The New York herald., 1870-08-28

article from our correspondent, western Catho-
lc published last week. in regard TO the postpone.
ment of the projected Protestant Council, and dis
cussng the point generally whether Professionalism
was net a failure. We have space for only one of
this large hetch of letters which we give in JUS
tice to the Protestant side of the question and
hope with this TO end the controversy, which all
religious discussions would continue intetminahIy
II allowed. Tie following ie the commenicaticn
we refer to: -
10 THE EDITOR CT THE HEgALr--
The projected meeting of q Protestant Coun-
ell furnishes to one of your correspondents
("Western Cathole'D the text for another Of
those gratntous assaults which the Roman priest
hood make through the secular journals. But
this is characteristic of the Catholic Church We
have looked on with perfect equaniIaity while the
meeting of the so-called Ecumenical, Council took
place, fully satisfied with the symptoms of "mad-
nessn which were there Developed and satisfied,
too, on the other hand, with the weghty minority
of eghty-eight prelates, who cried non place, TO
the dogma OF an infalh5e Bishop of Rome This
is to say nothing Of the number, almost twice as
great, who either did not vote, or who voted the
dogma "af'er sort.' We say, then, that we are
quite undisturbed over the meeting of
World" Council, at which the greater part
OF the Christian world. 4. e,-the whole
creek Church and the whole Protestant
Church-were conspicuous by their absence,
and where the trihng fraction Of one-third of ALI
IFS members was lacking to unsnimity. True.
selfcomplacency can effect much in all these
matters. Louis XIV. impressed many good peo-
Pile by bis august declaraton-'I am the State"
And the three tailors Of Tooley street had ad-
mirers no doubt who believed they were the peo-
pie of London. We are happy IN agreeing with
Western Catholic" that 'the Vatican Council
is failures" and we rejoice, because its attempt
was 10 deity a man. This is uubeasd Of in the
world since The time of the Pagan emperOrs Of
Rome. In passing, we cannot but wonder that
"Catholc" should hastily conclude any council Of
the One Church "a falure,' because, if we under
stand, all such councils are under the direct in
spiration Of the Holy Ghost We are only
bringing TO Western Catholic a weapon out |
of his own armory, which may be useful TO
him, but which he had apparently over
looked There may be various reasons why the |
world at large will not heed the Vatican Council. !
One Of these is, perhaps. that it found conve-
nent to have one third of this whole World Coun- |
Gil consist ef Italian prelates; and the world in |
dnestoi besleyes not that divine inspiration is
ponTed so disproporionat into Italian breasts.
"Wesern Catholic" has one striking talent (but |
it should not, like Aaron's rod swallow up all the
rest)--w mean his facility in expreh>ng mscon-
cepton tor each line. We can assirs him that |
when the Protestant Council of WHICH ne writes !
heritage but an assembly of brethren id fy yaterna
nnion TO speak III common tongue OF charity t4e
Christian convictions and sympathies of remott
lands. Their basis OF union win be that Rock
Sod fsss s us le5 Us wssfslh oaSos SS9s to
mend his chronology--for he tells us that
rrotGstsatisni has cssed fer three hundred years
We tell him that it has existed as long as the
word of God, as long as the Christian Church. In
other words, il has existed longeS than all the
dogmas Of tie Roman Church which are distinHaaa !
from The Protestant creeds, a vast amount OF |
silR has been printed on this subject The dogma
of the Immaculate Conception is sixteen years old; |
the dogma of Papal infability is-a month old;
md vet. we are told that the Protestant faith is of
yesterday. Like Horace Greeley, there are some
things we don't know abont Protestantsm one OF
these is the assertion Of Western Catholic" that
il is a ridiculous failure" MacauIay. in mis- bril-
Want picture of what Professionalism has done for
the nations that have proessed 1t, is OF quite ano-
ther mind. Whatever Ills 1T has lalled to prevent,
we all know that the supremacy OF the Roman
Church IN France did not prevent the horrible
outburst of atheism which enveloped France IN
the reign Of one ,Qf Vie elder sons 81 tpe
Church. Without taking space 70 speaN OF me
fruits of Professionalism we viii say that one of the
nobest is that religious liberty, the rights OF c2-
science, have become universal possession We
know that Pius TX. protests against this: we
know that the Roman Church has almost always
protested against this, but in vain. They have
protested against the earths moving round the
Sun. This writer sees in the iron horse, in the
printing gpresses--togTescoi ieterens! - the worldly
influence of the Reformation and the aim to make
n paradise o. earth" Good roads, then, seem not
to be desirable and men will, then only be truly
blessed when the diabolical suggestions OF WatI
Fulton and Macadsm have been discarded, and
men return to the stagnant loconotion OF SIMON
Stylites. IL the Reformation aims, Us We also
believe, to make "a paradise OF earth" this
would seem to I've righteous endenvor TO restore
II to that which it was at the first. This II is
1ubi ms ak Reformation
results truly CAlHOLlC.
Rishcp NIcflvainc the PostpOnement OF the
Evangelical Conference.
Rlshop McIlvaine, being in England when the
question of postponement was under considera-
ton addressed the following letter to the Ameri-
can alliance on the subject It is interesting and
useful as showing the views entertained by dis
tinguished American member of the Alliance on
the other side of the sea since the outbreak Of the
war;
LoSDoS. August |, 1870.
REVEREND isp DEAR Sm--You will have re-
ceived telegram expressing concurrence on the
mart of the Rev. DIR. Aiken and myself IN the ad-
vice given by the English and Continental com
mttees that in consequence OF the disturbed state
of things caused by The French and Prussian war
the conference should be postponed. feel it due
TO myself and the New York conmiltee 10 give
my reasons:
First-The agreement Of the London committee
with the opinion received from those on the Con
tinent was I understand from Mr.. Davis, their
secretary quite decided and unanimous. The
meeting was large and composed of the most
earnest members-some Of whom had taken
passage for New York, and have since concluded
not to go. .
.Seco,ot--I think their opinion is held generally
by those in this country who are sufficiently IN
terested in the conference to make it subject OF
inquiry and consideration.
IniS'd-My own opinion having been formed in
great measure Independently Of and before
hearing the mind Of the London committee 1t has
been strengthened by finding it so concurrent
with theirs. The chief ground OF my conviction
js the assurance that so many of the brethren ex-
vected from abroad whose standing would give
the chief weight and character to the interna-
tional objects of the Conference, will be pre-
vented from going by the present anxious feeling