The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-04

do we comprehend the extraordinary
situation In which the Catholic Church
10 found to.day2 There Ia not q single
progressive principle which haa mot
been cuTsed by the Catholic Church
4 This 10 true Of England and Germany,
% well M Of Catholic Countries. The
Church cursed the French revolutions
the Belgian constitution, and the Ital.
Ian independence; nevertheless oil these
principles have unrolled themselves In
spite Of II. Not aOonstltutlon has been
born not single progress made, mot q
solitary reform effected which has not
been under the terrible RnAthemas OF
the Church. This morning In the salon
1of the CorteB, Senior PoSadA Herrera
was complaining 10 me OF our mlsera.
BILE state, When we asked each other
the cause Of this evil, we found 1t in
| the intolerance OF the Church. We are
o great oharnel house, which extends
from the Pyrenees 10 the SEQ Of Cadlx,
for we have been sacrificed on the altar
ofCathollolsm.' =. III 7'3 nj
| 'i'' h51 Oh L'ARiEaH. ..nt|
The next quotation Is from the pen or
n. Arnaud do l'ArlOge, one Of the lead.
era Of the liberal French Catholic party,
IL u an extract from o recent pnblica~
tion. tQuoted In the British Quarterly.1
Whence does this pretended discourse
Arisef Why shonld tho church aeem
to have lost that dlHoernment OF the
4 wants OF the age In which IL lives, and
that power Of renewing itByouth which
has given II during eighteen centuries
such ulexampled longevity I Z, WhA;
radical alteration would such divorce
have effected In the onward progress OF
huRanlty2 Would the great move.
ment Of civilization have 4 suddenly
change, lie course2 Might we not think
20 when church which has been the
lnitiator In all progressive movementG
lBauddenly arrebtedi and can do moths
Ing but launch anRthemAa against the
modern world2'
| t.. FATHER HYAolNTHE.
But Of allthese persons, Father Hya-
clnthe, the PariBlan preacher. IS Just
now the most famous Because he,
could not oonsclentloualY fall In with
the split which prevallA at Rome, he
has chosen to abandon his pulpit and
for the time 10 DO an exile, and 70 seek
o refuge In this free land, Before tax.
Ing that step. he Bolemnly proteated
agalnst the evil Of which I have spoken,
quote single sentence from that doc.
uEnent. ~ '.a EIg rW"T III
u protest against the divorce, as i'm
plous "a, It "a insane, which IL 10 sought
70 accomplish between the Church, who
% our mother according to eternity,
and the society ofthe nineteenth centu-
~, OF whom we are the sons according
70 the times, and toward whom we haYe
also some duties and attachmentB.'
THERvIL AND TIE GOOD OF suoH
ACTION. 80 ''i''
AS 70 the effect Of such action by the
council as will array II In favor OF ex-
treme INSTRUMENTATION and against
modern civilization, l would spe ak
cautiousl y. In Itself such action Ia evil
and must work evil. Yetwe can see how
In two ways good II likely 10 come Of
II. In the first place. there are In the
bosom OF the RomiHh Church, In al.
most all nations, many who, though
not satisfied with the existing state OF
things, have remained there. hoping
that by some means that body will DO
brought over to the side Of liberty,
right and progress: This Is especially
true OF Italy, Austria and Spain. Let
the council set itself unsdu!vocallV
against these things, and they may rea.
sonRblY be expected to abandon their
deluslve anticipation and 10 come out OF
the fold Of Rome. lido not believe that
all Roman Catholics In this country are
prepared to have the nineteenth century
not only indicted by the Pope, but also
tried and condemned by the council,
and u possible executed This, / say, |
do not believe. ..y4,. 1T.
In the second place, expect good to
come out OF such action beyond the
fold Of the Romlsh Church. There has
been a strange hallucInalion TO some
extent creeping over the minds Of some
persons who call themselves Protest-
ants. They seem to think that the
Papacy 10 something different from
what II once was. They are willing
that II should whisper pleasant things
In their ears, and even to court liz
favor. II will be well II the world Is
given to see that the wolf 10 concealed
under the sleeps soft wool, and that II
1t only had the opportunity 1t would
tear and deVour as In former ages. II
becomes us to be ready for the conflict.
We may not be attacked with sword and
gun and the martyrs faggot as In other
days. ltis more Ilkelythat the machine.
~ Will DO that Of politics. RomanIsm
may be able even In this land TO dis
cover men who will sell themselves to
serve 1t for a mess OF pottage. But
come In Whatever way II may, let US
stand together, linen OF all denomlna-
lions, OF all political parties, yes liberal
Catholics as we'll as ProteBtants,-sii
by aide, and shoulder 10 shoulder in
the support OF civil and religious liber.
ty, the freedom Of the press, the separa-
ton Of church and state, OWL marriage,
common schools, and ali those priceless
privileges which we have inherited
from our fathers, for which we are an.
swerable at the bar Of God, and which
the Pope aud the council would con-
denim and destroy. -1 y" rlHIII
From de Re0tster q Monday, November %.
Rev. MIR. Fisher and inc EcumenIoaI
.N,. Council. .I ". u /,
WHEELING, SUNDAY NIGHT, \
November Is, 1869.
Editors OF tho Register:
! listened TO Rev. Mr.. Fisher holding
forth tonight on the General Council.
1regret, for his own sake, that he did
not consult some Of the prudent and
well educated members OF his congre.
CATION before attempting 10 master o.
subject SO far above his reach. It.
mussd me to see him breaking hislit-
tie fists by pounding a. TINT old anvil,
the Catholic Church, which has broken
80 many hammers. ~ ''f'l 2 DO
On next Sunday two weeks I shall
lecture the General Council 10 the
Cathedral. am sorry that our mission
prevents me from doing 80 sooner. ]
shall then answer fully all the dIfIioul-
ties brought againRt the Council byable
and dlstlng Protestant ministers,
| can now merely point out few OF the
mistakes or Rev. Mr.. Fisher. They are
20 glarlng that wonder how he could
have made them, lam sincerely sorry
for his reputation both as to learning
and sincerity. I take his mistakes as
they occurred In his sermon. NOW 4
f.. Il