The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-15
Dlsunion Among Bishopssin the Vatican
Council,

r. nincant heading: Prelatical protest again
.ni"lloiilsy; and, much to our surpris,
nave created, as we learned a few dav
since' no little CONSERVATION among som
"en-neaning, probably devout, but "a
, snredly, imperfectly educated Catholic,
we read the little production at the time
OUT did not give it much heed in the frs
pace, because Christian charity babe us t,
iosaid IL as spurious, and, if it wer.
: genuine, the same charity compelled us, in
tne second place, to give the aforesaid Ca.
1nohcs credit for sagacity enough to enable
tnem to perceive that it was PERFECTLY
harmless. Little did we dream that a few
sentences Of very plain English could be an
formidable, particularly to the parties an
n'gntened out of all Catholic propriety by
Them. We assure those Catholics, how
| ever that their alarm is entirely unneces-
sary IN the address, or postulatuns, to the
sovereign Pontif, at which they are 80
rldiculously scared, there is not even the
snadow OF protest, and, even if there was.
~ would amount to nothing. We can
hardly believe that some of the bisbops
whose hameswe see subscribed to the docn,
ment in question, could ever have endorsed
20 Trivial composition; but if they did
endorse it, there is nothing in it, after all.
tnat charity may not excuse, although il
contains many things that logic must con-
oemn' It is simply petition to the Holy
father not to urge the question of Infalli- |
olhsy on the attention of the Vatican |
Council. There is no wish, either ex-
pressed or implied, to question the doctrine
OF fapal Infallibility; on the contrary the
truth of the doctrine is admitted: The ma.
tltlon, or duplication (enire supplsoamur) ia
most humble, dutiful and reverentia1: and
while the arguments by which it is backed
may reflect but little credit on the heads.
me tone In which it is written does honor !
- tne hearts, OF those who presented it. To .
'of mind' Archbishop Spalding gives utter 8
nee to the genuine sentiment of American
catholics in this matter; but even he hos
zen most grossly misrepresented. Others :,
may not expect milder fate
specially if they yield to the vanity Of =
eng lnterviewed-ut declamatio fant. as =
ays old Juvenal-or of their own hastv D
ccord rush into the perilous arena of print. ~
his Is all we choose to say now to quiet q,
ie nerves OF our weak-kneed Catholics a,
no, for the honor of the name, are not
lmerous. y
ia
The oftener we read this pestilent piece Of W
rlting, however, the more astonisbed are n,
at its gigantic Stiffness. A score or an ii,
people undertake the stupendous task tb
debating the policy not only of their ii,
Vn narrow spheres, but of the wide 40
Inverse itself. They are learned, it ia tn
ne; they are sincere, it is to be hoped tia
at they are wise, is seriously to be doubt en-
: a question on the solution of which of
pend nearly three hundred millions of III.
'nohcs' and countless millions of nom Tr
thollcs, who are destined one day to form ms
rt and parcel of the glorious edifce of Tn,
constructed humanity, each stone of nm
llch shall be an immortal soul, for the liz
Aviation of their hopes, they, for mere of
al reasons, would leave unanswered for. nv
Or. SO dazed are they by the effulcence
their own wisdom, that they cannot see lei,
treacherous nature of the ground m tho
len they stand. Never yet did bishop ito,
priest forsake the spiritual, and cleave ass
the temporal power, but he has become line
lave in the end. This was the case in bis
Lower Empire in the restored EN- low
OF the West, in France, in Germany. and
England. Pray, let it not be SO in con
erlca, where we enjoy all the freedom We
want-freedom to fight the peaceful or 9
tie OF truth, alike unaided and untram. stro
ea by State patronage. For the life of ado
We cannot see any wisdom in the ne- ind,
On which has provoked this article. non
ong Its signers we recognise many n cam
cradle name; many q name, the bare ham
'tion Of which has often awakened in he y
soul ideas of wisdom more than ,,an
Idly; and it is not, we assure our Most with
erend and Right Reverend Fathers. his
any feeling of exultation that we tell cla;,
now, that genuine wisdom is no more no v
70 ''han IL was or Jobs max
v. oiu' ana Ihat the mischief whic
have done will long outlive them. did
St"'o i'seii' Ihe only home that
-, Hospi'"ii'ies no one Is excluded, Pyth
snail, on account of their puerile ar mere
'nts, be pnblessed by the merciful orc b
ion which spreads its cloak over Or s.on
y nonsense. They will be regarded loved
'sterity for all time as verifying bv b,n,o
'"o "oi"s oiour saviour: ethics
ION, Simon, behold, Satan desired to c.
you, that he NAV sift Won as what