The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-15
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tSrough them the ribald and blasphemous cant
contained in that infamous article VIII for
ever trespass upon you for " shah sp"e' ioi
few remarks regarding it. sin
If the article in question had been writboh
"by way of communication" by some crazy
fanatic who really believed in the trhth OF
what he wrote, it might easily be overlooked,
thrown into the waste basket, removed themes,
and consigned to the purpose for whlcn suon
obscene writings are fit only to be empioyeu'
But being u leading article, and as snch' as u
matter of course, written by the editor, VINO,
by the way, is an ex-Receend, God bless TN, the
mark" having shot the trade and rclinquished
fbe sacred desk for the profaae editorial sanctun,
the case is somewhat different. ~
The editor of the PresbyteridR-for II IS Win
or co-religionists-the great majority OF whom,
/ may well assume, cannot but 1eel utucIiS
shocked and disguised at his profanity anu
blasphemy, seems to be not only entlrely
illorical and insincere, but what is still worse,
to be brimfnl of the gall and poison OF ms
father, Calvin. The disciple is not better
than tho master" People naturally expect
that gentlemen who lay claim to the ute OF
Reverend should be Mt least logical II not
sincere in their mode of reasoning Dut the
fact of the editor of the Presbyterian being
neither one or the other is n conclusive evidence
that he lays claim to no such title Wen, Iof
this at least will give him all the credit ne
deserves But what about that ID. ID. that IS
pinned to his tail. What does that ineish
Now this ID. ID. is susceptible of many inter
pretations. For instance, when we Catholics
lind the ID. d. affixed to the name OF any ReE.
or Right Rev divine of the Holy Catholic
Church, we ut once see that he is Il Doctor OF
Divinity, for the Church never confers TINS
title on any one, however learned, unless upon
a legitimately ordained priest, who by ms
talents and profound theological learning OBJ
taius it, "not from elders or directories" but
from the distinguished professors OF the UNI,
ycrsity or college in which he studies, and
which have alone the right to confer such II
title or degree This Interpretation, therefore,
is not applicable to Henry Smith, ID. D., editor
,,ho very modestly lays aside the prefix " Rev
erend" to which he has no claim, ana very
naturally takes his place among the Elders, and
there remains in his hHmthty Some ~hgsish
ro1ues remembering the remarkable answer OF
ex-President johnson 10 the man in tue crowd,
who, in the course of his speech in Washing
ton, interrupted him with the question, what
about Forney !" that lie had no ammunition
to waste on dead ducks, interpret this ID. ID.
as dead duck. Whether this one will suit
the editor OF the SomthIeSterh iteS6yte'taR
is best known to hmself Bnt for my own
part claiming at least the same privilege III
the private Interpretation of proiane words
that the editor of the Presbyterian assumes of
the Dirne, ! will venture to he sOnew hat pro-
fame and will intcrpre the ID. ID. OF the editor
as Dcad Dog. And this interpretation seems
to me to he the true one in the case OF the
editor, because the - dog is dead with him
since The time ho suffered that severe Rough
handling ut the hands OF the amiahle and in
offensive Father Jerenriah Moynihan for his
insolence in wantonly attacking him IN the
discharge OF his duty good shepherd IN
protecting the lambs of his parish from the
wolfish grasp of Sabbatarian school marns
SELF The Presbyterian quotes from the MORN
ING STAR, aud says: . IN the columns OF our
nei ghbor, the MoRNING STAB, we lind a letter
from no less n person than the Pope In II we
find y2nasrni nassngs ert ps St of
the Heavenly Father" This continues the
Presbyterian 4 is the exact idea of tho heather"
Fine logic this for quondam minister of the
Gospel The Pope, the editor well knows,
bat whom he sovereignty hates, is tho visible
head OF Gods Church ON earth, Christ Icing
the invisible head and as such, whom else could
he represent whose place could he hold
When the editors father IA God, Calvin, after
having been bauished from his native country
France, malicious firebrund, and estab-
lished himself by violence and bloolshed, and
hatched the rotten egg OF CnlSlnsm in Geneva,
whose place did he pretend to hold, OF whose
religion or gospel did he pretend to preach or
establish He must have held the place of, or
represented either the Heavenly Father or his
UrH father, the d. That4ie could have repre-
scented or held the place of the Heavenly Father
earth is inadmissibe, from the fact that his
son, Henry Smith, ID. H., editor and >eX-Prcsby-
terrain minister, denies that the Heavenly
Father has any Representatives on earth. Thore-
fore lie must have held the place of and repre-
scented his father the d.; let the editor take
whatever horn Of the dilemma he chooses.
Let us suppose again that the editor, "moved
by the indwelling spirit," took to himself q fit
of gOdIiness, and took it into his head to go on
rerirdt mission, he no doubt would appoint
come one of the Elders or PEobahlX the Modfr=
ator, TO occupy the editorial tripod ia his alb
sence. Whose place, then, or whom would this
Elder or Moderator, 40 the case may be, hold or
represent? / don't know, if it wouldn't be that
of Henry Smith, d. D., editor. All, Brother
Smith, bad losiciaD, buta worthy son of your
GeAevau father, why attempt to deny to the
Omnipotent God the privilege which you, with
characteristic Presbyterian seliishness AFRO
gantly claim for yourselfg The editor continues
his quotations, not this time from the columns
of the STIR, but from another paper of the
SAME ROntish denomination. He says we find
itstatea that movement ia on foot in this
country to pEesrnt the Pope with battery of
artillery" So the editor of the Southwestern
Presbyterian is greatly afraid of Roman caROns;
and so he ought, for oaRoas are made for evil
doors. 1t is undpubtea+y-tt- pretty srvrrt,- way
of killing to be blown from the mouth of a can
non, but not by a long shot so severe OF cTnel
AS that of being tied TO a stake and burned by
Genevan fagots. What about poor Servetusg
Our editor continues, and says, F" the Pope is
poor" and further on still he says that che does
not object to poverty" / think 1 have already
proved the editor to be illogical. 1 now ques-
tion his sincerity in this admission, for every
one knows that poverty is not one of the Pres
byterlan theological virtues He still continues
and says that a great deal of money has
Gently been set flowing towards Rone.n Well,