The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-02-27
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

,cntlaman has been requested to select lot
biz subject, Ireland under the fenai
Laws" This subject must prove OF un-
usnl interest, especially to our Catnono
aria Irish population, and we bespeaA
fu1lattendance, to hear from an "ole "n"
eloQ,ent Irish priest what our foreia'ners
suffeed for "faith and fatheriand' "o
undo stand the enthusiasm of our country
men. New York was boundiess WIEN
Fathe Flynn delivered this lecture IN the
Coope Institute, to an audience plumber
ing nearly three thousand. The Odd->
Fellow Hall cannot hold that number
but wehope it will be full from the Hoor 70
the ceiing, to hear the Soggarth Aroon
from th, urbs intacta, and help on the good
work 10 which the Rev. gentleman iaoors
with sue, untiring assiduity.
MENDAGrY OF THE PROTESTANT PRESS
Since the pening of the Council, the unfair
ness of til Protestant Press, both in their
comments and correspondence, has been SO
manifest, to call forth a measure OF rebuke
from man, most determined non-Cathohcs.
While, howver, the New York 1Ti6anes cores
pondent, Riley, and Hurlbut of the New York
World, havedealt largely in fiction, ana lat
terly acknowledged their ignorance OF what
transpires il the Council, the English press
have carried he' imposture and mendacity 10
an excess tht amounts to positive reckless
ness The Earl of Denbigh, with the faint
hone of stcmning the torrent Of misrepresen-
tation, has latdy addressed letter to the Patt
Mall Gazette, which we subjoin:
The Pau MAJ Gazette lately contained
graphic and startling account OF scene winch
your correspondent at Rome declared 10 nave
Strossmayer is therein depicted as uttering
" burning wOrds' againsa the Jesuits, ana
stigmatizins bot their system and their doc
trines :" pointing them out, moreover, as the
source of all the misfortunes of the Church"
etc. description is then given OF the Us
tonishment of tie assembled Fathers, the
calmness of the general of the Jesnlts,-and
words of his are tlen quoted in which he de
plores the excessesof the Cirita' Ga periodical
edited by FatbersC the Society of Jesus,) and
confesses that he has no power to moderate its
language, etc. N6y the absurdity OF this rel
laton was very cvit,nt to any one who was 4
all well-informed, bit, in order to put it to tle
test, read the article over to several Bishop
who had been present. and to the fathef'
General himself, witt whom am acqnaintf.
They one and all exp ,ssed their amazemcntf
such a statement, and declared it an unqualifk
nntru.h from beginning to end. Not only ft
the Bishop never spe'sl against the Jesuits, "
mentioned them. Tia 1 assured by II.
The Bishop was not called to order for ~
excess of language, butbecause he was though
before them. TO conclde, the Father-Gen4hl
gave me authority to declare that he had naer
used any such expressions those impqed
to him. 1 think it right to warn the Engrh
You'd the names of the sfeakers is allowd&to :
transpire beyond the Wills of the Cor$NTA
Chambers, and there afe, many, inve4iva>
H. - Tow
further information. The correspondents of
the English Protestant Press have bea re-
markable for their infelicity of nventiot and
their inaccuracies, and some of the Et,lish
Bishops declared to me that they did not Pink
the 1rmes had, far, narrated nnc t,pt Sia'y
connected with the Council. have vetured
to write thus at length in the interest of truth,
believing that your desire would be to DIRECT
any mis-statements that may have appe3ed Ia
your columns
Notwithstanding this plain statement, not
one of the London papers took the least notice
of it. Such proceeding would not serve
their purpose; for the correspondence from
Rome is manufactured to orde:, to suit class
of readers who are incorrigi'ly fixed in their
dislike and ha tired of every thing Catholic.
Triton ON THE CnURcH.--last weeks Inde-
pendent, edited by Theodore Tlton, contains o
remarkable article on the Gcunenical Council,
and the unchristian spirit manifested by Pro-
testants, who hope that it's proceedings may
prove odious to men-that the Church may
appear in an absurd light-anl that confusion
and ruin may be the result of The deliberations
of the Council of the Vatican "In these I'M
christian desires and wishes,n says the Indepen-
dent, 'we take no part y = We cannot I'M
derstand how Professionals justify themselves in Z
wishing the Council to do wrong rather than
right" He continues:
Macaulay, Protestant, thought that hui 6
man history would probably never chronicle
the overthrow of the 'Romish Church. Per- i
haps he was right. Certainly the signs of the +
times indicate that this stupendous Church is +
not half SO likely to be destroyed by.dashine
itself against progress as to be quickened into r.
newness OF life by its own inward aspirations &
toward liberty, charity and peace. For our &
ever to hate a Catholic. The Christian reli 2
gion is broad enough to embrace both As the s
same God 10 father of all, why should not all
the children wish to be brethren Our Pro F
testant desire for the Gcumenical Council is &
that it's dominant majority shall utter no word {
but of wisdom, perform no act but of charity, e
and bequeath no mischief to need undoing In s
the next succeeding age"
Mr. Tilton, of course, in the remainder of the E
article deals in the usual platitudes about the
spirit of the age, progress, American institu-
tions, etc. We give the extract above as show
ing that one Protestant editor, at least, rises
above the fanatical "Prss5ytersans" and "AdDqa1
Gates" who enlighten this benighted region.