Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-04
b. Rer- T onintarh:

CHARLES TODD QUINTARD,
Bis5op o. Tennessee.
Rt Rev. c. T.. Quintard;
Sir. Your "Interdiction" resolves
itself for justification into two PROPOSE
lions:
First. That I have in my services bro
ken the laws OF the Church.
Second. Thst Ia cases where there Is
no law lam bound by my ordination vow
10 "obey the Bishop" In every fancy, II
he orders me.
As regards the first, nay answer is
simply this: I have r~everently kept all
the discipline and laws Of the Church,
and ifmy Bishop will pointme % the psge
where any law is written pFOhibitOTy Of
nv practices, l will instantly abandon
them. know all the laws of the Church
and l keep them all.
My answer TO the second Tesidium OF
your note is simply that | have only
done in my church what yOu allow in
| others, except the burning Of incense,
which the first two verses Of the Prayer
Book command, and Ienj0in yoE by the
majesty Of the IdtC TO 40 the dnae Can
aB shop make and break laws at pIeas-
ure? Although our Church teaches that
the people must obey their "pGstors and
teachers" have l n right 10 order my
people to bow at the name OF Charles
Todd Quintard7 Suppose l commanded
It, and they refused, could | bring them
20 trial? Yet they ought to obey me ia
al laUflh things. Surely any right
minded man will see that in
our respective vows of obedience
we recognize the Constitution and td0s,
both IN Church and State, 70 give the
limit of that obedience to ecclesiastical
and civil rulers. Ought not civil rulers
TO be Obeyed? Surely. But when Gov.
BrownIOW commands arbitrarily and
contrary to law, does every Christian
man offend "order and religion" by
asking, huEbiy, "Tell me, Governor,
where is the IGV for your command, and
l shall reverently obey it!'
Give us stable laws, and every true
man e safe; but the moment you begin
to try men for supposed ~offenses, not
accurately defined in law, that moment
Christisn liberty fails, and petty tyrsnts
exert lhesr pQEer.
me true issue, Blight Reverend and
dear sir, il not even about RitHalisnl, tar
you are yourself a Ritualist, rs every
man may see By entering your C&ths-
dral. 1t is the name of my Oanrch that
offends you, IS the name st. Lazarus
did. Had 1 n8medit st. Msry's Church, |
you would have tolerated me, notwtth-
standing my merry letters from Europe
but that the people should be taught TO
call the mother OF our Lord {" Blessed
this you consider "gOing to Rome"
And / remember well our conversation
about the Immaculate Conception, bat
you will allow me tell you, Right Rev
erend and dear sir, that the very Angels
call her " pleased" and her Divine Lord
will not be very far from those who truly |
love and honor his blessed" motherI
As regards the minor question,
whether the consent Of the clergy
for me to of5oists here has been
obtained, l have only to repeat that q
mslority consented before competent Wit |
nesses or in writing. Yet one OF them,
1 learn, falters, under your influence, aud
declines TO put in writing Whist he said In
10OrdS to DIR. ROgsrs.
You may possibly on this ground defeat
rle, es the oanons require the consent to
be in writing. Rnt would it not be more
manly, Right Reverend and dear sir, TO
let the true issue come up on It's merits, |
instead Of trying to get rid OF my
church by a technically? If l have
dOps any thing wrong try me, but oh,
for the cake OF the Church and the Lord
that bought US, leave this miserable
JeTTyndnderiRg 10 politicians. Yet, IL
on account OF q mere techni0dLity, ii
shsrid be prohibited from preaching
here. wheSa I have lsbored for twenty
i've years, whereI have given thou
sards Of dOllsrs 20 build "rests" for you
all II !, Ia order to keep my VOWS and
preach the Gospel, must leave MY home
and friends and the dust OF my dead in
ElmwOod, or submit 20 arbitrary dicta-
ton, then l would rather follow the
eagles over mountains and seas, beaTiDg
the cross, and singing the lofty chants OF
the Catholic Church, in freedom and
poverty, than lick the hand Of Caprice
aud Power for the richest 6eaifce on
Thus having answered YOU, Right
Reverend and lear sir, with that respect
and dignity which Is due your sacred
Office, 1 wish 10 say q single word s. be-
tween man and q
know full well, Right Reverend and
dear cir, that such sentiments az 1 have
expressed above are not pleasing to you
You would like ms amazingly,
and write many letters TO me,
as you used to do, just before your cleo.
tfOR, (soms OF which are now before me,
which you called me your dear
" Jeerns," MY "darlingD and the like)
IL VOC could only use me but when, in
our controversies, hitherto, you found /
would not bend against my own race and
people. When, in the st. Lazarus contro-
very, / persisted, through long years,
against you, and carried my church into
convention at last. When In England /
exposed the circular watch stated that
$500, 900 had been expended in the build
ings and lands OF the university OF the
South, for which you were begging
money, and did it for the truth, without
consulting my Bishop. When, In the
midst Of this controversy, you recon-
mended me IN p private letter to Rev.