Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-16

From TIE MeshodisGl
Dlsieyalty Of che Jesaits In the unlsed
States.
i DR.. Brownson, the able and eccentric
champion Of Roman Catholicism in the
United States, announces in the October
number Of his Review, which we have ius,
received, that this number may possibly bo
the last. The experience which be has. Of
late, had in his church is an extremely pain.
fal one Having enAbraccd the doctrines Of
/ tho Churehof Rome with sincerity which
no one,has doubted, he has devoted 10 the
defense Of the Catholic interests for many
years, . talent which has no equal In the
Roman Catholic Church Of thiseountrv. and
which has secured for him headmiraiinp of
both Catholics and Prosestarts. and for his
| pleas IN behalf of his charch an attention on
the part Of Prutestants commanded hv no
other Roman Catholic writings. Pefhaps
70 Is thTs very intellectual superioritv oyer
the balk Of bis co-religionists which has r,-
Gently drawn upon him violent attacks from
most Of the Catholic papers, and AT the close
OF his literary career, put him In danger al,
being read out Of iha church to whose de.
fence he has devoted the best part of his
life.
We can sincerely sympathiEe With such n
fate, though we have long foreseen that DIR.
BfownsoH would not ultimately bo allowed
to utter, on any subject, opinions which do
not agree with those Of the majority OF the
bishops Ho has especially made himself
obnoxious by his opinions on the temporal
power Of the Pope, the abolition of which
he thinks IL permissible for q good Catholic
"A ads hr-k H.
on which question Brownson does not sym.
pathlze with either of the two great parties,
having supported to the last Gen. Fremont
Cor the presidency On both questions %.
pecially on the lattor, he.differed from eysry.
ornearly every Catholic organ in the United
States.
The attack made upon Brownsonb By some
of his Catholic contemporaries have led TO
some curious revelations regarding the po-
iiticaI attitude of the Roman Catholics in
this country, which We commend 10 the at
tenton of ell Protestants. In reply to
statement made By the Catholic papers of
Philadelphia, the Universe, that he had been
forbidden one Of the houses Of the Jcsuits,
DR. Browns"n gives the following interest.
ing information on the political bearing of
the American Jesuits
sThat we were forbidden, he says, Sone
Of their houses, which we had entered to
seek our eonfessor. is true; but he who did /
ii was ono Of the waFmest and truest OF our
personal friends, and whom ever since we
hare known him We have loved and yener-
ated. We never blamed him; ha only did /
what he felt was expected Of him by his sa- /
periors. We had just given lecture before /
the Emancipation League in Boston, and as /
the Jesnits held property in the seeded /
States, It was feared, Il they entertained us /
at one Of their houses, the rebel govern +
ment might take otiense and conhAcate IT, /
They wish to give Mr. Davis of the Conied-
eraey no occasion to charge them with mis-
prision Of treason, or of hostility 70 his gov
ernment. The rector who excluded us.
though personally sympathisiDg with US,
felt that under the circumstances he was OF.
heialiy bound to exclude Us, and he did so
with tears in his eyes. That the incident
affected Us anpleasautiy, We do not deny,
but not in the way assumed, nor because We
were the party excluded. As personal
matter we could never have given Il sec
end thought, and the nnpleasantness it oe-
oasioned was the regret that simple, world
ly prudeRee or property considerations had
more influence with the Jesuit body than
We expected from mendicant order, and i
that the education Of the Catholic youth Of
tbe nation sheuld be intruEtod 10 D society {
70 destitute Of loyalty that il ooald look on !
with Indifference aud see the nation rent as
sunder and destroyed By q rebellion which
every principle of our religion. as lye have 4
learned Il, condemns, 1t was important /
only as one proof ainong many Others, chat {
Ihe society, is, il not dlsloyaI, at least an
loyal,
This Is the most extraordinary testimony
of the kind which we haze recently met !
With. The Jcsaits. Il appears, are 20 anx
i0us - secure the patronage Of the leader OF
IN insurrectioh against tho government,
that they, In the most ostensibie ulhnneFt
iisedantenanee anything that may be IN I
pleasant 10 this chief 81 the rebellion
Whether the views advccated By DIR. Brown
son arc correct or not, has nothing % DO
With this question, the main point II sgheth-
y it il aanpatible with tho loyalty due 70 +
Ihe government of tho United States % +
show snak . aessrence as tho Jesni1s have
lonete thela90wad enemies Of the eeunisy
Let IA suppose We we're lngoifsd IN q var /