The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-02-01
Correspondence Of the Pilot.
Dr.. Cahlll and DR.. BroWnson.
Oshkosh. JANUARY %, 1861

| a OSHKOSH, JANUARY %, 1861.
Mr.. Editor There are two gentlemen
who make considerable stir, and occasion
ally some excitement, among the Hterati,
especially among the Catholics of the Uni
ted States. They are both men of extra
ordinary requirements and remarkable
talent. The only point, however, on
which both appear to agree, is, that the
Catholic Church alone was founded by
JESUS CHRIST, and that it teaches his doc
trine; and that, therefore, they should be
directed as to their faith and morals by its
teachings. This seems to lie the only
subject on which these distinguished indi.
viduals agree, except, of course, scientific
truths, as, between two given points there
can be but one straight line-the earth
swings around the sun, &c. The names
borne by these gentlemen are-Dr. CAnILL
and DR.. BRowNsoN The FIRST is Doctor
of Theology. e. D. D.-the other,
Doctor of Law, generally abbreviated D.
L. D. The one is Priest-the other q
Layman. The one is a regularly full
grown !rishman-the other is a genuine
Yankee. DR.. CAuILL is newspaper wri-
ter, lecturer, aud preacher pretends al
so to know something of diplomacy. Dr.
BRowNsos is Reviewer Of the q FIRST class
lecturer, and an author. They are both
men of collosal stature and gigantic in
tellecs. Or. CAnLL represents England
az the cause of all the political corruption
and revolutionary broils occurring in eve
ry country Of Europe. Hence it is, that
he sometimes writes much more after the
style of some privy councillor than that Of
private individual. There is scarcely a
member of the English Cabinet who has
been so fortunate as to escape his vigilance
yea, his searching, ironical, biting, and
sarcastic invectives. His volleys or attacks
do not, as with some others, fly out in oc-
casional sparks or darts, but fall down like
boiling or melted lava on the head Of the
guilty one! How clearly he has often
proved the trickery, treachery, and hypo.
crisy of the English government!
| DR.. BRowSsoN is, on the contrary, Of
opinion-or at least has been-that NApo-
LEON III is the disturber of the peace in
Europe. lie has proved him, by many
we'll authenticated facts, to be back.sli
der, consummate dlssembles, and hyp-
ocritical tyrant-ben solely on self agran-
dizement at the expense of civil and reli-
gious liberty. DR.. CAHILL had much con-
tidence in NAPoLEoN-Dr BRowNsoN
none. The former CDR. c. is ultra Irish,
and the latter Doctor is, in some respects,
rather anti~Irsh. Hence it happens that
the one Doctor is telling them Qhe Irish)
of their bravery and good qualities, while
the other tells them, in rather plain
manner, their weakness and faults. 1t is
manifest from the manner in which DR..
BRowNsoN strikes, /. e. mauls his oppo
nents right and left, as with a herculean
c.uo, that he never kissed the Barney
stone" DR.. c., if we may judge from the
tenor of some of his writings, must have
tasted of it more than once.
1t would be rather Difficult: matter to
tell which of them be the most learned.
They are, l believe, both good linguists,-
| Il would also be hard 10 tell which of them
deals most mercifully with an antagonist,
when once engaged in dispute. the:
mode Of argument, however, is quite un-
like. CAHILL scourges and sealds; the
other comes down like sledge hammer,
brusing everything before it. BnowSsoN
is the greatest as philosopher and critic
CAuILL as chemist, astronomer, and divine.
In history and logic should not suppose
there is much difference. They are both
in this country at present, and are render
ing themselves rather notorious by the
singularity of their views, and :heir bold
ness in promulgating them. There is,
however, one difference, viz: DR.. CAHILL
has probably seven readers for one of DIR.
BKowSsoN's; the one writes for the press,
While the other writes only for his Review.
DR.. B. is 8 convert to Catholicity; but is,
by no means, ignorant Of the tene,s of the
Church. A person would indeed imagine
that he knew as much, if not more, than
some of the oldest Catholic theologians in
the United States. Such is the opinion
one would form on reading his celebrated
Revaew-for which cause some of the ed
itors editors take it for granted that they
are all critics. have, of late, been "pitch-
ing into" him in rather an unmild tone
| Whether it will make him be have himself
better in future, is another question:
He does not seem TO mind the proverb
which says" truth is not to be told at all
| I'll al