear in mind the oelicacy OF the position
81 al occupy. We can expect TO find no o,her com
mission thai the 1 row seek The federal
government viii be enemy; the federal States
With all her sovereignty will have no power TO auho
re The revolt They msy become parties to II, and /
WILL but they will be much without commission
any Individual Of the reforming organization. The
c1urct Is the only source from whence we can look for
ire authority which sanctes the blow Of the strong arm
ifieo against its government II is for this that
sui the subject publicly for the consideration Of the
catholics Of the United States. They will be s the
sse OF any that will this great republic
They cannot be thrown too into connection with
officers Of the church, whose duty Is to advise this
moral SUBJECT. BY the 4th OF March next any
eanizatiop that shall be effective for the
The Union mast be had, and its utmost effort eyerted.
Most reverend sir. word in Tor bringing your
pane directly before the public know my
ZION Of this country, and reptat that they prepared
for the know that would be advised OF the
fact earliest uud from porsbie quar-
tor ami how do more TO assure you than TO run the
Ink OF being termed alarmst should the Of fana
Itch SINK at the coming election, and the blessings Of
pace be Iesiored 10 this distracted country With
tie sincerest regard, kubscribe myself, yours faith
mg, A. a. BRISBANE
Mr. brisbane rays in his letter to the Courier
liz open the question Of whether the constitutional
prepare the public mind for deposing President elected
as Nr. Fremont will be- In the church have long
sis Of Ppes ara ann popes and hey managed In ihoee
without touching in the slightest dcgrec, the stability OF
he church not for me 10 say how II would be done
Ia political but We nd In the press OF the North
that plans rife One would refer you to, that
President OF the United States Pierce SHOULD possess
himself Of the and archives Of the government
and isicd by virginia, maintain tdiogs Ia Edta quo
mill the public MIMI could be brought TO proper
promise Tho Carolinas and Georgia would sustao
NsDis and the rest Of the slave states come in time to
cessry would be 10 unite the ped po OF the
Northern States In sustaining the interegnnm, and
hence Rave looked 10 individuals well States in
the formation q donai party. Yau where
pace the Catholic booy this communication TO Bishop
Hughes, or IN fact, he places there himself, II you
viii peruse the Frenons JsGYnol OF New York.
n ON IL In the Catholic Miscellany of the last issue,
jou TIL understand me better. He doubt wrote the
r b Sa s 20 ma.
relied In tine, In the controversy before some
must be adopted 10 enlist the mnories OF the
Tree ates the capitalists OF those Safes, and the Catho
lies those States This force based upon the fifteen
Sou hern states would In lew months silence the pre-
tcntious OF the Fremonters.