The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-06
Lester OF Enthcr EEyac;rtnc.

Lester OF LnthCr EEyac;rthc.
The following Is the text of the letter
which, rs advised ny cable, Father IIva.
cinthc has addressed TO The General of his
Order in Rome:
Ny Very Revere I'd Faticr: Dlrino the
five t"a'S oF my N i>l"N - E6,Tc Damn dc
Paris. despite the open attacks ard secret
accusations ot ",I."h I have been the oh.
lfct. YOUR esteem nd confidence have never
Ialicd me for 'omcnt. | preserve nu.
mcronS testimonials Of them written bvvou;
own hand, and which were addressed rs
much to my preaching rs TO myself What.
ever NAV happen. I shall ho,d them in CRATE.
Tul remembrance. To-day. however, by q
sudden change, the cause of which do not
seek in yonr heart but in the intrigucs of a
party al powcrGt. at EoT1c. YOU arrain1l
! what &c" cnc"r" ..~~,,,, ,"1 rcnsurc what
you approved. m:d you require that ]
should speak 4 language o. preserve Il 81
leucc which y" nd 10 lo"z2r be the
entire and Loyal expression "G my con-
science. | do not hesitate III instant.
With language perverted - com
mand, or lnutilated by rctico-.n, I shall not
ascend the puip pit of No,ro nnr'. ] express
my regret for this to he IL clligcnt and
| courageous Archbishop Who las given his
| pulpit to me. and sustained me there against
| the bad will OF men cf whom ! shall speak
1t the proper time. | cXprcsa my rogretS
to The imposing auditory who surrounded
me there with lis attention, its synpathics--
] was nearly going TO say is friendship. !
would not be worthy Of the auditory Of the
| Archbishop, of my conscience. nor cf God.
| If | would consent to act before them in
such role. | separate my>cH at the same
| time from the convent in which | have re-
! sided, and which. under the new circum-
| stances that have happened to me. renders
| it iGr me il prison Of the soul. In acting
thus | am not untaithful to My vows.
| have promised mOna>tic obedience, but
| limited by the honesty Of conscience, the
| dignity Of my person, and my ministry. |
| have promised under the benefit Of that
superior law Of justice and Of royal HbeH3
which i, according TO the Apostle st. james.
| the proper law Of the Christian.
| II is for the more perfect practice Of this
| holy liberty that | came To ask at the cloiS-
ter. now more than ten years ago, i'll the
| elan Of IN enthusiasm free Of all human cal
| culatiun--l shall not venture to add, free oi
| al tn" illusion Of youth : If, in exchange
| Tor my sacrifices, am tO-tiaN offered chains.
| have not only the right but the duty to
! reject them. The present hour j. solemn.
! The Church passes through one OF the most
violent, dark. and decisive crises OF it> cN-
| I>lCi!tt iitit jttbN. 4 bl iil' III t4iiit III
three hundred years an Ecumcnic&l Council
is not only convokcd but declared accessory
Such is the expression Of the Holy Father.
| It is not in such u mOmcat that Il preacher
| Of the gospel. were he the last Of all, can
consent to remain ~ the mute G"g>
OF Isracl-uutaithilii grardians-Whom TIE
| prophet rcproachcS rs unable to bark.
| Canes NUT, non culenicS lGtrGrc. The
saints were never silent. | am not one
Of them, but nevertheless | belong 10
their race, lfiN S0nctorNn2 SumHS.) aHd
! have always been ambitious to place my
steps. my tears, and, if necessary, my
| blood, in the tracks which they have left.
! | raise. therefore. before the Holy Father
and the Council my protc>tation rs Chris
! tian and preacher against these doctrines
and practices calling themselves Roman,
| but which are not Christian. ana which IL!
| their cncrOachmcnt>, always most audacIOuS
and most bauciul. tend 10 change The con-
Sttution Of the Church, the basis * well a>
| the form Of her teaching, and even the spirit
| of her piety. | protest against the divorce,
is impiOuS rs it is insane, Which 1t is sought
| to accomplish between the Church, who l.
| our lu0lheruccordingt 10 eternity, and The So
| cicty Of the nineteenth century, OF whom we
are the sons according to the times. and TO-
| ward whom we have also some duties ana al
caland dreadful opposition 10 human nature.
which is attacked and made 10 revolt 10y
these false doctrines in its most indcStructi-
bic and holicst aspirations. | protest above
al AGAINST the sacrilegiouS pcrvcrSion oi ihc
Word of tie Son OF God himself. the spirit
and the letter Of which are equally trodden
under foot 10y the phari>ai>n Of the new
law. 1t is my most profound conviction
. that i France in particular, and the Latin
races in general. are delivered oycr to So
rial, moral, and religious anarchy. the
principal cause is without doubt not IN
catholicism itself, but III the manner which
catholicism has during Il long time been
nderSto God and practiccd. appeal 20 The
| 'olnrii about TO meet to seek for remedies
hr the excess O! our evils, and to apply
TEN with as much force as @ent!cncSs But
il fears in which | do not wish to share
cmc to be realized, if the august assembly
hs not more liberty In itS dc!!befa-
tins than it has already i'll its pre-,
pratinn; if, in a word, ii is deprived
o. the essential characters Of an Ecu
All men to call another truly united Ill
th Holy Spirit. not in the spirit of party,
an representing really the Universal
Chrcil. not the silence of some Non, the
OPPRESSION of others. For lii" hurt ot the
dM.hter of my people am | hurt; | am
blal1 astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Is here 10 balm in Gilcad: Is there no
phtician there: Why, then, is not the
hcah Of the daughter of my people reco--
yerl ?"-Jcrcmah, viii. In fine, appeal
to yur tribunal, O Lord Jesus! Ad tuun
Donne Jcsu tribunal dppctlo. 1t is IL your
presnce that / write these lines; it is at
you feet, after having prayed much, re-
llectd, suffered, and waited much, that |
SIGN hem. I have confidence that ii men
c0ndmn them on earth you approve them
in heyen. That is sufficient for me living
and Cin~. FIR. IYACISTHE,
Supelor of the Barelootcd Carmci!tes OF
Par, second preacher OF the Order III
the rovince of Ayignon.
Pas- -PdSsy, September %, 1869.